Huupe Secures $9.3 Million From Investors Including Protagonist VC And Trevor Booker

Huupe (@HuupeOfficial), the first AI-powered smart gaming console, is redefining sports tech by embedding AI-driven performance training directly into the hoop. Backed by $21M in strategic capital and praised by NBA owners and executives as “a billion-dollar disruptor,” Huupe is gaining traction as the operating system for next-generation athletic development—starting with basketball. With AI-native infrastructure and premium positioning, Huupe features a cutting-edge computer vision system that captures and analyzes every shot, movement, and metric—real-time coaching based on that data. It doesn’t just display stats—it teaches, corrects, and adapts to the player, evolving with them over time. FOUNDERS: Paul Anton (@ManyYearsTime) & Lyth Saeed (@LythSaeed) INVESTORS: Aristotle Loumis (@Aloumis), George Bousis (@GBousis) & Harry Hurst (@HarryHur5t) - Protagonist VC (@ProtagonistXYZ), Audie Attar (@AudieAttar), Ari Raptis, Michael Karsa, Jason Robins, George Daskalakis, TRI, Reform Ventures, Genesis, Kawn, Marvan Ventures, Trevor Booker, Keith Mardak & Ravi Patel (@RaviIowa) AMOUNT: $9,300,000 HQ: #Miami #California #Wisconsin #VentureCapital #Huupe #TradedPartner #ProtagonistVC #TRI #ReformVentures #Genesis #Kawn #MarvanVentures #TrevorBooker #KeithMardak #PaulAnton #RaviPatel #LythSaeed #TradedVC #AristotleLoumis #GeorgeBousis #HarryHurst #AudieAttar #AriRaptis #MichaelKarsa #JasonRobins #GeorgeDaskalakis #TrevorBooker

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Public Storage Acquires National Storage Affiliates Trust For $10.5 Billion In Stock TransactionPublic Storage has agreed to acquire National Storage Affiliates Trust in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $10.5 billion in enterprise value, one of the largest deals in the self-storage sector in recent years. Under the terms, NSA shareholders will receive 0.14 shares of Public Storage for each NSA share, implying a price of $41.68 per share, while the combined company is expected to have a pro forma equity market cap of about $57 billion and enterprise value of roughly $77 billion; to support the deal, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Bank committed $4 billion in financing, and Public Storage incoming CEO Tom Boyle said the acquisition aligns with the firm’s PS4.0 strategy to accelerate per-share earnings and cash-flow growth. AMOUNT: $10,500,000,000 Public Storage HQ: Frisco, Texas #VentureCapital #PublicStorage#NationalStorageAffiliatesTrust #TradedVC

Rox AI Raises $1.2 Billion Led By General Catalyst With Investors Sequoia And GVRox AI, a sales automation startup founded in 2024 by Ishan Mukherjee, has raised a new funding round valuing the company at $1.2 billion, with a lead investment from returning backer General Catalyst. The company, which deploys autonomous AI agents across existing software like Salesforce and Zendesk to streamline sales workflows, had projected $8 million in ARR for 2025 at the time of the fundraise. Previous rounds include a $50 million raise in November 2024, led by Sequoia and General Catalyst with participation from GV. Rox’s clients include Ramp, MongoDB, and New Relic, and its platform competes with established revenue intelligence firms like Gong and Clari as well as newer AI-native CRM solutions. FOUNDER: Ishan Mukherjee INVESTORS: General Catalyst, Sequoia & GV VALUATION: $1,200,000,000 HQ: San Francisco #VentureCapital #RoxAI #IshanMukherjee #TradedVC

Dark Watch Secures $3.5M Seed Funding Led By Eagle Venture Fund For Threat Intelligence PlatformDark Watch, a Stuart, FL-based company led by CEO Noel Thomas, raised $3.5M in Seed funding to expand its real-time threat intelligence platform for the hospitality industry. The round was led by Eagle Venture Fund, with participation from His Kingdom Resources and Blu Ventures, and the company plans to use the capital to accelerate product development, enhance safety intelligence, integrate further with enterprise systems, and scale commercial deployments. Its AI-powered platform analyzes over 450 million profiles to detect emerging threats from organized crime, trafficking networks, and terrorism. FOUNDER: Noel Thomas INVESTORS: Eagle Venture Fund, His Kingdom Resources & Blu Ventures ROUND: Seed AMOUNT: $3,500,000 HQ: Stuart, Florida #VentureCapital #DarkWatch #NoelThomas #TradedVC

Axiom Math Secures $200 Million In Series A Funding Led By Menlo VenturesAxiom Math, a Palo Alto–based startup building AI systems to mathematically verify whether computer code is correct and secure, raised $200 million in Series A funding at a $1.6 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with founder and CEO Carina Hong saying the company aims to tackle reliability issues in AI-generated software by using formal verification techniques and the Lean programming language to produce machine-checkable reasoning. FOUNDER: Carina Hong INVESTORS: Menlo Ventures, Greycroft & Madrona ROUND: Series A AMOUNT: $200,000,000 HQ: Palo Alto, California #VentureCapital #AxiomMath #CarinaHong #TradedVC

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