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Branch Energy: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Alex Ince-Cushman About The Energy Bill Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Branch Energy is a technology company that makes it easy for customers to lower their energy bills and carbon footprint while providing dramatically better customer experiences than incumbents. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Branch Energy co-founder and CEO Alex Ince-Cushman to learn more about the company.

BillionToOne: Over 100% Growth In Revenue Year-Over-Year Reported

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

BillionToOne, a next-generation molecular diagnostics company, announced record financial results during this year's J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Last year, the company's revenue reached $153 million, more than doubling from $72 million in 2023. BillionToOne's success was driven primarily by its prenatal testing business, which has captured an estimated 15% market share in the U.S.

SafelyYou: $43 Million (Series C) Closed For Addressing Challenges In Senior Living

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

SafelyYou, a leader in empowering safer and more person-centered care across senior living through AI, industry-changing hardware, and remote expert clinicians, announced the closing of a $43 million Series C financing round led by Touring Capital. This funding fuels SafelyYou’s ability to help solve critical challenges in senior care, including how accurately and efficiently operators can predict residents’ care needs. Foundation Capital, Omega Healthcare Investors, Founders Fund, Cross Creek, Samsung Next, and Qualcomm Ventures also contributed to the funding round. This brings the total funding raised by SafelyYou to $100+ million.

Big Time Studios: Interview With Founder Ari Meilich About The AAA Entertainment Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Big Time Studios is a company that builds next-generation and multiplayer AAA entertainment where players have control over their virtual assets. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Big Time Studios founder Ari Meilich to learn more about the company.

Bonsai Robotics: $15 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Physical AI Solutions For Agriculture Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Bonsai Robotics, a developer of physical AI solutions for agriculture applications, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Bison Ventures led the oversubscribed round with participation from new investor Cibus Capital and existing investors Acre Venture Partners, Congruent Ventures, Fall Line Capital, E14 Fund, SNR, and Serra Ventures. This latest funding round enables Bonsai to continue enhancing its software capabilities, expanding its physical AI platform and data set, driving more OEM partnerships, and accelerating commercialization efforts.

The Helper Bees: $35 Million Raised For Expanding Aging-In-Place Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

The Helper Bees, a platform transforming how older adults live and age safely in their own homes, announced the completion of a $35 million funding round. Led by Centana Growth Partners, the funding round also saw strong support from existing investors, including Silverton Partners, Impact Engine, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.

Lieef: Initial Set Of Capital Commitments Closed For Inaugural Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Lieef, a private equity firm focused on emerging infrastructure, announced it has officially closed the initial set of capital commitments into its inaugural fund (Lieef GP Capital Fund). Named for an approach towards investing principally, the fund centers on project and corporate investments into emerging infrastructure opportunities with the capability to invest in both companies and projects and as a control or minority investor. While limited, the fund currently can deploy tax equity alongside cash equity for strategically essential opportunities.

Castelion: Defense Manufacturing Company Raises $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Castelion – a new defense manufacturer helping America and its allies preserve peace through deterrence with long-range hypersonic strike weapons – announced it has raised $100 million in debt and equity financing. And with rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and its allies need a non-nuclear deterrent capability. The company's affordable and mass-produced hypersonic long-range strike weapons are required to build a decisive combat power advantage and deter future aggression.

Blue Sage Capital: $618 Million Closed For Fund IV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Blue Sage Capital, a leading lower-middle market private equity firm, announced the final closing of Blue Sage Capital IV at $618 million, including a substantial commitment from the General Partner. This fund was significantly oversubscribed, closing above its initial target of $400 million, initial hard cap of $550 million, and more than double its $300 million prior fund size.

Rynse: $5 Million (Seed) Raised For Improving Ongoing Auto Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Rynse - a new fleet management software for government and enterprise organizations - offers a powerful solution for fleets struggling with operational efficiency and profitability challenges like fraud, overspending, and vehicle maintenance. And by connecting fleet management with payment systems, Rynse provides an expansive network of vendors, streamlines procurement, saves time, and reduces fraud, enabling fleets to operate more efficiently. Rynse has secured $5 million in seed funding led by Autotech Ventures, with participation from returning investors Founder Collective and Correlation Ventures, along with new investor Connexa Capital.