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Latigo Biotherapeutics: $150 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Latigo Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain treatments that target pain at its source, announced it has closed $150 million in a Series B financing. The proceeds from the financing will support the advancement of the company's highly selective Nav1.8 inhibitors currently in clinical development for the non-opioid treatment of pain and the development of Latigo's broader pipeline.

PulseJet: Interview With Founder & President John Gearty About AI-Based Immersive Music Experience Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

PulseJet is an entertainment content platform for AI-infused immersive music experiences. The company’s spatial music videos and concerts are the best in the world in terms of full immersion and maximum engagement. Pulse 2.0 interviewed PulseJet founder and president John Gearty to learn more about the company.

NashBio: Interview With Dr. Leeland Ekstrom About The Multi-Omics Data Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

NashBio is a company that makes complex healthcare data easy to use. From idea to execution, the company leverages real-world clinical, genomic, and imaging data to advance the discovery and development of new therapeutics and diagnostics. Pulse 2.0 interviewed NashBio CEO and co-founder Leeland Ekstrom, PhD, to learn more about the company.

ModeOne: Interview With Founder & CEO Matthew Rasmussen About The Remote Smartphone Data Collection Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

ModeOne is a company that offers the industry’s first automated, truly remote smartphone data collection solution for legal, compliance, or investigation purposes – with global reach and same-day delivery. The company helps clients target, collect, process, and review emerging forms of digital data and short-message chat information quickly, accurately, and with cost-certainty. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ModeOne Founder & CEO Matthew Rasmussen to learn more about the company.

Mitiska REIM: €310 Million Raised For MEREP 3 European Value-Add Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Mitiska REIM, a leading specialist investor in European convenience real estate, announced the final closing of the MEREP 3 European value-add fund at €310 million. This exceeded the initial target of €300 million and represented a 39% increase in funds raised compared to the preceding fund at the final close.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management: Fourth Global Infrastructure Fund Closed At $4.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), which is the private infrastructure investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), announced that it has raised $4.1 billion for North Haven Infrastructure Partners IV (NHIP IV). And NHIP IV includes some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutional infrastructure investors, including public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies.

Bilt Rewards Buying Banyan For Transforming The Housing Payments Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Bilt Rewards, a leading payments and commerce platform transforming the massive housing payments market, announced the acquisition of Banyan - which is the industry-leading platform for item-level receipt data. This strategic deal (Bilt's first) significantly expands Bilt's ability to create innovative, frictionless experiences that drive neighborhood commerce and deliver unprecedented value to residents and local merchants.

Laplace: $22 Million Raised For Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Laplace Interventional, a Minnesota-based medical device company developing a transcatheter tricuspid valve technology, announced that it has completed its Series C financing led by a non-disclosed global strategic investor along with investments from Aphelion Capital, Engage Venture Partners, Unorthodox Ventures, JWC Venture and Features Capital. The company also announced the addition of Ned Scheetz, Founding Managing Partner at Aphelion Capital, to its Board of Directors.

LPL Onboards $475 Million Advisor Team Carnegie Private Wealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors James Larsen, CFP, Lucas Decker, CFP, Kevin Lewis, CFP, CEPA, and Seth Miller, CFP, CEPA, have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms, aligned with Carnegie Private Wealth (an existing firm supported by LPL Strategic Wealth). And the advisors reported serving about $475 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement assets. Larsen joins LPL from Wells Fargo Advisors, and Decker, Lewis and Miller join from Edward Jones.

Wonder: Food Delivery Company Acquiring Tastemade

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Wonder - the food delivery company founded by Marc Lore - announced it is buying media company Tastemade.

Aryon Security: $9 Million (Seed) Secured For Transforming Cloud Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Aryon Security announced it exited stealth with its Cloud Security Enforcement Platform, which is creating a transformative approach to enterprise cloud security that prevents cloud risks before they are deployed in production systems, which is an industry first. Created by alumni of the elite Matzov unit in the Israel Defense Forces, Aryon has raised $9 million in seed funding led by Viola Ventures and Blumberg Capital.

Cino: €3.5 Million Raised To Transform Shared Payments With Virtual Cards To Split Bills

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Cino—a real-time shared payment app that finally lets people pay together in a seamless, single transaction—announced it has raised €3.5 million in seed funding led by Balderton Capital. Connect Ventures and leading angels, including Barney Hussey-Yeo (founder of Cleo), also participated. This funding will support Cino’s launch in the UK, which already has a growing waitlist, and continued growth across Europe.