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Jurny - the market's only vertically integrated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property management solution - recently announced it opened a community investment round on Wefunder. Backed by venture capital and serving thousands of customers worldwide, Jurny has invited retail investors – who typically gain access only after an IPO – to participate for a limited time. This funding round has already experienced tremendous interest, garnering over $2 million within its first week open to the public.

Voiceflow - which is the industry’s first and leading collaboration platform for building AI agents - recently announced it had closed a $15 million round of financing led by OpenView, a leading venture capital firm focused on business software. And with this funding round, Voiceflow will amplify its commitment to product innovation while helping conversational AI product teams design, test, and launch AI agents for customer support.

Trinity Capital - a leading provider of diversified financial solutions to growth-stage companies - recently announced the commitment of $20 million in growth capital to MacroFab, the comprehensive manufacturing platform for building electronics from prototype to high-scale production.

Occidental recently announced that a wholly owned subsidiary has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to buy all the outstanding equity of Carbon Engineering Ltd. for total cash consideration of approximately $1.1 billion, to be made in three approximately equivalent annual payments, with the first at closing. This deal is expected to close before the end of 2023, subject to Canadian court reviews, Canadian and U.S. regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.

Dioxycle - a French-American start-up that transforms carbon dioxide emissions into high-value, sustainable chemicals - recently announced the successful closure of its Series A funding round of $17 million. The funding round was co-led by renowned climate tech investors Lowercarbon Capital and Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe (BEV-E), with participation from Gigascale Capital. This funding round propels Dioxycle into an exciting new development phase towards a first-of-its-kind industrial-emission-busting demonstrator.

As part of a strategic collaboration, Futureverse (a leading AI and metaverse technology and content company) and Outlier Ventures (the leading global web3 investor and accelerator by volume) announced the launch of the Futureverse Base Camp accelerator. This program, which will receive funding from the recently announced Born Ready, a venture fund and studio created by the co-founders of Futureverse, will select a cohort of leading early-stage startups building across The Root Network, a public decentralized blockchain network optimized for metaverse apps and experiences. And the program will provide the chosen teams with a virtual 12-week program filled with support from world-class experts. Starting in January 2024, this program marks a significant leap in supporting creators, innovators, and communities shaping the future of the open metaverse.

Kivera recently announced it had raised $3.5 million in seed funding from General Advance, Round 13 Capital, and several angel investors, including Srinath Kuruvadi, Managing Director and Head of Cloud Security, JP Morgan & Chase; Ely Kahn, VP Product for Cloud Security and AI/ML at SentinelOne; Dimitri Sirota, Founder and CEO of BigID; and other senior executives from Amazon, Google, Shift5, ServiceNow, and Zscaler. With the funding, Kivera will invest in new talent as it moves its headquarters from Sydney, Australia, to New York City.

Kriya Therapeutics - a biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapies for conditions affecting millions of people around the world - recently announced the addition of over $150 million in capital committed as part of its Series C Financing, bringing the total Series C round to over $430 million. The proceeds from the funding will support the clinical translation of Kriya’s broad pipeline of gene therapies and the continued scaling of its engineering, computational and manufacturing platforms.

Nexo Therapeutics recently emerged from stealth with a $60 million Series A financing led by founding investor Versant Ventures with participation from New Enterprise Associates and Cormorant Asset Management. And the company also announced a multi-year strategic research collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Radiant Security recently announced that it entered the market with its AI-powered SOC co-pilot. And the industry-first solution empowers security operations centers (SOCs) to harness the power of AI to boost security analyst productivity, detect more real attacks, and reduce incident remediation times.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation recently announced that it has executed an agreement to sell its remaining Eagle Ford assets to SilverBow Resources for $700 million, bringing the total proceeds from its Eagle Ford exit to more than $3.5 billion.

MSCI - a leading provider of mission-critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community - recently announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 66% of The Burgiss Group, LLC for $697 million in cash. Burgiss is a Hoboken, New Jersey-based market-leading provider of data, analytics, and technology solutions for investors in private assets. Since its initial investment in January 2020, MSCI will have invested $913 million to acquire all of Burgiss.

Redaptive is an Energy-as-a-Service company that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. The company’s programs help many of the world’s most sophisticated organizations reduce energy waste, save money, lower carbon emissions, and meet sustainability goals across their entire real estate portfolios. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Redaptive CEO Arvin Vohra to learn more.

PayPal announced its Board of Directors appointed senior Intuit executive Alex Chriss as President and CEO, effective September 27, 2023. Chriss will also join the Board on that date.

Ford has named Apple veteran Peter Stern to lead the newly formed Ford Integrated Services, which will create and market valuable software-enabled customer experiences across Ford Blue, Model e and Ford Pro. Stern had previously served as vice president of Services at Apple for more than six years through January 2023 and was a driving force behind the launch of Apple’s portfolio of services, including Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, MLS Season Pass and Apple One.

Harmony Biosciences Holdings - a pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative therapies for patients with rare neurological diseases - recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Zynerba Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ZYNE), a leader in innovative pharmaceutically produced transdermal cannabinoid therapies for orphan neuropsychiatric disorders, including Fragile X syndrome (FXS).

Eagle Merchant Partners - a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market franchise, consumer, and industrial companies - recently announced the closing of its inaugural fund, Eagle Merchant Partners I, L.P. The fund had closed with over $265 million, which was well more than its initial target.

K4Connect - a leading provider of enterprise technologies for senior living communities - recently announced it raised $8.9 million in a new investment round co-led by Bryce Catalyst and AVP (AXA Venture Partners), with continuing support from other existing investors, including Intel Capital, Forté Ventures, Topmark Partners, and the Ziegler-Linkage Fund. This latest funding round brings the company's total funding raised to $39 million and will be used for driving further adoption in the senior living market while continuing to rapidly advance its patented FusionOS integration technology and K4Community Engagement Suite.

Ossium Health - a bioengineering company developing the world's first bank of on-demand bone marrow - recently announced a $52 million Series C funding round. The funding round was led by CPMG, with participation from Vivo Capital, First Round Capital, Manta Ray Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Asahi Kasei. And the company is improving the health, vitality, and longevity of human beings through bioengineering and will deploy this funding to grow its proprietary bone marrow bank dramatically, build on existing clinical trials, and accelerate new product development.

Solink - a leading physical security company for businesses - recently announced it has closed $60 million in a Series C investment round. This funding round was led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management with participation from the company’s existing investors, OMERS Ventures and BDC IT Ventures. And the investment from Goldman Sachs comes from its recently launched $5.2 billion growth equity fund, dedicated to investing in high-growth businesses with strong market positioning and durable business models.

Valhalla Ventures - an early-stage venture capital firm - recently announced its debut $66 million flagship fund to invest in audacious innovators challenging the status quo across deeptech and gaming. And the firm is committed to supporting entrepreneurs who are unafraid to question consensus views and push the boundaries of science and engineering.

Goodwater - one of the largest venture capital fund exclusively focused on consumer tech investments - recently announced that it has raised over $1 billion across its family of early and growth-stage funds. And with this raise, Goodwater accelerates its mission to empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. With a consumer tech focus and global reach, the firm has backed 79 early and growth-stage startups in 19 countries worldwide.

Nirvana Water Sciences - an innovative wellness and functional beverage company - recently announced a further investment of $2.625 million by Flagstaff International and other current investors. This funding round will fuel the growth of Nirvana's new functional spring waters and seltzers in traditional retail and support a new joint venture with Inspire Health Alliance, LLC, a pioneering healthcare service network with more than 1,500 physicians and surgeons across the U.S.

Ennabl - a leading Insurtech data analytics platform - recently announced the successful completion of its Series A funding at $8 million. This funding round will accelerate the company's growth and expand its market reach.

AsclepiX Therapeutics - a clinical-stage biotech company leveraging computational biology from Johns Hopkins to identify and develop peptides for improved treatments of retinal diseases - recently announced that it has secured a $10 million Series A-3 financing.

Beyond Finance is a next-generation fintech company created to move people beyond debt and help transform their lives. And every day, the Beyond Finance team supports clients by offering individualized care, financial counseling and education, and customized solutions to improve their circumstances. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Beyond Finance Client Financial Therapist Dr. Erika Rasure to learn more.

Traceable is a leading API Security company that helps organizations achieve API protection in a cloud-first world. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Traceable CTO and co-founder Sanjay Nagaraj to learn more.

Shopic is a company that offers a clip-on device that allows supermarket shoppers to turn any shopping cart into a computer vision-enhanced “smart cart” with a touchscreen interface. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Shopic CTO and co-founder Eran Kravitz to learn more about the company.

Disprz - an AI-powered learning and skilling suite - recently announced it had raised $30 million in its Series C funding round led by Lumos Capital and 360 ONE Asset (IIFL), with participation from Kae Capital, KOIS, & Dallas Venture Capital.

Persist AI - an AI-driven pioneer in drug formulation - recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $4M financing round following their completion of Y Combinator, the renowned startup accelerator. And the funding round was led by 2048 Ventures with the participation of Innospark Ventures, Fellows Fund, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, and others.