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Parloa: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Malte Kosub About The Conversational AI Consulting Agency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Parloa is a leading global AI company with a vision to make every customer interaction as easy as talking to a friend. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Parloa co-founder and CEO Malte Kosub to learn more about the company.

Reusables.com: $2.6 Million Raised For Addressing Packaging Waste Opportunity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Reusables.com, a category-defining platform for tech-enabled reuse, announced its oversubscribed $2.6 million seed round, co-led by StandUp Ventures and Amplify Capital, with participation from Sandpiper Ventures and Emend Vision Fund.

Fortage Capital Advisors: Investment Raised From Elevation Point

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Elevation Point, a growth accelerator and minority stake partner for independent advisors and breakaway firms, announced its strategic investment in Fortage Capital Advisors, a newly established wealth management firm based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This firm will provide investment management and financial advice tailored to each client's needs.

Altruist: $152 Million Series F Raised At About $1.9 Billion Valuation To Advance Innovation For RIAs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Altruist, a modern custodian for RIAs, announced $152 million in Series F funding led by GIC, a global institutional investor. Salesforce Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Baillie Gifford, Carson Family Office, ICONIQ Growth, and a select group of additional partners also participated. This funding round values the company at about $1.9 billion.

Adaptive: $7 Million Seed Funding Round Raised To Personalize Computing With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Adaptive, a company enabling non‑coders to create software that personalizes computing with AI, has closed a $7 million seed round and opened its platform to the public. Leading the funding round is Pebblebed, with participation from Conviction Partners, Jake Paul's Anti Fund, Radical Ventures, and David Baszucki, founder and CEO of Roblox.

AuthMind: $19.3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Identity Protection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

AuthMind - a leading innovator in identity protection - announced a $19.3 million seed round led by Cheyenne Ventures. The funding round included participation from investors at Black Opal Ventures, K2 Access Fund, the Jefferies Family Office, Silver Buckshot Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, and existing investors Ballistic Ventures and IBM.

GreenFi: Climate-Friendly Banking Company Raises $17 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

GreenFi announced it launched with a new brand for climate-friendly banking and investing for consumers. And this launch marks the next milestone in restructuring the former Aspiration consumer finance business following last year's asset buyout. Tim Newell, founder and CEO of GreenFi, also revealed the funding for a $17 million seed investment round in the company.

PlotBox: Strategic Investment Raised From Serent Capital For Funeral Home Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Serent Capital (a growth-focused private equity firm) announced a strategic investment in PlotBox,a leading cloud-based provider of end-to-end cemetery, crematory, and funeral home management solutions.

Uniqus Consultech: $20 Million Series C Raised For Accounting Consulting Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Uniqus Consultech, a global platform offering consulting solutions in the accounting & reporting, finance operations, governance, risk, ESG, and technology domains, announced it has secured $20 million in Series C funding. This funding round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Sorin Investments. Nexus and Sorin are existing investors in Uniqus.

Sabre To Sell Hospitality Solutions To TPG For $1.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Sabre (a leading technology provider to the global travel industry) and TPG (a global alternative asset management firm) announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which TPG has agreed to acquire Sabre's Hospitality Solutions business for $1.1 billion in cash. TPG will be investing in Hospitality Solutions through TPG Capital, the firm's U.S. and European private equity platform.

Texas A&M International University: Advancing Online Criminal Justice Graduate Programs With Risepoint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) announced it is enhancing a commitment to accessible, high-quality education with the launch of three new online Master of Science in Criminal Justice programs in Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, and Criminal Justice Administration beginning in Fall 2025.

Tally: $8 Million Series A Funding For Building Software Layer For Onchain Organization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Tally, a leading software platform for onchain organizations, announced it has secured a $8 million Series A funding round led by AppWorks, Blockchain Capital, 1kx and joined by CyberFund, Placeholder, BitGo and Bloccelerate to scale its comprehensive infrastructure for the onchain economy.

Emaar: Over $1 Billion Contributed To Elevate Global Experiences In Dubai

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Emaar, the developer behind Dubai's most iconic landmarks, has invested over $1 billion in shaping and enhancing the city's global identity. And this cumulative contribution underscores the company's long-standing commitment to reinforcing Dubai's international standing through unique experiences, vibrant cultural platforms, and landmark social infrastructure.

Recce: $4 Million Secured For Bringing Data-Native Code Review To Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Recce, a provider of data-native code review tools for data transformation projects and AI systems, announced it has launched a cloud platform for its popular open-source toolkit and raised $4 million in funding. Heavybit led the funding round, with participation from Vertex Ventures US, Hive Ventures, and angels Visionary, SVT Angels, Brighter Capital, Ventek Ventures, and Scott Breitenother and Tim Chen of Essence VC.

Flex Raises $10 Million And Buys Maza

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Flex (a fintech company transforming back office finance for business owners) and Maza (one of the largest entity formation and payments apps for Spanish-speaking solopreneurs and consumers) announce an M&A. In connection with the deal, Maza will rebrand as Flex Consumer, a new arm within Flex focused on enabling business owners to manage their commingled personal and business finances.

Spirit AeroSystems To Transfer Certain Assets To Airbus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Spirit AeroSystems announced that Spirit has entered into a definitive agreement with Airbus to transfer ownership of certain assets and sites involved in the production of Airbus aerostructures to Airbus. This divestiture of these assets is expected to close concurrently with Spirit’s previously announced acquisition by The Boeing Company.

DLA Piper: Partnership Promotions For 2025 Revealed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced 65 promotions to its partnership. These promotions went into effect this month in the United States and Canada, and on May 1 for EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Allurity Buying Croatian Cybersecurity Company Infigo IS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Allurity (a leading European group of cybersecurity service providers) announced the acquisition of Croatian cybersecurity company Infigo IS. With deep expertise and one of Europe's strongest offensive security teams, Infigo has unique strengths that accelerate Allurity's journey to become the preferred cybersecurity partner in Europe.

FundThrough Raises $25 Million And Buys Financial Solutions Company Ampla

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

FundThrough, a leading fintech invoice factoring platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced its acquisition of Ampla. Ampla is a leading provider of financial technology solutions for consumer brands, offering working capital, business banking, corporate cards, and analytics. Along with the acquisition, FundThrough also raised $25 million in equity capital led by existing investor Klister Credit.

Splice Buying Spitfire Audio To Help Creators Find The Right Sounds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Spitfire Audio (including LABS) announced Splice has acquired it. Splice is a modern music production company with some of the highest-quality royalty-free samples, where one million sounds are downloaded daily by a global community of 10+ million music producers and creators. Both of these companies have played a transformative role in defining the music creation landscape since their inception, making high-quality sounds more accessible for creators everywhere.

Raymond James: $325 Million Alaska-Based FA Al Biss Added

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Raymond James announced it welcomed financial advisor Al Biss to Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS) – which is the firm’s independent advisor channel. As Biss Wealth Partners (based in Anchorage, Alaska), the advisor is joined by registered representative Vanessa Carpenter.

1NCE: $60 Million Raised For IoT Connectivity Provider Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

1NCE, one of the fastest-growing providers of IoT software and connectivity, announced the completion of a $60 million funding round. 1NCE provides a software platform for connected products to more than 24,000 customers managing 30 million devices across 170+ countries.

HealthPlan Data Solutions: $15 Million Raised For Advancing Pharmacy Benefit Payment Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

HealthPlan Data Solutions (HDS), a leader in pharmacy payment integrity and benefit optimization, announced a $15 million growth equity investment led by MK Capital. Existing investors Tamarind Hill, JobsOhio, and Rev1 Ventures also joined.

Blend: Interview With Head Of Financial Services Alex Sion About The AI Services Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Blend’s Head of Financial Services Alex Sion to learn more about the company.

Modern Wealth Management: $7.5 Billion AUM Surpassed Following OFM Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Modern Wealth Management—a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm founded to meet financial professionals' and clients' evolving needs—announced an asset purchase agreement with Chicago-based OFM Wealth. This deal propels Modern Wealth’s assets under management (AUM) to over $7.5 billion and marks the firm’s 16th acquisition since its launch in April 2023.

Ecolectro: Interview With CEO & Founder Gabriel Rodríguez-Calero About The Green Hydrogen Production Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

Ecolectro is a company that is transforming green hydrogen production with the groundbreaking Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) technology. This technology enables affordable and sustainable hydrogen generation without the need for expensive materials like iridium or harmful PFAS chemicals. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ecolectro CEO Gabriel Rodríguez-Calero to learn more about the company.

LiveU To Buy Assets From Actus Digital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

LiveU, a leader in live IP-video contribution, production, and distribution solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Actus Digital's business and technology. This will enhance LiveU's recording, monitoring, and AI capabilities and accelerate its mission to help customers improve operational effectiveness and create more value from video.

IBM: $150 Billion Investment Plan In America Unveiled

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

IBM announced plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next 5 years to advance the economy and accelerate its role as a global leader in computing. And this includes an investment of over $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue IBM's American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.

SFA Therapeutics: Interview With CEO Dr. Ira Spector About The Biotech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

SFA Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company novel oral small-molecule biosynthetic compounds derived from human microbial metabolites. This immuno-modulation platform is used to develop therapeutic agents that mitigate inflammation without causing immunosuppression. The technology is licensed from and supported by research at Temple University in Philadelphia. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SFA Therapeutics CEO Dr. Ira Spector to learn more about the company.

LifeMD Buying Key Assets From Optimal Human Health MD

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

LifeMD, a leading provider of virtual primary care services, announced the acquisition of key assets from Optimal Human Health MD, which is a nationwide women’s health virtual care provider. This strategic deal brings LifeMD’s official entry into the women’s health market. And it establishes a scalable clinical foundation for a comprehensive virtual health program under the LifeMD brand, focused on hormone health, bone density, metabolism, and long-term wellness.