Pulse 2.0

Anthropic: $30 Billion Series G At $380 Billion Valuation Raised For Enterprise AI And Coding Platform

Clear Channel Outdoor Agrees To $6.2 Billion Take-Private Deal

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Cydelphi: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Speeding Up Ransomware Recovery

Helia Care: $3 Million Raised For Healthcare Procurement Network

Yosemite Deploys Over $18 Million In Cancer Research And Care Grants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:32 PM

Yosemite, a venture capital firm focused on making cancer non-lethal through a blend of academic philanthropy and for-profit investing, said it has deployed more than $18 million in grants through a donor-advised charitable vehicle since launching in 2023.

Cambridge Wilkinson Bank Closes Syndicated Series B SPV For AI Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:29 PM

Cambridge Wilkinson announced it has closed a syndicated special purpose vehicle investment into a Series B round for an unnamed high growth AI hardware and technology company, positioning the transaction as a step in its broader push into technology capital raising.

Anterior: $40 Million Funding Closed For Clinician-Led AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:26 PM

Anterior, a clinician-led artificial intelligence platform built for health plans, has closed a $40 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $64 million. The oversubscribed financing included continued participation from NEA and Sequoia Capital, along with new investors FPV and Kinnevik.

Ever: $31 Million Series A Raised For AI-Native Auto Retail Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:21 PM

Ever, an AI-native, full-stack auto retail company, emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $31 million Series A round. The round was led by Eclipse with participation from Lifeline Ventures, Ibex Investors, Maki VC, Joint Effects, JIMCO, and the Jameel Family’s investment arm. Ever said the financing brings its total funding to approximately $100 million across equity and debt facilities.

Ando: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For Hourly Workforce Scheduling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:17 PM

Ando, a startup building AI infrastructure for hourly work, has raised a $4 million seed round to expand its demand-forecasting and scheduling platform and scale deployments with enterprise customers. The financing was led by Slow Ventures, with participation from Blitzscaling Ventures, Zero Capital, Monochrome, Gaingels, Mana Ventures, Fireroad, and additional investors.

Talkiatry: $210 Million Series D Raised For Full-Stack Psychiatry Provider Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:14 PM

Talkiatry announced it raised an oversubscribed $210 million Series D to fund its next phase of growth as it scales what it calls the nation’s largest full-stack psychiatry provider group. The round was led by Perceptive Advisors, with participation from Sofina and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), blisce/, and Left Lane Capital, alongside a debt facility from Banc of California. The company said the financing brings its total capital raised to more than $400 million.

Maestro AI: $1.2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Closed For Mortgage Origination AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:07 PM

Maestro AI, a vertical AI platform built for mortgage origination, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts, expand product capabilities, and scale adoption across the mortgage industry. The round was led by New Stack Ventures, with participation from Family VC, ZFO, Roark's Drift, and local angel investors.

The Biological Computing Co. Raises $25 Million Seed Funding And Opens Flagship San Francisco Lab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:04 PM

The Biological Computing Co. (TBC), formerly known as Biological Black Box (BBB), said it has raised a $25 million seed round led by Primary Ventures as it launches what it describes as a new class of computing that integrates living neurons with modern AI. The company said it is the first to deploy applied biological computing for workloads spanning computer vision, generative video, and AI infrastructure.

OPAQUE: $24 Million Series B At $300 Million Valuation Raised For Confidential AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:51 PM

OPAQUE, a Confidential AI platform positioned as a trust and security layer for enterprise AI, has raised a $24 million Series B round at an approximately $300 million post-money valuation. The financing was led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from returning investors Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, and Thomvest, as well as new investor and strategic partner, the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC). The round brings OPAQUE’s total funding to $55.5 million.

Seligman Investments: $500 Million Venture Capital Arm Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:11 AM

Seligman Investments, a Silicon Valley-based technology investor led by Chief Investment Officer Paul Wick, has launched Seligman Ventures, a new venture capital arm backed by $500 million to invest from early-stage through pre-IPO across AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and modern data center hardware.

Lynq Surpasses $89 Million In Assets As Institutional Adoption Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:05 AM

Lynq, a real-time, interest-bearing settlement network operated by broker-dealer tZERO Securities, said assets on its platform have surpassed $89 million as institutional adoption accelerates. The company said it has grown to more than 30 institutional partners spanning market makers, exchanges, OTC desks, and custodians, citing stronger network effects as participation expands.

BriefCatch Acquires WordRake’s Patented Editing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:02 AM

BriefCatch, a legal-writing platform used by law firms and courts across the U.S., has acquired WordRake’s core product and technology assets in an asset purchase. The deal includes WordRake’s patented editing algorithms and a portfolio of 12 U.S. patents, bringing WordRake’s sentence-level clarity and concision capabilities under BriefCatch’s umbrella.

Tangible: $4.3 Million Seed Funding Closed To Build Scalable Debt Capital Stacks For Hardtech Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:52 AM

Tangible, a London-based fintech platform that helps hardtech companies access and manage debt financing, has raised a $4.3 million seed round as it aims to make structured finance more efficient for capital-intensive businesses. The seed round was led by Pale Blue Dot, with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital, and Aperture.

Demoboost: €2.8 Million Secured For Demo Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:25 AM

Demoboost, a Warsaw-headquartered platform that helps B2B software companies create, personalize, and share scalable product demos, has raised €2.8 million to accelerate product development and expand internationally. The round was co-led by Digital Ocean Ventures and Rafał Brzoska’s family office RIO, with participation from B-Value, and will fund hiring across engineering, customer success, sales, and marketing alongside deeper investment in AI-powered demo creation and revenue intelligence capabilities.

DLA Piper Names New Office Leadership Across The Americas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:21 AM

DLA Piper announced regional office leadership updates across the Americas, naming new managing partners and deputy managing partners in several key markets.

Savvy Advisors Adds $300 Million Firm Colorado Wealth Group As Platform Surpasses 4.5x Growth YOY

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:18 AM

Savvy Advisors, a federally registered investment advisor affiliated with Savvy Wealth, said it has added Colorado Wealth Group, a Denver-based wealth management firm with about $300 million in client assets under management. The onboarding is positioned as another step in Savvy’s push to become a destination platform for independent advisors, with the firm reporting more than 4.5x growth over the past year and more than doubling AUM over the past six months.

Lema AI: $24 Million Series A Raised For Modernizing Third Party Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:10 AM

Lema AI, an agentic AI security platform focused on enterprise supply chain and third-party risk, has emerged from stealth with $24 million in funding. The Series A was led by Team8, with F2 Venture Capital leading the Seed round and Salesforce Ventures participating.

WINN.AI: $18 Million Series A Raised For Real-Time Revenue Execution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:43 AM

WINN.AI, a real-time revenue execution platform that delivers live guidance during customer calls, has raised $18 million in Series A funding. The company said the capital will support continued product development and expansion in the U.S. market.

Atlas Oncology Partners: $28 Million Series A Closed To Expand Value Based Oncology Enablement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:41 AM

Atlas Oncology Partners has raised $28 million in a Series A financing to expand its value based oncology enablement platform, which embeds interdisciplinary care teams inside community oncology practices and takes on full medical cost risk in arrangements with payors.

Loyal: $100 Million Series C Raised To Advance First Canine Longevity Drug

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:39 AM

Loyal, a San Francisco–based clinical-stage animal health company developing lifespan extension drugs for dogs, has raised $100 million in Series C funding to support the advancement of its lead program, LOY-002, and move closer to market readiness for what it says could become the first FDA-approved drug for lifespan extension itself in any species.

Levl: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised For Stablecoin And Fiat Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:43 PM

Levl, a unified platform powering fiat and stablecoin global payments, has closed a $7 million seed round to expand infrastructure that helps businesses move money across borders using both traditional rails and stablecoins. The round was led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Protagonist, Deus X, Blockchain Builders Fund, OpenFX, FalconX, CMCC, Variant Fund, and a strategic angel network including leaders from Revolut, Brex, Comun and others.

Complyance: $20 Million Series A Raised For AI-Native Enterprise GRC Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:42 PM

Complyance announced it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by GV (Google Ventures), with continued participation from Creandum, HV Capital, Speedinvest, and Everywhere Ventures. The company also added new angel investors that include members of the Security and GRC leadership teams from organizations such as Anthropic and Mastercard.

Scala: $8.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Contact Center Operational Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:38 PM

Scala has emerged from stealth, announcing its official launch alongside $8.5 million in funding, including a seed round co-led by Madrona and FUSE. The Bellevue, Washington-based company is positioning itself as an operational intelligence platform built specifically for modern contact centers as those environments increasingly shift toward hybrid operations where human agents work alongside AI.

ICEYE Secures €150 Million Series E To Expand Sovereign Space Intelligence In Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:36 PM

ICEYE, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems company, has secured new financing to accelerate the delivery of sovereign satellite systems and data intelligence services for European nations and allies.

Thomson Reuters Acquires Noetica, An AI-Native Platform For Corporate Transaction Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:34 PM

Thomson Reuters announced it has acquired Noetica, a New York–based AI-native startup founded in 2022 that converts transaction deal data into structured market intelligence for deal professionals.

Submer Acquires Radian Arc To Build Full-Stack AI Cloud From Core Datacenters To Telco Edge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:33 PM

Submer announced it will acquire Radian Arc Operations as it pushes further into sovereign, telecom-embedded GPU cloud services and expands its AI infrastructure offering from centralized datacenters to edge compute.

Kainova Therapeutics: C$32 Million Series B Raised For Immuno-Oncology Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:31 PM

Kainova Therapeutics has completed the first close of its Series B financing round, raising $32 million cad to advance its pipeline of GPCR-targeting therapies in immuno-oncology and inflammation. The financing was led by Investissement Québec and backed by a broad group of returning investors, reinforcing support for the company’s strategy as it pushes multiple programs deeper into clinical development.

Geolinks Services: €6 Million Seed Funding Closed For Industrializing FlowTerra

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:29 PM

Geolinks Services, an InnoEnergy-supported deeptech company since April 2024, has raised €6 million to accelerate the industrialization of FlowTerra, its dynamic subsurface modeling solution. The seed round brought together Calderion, the French Tech Seed Fund managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance as part of France 2030, BRGM Invest, and InnoEnergy.

Qontext: $2.7 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Build Independent AI Context Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:27 PM

Qontext, a Berlin-based startup building an independent context layer for AI, has raised $2.7 million in pre-seed funding to help companies run AI workflows, agents, and applications on a shared, reusable base of governed, continuously updated business context. The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Zero Prime Ventures, and included a group of AI and enterprise software founders and operators.

Pluto.markets: Commission-Free Investing Platform Raises $6 Million Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:34 PM

Pluto.markets has raised $6 million (DKK 37.5 million) in seed funding to accelerate product development and expand across the Nordics and broader Europe with its commission-free investing proposition.