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Venture Capital
• Wonderskin, a London and New York-based maker of a lip stain, raised $50m in Series A funding led by Insight Partners. Go deeper
⚡Infinite Uptime, an Indian provider of predictive maintenance and energy efficiency software, raised $35m. Avataar Ventures led, joined by StepStone Group, LGVP and insiders Tiger Global and GSR Ventures. Go deeper
⚡Breathe Battery Technologies, a London-based battery software startup, raised $21m in Series B funding led by Kinnevik and with participation from existing investors Lowercarbon Capital and Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Go deeper
🚑 Koala Health, a Boston pet health provider, raised a $20m Series B led by Valspring Capital. Go deeper
💊 Carta Healthcare, an SF-based provider of clinical data abstraction solutions, raised $18.3m in Series B-1 funding. UPMC Enterprises led, joined by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Rex Health Ventures, Tampa General Hospital Ventures and insiders Memorial Hermann Health System, Frist Cressey Ventures, Storm Ventures, and Paramark Ventures. Go deeper
• StackAI, an SF-based platform for enterprises to create custom AI agents, raised $16m in Series A funding led by Lobby VC. stack.ai
• Eyeo, a Dutch imaging startup, raised €15m in seed funding. Imec.expand and Invest-NL co-led, joined by HTGF and BOM. Go deeper
• Jericho Security, a New York-based cybersecurity training platform, raised $15m in Series A funding. Era Fund led with participation from Lux Capital, Dash, Gaingels Enterprise and Gaingels AI. Go deeper
SimpleClosure, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based maker of software to shut down startups, raised $15m led by TTV Capital. Infinity Ventures, Anthemis, Vera Equity, the LegalTech Fund and Carta participated. simpleclosure.com
• Doubleword, a U.K.-based inference platform for enterprises, raised £9m in Series A funding led by Dawn Capital. Go deeper
• Fuse Games, a gaming studio, raised $7m led by Griffin Gaming Partners. Lakestar, NFX Capital, and Actera also participated. Go deeper
🌎 Kind Designs, a Miami-based startup that 3D prints seawalls, raised $5m in seed funding at a $30m valuation led by Overlay Capital with participation from Mark Cuban. Go deeper
🚑 CueZen, a digital health personalization startup, raised $5m in seed funding. Point72 Ventures led, joined by Pack VC, Fortson VC, and Nextinfinity. Go deeper
🌎 Gardin, a U.K.-based precision ag startup, raised $4.5m led by Navus Ventures with participation from Oxford Innovation Finance and existing investors LDV Capital, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, and Alchimia Investments Go deeper
• BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure startup, raised funding from Visa Ventures. Go deeper
Private Equity
• Archer Review, a portfolio of Leeds Equity Partners, acquired Core Anesthesia, an educational podcast and app for nurse anesthetist education. Go deeper
• Apax Partners completed its $687m tender offer for Norva24, a Swedish underground infrastructure maintenance company. Go deeper
💊 Denali Growth Partners and Truck 9 Partners invested $65m in Tobin Scientific, a life sciences storage and logistics provider. Go deeper
• I Squared, MPLX (NYSE: MPLX), and Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) agreed to acquire stakes in Matterhorn Express Pipeline, a natural gas transportation pipeline in Texas, from Ridgemont Equity Partners and Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN). Go deeper
• Palatine Private Equity invested in Atombit, an AI consultancy. Atombit also acquired J2 Reliance, Profusion, and DWise. Go deeper
• Safety Marking, a portfolio company of Highview Capital, acquired Straight Line Industries, a pavement marking service in Upstate and Western New York. Go deeper
• Valeas Capital Partners invested in Suntera Global, an N.J.-based provider of bespoke fund, corporate and private wealth services. Go deeper
Public Listings
• Aspen Insurance, a Bermuda-based reinsurer backed by Apollo, is now seeking to price its IPO at midpoint, or $30 a share, raising about $330m, per Bloomberg. Go deeper
Liquidity Events
• ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) agreed to acquire Data.World, an Austin-based data catalog and data governance platform that's raised over $130m from firms like Alumni Ventures, Prologis Ventures, Vopak Ventures, and Shasta Ventures. Go deeper
Fundraising
• Rotunda Capital Partners, a Bethesda, Md.-based private equity firm, closed Fund IV, with $735m. Go deeper
💊 Vivo Capital, a Palo Alto, Calif., health care and life sciences VC firm, raised $740m for the Vivo Opportunity Fund. Go deeper
Odds and Ends
🌎 Ascend Elements, a battery materials and recycler based in Massachusetts, said it has been offered a $320m grant from the Polish government to build a cathode active material facility in Poland. Go deeper
It's Personnel
• Nick Mouradian joined Bain Capital as a managing director of special situations. He previously was a partner with Coatue. Go deeper
• Former Lyft president Kristin Sverchek and former Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman joined Kodiak Robotics' board ahead of the autonomous trucking tech firm's IPO with SPAC Ares Acquisition Corp. Go deeper
- Ryan Barwick, Colin Campbell, Katherine Davis, Katie Fehrenbacher, Ryan Lawler, Alan Neuhauser, Dan Primack, and Aaron Weitzman contributed to this report.
