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Venture Capital
• Navigate.ai, an SF-based developer of AI copilots for field workers, raised $25m. Elad Gil led, joined by Khosla Ventures, Lennar, Fifthwall, Tishman Speyer, and Helix Electric. Go deeper
CasaPerks Technologies, an Austin, Texas-based employee and resident loyalty platform, raised a $15.8m seed led by Longevity Equity. Go deeper
• Stride, a Vietnamese rooftop solar financing platform, raised $15m in Series B funding. Lightrock and Trirec led, joined by Clime Capital and UOB Venture Management. Go deeper
• Human Archive, a Mountain View, Calif.-based robotics training data startup, raised $8.2m from Wing Venture Capital, NVP Capital and YC. Go deeper
• Canyon Code, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based workflow intelligence startup, raised a $5m pre-seed round. Cota Capital led, joined by Newbuild Ventures and Blackhorn Ventures. Go deeper
• Certo, a compliance platform for beauty and consumer goods, raised $4m in seed funding. Daphni led, joined by Entrepreneurs First, Motier Ventures, and Transpose Platform. Go deeper
• Voxmind, a London-based voice biometrics and deepfake detection company, raised a £546k pre-seed led by Ascension Ventures. Go deeper
Private Equity
• Accelerated Wealth Partners, a J.C. Flowers portfolio company, made a minority investment in Brooklyn Fi, an advisory firm for clients with complex equity compensation. Go deeper
• Arsenal Capital Partners agreed to acquire a majority stake in fastener maker Velcro Cos. from the Cripps Foundation. Go deeper
• Bow River Capital invested in SBI, a Dallas-based GTM advisory firm. Go deeper
• I Squared Capital bought 10 data centers from Cogent Fiber for $225m. Go deeper
• Ivy Technology, a Staple Street Capital portfolio company, acquired ISP Tek Services, a Southlake, Texas-based electronics refurbisher, from Close the Loop (ASX: CLG). Go deeper
• Poppulo, backed by Vista Equity Partners, acquired Sociabble, a Paris-based employee engagement platform, from backers like Ardian. Go deeper
• Wise Equity acquired a majority stake in the parent company of Italian snowboard maker Capita-Union Group. Go deeper
Liquidity
• Global-e Online (Nasdaq: GLBE) agreed to acquire Passport Global, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based cross-border e-commerce logistics firm, for $350m. Passport had raised around $53m from TCV, Flexport, FJ Labs, Trust Fund, Duro Ventures, Mango Capital, Resolute Ventures, M13, Seven Pillar Ventures, and TheVentureCity. Go deeper
⚡ Voltera, an EQT portfolio company, is merging with Revel, an NYC-based EV charging platform that raised about $160m from BlackRock, Toyota Ventures, Goodyear Ventures, Shell Ventures, Maniv Mobility, Broadscale Group, Obsidian Ventures, St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, Knighthead Capital Management, and Ibex Investors. Go deeper
• Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) agreed to acquire Symmetry Systems, a San Mateo, Calif.-based cybersecurity and identity company, backed by Forgepoint Capital and Prefix Capital. Go deeper
M&A
⚡Hadron Energy, a Redwood City, Calif.-based advanced nuclear company, completed its SPAC merger with GigCapital7 Corp. Go deeper
• Toptal, a Wilmington, Del.-based IT staffing firm, acquired Adeva, an NYC-based IT talent network. Go deeper
• Webster Financial (NYSE: WBS) shareholders approved a $12.3b cash-and-stock takeover offer from Spain's Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN). Go deeper
Public Listings
• Columbus Circle Capital III, a SPAC formed by Cohen & Co., filed for a $200m IPO. Go deeper
Fundraising
• Equip Capital formed a single-asset CV for European micromobility company Ryde, led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Go deeper
It's Personnel
• Jennifer Burns Luz joined Paul Hastings as a securities litigation partner. She previously was with Goodwin Procter. Go deeper
• Scott Fisher joined Lowenstein Sandler as a partner in its M&A and capital markets practices. He previously was with Steptoe. Go deeper
• Simone Grapini-Goodman, former chief marketing and digital officer at the American Diabetes Association, was named CEO of Beyond Type 1, the nonprofit co-founded by Nick Jonas and Juliet de Baubigny. Go deeper
