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Rentsync, a leading software and data company serving Canada’s rental housing industry, announced it has raised a significant growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners. This partnership with Silversmith enables the company to further invest in technology, expand its team, and pursue strategic acquisitions as it builds a comprehensive data, software, and analytics platform to address the challenges of Canada’s rental housing ecosystem.

A100x announced its second fund, a $50 million vehicle dedicated to supporting aspiring early stage founders in artificial intelligence (AI), digital assets, and blockchain, and is strategically designed to foster the next generation of companies that are building applications and middleware to solve real world challenges and foster enterprise and consumer adoption. And there is no better time than during this US administration to support these technologies.

Whalar Group, which is the global Creator company on a mission to liberate the creative voice, announced that they have secured strategic investment from a group of powerhouse investors: Marc Benioff the visionary founder of Salesforce, Shopify, and Neal H. Moritz the acclaimed Hollywood producer & founder of Original Film.

Acuren and NV5 Global announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the two companies. This merger created an industry-leading $2 billion combined revenue for TICC and engineering services company.

Infinity Capital Partners - a leading provider of alternative investment solutions for registered investment advisers, family offices, and institutional allocators - announced the strategic acquisition of Soundlink Partners, a boutique investment firm known for its deep specialization in healthcare-focused investment strategies.

Cofactr (a source-to-pay and logistics platform for critical hardware manufacturers) announced the acquisition of hardware sourcing platform Cogbase.

Cary Street Partners announced it acquired IFS Advisors, a respected wealth management firm based in Sarasota, Florida, headed by seasoned financial advisor Daniel J. Wolff. This move continues a string of recent expansions for Cary Street Partners.

Prosus (a global technology company) and Despegar (Latin America’s leading online travel agency) jointly announced the completion of Prosus’s acquisition of Despegar at a purchase price of $19.50 per share.

Owner announced it is raising $120 million in Series C at a $1 billion valuation. The company aims to create a “Shopify” for local businesses, starting with restaurants. The funding round was co-led by Alex Kurland of Meritech and Shalini Rao of Headline.

Vistra announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire seven modern natural gas generation facilities, totaling approximately 2,600 MW of capacity, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners, as part of $1.9 billion deal.

Wireless Logic - a leading independent global Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider - announced it welcomed General Atlantic, a leading global investor as a new minority shareholder, through investment from the firm’s BeyondNetZero climate growth equity fund. And the company’s existing shareholder Montagu (a leading mid-market private equity firm) will remain the majority shareholder, reinvesting alongside General Atlantic.

Origin, the world’s first Global Benefits Intelligence platform, announced it officially launched and it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Felix Capital, with participation from Acadian Ventures and Notion Capital. And additional investment has been secured from Tudor Havriliuc (former VP of HR at Meta), Paul Daugherty (enterprise AI author) and recently retired CTO of Accenture), Jacqui Canney (CHRO at ServiceNow), and Laura Modiano (Startups Lead for OpenAI in EMEA). The funding round values Origin at $106 million and will advance the company's goal to transform the global benefits industry by providing HR and benefits.

Azafaros, a clinical-stage company focused on developing disease-modifying therapeutics to offer new treatment options to patients with rare lysosomal storage disorders, announced the completion of an oversubscribed €132 million Series B financing led by Jeito Capital, co-led by Forbion Growth, and with additional participation from Seroba, Pictet Group and existing investors Forbion Ventures, Schroders Capital and BioGeneration Ventures (BGV).

Optimal Dynamics, a leader in artificial decision intelligence for trucking companies, announced a $40 million Series C financing round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. This funding emphasizes Optimal Dynamics' bold vision to fundamentally reshape decision-making across the trucking industry by building the first-ever autonomous decision layer of logistics.

Colovore, a leading owner and operator of ultra-dense and liquid-cooled data centers purpose-built for enterprise AI infrastructure in the metro edge, announced the closing of a $925 million debt facility provided by Blackstone funds. This milestone also marked a successful year for Colovore since affiliates of King Street Capital Management acquired the company to accelerate its development of new AI data centers across metro edge markets.

PhaseV, a leader in AI/ML-driven clinical development, announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Accel and Insight Partners, and existing investors Viola Ventures, EXOR, and LionBird participated. This brings the company's total funding to $65 million.

Stord, a commerce-enablement leader providing high-volume fulfillment services and e-commerce technology for omnichannel brands, announced that it has raised more than $200 million in financing. This Series E equity funding is led by Strike Capital, with additional support via growth debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, and ORIX USA. New investors, Baillie Gifford, NewView Capital, G Squared, and Georgia Tech Foundation, joined the round and existing investors, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Founders Fund, Bond, Sozo, 137, and Lux, also participated. And the funding round raised Stord’s valuation to $1.5 billion, reflecting the company’s growth trajectory.

Proofpoint (a leading cybersecurity and compliance company) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Hornetsecurity Group, a leading pan-European provider of AI-powered Microsoft 365 (M365) security, data protection, compliance, and security awareness services.

DiffuseDrive, a next-generation physical AI company, announced a double milestone, raising $3.5 million in seed funding and multiple successful deployments with Fortune 500 companies. And the company’s breakthrough generative AI platform turns data scarcity into data abundance automating photorealistic content in hours giving enterprises a competitive edge.

Osaic, one of the nation’s largest providers of wealth management solutions, announced further expansion of its Osaic Institutions channel by adding five new credit union-affiliated wealth management programs. Previously aligned with CUSO Financial Services (part of Atria Wealth Solutions), these institutions bring nearly $500 million in combined client assets. Each credit union will remain member-operated under its existing brand.

Dazos, an all-in-one CRM platform for behavioral health providers, announced it has raised $25 million in Series A funding from Radian Capital.

CGS Immersive, Inc. (a CGS company) is an innovation lab and training transformation engine dedicated to pioneering leading-edge Extended Reality (XR) training solutions for businesses worldwide. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CGS Immersive President Doug Stephen to learn more about the company and the recent debut of its new immersive roleplay platform, Cicero.

Halmos Capital Partners is a boutique private investment firm based in Florida that strives to generate attractive returns through opportunistic situations with an operational focus. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Halmos Capital founder and partner Andrew Cohan to learn more about the firm.

Imprint Labs, a new nonprofit initiative, announced it has raised $15 million in philanthropic funding to advance its work to decode the body's immune memory and uncover the causes of chronic diseases.

CarbonSix - a robotics startup specializing in AI-powered manipulation for manufacturing - announced it has raised $4 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Foothill Ventures and Storm Ventures, with participation from Zeitgeist Capital and Korean VC Xquared.

Sproutr, a boutique insurance product design and build firm, announced the closing of its seed round led by Altai Ventures, one of the leading specialists fintech venture capital firms.

Adyton announced $11 million in funding, led by Venrock with participation from Khosla Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Initialized Capital, Kindred Ventures, and Leblon Capital. The company also revealed a multi-year deal worth up to $7M with U.S. Naval Aviation to deploy its technology, the Adyton Operations Kit (AOK), to thousands of sailors on multiple aircraft carriers, including the USS Stennis.

PX3 Partners, a London-headquartered private equity firm, announced that it has held a final close of its inaugural PX3 Partners Fund I at its hard cap of €500 million. The successful conclusion of the fundraising brings PX3 Partners' total assets under management to €1.1 billion.

Space Forge, which is a pioneer in space-based advanced materials manufacturing and return technology, announced the completion of a £22.6 million Series A funding round, which is the largest Series A in UK space tech history. The NATO Innovation Fund led the funding round, with significant support from a strategic global consortium including World Fund, the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and the British Business Bank through its Regional Angels Programme. This funding round also includes investment from Innovation Investment Capital Limited Partnership, backed by Cardiff Capital Region, Gaingels, SpaceVC, Unruly, with additional contributions from Helium Three, Stellar, and TypeOne, and London Technology Club.

Pluto Bio, a leading AI-based platform for computational biology, announced it has raised $3.6 million in new funding to accelerate growth and scale adoption of its enterprise-grade platform among global pharma companies. The funding round includes participation from new investor Kickstart and existing investor Silverton Partners and angel investors.