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TeamDynamics is a tool for individuals and teams who believe teamwork should be intentional and rewarding. Pulse 2.0 interviewed TeamDynamics co-founder Christopher Morrison to learn more about the company.

Terex announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Environmental Solutions Group (ESG) from Dover Corporation in a $2 billion all-cash transaction.

W, the men's personal care brand launched by Jake Paul, announced today it has raised a Series A led by Shrug Capital. With $14 million in funding to date, inclusive of seed financing and incubation from Anti Fund, the company is now valued at more than a $150 million valuation. The co-investors include Range Group, 305 Ventures, Uphonest Capital, Quiet Capital, and Palm Tree Crew, with participation from individuals including Celsius' CEO John Fieldly, Fanatic's CEO Michael Rubin, Lil Durk, Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka, and Carter Reum and Paris Hilton.

Protexxa - one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the country - announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The investors in the Series A include Bell Ventures (venture arm of Bell Canada) and Sandpiper Ventures. The round also saw support from existing shareholders, Export Development Canada, BKR Capital, The Firehood Angels, and Graphite Ventures. Additional investors include Global Risk Institute President and CEO Sonia Baxendale; Tricon and Cidel Co-founder Geoffrey Matus; former Home Depot Canada CEO and current NRStor CEO Annette Verschuren; and business lawyer and Distinguished Counsel in Residence at Toronto Metropolitan University Ralph Lean. Plus, Protexxa has welcomed a new advisor Dr. Donette Chin-Loy Chang.

Rajani Bespoke is a luxury clothing brand that produces custom garments for men and women. And the company partnered with the world's best and largest fabric mills to bring customers the very best in bespoke tailoring. To learn more about his journey, recent move and trip to Pitti Uomo in Italy, and the company’s future plans, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Rajani Bespoke Creative Director and founder Zahir Rajani.

Monarch Tractor, the creator of the world's first fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor and Wingspan Ag Intelligence (WingspanAI) farm management platform called MK-V announced $133 million in Series C funding, making it the largest round in agricultural robotics history. This funding was co-led by global impact investor Astanor and HH-CTBC Partnership, L.P., with additional support from prominent investors, including At One Ventures, PMV, and The Welvaartsfonds.

Standard Bots, a robotics automation leader, announced it has raised $63 million in total funding, with its recent Series B round led by General Catalyst with participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next. Lachy Groom, Quiet Capital, 468 Capital, Lightscape Partners, and Box Group provided additional venture capital support.

Arrcus, a hyperscale networking software company and a leader in core, edge, and multi-cloud routing and switching infrastructure, announced a significant new investment of $30 million from Prosperity7 Ventures, NVIDIA, Lightspeed, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Clear Ventures, and General Catalyst.

Element Biosciences, a developer of pioneering technologies to empower science, announced over $277 million in Series D funding to support its growing global customer base with disruptive DNA sequencing and multi-omics technologies for years to come. The oversubscribed funding round was led by Wellington Management with participation from new and existing investors, including Samsung Electronics, Fidelity, Foresite Capital, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Venrock, and others. This brings Element's cumulative raise to $680+ million.

HUI announced the closing of a €25 million equity capital commitment from Nimbus Capital, a Panama-based fund. This funding will further drive HUI's growth as the VC 3.0 Super App, utilized by thousands of entrepreneurs, startups, and investors for its unique market features.

Earned Wealth, a tech-enabled financial services firm focused on the needs of medical professionals, announced a $200 million capital commitment led by growth equity investors Summit Partners and Silversmith Capital Partners with participation from existing investors Juxtapose, Hudson Structured Capital Management and Breyer Capital.

Medal - an AI company that is behind the popular MedalTV clipping app - announced the launch of Highlight, its groundbreaking AI assistant platform designed to alter how users interact with popular AI models. And Medal also announced a $13 million funding round from Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, peak6, and Arcadia Investments, valuing the company at $333 million post-money.

Saronic, a defense technology leader that designs and manufactures autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), announced a $175 million Series B funding round, putting the company's valuation at $1 billion. And the funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from both new and existing investors, including 8VC, Caffeinated Capital, Elad Gil, and NightDragon, and others.

Buildots, an AI-based construction software company, announced a $15 million investment led by Intel Capital with participation from OG Tech Partners and previous investors. In connection with the funding, Lisa Cohen, Investment Director at Intel Capital, will join as a board observer.

Regard, an AI-based clinical insights platform that empowers clinicians to unlock the full potential of patient data, announced the closing of a $61 million Series B financing round, led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures, and existing investors TenOneTen Ventures, Calibrate Ventures, and Techstars.

Finnovista is a leading innovation and venture capital firm committed to developing the Fintech ecosystem and transforming finance for the better. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Finnovista co-founder and Managing Partner Fermín Bueno to learn more about the firm.

Apty is a company that helps enterprises streamline their operations and increase efficiency through guided employee experiences and proactive analytics that accelerate digital adoption and process compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Apty founder and CEO Krishna Dunthoori to learn more about the company.

Curate Capital is a venture capital firm that accelerates the success of companies by women for women. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Curate Capital founder and general partner Carrie Colbert to learn more about the firm.

Kuberno is a company that has created a global entity governance platform called Kube, which combines world-leading entity management functionality with a unique secretariat practice management system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kuberno CEO Zoe Bucknell to learn more about the company.

SWIPEBY is an AI commerce platform for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs). To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed SWIPEBY CEO Carl Turner.

ten23 health is the human-centric and sustainable strategic partner of choice for the pharmaceutical industry and biotech start-ups for the development, manufacture, and testing of tomorrow’s medicines. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ten23 health CEO Professor Dr. Hanns-Christian Mahler to learn more about the company.

StorMagic is a company that is solving the world’s edge data problems. Pulse 2.0 interviewed StorMagic Chief Marketing and Product Officer Bruce Kornfeld to learn more about the company.

Climate-tech company CarbonBlue has announced the completion of a seed funding round to scale up and deploy its water-based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technology, bringing the funding raised by the company to $10 million. This funding round was led by Ibex Investors and FreshFund, joined by strategic investors Engie New Ventures and ZIM Ventures (the corporate venture capital arm of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services), and included further investments by existing investors Jibe Ventures, MoreVC, and Secret Chord Ventures.

CTA Smart, a leading technology company in the fuel sector, announced it has secured a $3 million investment in a new funding round to boost its international growth. Led by Invisto and Indicator Capital, this funding will support CTA Smart's expansion into the American market and lay the groundwork for global expansion.

FIRST is the global leader in incident response. Membership in FIRST enables incident response teams to respond more effectively to security incidents, both reactively and proactively. Pulse 2.0 interviewed FIRST CEO Chris Gibson to learn more.

Application security company Heeler Security announced today the successful closing of an $8.5 million Seed Series funding round, led by Norwest Venture Partners with significant participation from Storm Ventures.

Argo Infrastructure Partners, LP announced that it has increased its ownership stake to represent a majority interest in TierPoint, emphasizing the firm’s confidence in the platform’s exceptional growth trajectory. Argo has now invested about $700 million since 2020 in TierPoint, the flagship digital infrastructure investment in Argo’s portfolio.

Aprio, a leading business advisory and accounting firm, announced that it has received a strategic investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners (a middle-market private investment firm with more than $18 billion of capital raised since its inception) to accelerate innovation and growth. The deal represents the first institutional capital investment in Aprio.

Kindred Concepts Ltd. (trading as F1 Arcade) announced it completed a growth financing raise.  The $130 million commitments are funded by Cheyne Capital, Liberty Media Corporation, Permira Credit and OakNorth.