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Block Announces Sustainable Banking Initiative With $25 Million Investment

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Block announced the Sustainable Banking Initiative, a $25 million investment into helping decarbonize the economy and promote sustainability through community lending, along with the company’s first Commerce and Climate Survey.

Sema4.ai: $30.5 Million Secured To Build Intelligent Agents For Helping Knowledge Workers

By Noah Long ● Jan 29, 2024

Sema4.ai aims to build intelligent agents that transform how knowledge workers collaborate with AI. Led by open-source pioneers and fueled by $30.5 million from investors, including Benchmark, Mayfield, and Canvas Ventures, Sema4.ai is ready to become the leader in the $88 billion autonomous agent market.

akirolabs: Procurement Technology Company Raises $5 Million

By Noah Long ● Jan 29, 2024

akirolabs - a Berlin-based ProcureTech startup enabling enterprises worldwide to augment strategic procurement processes - announced that it has raised $5 million in its recent seed funding round. The investors in this round included HTGF, OTB Ventures, D11Z. Ventures, and Switzerland's Serpentine Ventures, alongside angel investments from industry leaders such as Fredrick Spalcke (ex-CPO of Phillips & Huawei), Heiko Schwarz (CEO of riskmethods), Markus Ehrle (VP and General Manager EMEA at ServiceNow), and Detlef Schultz (former CEO of the Vodafone Procurement Company).

Bridgepoint Strategically Invests In Kerv Group

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Bridgepoint announced that Bridgepoint Development Capital IV (BDC IV), a fund focused on investing in mid-market growth businesses, strategically invested in next-generation cloud and digital transformation services provider Kerv Group.

RenovoRx: $6.1 Million Private Placement Closed

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

RenovoRx - a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel precision oncology therapies based on a local drug-delivery platform - announced that it had closed a private placement, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $6.1 million, before deducting offering expenses.

Senser: How This Company Helps Incident Resolution Teams Gain Insights About Service Issues

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Senser is the AIOps platform that replaces the pain of monitoring and troubleshooting with insights you can actually do something with. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Senser CEO Amir Krayden to learn more about the company.

Vertical Aerospace Founder Backing Company With $50 Million Investment Commitment

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Vertical Aerospace (a global aerospace and technology company pioneering zero-emissions aviation) recently announced that it has secured $50 million in committed funding from founder, majority owner, and CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick. This investment provides the platform for further funding rounds.

Atly Launches ‘Follow Your Friends’ Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Atly - a user-generated social mapping platform transforming location-based knowledge sharing - has launched a new "Follow Your Friends" feature. This tool allows Atly users to follow their friends within the app, automatically surfacing their recommended points of interest alongside the number of recommendations each location has on an Atly map.

Why vidIQ Is Buying Creator Now

By Noah Long ● Jan 29, 2024

vidIQ announced it is buying Los Angeles-based creator education platform Creator Now. Launched in 2021, Creator Now was founded by YouTube star Airrack along with co-founders, Zack Honarvar and Kate Ward. And the company has been on a mission to connect up-and-coming creators with the educational resources and community they need to successfully grow and monetize on YouTube.

Kao Data: Digital Infrastructure Solutions Company Raises £206 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Kao Data - a specialist developer and operator of data centers engineered for AI and advanced computing - announced it had completed a new £206 million debt raise, with an accompanying accordion facility extendable to £356 million, via one of the world's leading lenders to the data center sector, Deutsche Bank.

ATTUNE: Engagement Banking Platform Raises $2.225 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 29, 2024

ATTUNE (formerly known as Lendsmart) has announced the successful closure of its seed funding round, raising $2.225 million. This milestone marks the company's evolution from a primarily lending-oriented organization to an all-encompassing Engagement Banking Platform, enabling financial institutions to digitize their service lines and intelligently engage with customers at key moments.

Monta: EV Charging Company Closes €80 Million In Series B

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Monta - an operating platform powering the EV charging ecosystem - announced the closing of its €80 million Series B round, bringing the company’s total funding to €130 million in just three years. And Energize Capital co-led the round with GreenPoint Partners and Denmark’s state-backed Export and Investment Fund. The Series B also included participation from returning investors Headline, byFounders, AENU, and Creandum and new investor Quantum Light.

Thentia: Regulatory Technology Company Raises $38 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Thentia - a leading innovator in regulatory technology - announced that it has closed a US$38 million Series B extension round. The fundraising, led by existing investors, including First Ascent Ventures, Spring Mountain Capital, BDC Capital, and Espresso Capital, reflects a continued commitment to Thentia's vision.

Publicis Investing €300 Million In AI Over 3 Years

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Advertising giant Publicis recently announced it has laid out a strategy in becoming the industry’s first "AI-powered Intelligent System." In a presentation by Arthur Sadoun, global CEO; Carla Serrano, global CSO, Nigel Vaz, CEO of Publicis Sapient; Dave Penski, CEO of Publicis Media & Sam Levine Archer, Chief Solutions Architect Publicis North America, it was discussed that Publicis is making 3 strategic bets: putting data and technology at the center with the acquisition of Sapient and Epsilon, implementing a country model, and building a single operational backbone.

AiCure: Funding, New Patents, And Leadership Team Changes

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

AiCure - a prominent AI and advanced data analytics company focused on enhancing clinical trials - has raised a significant funding round. Along with the new funding round, the company has obtained several new patents, enabling it to advance its technological lead.

Proof Technology: Legal Technology Company Secures $30.4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Proof Technology - the service of process and e-filing technology platform company - has announced the closing of a $30.4 million Series B funding round led by Long Ridge Equity Partners with participation from existing investors, including Blue Heron Capital and The LegalTech Fund. And Proof's litigation services marketplace provides law firms and government agencies with document delivery through a nationwide network of process servers, electronic court filing services, and remote notarization.

OnPoint Healthcare Partners Raises Growth Investment In Round Led By Peloton Equity

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Peloton Equity - a Connecticut-based private equity firm that seeks to invest growth capital in innovative healthcare companies - announced that it has closed an investment in OnPoint Healthcare Partners. This fast-growing AI-enabled technology services provider offers solutions to hospitals and medical groups designed to reduce physician burnout and improve administrative efficiencies. This investment was led by Peloton Equity, alongside participation from Fort Maitland Capital.

Being Health: Psychiatry-Focused Company Launches With $5.4 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Jan 29, 2024

Being Health - a psychiatrist-founded modern mental health practice - recently launched to bring the best of psychiatry, psychotherapy, novel treatments (such as ketamine infusion therapy), functional medicine and wellness services (such as acupuncture and nutrition) all under one roof for a seamless patient experience in New York City. And Being Health has raised $5.4 million in funding from 18 Park and HDS Capital.

Timber-Tech Truss Raises Funding From Westcap

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Westcap Mgt. Ltd. has announced an investment in Timber-Tech Truss Limited Partnership completed by Westcap MBO III Investment LP (MBO III) - which is Westcap's third buyout fund focused on succession and growth opportunities in Western Canada. And Timber-Tech is a leading provider of engineered truss systems and engineered wood products, servicing customers throughout Western Canada.

Bitflow Labs: Decentralized Exchange Company Raises $1.3 Million

By Noah Long ● Jan 29, 2024

Bitflow Labs has announced a successful $1.3 million pre-seed funding round to continue building critical infrastructure for Bitcoin DeFi. Portal Ventures led the funding round alongside a consortium of visionary investors, including Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Bitcoin Startup Lab, Big Brain Holdings, Newman Capital, Genblock Capital, Tykhe Block Ventures, and more.

Kyndryl Launches New Security Edge Services With Cisco

By Annie Baker ● Jan 29, 2024

Kyndryl - the world's largest technology infrastructure services provider - announced two new security edge services developed jointly with Cisco to help customers improve their security controls and proactively address and respond to cyber incidents.

Crossbeam: How This Ecosystem-Led Growth Company Helps You Prospect With Your Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Crossbeam is a company that acts as a data escrow service that finds overlapping customers and prospects with partners while keeping the rest of your data private and secure. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Crossbeam’s VP of Ecosystem, Adam Michalski.

ObjectiveHealth Raises Strategic Growth Investment From Vitruvian Partners

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 29, 2024

ObjectiveHealth - a leading integrated specialty research network and technology company - announced that it has secured a strategic growth investment from Vitruvian Partners, a leading global growth-focused investment firm.

DataTrails: A Solution That Tracks Who Has Made Changes To Digital Files And Documents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

DataTrails (formerly RKVST) is a company that gives creators and businesses long-term confidence in digital files and documents by maintaining a tamper-proof record of who did what when no matter where the files are stored or how they move around. Pulse 2.0 interviewed DataTrails chairman and CEO Rusty Cumpston to learn more about the company.

Prevalent: Eliminating Security And Compliance Exposures In A $5+ Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Prevalent is a company that takes the pain out of third-party risk management (TPRM). And companies use Prevalent’s software and services to eliminate the security and compliance exposures that come from working with vendors and suppliers throughout the third-party risk management lifecycle. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Prevalent’s CSO and COO, Brad Hibbert, to learn more about the company.

Annalise: The Story Behind This Leading Developer Of Advanced AI Solutions For Medical Imaging

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Annalise.ai is a leading health tech company that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize medical imaging. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Annalise.ai's chief medical officer, Rick Abramson, to learn more about the company.

Gearset: Offering All The Solutions Needed For A Complete Salesforce DevOps Workflow

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Gravie: Offering Health Plans And Benefit Solutions For Every Business Size

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Gravie is one of the fastest growing health benefits companies, offering health plans that cover 100% of costs on the most common healthcare services. The company works primarily with small and midsize employers, who for too long have had limited choices and few ways to self-fund their employee health plans. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Gravie senior vice president and general manager of Gravie ICHRA Andrew Reeves to learn more about the company.

Apollo: How This Company Makes It Easier To Find Leads And Close More Deals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Apollo is a leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Apollo provides sales and marketing teams with easier access to verified contact data for over 275 million B2B contacts and tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Apollo chief revenue officer Leandra Fishman to learn more about the company.

Human8: Connecting Brands With People And Culture To Drive Positive Change

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2024

Human8 is a consultative agency that drives customer centricity for some of the world’s largest brands. And through research across historical shifts, cross-industry comparisons, and behavioral trends data, their team of leading healthcare experts has made several predictions on where the healthcare industry is going by 2030 and beyond. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Meaghan Hafner, Vice President of Health Care Insights & Strategy at Human8, to learn more about the company.