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PYOR Lands $4 Million In Funding To Build Insights For The Digital Assets Industry

By Dan Anderson ● May 31, 2023

PYOR (Power Your Own Research) - a pioneer in enabling high-fidelity data and insights for the digital assets industry - announced $4 million of funding in its seed round.

ALICE Technologies: This Company Is Making Waves In A Multi-Trillion Global Construction Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2023

ALICE Technologies is a construction optioneering platform that enables the world's leading contractors to plan, bid, win, and build more profitable projects. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed ALICE Technologies CEO and founder René Morkos.

Spellbook: AI Copilot For Legal Industry Closes $10.9 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● May 31, 2023

Spellbook - an AI copilot for lawyers - announced recently a $10.9 million funding round led by Moxxie Ventures with participation from Thomson Reuters Ventures, Inovia Capital, The LegalTech Fund, Bling Capital, N49P, Concrete Ventures, Good News Ventures, Venture Newfoundland & Labrador and others as well as a formal rebrand from Rally to Spellbook.

Odyssey: $15 Million In Funding Received To Drive An Emerging Market Energy Transition

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2023

Odyssey - a business-in-a-box software platform for distributed energy in emerging markets - announced the closing of its $15 million Series A round led by Union Square Ventures with additional participation from Equal Ventures, Twelve Below, Transition, Equator, MCJ Collective, Abstract Ventures, Founder Collective, and Climate Capital.

Carlton James Group: This Investment Firm Specializes In Ramping Up Companies During Economic Downturns

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2023

Carlton James Group is a private investment group that is known for specializing in the investment and development of products and services that are suitable for adoption during economic downturns. To learn more about the firm, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Carlton James Group founder and CEO Simon Calton.

Stacklok: $17.5 Million Closed To Secure Software Supply Chains

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2023

Stacklok announced recently a $17.5 million Series A funding round to bring enterprise-grade security solutions to developers actively working with open-source software.

Course5 Intelligence: Analytics And AI Solutions Company To Raise $55 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2023

Course5 Intelligence - an analytics and AI solutions company - announced that they are raising a round of funding of $55 million.

Sealonix: $20 Million Secured For Developing Hemostatic Sealants For Surgical Use

By Noah Long ● May 30, 2023

Sealonix announced that it has closed a $20 million Series A financing. This funding round was led by Excelestar Ventures with additional participation from AMED Ventures, Sparta Group, Iyengar Capital, J2 Ventures, and TiE Boston.

PartsTech: $35 Million In Series C Funding Pulled In For B2B Auto Parts Marketplace

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2023

PartsTech - an industry-leading B2B parts marketplace for the auto repair industry - announced it has closed a Series C capital raise of $35 million. This funding round was led by OpenView, a renowned venture capital firm known for its deep expertise in scaling high-growth technology companies.

Nvidia Becomes A $1 Trillion Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2023

Today Nvidia crossed a major milestone: it has become valued as a $1 trillion company.

NYBC Ventures: $50 Million Fund Launched To Accelerate Blood-Related Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2023

NYBC Ventures announced the launching of its inaugural fund with a $50 million investment from the New York Blood Center (NYBC) to accelerate innovation in blood-related fields, cellular therapies, and enabling technologies.

Catalyst By Wellstar: $100 Million Venture Fund Launches To Shape Future Of Healthcare

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2023

Catalyst by Wellstar - an innovation company and venture firm created by one of the largest health systems in Georgia - announced the launching of a $100 million venture fund for shaping the future of healthcare by creating better care and market value.

Plymouth Growth: Fifth Fund Closed At $125 Million In Committed Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2023

Plymouth Growth, a leading Ann Arbor, MI-based growth equity firm, announced the successful closing of Plymouth Growth V, LP, with about $125 million in committed capital.

Insight Partners: $1.3 Billion Committed For Continuation Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2023

Insight Partners recently announced the closing of its Continuation Fund II with HarbourVest Partners and Lexington Partners leading a group of limited partners investing in the fund. The deal closed with total commitments of approximately $1.3 billion.

Lifeforce: $12 Million Raised For Health Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2023

Lifeforce - which is the first comprehensive and clinically integrated health optimization platform - announced the closing of its $12 million Series A funding round co-led by M13 and Peterson Ventures.

Lumeus.ai Lands $6 Million In Seed Funding For Visibility-First Zero Trust Networking Platform

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2023

Lumeus.ai - a visibility-first Zero Trust networking platform - announced its launch with $6 million in seed funding led by Tola Capital with participation from pre-seed investors Emergent Ventures and First Rays Ventures.

Num Finance: Latin American Stablecoin Issuer Lands $1.5 Million In Pre-Seed Funding

By Noah Long ● May 27, 2023

Num Finance - a premier issuer of local stablecoins in Latin America - announced it has raised $1.5 million following the closure of its pre-seed funding round led by Reserve. The investors in the round also included H20 Scouter Fund, VC3, Ripio Ventures, and Matias Woloski, the CTO of Auth0.

Plenty: $2.75 Million Raised For Modernizing Wealth Building For Couples

By Annie Baker ● May 27, 2023

Plenty - a financial platform that helps couples discuss, manage, and invest money together - recently announced its $2.75 million pre-seed capital raise to provide more accessible wealth-building opportunities that meet the needs of dual relationships.

Emirates Launches $200 Million Aviation Sustainability Fund

By Noah Long ● May 27, 2023

Emirates - the world’s largest international airline - announced recently it has committed $200 million to fund research and development (R&D) projects focussed on reducing the impact of fossil fuels in commercial aviation.

Nue.io Receives $9 Million Seed Extension To Automate New Pricing And Models

By Dan Anderson ● May 27, 2023

Nue.io - a leading quote-to-revenue platform - announced that it has raised $9 million in seed extension funding to expand its product offerings and accelerate growth. This funding round was co-led by Bluefish Ventures and Penny Jar Capital with participation from NJP Ventures and Operator Stack and existing investors Information Venture Partners and NextWorld Capital.

Catalyst Funds: $150 Million In Commitments Closed For Catalyst IV

By Annie Baker ● May 27, 2023

Catalyst Funds has announced the closing of its fourth fund Catalyst IV - which will manage assets of $150 million. Catalyst Funds now have a total of $450 million in managed assets.

MCF Energy: This Company Is Focused On Developing A Cleaner, Cheaper, And More Secure Natural Gas Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2023

MCF Energy is a public company that was formed last year by leading energy executives to strengthen Europe's energy security through responsible exploration and development of natural gas resources within the region. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed MCF Energy CEO James Hill.

Stratasys And Desktop Metal Combining In $1.8 Billion In All-Stock Deal: Details

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2023

Stratasys Ltd. and Desktop Metal announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby the companies will combine in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. And the deal unites the polymer strengths of Stratasys with the complementary industrial mass production leadership of Desktop Metal’s brands, creating an additive manufacturing company that is expected to be well-positioned to serve the evolving needs of customers in manufacturing.

Why Chevron Is Buying PDC Energy For $6.3 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● May 27, 2023

Chevron Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with PDC Energy to acquire all of the outstanding shares of PDC in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.3 billion, or $72 per share. And based on Chevron’s closing price on May 19, 2023, and under the terms of the agreement, PDC shareholders will receive 0.4638 shares of Chevron for each PDC share. The total enterprise value, including debt, of the transaction is $7.6 billion.

Google Opens Up Access To Search Labs

By Annie Baker ● May 27, 2023

Google announced this past week that it is starting to open up access to Search Labs, which is a new program for accessing early experiments from the search giant.

Eracent: This Company Helps Customers Manage IT Network Assets And Cybersecurity

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2023

Eracent is a company that helps its customers meet the challenges of managing IT network assets, software licenses, and cybersecurity. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Eracent founder and executive chairman Walt Szablowski.

Tesla Superchargers To Support Ford Electric Vehicles Starting In Early 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ford CEO Jim Farley announced that started early next year, over 12,000 Superchargers will support Ford’s electric vehicles.

Neuralink Receives FDA Approval For Human Brain Implant Study

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2023

Neuralink has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its first-in-human clinical trial.

JPMorgan Chase Developing AI Service For Investment Advice, Says Report

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2023

JPMorgan Chase is reportedly building a software service that operates similar to the way ChatGPT works, which would utilize artificial intelligence to suggest investments for customers according to sources with CNBC.

Integrated Projects: Building Designer Digitization Services Company Secures $3 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 26, 2023

Integrated Projects - a leading provider of digitization services for building owners and design professionals - announced it has closed $3 million in seed funding. And the funding will be used to expand the current digitization capacity of its Integrated Projects Exchange (IPX) platform from 6 to 60 buildings a day.