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Reflexivity: Interview With President & Co-Founder Giuseppe Sette About The AI-Based Investment Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Reflexivity is a company that offers analytics and artificial intelligence-based solutions for the investment industry. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Reflexivity President and co-founder Giuseppe Sette to learn more about the company.

NinjaOne: $500 Million (Series C Extension) Raised At $5 Billion Valuation To Transform Automated Endpoint Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

NinjaOne, an automated endpoint management platform, today announced $500 million in Series C extensions at a $5 billion valuation. This funding came in separate tranches that were led by ICONIQ Growth and CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent investment fund, with participation from other prominent private investors.

Glassbox: Fintech Company Raises $1.2 Million (Pre-Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Glassbox, a Toronto-based fintech startup, announced that it has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to reimagine how finance teams work with spreadsheets in the age of AI. This funding round was led by FinTech Collective (New York) and StandUp Ventures (Toronto), with participation from Watertower Ventures (Los Angeles). The new funding will expand Glassbox’s team and bring its AI-compatible financial analysis platform to market.

Edera: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Emily Long About Container Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Edera is a company that is changing the way containers are run and secured, making isolation a reality and fundamentally transforming computing in the process. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Edera CEO and co-founder Emily Long to learn more about the company.

Apple To Spend Over $500 Billion In The US On AI, Silicon Engineering, And Skills Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Apple announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans to spend and invest over $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. This pledge builds on Apple’s history of investing in American innovation and advanced high-skilled manufacturing, and it will support a wide range of initiatives that focus on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering, and skills development for students and workers across the country.

Prosus Acquiring Just Eat Takeaway.com In €4.1 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Prosus announced it has reached a conditional agreement to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com to create the fourth largest food delivery group globally. Prosus plans to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com’s entire issued share capital for €20.30 per share via a recommended all-cash public offer on the Amsterdam exchange. This represents a 49% premium to the 3-month VWAP as of February 21, 2025, and a 22% premium to Just Eat Takeaway.com’s highest share price over the last three months.

Reverb Therapeutics: $12 Million (Seed) Raised To Utilize Cytokine Signaling For Treating Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Reverb Therapeutics, a leader in harnessing the natural immune system and cytokine signaling to treat life-threatening diseases, announced it has closed a $12 million financing led by founding investor Amplitude Ventures. And other participants in the round include the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s venture philanthropy arm, the Myeloma Investment Fund, KdT Ventures, Finchley Healthcare Ventures, InBC Investment Corp. (InBC), and Seido Capital.

Esperto Medical: Series A Funding Raised For Delivering For Future Of Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Esperto Medical, a health technology startup specializing in critical care and remote patient monitoring, announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series A investment round co-led by Catalyst Health Ventures and Bold Capital Partners, with support from Wavemaker Three-sixty Health, Free Flow Ventures, Fund@Caltech, and Maverick Ventures.

RoomPriceGenie: $75 Million Raised For For Revenue Management Platform For Independent Hotels And Groups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

RoomPriceGenie, a provider of revenue management systems (RMS) for independent hotels and groups, announced a $75 million investment from Five Elms Capital to accelerate international expansion and enhance its platform. As part of this next phase of growth, experienced technology executive Chas Scarantino has been appointed CEO. Co-founder and current RoomPriceGenie CEO Ari Andricopoulos will transition to Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) to focus on product innovation and strategic partnerships.

Hightouch: $80 Million (Series C) Raised At $1.2 Billion Valuation For AI-Based Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Hightouch, a leading data and AI platform for marketing and personalization, announced that it has raised an $80 million Series C at a valuation of $1.2 billion. Rajeev Dham at Sapphire Ventures led the funding round, which also included participation from NVC, ICONIQ Growth, Amplify Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, and Y Combinator.

Brother’s Bond Bourbon: $7.5 Million Raised For Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Brother's Bond Bourbon, an award-winning American whiskey brand founded by co-creators, longtime friends, and whiskey experts Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, announced the closing of a $7.5 million funding round. This is a testament to the brand's momentum and confirms investor confidence in the spirits industry's growth potential.

Perceive Pharma: $15 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Ophthalmic Neuroprotection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Perceive Pharma, a pharmaceutical company that is pioneering novel small molecule therapeutics in ophthalmology, announced the closing of a $15 million Series A funding round, including Deerfield Management, Johnson & Johnson (through its corporate venture capital organization, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.), Braidwell LP, GV, the Retinal Degeneration Fund, and Catalio Capital Management, LP. Perceive Pharma was spun out from Perceive Biotherapeutics to accelerate the development of novel neuroprotective therapeutics in glaucoma and other indications. The company also brought in Carol Gallagher, Pharm.D., to the Perceive Pharma Board as an independent Board Director.

Ares Management: Tempus Debt Facilities Upsized To $560 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Ares Management - a leading global alternative investment manager - announced that Ares Credit funds served as the administrative agent on $300 million in incremental debt financing for Tempus AI, a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine and patient care.

AirQtel: $27 Million (Series A) Raised For Aerial Surveillance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

AirQtel, an advanced aerial surveillance platform comprising industry-first hardened hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, announced it has raised $27 million in Series A funding to expedite the deployment of its aerial platform technology in partnership with multiple governmental entities. The funding follows an in-depth evaluation by both private and governmental partners.

Singulr AI: $10 Million (Seed) Raised For AI Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Singulr AI recently launched with the general availability of its enterprise AI governance and security platform already deployed across technology, finance, and healthcare companies. And the company also announced $10 million in seed financing led by Nexus Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from leading industry executives.

MirrorTab: $8.5 Million (Seed) Secured For Protecting Web Apps From Hackers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

MirrorTab, a provider of advanced web application protection, announced it has raised $8.5 million in seed funding. Valley Capital Partners led the round, which also included GV, Ludlow Ventures, Altman Capital Fund, NextGen Venture Partners, and Alumni Ventures.

Madison River Capital: Inaugural Fund Closed At $370 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Madison River Capital (MRC), a lower middle market private equity firm, announced the final closing of its first institutional fund, Madison River Capital Fund I, with over $370 million of capital commitments. And the firm received strong support from a sophisticated investor base, including family offices and institutional investors.

SRA Watchtower: $4 Million Raised For Financial Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Financial technology platform SRA Watchtower announced the completion of a new $4 million funding round led by existing investors FINTOP Capital, JAM FINTOP, and EJF Capital. And this funding round follows the successful acquisition of Lumio Insight, further supporting the company’s growth and expansion.

Cambridge GaN Devices: $32 Million (Series C) Raised For Energy-Efficient Semiconductors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD), an innovator in gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, announced it closed a $32 million Series C funding round. The funding round was led by a strategic investor with participation from British Patient Capital and supported by existing investors Parkwalk, BGF, Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), Foresight Group, and IQ Capital.

75F: $45 Million (Series B) Raised AI-Based HVAC Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

75F, a leader in IoT and AI-driven commercial HVAC automation, announced a $45M Series B funding round, one of the largest in Minnesota history. This funding, led by Accurant International's Net Zero Alliance, with participation from Carrier Global Corporation, Climate Investment, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Next47, and WIND Ventures, underscores the market’s growing confidence in light commercial building automation and 75F's easy and cost-competitive approach to building energy efficiency.

ElectronX: $10 Million Raised For Electricity Derivatives Exchange

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

ElectronX, a new energy exchange created to help accelerate the U.S. grid transition to renewable sources, announced it raised a $10 million strategic investment round led by Systemiq Capital. Equinor Ventures, Shell Ventures, and Innovation Endeavors participated in the round. Former U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo also joined ElectronX as a strategic adviser.

Verkada: $200 Million (Series E) Raised At $4.5 Billion For Physical Security Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Verkada, a pioneer in cloud-based physical security technology, announced a $200 million Series E funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst, with significant investment from Eclipse and additional participation from new and existing investors. Since its founding in 2016, Verkada has raised over $700 million in total funding and the latest round values the company at $4.5 billion.

Mavvrik: $6.2 Million (Seed) Funding Raised For IT Financial Control Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Mavvrik, a unified platform for IT financial control, announced a $6.2 million seed funding round led by S3 Ventures and Flyover Capital, with participation from Tuesday Capital, ClutchVC, Amplify.LA, and Knoll Ventures. This funding round fuels Mavvrik's go-to-market expansion and product innovation.

AheadComputing: $21.5 Million (Seed) Funding Raised To Develop Microprocessor Cores

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

AheadComputing announced it secured $21.5 million in seed funding to rapidly develop and commercialize its microprocessor architecture designed to meet the new and unique computing demands across AI, cloud, and edge devices.

Gomboc AI: $13 Million (Seed) Raised To Transform Cloud Security Remediations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Gomboc AI, which is the industry's first deterministic AI solution for cloud security remediations, announced it has raised $13 million in seed stage funding. A new $8 million seed investment was led by Ballistic Ventures, with continued support from Glilot Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures, which co-led Gomboc AI's initial $5 million seed investment.

White & Case: Jiang Liu Named As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Global law firm White & Case announced it has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice, Financial Services Regulatory Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group with the addition of Jiang Liu as a partner in New York.

Olympus Partners Buying Liquid Generic Leader PAI Pharma

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Olympus Partners announced it has acquired PAI Pharma, a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of generic oral liquids in both ready-to-dose cups and bottles in the US.

Seagate To Buy Intevac For $119 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Seagate Technology (a leading innovator of mass-capacity data storage) and Intevac (a supplier of thin-film processing systems) announced that Seagate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Intevac in an all-cash transaction for $4 per share.

DLA Piper: Jonathan Haray Added To White Collar, Investigations, And Government Enforcement Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

DLA Piper announced it has welcomed back Jonathan Haray as a partner in the White Collar, Investigations, and Government Enforcement Subgroup within the Litigation Practice. He will be based in the Washington, DC, office.

How University Of Florida Researchers Are Advancing Salmonella Vaccines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Salmonella is often troublesome to some and can be dangerous or deadly for sensitive groups. Over 25,000 people are hospitalized for bacterial infection in the U.S., and over 400 people die every year.