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S&P Global To Buy ORBCOMM’s Automatic Identification System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

S&P Global agreed to buy ORBCOMM's Automatic Identification System (AIS) data services business. This AIS business is a leading provider of satellite data services that track and monitor vessels, enhancing maritime visibility and delivering critical insights that support business intelligence and decision-making for government and commercial clients worldwide.

Centauri Health Solutions Buying HISP And QHIN Company MedAllies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Phoenix, Arizona-based Centauri Health Solutions announced the acquisition of MedAllies, which is a New York-based Health Information Service Provider (HISP) and Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) focused on health data connectivity and clinical data exchange.

Cultivarium: $10 Million In Funding From Wellcome For Developing Advanced Tools For Fungi And Archaea

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Cultivarium is a non-profit bioengineering firm that announced a three-year project to develop advanced tools for life scientists studying fungi and archaea. With $10 million in funding from global charitable foundation Wellcome, Cultivarium looks to create a thriving ecosystem of biologists equipped with cutting-edge technologies to study and engineer these enigmatic organisms for human health, sustainability, and biotechnology applications.

Sentigen: Funding Raised From M31 Ventures To Build OS For Autonomous Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Sentigen, a company that is building the operating system for the autonomous economy by turning raw ideas into a functioning startup from development to deployment after just one conversation with your personal AI cofounder. And Sentigen builds and harnesses blockchain technology to unlock immediate value creation and revenue streams for solo founders.

ALT Sports Data: $5 Million Seed Round Closed To Redefine How Fans Engage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

ALT Sports Data, a leader in engagement solutions and official data for emerging sports, announced the closing of a $5 million seed round. The funding round was significantly oversubscribed due to overwhelming investor interest. This funding round was co-led by Relay Ventures and Eberg Capital, with participation from Motley Fool Ventures, Scrum Ventures, and a consortium of strategic investors. ALT Sports Data also welcomed new strategic investors in this round, including Scrum Ventures and Motley Fool Ventures.

Overture Life: $57 Million In Total Funding Raised To Modernize Embryology Lab Procedures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Overture Life announced a $20.6 million strategic round, bringing its total funding to $57 million from leading industry investors, to support additional clinical research and product development designed to make IVF affordable to more people.

Eastern Bankshares Buying HarborOne In $490 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Eastern Bankshares (the holding company for Eastern Bank) and HarborOne Bancorp (the holding company for HarborOne Bank) announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which HarborOne will merge with and into Eastern in a stock and cash transaction.

CSignum: £6 Million Raised For Transforming Underwater Wireless Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

CSignum, a provider of wireless technology extending IoT communications beneath the surface, announced it has completed a £6 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Archangels, Par Equity, and Scottish Enterprise with additional investment from British Business Investment (BBI), Raptor Group, Deep Future, SeaAhead’s Blue Angel Network, and notable individual US investors.

NoScrubs: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Matt O’Connor About The Laundry Delivery Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

NoScrubs is one of the fastest and most affordable laundry delivery service that exists. And for less than $2 per day, you never have to do laundry again! Pulse 2.0 interviewed NoScrubs co-founder and CEO Matt O’Connor to learn more about the company.

Wherobots: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Mo Sarwat About The Geospatial Intelligence Cloud Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Wherobots helps customers make sense of all the data from satellites, drones, GPS services, and more. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Wherobots co-founder and CEO Mo Sarwat to learn more about the company.

Precisely: Interview With Dan Adams, Senior Vice President & General Manager Of Data Enrichment, About the Data Integrity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Precisely is a global leader in data integrity who partners with more than 12,000 customers to ensure their data is accurate, consistent, and contextual. The company’s portfolio — including the Precisely Data Integrity Suite — helps integrate disparate data, improve data quality, govern data usage, geocode and analyze location data, and enrich it with complementary datasets for confident business decisions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Precisely EVP and General Manager of Data Enrichment Dan Adams to learn more about the company.

Guidewire Investing $60 Million To Expand In Japan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Guidewire announced a $60 million investment over the next five years to expand its operations in Japan and advance the delivery of capabilities personalized to the unique needs of Japanese insurers.

Deerpath: 2023 $503.5 Million Collateralized Loan Obligation Reset

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Deerpath Capital Management, one of the largest lower-middle market private credit managers in the U.S., recently announced a reset of Deerpath CLO 2023-1, a $503.5 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO).

TadHealth: $5.5 Million Series A Raised For Mental Health Solutions For Schools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

TadHealth, a provider of mental health technology solutions for schools, announced it has raised $5.5 million Series A funding round led by seasoned healthcare executives. The funding, which is backed by a consortium of healthcare and education investors, will advance TadHealth’s goal of transforming mental health support in K-12 education by expanding its platform and scaling its services nationwide.

MagicBlock: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Decentralized Solana Game And App Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

MagicBlock, a real-time engine for decentralised games and applications on Solana, announced it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Maven11, Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Equilibrium, Pivot Global, and notable angels including Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, and Tristan Yver.

BRAIN.ONE: Interview With Founder & CEO Thoryn Stephens About The Brain Fitness Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

BRAIN.ONE is a company that stands as the only platform utilizing credible science to comprehensively track both brain and body health metrics in one integrated system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BRAIN.ONE founder and CEO Thoryn Stephens to learn more about the company.

RYT.io: CEO & Co-Founder Steve Durbin On Building The Future Of Layer-1 Blockchain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

RYT.io is a Layer-1 blockchain platform company driving real-world innovation in finance, commerce, and digital infrastructure. By leveraging cutting-edge blockchain technology, RYT.io enables enterprises and developers to build scalable, secure, and decentralized applications, from payment solutions to supply chain tracking and beyond. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RYT.io co-founder and CEO Steve Durbin to learn more about the company.

UPS To Buy Andlauer Healthcare Group For $1.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

UPS announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Andlauer Healthcare, a North American supply chain management company based in Canada that offers customized third-party logistics and specialized cold chain transportation solutions for the healthcare sector.

Carve Designs: Interview With Co-Founders Thayer Sylvester And Jennifer Hinton About The Beach Lifestyle Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Carve Designs is a beach lifestyle brand committed to making clothes for women. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Carve Designs co-founder and CEO Thayer Sylvester and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Hinton to learn more about the company.

Princeton Startup Develops Technology To Boost Lithium Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

A new startup called Princeton Critical Minerals (formerly PureLi) has innovated a new approach for how the world extracts lithium and other materials, including nitrate and potash. These materials power clean energy technologies and support modern agriculture. The company emerged from the University’s ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it has developed a technology for boosting minerals production from evaporation ponds. These ponds generate about 40% of the world’s lithium and most of its naturally occurring nitrate.

Windfall: $65 Million Series B Raised To Advance People Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Windfall Data, a provider of people intelligence and AI-workflow solutions, announced that it closed a $65 million Series B funding round led by the investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. This funding will advance Windfall's overall acceleration as a market leader, enabling additional product development and sales growth investments. Windfall has now raised $100+ million in external funding since its founding in 2016.

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies: $26.5 Million Closed For Financial Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies, a Singapore-based financial technology solutions provider for the underserved, announced the completion of its oversubscribed funding round. Woori Venture Partners, Washington University in St. Louis, and Phillip Private Equity also participated in this round, bringing the total funding to $26.5 million.

Coologics: Over $3 Million In Seed Funding Raised For Women’s Health Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Coologics, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced the closing of a seed funding round. This round was oversubscribed, showing strong investor confidence in Coologics' vision and technology around its initial product, Vlisse.

Chainguard: $356 Million (Series D) Raised At $3.5 Billion Valuation For Building Secure Foundation For Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Chainguard, a company that has built a secure foundation for software development and deployment, announced it has raised $356 million in Series D funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. This funding round raised the company’s total funding to $612 million. This round was co-led by new investor Kleiner Perkins and existing investor IVP. And new investors Salesforce Ventures and Datadog Ventures, plus all other existing investors, also participated in the round.

HelloSky: $5.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Talent Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

HelloSky (formerly Skyminyr), a talent intelligence platform purpose-built for the executive search industry, announced closing a $5.5 million oversubscribed seed round. This funding round also included participation from Caldwell Partners, Karmel Capital, True, Hunt Scanlon Ventures, and angel investors from Google and Cisco Systems.

InCred Alternatives: $70 Million In Commitments Raised For Maiden Special Situations Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

InCred Alternative Investments (part of InCred Capital Financial Services Limited) announced securing commitments of over $70 million in its maiden special situations credit fund, InCred Special Opportunities Fund-I (ISOF-I).

Nomura Buying Public Asset Management Operations From Macquarie For $1.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Nomura and Macquarie announced that they have entered into an agreement for Nomura to acquire Macquarie’s U.S. and European public asset management business, with approximately $180 billion in retail and institutional client assets across equities, fixed income and multi-asset strategies.

Earned Wealth Buying Chahal & Associates To Scale Doctor-Focused Financial Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Earned Wealth, a tech-enabled financial services firm created specifically for doctors, their families, and their practices, announced the acquisition of Chahal & Associates, a premier tax and accounting firm based in Hercules, California, with a client base of about 2,200 doctors, business owners, and high-net-worth professionals.

Appian: Serge Tanjga Named As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Appian announced the appointment of Serge Tanjga as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective May 27, 2025. Tanjga will report directly to Appian CEO Matt Calkins. Tanjga succeeds Mark Matheos, who became CFO of Dragos in November.

Nassau Financial Group: $10 Million Program For Supporting Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Nassau Financial Group - a leader in Connecticut’s insurance technology community - announced it is expanding its Nassau Reimagine program to support early and mid-stage startups with a new $10 million capital commitment. This program will target companies in Insurtech, Fintech, Retiretech, and other related sectors in Nassau’s primary business locations, including Connecticut and New York.