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Omnidian, a provider of comprehensive protection and performance plans for residential and commercial solar and energy storage systems, announced it has secured over $87 million in funding commitment led by B Capital (a global multi-stage investment firm with a strategic partnership with the Boston Consulting Group). This funding also included participation from existing Omnidian investors Activate Capital, Liberty Mutual Investments, National Grid Partners, and WIND Ventures, and new investors like B Capital, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, Citi Impact Fund, and Alumni Ventures.

Universal airline miles program Rove Miles launched its platform with leading airlines, hotel partners, and over 7,000 merchants. And Rove was created from the ground up to help everyone take advantage of the discounts international loyalty programs provide, something traditionally known as travel hacking, which are up to 90% off retail prices. The company’s platform offers earning rates of up to 25 miles per dollar spent and redemption value of up to 10 cents per mile, while typical rewards points are worth just 1 cent each. 

Avidicure, a biotechnology company creating an entirely new multifunctional antibody modality with broad applicability in oncology, announced its launch with a $50 million seed financing round, led by EQT Life Sciences with participation from Kurma Partners, BioGeneration Ventures, BOM, Curie Capital, and V-Bio Ventures.

Electra, a clean iron company, announced a $186 million Series B funding round, co-led by Capricorn Investment Group and Temasek Holdings. This brings Electra’s total funding to date to $214 million, cementing its position as one of the leading solutions for decarbonizing iron production. This funding round also included financial investors Capricorn Investment Group, Temasek Holdings, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Builders Vision, Collaborative Fund, Earth Venture Capital, Lowercarbon Capital and S2G Investments; strategic investor BHP Ventures; global iron ore suppliers Rio Tinto and Roy Hill; leading electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers Nucor and Yamato Kogyo and organizations including Interfer Edelstahl and Toyota Tsusho, who are committed to reducing the environmental impact of iron and steel in their supply chains.

Zarminali Pediatrics is building the nation's leading pediatric multispecialty group, focused on supporting families to shape healthy futures for their children – from birth through adulthood – by completely transforming the way pediatric health is delivered nationwide. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zarminali Pediatrics founder and CEO, Danish Qureshi, to learn more about the company.

PCI Pharma Services - a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on innovative biopharma therapies – announced it has completed its acquisition of Ajinomoto Althea, a US-based sterile fill-finish CDMO and subsidiary of Japan-based Ajinomoto. And for PCI, the acquisition is a cornerstone of a multi-year investment strategy spanning facilities in the US and Europe.

Kueski is the largest online consumer lender in Mexico, which provides financial services for users who are ineligible for traditional bank loans. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kueski Senior Vice President of Finance, Andrew Seiz, to learn more about the company.

Intuit - a global financial technology platform that includes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp - recently announced its agreement to acquire GoCo, a leading provider of modern HR and benefits solutions for small and mid-market businesses. And with GoCo, Intuit will offer a comprehensive Human Capital Management (HCM) solution to help businesses hire the right employees and manage their workforce effectively, all in one place. This deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2025, and the financial terms were undisclosed.

Pritzker Alternative Strategies (PAS) announced it has formed a dedicated family capital investment firm for passive investing in high-quality private equity funds. Chaired by Tony Pritzker, PAS allocates Pritzker family capital to often harder-to-access lower and middle-market private equity funds. Guided by the Pritzker family legacy of building businesses, PAS has extensive family and private equity relationships and a proven private market investing track record.

Global infrastructure leader AECOM announced it has acquired Scotland-based Allen Gordon, a leading technical design and advisory service provider to the U.K. & Ireland (UK&I) water and energy sectors. Adding the Allen Gordon team enhances AECOM’s positioning ahead of substantial expected investment totaling over £250 billion over the next decade in the water and energy markets across the region.

Grenova - a Virginia-based sustainable laboratory technologies company - announced two significant milestones for the company: the appointment of Ted Hull to Grenova’s board, and the completion of a new round of growth equity capital. The funding was led by Grenova investors, Peloton Equity and Hamilton Lane’s Impact Fund II, along with other existing investors.

Bourgeois Bohème (BOBO) is a financial platform for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices, providing high-value transactions and 24/7 assistance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BOBO co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) Katherine Maslova to learn more about the company. 

Virtual care leader Teladoc Health announced it has acquired UpLift, a tech-enabled provider of virtual mental health therapy, psychiatry and medication management services.

Ammarah Sulaiman is a project manager at one of the largest New York hospitals and has over a decade of experience in biomedical technology, healthcare project management, and leadership coaching. And she specializes in medical equipment integration, hospital infrastructure development, and regulatory compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sulaiman to learn more about her expertise. 

Clearwater Analytics, a comprehensive technology platform for investment management, announced it has completed its acquisition of Beacon Platform, a provider of enterprise risk analytics and developer infrastructure. The deal enhances Clearwater’s capabilities in complex portfolio management across public and private markets, including structured products, private credit, and derivatives.

AutonomyAI is a company that has built a fleet of context-aware AI agents revolutionizing front-end development for software companies. The agents work at an organizational level, mapping, modeling, and accelerating workflows to drive real business impact. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AutonomyAI CEO Adir Ben-Yehuda to learn more about the company. 

Cocoon Capital, which is one of Southeast Asia's top-performing early-stage venture capital firms, announced the first closing of its third fund, securing $30 million towards a $50 million target. Fund III continues Cocoon's strategy of investing in high-conviction, early-stage, enterprise, and deep tech startups in critical Southeast Asian sectors.

EnChannel Medical, an innovator in cardiac electrophysiology, announced the completion of an oversubscribed Series B financing, raising $82.2 million (600 million RMB). The funding round was co-led by Dragonball Capital and existing investor Lilly Asia Ventures (LAV), with Lapam Capital's continued support.

CW Advisors - a registered investment advisor (RIA) based in Boston - announced it has acquired Wolf Group Capital Advisors (WGCA) and Parsons Capital Management. WGCA, an RIA based in Fairfax, Virginia, provides comprehensive wealth management to high-net-worth clients. Parsons, a fee-only RIA providing investment management and financial planning, is located in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The deals add more than $1.4 billion in assets under management (AUM) to CWA.

Terminal 3, a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup, announced it has raised a seed funding round of $8 million. The funding round was co-led by Illuminate Financial and CMCC Titan Fund, with participation from Animoca Brands, Progression Fund, IDG Blockchain, and Cherubic Ventures. And the round also included additional investment from existing investors 500 Global, Consensys Mesh, Hard Yaka, and BlackPine.

South Wind Exploration & Production (a newly formed independent oil and natural gas company) announced it has received over $400 million of equity commitments from Kayne Private Energy Income Fund III, a fund managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and members of the company’s management team.

Canopy, a company that has built a firm-wide operating system designed to help accountants operate the accounting firm of the future, announced a $70 million Series C funding round. Viking Global Investors (a global investment firm with over $51 billion in capital under management) led the funding round, with continued participation from existing investors Ten Coves Capital, Ankona Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, and Tenaya Capital.

Silvaco Group (a provider of TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and digital twin modeling through AI software and innovation) announced the strategic acquisition of Tech-X (a leading provider of multi-physics simulation software used in applications such as Photonics, Electromagnetics, and Plasma Dynamics).

LendingClub, a leading digital marketplace bank, announced the acquisition of the intellectual property and select talent behind San Francisco-based Cushion, an AI-based spending intelligence platform that will naturally complement LendingClub's suite of mobile financial products and experiences.

VOC.AI, a leader in AI-based customer service solutions and intelligent insights, announced the completion of a $15 million funding round. This investment was led by Shanda Grab Ventures, in partnership with Northern Light Venture Capital and Starting Gate Fund.

indiGOtech (known as GO) - a new mobility tech company based in Massachusetts - announced it closed a $54 million Series BB funding round, including investments from FedEx, Foxconn, and FM Capital.

Nuvo, a network accelerating modern B2B trade, announced that it has raised $45 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Human Capital, Foundation Capital, Susa Ventures, and prominent angel investors including Gokul Rajaram, Max Mullen (Founder of Instacart), Matt MacInnis (COO of Rippling), Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket (Samsara founders), Varun Anand (Founder of Clay), Eugene Marinelli and Rosco Hill (Blend’s founders), Ryan Petersen (Founder of Flexport), and Ali Rowghani (Former MD of Y Combinator).

Azalea Vision, a health technology company engineering the future of sight, announced the first closing of its €15 million Series A funding round. The company raised €9 million and appointed Robert J. Dempsey Chairman of the Board to guide strategic growth in the European and U.S. markets.

Cloud Capital announced it has launched out of stealth with $7.7 million in funding to help CFOs regain financial control of their cloud infrastructure.

Berlin-based legal tech company Xayn (soon to be Noxtua SE), developer of Europe's first sovereign Legal AI Noxtua, announced recently it has completed its Series B investment round of about €80.7 million with C.H.Beck (Germany’s leading legal publisher) as the leading investor. And additional new investors on board include High-Performance Computing (HPC) specialist Northern Data, Germany’s largest business law firm CMS as Xayn's long-standing partner and co-initiator of the Legal AI Noxtua, and global law firm Dentons.