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Nuvo: $45 Million Raised For Accelerating Modern B2B Trade

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

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: €9 Million Series A Raised For Intelligent Connected Vision Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

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: $7.7 Million Raised For Spend Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

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.

Noxtua: €80.7 Million Raised For Legal AI Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

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.

Catalyst Opportunity Funds: Fund II Closed At $140 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

Catalyst Opportunity Funds, a double-bottom-line real estate investment platform focused on impactful investments in historically underserved U.S. markets, announced the final closing of Catalyst Opportunity Fund II LP with total capital commitments of $140 million.

Integrated Partners: $100+ Million Team Albritton Financial Services Onboarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

Integrated Partners - a national financial planning and registered investment advisory (RIA) firm serving over $21 billion in assets under advisement (AUA) - announced the addition of Albritton Financial Services to its expanding network of advisors. Based out of Creve Coeur, Missouri, Albritton brings over $100 million in assets under management (AUM) to the Integrated platform.

Nourish: $70 Million Series B Closed For Addressing Chronic Disease With AI-Based Nutrition Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

Nourish, a leading provider of nutrition counseling in the country, announced a $70 million Series B funding round, bringing total funding to $115 million. The funding round was led by J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners, with participation from Thrive Capital, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Maverick Ventures, BoxGroup, Atomico, G Squared, and Pinegrove.

IXI: $36.5 Million Series A Raised For Developing Autofocus Eyewear

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

IXI, a company on a mission to change how the world sees with the first autofocus glasses, announced it has raised $36.5 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Plural, with participation from Tesi, byFounders, Heartcore, Eurazeo, FOV Ventures, Tiny Supercomputer and IXI’s existing investors, including Maki.vc, First Fellow, Amazon Alexa Fund, firstminutecapital, John Lindfors, Illusian, and Bragiel Brothers.

Breaking The Bottleneck In Hardware Innovation: A Conversation With PhysicsX Co-Founder & Director Of Simulation Engineering Nico Haag

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

PhysicsX is a deeptech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software. Pulse 2.0 interviewed PhysicsX Co-Founder and Director of Simulation Engineering, Nico Haag, to learn more about the company’s background and mission.

Transora Partners: Interview With Managing Partner Tee Gwena About The Transition-Focused Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

Transora Partners is a transition-focused firm providing capital and strategic advisory services to owner-led and family-run businesses that have historically lacked access to institutional-level resources. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Transora Partners managing partner Tee Gwena to learn more about the company.

Kline Hill Partners: Strategic Minority Investment Raised From TA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

Kline Hill Partners (an investment firm focused on the private equity secondary market) announced a strategic minority investment from leading global private equity firm TA Associates. This partnership will support Kline Hill’s continued specialization at scale, utilizing TA’s deep experience in asset and wealth management.

Vuzix Buys Advanced Waveguide R&D Facility In California

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2025

Vuzix - a leading supplier of smart glasses, waveguides, and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies - announced the acquisition of an advanced waveguide R&D facility in Milpitas, California. This facility, which was previously operated by a global technology leader known for its extensive work in software, AI, and augmented reality, will now be used as a key waveguide tools development and innovation hub for Vuzix and its ODM/OEM customers' next-generation AI-driven smart glasses.