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Noctrix Health: $40 Million Closed To Develop Clinically Validated Breakthrough Medical Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Noctrix Health - recently announced that it has closed a $40 million Series C financing round led by Sectoral Asset Management with participation from other new investors Angelini Ventures, ResMed, and Asahi Kasei Corporation with strong support from insiders, including OrbiMed and Treo Ventures.

Apprio: Funding Raised In Round Led By HCAP Partners

By Annie Baker ● Jan 17, 2024

HCAP Partners - a California-based private equity firm and nationally recognized impact investor - recently announced its investment in Apprio, a provider of specialized healthcare technology solutions and services for hospitals and health systems, focusing on automized solutions. The terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Noname Security: How This Company Is Set To Dominate The API Security Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Noname Security is a company that is taking a complete and proactive approach to API Security. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Noname Security co-founder and chief technology officer Shay Levi to learn more about the company.

Granata Bio: Women’s Health And Fertility Company Raises $14 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jan 17, 2024

Granata Bio - a biopharma company focused on invigorating the $3.6 billion global infertility medication market - recently announced the closing of a $14 million Series A funding round led by GV (Google Ventures). The participants in the funding round include CooperSurgical, Gedeon Richter, Alumni Ventures, Amboy Street Ventures, Vibe Bio, and others.

CIVC Partners To Buy Datavail: Details

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 17, 2024

CIVC Partners, L.P. (CIVC) - a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services sector - recently announced that it has acquired Datavail from a group of growth investors led by Catalyst Investors, a New York-based growth equity firm focused on investing in seed-stage, early-stage and later-stage technology and software companies.

ZymoChem: Carbon-Efficient Bio-Manufacturing Platform Company Secures $21 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jan 17, 2024

ZymoChem - the creators of the world’s most carbon-efficient bio-manufacturing platform - recently announced it closed a $21 million Series A round of funding.

Palm Tree Crew: Funding Round Raised At $150 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Palm Tree Crew - an entertainment, hospitality, and investment holding company - recently closed a new round of funding at a $150 million valuation. The backers in the $6 million round included Barry Sternlicht, Brad Garlinghouse, David Adelman, Jim Coulter, Jonathan Kraft, Keith Rabois, Michael Meldman, and others. Palm Tree Crew (through its investment arm) also recently raised a $32 million venture fund that focuses on providing capital to early-stage disruptive brands across the consumer and technology space.

AmptUp: How This Company Makes It Easier To Book And Manage Live Events

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

AmptUp is a company that believes in the power of independent live music and is dedicated to making independent live music stronger, easier, and more sustainable for venues, musicians, and fans by increasing transparency and improving communication and operational efficiency. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AmptUp co-founder Holly Hagerman to learn more about the company.

General Atlantic Buying Actis, Creating Investment Platform With $96 Billion In Combined AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

General Atlantic (a leading global growth investor) and Actis (a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure) announced that the firms have entered into a definitive agreement under which General Atlantic will acquire Actis, creating a diversified, global investment platform with approximately $96 billion in combined assets under management (AUM). The financial terms for the transaction are not being disclosed.

Epignosis: This Company Helps Over 70,000 Teams Build Training Courses In Minutes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Epignosis is a leading software house in learning tech and trusted by over 70,000 teams worldwide. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Epignosis co-founder and president Dimitris Tsingos to learn more about the company.

KSL Capital Partners: Fourth Private Credit Fund Closed At A Hard Cap Of $1.26 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

KSL Capital Partners (KSL) - a leading investor in travel and leisure businesses - recently announced that it has completed the final closing of its latest travel and leisure-focused private credit fund, KSL Capital Partners Credit Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. (Credit Fund IV) with total commitments of $1.26 billion, including the commitment of the General Partner.

Accel-KKR Buying Accertify From American Express

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Accel-KKR (a technology-focused private equity firm) recently announced that it has reached an agreement with American Express to acquire Accertify, a wholly owned subsidiary. Accertify is a provider of fraud prevention, chargeback management, account protection, and payment gateway solutions.

Self Financial: How This Company Is Enabling Economic Inclusion And Financial Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Self Financial is a credit building platform that is working to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience through products that make building credit accessible. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Self Financial founder James Garvey to learn more about the company.

Language I/O: This Company Offers A Real-Time Translation Solution For Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2024

Language I/O (LIO) is a company that has built software enabling monolingual customer support teams to chat, email and provide self-service support in over 150 languages in real time. The company’s unique machine translation technology can get your team up and running with accurate, secure translations for your company and industry within 24 hours. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Language I/O CEO and founder Heather Shoemaker to learn more about the company.

Panacea Financial: $24.5 Million Secured To Advance Banking Platform For Doctors

By Annie Baker ● Jan 16, 2024

Panacea Financial - a financial technology company dedicated to providing sophisticated services to doctors and doctors’ practices - recently announced that it has raised $24.5 million in Series B funding to drive its strategic growth among the doctor community. Valar Ventures was the sole institutional investor in the round.

Onera: Remote Sleep Diagnostic And Monitoring Solutions Company Raises Over €30 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jan 16, 2024

Onera Health - a pioneer and leader in remote sleep diagnostic and monitoring solutions enabling clinicians to conduct sleep studies anytime, anywhere - recently announced the completion of its Series C financing round. This latest funding round brings Onera’s total investment to over €55 million.

Tandem PV: Perovskite Solar Technology Company Closes $6 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jan 16, 2024

Tandem PV - a pioneering force in perovskite solar technology - recently announced it has raised an additional $6 million, bringing the total to $27 million in venture capital and government support.

Phalanx Impact Partners Invests In FinTech Company CollateralEdge

By Noah Long ● Jan 16, 2024

Phalanx Impact Partners - an innovative new investment firm dedicated to positive environmental and community change - recently announced an investment in CollateralEdge, which is a transformative FinTech solution that enables community and regional banks to structure more competitive commercial loans for underserved communities and close more deals without compromising credit quality.

HashKey Group: $100 Million Raised At $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Noah Long ● Jan 16, 2024

HashKey Group - a leading end-to-end digital asset financial services group in Asia - recently announced the completion of a Series A financing round of nearly US $100 million at a pre-money valuation above US $1.2 billion.

Oxford Medical Simulation: VR Healthcare Training Company Raises $12.6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 16, 2024

Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) - a pioneer in VR healthcare training - announced the successful completion of a $12.6 million Series A funding round. The funding round, led by Frog Capital with follow-on capital from ACF Investors, existing shareholders, and strategic partners, marks a significant milestone in OMS' mission to revolutionize healthcare education, training, and assessment.

Burger King Parent Company Buying Carrols Restaurant Group For About $1 Billion

By Annie Baker ● Jan 16, 2024

Restaurant Brands International (RBI) and Carrols Restaurant Group today announced that they have reached an agreement for RBI to acquire all of Carrols issued and outstanding shares that are not already held by RBI or its affiliates for $9.55 per share in an all-cash deal, or an aggregate total enterprise value of approximately $1 billion, representing a 23.1% premium to Carrols 30-day volume-weighted average price as of January 12, 2024 and a 13.4% premium to the January 12, 2024 closing price.

BigPanda: How This Event Correlation And Automation Platform Is Helping The Digital World Run Smoothly

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

BigPanda is an Automated AIOps Platform that unifies data to revolutionize incident management. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BigPanda CEO Assaf Resnick to learn more about the company.

Talos Energy Buying QuarterNorth Energy For $1.29 Billion: Details

By Annie Baker ● Jan 16, 2024

Talos Energy announced the execution of definitive agreements to acquire QuarterNorth Energy for $1.29 billion. QuarterNorth is a privately held U.S. Gulf of Mexico exploration and production company with ownership in several prolific offshore fields.

Metriport: Helping Digital Health Companies Manage Medical Data Through A Universal API

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

Metriport is an open-source clinical data platform that helps healthcare organizations access and manage comprehensive patient medical data. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Metriport co-founder and chief operating officer Colin Elsinga to learn more about the company.

Quora: $75 Million Raised In New Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo has announced that it has raised $75 million in a new round of funding from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). This funding round will accelerate the company’s AI chat platform, Poe.

Synopsys Buying Ansys In A $35 Billion Deal: Details

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

Synopsys and Ansys announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Synopsys will acquire Ansys. These are the details.

FirstSun Capital Bancorp And HomeStreet Merging And Raising $175 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 16, 2024

FirstSun Capital Bancorp (the holding company of Dallas-based Sunflower Bank, N.A.) and HomeStreet (the holding company of HomeStreet Bank) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, which was unanimously approved by the board of directors of both companies. And under the terms of the agreement, HomeStreet and HomeStreet Bank will merge with and into FirstSun and Sunflower Bank, respectively, with HomeStreet Bank continuing to operate under its tradename in its current markets.

Zenity: A Security Governance Platform For Low-Code/No-Code Changing A $12 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

Zenity is the first security governance platform for low-code/no-code and Generative AI development. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zenity founders Ben Kliger and Michael Bargury to learn more about the company.

Digital Infrastructure: DIMO Mobile Publisher Company Raises $11.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

Digital Infrastructure - the publisher of DIMO Mobile and a core developer of the DIMO network - recently announced a $11.5 million Series A investment led by CoinFund to bring data-driven savings, rewards, and peace of mind to drivers and fleet owners around the globe.

Microsoft Launches Copilot Pro For $20 Per User Per Month

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2024

Microsoft announced that it recently achieved over 5 billion chats and over 5 billion images with its Copilot AI companion platform. Microsoft recently announced the introduction of Copilot Pro, which is a new premium subscription for individuals that offers a higher tier of service for AI capabilities, brings Copilot AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers, and new capabilities like the ability to create Copilot GPTs.