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Liberty Company: $100 Million Strategic Funding Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2025

Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, one of America's fastest-growing privately held insurance brokerages, announced the $100 million upsizing of its syndicated credit facility, led by JPMorgan Chase. This capital marks another significant step in Liberty's ongoing growth, building on the momentum of its August 2023 $340 million credit facility offering.

Hydrostor: $200 Million Raised For Long-Duration Energy Storage Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2025

Hydrostor, a global long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer and operator, has secured a $200 million investment from the Canada Growth Fund (CGF), Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). The deal will support Hydrostor’s continued investment in Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects in Canada and worldwide.

KKR: Over $850 Million Raised For Opportunistic Real Estate Credit Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2025

KKR announced the final closing of the KKR Opportunistic Real Estate Credit Fund II (ROX II), a strategy dedicated to opportunistic investments in senior loans and real estate securities in the U.S. and Western Europe. And the closed commitments to the comingled fund and separate accounts pursuing KKR’s Opportunistic Real Estate Credit Strategy total over $850 million.

Rocket Youth: Over $100 Million Raised For Enrichment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Rocket Youth—one of the fast-growing youth enrichment platforms that partners with local educators, coaches, and child development professionals to scale their businesses—announced that it had raised over $100 million in backing, led by sports industry veterans Maverick Carter and Daniel Sillman and partner and build-focused investment vehicle ZBS Partners.

PSG: Two Funds Closed At $8 Billion Total

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

PSG, a leading growth equity firm that specializes in partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to capitalize on transformational growth, announced that it has closed two new funds, totaling $8 billion in capital commitments.

Fifteenth: $8.25 Million (Seed) Raised To Help Professionals With Complex Taxes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Fifteenth, a tax solution created to serve the unique needs of founders, investors, executives, and tech professionals with complex financial situations, announced it has raised $8.25 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by A* and General Catalyst with participation from SV Angel and angel investors including Swapnil Jain (Co-Founder and CEO of Observe.AI), Ryan Eisenman (co-founder and CEO at Arch), and Akash Garg (advisor at Electric Capital).

DocGo Buying Mobile Lab Collection Services Company PTI Health

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

DocGo, a provider of technology-enabled mobile health services, announced the acquisition of PTI Health, which is a mid-Atlantic mobile lab collection and phlebotomy services company.

Fin: Interview With CEO Rich Pleeth About The Last-Mile Delivery Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Fin is a company that is redefining last-mile delivery through its innovative SaaS platform that harnesses the power of AI for route optimization and real-time analytics. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fin CEO Rich Pleeth to learn more about the company.

FactSet Buying LiquidityBook In $246.5 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

FactSet, a financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, announced the acquisition of LiquidityBook for a gross purchase price of $246.5 million in cash.

NXP To Buy Edge AI Pioneer Kinara

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

NXP Semiconductors announced it entered a definitive agreement to buy Kinara, an industry leader in high-performance, energy-efficient, and programmable discrete neural processing units (NPUs). And these devices enable a wide range of edge AI applications, including multi-modal generative AI models. This acquisition will be an all-cash transaction valued at $307 million and is expected to close in the first half of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances.

Pantomath: Interview With Founder & CEO Somesh Saxena About The Data Pipeline Observability Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Pantomath is a data pipeline observability and traceability platform for automating data operations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pantomath CEO and founder Somesh Saxena to learn more about the company.

Cure Rare Disease: $5.69 Million CIRM Grant Awarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Cure Rare Disease (CRD) announced it was awarded a $5.69 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to advance the development of an antisense oligonucleotide therapy for spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), a neurodegenerative disorder with no current treatment.

Greyson Clothiers: $20 Million Strategic Growth Capital Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Greyson Clothiers, a Detroit-based premium performance apparel brand at the forefront of the sport, announced the completion of a $20 million Series A strategic growth capital raise. This funding round was led by NewBound Ventures and Chris Koch, CEO of NewEra, with participation from Tom Nolan, CEO of Kendra Scott, and David Chu, Founder of Nautica, and ongoing support from existing investors.

Exoticca: €25 Million Venture Debt Facility Raised From BBVA Spark

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Exoticca, a leading travel tech platform for multi-day tour packages, announced that it secured a €25 million venture debt facility from BBVA Spark. This new funding round complements the company's recent €60 million Series D equity round led by Quadrille Capital, bringing the total funding from this round to €85 million.

HALO: Strategic Refinancing Raised For Advancing Growth From TPG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

HALO, a leader in branded merchandise, corporate apparel, and recognition solutions, and its investment partner TPG announced the completion of a strategic refinancing. This funding strengthens HALO's financial structure, paves the way for the company’s accelerated growth, and reinforces the strong partnership between HALO and TPG.

Validus: $45 Million Growth Equity Investment Raised From FTV Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Validus Risk Management, a software and tech-enabled services platform for financial risk management, announced that it has secured a $45 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity firm with a track record of investing in enterprise and financial technology. This minority investment will enable Validus to accelerate its go-to-market efforts and further expand into the US and APAC while continuing to penetrate the European market and invest in technology and product innovation.

StackGen: Interview With Chief Product Officer Asif Awan About The Generative Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

StackGen is the leader in Generative Infrastructure. Enterprise organizations turn to StackGen to modernize infrastructure, migrate clouds, support multi-cloud environments, and for greenfield application deployment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed StackGen Chief Product Officer Asif Awan to learn more about the company.

ComEd: $100 Million In EV Rebates Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

ComEd announced it has made $100 million in rebates available to help more customers take steps toward electric vehicles (EVs) this year. To reduce the upfront cost barriers to EVs, these rebates cover three distinct programs: residential EV charger and installation costs, all-electric fleet vehicles, and business and public sector ready-to-charge infrastructure.

Zendata: Interview With CEO Narayana Pappu About The Cloud Data Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Zendata is a full stack cloud data security platform designed to help CISOs, DevOps and Compliance teams embed privacy and security controls and protocols across their assets and SDLC. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zendata CEO Narayana Pappu to learn more about the company.

CarbonZero.Eco: $3.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Addressing Regenerative Agriculture And CO2 Removal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

CarbonZero.Eco, a startup tackling regenerative agriculture and CO2 removal through Biochar, emerged from stealth and announced a $3.5 million seed round that includes investments from managers and executives at Google, Meta, Amazon and the CEOs of several late-stage startups.

Yung Sidekick: Interview With Co-Founder Alexander Anastasin About The Therapy Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Yung Sidekick is an AI tool to automate therapy notes, enhance care, and improve compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Yung Sidekick co-founder Alexander Anastasin to learn more about the company.

Newleos Therapeutics: $93.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Treatment Of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Newleos Therapeutics - a clinical-stage neuroscience company co-founded by Longwood Fund and seasoned leaders in CNS drug development - announced the closing of an oversubscribed $93.5 million Series A financing. Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the funding with participation from Novo Holdings A/S, Longwood Fund, DCVC Bio, and Arkin Bio Capital.

Salt Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Roey Eliyahu About The End-To-End API Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Salt Security is a company that protects the APIs that form the core of every modern application. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Salt Security co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu to learn more about the company.

Prenuvo: $120 Million Raised For MRI Screening Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Prenuvo, a leader in proactive whole-body MRI screening, disclosed that it quietly raised $120 million as part of Series B fundraising this year, demonstrating its category leadership in preventative health. The company has identified over 1.4 million personalized health insights across its member base, highlighting the critical role of early detection. This milestone comes as Prenuvo surpassed 110,000 members and secured FDA clearance for its AI-powered Prenuvo Body Composition report.

Scandit: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Samuel Mueller About Smart Data Capture Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Scandit is the leader in smart data capture, giving superpowers to workers, customers, and businesses by providing actionable insights and automating end-to-end processes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Scandit co-founder and CEO Samuel Mueller to learn more about the company.

Antares Capital: Private Credit Fund Launched At Over $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Antares Capital, an alternative credit manager with about $80 billion in capital under management and administration, today announced that Antares Private Credit Fund (ABDC), a public, non-traded business development company (BDC), announced it has launched with over $1.4 billion in investable capital. The fund's new and existing global investors include insurance companies, banks, family offices and pension plans, and Antares’ majority owner, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments).

Nmbr: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Simon Bourgeois About The Canada-Based Fintech Products Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Nmbr is a company dedicated to building embedded fintech products for Canada, starting with an industry-leading embedded payroll. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Nmbr CEO and co-founder Simon Bourgeois to learn more about the company.

Uscreen: Video Monetization Company Raises $150 Million From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Uscreen, a video monetization platform for the creator economy, announced a $150 million investment with PSG, a leading growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to capitalize on transformational growth. And PSG’s funding will help reinforce and strengthen Uscreen’s leading position in shaping the future of the creator economy by bringing together content, community, and experiences in ways that delight consumers.

Junevity: $10 Million (Seed) Raised For Developing Cell Reset Therapeutics For Longevity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Junevity, a biotechnology company that aims to extend lifespan and health by resetting cell damage from age-related diseases, announced $10 million in seed funding led by Goldcrest Capital and Godfrey Capital.

IBI Ag: $6.1 Million Raised For Crop Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

IBI Ag, a pioneering crop protection company developing a wide array of bio-insecticides with a lower ecological footprint, announced it has closed the first part of its Series A funding round with a $6.1 million investment. This funding round — led by Corteva (through its Corteva Catalyst platform) with the participation of The Trendlines Group, Iron Nation, Consensus Business Group (CBG), and a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority — validates the strategic importance of IBI Ag's innovative biological and naturally-inspired solutions in the global agricultural sector to assist farmers in producing more food by protecting their crops and the global food chain.