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Unrivaled Sports: $120 Million Raised For Youth Sports Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2025

Unrivaled Sports, a leader in youth sports experiences, announced a strategic investment by DICK'S Sporting Goods, which led the company's latest funding round. The strategic funding will help fuel Unrivaled Sports' mission, which is to create unrivaled sport experiences for young athletes everywhere, by continuing to deliver and expand experiences, programs, and destinations for young athletes across the nation.

Intrepid Labs: $11 Million Funding Raised For Transforming Drug Formulation With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2025

Intrepid Labs, a biotechnology company that is transforming drug formulation development through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, emerged from stealth mode to advance therapeutics development through effective formulations that improve clinical performance.

Aligned Climate Capital Closes Solar Fund At Above $200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2025

Aligned Climate Capital announced the final close of its sixth distributed solar fund, Aligned Solar Partners 6 LP (ASP6), with commitments above the $200 million target fund size. AndASP6 achieved final close with participation from leading institutional investors in the U.S. and globally, including insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices.

The Pearl Fund: $500 Million Bitcoin Investment Fund Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2025

The Pearl Fund, an investment firm that launched the nation's first Opportunity Zone Business (OZB) fund, announced the launch of the Pearl Bitcoin Fund (Pearl BTC). This $500 million investment vehicle eliminates capital gains tax on Bitcoin investments.

Rotunda Capital Partners: Oversubscribed Fund IV Closed At $735 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2025

Rotunda Capital Partners—an operationally oriented private equity firm focused on industrial businesses—announced the closing of Rotunda Capital Partners Fund IV, L.P., with total capital commitments of $735 million. Fund IV was significantly oversubscribed, closing well above the target of $550 million and the initial hard cap.

Balefire: New Firm Formed Through $3.7 Billion AUM Merger Of VisionPoint Advisory And Navitas Wealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

VisionPoint Advisory Group and Navitas Wealth Advisors merged to form Balefire, a comprehensive wealth management firm designed to meet the growing demand for integrated and high-capability financial and business advisory solutions for affluent individuals, families, and businesses.

Adams Street: Over €270 Million Closed For European Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Adams Street Partners - a leading private markets investment firm with over $62 billion in assets under management - announced the final closing of its oversubscribed European Venture Fund. This fund was driven by strong investor demand for Europe’s dynamic venture ecosystem, and it secured over €270 million in capital commitments, significantly exceeding its fundraising target.

Curql: Fund II Surpasses $309 Million In Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Curql, a collective of credit unions jointly investing in fintech, announced that Curql Fund II has surpassed $300 million in capital raised from 83 progressive credit unions nationwide. With the fund set to close at the end of July, credit unions now face their final opportunity to participate in a movement transforming the financial services landscape, led by credit unions, for credit unions.

Function Health: Ezra Acquired And $499 Full-Body MRI Scan Introduced

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Function Health announced it has acquired Ezra and is launching a Full Body MRI with an FDA-cleared AI that cuts scan time from 60 minutes to 22 minutes and from $1,500 to $499. This reduction in time and cost makes annual scanning possible, creating a comprehensive 360-degree view inside your body.

Deerfield Management: Over $600 Million Healthcare Venture Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Deerfield Management Company announced the closing of the Deerfield Healthcare Innovations Fund III, a fund of over $600 million that looks to advance healthcare by investing in therapeutics, improving care delivery models, and enhancing emerging technologies.

Orca AI: $72.5 Million Raised For Scaling Autonomous Shipping Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Orca AI, a leader in maritime technology, announced it has closed an investment of $72.5 million in Series B funding. Brighton Park Capital led the funding round with participation from existing investors Ankona Capital and Hyperlink Ventures.

Sentora Raising Up To $25 Million Series A As IntoTheBlock And Trident Merge

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

IntoTheBlock (a leader in institutional DeFi solutions) and Trident Digital (a digital assets financial services firm) announced their merger to form Sentora, an institutional DeFi platform combining yield strategies, risk management, and financial services. And at launch, Sentora is securing up to a $25 million Series A round of funding led by New Form Capital, with participation from Joint Effects, Tribe Capital, and strategic ecosystem investors including Ripple, Curved Ventures, Flare, and Bankai Ventures.

Tesseral: $3.3 Million Raised To Simplify Authentication For Business Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Tesseral, an open-source authentication infrastructure for business-to-business (B2B) software companies, announced its emergence from stealth with $3.3 million in seed financing. Investors include Y Combinator, Jessica Livingston, and Paul Graham, co-founders of Y Combinator; Calvin French-Owen, co-founder and former CTO of Segment; Steve Bartel and Nick Bushak, co-founders of Gem; and Mike Wiacek, founder of Stairwell.

Parloa: $120 Million Series C Raised At $1 Billion Valuation To Improve Customer Service With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Parloa, an innovator in Agentic AI for customer experience, announced it has secured $120 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1 billion. And Durable Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital, and General Catalyst are leading this round with participation from EQT Ventures, RPT Capital, Senovo, and Mosaic Ventures.

Liftoff: Minority Growth Investment Raised At $4.3 Billion Valuation From General Atlantic

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Liftoff, a leader in performance marketing and monetization solutions for the app economy, announced that Blackstone's private equity funds signed an agreement to sell a minority stake in Liftoff to General Atlantic. As part of the transaction, long-time investor Blackstone will remain the majority shareholder.

StackOne: $20 Million Series A Raised To Transform SaaS And AI Agent Integrations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

StackOne, a next-gen AI-based platform advancing the future of enterprise AI agents and SaaS integrations, announced it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by GV (Google Ventures). Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, existing investors Episode 1 and Playfair, and angels from OpenAI, Deepmind, Microsoft, and Mulesoft also participated.

Recraft: $30 Million Series B Raised For AI-Based Design Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Recraft, an AI-based design platform that generates images with brand consistency, announced it has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Accel. Participating investors include Madrona Ventures and existing investors Khosla Ventures, Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, and RTP Global.

ReNew Energy Global: $100 Million Investment Raised From BII

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

ReNew Energy Global - a leading decarbonization solutions company - announced it has secured an INR 8700 million ($100 million) investment from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, to advance the growth of its solar manufacturing business in India. The funding will be made through ReNew Photovoltaics Private Limited, ReNew’s dedicated solar manufacturing subsidiary in India.

MyVenue: Majority Investment Raised From Greater Sum Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Entrepreneurial family office and growth equity firm Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) announced a majority investment in MyVenue, a worldwide leader in event venue point-of-sale (POS) technology.

iAltA Holdings: $20 Million Raised For Modernizing Private Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

iAltA Holdings, a private markets infrastructure company, announced its launch with an initial funding of $20 million led by WestCap. Launched out of WestCap, iAltA’s goal is to build a digital infrastructure that unifies private market systems.

Google Announces AI Futures Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Today, Google announced the AI Futures Fund. This new program will invest in and collaborate with startups that want to bring their innovative ideas to market using Google DeepMind's latest AI models. With this fund, Google will work closely with companies in various stages of growth while also providing access to Google’s advanced resources, expertise, and early iterations of the company’s latest AI models like Gemini.

Realtime Robotics: Interview With CEO Peter Howard About The Robotics Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Realtime Robotics is a company has invented a solution for generating safe robot motion plans in micro-seconds, enabling robots to function in unstructured, collaborative work-spaces, reacting to other motions as soon as they are perceived. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Realtime Robotics CEO Peter Howard to learn more about the company.

Mainframe: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jordan Singer About The Productivity Software Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Holonym: Interview With Co-Founder Nanak Nihal Khalsa About The Privacy-Preserving Identity Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

Holonym is a company that is building the foundation of digital rights: privacy, security, global access to finance, and personhood through applied cryptography. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Holonym co-founder Nanak Nihal Khalsa to learn more about the company.

YL Ventures: How This VC Firm Helps Cybersecurity Entrepreneurs Scale Their Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

YL Ventures is an early-stage firm that funds and supports visionary cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to scale to help them evolve transformative ideas into market-leading companies. Pulse 2.0 interviewed YL Ventures partner Justin Somaini to learn more about the firm.

illumicell AI: Interview With Co-Founder & CSO Jeyla Sadikova About The Cellular Data Analytics Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 12, 2025

illumicell AI is a company that is transforming how clinicians analyze the most fundamental unit of health: the cell in fluid. Pulse 2.0 interviewed illumicell AI co-founder and CSO Jeyla Sadikova to learn more about the company.

Aztec Group: Minority Investment Raised From Warburg Pincus

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2025

Aztec Group, an international fund and corporate services provider to the alternative investments industry, announced the completion of its strategic partnership with global growth investor Warburg Pincus.

Hilo: $42 Million Series B Raised For Blood Pressure Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2025

Hilo (previously known as Aktiia), a blood pressure intelligence platform, announced an oversubscribed $42 million (over CHF 34 million) Series B funding round, co-led by Earlybird Health and Wellington Partners, with new investors Kfund and naturalX Health Ventures, and participation from existing investors redalpine, Khosla Ventures, Molten Ventures, Translink Capital, and Verve Ventures. The funding, which has brought the total financing above $100 million, will accelerate the company's mission to manage the world's blood pressure.

Inveniam Buying Tractiv For Enhancing Enterprise-Grade AI Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2025

Inveniam Capital Partners—a data operations and management platform for private market asset data—announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Tractiv, a technology company led by Drew Orsinger.

Redaptive: $650 Million Credit Facility Deal Signed With CDPQ And Nuveen

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2025

Redaptive, a leading Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) provider, announced the closing of a $650 million (C$903 million) credit facility from CDPQ, a global investment group, and Nuveen (the investment manager of TIAA). This deal strengthens Redaptive's ability to scale its innovative platform, meet accelerating customer demand, and deliver measurable business value through energy efficiency, renewable generation, and data-driven building performance.