Strategy | Financing Transactions
Private Placement / Financing Transactions

Anthropic: The company raised $1 billion of venture funding from Alphabet on January 22, 2025. The company is a developer of a large language model platform designed for business-critical use cases.

ElevenLabs: The company raised $250 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by ICONIQ Capital on January 24, 2025. Andreessen Horowitz also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence voice dubbing tool designed to automatically dub videos and podcasts into other languages.

Stackblitz: The company raised $105.5 million of venture funding in a deal led by Emergence and Ghosal Ventures on January 23, 2025. Madrona Venture Group, Conviction Partners and Mantis VC also participated in the round. The company is a developer of website development tools designed to offer comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

Rhino.ai: The company raised $50 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Koch Disruptive Technologies on January 21, 2025. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence-enabled development platform designed for automated enterprise application development.

Clay: The company raised $40 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Meritech Capital Partners on January 22, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $1.21 billion. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence-based sales intelligence software designed to offer lead management services.

Moises: The company raised $40 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Monashees and Connect Ventures on January 22, 2025. Kickstart Fund, Valutia, Toba Capital, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Freddy Wexler, 3LAU, Alexander23 and Steve Aoki also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a music platform designed to use AI to deliver advanced tools for musicians.

Amplience: The company raised GBP 32 million of venture funding from AshGrove Capital on January 24, 2025. Farview Equity Partners and Octopus Ventures aslo partcipated in the round. The company is a developer of a content management platform designed to offer marketing and merchandising teams data and insight-driven customer analytics.

Optable: The company raised $20 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by TELUS Global Ventures on January 24, 2025. asterX Capital, Hearst Ventures, Deloitte Ventures, Desjardins Capital, Brightspark Ventures, and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of technology for publishers, media owners, and ad platforms to build and manage identity graphs to increase advertising revenues.

Package.ai: The company raised $14 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Susquehanna Growth Equity on January 21, 2025. The company is a developer of a shipment tracking platform designed to optimize delivery routes and facilitate last-mile deliveries using artificial intelligence technology.

Basetwo AI: The company raised $13.4 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by AXA Venture Partners on January 23, 2025. Deloitte Ventures, Shimadzu, Chiyoda, Global Brain, Glasswing Ventures, and Hub71 also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a low-code artificial intelligence platform designed to enable process engineers to optimize manufacturing processes in real time.

Attentive: The company raised $12 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, and Tenacity Ventures on January 23, 2025. InfoEdge Ventures, Peak XV Partners and Surge (Accelerator) also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a landscape management software intended to provide field services to businesses across the landscaping, asphalt and paving, facilities maintenance, and snow removal industry.

Foresight Data Machines: The company raised GBP 8.7 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on January 22, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at GBP 25.2 million. The company is a developer of AI-powered predictive process models and control optimisation algorithms for process control in steelmaking.

Sandbox VR: The company raised $6.8 million of venture funding in the form of convertible debt in a deal led by Gobi Partners on January 23, 2025. Abacus Ventures Growth Fund and Hyphen Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a virtual reality social multiplayer gaming platform.

Matchory: The company raised EUR 6 million of venture funding in a deal led by Capmont on January 22, 2025. Earlybird Venture Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-powered, cloud-based supplier search engine.

Skill Money Games: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from EP Golf Ventures on January 21, 2025. The company is a developer of a skill-based platform which offers challenges in indoor golf simulators.

XXII: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Sopra Steria Group on January 21, 2025. The company is a developer of a video analysis platform designed for deploying and configuring algorithms for video stream analysis.


M&A Transactions

Smartsheet / Blackstone: The company was acquired by Blackstone, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Vista Equity Partners through a $8.4 billion LBO on January 22, 2024. Smartsheet is a provider of collaborative work management software delivered via a cloud-based, software-as-a-service model.

Oosto / Metropolis: The company was acquired by Metropolis for $125 million on January 20, 2025. The company is a developer of a visual and facial recognition platform designed to enhance security, safety, and operational efficiency.

Act-On Software / Banzai International: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Banzai International for $53.2 million on January 23, 2025. The company is a developer of a subscription-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) product for marketing automation.

abstraction / Virtuos: The company was acquired by Virtuos, via its financial sponsors EQT and Enthéos, through an LBO on January 22, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a video game development studio.

BASE Entertainment / Individual Investor: The company was acquired by Mr. Mark Maluso for an undisclosed amount on January 23, 2025. The company develops, creates, and manages live entertainment productions and venues in North America and worldwide.

Obsess / Infinite Reality: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Infinite Reality, a subsidiary of Display Social, for an undisclosed amount on January 23, 2025. The company is a developer of a virtual store platform for brands and retailers.

Pipeworks / Virtuos: The company, a subsidiary of Jagex, was acquired by Virtuos, via its financial sponsors 3D Capital Partners, Enthéos, EQT and EQT Private Capital Asia, through an LBO on January 22, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a video game development studio.

Smart Mobile Labs / Boldyn Networks: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Boldyn Networks, a subsidiary of BAI Communications, for an undisclosed amount on January 23, 2025. The company is a developer of a video streaming technology designed to build private 5G networks and turnkey applications for enterprises and industrial campuses.

The Rights / Soundstripe: The company was acquired by Soundstripe for an undisclosed amount on January 23, 2025. The company is an operator of a music platform intended to collect royalties from businesses that use artist’s music and distribute the royalties to the rights owners.

Umanaïa Interactive / Virtuos: The company was acquired by Virtuos, via its financial sponsors EQT, Enthéos, EQT Private Capital Asia and 3D Capital Partners, through an LBO on January 22, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a video game development studio.


Source: Pitchbook Data, Inc.

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