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How Pramata Makes Contract Management Radically Simple And Affordable

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2023

Pramata is a radically simple end-to-end contract management platform. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pramata chief technology officer (CTO) Pedram Abrari to learn more.

Croissant: Fintech Platform Company Secures $24 Million To Empower Intentional Commerce

By Noah Long ● Aug 17, 2023

Croissant - a fintech platform with a mission to empower intentional commerce - recently launched with $24 million in seed funding from renowned investors, including Portage and KKR co-founders George Roberts and Henry Kravis. The initial funding was used to accelerate Croissant’s MVP launch via a best-in-class founding team led by Co-Founder and CEO John Howard (formerly of KKR), Co-Founder and CTO John Klose (Amazon, PayPal), and Head of Product Vrishti Mongia (Meta, Moda Operandi).

Amber Bio: $26 Million Raised To Build Gene Editing Platform To Reach Undruggable Diseases

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 17, 2023

Amber Bio - a biotechnology company pioneering multi-kilobase gene editing platforms to reach previously undruggable diseases - recently launched with an oversubscribed $26 million seed financing round co-led by Playground Global and Andreessen Horowitz Bio + Health. And Eli Lilly, RDF (Retinal Degeneration Fund), Hummingbird Ventures, and Pillar VC also participated in the round.

Helm.ai: $55 Million Secured For Developing AI Software For Autonomous Driving And Robotics Automation

By Annie Baker ● Aug 17, 2023

Helm.ai - a provider of next-generation AI software for autonomous driving and automation of robotics - recently announced it raised $55 million in its Series C financing. Freeman Group led the round, including investments from venture capital firms ACVC Partners and Amplo, along with strategic investments from Honda Motor, Goodyear Ventures, and Sungwoo Hitech. This financing brings the total amount raised by Helm.ai to $102M. Helm.ai will use the funds for R&D, the productization of its self-driving technologies, and to further execute commercial engagements with customers and partners in the automotive and robotics sectors.

Wally: This App Helps People Track Their Finances In Over A $14 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2023

Wally is a personal finance mobile application in 70 countries that helps people track their net worth, spending, and budgets. By connecting bank accounts to the app, Wally is simplifying personal finance management through easy-to-understand visualizations and notifications. To learn more, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Wally co-founder Saeid Hejazi.

Aether: $49 Million Closed For Extracting Critical Minerals And Creating New Materials

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 17, 2023

Aether recently announced a $49 million Series A led by Jay Zaveri at Natural Capital and Trevor Zimmerman at Unless to power the next industrial revolution by helping extract rare metals and create new materials, leading to a more resource-efficient and sustainable future. This funding round will be used to scale its platform and grow the company’s engineering, machine learning, and hardware teams.

Rondo Energy: Zero-Carbon Industrial Heat And Power Company Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2023

Rondo Energy - a leading provider of zero-carbon industrial heat and power - recently announced it has raised $60 million in a new financing plan to speed the rollout of Rondo Heat Batteries (RHBs) worldwide and to transform the global energy storage market.

HomeZada: This Handy Digital Home Platform Helps Manage Information During The Whole Homeowner Cycle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2023

HomeZada is an online and mobile digital home platform that manages information during the entire homeowner cycle, including owning, selling, and buying a home. Pulse 2.0 interviewed HomeZada co-founder John Bodrozic to learn more.

TTEC Launches New AI Readiness Assessment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2023

TTEC Holdings - a leading global CX (customer experience) technology and services innovator for AI-enabled CX with solutions from TTEC Engage and TTEC Digital - recently announced the availability of its new AI Readiness Assessment. Designed to help enterprises determine their current ability to leverage AI capabilities, the assessment provides a clear picture of their digital CX maturity and offers a prioritized adoption roadmap.

Synopsys: Sassine Ghazi Assuming Role As President And CEO In January 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Synopsys recently announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Sassine Ghazi as president and Chief Executive Officer, effective on January 1, 2024. And at that time, Aart de Geus, chair and CEO, will transition into the role of Executive Chair of Synopsys' Board of Directors.

Fizz: $25 Million Raised To Give Gen Z What They Are Looking For In Social Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Fizz - a Gen Z-founded social media platform exclusively available for college students - recently announced the raise of its $25 million series B funding round led by Owl Ventures with participation from NEA. And Fizz rose above what Crunchbase considers the lowest funding quarter for Series B rounds in 3 years and does so on the heels of raising a $12 million Series A in November 2022.

Veza Receives Strategic Investments From Capital One Ventures and ServiceNow Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Identity security company Veza recently announced that Capital One Ventures and ServiceNow Ventures have invested strategically in Veza, bringing the company’s total financing to $125 million. This funding will accelerate Veza’s product development, develop integrations for enterprise systems, and increase go-to-market capacity as it continues to meet the demand for its enterprise identity security platform.

AtScale: This Company Is Becoming The Forefront Of Data-Driven Insights

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

AtScale is a company that enables smarter decision-making by accelerating the flow of data-driven insights. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AtScale CEO and Chairman Chris Lynch to learn more.

Grapevine: How This Company Helps Healthcare Buyers Save Millions Of Dollars In A $200 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Grapevine Technologies is a custom-made platform designed specifically for B2B wholesalers and purchasers in the medical space. And the company’s software helps businesses in the healthcare supply chain to grow their network, automate operations, and achieve greater business success. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Grapevine CEO Luká Yancopoulos to learn more.

Fitted: Fintech Software Company Raises $8.5 Million To Improve Retailer Connectivity

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 16, 2023

Fitted - a fintech software platform that reimagines brand and retailer connectivity - recently announced the closing of an $8.5 million series A funding round to fuel continued growth and meet customer demand. This funding round was led by Capital Eleven and included participation from Epic Ventures and Handshake Ventures.

Oxa: This Company Has Built A Breathing Wearable Set To Disrupt A $10 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Oxa is a company that developed the first breathing wearable to provide an immersive and personalized consumer experience for better relaxation, anxiety management and sleep with clinical quality in a garment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Oxa CEO and co-founder Vincent Martinez to learn more.

MapsPeople: How This Innovative Indoor Mapping Company Is Disrupting A $120+ Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

MapsPeople is a company passionate about leveraging the endless possibilities of dynamic mapping to customers and believes that indoor navigation and positioning are the frontiers in the mapping world. Pulse 2.0 interviewed MapsPeople's CEO Morten Brøgger to learn more.

Nature Coatings: $2.45 Million Closed To Transform Waste Materials Into Renewable Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Nature Coatings - a leading biochemicals company transforming waste materials into bio-based, safe, and renewable solutions - recently announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed $2.45 million Seed funding round. The funding round was led by Regeneration.VC and The 22 Fund, with participation from actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, Safer Made, and Portfolia.

Exponential Exchange: Financial innovation Platform Secures $7.4 Million In Seed Funding

By Annie Baker ● Aug 16, 2023

Financial innovation platform company Exponential Exchange recently announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed $7.4 million seed funding round led by MaC Venture Capital to continue building a suite of financial instruments designed to bring new risk-management solutions into the automotive ecosystem and other industries with underserved asset classes.

Telmai: This Company Is An Emerging Leader In The $38 Billion Data Observability Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Telmai is a data observability platform designed for open architecture. To learn more, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Telmai co-founder and CEO Mona Rakibe.

ThriveDX: Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program Launches For Reskilling Talent And Enhancing Diversity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

ThriveDX - a global leader in cybersecurity and digital skills training - continues its mission to reskill and upskill the global cybersecurity workforce by launching a Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program to create job opportunities for diverse cyber talent at no training cost. And this program, made possible through strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations focusing on registered apprenticeships, aims to address the growing cybersecurity talent shortage while enhancing workplace diversity across the industry.

Altos Radar: $3.5 Million Raised For Developing 4D Imaging Radars

By Noah Long ● Aug 16, 2023

Altos Radar recently announced that it raised $3.5 million in a seed round of funding that will accelerate the commercialization of 4D imaging radars in driver-assisted and autonomous vehicles. The funding round - led by Hesai Technology CEO David (Yifan) Li, ZhenFund, and Monad Ventures - will be used to mass-produce and market Altos Radar's new high-performance 4D imaging RADAR Altos V1, which demonstrates revolutionary perception capabilities at a fraction of the cost of its competitors.

Advanced Ionics Secures $12.5 Million Series A Round Led By bp

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Advanced Ionics - the developer of a new category of hydrogen electrolyzers useful for expanding green hydrogen production - recently closed a $12.5 million Series A funding round led by bp ventures, with additional investors including Clean Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and GVP Climate.

Intel And Synopsys Expand IP And EDA Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Intel and Synopsys recently announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to expand the companies’ long-standing IP (intellectual property) and EDA (electronic design automation) strategic partnership by developing a portfolio of IP on Intel 3 and Intel 18A for Intel’s foundry customers. And the availability of key IP on Intel advanced process nodes will create a more robust offering for new and existing Intel Foundry Services (IFS) customers.

Julie Heath Appointed To Oversee IU Innovates Hub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Julie Heath - a leader in launching innovative public-private initiatives and social impact organizations and the architect of Indiana’s first entrepreneurship ecosystem strategy - will oversee a new Indiana University initiative to support students and faculty university-wide in creating and growing startup ventures.

Harvard Startup basys.ai Closes $2.4 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

basys.ai - a healthcare technology company co-founded by Harvard alumni Amber Nigam and Jie Sun in 2022 at Harvard University - announced the completion of its latest funding round, securing a total of $2.4 million in investments. This funding round will enable basys.ai to further its mission of empowering payers to streamline processes like prior authorization and utilization management.

Phospholutions: $10.15 Million Secured To Accelerate Commercialization Of Higher Efficiency Fertilizers

By Annie Baker ● Aug 16, 2023

Phospholutions - a pioneer in sustainable fertilizer technology - recently announced an additional $10.15 million investment from leading global fertilizer companies and investors to accelerate the commercialization of RhizoSorb in the US row crop market. And the funding round was led by Advantage Capital and included continued investment from Conti Ventures (a division of Continental Grain Company), Tekfen Ventures, Maumee Ventures, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Keytrade, a global fertilizer trader, also joins as a new investor.

Angeles Equity Partners: Fund II Closes Above $540 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Angeles Equity Partners LLC - a private investment firm focused on value creation through operational transformation - announced the final closing of Angeles Equity Partners II, L.P. and its parallel funds with total capital commitments exceeding its target of $500 million.

ClassWallet: Digital Wallet-Based Purchasing And Reimbursement Platform Company Raises $95 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

ClassWallet - a leading digital wallet-based purchasing and reimbursement platform for public funds - recently announced it closed its first institutional growth capital funding round of $95 million. Guidepost Growth Equity led the funding round, which included Education Growth Partners (EGP) and Lazard Family Office Partners. This funding round builds on ClassWallet’s rapid growth and supports its continued efforts to reshape the way government agencies do business.

Zeelo: Transit Tech Company Secures $14 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 16, 2023

Zeelo - a global transit-tech company powering bus operators, employers and schools to provide highly efficient, sustainable, and affordable private bus and shuttle transport programs - announced it has secured $14 million in its latest Series A extension round from three new venture capital firms, including FlatzHoffmann, the European growth equity investor; IREON Ventures, the venture capital arm of Motor Oil Hellas; and a prominent Boston-based family office with a principal that recently took their Nasdaq listing private for $6 billion.