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Clearwater: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Sunstone Partners For Cybersecurity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Clearwater, recognized as a leading provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a significant strategic investment from Sunstone Partners. This private equity firm specializes in advancing technology-enabled services and software companies. With this investment, Sunstone Partners has acquired a majority ownership stake in Clearwater, taking over from Altaris and other existing shareholders. The terms of this deal have not been disclosed.

EP Wealth: Investment Raised From Ares Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

EP Wealth Advisors, a fee-only registered investment advisor (RIA), has announced a significant milestone in its growth journey by entering into a definitive agreement with Ares Management's Private Equity funds. This agreement enables Ares Management to acquire a substantial minority stake in EP Wealth, bringing its expertise and resources into the fold. Ares now joins Berkshire Partners, another minority equity partner that has previously invested in the firm.

ONSCREEN: Interview With CEO Costin Tuculescu About The Video Calling Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

ONSCREEN is a company that focuses on easing caregiver workloads while reducing loneliness and isolation among seniors using technologies they’re most comfortable with, such as the telephone, television, and tablets. Its main technology is Joy, an AI companion that empowers game-changing capabilities across all ONSCREEN platforms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ONSCREEN CEO Costin Tuculescu to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cerebras Systems: $1.1 Billion Series G At $8.1 Billion Valuation Raised For AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Cerebras Systems, a leader in high-performance AI infrastructure, has announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed Series G funding round, raising an impressive $1.1 billion. This funding round reflects a substantial post-money valuation of $8.1 billion. The initiative was spearheaded by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Atreides Management, with noteworthy contributions from Tiger Global, Valor Equity Partners, and 1789 Capital. Additionally, existing investors such as Altimeter, Alpha Wave, and Benchmark played a significant role in this funding round.

Scorability: $40 Million Raised For Advancing College Sports Recruiting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Scorability is a company that impacts how college coaches find, evaluate, and connect with athletes. The company recently announced that it has secured $40 million in a funding round led by Bluestone Equity Partners. This investment round also included participation from Luther King Capital Management and returning investors such as Silverton Partners and Next Coast Ventures, along with Scorability’s founder, Brian Cruver.

Longeye: $5 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Investigative Tools For Law Enforcement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Longeye, a developer focused on AI-based investigative tools for law enforcement and the justice system, has successfully raised $5 million in seed funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism Fund. This announcement coincides with Longeye’s successful deployment of its innovative platform with the Redmond Police Department. Detectives at Redmond have already utilized Longeye's technology to uncover previously overlooked evidence in ongoing investigations.

Vercel: $300 Million Series F At $9.3 Billion Valuation Raised For Scaling AI Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Vercel, the innovative company behind v0, Next.js, and the AI Cloud, has recently announced that it has closed a significant Series F funding round, successfully raising $300 million. This funding round was notably oversubscribed, resulting in a post-money valuation of $9.3 billion for the company.

Looped: Interview With CEO Sam Patel About The Medical Education Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Looped is redefining how clinics operate by combining patient education, engagement, and payments into one platform. From lowering transaction fees to improving communication, it’s helping clinics boost revenue and deliver better care at the same time. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Looped CEO Sam Patel to gain a better understanding of the company.

Cyberstarts: $380 Million Opportunity Fund II Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

Cyberstarts, an early-stage venture firm specializing in cybersecurity, recently announced the closure of its second Opportunity Fund, known as Opportunity Fund II. This fund totals $380 million and is dedicated to assisting portfolio companies as they grow from early-stage startups into global, growth-stage enterprises.

FusionAuth: Interview With Founder & CEO Brian Pontarelli About The State Of Homegrown Authentication

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 9, 2025

FusionAuth provides customer identity and access management (CIAM) software for developers, enabling them to authenticate and authorize users for their applications. Key features include single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), self-service account management, and breached password detection. Earlier this year, FusionAuth published a research paper called The State of Homegrown Authentication Report: 2025. Pulse 2.0 interviewed FusionAuth Bio founder and CEO Brian Pontarelli to learn more about the research.