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Keymakr: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Michael Abramov About AI, Innovation, And Data Annotation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Keylabs is an all-in-one annotation platform designed for performance and polished to perfection by our team of professionals. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Keylabs CEO Michael Abramov, CEO and Co-Founder of Keymakr and Keylabs.ai, to learn more about the company.

SmarterDx: Funding Raised From New Mountain Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SmarterDx - a leader in clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality - announced a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over $55 billion in assets under management. This funding will support SmarterDx’s next phase of growth and product innovation, which is focused on creating value for health systems and enabling them to deliver the best patient care.

Poolhouse: $34 Million (Seed) Raised For To Enhance Pool Entertainment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Poolhouse, a new tech-enabled pool entertainment business from the founders of Topgolf, has raised $34m in its seed round. The funding round was led by Sharp Alpha and dmg ventures. The participants across the globe include David Blitzer, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils; Simon Sports, co-owner of Ipswich Town F.C.; Active Partners, early investors in Soho House; and Emerging Fund, investor in F1 Arcade. Signature Hospitality Group has taken an equity stake and signed a franchise agreement.

Mainspring Energy: $258 Million (Series F) Raised For Scaling Linear Generator Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Mainspring Energy announced that it has secured $258 million in a Series F funding round to expand its linear generator power business and operations as it grows in manufacturing and customer sales. General Catalyst led the raise. They were joined by Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, DCVC, Temasek, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, M&G Investments, Pictet Group, Mainspring's earlier investors, including Lightrock and LGT Bank, Khosla Ventures, Gates Frontier, and others.

The Ryl Company: $15 Million (Series B) Secured For Transforming Beverage Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

The Ryl Company (the parent company of Ryl Tea, a rapidly growing brand reshaping the beverage industry) announced it has secured $15 million in Series B funding.

Blueprint Data Centers: Investment Raised From Northampton Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Northampton Capital Partners - an alternative asset management firm focused on infrastructure investments in the middle market targeting the energy, digital, and other critical infrastructure sectors - announced that it has agreed to make a strategic investment in Blueprint Data Centers, a developer of data centers designed with flexibility to support high-performance computing workloads.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management: $2.3 Billion In Total Commitments Raised For Third Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), announced the final closing of North Haven Private Equity Co-Investment Opportunities Fund III LP (PECO III) oversubscribed at its hard cap with approximately $2.3 billion in total commitments.

Men’s Grooming Company Boardroom Buying Finley’s Barbershop

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Boardroom, a leader in the grooming industry, announced the acquisition of Finley's Barbershop. This deal expands the salon chain's presence in Texas. The strategic partnership aims to transform the customer experience with a shared commitment to exceptional service and community engagement.

GXS Bank Acquiring Validus Group’s Singapore Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

GXS Bank announced that it has received regulatory approval to acquire Validus Capital, the Singapore subsidiary of Validus Investment Holdings. This is a first-of-a-kind acquisition of a local fintech company by a homegrown digital bank in Singapore.

TransPerfect Buying MPC And The Mill Studios

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

TransPerfect, one of the largest providers of language and AI solutions for global businesses, announced it has acquired two France-based Technicolor Group studios: MPC and The Mill. The financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

TSG Consumer Partners: Sean Sullivan Named As Managing Director And Chief Legal Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Specialist private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners announced the appointment of Sean Sullivan as Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, effective May 5, 2025. With this newly created role, Sullivan will oversee all legal matters and enterprise risk management at TSG and will serve as the firm’s primary liaison with outside counsel.

Edge Focus: $150 Million In ABS Funding Raised To Launch Credit Platform Into Capital Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Edge Focus, a private credit firm focused on consumer assets, announced the closing of its inaugural asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction EDGEX 2025-1NN while securing funding for $150 million in collateral. This deal marks a significant milestone in the company’s capital markets strategy and establishes the foundation for its ABS issuance program EDGEX.

Crayhill Capital Management: Third Flagship Fund Closed At Over $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Crayhill Capital Management, a $3 billion alternative asset management firm, announced the closing of Crayhill Principal Strategies Fund III with about $1.31 billion of capital commitments, including $162 million of committed co-investment capacity, surpassing its $1 billion target.

ZND: $20 Million Raised From Rollman Management Digital For Digital Asset Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

ZND, a digital finance platform operated by regulated European digital asset exchange zondacrypto, announced it has secured a $20 million token investment commitment from Rollman Management Digital for supporting the continued development of its technology and business operations. And ZND's goal is to provide a streamlined one-stop shop to earn, trade, and borrow digital assets.

NN: $128 Million Commitment Signed With Marathon Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Marathon Asset Management, an asset manager specializing in public and private credit markets with over $23 billion in assets under management, announced the completion of a refinancing program for NN, a global diversified industrial company that engineers and manufactures high-precision components and assemblies.

EnPlusOne Biosciences: Clare Murray, Ph.D. Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

EnPlusOne Biosciences, a biotechnology company utilizing the power of enzymes to deliver better RNA at scale, announced the appointment of Clare Murray, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer.

GoldState Music: $500 Million In Strategic Capital Raised From Northleaf And Ares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

GoldState Music, a music rights investment platform, announced that it has raised $500 million in strategic capital, including a structured capital facility co-led by Northleaf Capital Partners and Ares Management funds and separately raised leverage.

t’order: Series C Round Launched With $50 Million Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

t'order, a leader in the Korean restaurant technology space, has officially launched its Series C fundraising round, targeting $50 million from domestic and global investors.

Clifford Chance: Mark Currell Named As Managing Partner In Australia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Global law firm Clifford Chance announced that Mark Currell has been named the new Managing Partner of its Perth and Sydney offices, effective May 1, 2025.

BayPine To Buy Clinical Trial Site Network Company CenExel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

BayPine - a private investment firm that drives digital transformation in market-leading businesses- announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CenExel Clinical Research, a leading clinical trial site network focused on complex therapeutic areas.

Cofertility: $7.25 Million (Series A) Raised To Make Egg Freezing More Accessible

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Cofertility, a human-centered fertility ecosystem that helps women freeze their eggs for free when donating half, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures, with additional support from Initialized Capital, Arkitekt Ventures, Foreground Capital, Gratitude Railroad, How Women Invest, Gaingels and Everywhere Ventures, leading investors with deep experience in the healthcare and technology sectors.

Lowe’s Buying Artisan Design Group In $1.325 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Lowe's Companies announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Artisan Design Group (ADG) for $1.325 billion.

Falx Capital: Acquisition Of Pyramid Time Systems Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Pyramid Time Systems (a leader in time and attendance solutions and synchronized time systems) announced it has been acquired by a private investment group led by Falx Capital.

Super Speciosa: Interview With Co-Founder Ken Loricchio About The Kratom Products Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Super Speciosa is a leading brand of kratom herbal supplements with a focus on quality and transparency. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Super Speciosa co-founder Ken Loricchio to learn more about the company.

Trellis Health: $1.8 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Provide Women With Personalized And Proactive Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Trellis Health, a digital health platform designed to empower women with personalized, proactive care, today emerged from stealth. The company is launching with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding from Palette Ventures, Swizzle Ventures, NEXTBLUE, Suncoast Ventures, and Sundial Foundation, along with high-profile healthcare individuals like Care.com founder Sheila Marcelo, the co-founders of Flo Health, Yuri Gurski and Andrei Kouzel, Mike Prytkov - the founder and CEO of Simple, Naseem Sayani, angels and executives from ARM, Microsoft AI and others.

FIS And Global Payments Sign $20+ Billion In Concurrent Deals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

FIS and Global Payments announced a couple of major concurrent deals. FIS entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business for an enterprise value of $13.5 billion, or a net purchase price of $12 billion including $1.5 billion of anticipated net present value of tax assets. And FIS entered into a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for $6.6 billion in pre-tax value.

SpotDraft: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Shashank Bijapur About The Contract Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SpotDraft is known as a co-pilot for your legal team that democratizes legal paperwork and speeds up the contract lifecycle. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SpotDraft CEO and co-founder Shashank Bijapur to learn more about the company.

Exaforce: $75 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Security With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Exaforce announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series A funding led by marquee investors Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, and Thomvest to develop an Agentic SOC Platform that provides AI agents (called Exabots) and advanced data exploration that gives customers a tenfold reduction in human-led SOC work, while dramatically improving security outcomes.

CleanArc Data Centers: Investment Raised From Townsend Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

CleanArc Data Centers - a developer and operator of renewables-focused hyperscale data center campuses - announced that Townsend Group, which is a leading advisor and partner to institutional investors globally, made a strategic investment in the company.

SK Capital Partners: John Novak Named As Head Of Business Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SK Capital Partners - a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, ingredients, and life sciences sectors - announced that John Novak has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of Business Development.