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ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cofactor Genomics today announced publication of its OncoPrism®-NSCLC clinical validation study in npj Precision Oncology, a peer-reviewed Nature Portfolio journal. The study represents the latest results from Cofactor’s multisite PREDAPT clinical trial and extends the clinical validation of the multidimensional RNA biomarker underlying OncoPrism-HNSCC—a clinically validated, Medicare-covered test for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma—to a...

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM), the all-in-one AI GTM platform, has confirmed it is one of the flagship data partners for Hunter, Salesforce's new outbound sales agent built for Sales Cloud. Hunter combines a seller's CRM and sales context with live ZoomInfo intelligence to prioritize accounts, identify relevant prospects, and inform next actions inside the workflow sellers already use. Hunter is Salesforce’s outbound sales agent, designed to help sellers turn their g...

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Latinia, a provider of decision-centric banking technologies, today highlighted the growing importance of real-time decisioning as financial institutions move beyond digital banking toward more intelligent, contextual and proactive financial services. Over the past two decades, banks have invested heavily in digital transformation, making financial services accessible anytime, anywhere. Yet while digitalization has fundamentally changed how customers interact...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Homa, the AI platform reinventing how Americans buy homes while returning up to 2% of the purchase price to buyers at closing, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Quiet Capital, with participation from Restive Ventures and Cambrian Ventures. The round funds expansion across California and the launch of mortgage lending inside the platform. Homa is now available statewide in California (alongside Florida and Texas), covering roughly 95 million Americans....

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM), the all-in-one AI GTM platform, has announced added product capability through Workbounce, which it acquired in 2024. Workbounce is a knowledge platform for unstructured go-to-market data, co-founded by Rowan Bailey and Adam Smith. This extends GTM.AI, ZoomInfo's headless layer, beyond external market intelligence and into the internal GTM knowledge companies already possess: call transcripts, emails, decks, product documents, account n...

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harmonic Security, the workforce AI security platform, today announced a $50 million Series B round led by Crosspoint Capital Partners with participation from existing investors. The round brings Harmonic Security’s total funding to $76 million and will help accelerate the company’s growth. Harmonic protects and enables AI use for millions of employees at more than 100 companies, including some of the largest enterprises in the world, and signed new dist...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daversa today announced the promotions of Hannah Doherty and Lisa Stenson to Managing Director, recognizing their track records of building transformative executive teams for some of the most ambitious companies across consumer and technology. Both leaders have established themselves as trusted partners to founders and executives navigating pivotal stages of growth. From emerging consumer brands challenging established industries to technology platforms redefinin...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SOUFFLÉ THERAPEUTICS, INC. (“Soufflé™” or “Company”), a leading RNA therapies company aimed at advancing the next generation of therapies designed to help people live healthier lives, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $135 million Series B financing. The round was led by Juvia Group and welcomes leading institutional investors TCG Crossover Management, BB Biotech, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Balyasny Asset Management, and a Leading Sovereign...

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM), the all-in-one AI GTM platform, has confirmed a native integration with n8n, the workflow automation platform teams use to connect apps and build AI agents. The integration allows joint customers to combine verified ZoomInfo intelligence with n8n's automation and agent capabilities with immediate effect. The integration ships as a verified node inside n8n, built and maintained by ZoomInfo. Once a workflow authenticates with a customer's...

ASHBURN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--I2Pure today announced the publication of an independent study conducted by researchers at the University of California San Diego demonstrating the rapid, broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of several of the company’s proprietary molecular iodine formulations against clinically important bacterial and fungal pathogens. The study evaluated three topical formulations, including aqueous and non-aqueous liquids and a topical gel. The study was led by UC San Diego s...