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Private Placement / Financing Transactions

Grammarly: The company raised $1.3 billion of venture funding in a combination of equity and warrants in a deal led by General Catalyst on July 7, 2025. Renegade Partners and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of writing assistance technology designed to help people with real-time support to write more clearly and effectively.

MaintainX: The company raised $150 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Bessemer Venture Partners on July 9, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $2.5 billion. August Capital, The D. E. Shaw Group, Sozo Ventures, Amity Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Founders Circle Capital, Fifth Down Capital, Rahul Mehta and David McJannet also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a work order and procedure digitization platform designed to for frontline workers.

Spacelift: The company raised $51 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by Five Elms Capital on July 10, 2025. Inovo VC and Endeavor Catalyst also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an infrastructure orchestration platform that manages provisioning, configuration, and governance workflows.

RealSense: The company raised $50 million of Series A venture funding from Intel Capital and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round on July 11, 2025. The company is a developer of embedded vision hardware designed to enhance machine perception in robotics and biometric systems.

Pantomath: The company raised $27 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on July 11, 2025. The company is a developer of an automated data platform intended to improve data uptime and availability.

Portola: The company raised $20 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Khosla Ventures on July 7, 2025. The company is a developer of an AI companion for daily life.

Vellum: The company raised $20 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Leaders Fund on July 10, 2025. Eastlink Capital, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, Socii Capital and Y Combinator also participated in the round. The company is a provider of an enterprise development platform for building mission-critical AI products.

Hume: The company raised $17.7 million of venture funding in a deal led by Union Square Ventures on July 9, 2025. Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, The Chernin Group, Kindred Ventures, Metaplanet Holdings, Wisdom Ventures, Aegis Ventures and Evan Sharp also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an expressive communication toolkit designed to provide large-scale training datasets and models to serve human emotions.

Mendable: The company raised $17.2 million of venture funding from Nexus Venture Partners and other undisclosed investors on July 11, 2025. The company is a developer of a technical documentation assistant platform designed for enterprise support and sales.

Gradient Labs: The company raised $12.9 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Index Ventures and Redpoint Ventures on July 8, 2025, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $41 million. Tomorrow Tech, Phoenix Court, Liquid 2 Ventures, Puzzle Ventures (Berlin) and Exceptional Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-based customer support platform intended to resolve complex customer service queries.

Netpreme: The company raised $11.7 million of venture funding from Zenture Capital Partners and other undisclosed investors on July 10, 2025. The company is a developer of AI-integrated computing systems designed for processing and intelligent automation.

Hololight: The company raised EUR 10 million of venture funding in a deal led by Cipio Partners on July 8, 2025. EnBW New Ventures, Direttissima Growth Partners, Bayern Kapital, and Future Energy Ventures also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an extended reality streaming platform designed for scalable enterprise applications.

Fiveonefour: The company raised $10.9 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on July 9, 2025. The company is a developer of turnkey solutions for building and scaling data-intensive applications in AWS.

Blok: The company raised $7.5 million of venture funding in a deal led by MaC Venture Capital on July 9, 2025. The company is a developer of a product experimentation platform designed for pre-launch validation and decision-making.

Code Metal: The company raised $6.5 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on July 10, 2025. The company is a developer of an AI-powered automation development platform intended to translate code into deployable, production-ready software.

Plus1 Assembly: The company raised EUR 5 million of venture funding from Simba Investments on July 7, 2025. The company provides research-driven brand building, visual identity design, messaging frameworks, and go-to-market strategy for new ventures.

Global Worldwide: The company raised $5 million of venture funding in a deal led by BITKRAFT Ventures on July 8, 2025. Icon Ventures, Play Ventures, Jeremy Liew and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of mobile online strategy and combat games.

FlyNex: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Sachsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen and other undisclosed investors on July 8, 2025. The company is a developer of an industrial drone data and solutions provider.

GenRocket: The company is in the process of raising venture funding as of July 7, 2025. The company is a developer of a patented synthetic data generation platform designed to support AI/ML development and software testing.


M&A Transactions

Whow Games / DoubleU Games: The company was acquired by DoubleU Games for 88.4 billion WON on July 9, 2025. The company is a developer of online free-to-play social casino games.

DallasNews / Hearst Communications: The company was acquired by Hearst Communications for $14 million on July 9, 2025. DallasNews Corp is a local news and information publishing company.

Accusoft / Apryse: The company was acquired by Apryse, via its financial sponsors Silversmith Capital Partners and Thoma Bravo, through an LBO on July 10, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a software development business intended to focus on content processing, conversion and automation products and services.

Axiom / Sorcero: The company was acquired by Sorcero for an undisclosed amount on July 11, 2025. The company is a developer of a cloud-native, serverless data insight platform designed to provide cost-effective and robust object stores for primary data storage.

Charli Capital / 1348514 B.C. Ltd.: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by 1348514 B.C. Ltd. through a reverse merger on July 9, 2025. The company is a developer of an AI-based platform designed to provide investment intelligence for both public and private markets.

CommonGround / Apple: The company was acquired by Apple for an undisclosed amount on July 8, 2025. The company is a developer of human AI computer vision software.

Doo / Apryse: The company, a subsidiary of Intermedia Vermögensverwaltung, was acquired by Apryse, via its financial sponsors Thoma Bravo and Silversmith Capital Partners, through an LBO on July 10, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of a data-driven event marketing automation platform.

Fat Wreck Chords / Hopeless Records: The company was acquired by Hopeless Records for an undisclosed amount on July 9, 2025. The company is an operator of an independent record label focused on punk rock.

KaraFun Group / Vendis Capital Management: The company was acquired by Vendis Capital Management and Verlinvest through an LBO on July 9, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of an online music platform designed for the distribution of international music.

Korus IO / Camp Network: The company was acquired by Camp Network for an undisclosed amount on July 7, 2025. The company is a developer of a digital marketing agency specializing in marketing, advertising, and cloud technology.

Kraftful / Amplitude: The company was acquired by Amplitude for an undisclosed amount on July 10, 2025. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence-based co-pilot platform intended to offer digital interfaces to make easy-to-use smart home devices.

Lethal Gaming Gear / Pulsar Gaming Gears: The company was acquired by Pulsar Gaming Gears for an undisclosed amount on July 9, 2025. The company is a retailer of gaming peripherals intended to serve esports players and PC gaming enthusiasts.

Music Mail Tonträger / Feiyr: The company was acquired by Feiyr, via its financial sponsor Rigeto, through an LBO on July 8, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a provider of digital music distribution and rights management services intended to support independent artists and record labels.

PlayAI / Meta Platforms: The company was acquired by Meta Platforms for an undisclosed amount on July 12, 2025. The company is a developer of a voice generation platform designed for creating realistic and customizable audio content.

Plazamedia / DMC Production: The company, a subsidiary of Sport1 Medien was acquired by DMC Production, via its financial sponsors CSM Ventures and Stena Adactum, through an LBO on July 10, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a provider of sports television broadcasting services.

SocialPilot / Rank Math: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Rank Math, a subsidiary of group.one, for an undisclosed amount on July 10, 2025. The company is a developer of a social media management platform designed to schedule, publish, and monitor content across multiple platforms using automation and analytics.

Upstream Telecommunications and Software Systems / Intersel: The company was acquired by Intersel for an undisclosed amount on July 11, 2025. The company is an operator of a marketing technology platform designed for accelerating mobile commerce in high-growth markets.


Source: Pitchbook Data, Inc.

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