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THE FORM IS IN THE SIDEBAR AND IN THE ABOVE BAR.  DON'T MISS THE FIRST EDITION TO BE RELEASED SOON) THE NEW PARTNERSHIP * GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Flagship Pioneering, a Cambridge, MA-based bioplatform innovation company, have entered a collaboration with the goal of discovering and developing a portfolio of future transformational medicines and vaccines, starting in respiratory and immunology (read here) - THE NEW ACCELERATOR * Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milano, has now opened applications for its upcoming acceleration program for startups interested in fundraising in Europe (read here) - APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS * Bioluminescence Ventures, a San Francisco, CA- and Cambridge, MA-based biotech venture firm investing in next-generation medicines to address unmet medical needs, announced the appointment of Campbell Murray, M.D., MPP, MBA to the firm as a Senior Partner (read here) - FROM FINSMES.COM INTERVIEWS * Monto, Interview With CEO Maya Cohen (read here) - THE NEW FUNDS * Amulet Capital Partners, a Greenwich, CT, and Walnut Creek, CA-based middle-market private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, closed Amulet Capital Fund III, with approximately $1.2 billion in capital commitments (read here) - USA * Wed Society, an Oklahoma City-based wedding industry franchise, closed its Series A funding round, at a $5.775m valuation (read here) - * DecoverAI, a Washington, DC-based legal technology company, raised $2m in seed funding (read here) - * Powder, a Los Altos, CA-based fintech startup providing AI agents for precise document analysis, raised $5m in seed funding (read here) - * AeroShield Materials, a Waltham, MA-based MIT spin out developing technology for energy efficiency applications in the built environment, raised $5M in additional funding (read here) - * Lineaje, a Saratoga, Calif.-based leader in continuous software supply chain security management, raised $20m in Series A funding (read here) - * Axiad, a Santa Clara, CA-based identity-first enabler of the zero-trust enterprise, raised $25m in funding (read here) - * unspun, an Oakland, CA-based 3D weaving technology company, raised $32M in Series B funding (read here) - * Faye, a Richmond, Va.-based travel tech startup, raised $31m in Series B funding (read here) - * Oats Overnight, a Tempe, AZ-based high-protein oatmeal brand, raised $35M in Series B funding (read here) - * Gradient AI, a Boston, MA-based enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the insurance industry, raised $56.1m in Series C funding (read here) - * Medicom, a Raleigh, NC-based health tech startup leading enterprise imaging interoperability, closed a strategic financing round (read here) - * Reason Automation, a Portland, Oregon-based enterprise e-commerce data technology startup, received a seed investment from Verify Ventures (read here) - * OnSight Technology, a San Francisco, CA-based leader in advanced solar monitoring and inspection, received a strategic investment from Convective Capital (read here) - * 1970 Group, a NYC-based specialized risk financing provider to the insurance industry with expertise in structured financing, credit support, and risk management, received a growth investment from Bain Capital Insurance (read here) - UK * Stairpay, a London, UK-based platform that simplifies the customer journey of shared home ownership, raised £750k in Pre-Seed funding (read here) - * Luminous XR, a Newcastle, UK based extended reality (XR) software provider, raised a further £1m in funding (read here) - * S64 Ventures, a London, UK-based global alternatives fintech and solutions partner to the wealth management industry, closed its Series A funding round of undisclosed amount (read here) - GERMANY * Cerabyte, a Munich, Germany-based provider of ceramic-based data storage solutions, received a strategic investment from Pure Storage, an IT pioneer that delivers an advanced data storage platform (read here) - ISRAEL * Monto, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI connector designed for any ERP, exited stealth with $9m in seed funding (read here) - UKRAINE * Clearly, a Kyiv, Ukraine-based psychological startup, secured a non-dilutive funding from Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund (read here) - CHINA * Shenzhen Synthetica Pioneering Co., Ltd., a Shenzen, China-based biotech startup specializing in synthetic biology for engineering novel living bacterial therapeutics, closed a Series A funding round (read here) - REMOTE * YouSUI, an all-in-one platform on the Sui Network, secured a $1m strategic investment MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with FZF Ventures and Layer-OTC (read here) - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS * ACA Group, a NYC-based provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions to clients in the financial services industry, acquired Encore Compliance, a provider of AI compliance software solutions (read here) - * MiQ, a London, UK-based global programmatic media partner, announced plans to acquire Pathlabs, a Missoula, Montana-based Media Execution Partner (MEP) that provides end-to-end digital media execution services to independent agencies (read here) - * Deepnote, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-powered data workspace, acquired Hyperquery, a San Francisco, CA-based competitor in the data science and analytics space (read here) - * Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) acquired Sigsense Technologies, a San Francisco, California-based startup that uses artificial intelligence and power monitoring to help optimize lab operations (read here) - 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