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nSure.ai: This Advanced Fraud Prevention Company Is Rapidly Growing In A $30 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2023

nSure.ai is a world leader in AI-powered advanced fraud prevention for high-risk digital transactions, as the company provides a unique multi-tenant platform that empowers customers with their own AI/Machine learning model. Pulse 2.0 interviewed nSure.ai CEO and co-founder Alex Zeltcer to learn more.

Myxt: This Company Enables Creators To Stream, Share, And Collaborate On Audio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2023

Myxt is a collaborative workplace app for audio creators - which was built to confront the industry-wide problem of file sharing. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Myxt founder Chris Wetherell to learn more.

Sirion: A Contract Lifecycle Management Company That Is Quickly Growing In A $30 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2023

Sirion is a global leader in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software and the company’s end-to-end enterprise-grade CLM solution drives digital transformation across the entire enterprise. Sirion’s AI-driven CLM technology is trusted by some of the world’s most successful organizations to manage over 5 million contracts worth over $450 billion across 70+ countries. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sirion co-founder and president Kanti Prabha.

Whatfix: This Digital Adoption Platform Is Quickly Growing In A $30 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2023

Whatfix is a leading Digital Adoption Platform that enables companies to deliver modern and easy onboarding, effective training, and better support to users through contextual content displayed at the time of need. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Whatfix CEO and co-founder Khadim Batti to learn more.

Equabli: Financial Tech Company Completes $3.35 Million Funding Round

By Annie Baker ● Jul 25, 2023

Equabli - a leading financial technology company - recently announced the successful completion of its recent financing round. This funding round secured $3.35 million of additional capital and was led by Social Leverage. Additional commitments were received by BankTech Ventures and Cross River Digital Ventures.

RightRev: $12 Million Secured For Helping Companies Automate Revenue Recognition

By Noah Long ● Jul 25, 2023

RightRev - a cloud-based finance and accounting solutions provider for Revenue Recognition Automation - recently announced that it had raised $12 million in funding co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures with participation from Correlation Ventures and IDEA Fund Partners.

Flagship: Retail Inventory Planning Platform Company Raises $5 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 25, 2023

Retail inventory planning leader Flagship recently announced that it had raised $5 million in seed funding led by global software investor Insight Partners. Dream Ventures, Essential Capital, Klemhurst, Future Archives, AUFI Ventures, the Kleiner Perkins Scout Fund, and several strategic angel investors participated in the round.

Sigo Seguros: Insurtech Company Secures $5.1 Million To Accelerate Growth

By Annie Baker ● Jul 25, 2023

Sigo Seguros - a rapidly growing insurtech company with a Spanish-first approach to providing auto insurance services for immigrant and working-class communities - recently announced it had raised an additional $5.1 million in its pre-Series A funding round, co-led by Zeal Capital Partners and Listen Ventures with participation from existing investors Chingona Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, Fiat Ventures, and Remarkable Ventures.

RecruitBot: Hiring Platform Company Closes $8.2 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jul 25, 2023

RecruitBot - a powerful hiring platform that transforms the entire recruiting experience - recently announced it has raised $8.2 million in additional seed funding to fuel the growth of its AI-powered software. The investment was led by Slow Ventures with participation from OCA, Freestyle, Parade, and Kevin Mahaffey. Through RecruitBot, recruiters get access to modern sales and marketing technologies built for their specific recruiting activities.

CoJourney: Contract Manufacturing And Development Company Pulls In $30 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 25, 2023

CoJourney - a global innovator in the manufacturing and development of cell and gene therapies - recently announced the completion of a $30 million Series A financing and expansion of its US organization and commercial manufacturing capabilities. This funding round was led by Legend Capital and supported by GL Ventures, Legend Star Investment Management, and Lake Bleu Capital.

Orennia: Energy Transition Analytics Platform Company Lands $25 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jul 25, 2023

Orennia - recently announced the completion of its Series B financing - raising US$25 million to accelerate the growth of its best-in-class data and analytics platform. And the investment highlights Orennia’s differentiated solution for the energy transition with insights across the renewables, storage, clean fuels and decarbonization sectors. Orennia increases returns for the most sophisticated developers, investors, bankers, and corporations by providing up-to-date and reliable energy transition analytics.

CarbonCure: $80 Million Secured For Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology

By Noah Long ● Jul 25, 2023

CarbonCure Technologies - a global leader in carbon dioxide removal technologies for the concrete industry - recently announced a major investment led by Blue Earth Capital as part of a broader collaborative investment round totaling more than $80 million.

Rocsys: $36 Million Closed To Build Autonomous Charging Solutions For Electric Transportation

By Annie Baker ● Jul 25, 2023

Rocsys - a leading provider of autonomous charging solutions for electric transportation - recently announced a $36 million Series A funding round. SEB Greentech Venture Capital led the funding round, including participation from Graduate Entrepreneur, the European Investment Bank, and returning investor Forward.One. With this latest funding round (which includes a roughly equal split of debt and equity financing), Rocsys will expand the capabilities of its platform as it rapidly scales its presence in the United States and Europe.

GeoCue And Argosdyne Partnering To Expand Drone Mapping Solutions In East Asia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2023

GeoCue - a leader in LiDAR mapping hardware and software solutions - announced its expansion into East Asia through a strategic partnership with Argosdyne, a prominent drone manufacturer and supplier. And this collaboration will strengthen GeoCue's global distribution network and enable Argosdyne to offer TrueView 3D Imaging Sensors and LP360 LiDAR Processing Software to customers in South Korea and East Asia.

Kearney Buying Silicon Foundry For Expanding Strategic Transformation And Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Kearney - a leading global management consulting firm - recently announced the acquisition of Silicon Foundry. And this acquisition represents the firm's commitment to helping C-suite executives truly transform their organizations by providing corporate executive leaders worldwide with access to the most cutting-edge new technologies, start-ups, and venture investors at the core of the innovation ecosystem.

KKR Buying Protective Materials Company Chase Corporation For $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Chase Corporation (NYSE American: CCF) - a leading global manufacturer of protective materials for high-reliability applications across diverse market sectors - recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of investment funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm. This all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $1.3 billion, including the assumption of debt.

SpyGlass Pharma: Ophthalmic Therapeutics Company Closes $90 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jul 24, 2023

SpyGlass Pharma - a privately-held ophthalmic therapeutics company- recently announced the closing of $90 million in Series C financing. The financing, which RA Capital Management led alongside existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Vensana Capital, as well as new investors Samsara BioCapital and Vertex Ventures HC, will enable the company to conduct multiple US clinical trials of SpyGlass’ innovative drug delivery platform.

Arrive: Smart Mailbox Company Bags $1.3 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 24, 2023

Arrive - an smart mailbox company (formerly known as Dronedek) - recently announced that it raised more than $1.3 million from 428 investors, most of them new to the Indianapolis-based innovator. This is the second time Arrive has eclipsed $1 million in crowdfunding efforts. And the company now has nearly 5,000 individual investors and has raised more than $9 million in its total fundraising efforts since the company was founded in 2014. The startup now employs 15 people worldwide.

EQT: Exeter Industrial Value Fund VI Closed At $4.9 Billion

By Annie Baker ● Jul 24, 2023

EQT announced that EQT Exeter Industrial Value Fund VI had held its final close at $4.9 billion in fee-generating assets under management. And the demand from existing and new investors was strong, with commitments coming from a diverse group of pensions, foundations, insurance, and sovereign clients across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Origin Digital And Aspia Partner To Measure Grass From Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Origin Digital and Aspia Space announced a breakthrough partnership that could revolutionize grassland farming was announced by technology companies. Launching in Ireland later this year as part of the Origin Digital ‘GrassMax’ service, the new technology accurately measures the height of grass from space, offering insight for increasing farm productivity and profitability and enabling organizations and businesses to verify sustainability practices in the livestock supply chain.

Figure: AI Robotics Company Closes $9 Million From Intel Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Figure - an AI Robotics company building general-purpose humanoid robots - recently announced a $9 million equity investment made by Intel Capital. This funding round from Intel Capital helps strengthen Figure's balance sheet and will accelerate the development of Figure 01 (the company's autonomous humanoid robot), build out Figure's AI data pipeline for autonomous operations, and drive the Company toward commercialization. This announcement follows the company's most recent achievement of the Figure 01 robot taking its first steps.

Gearset’s DevOps Launchpad Passes 10,000 Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

DevOps Launchpad - a Salesforce DevOps training platform and community-powered by Gearset - recently announced that it had crossed the 10,000 users milestone. Launched in 2021, all of the content is free to access for Salesforce professionals, and courses are available as either stand-alone courses or as part of a certification program.

Runway: Strategic Planning Platform Company Secures $27.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Runway - a leading Strategic Planning platform - recently announced $27.5 million in Series A funding led by Initialized Capital to accelerate its vision of empowering all teams to make better business decisions faster.

POLYN Technology: This Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processing Company Is Rapidly Growing In The Fabless Semiconductor Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Noah Medical: Helping Physicians By Building Essential Endoluminal Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Noah Medical is a medical robotics company that delivers adoptable clinical solutions through innovative endoluminal technologies to enhance the quality of life for patients globally. To learn more, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Noah Medical founder and CEO Jian Zhang, Ph.D.

Snack It Forward: This Company Is Aiming To Upgrade America’s Snacks With Better-For-You Options

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Gooten: Order Management Technology Company Closes $11 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 23, 2023

Gooten - a global provider of order management technology for on-demand manufacturing - recently announced the closing of $11 million of Series A funding. The funding round was led by KEC Ventures, with participation from INX International, Tech Pioneers Fund, and other existing investors. As part of the funding round, Will Geiger of Touchdown Ventures will join Gooten as a board observer on behalf of INX International.

La La Land Kind Cafe: Coffee Shop Chain Closes $20 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Jul 23, 2023

La La Land Kind Cafe - a chain of coffee shops - recently announced that it raised a $20 million investment from John Phelan, former Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of MSD Capital, L.P. and Founder of Rugger Management LLC, and Andy Teller, a private investor.

Ten Thousand: Activewear Brand Company Secures $21.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 23, 2023

New York-based men's activewear brand Ten Thousand recently announced a $21.5 million Series A raise and a partnership with Life Time, North America's premier Athletic Country Clubs and omnichannel Healthy Way of Life Brand. The funding round and partnership underscore Ten Thousand's strong following, differentiated positioning, and rapid growth. Provenance led this investment with participation from Fernbrook and Alfa. And this syndicate joins existing seed investors, including Dave Gilboa (co-founder of Warby Parker), Blue Scorpion, and Elizabeth St Ventures.

Optiversal Raises $4.2 Million To Help Large Retail Enterprises Accelerate Content Creation Using AI

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 23, 2023

Optiversal - a generative AI content provider accelerating content creation for large retail enterprises - recently announced that it has secured $4.2 million in seed funding led by Bling Capital with participation from Alpaca Ventures and Red Sea Ventures.