Innovation

Qualifyze: Life Sciences Supplier Risk Management Company Raises $54 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Qualifyze, a supplier risk management company in the Life Sciences industry, announced $54 million in Series B funding from Insight Partners. Existing investors HV Capital, HarbourVest Partners, H14, and Cherry Ventures also participated.

Track3D: Construction Reality Intelligence Company Raises $4.3 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

AI-based reality construction intelligence company Track3D announced it has raised $4.3 million in seed funding. This funding round will drive the adoption of Track3D's unified reality capture data platform, designed for intelligent, comprehensive, AI-powered construction progress monitoring. This seed funding round was led by Endiya Partners, with participation from Shadow Ventures, Monta Vista Capital and others. The funding will be used to expand Track3D's product offerings and bolster its go-to-market efforts.

Strider Technologies: Strategic Intelligence Provider Secures $55 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Strider Technologies, a leading provider of strategic intelligence, announced that it has closed $55 million in Series C funding. Pelion Venture Partners led the round, which also includes participation from AXA Venture Partners (AVP) and existing investors Valor Equity Partners, DataTribe, and Cyfr Capital. Blake Modersitzki, a partner at Pelion, will join Strider's Board of Directors.

Segmed: Medical Imaging Data Company Raises $10.4 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Segmed - a leader in providing real-world imaging data for health innovation - announced it has raised a $10.4 million Series A funding round. This oversubscribed round was led by iGan Partners and Advocate Health, with participation from Castellan Group, Engine Health Capital, Bold Brain Ventures, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and existing investors including Y Combinator, Nina Capital, Nova Capital, Blumberg Capital, and Expeditions Fund. The current Series A funding round follows a financing by Flashpoint Growth Debt Fund received in 2023.

Sports Talent Management Company GSE Worldwide Raises Strategic Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

GSE Worldwide, a leader in athlete talent management and sports marketing partnerships, announced that BC Partners Credit (the $8 billion credit arm of BC Partners), a leading alternative investment firm has made a strategic investment into the company, joining Gatemore Capital Management as investors, and providing committed financing to support GSE's growth plans.

Monda: Data Monetization Platform Company Raises $5 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Monda, an all-in-one data monetization platform, announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Senovo and Acrobator Ventures, with participation from Techstars. This funding will be used to expand operations in the US, grow its partner ecosystem, and enhance its platform to make data monetization easier for companies of all sizes.

Champion: Customer Advocacy Company Raises $3.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Champion, an AI-based customer advocacy platform, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $3.3 million seed round led by Flyover Capital, with continued investment from High Alpha and participation from Bread & Butter Ventures and Stage 2 Capital. This funding will accelerate Champion's mission to drive efficient growth for businesses by identifying and activating their hidden customer advocates.

Xyte: Offering A Full-Stack Servitization Platform Built For Device And Hardware Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Xyte is a company that has developed the first all-in-one servitization platform purpose-built for device and hardware manufacturers. And it enables OEMs across different industries to cloudify, service, support, and commercialize their connected devices in one place, transforming them into integrated business solutions that combine hardware, software, and services. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Xyte CEO and co-founder Omer Brookstein to learn more about the company.

Meatable: Interview With Co-Founder Daan Luining About This Guilt-Free Cultivated Meat Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Meatable is a company that makes 100% guilt-free meat. With one cell, Meatable is transforming the meat industry's impact on climate change and animal welfare. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Meatable co-founder and CTO Daan Luining to learn more about the company.

Rep AI: $8.2 Million Raised To Help E-Commerce Merchants Deliver Personalized Sales Assistance At Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Rep AI Technologies, the creator of an AI Concierge, announced it has raised $8.2 million in funding. This funding round was led by Osage Venture Partners (OVP), which was joined by Flashpoint Venture Capital and Oryzn Capital.

Elum Energy Raises $13 Million (Series B) To Address Global Renewable Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Elum Energy - a provider of advanced energy management solutions for renewable energy systems - announced it secured $13 million in Series B funding led by Energize Capital, with participation from existing investors Alter Equity and Cota Capital. This funding will support the company's ambitious growth plans to address the booming global renewable market, such as a U.S. launch and product evolution within the energy storage and EV integration categories.

Moody’s Buys Casualty Insurance Analytics Company Praedicat

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Moody’s announced that it had acquired Praedicat, a leading provider of casualty insurance analytics. This acquisition adds comprehensive casualty and liability modeling to Moody’s range of market-leading solutions for the insurance industry, enhancing its overall risk assessment strategy.

Indus Valley Partners Buys Alt Investment Software Company IntegriDATA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a global provider of software and technology solutions to the world’s most sophisticated investment managers backed by PPC Enterprises (PPC), which is a specialist middle-market private equity firm and minority investor in IVP, announced that it has agreed to acquire IntegriDATA, a leader in alternative investment software solutions. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.