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Venture Capital
• Imprint, a New York-based loyalty rewards platform, raised a $150m Series D round at a $1.2b valuation. Khosla Ventures led, joined by Thrive Capital, Ribbit Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Hedosophia, Spice Capital, and Timeless. Go deeper
💊 Addition Therapeutics, an SF-based genomic medicine company, raised $100m. SR One, Pivotal Life Sciences, Abingworth, Osage University Partners, the Gates Foundation, and BEVC invested. Go deeper
🚑 Clarity Pediatrics, an SF-based pediatric chronic care telehealth company, raised $14.5m in Series A funding. Jackson Square Ventures led, joined by City Light Capital, MassMutual Catalyst Fund II, GingerBread Capital, Scrub Capital and Operator Collective. Go deeper
• Leona Health, a Mexico City-based maker of an AI co-pilot for doctors on WhatsApp, raised $14m in seed funding. Andreessen Horowitz led, joined by General Catalyst, Accel, Maven Clinic CEO Kate Ryder, Nubank CEO David Vélez, and Rappi CEO Simón Borrero. Go deeper
• Logpresso, a South Korean cloud-native SIEM provider, raised a KRW 16b Series B led by KB Investment. Go deeper
💊 DNA Nanobots, a Columbus, Ohio-based self-assembling nanoscale therapeutics company, raised $3.5m in seed funding. Go deeper
• Gambit Cyber, a Netherlands-based threat management cybersecurity startup, raised a $3.4m seed round. Expeditions led, joined by Bitdefender Voyager Ventures. Go deeper
Private Equity
• Broadwing Capital acquired CloudScale365, an IT cloud, hosting, and security solution for SMBs. Go deeper
• Initial Group, a TPG portfolio company, acquired Silver Tribe Media, an LA-based talent management and production firm. Go deeper
• ProSites, a Rockbridge Growth Equity portfolio company, acquired GeniusVets, a San Diego, Calif.-based veterinary marketing company. Go deeper
• RFE Investment Partners and Mansfield Investment Partners invested in NuView, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based managed IT and cybersecurity platform. Go deeper
• Snapdragon Capital Partners is leading a syndicate to acquire Better Being, a Salt Lake City, Ut.-based maker of dietary supplements, from HGGC. Go deeper
🌎 I Squared Capital agreed to acquire Zenith Energy Terminal, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels. Go deeper
Public Offerings
• Andersen Group, an SF-based tax advisory formed by former Arthur Andersen partners, raised $176m in its IPO. It priced at the high end of its $14-$16 range, for a $1.9b fully diluted value, and listed on the NYSE (ANDG). Go deeper
• Churchill Capital XI, a SPAC led by Michael Klein, raised $360m in an IPO. Go deeper
• Iron Horse Acquisition II, a media and entertainment SPAC, raised $200m in its IPO. Go deeper
M&A
• Inocea Group, a U.K.-based marine, defense and industrial group, is weighing an acquisition of GYNK, a German warship builder, per Reuters. Go deeper
Debt
⚡️ Pivot Energy, a Denver-based community solar provider, raised $225m, including a $170m construction warehouse facility from Atlas and First Citizens Bank, $40m in equipment financing from First Citizens, and $15m in corporate financing facility with Comerica Bank. Go deeper
It's Personnel
• Brandon Nussey, former CFO at Coveo Solutions (TSX: CVO), was named CFO at JAGGAER. Go deeper
• Isabel López Trujillo will return to Wallbox (NYSE: WBX) as CFO, effective Jan. 7. She will succeed Luis Boada. Go deeper
• Jorge deNeve, former partner at O'Melveny, joined GrubMarket as chief legal officer. Go deeper
• Mike Abbott joined Autotech Ventures as a venture partner. He's previously been with GM, Apple, and Kleiner Perkins. Autotech also promoted Burak Cendek to managing director and David Le to senior operating partner. Go deeper
• Ori Yitzhaki, former VP of products at AppsFlyer, was named chief product officer at Sonar. Go deeper
💊 Rami Levin, former president and CEO of Saniona, was named CEO of CNS Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CNSP), succeeding John Climaco, who has stepped down. Go deeper
— Ryan Barwick, Natalie Breymeyer, Erin Brodwin, Colin Campbell, Katherine Davis, Katie Fehrenbacher, Ryan Lawler, Chris Metinko, Alan Neuhauser, Dan Primack, and Brock E.W. Turner contributed to this report.
