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PAG: Nikhil Srivastava Named As Co-Head of Private Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

PAG, a leading Asia-Pacific focused alternative investment firm, announced that Nikhil Srivastava, Partner and Head of India Private Equity, has been appointed as Co-Head of PAG’s Private Equity business, effective immediately. Srivastava will also join the firm’s Management Committee and will work alongside David Wong, Partner and Co-head of PAG Private Equity, to lead PAG’s private equity operations.

Woofz: Interview With Founder & CEO Natalia Shahmetova About The Dog Training App Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Woofz by nove8 is a puppy and dog training app built to help owners create stronger, happier bonds with their dogs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Woofz founder and CEO Natalia Shahmetova to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Talkdesk: Interview With Founder & CEO Tiago Pavia About The AI-Powered CX Innovator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Talkdesk is a global provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer experience (CX) technology that serves enterprises of all sizes. And Talkdesk CX Cloud and Industry Experience Clouds help enterprises deliver modern customer service their way. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Talkdesk founder and CEO Tiago Pavia to learn more about the company.

Kirkland & Ellis: Graham Robinson, Laura Knoll and Chadé Severin Named As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Kirkland & Ellis announced that leading M&A attorneys Graham Robinson, Laura Knoll, and Chadé Severin have joined the Firm as partners. These three partners specialize in public company M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the biotechnology sector.

LPL: $330 Million Team Arv Private Wealth Affiliates Onboarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Christian Reuter, James “Scott” Robinson, and Michael Capeder launched a new independent practice, Arv Private Wealth, through affiliation with LPL Financial’s supported independence model, LPL Strategic Wealth. And they reported serving approximately $330 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and join LPL from RBC.

Akin: Skye Smith Joins As Partner In Investment Management Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Akin announced that Skye Smith has joined the firm as a partner in its investment management practice. And Smith will start in the Dallas office and relocate to Abu Dhabi in the coming months. Smith joins Akin from DLA Piper.

Dentons: Evan Sherwood Named As Partner In Government Contracts Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Dentons announced the addition of Evan Sherwood as a partner in its Government Contracts practice in the Washington, DC, office.

Roark Capital Investing In Dave’s Hot Chicken

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Dave’s Hot Chicken - a company that went from a parking lot in 2017 to a global sensation and expects to end the year with over 400 restaurants across the globe - announced it has chosen an investment from Roark in a deal reportedly valued at $1 billion. Dave’s Hot Chicken has seen years of unit and sales growth and leading guest satisfaction metrics. And the company remains committed to delivering an exceptional experience for its guests, team members and its franchise partners around the globe.

Envestnet: Sean Meighan Named As Head Of RIA Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Envestnet announced the appointment of Sean Meighan as Head of RIA Distribution. This new role was created to reinforce Envestnet's deep and ongoing investment in the Registered Independent Advisor (RIA) community.

King & Spalding: Allison Bell Joins Corporate Practice Group As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

King & Spalding announced that Allison Bell has joined the firm’s Corporate practice group as a partner in the firm’s New York office. And Bell has extensive experience with various capital markets transactions and corporate governance matters.

Cove: Growth Investment Raised From Lead Edge Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Cove, a commercial property management software that combines tenant experience and building operations to connect the entire building ecosystem, announced a new investment from leading growth equity firm Lead Edge Capital. This new funding from Lead Edge Capital follows closely on the heels of previous funding led by Nuveen Real Estate in 2024 and Blackstone Innovations Investments in 2022.

Clifford Chance: Charles B. Tanenbaum Named As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Clifford Chance announced it has hired partner Charles (Chase) B. Tanenbaum, further expanding its Funds & Investment Management practice in the US. And Tanenbaum arrives from Kirkland & Ellis, bringing more than a decade of experience advising asset managers on a range of matters, including fundraises across a spectrum of strategies.

LuminX: $5.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform Warehouse Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

LuminX, an AI-based company advancing inventory automation and visibility, announced the closing of its $5.5 million seed funding round. The seed funding round was supported by a multitude of investors, including 1Sharpe, GTMFund, 9Yards, Chingona Ventures, and the Bond Fund. Plus, significant participation in the funding round also came from previous investors in Voxel and customers.

SpyGlass Pharma: $75 Million Series D Raised For Advancing Drug Delivery Platform For Glaucoma Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

SpyGlass Pharma, a privately held ophthalmic biotechnology company, announced the closing of a $75 million Series D financing round. Sands Capital led the Series D funding round, which was joined by Gilde Healthcare and existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), RA Capital, Vensana Capital, Samsara BioCapital, and Vertex Ventures HC.

Rally UXR: $11 Million Series A Raised For User Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Rally UXR, a leading User Research CRM platform, announced it has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Canapi Ventures with participation from existing investors Stage 2 Capital and Y Combinator.

Vista Equity Partners: Acquisition Of Cloud ERP Company Acumatica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Acumatica, a provider of cloud ERP solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

Amazon To Invest $10 Billion In North Carolina For Expanding Cloud And AI Innovations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Today, Amazon announced plans to invest an estimated $10 billion in North Carolina to expand its data center infrastructure, supporting AI and cloud computing technologies. This investment is expected to create at least 500 new high-skilled jobs, while also helping thousands of other jobs in the AWS data center supply chain.

Tenable To Buy Apex Security To Help Reduce Cyber Risks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Exposure management company Tenable Holdings announced a plan to buy Apex Security, an innovator in securing the rapidly expanding AI attack surface. And Tenable believes the acquisition will enhance Tenable’s ability to help organizations identify and reduce cyber risks. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. And the deal is expected to close later this quarter.

Sanofi To Buy Blueprint Medicines In $9.5 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Sanofi and Blueprint Medicines, a US-based, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company specializing in systemic mastocytosis (SM), a rare immunological disease, as well as other KIT-driven diseases, have entered into an agreement under which Sanofi will acquire Blueprint.

Focus Partners Onboarding $9.4 Billion Churchill Management Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Focus Financial Partners (an interdependent partnership of wealth management, business management, and related financial services firms) announced that Focus Partners Wealth will buy Churchill Management Corporation in a deal expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

CareTrust REIT Buying Pacific Northwest Portfolio For About $146 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

CareTrust REIT announced today that, in a joint venture with a partner, it has acquired a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities located in the Pacific Northwest for a total purchase price of approximately $146 million, inclusive of transaction costs.

NinjaOne: $270 Million Acquisition Of Dropsuite Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

NinjaOne, an automated endpoint management platform, announced it has completed the acquisition of Dropsuite for about $270 million to help organizations reclaim lost productivity and reduce the risk of ransomware. Through the addition of Dropsuite, NinjaOne customers can unify endpoint, server, and SaaS application backup use cases, delivering a single interface for IT and enhanced productivity for employees.

Octus Buying Credit Portfolio Management Company Sky Road

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Octus (formerly Reorg), a leading provider of credit intelligence and data, announced the acquisition of Sky Road, an innovator in credit portfolio management solutions for CLO, MMCLO, ABF, direct lending, and other public and private structured credit. This deal positions Octus as the first provider to deliver fully integrated, end-to-end credit intelligence, data, and document management, combined with comprehensive portfolio management capabilities tailored for today’s credit manager.

pWin.ai: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Proposal Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

pWin.ai, an AI proposal-writing copilot built with Shipley best practices inside, announced it has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by MicroStrategy co-founder Sanju Bansal, members of the Blue Delta Capital team, and other Government Contracting (GovCon) industry leaders. This funding will advance pWin.ai’s product innovation, customer growth, and market expansion.

Infleqtion: $100 Million Series C Raised For Scaling Quantum Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Infleqtion, the only company actively commercializing atom-based quantum systems across computing, sensing, and precision timing, announced a $100 million Series C funding round backed by new, existing, and strategic investors, including Glynn Capital, Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), S32, SAIC, and others.

LIMITED: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised For Scaling Stablecoin Banking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Limited, a next-generation fintech startup offering stablecoin-based premium global banking services with self-custody, announced it has raised a $7 million seed funding round led by North Island Ventures, with participation from existing investors Third Prime and Arche Capital, alongside new investors Collab+Currency and SevenX Ventures. This round brings Limited's total funding to $10 million since its founding last year.

AgentSmyth: $8.7 Million Seed Raised For Autonomous Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

AgentSmyth, an autonomous agent platform for trading and investment delivering real-time and institutional-grade intelligence to professional traders, announced it has closed an $8.7 million seed round, co-led by FinTech Collective and Thomson Reuters, with BNY joining through its Ascent fintech-innovation program. This new funding round brings the company’s total funding to $11.2 million, including a $2.5 million pre-seed led by Michael Rafferty, president and CEO of Rafferty Holdings, who also participated in the current round.

Yieldstreet: $45 Million Series D Raised For Private Markets Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Yieldstreet - a leading private markets investment platform - announced the closing of an initial $45 million equity investment as part of its planned $60 million Series D funding round, led by existing investors Tarsadia Investments, Mayfair Equity Partners, and Edison Partners.

TAE Technologies: $150 Million Raised For Fusion Energy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

TAE Technologies, a leading fusion energy company developing a clean and safe approach to commercial fusion power, announced that it has raised over $150 million in its latest funding round, exceeding the company's initial target for the round. Chevron, Google, and NEA participated in the round, along with other new and existing investors.

Growve: Majority Equity Investment Raised For Health And Wellness Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Growve, a leader in the health and wellness industry, announced that it has secured a majority equity investment led by Palm Beach Capital (PBC), with participation from G-Bar Ventures and NMP Capital. In connection with the deal, Growve also closed on new debt financing from TCW Private Credit and NMP Capital to support its continued growth and strategic initiatives.