BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 36.67% for Week of JUN 12 2025

Market Wrap:

• • Futures: Dow -136 pts (-0.32%), S&P -0.34%, Nasdaq -0.4%
  • Trump urges Tehran evacuation; WTI crude +2% overnight
  • Monday: Dow +300 pts, S&P 500 +0.9%, Nasdaq +1.5%
  • LPL: Geopolitical shocks avg 4.6% drawdown, 40-day recovery
  • May retail sales due today; Fed decision tomorrow (97% odds hold)

EARNINGS

Light earnings week. Here’s what we’re watching:

• Thursday: market holiday (Juneteenth)

• Friday: Kroger $KR ( ▲ 9.84% ) 

  • Darden Restaurants $DRI ( ▲ 1.36% ) - $2.94 eps (+10.9% YoY) on $3.3B revenue (+10% YoY)

See full calendar here »

TOGETHER WITH VIRTUIX

The VR Treadmill Backed by Shark Tank Stars

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The numbers speak for themselves:

✅ $18M+ in product sales
✅ 400K+ registered users
✅ Partnerships with the U.S. Air Force
✅ $40M+ raised from investors, including Shark Tank celebrities

This is your opportunity to own a stake in a company that’s transforming how we move, play, and train in the digital age.

Over $2.7M has already been raised in this round — and the campaign closes June 20.

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HEADLINES

Trump, Starmer Sign US-UK Trade Deal at G7 Summit

OpenAI Wins $200 Million US Defense Contract

• Trump to abruptly depart G-7 after calling for Tehran evacuation (more)

• Stocks slip, oil jumps as Trump calls for Tehran evacuation (more)

• Senate committee's changes to tax bill slam US solar stocks (more)

• Oil prices rise as Iran-Israel conflict fans supply worries (more)

• Trump family launches branded mobile phone Service in US (more)

• AMD shares rise 9% after analysts expect a ‘snapback’ for chipmaker (more)

• Michael Saylor shifts to preferred shares to buy Bitcoin as criticism rises (more)

• JPMorgan Files Trademark "JPMD" for Crypto Services (more)

• Costco to open first standalone gas station (more)

• SoftBank raises $4.8 billion from T-Mobile share sale (more)

• Gucci owner Kering appoints de Meo as CEO, shares soar (more)

• Amex plans ‘largest investment ever’ in platinum credit card (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Mitsubishi in talks to acquire US shale assets for $8B

• Eli Lilly nears $1.3B deal for gene-editing biotech Verve Therapeutics

• Commerce Bancshares to acquire FineMark for $585M

• Tron to go public via reverse-merger with SRM

• Redwire Corporation acquired Edge Autonomy Intermediate Holdings, LLC

• Pearson, a lifelong learning company, acquired eDynamic Holdings LP

• Outcomes4Me Inc., an AI-driven platform for cancer-care experience, acquired Mika Health

• Ciklum, an experience engineering firm, acquired GoSolve Group

• Cytracom, a secure access service edge and communications solutions for MSPs, acquired Tentacle

• Allied OMS, management services for oral surgery practices, received a Growth investment from 65 Equity Partners and Everberg Capital

VC

• Juniper Square, a provider of connected fund software and services, closed its Series D round at a $1.1B valuation, raising $130M

• PostHog, a startup offering online tools for software engineering teams, raised $70M in Series D funding at a $920M valuation

• Yupp, a platform to compare and use AIs, raised $33M in Seed funding

• Slide, a BCDR platform for MSPs, raised $25M in Series A funding led by Base10 Partners, Outsiders Fund, and Top Down Ventures

• Sedai, a self-driving cloud company, raised $20M in Series B funding

• Alta, a personalized styling companion service, raised $11M in Seed funding led by Menlo Ventures

• Lumion, an operating system for career and trade schools, raised a total of $10.7M in Seed funding

• Warp, a tech-powered logistics company, raised $10M in Series A funding

CRYPTO

• Trump Media deepens crypto push with Bitcoin–Ether ETF filing (more)

• ETF filings explode in 2025, heating hopes of an ‘altcoin summer’ (more)

• Older investors are risking everything for a crypto-funded retirement (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚨 Could this man take down the financial system? * 

🌎 The only trade certainty is uncertainty.

🇺🇸 The US Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you.’

🍾 Best of the best: 11 Innovators transforming the luxury landscape.

🌴 The next big thing in luxury travel: A family therapist.

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