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Before Midjourney, there was NightCafe — and it’s still kicking

Before Midjourney, there was NightCafe — and it’s still kicking
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September 9, 2024

What We're Reading

  • Before Midjourney, there was NightCafe — and it’s still kicking [TechCrunch]
  • Google faces provisional antitrust charges in UK for ‘self-preferencing’ its ad exchange [TechCrunch]
  • Elon Musk’s X could still face sanctions for training Grok on Europeans’ data [TechCrunch]
  • Bluesky continues to soar, adding 2M more new users in a matter of days [TechCrunch]

Trending Companies

 

 

Sakana AI, a company that develops nature-inspired foundation models for transformative artificial intelligence, raises $100MM Series A from New Enterprise Associates.

Generative AI • Tokyo, Japan

 

Create Wellness, a company that produces creatine supplements intended to enhance customer's body stores of phosphocreatine, raises $5MM Series A from Unilever Ventures.

Vitamins & Supplements • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

PatientPartner, a company that develops digital health platform, raises $7MM Debt and Equity Funding from LionBird Ventures and Alethea Capital Management.

Digital Health • San Diego, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Anytime AI, a company that develops a platform that provides AI legal assistant for plaintiff lawyers, raises $4MM Seed from Undisclosed Investors.

Legal Tech • Armonk, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

Venova, a company that develops vascular access systems for patients requiring renal replacement therapy, raises $30MM Series B from Catalyst Health Ventures.

Therapy • Los Gatos, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

CytoTronics, a company designing and developing cell culture plates with embedded high-density electronic systems, raises $13.5MM Series Seed 2 Financing.

Biopharmaceuticals • Boston, MA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Switch Bioworks, a company that produces sustainable nitrogen fertilizer by reprogramming naturally occurring symbiotic microbes to produce fertilizers, raises $17MM Seed from Change Forces Capital.

Fertilizer • San Carlos, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Portex, a company that develops freight procurement platform designed to modernize procurement and payments, raises $6.3MM Seed from Footwork VC.

Procurement • San Francisco, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Sedric, a company that develops risk and compliance platform, raises $18.5MM Series A from Foundation Capital.

Risk Management • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

The Demex Group, a company that offers a reinsurance solution that addresses the accumulating losses caused by secondary perils, raises $10.3MM Series A from Congruent Ventures.

Insurtech • Washington, DC • Post-Money Valuation

 

Perpetual Capital acquires Novatech, a provider of business technology solutions specializing in IT, print, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions.

Cloud • Nashville, TN • Deal

 

Haley & Aldrich acquires The Elm Group, an environmental consulting, engineering and environmental risk management firm.

Compliance • Princeton, NJ • Deal

 

Brynwood Partners acquires Miracapo Pizza, a manufacturer of specialty frozen pizzas for retail, foodservice and consumer branded companies.

Beverages • Elk Grove Village, IL • Deal

 

ECi Software acquires Khameleon Software, a cloud-based enterprise software developer to support the unique needs of project-based dealers.

Enterprise Software • Tampa, FL • Deal

 

Primerica acquires e-TeleQuote Insurance, a company providing individuals the ability to purchase Medicare insurance from the comfort of their homes.

Brokerage • Clearwater, FL • Deal

 

Perricone Farms acquires Natalie's Orchid Island Juice, a juice company.

Beverages • Fort Pierce, FL • Deal

 

TPG Capital acquires Miratech Group, a firm that provides advanced, cost-effective, reliable, and mission critical emission and acoustical solutions for natural gas, diesel, bi-fuel, biofuel, and biogas powered engines.

Air Quality • Tulsa, OK • Deal

 

EPAM Systems intends to acquire Neoris, a business and IT consulting company focusing on outsourcing services and SAP solutions.

IT Consulting • Miami, FL • Deal

 

DiningRD acquires Crandall Corporate, a firm that offers nutritional consultancy services for corporate customers, senior living communities, assisted living, and long-term care facilities.

Consulting • Mesa, AZ • Deal

 

ADDEV Materials acquires Ad Tape & Label Co, a commercial printing company that offers printing and converting, with a range of capabilities including flexographic and digital printing, die-cutting, laminating, and clean room manufacturing.

Digital Printing • Menomonee Falls, WI • Deal

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