Innovation

Primmune Therapeutics: $8.6 Million Raised For Cclinical Development Of PRTX007

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Primmune Therapeutics announced it has completed an additional $8.6 million close of its Series B financing, bringing the total amount raised in the round to $23.3 million. The latest close included participation from Bioqube Ventures, Oberland Capital and Samsara Biocapital. The company said the new capital will support continued clinical development of PRTX007, an orally administered, systemically acting small-molecule toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist being developed as an immunotherapy for solid tumors.

Gigablue: $20 Million Series A First Close Raised For High Integrity Marine Carbon Removal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Gigablue, a marine carbon dioxide removal company, announced it has secured a $20 million first close of its Series A financing, announcing the raise during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

AxisCare Expands Home Care Software Platform Following Strategic Partnership With Frontier Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

AxisCare announced it has broadened its home care technology platform and service offerings following its strategic partnership with Frontier Growth, which made a minority investment in the company in March 2024. The Waco, Texas-based home care management software provider said the partnership has helped accelerate product development, expand services, and strengthen its role as a technology partner for home care agencies seeking operational efficiency and growth.

heyData: $16.5M Series Closed A To Unify Security And Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

heyData has closed a $16.5 million Series A funding round led by Riverside Acceleration Capital, positioning the company to accelerate product development and expand its footprint across Europe. The company framed the raise as a commitment to making compliance and IT security more intuitive and automated for everyday business teams, rather than a specialized, expert-only function managed through spreadsheets and ad hoc processes.

Levellr: $2.5 Million Raised To Bring Real-Time AI Insights To Discord Communities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Levellr, an AI insights platform focused on helping brands and game studios understand and monitor Discord and other next-generation community platforms, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Fuel Ventures.

Breakthru Medicine: $60 Million Series A Raised For Building New Cancer Drugs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Breakthru Medicine has emerged from stealth after closing a $60 million Series A financing round, following a previously undisclosed seed round, and is developing new therapeutic modalities for cancer patients facing significant unmet needs.

Tenpoint Therapeutics: $235 Million Raised To Launch YUVEZZI Presbyopia Eye Drop

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Tenpoint Therapeutics has secured $235 million in new funding to support the planned commercialization of its presbyopia treatment, YUVEZZI. The company said the capital combines an $85 million Series B preferred stock financing and a $150 million non-dilutive senior secured term loan facility.

Ressio Software: Series A Raised To Expand AI Tools For Residential Builders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Ressio Software, an AI-powered construction management platform built for residential home builders and remodelers, has raised a Series A round led by Blueprint Equity. The company said the financing will fuel increased investment in product development and customer success as it modernizes how residential construction teams plan, manage, and deliver projects.

XALTER: Seed Funding Raised To Expand XR Training For The Energy Workforce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

XALTER, an immersive extended reality (XR) workforce development company serving the energy industry, announced it has raised a seed funding round led by EIC Rose Rock. The company said the investment will support market expansion and continued product innovation as energy operators confront workforce turnover, skill scarcity, and training approaches that have not kept pace with modern operational demands.

AON3D: New Funding Closed To Scale High-Temperature Industrial 3D Printing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

AON3D has secured a new funding round led by Cycle Capital, with participation from Desjardins Capital and continued backing from existing investors SineWave Ventures, IronGate Capital Advisors, Starship Ventures, and EDC Capital.

Dealroom.co: $7 Million Raised To Expand Global Tech-Ecosystem Mapping

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Dealroom.co, a data platform focused on startups, high-growth companies, venture capital, and technology ecosystems, said it has raised $7 million in new funding to accelerate international expansion and deepen its product and data capabilities.

DNV Becomes Largest Shareholder In Recare After Up to €37 Million Growth Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Recare, a Berlin-based provider of technology for hospitals and care providers, has closed a growth financing round of up to €37 million, including a €7 million option, to accelerate the rollout of an AI agent platform for discharge management and aftercare.

Lucend: $3.3 Million Seed Funding Closed To Bring ‘Transparent AI’ Optimization To U.S. Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Lucend announced it has raised a $3.3 million Seed round to expand into the U.S. with software that uses existing sensor data to deliver explainable, “human-in-the-loop” optimization recommendations for data center operations, targeting major gains in energy, water, and labor efficiency.

Daphni’s Blue Fund Reaches €260 Million Final Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Daphni has completed the final closing of its Blue venture fund at €260 million, according to a LinkedIn post from Pierre-Eric Leibovici, co-founder and partner at the Paris-based investment firm.

HomeCooks: £1.4 Million Closed To Scale Meal Subscription Across Northern UK

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

PXN Ventures announced it has recently made a significant investment in the ready-meal subscription company, HomeCooks, as part of a £1.4 million funding round. This move marks the addition of HomeCooks to PXN’s expanding portfolio in the North of England, reflecting the growing interest in convenient and nutritious meal solutions among consumers.

Proba Raises €1.25 Million To Expand Scope 3 Fertilizer Emissions Certification Into the U.S. and Brazil

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Proba, a startup focused on certifying Scope 3 emissions reductions in the agri-food supply chain, has raised €1.25 million to support market expansion into the United States and Brazil. The round included participation from existing investors Future Food Fund, Yield Lab Europe, and Value Factory Ventures.

Permira To Buy Minority Stake In Carne Group At €1.4 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Carne Group, Europe’s largest independent third-party management company and a provider of fund regulation and governance solutions, said funds advised by Permira have agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in the business at an enterprise valuation of €1.4 billion.

First Reserve Takes Strategic Stake In WGI To Fund Expansion And Add-On Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

First Reserve has entered into a strategic growth partnership with WGI, Inc., an engineering, design, and infrastructure solutions provider focused on transportation, public infrastructure, water resources, geospatial services, and related end markets across high-growth regions of the Southeastern United States. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Funnel: $80 Million Debt Facility Secured From HSBC And Hercules Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Funnel has secured an $80 million debt facility to support its next phase of growth, with HSBC Innovation Banking and Hercules Capital partnering on the financing. HSBC Innovation Banking UK provided a $35 million revolving credit facility as part of the broader package, positioning Funnel to expand its global footprint while continuing to invest in product development.

Decube: $3 Million Raised To Build ‘Context Layer’ For Enterprise AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Decube, a data trust and context platform focused on enterprise AI, has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Taiwania Hive Ventures, with participation from Iterative and 500 Global. The company said the financing will be used to support global growth, continue product development, and expand across the Asia Pacific region as enterprises push to operationalize AI on top of data they can trust.

Procede Software Raises Majority Growth Investment From Rubicon Technology Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Procede Software, a provider of enterprise dealer management systems for the commercial vehicle industry, said it has received a strategic majority investment from Rubicon Technology Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on enterprise software.

VulcanForms: $220 Million Series D Raised To Expand Integrated U.S. Digital Metal Manufacturing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

VulcanForms announced it has closed an oversubscribed $220 million Series D financing round to scale what it describes as the first fully integrated digital metal manufacturing platform in the United States, as demand grows for secure domestic production of next-generation metal products.

Apex Fintech Solutions Launches AI Suite With Agentic Development Kit For Clearing and Custody

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Apex Fintech Solutions announced the launch of its Apex AI Suite, introducing what the company describes as one of the first Agentic Development Kits in the clearing and custody industry. Apex said the new toolkit is designed to accelerate integration with its AscendOS clearing, custody, and trading platform by enabling users to work through natural language commands, helping engineers ramp up faster while also allowing non-technical stakeholders to build and test proof of concepts.

Coya Therapeutics Sets $11.1 Million Private Placement Led by Dr. Reddy’s And Greenlight Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

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IKON Capital, Bolt Ventures, Main Street Advisors Buy Into MotoGP’s Tech3 Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Red Bull KTM Tech3, one of MotoGP’s longest-tenured teams, has been acquired by a new investor group led by IKON Capital and joined by David Blitzer’s Bolt Ventures and Main Street Advisors, bringing two prominent sports-and-entertainment investment platforms into MotoGP team ownership.

SM Energy Closes All Stock Merger With Civitas Resources

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

SM Energy announced it has completed its all stock merger with Civitas Resources following stockholder approvals at special meetings held this month. The combined company will keep the SM Energy Company name and continue trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “SM.”

Illumina Completes Acquisition Of SomaLogic to Expand Proteomics And Multiomics Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Illumina announced it has completed its acquisition of SomaLogic, adding data-driven proteomics capabilities to broaden its multiomics portfolio and expand customer access to protein insights at scale. The company positioned the deal as a key step in the multiomics strategy it outlined in 2024, aiming to pair SomaLogic’s proteomics technology with Illumina’s global reach, sequencing ecosystem, and software to accelerate discovery and improve health care outcomes.

US Signal Acquires Aurora, Illinois Data Center To Expand Edge Footprint And Deploy OpenCloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

US Signal has acquired a new data center in Aurora, Illinois, extending its presence in the Chicago-area market and advancing its strategy to build a distributed, edge-focused national data center platform.

Integrow To Buy Cloud Consulting To Expand Cloud ERP and CRM Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Integrow announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Consulting Inc. (CCI), an Atlanta-based cloud, ERP, and CRM consulting and services firm, as it looks to expand service delivery capacity and support more end-to-end customer transformation work.

Körber To Buy Majority Stake In Stellium, Expanding SAP Supply Chain Consulting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Körber announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in Stellium, a Houston-headquartered SAP supply chain management consulting firm, as the technology group looks to broaden its software and process consulting capabilities for global manufacturers and logistics organizations.