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401GO has secured a $33 million Series B funding round led by Centana Growth Partners, with additional participation from existing backers Next Frontier Capital, Rally Ventures, and Impression Ventures. The company, based in Sandy, Utah, plans to use the funding to scale its vertically integrated 401(k) technology, strengthen its retirement infrastructure, and deepen its advisor and embedded partner ecosystem.

Vatn Systems has closed a $60 million Series A funding round that strengthens its position as one of the fastest-growing manufacturers of autonomous underwater vehicles in the United States. The round was led by BVVC, with additional participation from Hanwha, Geodesic Capital, Airbus Ventures, Dauntless Ventures, Trousdale Ventures, and Veteran Ventures Capital. Major existing investors also joined the round, including DYNE Ventures, Propeller Ventures, Decisive Point Ventures, SAIC Ventures, Centre Street Partners, Cubit Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures. The new investment marks one of the most significant financings to date in the AUV sector and reflects growing global demand for scalable undersea autonomy.

Hometap has raised $50 million in new funding led by affiliates of Gallatin Point Capital, marking a significant step forward for the Boston-based fintech company as it works to expand access to flexible home equity financing options.

Incore Invest has completed a second closing of its Incore Invest II fund, adding approximately €15 million in fresh commitments and bringing total capital to about €40 million. The Stockholm-based investment firm said the expanded capital pool strengthens its ability to pursue new investment opportunities across the European technology landscape, especially in SaaS and fintech.

LumRisk has initiated a major strategic reset supported by a newly approved $5 million equity commitment, marking a pivotal moment in the firm’s transformation into a more scalable, AI-driven platform for Quantitative Investment Strategies and multi-asset analytics. The company has begun restructuring its legacy obligations while strengthening its balance sheet to support a renewed phase of global expansion across its core investment analytics domains.

Audemy is a company that develops AI-powered audio-based educational games designed to make learning accessible for visually impaired students. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Audemy founder and CEO Crystal Yang to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Aether Biomachines has raised an additional $15 million to expand the development and commercial deployment of its artificial intelligence-designed proteins, advancing its effort to modernize American manufacturing through next-generation molecular engineering. Tribe Capital led the round with participation from Natural Capital, Henkel Corporation, Resilience Reserve, Shrug Capital, 4DX Ventures, Unless Partners, and Radicle Impact. With this new funding, Aether has now raised $64 million to date.

The Brazilian Development Bank has approved up to $56 million in support of BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group’s reforestation strategy, marking a significant public-private collaboration to restore degraded land across Brazil. The capital commitment, equivalent to R$300 million, is intended to help mobilize a broader $1 billion initiative that will protect, restore, and reforest roughly 270,000 hectares of landscapes in need of ecological recovery.

Circulate Health, a California-based precision therapeutic plasma exchange company, has received a new seven-figure strategic investment from global venture capital firm Scrum Ventures. The funding is expected to support the company’s continued expansion as therapeutic plasma exchange gains broader consumer adoption in search of science-backed longevity and detoxification treatments.

Antithesis has raised a $105 million Series A funding round led by Jane Street, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to make deterministic simulation testing a core component of modern software reliability. The round includes participation from Amplify Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Tamarack Global, First In Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, Hyperion Capital, and individual investors such as Patrick Collison, Dwarkesh Patel, and Sholto Douglas, as well as other new and returning backers. Jane Street is both an investor and a customer, a rare combination for the trading firm.

Gradial has secured $35 million in Series B financing to accelerate the growth of its agentic marketing operations platform, bringing the company’s total funding to $55 million. VMG Partners led the round with continued participation from Madrona and Pruven Capital.

Mavens & Moguls is a global marketing and branding consultancy that provides outsourced CMO services, strategic marketing support, and communications expertise to help companies grow and strengthen their brands. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Paige Arnof-Fenn, founder and CEO, to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Autolane has secured $7.4 million in new funding co-led by Draper Associates and Hyperplane, marking a significant step in the company’s push to scale its curbside operating system across major retail environments. Additional participation came from LAUNCH and Feld Ventures. The financing arrives as Autolane goes live with deployments at four Simon properties in Texas and California, including The Domain and Barton Creek Square in Austin and Stanford Shopping Center and Great Mall in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Cerbo and OptiMantra, two long-established providers of electronic medical record and practice management software for health and wellness clinics across the United States, have formally merged, uniting their product ecosystems, teams and technology under a shared strategy aimed at accelerating innovation, strengthening customer experience and expanding market reach.

Anti Fund has completed the close of its oversubscribed $30 million Anti Fund I, bringing the venture firm’s total assets under management to more than $65 million. The firm, co-founded by Jake Paul and Geoffrey Woo, also announced that Logan Paul has joined as a General Partner as it accelerates its focus on founders building at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and frontier technologies.

Ridley has raised $6.4 million in seed financing to expand its AI-driven home buying and selling platform as the company pushes to reshape real estate around consumer needs. The round was led by Fifth Wall, a major investment firm specializing in technology for the built environment, with participation from 1984 Ventures, 1Sharpe Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, Aglae Ventures, Park Rangers Capital, and several angel investors including executives from Google and Stripe.

Angle Health has secured $134 million in an oversubscribed Series B round as the San Francisco-based company accelerates the scale of its AI-powered health benefits platform designed for small and mid-sized businesses. Portage led the financing with participation from Blumberg Capital, Mighty Capital, PruVen Capital, SixThirty Ventures, TSVC, Wing VC, and Y Combinator. The round included a mix of equity and debt, bringing the company’s total funding to nearly $200 million.

ProAmpac announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging from TC Transcontinental for $1.51 billion. This deal will significantly expand the company’s global presence in flexible and sustainable packaging.

Baker McKenzie has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in London with the addition of Luke Harber, who joins the firm as a partner within its Real Estate Finance team. The appointment reflects the firm’s ongoing strategy to expand its transactional bench and enhance capabilities across key finance sectors.

Metri Bio, a Boston-based biotechnology company focused on endometrial disease therapeutics, has raised five million dollars in an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round. Pillar VC led the round with participation from Pace Ventures, Slocum Management, Navec Investments, and several angel investors.

Trial Library has secured $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate its efforts to expand access to clinical trials within community healthcare settings. The round was co-led by Next Ventures and SemperVirens Venture Capital, with participation from Sanofi Ventures, Lux Capital, Civilization Ventures, Overwater Ventures, How Women Invest, and other backers.

Flashpoint has provided $4 million in growth debt financing to Oneday, the technology-powered university that awards accredited business degrees by guiding founders through the process of building real companies. The investment comes from Flashpoint Growth Debt Fund II and supports Oneday's expansion within the United States and other global markets.

Zafran Security has secured a $60 million Series C round to advance its AI-native Threat Exposure Management platform and expand globally as enterprises race to counter increasingly automated cyberattacks. The round, led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, PSP Growth, Vintage Investment Partners, and Knollwood Investment, brings the company’s total funding to $130 million and doubles its valuation since its previous raise.

Dandy has acquired Neem, a Dental Practice Management Software company, in a move that expands its capabilities across product development, user experience, engineering, and practice-focused operational software. The acquisition deepens Dandy’s position in digital restorative dentistry by integrating Neem’s team and technology into its growing ecosystem.

Cadent has completed the acquisition of VuePlanner, a YouTube-focused media intelligence and optimization platform, in a transaction that strengthens Cadent’s position in predictive advertising and expands its reach across major video environments.

The Wyckoff Family has acquired Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, returning Washington’s largest and most influential wine company to private Washington ownership for the first time in more than fifty years. The acquisition includes all wine brands, facilities, and vineyards associated with Ste. Michelle across the state.

PROLIM Corporation has announced the acquisition of Kasmo Digital, a Dallas-based consulting firm specializing in Salesforce and Snowflake solutions. The deal strengthens PROLIM’s position in Industrial AI, PLM, engineering, and cloud transformation while expanding its capabilities across CRM, data modernization, and agentic AI. Kasmo brings more than 200 consultants and a fast-growing portfolio of enterprise clients across the United States and India.

Proofpoint has completed its acquisition of Hornetsecurity Group in a transaction valued at $1.8 billion, marking a major expansion of its human and agent centric cybersecurity platform and deepening its reach into the global managed service provider and small to midsize business markets.

Vestwell announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Accrue 401k, the entity established to support the Guideline 401(k) plans excluded from Gusto’s purchase of Guideline. The deal positions Vestwell to become the new platform for nearly 30,000 retirement plans and 350,000 savers once the transaction closes, marking a major expansion of its national footprint and strengthening its role as a preferred partner for payroll providers, financial institutions, and government programs.