Innovation

LogicMark: Interview With CEO Chia-Lin Simmons About The Connected Care Device Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 27, 2025

LogicMark specializes in designing connected care devices, ensuring help is always within reach during emergencies. Pulse 2.0 interviewed LogicMark CEO Chia-Lin Simmons to learn more about the company.

Mendel: $35 Million (Series B) Raised For Latin America-Based Travel Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 27, 2025

Mendel—Latin America’s leading enterprise spend management platform—announced the closing of a $35 million Series B round led by Base10 Partners. PayPal Ventures participated, and existing investors Infinity Ventures, Industry Ventures, and Hi.vc supported Mendel. Endeavor Catalyst is also investing.

Capital Markets Gateway: $30 Million (Series C) Raised For Transforming Equity Capital Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2025

Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) - a financial technology firm transforming the equity capital markets (ECM) - announced it recently closed a strategic $30 million Series C funding round, led by StageDotO with participation from existing investors. And CMG is backed by Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Fidelity Investments, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada, Shea Ventures and UBS.

Charm Security: $8 Million (Seed) Closed For AI-Based Customer Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2025

Charm Security - an AI-based customer security platform - announced its launch from stealth. And the company secured $8 million in seed funding led by Team8.

Navina: $55 Million (Series C) Raised For AI-Based Clinical Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2025

Navina, a leader in AI-based clinical intelligence, announced the completion of a $55 million Series C funding round, bringing the total funding to $100 million. The funding round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from existing investors, including Vertex Ventures Israel, Grove Ventures, and ALIVE.

Styx Intelligence: $2.7 Million (Seed) Secured For Expanding AI-Based Digital Risk Protection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

Styx Intelligence (Styx) announced the closing of its oversubscribed $2.7 million Seed round. The funding was led by BDC's Seed Venture Fund, with participation from FRAMEWORK Venture Partners, Top Down Ventures, and Sprout Fund. This deal marks a significant milestone in the company's journey to help organizations protect their digital footprint, reputation, and digital assets.

AMBOSS: €240 Million Raised For Medical Education Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

AMBOSS, a leading resource for medical education and clinical decision-making in Germany and the US, closed a €240 million funding round with new long-term investors, supporting the exploration of additional international markets and the expansion of its offering to nurses and other health care professionals.

CoLab Software: C$5.6 Million Raised For Collaboration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

CoLab Software, a Newfoundland and Labrador-based software company, announced it has raised C$5.6 million in funding from Hibernia and Hebron Projects to grow local AI talent and product capabilities.

Yottaa Buying Web Performance Consulting Company SpeedSense

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

Yottaa, a leading provider of digital experience optimization solutions for eCommerce, announced the acquisition of SpeedSense, a pioneer in web performance consulting and creator of Sensai technology.

AirHelp: Significant Minority Investment Raised From Abry Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

AirHelp - a global leader in air passenger rights and compensation claims management - announced a significant minority investment from Abry Partners, a North American private equity firm. Abry will be buying a minority stake in AirHelp through a secondary investment, allowing AirHelp to return capital to its long-time supportive shareholders.

Ridango: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Bregal Milestone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

Bregal Milestone, a European software growth private equity firm, announced a majority strategic growth investment in Ridango, a global provider of mission-critical public transportation software. This investment is made in partnership with founder Erki Lipre and the Ridango management team. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Mission Clean Energy: Strategic Investment Raised From Ørsted

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2025

Mission Clean Energy announced a strategic investment from Ørsted, a leader in clean energy. This partnership marks a major milestone in Mission's development of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects across the US.

Carr’s Hill Partners: $210 Million Raised For Debut Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Carr’s Hill Capital Partners Management - a New Orleans-based private equity firm dedicated to growing family- and founder-owned businesses in the industrial and infrastructure services sectors - announced the final closing of Carr’s Hill Fund I at $210 million. Raised in about 9 months, Fund I was oversubscribed, exceeding its $175 million target.

Susa Ventures: $175 Million Fund V Closed For Helping Seed-Stage Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Chad Byers, General Partner and Co-founder at Susa Ventures, announced that the firm launched a $175 million fund to help seed-stage founders launch and scale companies. Since 2013, the firm has been dedicated to pre-seed and seed-stage company building.

Noble Gas Systems: $4.2 Million (Series B) Secured For Developing Hydrogen Gas Storage Vessels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Noble Gas Systems - a developer and manufacturer of conformable high-pressure hydrogen gas storage vessels - announced it raised $4.2 million in this initial closing of Series B funding. The funds were provided by AP Ventures, which supported Noble Gas in its Series A Funding, with participation from new investors ALIAD (Air Liquide Venture Capital) and NOVA by Saint-Gobain.

Tempero Bio: $70 Million (Series B) Closed To Advance TMP-301 Into Phase 2 Trials For Substance Use Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Tempero Bio - a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing transformative treatments for substance use disorders - announced the closing of a $70 million Series B financing. The funding was led by 8VC with participation from Aditum Bio, Khosla Ventures, and other investors.

Aura: $140 Million (Series G) Raised For AI-Based Safety Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Aura, a leading AI-based online safety solution for individuals and families, announced its Series G funding round closing. Ten Eleven Ventures and Madrone Capital led the round, which included new investor AT&T Ventures. Existing investors Accel, Warburg Pincus, and General Catalyst also participated.

Light AI: Interview With CEO Peter Whitehead On Transforming Health Diagnostics With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Light AI is a company that is harnessing the power of assistive AI to revolutionize diagnostics, starting with infectious diseases like streptococcal pharyngitis. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Light AI CEO Peter Whitehead to learn more about the company.

SemperVirens Venture Capital: $177 Million Closed Across Two New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 23, 2025

SemperVirens Venture Capital, a venture fund investing in companies driving workforce transformation through innovation in the enterprise, healthcare, and financial services sectors, announced that it has closed $177 million across two new funds. The firm had raised $141 million for its Core Fund III for early-stage companies and $36 million for its Growth Opportunity Fund II, which is focused on growth-stage investments in its top-performing companies. The new investment vehicles build on the success of SemperVirens' Core Fund I and Core Fund II, which currently rank in the top decile and top quartile, respectively.