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Your.World: €800 Million Strategic Investment Raised From Ares And Carlyle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2025

European online solutions provider Your.World announced that it has received €800 million in long-term partnership capital in the form of preferred equity from Ares Management Credit funds and Carlyle. Launched in 2016 by Strikwerda Investments, Your.World emerged as a leading European web hosting provider, online productivity, and managed IT services. And its growth has been driven by its serial acquirer model based on high quality, sustainable value creation and scalable M&A across verticals and geographies.

Petra Capital Partners: $270 Million Growth Fund V Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2025

Petra Capital Partners announced it completed fundraising on Petra Growth Fund V (PGF V) with $270 million of capital available to invest. The fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap.

Motif: $46 Million Raised For Transforming AEC Software Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2025

Motif, a company founded by design software experts Amar Hanspal and Brian Mathews, announced it secured $46 million in seed and Series A funding to develop a next-generation platform for buildings. The Series A funding round was led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, and the previously undisclosed Seed round was led by Redpoint Ventures. Pre-seed venture firm Baukunst participated in both rounds.

Dynasty Onboards $6.4 Billion SageSpring Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2025

Dynasty Financial Partners announced that SageSpring Wealth Partners has joined its platform of technology-driven wealth management tools and services. SageSpring was created in 2002 and it features more than 45 advisor teams who manage about $6.4 billion for over 10,000 individual clients. And the firm has nine offices across Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Nebraska, and Iowa, with plans to expand further. SageSpring was previously affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services. This marks one of the largest moves to full independence in the industry over the last several years.

Pitcairn Buys Brightside Partners And Launches RIA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2025

Pitcairn, which is one of America’s leading family offices that has served many leading ultra-high-net-worth families for more than a century, announced its latest initiative in its mission to provide an outstanding experience for clients. And the firm has acquired Brightside Partners, a UHNW-focused Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) based in Baltimore, MD.

Balbec Capital: $1.7 Billion In Commitments Raised For Global Credit Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Balbec Capital - an alternative investment manager with over $16 billion in platform assets - announced the final closing of InSolve Global Credit Fund VI (IGCF VI), which between the flagship fund and related vehicles raised over $1.7 billion in equity commitments, making this Balbec's largest fundraise cycle to date. And Balbec received strong support from both existing clients and new investor relationships globally, such as sovereign wealth, pension funds, insurance companies, consultants, and multi-family offices. Balbec also anticipates additional capital commitments to finalize the strategy this year.

Finout: FinOps-For-Enterprise Platform Raises $40 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Finout, a leading FinOps-for-enterprise platform, announced a $40 million Series C funding round. This round of funding was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Pitango, Team8, Red Dot Capital, and Maor Investments.

Harmonya Raises Funding From dunnhumby Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Harmonya, an AI-based platform for product data enrichment, insights, and attribution serving CPG brands and retailers, announced a strategic investment from dunnhumby ventures and its existing investors Bright Pixel Capital and Team8. This funding reflects a shared commitment to advancing AI-driven solutions and enhancing value for the retail and consumer packaged goods ecosystem.

Oligo Security: $50 Million (Series B) Raised For Transforming Security For Modern Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Oligo Security, a leader in Application Detection and Response (ADR), announced $50 million in Series B funding led by Greenfield Partners, with participation from Red Dot Capital Partners, Strait Capital, and existing investors Ballistic Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and TLV Partners.

Smart Wires: $65 Million Growth Capital Raised For Transforming Electric Grid Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Smart Wires announced it raised $65 million to propel its growth and meet rising energy needs, driven by the appetite for electricity from data centers and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). This funding includes new investments from BP Energy Partners and significant Keystone Group contributions.

Meteomatics: $22 Million (Series C) Raised For Weather Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Meteomatics, a weather intelligence and technology company enabling leading companies to forecast the weather’s impact on business accurately, announced its $22 million Series C funding round closing. Armira Growth led the funding round. And Klima (the Alantra Energy Transition fund) and Fortyone also participated in the round.

Triumvirate Environmental: Funding Raised From Berkshire Partners At $1.8 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Triumvirate Environmental, a provider of environmental services, today announced a growth investment from Berkshire Partners, along with Triumvirate Environmental’s founder and CEO, John McQuillan, and the company’s team. And McQuillan and the team will remain in their current roles. The investment valued the business at $1.8 billion.

Riley AI: $3 Million (Seed) Raised For Product Insights Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Riley AI, an AI-based product insights assistant, has launched from stealth with $3 million in seed funding led by Vertex Ventures US, with participation from NextView Ventures, Hyphen Capital, and leading product angel investors. The company designed the platform with 500+ community members of user researchers, designers, and product managers.

Kaya AI: Construction Supply Chain Intelligence Platform Closes $5.3 Million (Pre-Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Kaya AI, an advanced construction supply chain intelligence platform, announced it has officially launched out of stealth with $5.3 million in pre-seed funding led by 53 Stations, Suffolk Technologies, and Soma Capital, with additional backing from Barclays Black Formation Investments (BBFI) managed by Zeal Capital Partners, RXR, Mantis VC, Virta Ventures and other notable investors.

Sound Blade Medical: $16.5 Million (Series A) Secured To Develop Handheld Ultrasound-Guided Histotripsy Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Sound Blade Medical - a medical device company developing handheld ultrasound-guided histotripsy technology - announced the closing of an oversubscribed $16.5 million Series A funding round. And Amzak Health and Lumira Ventures co-led the round, with participation from Invest Nova Scotia.

Influence Media Partners: $360 Million In Debt Financing Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Influence Media Partners, a leading music and entertainment company focused on partnering with and investing in top music talent, announced it has secured approximately $360 million in debt financing through an inaugural private securitization, collateralized by music royalties from a portion of its impressive total portfolio. The issuance had attracted funding from premier investors including, but not limited to, Nuveen, PPM America, Aflac, Pacific Life, and accounts managed by HPS Investment Partners.

Aymium: $150 Million Raised For Producing Renewable Biocarbon Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Aymium, a leading producer of renewable biocarbon products, announced the completion of a five-year $150 million financing from a wholly owned subsidiary of Bedrock Industries ManagementCo. This new financing refinances Aymium’s existing debt and adds liquidity to execute the company’s near-term growth initiatives, including developing new biocarbon and biohydrogen production facilities currently under review.

Observo AI: Agentic AI-Based Data Pipeline Company Raises $15 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Observo AI, an agentic AI-based data pipeline company that autonomously optimizes observability and security data, announced the appointment of Steven Hua as Senior Vice President of Marketing. And following the recent $15 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felicis Ventures, Hua will spearhead Observo AI's global marketing strategy as the company scales to meet enterprise demand for intelligent and self-optimizing data infrastructure.

White & Case: Kevin Spencer Joins As Partner In Washington, DC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

White & Case has expanded its Global Commercial Litigation Practice and Global Tax Practice by adding Kevin Spencer as a partner in Washington, DC. Spencer represents multinational businesses and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and related companies in complicated tax disputes before the IRS Examination and Appeals divisions and in federal court, including the US Tax Court, District Court, Court of Federal Claims, and the US Circuit Courts of Appeals. He also has significant experience utilizing the IRS's alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Olas: $13.8 Million Raised To Advance Autonomous Agents In Crypto

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Olas, an original AI agent platform enabling autonomous agents in crypto since 2021, announced that its core contributor has secured $13.8 million in funding led by 1kx. This funding comes as Olas unveils Pearl, the world's first agent app store, democratizing access to user-owned AI agents.

Soil Connect: New Funding Raised And Jonathan Alvarado Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Soil Connect, a leading dirt marketplace and service provider for the construction and soil industry, announced several significant milestones that marked its transformative year. This includes the company raising new funding, accelerating product development, and expanding its market presence. This funding round, which was led by Heartland Ventures, with participation from Cemex Ventures, AM Ventures, TIA Ventures, GS Futures, Stellifi VC, and others, reinforces confidence in Soil Connect’s mission to revolutionize the way developers, contractors, and suppliers manage their soil and dirt needs.

Northlight Capital: $56 Million Loan Originated For Development Land In Colorado

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Northlight Capital Partners, a middle-market real estate credit specialist and fund manager, announced it has originated a $56 million loan to fund the acquisition, horizontal development and infrastructure of 134 acres of residential and commercial land in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Mangrove Lithium: Canada-Based Lithium Conversion Company Raises $35 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Mangrove Lithium, a lithium conversion company based in Canada, announced the closing of $35 million in financing to begin construction of a lithium refining plant in Delta, British Columbia. This milestone also follows the successful closing of a $35 million strategic investment round with participation from new investors such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Asahi Kasei Corporation, InBC Investment Corp. (InBC), Orion Industrial Ventures, and Export Development Canada. Mangrove’s existing investors, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BMW i Ventures, and BDC Capital also joined the round.

VEIR: Superconducting Power Company Raises $75 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Superconducting power delivery company VEIR announced the closing of an oversubscribed $75 million Series B round led by Munich Re Ventures, with participation from new and existing investors. Munich Re Ventures led the Series B round with participation from new investors Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Tyche Partners, Piva Capital, National Grid Partners, Dara Holdings, and SiteGround. And existing investors VXI Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Engine Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures and Galvanize Climate Solutions also joined the round.

ImpactAssets: Nearly $400 Million Mobilized In 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

ImpactAssets, an impact investing leader with a 15-year track record of mobilizing capital for good had concluded an impressive 2024 with 270 impact investments totaling $387.5 million — which is an investment sum that maintains the firm’s status as one of the most active impact investors worldwide. And ImpactAssets’ work spanned critical areas of need, including climate and social equity, furthering the organization’s mission to address existential challenges facing the planet and its most vulnerable communities.

CIP Real Estate: $279 Million In Transactions Completed For Q4 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

CIP Real Estate announced it acquired four industrial parks in December 2024 and sold six office buildings and a flex project, leading to $279 million in total transactions at year-end. These acquisitions totaled approximately $240 million across three states.

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.