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SIOS Technology Names Charlie Mantione As Head Of Sales, Americas And Promotes Natalia Casey To Lead Global Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:18 PM

SIOS Technology has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Charlie Mantione as Head of Sales, Americas and the promotion of Natalia Casey to lead the company's global marketing organization.

UpSmith Raises $10 Million Series A To Expand AI Profit Engine For Home Services Trades

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:06 PM

UpSmith has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its artificial intelligence platform for home services contractors, including electricians, plumbers and heating, ventilation and air conditioning businesses. SemperVirens led the financing, with participation from existing and new investors including Hannah Grey Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners, CIV, Synetro Group, WaterStone Impact Fund anchored by Tim Tebow, Colin M. Evans at Sandwith Ventures, Deason Capital Services and OpenGov co-founder Zachary Bookman.

Liberty Mutual Investments Forms Long-Term Partnership With Zenith Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:53 PM

Liberty Mutual Investments has established a long-term strategic partnership with Zenith Asset Management to support the launch and growth of the energy infrastructure-focused investment firm and pursue investment opportunities across the sector.

New Relic Launches Infrastructure 360 To Provide End-To-End Visibility For AI Workloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:34 PM

New Relic has launched Infrastructure 360, a new observability solution designed to give platform engineering, infrastructure and operations teams an end-to-end view of cloud resources, dependencies and configuration changes as organizations scale artificial intelligence workloads.

Unison Energy Secures $120 Million Credit Facility From JPMorgan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:32 PM

Unison Energy has closed a five-year, $120 million secured credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank to support the continued growth of its distributed energy and on-site power generation portfolio.

Bridge Neurotech Raises $13.5 Million To Develop Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface Using Ultrasound

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:14 PM

Bridge Neurotech has raised $13.5 million from General Catalyst, reMind Capital, Sunflower Capital, Scott Sandell, and other investors to advance a non-invasive brain-computer interface designed to decode human brain activity using functional ultrasound imaging.

Stacklet Launches Token Custodian To Govern Enterprise AI Token Usage And Spend

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:12 PM

Stacklet has launched Token Custodian, a new control plane designed to help enterprises attribute, govern and optimize artificial intelligence token usage across teams, agents, applications and projects.

Kirk Gibson Center For Parkinson’s Wellness Launches $30 Million Inspiring Hope Campaign

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:07 PM

The Kirk Gibson Center for Parkinson's Wellness has launched a $30 million philanthropic campaign aimed at expanding access to evidence-based wellness programs, education, and community support for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their families.

Character World Brands Acquires Björna And CTI To Accelerate European Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:02 PM

Character World Brands, a division of Bioworld, has acquired Danish home textiles specialist Björna and French home textiles company Chaulnes Textile Industries, or CTI, as it expands its presence and capabilities across Europe.

Zeroset Raises $5.2 Million Pre-Seed Round Co-Led By Gradient And 2048 Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:59 PM

Zeroset has raised $5.2 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Gradient and 2048 Ventures, with participation from Leblon Capital and other investors, as the company develops infrastructure intended to help enterprise AI agents understand how work actually happens inside organizations.

Stuut Raises $52.5 Million Series B Led By Insight Partners To Expand AI-Powered Order-To-Cash Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:57 PM

Stuut has raised $52.5 million in Series B funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and Activant, as the company expands its artificial intelligence platform across the entire order-to-cash lifecycle.

Vates Raises €30 Million To Accelerate North American Growth And Open-Source Virtualization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:55 PM

Vates has raised €30 million, approximately $33.6 million, in funding led by IRIS's Growth fund and Bpifrance through its Large Venture fund, giving the open-source virtualization company new capital to accelerate technology development, expand its enterprise go-to-market organization and scale internationally.

Zetaris Launches Cloud-Based AI Data Harness And Adds Steve Nouri As AI Strategy Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:50 PM

Zetaris has launched Zetaris Cloud and its AI Data Harness, a cloud-based platform designed to give AI models and agents secure, real-time access to enterprise data without requiring organizations to first move or centralize that information.

University Of Utah Partners With Diversified On New Collegiate Sports Production Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:47 PM

The University of Utah has opened a new broadcast production facility developed in partnership with Diversified, expanding the university's ability to produce and distribute collegiate sports content while giving students access to professional-level media technology and workflows.

Amazon Music Taps MusicInfra For Music Video Rights Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:40 PM

Amazon Music has selected MusicInfra to support rights management as the streaming service expands its music video offering.

Voyager Awarded Cancer Research Mission Management Contract For ISS Experiment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:38 PM

Voyager Technologies has signed a contract with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space to manage Symphony Biosciences' biopolymer cancer implant experiment aboard the International Space Station.

BD To Invest $19 Billion In U.S. Through Government Partnership To Expand Medical Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:34 PM

BD has entered into a partnership with the U.S. government that includes plans for the medical technology company to invest $19 billion in the United States over several years, with $3 billion specifically directed toward expanding domestic manufacturing.

Clarivate Completes $600 Million Sale Of Life Sciences & Healthcare Segment To Altaris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:30 PM

Clarivate has completed the $600 million sale of its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment to Altaris, advancing a broader effort to simplify the company's portfolio and strengthen its balance sheet.

Radiant Logistics Acquires Whitacre Logistics’ Dallas Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:29 PM

Radiant Logistics has acquired the Dallas operations of Whitacre Logistics Services through its wholly owned Radiant Road & Rail subsidiary.

Harbor Health To Acquire 27 Village Medical Clinics In Greater Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:28 PM

Harbor Health has agreed to acquire 27 Village Medical clinics across Greater Houston, significantly expanding the Texas-based company's combined healthcare delivery and insurance platform.

Symmetric Health Solutions Secures Growth Investment From Spectrum Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:28 PM

Symmetric Health Solutions has secured a strategic growth investment from Spectrum Equity, marking the healthcare supply chain intelligence company's first institutional capital since it was founded in 2018. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

SmartCentres Prices $450 Million Senior Unsecured Debenture Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:27 PM

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust has priced $450 million of senior unsecured debentures through a new $300 million Series AE offering and a $150 million reopening of its existing Series AC debentures.

InflammaSense Named Performer On ARPA-H CIRCLE Program Receiving Up To $38 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:26 PM

InflammaSense has been selected as a performer on an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health CIRCLE program receiving up to $38 million to develop new approaches for monitoring and treating critically ill patients.

BLK Launches In-App Events Feature Across 29 Cities To Help Black Singles Connect In Person

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:24 PM

BLK has launched Events, a new in-app feature designed to give Black singles additional ways to meet and connect in person through community-focused gatherings.

Ledgebrook Raises $200 Million In Primary Equity Financing Co-Led By Allianz X And Rockefeller Capital Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:22 PM

Ledgebrook has raised $200 million in primary equity financing co-led by Allianz X and Rockefeller Capital Management to scale its AI-native specialty insurance platform. Existing and new investors also participated in the financing.

Mentara Therapeutics Launches With Acquisition Of Phase 2-Ready MTA-304 From EuMentis Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:19 PM

Mentara Therapeutics has launched as a new neuropsychiatry company backed by SPRIM Global Investments and acquired MTA-304, a Phase 2-ready PDE10A inhibitor, from EuMentis Therapeutics. The compound was previously known as EM-221.

Microsoft Opens Pre-Orders For Surface Laptop Ultra And Surface RTX Spark Dev Box

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:18 PM

Microsoft has opened pre-orders for its new Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, introducing two high-performance Surface devices built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark Superchip and designed for demanding creative, development and artificial intelligence workloads.

SpaceX Reportedly Seeking $40 Billion Financing To Buy Nvidia AI Chips

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:17 PM

SpaceX is seeking approximately $40 billion in financing to purchase Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, with the Elon Musk-led company discussing the potential financing with banks and asset managers, according to a Reuters report. The proposed financing would consist of approximately $10 billion in bank loans and $30 billion of investment-grade debt.

ROC Appoints Biometrics Pioneer Dr. Anil K. Jain To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:51 PM

ROC has appointed Dr. Anil K. Jain, a prominent researcher in pattern recognition, computer vision and biometrics, to its Board of Directors as the Vision AI company continues expanding its biometric and identity intelligence capabilities.

Healthcare Services Group Acquires NEXDINE Hospitality For $93.5 Million Upfront

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:43 PM

Healthcare Services Group has acquired NEXDINE Hospitality, a privately held dining and hospitality service management company with a significant presence in the senior living market.