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Openlayer: $14.5 Million Series A Raised For Helping Scale Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Openlayer - a unified platform for evaluation and governance of AI systems at the enterprise level - announced a $14.5 million Series A round, led by Race Capital with participation from NXTP, KPN Ventures, Mindset, Y Combinator, Quiet Capital, and Telefonica.

Reflect Orbital: $20 Million Series A Raised For Accelerating Satellite Constellation Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Reflect Orbital announced it has raised a $20 million Series A to accelerate development of its satellite constellation to deliver sunlight on demand. The funding round was led by Lux Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Starship Ventures.

RM Capital Partners: Acquisition Of ISO Solar Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

RM Capital Partners - a strategically positioned private equity firm focused on enabling market leaders across the infrastructure services industry - announced it has completed the acquisition of Integrated Solar Operations d/b/a ISO Solar, a leading provider of turnkey solar energy systems to residential, commercial, and government customers across Puerto Rico.

Granola: $43 Million Series B Raised For AI Workspace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Granola, an AI-based notepad that combines your typed notes with AI transcriptions, announced the launch of Granola 2.0. And Granola identified that the most valuable information in companies isn't found in static documents or wikis, but in the daily conversations happening across teams.

Wells Fargo: $20 Million ‘Open For Business Growth’ Program Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Wells Fargo announced Open for Business Growth, a new $20 million philanthropic program where nonprofits enable small business owners ready to scale operations or grow revenue. Launching first in Chicago, Illinois, the program will expand to other markets across the U.S. in the coming year.

Zing Coach: Interview With Co-Founder Tanya Parfenyuk About The Fitness Products Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Zing Coach has created a new generation of fitness products and personal fitness companions. And it connects to your smartphone, wearables, personal messenger, and smart TV while reviewing the data and translates it into movement actions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zing Coach co-founder Tanya Parfenyuk to learn more about the company.

Mainsail Partners: $1.535 Billion Fund VII Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Mainsail Partners, a growth equity firm investing in bootstrapped B2B software companies to help them grow into market leaders, announced the closing of its seventh flagship fund Mainsail Partners VII at the hard cap of $1.535 billion in limited partner capital commitments, which is the largest in the firm's 22-year history. And support from existing and new investors allowed Mainsail to raise the oversubscribed fund in less than 100 days, bringing the total capital commitments raised by the firm to nearly $4 billion.

FirmPilot: $11.7 Million In Total Funding Raised For Law Firm Focused AI Marketing Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

FirmPilot, an AI marketing engine for law firms, announced that Thomson Reuters Ventures and HubSpot Ventures have joined as investors. These investors support the company's mission to help law firms generate more and higher-value clients with AI rather than rely on traditional, manual marketing tactics. This strategic funding increases FirmPilot's total funding to $11.7 million, following the company's Series A round in 2024 led by Blumberg Capital.

Xsolla Buying Ludo For Community Engagement Through Code-Free Social Quests

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Xsolla, a leader in video game commerce, announced the acquisition of Ludo, a platform designed to drive community engagement through code-free social quests. This strategic deal brings Ludo’s technology into the Xsolla portfolio, combining its questing tools with Xsolla’s Web Shop and other Xsolla Rewards Solutions to help developers worldwide increase player engagement, drive retention, and unlock new monetization opportunities beyond the traditional app store model.

Saildrone: $60 Million Raised For Advancing Maritime Autonomy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Saildrone, a leader in maritime autonomy, announced the closing of a $60 million investment round led by EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark.

Bestow: $120 Million Series D Raised For Insurance Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Bestow, a leading insurance technology company, announced the closing of a $120 million oversubscribed Series D funding round, including primary and secondary investments. Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Smith Point Capital co-led the funding round. Along with the equity financing, Bestow also secured a $50 million credit facility from TriplePoint Capital.

Hub: $1.6 Billion Minority Investment Raised At $29 Billion Valuation For Insurance Broker

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Hub - a leading global insurance brokerage and financial services firm - announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a minority common equity investment of approximately $1.6 billion. The funding is being led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Alpha Wave Global, and Temasek, with participation from other new and existing investors. And this funding values Hub at a total enterprise valuation of $29 billion.

Denali Growth Partners: $400 Million Raised For Second Growth Equity Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Denali Growth Partners (DGP) announced the final closing of Denali Growth Partners Fund II at $400 million in total limited partner capital commitments. And Fund II exceeded its $350 million target, which was backed by strong demand from both existing and new investors.

Cart.com: $50 Million Raised At $1.6 Billion Valuation For Commerce Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Cart.com, a leading unified commerce solutions provider, announced it has raised additional funding of $50 million and achieved a post-money valuation of $1.6 billion. This funding includes financing from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and Neuberger Berman, new investors such as eGateway Capital, and other venture capital firms, strategic investors, and family offices. Since its founding, Cart.com has raised a total of $475 million.

Aegle Capital: Interview With Founder Gerardo Zampaglione About The Healthcare Financing Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 14, 2025

Aegle is a company that has developed specialty capital solutions for self-insured employers and risk-bearing entities that by enhance traditional stop-loss reinsurance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aegle Capital founder Gerardo Zampaglione to learn more about the firm.