Technology Private Placement and M&A Transactions Review Week Ending April 13, 2025

Safe Superintelligence: The company raised $2 billion of venture funding in a deal led by Greenoaks Capital Partners on April 13, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $30 billion. Nvidia, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, Alphabet, and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. Safe Superintelligence is a privately held AI company co-founded by OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, and Daniel Levy, with a mission to develop a superintelligent AI that safely surpasses human intelligence.

Rescale: The company raised $115 million of Series D venture funding from Hitachi Ventures, Applied Ventures and Foxconn Technology on April 7, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $672 million. Prosperity7 Ventures, Gaingels, Bossa Invest, TransLink Capital, SineWave Ventures, Y Combinator, NVIDIA GPU Ventures, University of Michigan, Hanwha Asset Management and Atika Capital Management also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud-based infrastructure platform designed to facilitate scientific and engineering simulations.

incident.io: The company raised $62 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Insight Partners on April 10, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $338 million. Index Ventures and Point Nine Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an incident response platform designed to create, manage, and resolve incidents and outages directly in Slack.

Tessell: The company raised $60 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by WestBridge Capital on April 9, 2025. B37 Ventures, Rocketship.vc and Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the round. The company offers a streamlined approach to deploying and managing cloud databases, automating infrastructure and lifecycle management, and providing features like data protection and high availability.

Beep: The company raised $52.7 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on April 10, 2025. The company is a developer of an autonomous shuttle technology designed to provide safe and efficient movement of passengers between defined locations.

Wunder: The company raised $50 million of venture funding in a deal led by Rollman Management on April 9, 2025. Other undisclosed investors also participated in this round. The company is a developer of a creator-focused social media platform.

Krea: The company raised $47 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Bain Capital Ventures on April 7, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $453 million. Abstract Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence image generation and design platform for creating visuals tailored to unique styles, concepts, or products.

NexGen Cloud: The company raised $45 million of Series A venture funding from undisclosed investors on April 8, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $300 million. The company is a developer of enterprise AI cloud infrastructure designed to support modern generative AI workloads.

Arena.AI: The company raised an estimated $30 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Fifth Down Capital, Initialized Capital Management and Goldcrest Capital on April 8, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at an estimated $330 million. Founders Fund, Garuda, Ryan Petersen, Skip Capital, Friends & Family Capital and Shield Capital also participated in the round. The company is an operator of an information technology firm intended to provide testing, debugging, and optimization of advanced hardware.

Global Gaming League: The company raised $10 million of venture funding in the form of SAFE notes in a deal led by Solyco Capital on April 8, 2025. The company is an operator of a gaming entertainment platform where celebrity-owned teams compete in live events, encompassing various game genres and styles.

Prematch: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Toni Kroos on April 10, 2025. The company is a German sports tech business focused on digitizing and connecting grassroots football, offering a platform for non-professional players to access personalized news, data, and gamification features.

ArdentSky / Vector Solutions: The company was acquired by Vector Solutions, via its financial sponsors Bessemer Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Insight Partners and Genstar Capital through an LBO on April 8, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of gaming and gambling compliance technology intended to streamline regulatory processes and ensure adherence to industry standards.

Atheon Analytics / Crisp: The company was acquired by Crisp for an undisclosed amount on April 10, 2025. The company is a developer of data visualization and visual analytics tools designed for the grocery retail and consumer goods sectors.

BL.INK / Loftware: The company, a subsidiary of Identity Digital, was acquired by Loftware, via its financial sponsors Accel-KKR and Riverside Partners, through an LBO on April 10, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of an enterprise link management platform that provides brands with secure, scalable, and data-driven solutions to enhance engagement and streamline digital interactions.

Bound / Demand Science Group: The company was acquired by Demand Science Group, via its financial sponsors Edison Partners and Massachusetts Capital Resource, through an LBO on April 9, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of a website audience profiling, segmentation and personalization platform.

DemandJump / Demand Science Group: The company was acquired by Demand Science Group, via its financial sponsors Edison Partners and Massachusetts Capital Resource, through an LBO on April 9, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of a marketing strategy platform designed to automate keyword and SEO research.

Cineplex Store / CosmoBlue Media: The company was acquired by CosmoBlue Media for an undisclosed amount on April 9, 2025. The company is a provider of a movie streaming platform based in Toronto, Canada.

CRCL / G. Kraft Maschinenbau: The company was acquired by G. Kraft Maschinenbau for an undisclosed amount on April 10, 2025. The company is a developer of AI-powered voice assistants designed to automate web browsing tasks.

Flippr / Model ML: The company was acquired by Model ML for an undisclosed amount on April 7, 2025. The company is a developer of a presentation workflow software designed to track visual and text changes between documents.

Gravitas Ventures / Shout! Factory: The company, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, was acquired by Shout! Factory, via its financial sponsor Oaktree Capital Management, through an LBO on April 7, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a film distribution company.

K7 Records / Create Music Group: The company was acquired by Create Music Group, via its financial sponsors Flexpoint Ford and GoldState Music, through an LBO on April 10, 2025 for over $55 million. The company is a provider of an online platform designed to offer music production and record label services.

Litmus / Validity: The company was acquired by Validity, via its financial sponsors PSG, Sixth Street Partners, and Silversmith Capital Partners, through an LBO on April 10, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of a web-based electronic mail platform designed to support marketing campaign optimization.

Markets EQ / Humach: The company was acquired by Humach for an undisclosed amount on April 8, 2025. The company is a developer of a conversational artificial intelligence platform designed to decode executive communications and provide strategic insights.

Megh Computing / Sentinel Overwatch: The company was acquired by Sentinel Overwatch on an undisclosed date. The company is an operator of an artificial intelligence-based real-time Video Analytics Solution designed to improve operational efficiencies and reduce risks across various industries, including smart buildings, retail, and manufacturing.

ScreenCloud / Tenzing Private Equity: The company was acquired by Tenzing Private Equity through an LBO on April 7, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of digital signage software for business marketing.

Studio Redfrog / Solent: The company was acquired by Solent for an undisclosed amount on April 9, 2025. The company is an operator of a multimedia animation studio intended to provide edutainment programs for children.