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March 24, 2026
VCFA Group Appoints Kevin Monroe as Managing Director, Head of Capital Formation

VCFA Group, a pioneer in the secondary private equity industry, today announced the appointment of Kevin Monroe, Managing Director, to lead capital formation and investor relations. The addition of a dedicated senior capital formation executive aligns with VCFA’s strategic initiative to scale its platform and capitalize on the growth of the venture capital and growth equity secondary markets.

February 4, 2026
Kraken's 2025 revenue soared to $2.2 Billion as it prepares for an ipo

Kraken, the crypto exchange preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), recorded a 33 per cent jump in its 2025 revenue to more than $2.2 billion, which, according to the company, was driven by “broad-based performance across trading and asset-based businesses.”

Of the total revenue, about 47 per cent came from trading activities, while the remaining 53 per cent came from asset-based activities and other sources.

January 29, 2026
Tokenization firm securitize reports 841% revenue growth as it prepares to go public

Tokenization firm Securitize has filed a public registration statement with the SEC, moving forward with plans to go public through a merger with Cantor Fitzgerald-backed black check company Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT). In the Wednesday filing, the company reported $55.6 million in revenue for the first nine months of 2025, an 841% increase from the same period in 2024. Full-year 2024 revenue came in at $18.8 million, more than double that of the year before.

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2026

2/4/26- Kraken’s 2025 Revenue Soared to $2.2 Billion as It Prepares for an IPO

1/29/26- Tokenization firm Securitize Reports 841% Revenue Growth as It Prepares to Go Public

1/28/26- Kopi Kenangan’s 2025 Revenue Jumps 45% to $184m

1/7/26- Nuvei and FreedomPay Announce Partnership to Unify Enterprise Payments

1/5/29- DailyPay Announces New $195 Million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility 

2025

12/3/25- SAMBAZON, the World’s Leading Açaí Brand, Celebrates 25 Years of Positive Impact 

11/19/25- Bitsight Reports 50% Growth in APAC Amid Rising Demand for Cyber Risk Intelligence 

10/28/25- Nscale and VAST Data Unite to Build Global Fabric for AI Accelerated by NVIDIA 

10/1/25- DailyPay Names Veteran Executive Nelson Chai as CEO

9/9/25- Pixability Launches pixie, the First Agentic Curation & Optimization Solution for YouTube

9/7/25- Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Partners With InvestCloud 

8/13/25- Pixability Launches New YouTube Demand Gen Solutions Suite 

8/4/25- Pentera Named to Fortune’s Top 50 Cybersecurity Companies of 2025

7/29/25- Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Cambridge Mobile Telematics Partner to Launch AI-Powered Safe Driving Program to Improve Road Safety Across South Korea

7/16/25- SAMBAZON Opens First New York City Location in Brooklyn with Free Açaí Bowls for Guests

7/16/25- PebblePost Launches Performance CTV Product 

7/2/25- SG’s Neuron Mobility, Beam to Merge as APAC E-Scooter Leader

6/30/25- Red Roof Taps FreedomPay to Power Payments Across U.S. Locations 

6/3/25- Vast Data and Cisco Expand Partnership to Deliver Turnkey, Scalable Infrastructure for Enterprise AI

5/28/25- Quartile Launches Pro Suite: Unlocking AMC Audience Targeting on Sponsored Campaigns, Market Intelligence, and More

5/19/25- Vast Data Unlocks Real-Time, Multimodal AI Agent Intelligence with NVIDIA

4/30/25- Vast Data and Google Cloud Collaborate to Accelerate AI Breakthroughs 

4/30/25- DailyPay Announces International Expansion into Canada 

3/25/25- OpenTable and FreedomPay Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Dining and Payment Experience

3/12/25- Piano Raises $120M for Biz Analytics Tools, with Plans to Hit $100M in Revenue this Year

2/20/25- InvestCloud Announces Founding Partnership with Apollo Enabling Groundbreaking Private Market Account Network for Integrated Management of Public and Private Market Assets

2/12/25- Pixability Names Leah Malone the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer to Drive Next Stage of Growth

2/11/25- Exchange Solutions and Bealls Inc. Partner to Revolutionize E-Commerce Growth

1/15/25- VCFA Group Announces the Successful Close of VCFA Venture Partners VII, L.P.

1/8/25- Nelson Chai Named Executive Chair of DailyPay

2024

12/3/24- DailyPay Appoints Accomplished Commercial Leader Ryan Mang As Chief Commercial Officer

11/14/24- Bitsight to Acquire Cyber Threat Intelligence Leader Cybersixgill to Help Enterprises to Preempt Cyber Attacks

10/24/24- DailyPay Secures Additional $100 Million Credit Commitment From Citi

10/15/24- JobGet Acquires Snagajob, Creating the Largest Hourly Workforce Job Platform in the U.S.

10/9/24- FreedomPay and Stripe announce partnership to make it easier for enterprises to unify commerce

9/24/24- The Outdoorsy Group Exceeds $3 Billion in Sales, Plans European Expansion

8/8/24- VAST Data Announces Amy Shapero as Company’s First Chief Financial Officer

5/19/24- This 35-year-old turned a local Indonesian coffee stall into a unicorn startup – today it brings in $100 million a year

3/7/24- Ashley Home acquires Nectar mattress owner Resident Home

3/5/24- Accenture to acquire Udacity to build a learning platform focused on AI

1/18/24- Carrick Capital Doubles Down on Financial Technology Company DailyPay

1/10/24- Coming Off a Year of Tremendous Growth, Outdoorsy Hires Ex-eBay and Upwork Engineering Leader as Chief Technology Officer

1/9/24- Pentera Promotes Morgan Jay to Chief Revenue Officer on its Way to $100M in Revenue

2023

12/10/23- Bitsight analyzes critical cybersecurity performance gaps across industries in joint study with Google

12/6/23- VAST Data Closes Series E Funding Round, Nearly Triples Valuation to $9.1 Billion

12/4/23- Fitch Group Completes Acquisition of Bixby

11/29/23- Rev Adds AI Development Veteran Aron England as Chief Product and Technology Officer

11/14/23- Wine.com Celebrates 25 Years of Uncorking Joy

10/20/23- Westminster ready for thousands at Cracker Fest

10/2/23- Bitsight Identifies Nearly 100,000 Industrial Control Systems Exposed to the Public Internet

9/20/23- FreedomPay and WorldPay Expand Integrated Payments Partnership

9/13/23- Rev names Fernando Trueba as Chief Marketing Officer Amid Transcription Accuracy and Language Milestones

9/12/23- Udacity Announces ‘All Access’ for Professionals in Search of Continuous, On-Demand Learning

8/23/23- Careerminds Acquires Virtual-Recruitment Platform, Premier Virtual, To Optimize Functionality and Utility for Job Seekers and Employers

8/3/23- Unity Software (U) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Rise Y/Y

7/13/23- Mana Products forms new Scientific Advisory Board to accelerate innovation

6/7/23- First Citizens Bank Provides Credit Facility to Signature Brands

5/11/23 – Presidio Investors and Kline Hill Partners Announce Successful Closing of Continuation Fund for ElevATE Semiconductor

4/17/23- EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.® Expands Executive Leadership Team with Key Industry Veterans

4/3/23- DailyPay Welcomes Kevin Doerr as Chief Product Officer

3/28/23- DailyPay Names Jared DeMatteis as Company’s First Chief Legal & Strategy Officer

3/31/23- Shell USA, Inc. finalizes acquisition of Volta Inc., scaling up its U.S. public electric vehicle charging network

2/27/23 – The evolution of ChatGPT will fuel the future of higher education, says Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun

1/24/23 – DailyPay Announces $260 Million in New Funding

1/19/23- Sun Capital Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Fresh Origins

2022

12/6/22- EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.® Announces CEO Transition and $18M Financing to Expand Commercialization

11/1/22- VAST Data Continues Historic Market Share Capture Throughout 2022

10/27/22- UserTesting to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo and Sunstone Partners for $1.2Bn

10/20/22- Pentera Expands Operations to APAC

10/10/22- Financial Titans Invest $43 Million in CrowdStreet to Fund Growth and Accelerate Demand for Online Real Estate Investing

9/21/22- The Mom Project, Leading Platform for Supporting the Economic Advancement of Working Mothers, Reaches ‘One Million Moms’ Milestone

8/04/22- UserTesting Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

8/02/22- Savana Announces $45 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Georgian

6/15/22- DailyPay Announces Kevin Coop to Assume CEO and Board Roles

5/17/22- ChurnZero Builds Momentum with Industry Awards and Accolades in Q2 2022 

5/02/22- UserTesting Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

4/14/22- Resident Home Establishes Jeffersonville, Indiana, Mattress Factory

4/13/22- With Vast Data, Nvidia is in the company of a storage unicorn

3/29/22- UserTesting Named a G2 Leader in Six Categories, Earns a Silver Stevie Award, Named an Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top Workplace, and Secures Several More Notable Awards

3/22/22- VAST Data Collaborates With NVIDIA to Build the Data Foundation for AI Superclusters

3/17/22- Talent Inc. Announces Majority Investment in CareerMinds

3/17/22- DailyPay Secures $300 Million Credit Facility From Barclays in Landmark Deal for the On-Demand Pay Industry

3/02/22- VAST Data Demonstrates Its Impressive Momentum

2/28/22- UserTesting Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

2/15/22- UserTesting’s Chief Insights Officer Janelle Estes and CEO Andy MacMillan Launch New Book Detailing How Human Insight Can Help Companies Succeed in Today’s Experience Economy

2/08/22- DailyPay Welcomes Scott Sampson as First Chief Revenue Officer After Record-setting Growth Year

1/18/22- Vast Data Eyes a Role in the Datacenter Beyond Storage

1/10/22- ironSource Completes Tapjoy Acquisition, Increasing Monetization Opportunities for App and Game Developers and Expanding ironSource’s Scale in the Market

1/5/22- Brand Castle Acquired by Traub Capital Partners’ Signature Brands

2021

12/13/21- Quartile Acquires Sidecar to Form Largest Cross-Channel E-Commerce Advertising Platform

11/17/21- UserTesting celebrates today’s initial public offering

8/21/21- Argentina’s Terold buys majority stake in Marin County’s WX Brands