Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B; Boom Supersonic raises $300MM Equity Funding from Darsana Capital Partners

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December 18, 2025

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RedotPay, a stablecoin-based payment fintech company that integrates blockchain solutions with traditional banking and finance infrastructures, to advance financial inclusion for the unbanked and support crypto enthusiasts, driving global mass adoption of secure and flexible stablecoin-powered financial solutions to bring crypto to real life, raises $107MM Series B from Goodwater Capital.

Blockchain (1,292) • Central, Hong Kong

 

Ember LifeSciences, a company that creates, designs and develops temperature control products for the pharmaceutical cold chain industry, raises $16.5MM Series A from Sea Court Capital.

Air Quality (177) • Westlake Village, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

The Looma Project, a company that operates a digital storytelling platform intended to inspire, educate, and humanize the shopping experience, raises $10MM Series B from Staley Capital Management.

E-Commerce (9,475) • Durham, NC • Post-Money Valuation

 

Echo Software, a company that develops secure container-based images designed to support reliable and compliant application deployment, raises $35MM Series A from N47.

Enterprise Software (5,964) • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

Mobius Materials, a company that offers a marketplace for electronic manufacturers to buy and sell bulk electronic components, raises $3MM Seed from Spero Ventures.

Marketplace (1,817) • San Francisco, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Vital Lyfe, a company redefining water access through innovation, raises $18MM Seed from General Catalyst Partners.

CleanTech (454) • Hawthorne, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Verisoul, a company that developed an all-in-one platform that helps businesses automate fake account detection, raises $8.8MM Series A from High Alpha.

Automation (2,955) • Austin, TX • Post-Money Valuation

 

Fluency, a company that developed a digital advertising operating system built for centralizing and scaling complex paid media portfolios across walled gardens and the open web, raises $40MM Series A from Integrity Growth Partners.

Digital Advertising (59) • Burlington, VT • Post-Money Valuation

 

Hoboken Farms, a company that produces and sells premium fresh pasta sauces and Italian-inspired food products made with clean ingredients for retail and foodservice customers, raises $4MM Equity Funding from Undisclosed Investors.

Seasonings & Condiments (244) • Clifton, NJ • Post-Money Valuation

 

Databricks, a company that develops a unified data analytics platform, raises $4BN Equity Funding from Insight Partners.

Analytics (6,226) • San Francisco, CA • Post-Money Valuation

Aeovian Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted and highly selective small molecules to restore cellular metabolic quality control, thereby addressing the dysregulated growth and hyperactive signaling found in certain rare genetic and age-related diseases, raises $55MM Series B from CTI Life Sciences Fund.

Biopharmaceuticals (767) • Berkeley, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Last Energy, a company that develops small modular nuclear power projects intended to transform the nuclear power industry by dramatically reducing the time and cost of construction, raises $100MM Series C from The Haskell Co.

Nuclear (76) • Washington, DC • Post-Money Valuation

 

DataLane, a firm that develops a data-driven revenue system designed for companies serving deskless industries, raises $22.5MM Series A from Amplify Partners.

Revenue Cycle Management (348) • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

Ambros Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative and transformative medicines for diseases with a high unmet medical need, raises $125MM Series A from RA Capital Management.

Life Sciences (1,115) • Irvine, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Thread Bank, a financial technology-enabled community bank, raises $30.5MM Equity Funding from Portage Ventures.

Fintech (3,380) • Rogersville, TN • Post-Money Valuation

 

Nanit, a firm that uses machine learning to provide sleep insights, including comprehensive sleep reports that promise to measure a baby's behavior as they sleep, all without the need for any wearable component,, raises $25MM Series C from Jerusalem Venture Partners.

Baby & Children (1,681) • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

Adaptive Security, a computer network security company that focuses on deepfake attacks and provides cybersecurity services, raises $81MM Series B from Bain Capital Ventures.

Network Security (937) • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

MoEngage, a developer of an insights-led customer engagement platform for the customer-obsessed marketers and product owners, raises $180MM Series F from ChrysCapital Investment Advisors.

Customer Experience (547) • San Francisco, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Advent International acquires Heidrick & Struggles, a recruiting and management consulting firm that offers executive search and consulting services in leadership assessment and development, digital acceleration, innovation, and other services.

Executive Search (943) • Chicago, IL • Deal

 

Pro-Vision acquires Spartan Radar, a developer of an automated mobility sensor software for vehicles.

Sensors (511) • Los Alamitos, CA • Deal
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