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The acquisition will see IAS transition from public to private ownership, positioning the company to accelerate investment in its AI-first platform and expand its role as a benchmark in digital media quality.

plancraft, a Hamburg-based SaaS construction tech company, has secured €38 million Series B funding led by Headline with participation from existing investors

Chowdeck, Africa’s on-demand delivery platform, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to expand into more cities across Nigeria and Ghana

VOW, the first AI-supported Operating System purpose-built for the $2 Trillion+ Live Experience Economy, has closed the first tranche of its seed round to reimagine live event planning

Bisly, the provider of scalable, smart building automation solutions, has raised a €4.3 million funding round to expand its operations across Central and Western Europe. 

Xpand, an Israeli retail technology startup building autonomous, AI-powered retail stores, has raised $6 million funding round led by Ibex Investors

EDGX, has closed €2.3 million seed funding round to accelerate commercialisation of EDGX Sterna, the next generation edge AI computer for satellites.

LACI has announced $2 million grant from the Schmidt Family Foundation to help grow the LACI Cleantech Debt Fund (Debt Fund)

August Health, the easy-to-use EHR platform that caregivers love, has announced $29 million Series B funding, led by Base10 Partners

Capacity, an AI-powered support automation platform for Contact Centers, has announced $92 million in investments to fuel expansion.

Lorikeet, an Australian startup that enables businesses create universal AI concierges for their customers, has raised $35 million Series A funding

Approov, an innovator in mobile app and API security, has successfully closed $6.7 million Series A funding round.

Cybernetix Ventures, an early-stage VC firm at the forefront of robotics, automation, and physical AI, has invested in Corsha, the first and only Machine Identity Provider (mIDP)

Deciens Capital (Deciens), an early-stage venture capital firm focused on financial services innovation, has closed Fund III with $93.3 million

Lyric, an AI-powered platform transforming supply chain decision making, has raised $43.5 million in Series B funding.

Fu2re, a Brazilian startup specializing in Artificial Intelligence solutions for data and image processing, has raised $2.2 million in a new funding round.

South African travel-focused fintech TurnStay, has raised $2 million seed round led by First Circle Capital, with participation from TLCom Capital

PhnyX Lab, a South Korean GenAI startup transforming how life science companies operate, announced the closing of $4 million seed round

Alloy Japan, part of Alloy Therapeutics, signed a MoU with the Kansai Startup Academia Coalition (KSAC), represented by Kyoto University, to foster the global expansion of university-affiliated life science startups across Japan. 

Sticker Ventures, a new early-stage venture capital firm focused on Israeli consumer startups, announced the first close of its $50 million debut fund.

ValGenesis, a global player in digital validation lifecycle management and backed by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, has secured a strategic financing of $16 million from the Innovation Banking Group at Bridge Bank.