Private equity giant Thoma Bravo is backing a $5B merger of WWEX and Auctane, creating a major tech-driven player in parcel shipping and logistics software.
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India’s home-services startup Pronto secures $25M in fresh funding, pushing its valuation to $100M as it scales its maid-on-demand app across major cities.
US-based Grow Therapy secures $150M to integrate AI note-taking and seamless EAP handoffs into its mental health platform, aiming to ease clinician burnout and expand employer coverage.
Biotech startup baCta raises €7M in seed funding led by LocalGlobe and Daphni, with OVNI Capital joining to accelerate its next phase of growth and product development.
US startup Ease Health raises $41M to unify fragmented behavioural health billing and streamline payments for providers and insurers.
Dutch impact investor LUMO Labs wins €6M from Spain’s state-owned SETT for its €100M fund, boosting European deeptech and social impact startups.
SpaceX is preparing a confidential IPO filing that could value the company at $1.75T and raise $50B, positioning it as one of history’s largest public listings.
Israel confirms the death of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei and top commanders following heavy joint airstrikes with the US on Saturday. Israel Claims Decisive Blow to Iranian Command The Israel Defense Forces has officially declared the elimination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the entire senior military leadership of the region’s opposing forces. On Sunday evening, the military released a statement via the social media platform X, asserting that the command structure of what they termed the axis of evil had been completely neutralized. This announcement follows a large-scale joint aerial operation conducted by Israeli and United States forces…
Fintech unicorn Plaid reaches an $8 billion valuation in a secondary share sale and accelerates IPO plans amid a 400% boom in demand for its fraud prevention tools.
Quest Global, backed by private equity giant Carlyle, is preparing for an India IPO within 12–18 months to fund expansion and strengthen its engineering services play.