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Lyra: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Sales Meeting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

Lyra, an AI-native meeting platform for sales teams, has successfully completed a $6 million seed funding round, raising its valuation to $40 million. Led by 468 Capital, the investment also includes contributions from Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, Transpose Ventures, and executives from companies like Ramp, Gusto, and Zapier.

Carlyle Investing $250 Million In FarmOp Capital For Boosting Farmer Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

Carlyle announced a $250 million partnership with FarmOp Capital, a provider of farm operating loans in the U.S., aimed at increasing access to flexible financing for independent row crop farmers.

Trovata: $9 Million Raised And ATOM Acquired

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

Trovata, a leading multibank data platform for cash and liquidity management, has acquired ATOM, an enterprise Treasury Management System (TMS) from Financial Sciences Corporation.

Maro: $4.3 Million Raised For Combating Human Risks In Cybersecurity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

Maro, a cognitive security platform designed to proactively manage human risk in cybersecurity, has announced the completion of a $4.3 million seed funding round from Downing Capital Group. This investment will fuel team growth, product development, and the company's go-to-market strategy for its newly available platform.

The Ethical Tech Project: Interview With Board Chair Jennie Baird About Protecting Privacy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

The Ethical Tech Project is a non-profit organization that envisions a future where humans have insight into how their data is controlled and used by big tech companies, because the organization believes that the fundamental right to privacy should be universally protected. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Jennie Baird, Chair of The Ethical Tech Project's Board, to gain a deeper understanding of the organization.

TriEye: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Avi Bakal About The CMOS-Based Short-Wave Infrared Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

TriEye is a pioneer of mass-market and CMOS-based Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) sensing solutions. And TriEye’s breakthrough and proprietary technology enables cost-effective, high-resolution image data and depth perception in all weather and lighting conditions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed TriEye co-founder and CEO Avi Bakal to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

RAD Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CTO Jimmy Mesta About The Real-Time Defense Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

RAD Security is a company that offers a comprehensive AI-driven platform, empowering organizations to secure their AI workloads and cloud infrastructure with real-time, behavior-driven defense. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RAD Security co-founder and CTO Jimmy Mesta to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Brandon Capital: Fund Six Closed At Over A$439 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Brandon Capital, Australasia's leading life sciences venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its sixth fund, the Brandon BioCatalyst Fund Six (BB6), totaling A$439 million. New investors in BB6 include the Western Australia Government and Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC), joining existing backers like Hesta, Host Plus, CSL, and QIC. With this close, Brandon Capital has raised over A$1 billion in total.

Carlyle Reveals New Leadership Team For 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Global investment firm Carlyle announced key senior leadership appointments, effective January 1, 2026, aimed at enhancing the firm's operational scale and investment outcomes.

Glade Brook: Fourth Strategic Growth Fund Closed At $515 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Glade Brook Capital Partners has announced the final close of its Glade Brook Strategic Growth Fund IV (SG IV), securing $515 million in capital commitments, surpassing its $450 million target.

High River Resources: Upsized Fund Closed At $205 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

High River Resources Management has closed High River Resources II, LP, raising approximately $205 million, exceeding its target by over 35%. The fund received strong backing from institutional investors, registered investment advisors, and family offices.

Edison Partners: Promotions In Investment And Marketing Teams Revealed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Edison Partners, a leading growth equity firm, has announced key promotions in its investment, value creation, and marketing departments.

Tecum Capital: Fourth SBIC Fund Closed at $325 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Pittsburgh-based Tecum Capital Management has launched its fourth Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) fund, Tecum Capital Partners IV, L.P., securing $325 million in committed capital and receiving its license from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

New Era Capital: Third Fund Closed At $120 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

New Era Capital Partners, an Israeli venture capital firm, has finalized its third fund, totaling $120 million. This fund will invest in early-stage Israeli startups focused on breakthrough AI-driven technologies in sectors such as cybersecurity, enterprise software, fintech, and smart mobility.

First National Financial: $2.9 Billion Acquisition By Birch Hill And Brookfield

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

First National Financial Corporation has agreed to be acquired by an acquisition vehicle controlled by Birch Hill Equity Partners and Brookfield Asset Management for approximately $2.9 billion, or $48.00 per share in cash.

Hercules Capital’s Adviser: Fourth Private Fund Closed At $1.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Hercules Adviser, the wholly-owned investment adviser of Hercules Capital, has launched its fourth institutional private credit fund, Hercules Growth Lending Fund IV LP (Fund IV). This fund is part of Hercules Adviser’s ongoing strategy, bringing its total managed capital to approximately $1.6 billion across all four funds.

DLA Piper: Kevin Milgram Added To Emerging Growth And Venture Capital Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

DLA Piper has expanded its Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice by welcoming Kevin Milgram as a partner in its Reston, Virginia, office.

Davis Wright Tremaine Adds Partner Ben Gipson in LA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) has welcomed Ben Gipson as a partner in its national employment services team in Los Angeles. He is the fifth lateral partner to join the California employment group in the past 18 months.

Heritage Group: Fourth Healthcare Fund Closed At $370 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has successfully closed its Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund IV (Fund IV), raising over $370 million in capital commitments.

GovCIO To Buy SoldierPoint Digital Health For VA Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

GovCIO, a leading provider of technology solutions to the federal government, has agreed to acquire SoldierPoint Digital Health, LLC from Iron Bow Technologies. This acquisition will expand GovCIO's work with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Xemelgo: Investment Raised From Zebra Ventures For RFID Software Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Zebra Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Zebra Technologies, has invested in Xemelgo, a leader in cloud-based RFID software. Xemelgo's platform uses AI, cloud technology, and RFID to automate manufacturing, providing real-time visibility and control over operations, inventory, and assets.

Bitzero: $25 Million Secured For Advancing Sustainable Blockchain Mining

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Bitzero, a leader in sustainable blockchain and high-performance computing (HPC) data centers, has secured $25 million in funding to enhance revenue and advance its clean mining operations.

University Of Texas At El Paso: Researchers Triple Microalgae Biofuel Yields With Nanotechnology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have made a significant breakthrough in sustainable energy, demonstrating how nanotechnology can dramatically boost biofuel production from microalgae.

AssetMark: Plan For Expansion Into Private Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

AssetMark, a leader in wealth management solutions, is poised to expand into private markets, with new offerings slated to launch in Q4 2025. This initiative aims to integrate private assets into AssetMark's managed solutions, enabling advisors to create more resilient and personalized portfolios.

Cascade Space: $5.9 Million Seed Funding Raised For Space Communication Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Cascade Space, a company building an end-to-end platform for space communication system design, test, and operation, recently announced it has raised $5.9 million in seed funding. The round included participation from Nova Threshold, Undeterred Capital, Y Combinator, Night Capital, Olive Capital, Valkyrie Ventures, Karman Ventures, Palm Drive Capital, Garage Capital, TRAC, Aurelia Foundry, Hawktail, MGV.VC, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, and others.

TRIUMPH: $3 Billion Acquisition Deal Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Triumph Group has been officially acquired by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners in a deal valued at approximately $3 billion, making it an independent, privately held company.

Commvault Buying Satori Cyber To Support Data Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions, plans to acquire Satori Cyber, a data and AI security company. This acquisition will enhance Commvault's ability to help enterprises address the challenges of AI adoption, data growth, and regulatory compliance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

E2B: $21 Million Series A Raised For AI Agent Cloud Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

E2B, a top provider of open-source cloud infrastructure for AI agents, has secured $21 million in Series A funding, led by Insight Partners and supported by Decibel, Sunflower Capital, Kaya, and angel investor Scott Johnston, former CEO of Docker. This funding will help expand E2B's cloud offerings and scale its global enterprise teams.

Moments Lab: Interview With Founder Philippe Petitpont About AI Video Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Moments Lab is an AI-based video analysis and search platform that helps content producers and organizations efficiently manage, discover, and repurpose their vast libraries of audiovisual media. They focus on turning what might otherwise be inaccessible or difficult-to-search archives into sources of highly monetizable content. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Moments Lab founder Philippe Petitpont to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Aprio: $300 Million Investment In Automation And TimeCredit AI Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Aprio, which is one of the largest business advisory and accounting firm in the U.S., announced a five-year, $300 million investment in AI and automation, along with acquiring TimeCredit, a 2024 AICPA and CPA.com Startup Accelerator company.