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Venture Capital

• Worldcoin, the eye-scanning blockchain company co-founded by Sam Altman, raised $135m via a token sale from a16z and Bain Capital Crypto. Go deeper

• LMArena, an SF-based AI model reliability platform, raised $100m in seed funding co-led by a16z and UC Investments, with participation from Lightspeed, Laude Ventures, Felicis, Kleiner Perkins, and The House Fund. Go deeper

• ReproNovo, a Swiss biotech developing reproductive health treatments, raised $65m in Series A funding from Jeito Capital, AXA IM Alts, and M Ventures. Go deeper

• Siro, a New York-based sales rep coaching platform, raised $50m in Series B funding. SignalFire led, joined by 01 Advisors. Go deeper

• Flip, a German employee experience platform, raised $28m in extended Series A funding from LEA Partners, HV Capital, Notion Capital, and Roland Berger. Go deeper

⚡️ Trawa, a German provider of renewable electricity for SMEs, raised $27.2m in Series A funding. Headline led, joined by Norrsken VC, Balderton Capital, Speedinvest, and AENU. trawa.de

• Attensi, a Norwegian gamified edtech training platform, raised over $25m from Ture Invest Partners. Go deeper

• Filed, a New York-based maker of software for tax firms, raised $17.2m in seed funding from Northzone, Day One Ventures, J Ventures, Neo, Raine, and Greens Ventures. Go deeper

• Greenlite AI, an SF-based compliance automation startup, raised $15m in Series A funding. Greylock led, joined by Thomson Reuters Ventures, Canvas Prime, YC, and Tim Mayopoulos. Go deeper

• Tailor, an SF-based headless ERP platform, raised $14m in Series A funding led by ANRI, with participation from Spiral Capital. Go deeper

⚡️Rhizome, a D.C.-based software developer for power grid climate-resilience planning, raised $6.5m in seed funding led by Base10 Partners, joined by MCJ, CLAI, Convective Capital, El Cap, Streetlife Ventures, Stepchange, and Everywhere. Go deeper

🌎 Sublime Systems, a Somerville, Mass.-based concrete decarbonization startup, raised $3m from the VC arm of construction firm Suffolk. Go deeper

Private Equity

• McNally Capital acquired Quiet Professionals, a Tampa, Fla.-based defense contractor. quietprofessionalsllc.com

• Transom Capital Group agreed to acquire SigmaTron International (Nasdaq: SGMA), an Illinois-based electronic manufacturing services company, for $83m. Go deeper

Public listings

• INFINT Acquisition 2, a fintech SPAC led by Alexander Edgarov (Sapta Group), filed for a $100m IPO. Go deeper

Liquidity

• Publicis (Paris: PUB) acquired Captiv8, a San Mateo, Calif.-based influencer marketing platform backed by UTA Ventures, Lone Wolf Partners, Launch Fund, and Joyance Partners. Go deeper

M&A

• Smith Anglin, a Dallas-based financial planning and wealth management firm, secured an investment from registered investment advisor Hightower. Go deeper

Odds & ends

🚑 Orionis Biosciences, a Boston-area molecular glue biotech, signed a licensing deal with Genetech worth up to $2b. Go deeper

Fundraising

• Crestline Investors raised $1.7b for its third dedicated NAV financing fund. crestlineinvestors.com

• Schroders Capital raised €1.6b for its second European sub-investment grade infrastructure debt fund, plus €400m for co-investments. Go deeper

• Scribble Ventures raised $80m for its third fund. Go deeper

It's personnel

• Phuong Ninh joined Lateral Investment Management as a principal. He previously was a VP with K1 Investment Management. Go deeper