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R1 (an industry leader in managing and intelligently automating healthcare revenue management with over 20 years of experience) announced an investment from Khosla Ventures. The funding follows the launch of R37, R1’s enterprise-grade AI lab developed in partnership with Palantir, which is dedicated to strengthening the financial health of providers through core agentic AI applications.

Unbound announced it has raised $4 million. This oversubscribed seed round was led by Race Capital, with participation from Wayfinder Ventures, Y Combinator, Massive Tech Ventures. The round also included Alpha Square Group, Northside Ventures, Liquid2, Pioneer Fund, Scale Asia Ventures, SBXI and notable angels including Ram Shriram (founding board member at Google), Dr. Trishan Panch (CSO LuminHealth), Dr. John Brownstein (Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Children’s hospital), Taro Fukuyama (CEO, Fond), Eli Brown (CEO, Guilded, acquired by Roblox), Chris Siakos (CEO Sinefa, acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Joe Vadakkan (CISO, Ex- CRO), Zain Rizavi (Cloudflare, Ridge VC), Finbarr Taylor (CEO, Shogun) alongside other silicon valley and cybersecurity veterans.

LLR Partners announced a strategic growth investment in TruTechnologies, a provider of real-time clinical trial oversight. LLR’s growth capital and value creation resources will be dedicated to helping TruTechnologies’ expansion as it transforms how pharmaceutical companies, together with clinical research organizations and research sites, oversee, monitor, and manage biological samples and study workflows throughout the clinical trial lifecycle.

EOG Resources announced a definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) and Encino Energy under which EOG will acquire Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) for $5.6 billion, inclusive of EAP's net debt. And EOG currently expects to fund the acquisition through $3.5 billion of debt and $2.1 billion of cash on hand.

TicketManager, a leader in event ticket and guest management solutions for the corporate enterprise, announced Valeas Capital Partners (a growth-oriented private-equity firm) has acquired a majority stake in the company. Under the terms of the deal, Valeas is committing $110 million to support TicketManager’s strategic growth plans. TicketManager Co-Founder and CEO Tony Knopp and COO Ken Hanscom will retain a minority interest in the company.

EssilorLuxottica and MidEuropa announced that they have agreed for EssilorLuxottica to acquire Optegra, a fast-growing and highly integrated ophthalmology platform operating in five key European markets: the UK, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.

WiseTech, a developer of leading logistics execution software CargoWise, announced it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire U.S.-based E2open, a leading provider of SaaS-based solutions in the global logistics value chain, for $3.30 per share in cash, equating to an enterprise value of $2.1 billion. This deal will be fully debt-funded from a new syndicated debt facility and is subject to certain customary conditions precedent.

Rillet, an AI-native ERP (enterprise resource planning) platform, announced $25 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital. This funding round includes existing investors First Round Capital, Creandum, Susa Ventures and top angels, such as former NetSuite CFO, Ron Gill and Lee Kirkpatrick, former Twilio CFO.

Gebbia Media (a subsidiary of Siebert Financial) announced that it has acquired Big Machine Rock, the rock imprint of Big Machine Label Group - which has played a significant role in shaping the future of modern rock. This deal marks a bold new chapter in Gebbia Media's rapid ascent within the music and media industries, where it is focused on creating an artist-first platform that blends creative storytelling with strategic investment. Big Machine Rock's current roster includes Daughtry, Badflower, Sammy Hagar, Olive Vox, and Ryan Perdz, and others.

EnduroSat, a leading provider of satellite constellations-as-a-service, today announced a €43 million investment led by Founders Fund.

AECOM - a trusted global infrastructure leader - announced that it has been awarded an Optimized Remediation Contract (ORC) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District to provide environmental remediation services at Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s Central Coast. And the 10-year $81.3-million single award is one of the most significant optimized remediation contracts awarded by the USACE Los Angeles District, reinforcing AECOM’s position as a trusted partner in delivering mission-critical solutions.

Haber is a company with a mission to help industries become sustainable by converting data to actionable intelligence. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Haber co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Priya Venkat to learn more about the company.  

Clear Current, which is the first AI platform to offer a comprehensive virtual energy manager for enterprise businesses, announced it has secured over $4 million in an oversubscribed Seed Round. Rho Ignition led the round, with participation from Coreline Ventures and Avesta Fund.

Strive Asset Management and Asset Entities announced the signing of a $750 million private investment in public equity (PIPE), with an additional $750 million in potential financing available upon the exercise of warrants, which could increase total potential proceeds to $1.5 billion. Upon the closing of the deals, the proceeds are expected to support the company's first wave of Bitcoin acquisitions, to set up Strive Asset Management as the first Bitcoin treasury company focused on long-term Bitcoin outperformance through the implementation of alpha-generating strategies along with the company's plans to implement known beta strategies used by incumbent Bitcoin treasury corporations.

Pallet, which is the company behind CoPallet, the AI workforce for logistics, announced a $27 million Series B round led by General Catalyst, with continued support from Bain Capital Ventures, Activant Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners. Dan Lewis (CPO at Microsoft, co-founder at Convoy), Amit Agarwal (former President at Datadog), Girish Rishi (former CEO at BlueYonder), Michael Capellas (former CEO at Compaq), Matt McKinney (CEO at Loop), and Aatish Nayak (Head of Product at Harvey) participated in this funding round.

Blues, an Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity solutions company, announced the closing of its latest $25 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Blues has previously raised $66 million in funding.

Quadria Capital, an Asia-based healthcare-focused private equity firm, announced the final closing of Fund III, with total commitments of $1.07 billion, significantly exceeding its original target of $800 million.

MariaDB announced the acquisition of Codership Oy, a Finnish-based company, and its flagship product, Galera Cluster, a powerful high-availability database solution that provides high uptime, no data loss, and scalability for database growth. With this deal, the core Galera team and its founders will join MariaDB, enhancing the company’s European engineering and technical support team.

Arcadea Group, an investor in global software companies, announced the acquisition of Intuitive Care, a leading provider of revenue cycle management services to the Brazilian healthcare industry. And this partnership marks a significant milestone in Intuitive Care’s growth journey, positioning the company for success while maintaining its commitment to innovation and excellence in healthcare financial operations.

Simi Capital Group, a real estate investment firm specializing in various equity and debt strategies, founded by Andrew Skydell and Jacob Diamond, has announced the acquisition of a coveted industrial portfolio in Miami, Florida, for $31 million.

Clair, a pioneering fintech company offering Earned Wage Access (EWA), originated by national bank Pathward, announced that it has raised $23.2 million in its Series B led by its Seed round lead investor Upfront Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Thrive Capital.

TrustCloud, an AI-native security assurance platform for hybrid enterprises, announced it has raised $15 million in strategic funding led by ServiceNow Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, Presidio Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, Tola Capital, and existing investors.

Firehawk Aerospace, a defense technology leader specializing in advanced energetics and propulsion technologies, announced that it has received a pivotal land grant and capital investment from the State of Oklahoma and federal leaders, including Governor Kevin Stitt, U.S. Representative Tom Cole, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, and Representative Trey Caldwell.

Vontive, a technology company standardizing the business-purpose mortgage, announced an equity investment from Citi. Vontive also launched a $150 million securitization, VNTV 2025-RTL1.

DreamPark, the creator of the world’s largest downloadable mixed reality (XR) theme park, announced it raised $1.1 million in seed funding led by Long Journey Ventures, with participation from Founders Inc.

Deccan AI, a company specializing in pristine data for AI model training and evaluation, announced that it has raised funding from Prosus Ventures. The funding will advance product development, expand the team, and fuel market expansion.

Rhino Federated Computing, a leading platform for federated AI collaboration, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $15 million Series A funding round led by AlleyCorp. And all existing institutional investors participated, including LionBird, Fusion Fund, Arkin Digital Health, Qiming Venture Partners USA, Telus Global Ventures, and Keren Maccabi, as well as new investors Wilson’s Bird Capital, Mr. Frank Sica, and Gaingels. The funding round brings Rhino FCP’s total funding to over $30 million to date.

David, a brand that designs tools to increase muscle and decrease fat, announced it closed a $75 million Series A funding round, led by Greenoaks with the participation of Valor Equity Partners.