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Turing, a leader in AI-based water management solutions, announced the successful completion of a $14 million funding round led by Safar Partners. This funding will advance Turing’s global expansion and enhance its flagship AI-based platforms TOP Clear — which provides end-to-end digital solutions for the utility sector, from water and wastewater treatment to networks and SmartOps AI (its exclusive water management platform for industrial treatment).

HouseWhisper, an AI-based assistant transforming how real estate professionals manage their workflow, announced its official launch and raised a $6.7 million seed round led by Mayfield, with participation from PSL Ventures and 75 and Sunny Ventures.

Adaptive Insurance - a Texas-based climate resiliency company harnessing advanced AI and climate data to redefine climate based parametric insurance - announced it has successfully closed a $5 million seed funding round. Led by Congruent Ventures, with additional investments from Montauk Climate, Generation Space (US arm of Seraphim Space), and private funders, the funding will advance the nationwide rollout of Adaptive Insurance's innovative parametric insurance products, starting with its flagship product GridProtect.

SmartSuite, a next-generation work management platform, announced a major global expansion driven by $38 million in funding. The latest funding includes a new $13 million Series A round led by Canapi Ventures, with participation from Sorenson Capital and High Alpha.

Flywire, a global payments enablement and software company, has acquired Sertifi, a vertical software and payments platform digitizing hospitality-specific workflows and associated payments.

Whistle Express, a leading brand in the rapidly evolving car wash industry, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Take 5 Car Wash from Driven Brands. Upon closing of the deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions, the combined entity will operate 530 locations across 23 states, making it the largest express car wash company in the US.

LongRange Capital - a private equity firm with a longer-term and customer-centric orientation to building and growing middle market businesses - announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests in US Synthetic Corporation from ChampionX.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a world leader in serving science, announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement with Solventum to acquire Solventum’s Purification & Filtration business for about $4.1 billion in cash.

Validose, a 10XBeta Venture Studio portfolio company pioneering precision medication delivery, announced recently the closing of a $2 million pre-seed funding round. The funding round was led by Peter Bauer’s Family Office as part of its Technology for Humanity strategy, 10XBeta, and Interstate Fusion Ventures; several angel investors participated.

Human.org - a product-based AI safety lab dedicated to solving AI Alignment (AIA) - announced $7.3 million in pre-seed funding to build a trust infrastructure that ensures AI agents are verifiably aligned with human intent. Backed by investors like HF0, Soma Capital, Spearhead, Pioneer Fund, Hummingbird VC, Brett Gibson, general partner at Initialized Capital, Val Vavilov, founder of Bitfury, James Tamplin, partner at HF0, Sheridan Clayborne, co-founder at Lendtable, and others leading angles. Plus, Human is developing a layer 1 blockchain that establishes provable identity for humans and AI agents, ensuring AI systems remain transparent, accountable, and under human control. The company plans to launch its protocol by the second quarter of 2025.

Totem, an ascending startup known for its viral debut product, the Totem Compass, announced that it has closed a pre-seed funding round, raising $1.3 million from a group of assorted angel investors worldwide.

Doceree is the first global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Doceree founder and Global CEO Dr. Harshit Jain to learn more about the company. 

Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto-specialist asset manager with over $12 billion in client assets, announced the completion of a $70 million equity raise. The funding round was led by Electric Capital, with participation from MassMutual, Highland Capital, MIT Investment Management Company, Haun Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Blockchain Coinvestors, Nikesh Arora, and others.

Quantum Machines (QM), a leading provider of advanced quantum control solutions, announced it has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing the company's total funding to date to $280 million. This highly oversubscribed round, led by PSG Equity with participation from Intel Capital, Red Dot Capital Partners, and existing investors, marks one of the biggest rounds of funding in the quantum industry.

NanoPhoria, a pre-clinical stage biotech company developing a versatile and non-viral drug delivery platform based on inorganic nanoparticles with a lead product for heart failure treatment, announces the investment commitment of €17.5 million from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Accelerator program, including a grant of €2.5 million and a conditional equity investment of up to €15 million.

Checkmk, a German IT infrastructure monitoring vendor, announced a strategic partnership with PSG Equity, a leading growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to drive transformational growth.

Aegis, a company developing a bitcoin-backed stablecoin independent from the fiat banking system, announced it has emerged from stealth with a $2 million fundraise led by on-chain DAO Dewhales and supported by Profluent Ventures and prominent angel investors with track records of investments in leading companies, including Uniswap, Stellar, Sky (formerly known as MakerDAO), Paradigm, Deribit, BCB, GVol (Amberdata), Hidden Road, xAI, and Apptronik.

Opal, a SaaS platform designed to automate agency back-office operations, announced $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Founders Co-op led the funding round with support from Exit North Ventures. This funding will advance the development of “Opal Spend,” an ad-spend platform built to seamlessly connect ad-spend with accounting, invoicing, and contract management.

Carbon capture technology company Mitico announced it raised $4.3 million in seed funding to scale its innovative granulated metal carbonate sorption technology capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from industries. This funding round was led by Exergon (an energy decarbonization fund managed by Audacia) and it was significantly oversubscribed. Joining Exergon, a consortium of financial and industrial investors such as Gore Ventures (W. L. Gore & Associates), AP Ventures, Halliburton Labs, SOSV, Freeflow Ventures, the SoCal Alliance for Innovation, and Deepbright Ventures.

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust (DMT) announced that they have closed $307.6 million in real estate financings in January. And notable deals included a construction loan for Sutphin Phase II in New York, a bridge loan for a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities on the East Coast, and another bridge loan for Silk Lofts in New Jersey.

Fibbl, which is the world's first plug-and-play platform for integrating 3D and AR technologies into e-commerce, announced it has secured €3 million in additional funding to accelerate its expansion and further develop its technology. The funding round was led by the existing lead investor Industrifonden.

Advantage Capital, a leading impact investment firm that invests with intention in underserved areas and expands access to affordable housing opportunities across the country, announced the financial closing for Kindlewood Phase II—a $68 million redevelopment in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Anagram - the world’s first human-driven security platform designed to embed security into everyday behavior - announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Madrona, with continued participation from General Catalyst, Bloomberg Beta, Operator Partners, and Secure Octane.

Churchill Asset Management - which is the U.S. private capital investment-specialist of Nuveen - announced the closing of a $750 million middle market collateralized loan obligation (CLO), Churchill Middle Market CLO V LLC (CLO V) on February 25, 2025. This deal represents the first CLO that Churchill priced in 2025 and the fifteenth CLO issued by Churchill.

IPO CLUB announced it has launched its second fund: AMERICA 2030, a $50 million secondary growth fund investing in U.S. defense, energy, security, and AI with Target Maturity in 2030. This fund taps into reshoring, supply chain realignment, and government-backed initiatives, providing accredited investors access to private companies driving America’s industrial and technological renewal.

Eikon Therapeutics, a pivotal-stage biotechnology company that integrates advanced engineering with cutting-edge molecular and cell biology to accelerate drug discovery and development, announced the initial closing of a $350.7 million Series D funding round.

Edera, a strong workload isolation technology pioneer, announced $15 million in Series A funding led by M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), with Mantis VC and In-Q-Tel (IQT) participation. Existing investors Eniac Ventures, 645 Ventures, FPV Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures also participated in the round.

Perfect, a leading agentic AI platform for recruitment, announced it has raised $23 million in total Seed funding, with the latest round led by Hanaco Ventures, with participation from Joule Ventures and Samsung Electronics' former President Young Sohn. This funding will enhance Perfect's AI development and fuel the journey to enhance the industry's leading Agentic AI recruiter.

Mintegral is the leading programmatic advertising platform dedicated to helping mobile apps grow globally. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Mintegral GM of Americas Jeff Sue to learn more about the company.

Open Meta City, a virtual real estate platform that serves as a gateway to Real World Assets (RWA), announced that it has executed a token subscription agreement with GEM Digital. This strategic deal secures a $20 million commitment to drive the integration of advanced AI-powered features into Open Meta City, enhancing the immersive digital experience and transforming the real estate industry.