🧑‍🚀 Top 3 Deals You Can’t Miss

1️⃣ New York Giants – Sold $1B minority stake to Koch family, valuing the team at a record $10B.

2️⃣ Mistral – Nearing €2B raise at ~$14B valuation, cementing its position as Europe’s AI giant.

3️⃣ Gemini – Targeting $2.2B valuation in a US IPO, signaling crypto’s Wall Street comeback.

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🌳 Series B+ & Growth

• Mistral AI (Paris, France) – Nearing €2B raise at ~$14B valuation; frontier AI giant.

• ID.me (McLean, VA) – $340M Series E; growth investors; digital identity wallet platform.

• Treeline Biosciences (Watertown, MA) – $200M add-on, total $1.1B; biopharma developing targeted therapies.

• Mercy BioAnalytics (Waltham, MA) – $59M Series B; liquid biopsies for early cancer detection.

• Etherealize (NYC) – $40M funding; Ethereum infra for institutions.

• Recall.ai (San Francisco, CA) – $38M Series B; infra layer for conversation data.

• Allocate (San Francisco, CA) – $30.5M Series B; OS for private market investing.

• ModernFi (NYC) – $30M Series B; deposit management tech.

• Boomerang Medical (Mountain View, CA) – $20M Series B; bioelectronic medicine.

• Dextall (NYC) – $15M investment; prefab building envelope design/installation.

• XiFin (San Diego, CA) – Undisclosed growth funding; AI-enhanced RCM and billing solutions.

• Vali Cyber (NYC) – Undisclosed growth funding; ransomware protection.

🚀 Series A

• Orchard Robotics (San Francisco, CA) – $22M Series A; AI-powered farming automation.

🌱 Seed & Early Rounds

• Pave Finance (NYC) – $14M Seed; wealth management software.

• Aurelius Systems (San Francisco, CA) – $10M Seed; defense technology.

• Advisor.com (Charleston, SC) – $9M Seed; financial advice discovery platform.

• MagicDoor (Las Vegas, NV) – $4.5M Seed; AI-native property management.

• Mega (Dover, DE) – $2M Pre-Seed; AI voice agent for O2C management.

• Grantd (Denver, CO) – Undisclosed Seed; AI-powered equity comp planning.

• Sunflower Therapeutics (Medford, MA) – $2.36M NIH SBIR grant; protein manufacturing for biotech.

🤝 Strategic, M&A & Undisclosed

• New York Giants (NFL) – Sold a 10% minority stake to the Koch family in a $1 billion deal, setting a record $10 billion franchise valuation—the most valuable US sports franchise sale ever.

• Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC) – Sold 11% stake in BRF (Brazil), clearing path for $2.6B merger with Marfrig Global Foods.

• Kong (San Francisco, CA) acquired OpenMeter (San Francisco, CA); SaaS usage-based billing.

• Prominence Advisors (Chicago, IL) acquired Tegra Analytics (Doylestown, PA); life sciences analytics consultancy.

• Rogo Technologies (NYC) acquired Subset (NYC); AI spreadsheet software.

• Syndigo (Chicago, IL) acquired 1WorldSync (Chicago, IL); product content orchestration.

• Smartvatten (Espoo, Finland) acquired LeakLook (Finland); IoT-enabled water monitoring.

• Sphera (Chicago, IL) – Growth investment from Neuberger Berman Capital; operational risk management software.

• Banco Central do Brasil – Blocked Banco de Brasilia’s planned acquisition of Banco Master amid capital concerns.

📈 IPOs / Direct Listings / Issuances / Block Trades

• Gemini (NYC) – Targeting $2.2B valuation in planned US IPO; Winklevoss-backed crypto exchange.

• Via Transportation (NYC) – Seeking $470M raise at $3.5B valuation in IPO; transit tech firm.

• Neptune Flood Insurance (St. Petersburg, FL) – Filed for US IPO; flood insurance provider.

• American Bitcoin (US, Trump family–backed) – Soared 50% on debut, now at $5B valuation.

• G42 / Presight AI (Abu Dhabi, UAE) – Selling 2% stake for $100M; AI decision analytics unit divestiture.

💸 VC Funds Raised & Raising

• Great Hill Partners (Boston, MA & London, UK) – $7B close for Great Hill Equity Partners IX.

• Atlas Venture (Cambridge, MA) – $400M close for third Opportunity Fund (biotech).

• White Star Capital (Global) – $25M first close for North American Seed Fund.

• Eagle Venture Fund (Fort Worth, TX) – Targeting $50M for Eagle Freedom Fund II (anti-human trafficking).

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📚 Read of the Day

🍎 Apple Building AI Search Engine to Supercharge Siri

Apple is reportedly developing a proprietary AI-powered search engine designed to enhance Siri and rival Google and OpenAI. The project is advancing quickly, signaling Apple’s push to deepen control over its ecosystem and reduce reliance on outside AI models.

The Product Pitch

Apple’s new search engine will be embedded directly into Siri, providing users with a more intuitive and conversational way to search the web and access apps. Unlike Google or OpenAI’s ChatGPT integrations, Apple aims to seamlessly integrate results into its hardware and services.

The Strategy

By building its own search infrastructure, Apple not only differentiates Siri but also unlocks new monetization avenues through App Store integrations, Spotlight, and Safari. It also minimizes dependency on third-party providers, a strategic move to protect margins and user data.

Why It Matters

For founders and investors, this signals that AI-powered search is not just an OpenAI or Google story. Apple is entering the arena with hardware-level integration. This could reshape the competitive landscape in consumer AI and set new expectations for device-native intelligence.

👉 Read The Whole Story Here

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