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Venture Capital

• Stash, a New York-based investing and savings platform, raised $146m in Series H funding. Goodwater Capital led, joined by insiders USV, StepStone, Serengeti, University of Illinois Foundation, and T Rowe Price. Go deeper

• Optimal Dynamics, a New York-based decision intelligence platform for logistics, raised $40m in Series C funding. Koch Disruptive Technologies led, joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Westly Group, and Activate. Go deeper

• Glass Imaging, a Los Altos, Calif., digital imaging startup, raised $20m in Series A funding. Insight Partners led, joined by GV, Future Ventures, and Abstract Ventures. Go deeper

• iAltA, a private markets infrastructure startup, raised $20m from WestCap. ialta.com

• Theom, a San Jose, Calif.-based AI security and data governance startup, raised $20m in Series A funds led by Wing VC, with participation from S Ventures, Snowflake Ventures and Databricks Ventures. Go deeper

🌎 Exterra Carbon Solutions, a Montreal-based startup changing mining waste into sustainable materials, raised C$20m in Series A funding co-led by Clean Energy Ventures and BDC Capital. Go deeper

• EventWood, a Norwegian developer of super-strong woods, raised $15m in a first close of its Series A round. Grantham Foundation led, joined by Baruch Future Ventures, Builders VC, and Muus Climate Partners. Go deeper

🚑 Olio, an Indianapolis care coordination platform, raised $11m in Series B funding led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with participation from Mutual Capital Partners. Go deeper

• Haast, an Australian compliance automation startup, raised US$6m in seed funding. AirTree led, joined by Defy.vc, Aura Ventures, and Black Sheep Capital. Go deeper

• Zendo, a British energy optimization software startup, raised £1.75M in pre-seed funding led by Fly Ventures, with participation from Octopus Ventures and Pact VC. Go deeper

Private Equity

• Arctos is in talks to buy a stake in the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers, per Bloomberg. Go deeper

⚡ Blackstone is in talks to buy TXNM Energy (NYSE: TXNM), New Mexico's largest utility, per Reuters. A March report from Bloomberg had KKR circling. Go deeper

Public Listings

• Klarna, the Swedish BNPL player, is delaying its IPO until at least the fall, per DI. Go deeper

Liquidity

⚡ LS Power agreed to sell a portfolio of power generation assets to NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) for $12b. Go deeper

• Towerbrook Capital Partners is looking for a buyer for a bio-refinery in the Austrian Alps. Go deeper

M&A

• SavvyMoney, a Dublin, Calif.-based credit score platform for banks and credit unions, acquired CreditSnap, a San Jose, Calif.-based digital lending and pre-qualification software provider. Go deeper

Fundraising

⚡ Aypa Power, an Austin, Texas-based solar and storage developer, raised $535m in debt to develop a solar battery project in San Bernardino, Calif. Go deeper

It's Personnel

• Nicole Glaros joined Matchstick Ventures as a venture partner. She previously was a partner and chief investment strategy officer at Techstars. Go deeper

• Madhu Namburi is joining General Catalyst as a managing director to co-run the VC investor's Creation fund. He is global chair of technology investment banking at JPMorgan. Go deeper

• Jon Swope joined Morgan Stanley as head of health-care investment banking. He previously was with Barclays. Go deeper

- Ryan Barwick, Colin Campbell, Katherine Davis, Katie Fehrenbacher, Ryan Lawler, Alan Neuhauser, Dan Primack, and Aaron Weitzman contributed to this report.