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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jump Comes Out Of Stealth With A Solution To The B2B SaaS Integration Crisis...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIBC Innovation Banking announced today that it recently acted as the lead arranger and administrative agent of credit facilities for Rentsync. The funding provided financing for future capital to support the company’s growth. Rentsync is a leading software and data company based in Toronto, specializing in serving the Canadian rental housing industry. “We are thrilled to support Silversmith Capital Partners and the Rentsync team as they continue their leadership and g...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Redica Systems, a leader in Quality and Regulatory Intelligence for the Life Sciences industry, today announced a financing with participation by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (MGHIF) along with existing investors Savant Growth and Rock Creek Capital. The investment will accelerate Redica’s expansion of its Catalyst Platform™ and the Redica Supplier Data Network™ (SDN), advancing AI-driven workflows, predictive quality and regulatory intelligence, and...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Opal Ventures, a visionary technology venture capital firm co-founded by Managing Directors Dr. Tara Bishop and Eileen Tanghal, has released its annual Impact Report (link) for 2024. The report showcases the firm’s investment philosophy and celebrates the transformative impact of its portfolio companies, which are leveraging frontier technologies to tackle the world's most pressing and complex challenges in healthcare today. “U.S. healthcare spending is expected...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIBC Innovation Banking announced today that it has provided growth capital financing to ContactMonkey, a portfolio company of Updata Partners. The company will use the financing to continue growing its reach globally and expand product offerings to new and existing customers around the world. ContactMonkey is an internal email platform used by over 10,000 communicators worldwide. The platform integrates with commonly used applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Micros...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Oath Surgical launches OathOS, the first end-to-end operating system for outpatient surgery. Uniting proprietary AI technology with Oath’s owned-and-operated surgical centers, OathOS is designed to finally make value-based care in surgery scalable. “Oath isn’t just layering technology on top of a broken system—we’re rebuilding from the ground up,” said Dr. Oliver Keown, founder and CEO of Oath Surgical and former head of Intuitive Ventures. “OathOS spans...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Top decision-makers from across the biopharma ecosystem will convene in Chicago for the 2nd BioCentury Grand Rounds – U.S., at the intersection of research, investment and drug development. Designed to drive practical progress in R&D, the conference connects academic innovators with biopharma executives and early-stage investors who are building the next wave of biotech breakthroughs. Taking place June 4 – 6 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, the program will addre...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Granola, the AI-powered notepad that combines your typed notes with AI transcriptions, today launches Granola 2.0. This major update transforms the company's popular AI meeting assistant into a powerful, intelligent workspace for teams. Every day, Granola transcribes and analyzes millions of minutes of conversation: collective knowledge which is now accessible and actionable across entire organizations. "Since our launch a year ago, people have started referring to Gran...

BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--dunnhumby ventures, the strategic venture capital and open innovation arm of dunnhumby, the global leader in Customer Data Science, announced the return of its Retail Innovation Forum Americas event on September 18, 2025 in Bentonville. The forum enables senior decision makers to form strategic connections across one of the largest open innovation ecosystems in retail. Launched in 2024, the Retail Innovation Network has held over-subscribed events in Bentonvi...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greentech, a leader in indoor air quality innovation, is proud to announce it has received the 2025 Innovation in Air & Gas Filtration Award, presented by INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry. The award ceremony took place on April 30, 2025, at FiltXPO in Miami, Florida. Awarded only once every three years, this prestigious honor celebrates outstanding advancements in filtration technology and product development. Greentech was selecte...