Innovation

Neural Concept: $100 Million Series C Raised To Scale AI Native Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Neural Concept has raised a $100 million Series C funding round to expand its AI native engineering platform, with Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives leading the financing and existing backers Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital participating.

Vibe.co: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Arthur Querou About The Connected TV Ad Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Vibe.co provides a streaming and connected TV advertising platform that helps marketers run and optimize TV ad campaigns across hundreds of channels to drive measurable business outcomes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vibe.co co-founder and CEO Arthur Querou to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

SkillCorner: $60 Million Growth Investment Raised To Scale AI Sports Tracking And Expand In North America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

SkillCorner has secured a $60 million growth investment from Silversmith Capital Partners as the Paris-based sports analytics company looks to accelerate global expansion of its AI-driven tracking and contextual performance data across soccer, basketball, and American football.

CleanCapital: $185 Million Private Placement Debt Deal Closed To Finance Distributed Solar And Storage Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

CleanCapital has completed a $185 million private placement debt issuance to what it described as top U.S. investors, securing long term financing flexibility to support a growing portfolio of distributed generation solar and energy storage projects. The New York based independent power producer said the facility initially comprises 156 projects totaling more than 180 megawatts and is structured to scale through additional tranches over time.

Tebra: $250 Million Funding Raised To Accelerate AI Across EHR, Billing Automation And Practice Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Tebra has closed $250 million in new equity and debt financing to accelerate research and development in AI and automation for independent healthcare practices. The Newport Beach, California-based company said the oversubscribed round will fund expanded AI-powered capabilities across clinical documentation, billing and payments, patient experience, and practice marketing for its EHR+ platform, which it says is used by more than 140,000 private healthcare providers.

HEN Technologies: $22 Million Raised To Build AI Driven Fire Defense Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

HEN Technologies has secured $22 million in new financing, closing an oversubscribed $20 million Series A round alongside $2 million in venture debt, as it accelerates development of what it describes as the industry’s first operating system for fire defense. The Hayward, California-based company said the funding will speed the deployment of Fluid IQ, its predictive AI platform built on advanced fluid-dynamics hardware, and bring its total capital raised to more than $30 million.

DNA Nanobots: $3.5 Million Closed From Family Office To Advance Non Viral Gene Therapy Platform And Extend Runway

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

DNA Nanobots has secured a $3.5 million investment from a prominent family office as it works to advance a non viral gene delivery platform built around self assembling nanoscale therapeutics. The Columbus, Ohio based company said the funding extends its operational runway for the next 18 months and will support continued development of its programmable gene delivery technology.

Scylos: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Stateless Endpoint Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Scylos has raised a $3 million oversubscribed seed financing round to accelerate development of its stateless endpoint infrastructure platform and expand pilots across enterprise and public sector environments where uptime, security, and compliance requirements are high. The funding round was led by Galgano family investments, with participation from multiple private investors.

MoEngage Adds $180 Million To Series F, Bringing Total Raise To $280 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

MoEngage has raised an additional $180 million as part of its Series F financing, bringing the total Series F capital raised to $280 million following a $100 million investment announced in November 2025. The latest round was led by new investors ChrysCapital and Dragon Funds, alongside Schroders Capital, with continued participation from existing investors TR Capital and B Capital.

Verisoul: $8.8 Million Series A Closed To Counter AI Driven Fraud And Fake Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Verisoul has raised an $8.8 million Series A round to expand its fraud prevention platform focused on stopping fake accounts, bots, and other forms of user-driven abuse as AI makes attacks more scalable and harder to detect. The round was led by High Alpha, with participation from Lookout Ventures, Bain Future Back Ventures, Bitkraf,t and Third Prime.

Fluency: $40 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Powered Digital Advertising Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Fluency has raised a $40 million Series A round funded by Integrity Growth Partners as the company expands what it describes as a Digital Advertising Operating System designed to help agencies and brands scale paid media operations across primary channels. The Burlington, Vermont-based company said the financing will support broader adoption of its platform, which centralizes digital advertising execution and management in a single system that connects channels, data, and processes, reducing manual work and operational complexity.

PRIME AE Buys Florida Engineering Firm Faller, Davis & Associates To Expand Transportation And Environmental Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

PRIME AE Group has acquired Faller, Davis & Associates, a Florida-based consulting civil engineering firm known for transportation design, operations, planning, and environmental services, in a move intended to strengthen PRIME AE’s presence across the Southeast and broaden infrastructure support for public sector clients throughout Florida. PRIME AE said the transaction will enhance its ability to deliver more comprehensive transportation and environmental solutions while expanding capacity in new geographies across the state.

HealthStream Buys MissionCare Collective In Deal Valued Up To $40 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

HealthStream has acquired MissionCare Collective, adding what the company described as the largest caregiver network in the United States and expanding its workforce ecosystem to support better demand for non-medical caregivers, home health aides, and certified nurse assistants. The transaction brings myCNAjobs.com into HealthStream’s platform and establishes a third “Career Network” alongside the company’s existing networks for nurses and students.

CarbonWeb Buys Green Llamas To Support monday.com Delivery Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

CarbonWeb has acquired Green Llamas Consulting in a deal aimed at expanding its monday.com services footprint across North America and deepening its capabilities in custom systems development for customers using the work management platform.

Echo: $35 Million Series A Raised For Secure AI-Native Cloud OS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Echo, a company building AI-powered secure software infrastructure for cloud applications, has raised $35 million in Series A financing led by N47, with participation from Notable Capital, Hyperwise Ventures, and SentinelOne’s S Ventures. The round follows Echo’s $15 million seed financing announced four months earlier, bringing the company’s total funding to $50 million raised in the past 10 months.

Nanit: $50 Million Growth Round Funding Raised To Expand AI-Based Infant Health And Development Insights

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Nanit, a New York-based baby monitoring technology company used by more than one million families, has raised a $50 million growth capital round to expand beyond sleep tracking into a broader, real-time view of infant health and early development. The financing was led by Springcoast Partners, with participation from Upfront Ventures and JVP.

RedotPay: $107 Million Series B Raised To Expand Stablecoin Payments Worldwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

RedotPay announced it has raised a $107 million Series B round as it scales a stablecoin-based payments platform that it says now serves more than 6 million registered users across over 100 markets. The company said the financing was oversubscribed and brings its total capital raised in 2025 to $194 million, reflecting increased investor interest in stablecoin applications that can connect blockchain rails with everyday payment experiences.

Leona Health: $14 Million Seed Funding Raised And WhatsApp AI Copilot For Doctors Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Leona Health has launched what it describes as the world’s first AI co-pilot for doctors, built on WhatsApp. It is rolling it out across 14 countries and 22 specialties as it works to create a healthcare operating system, starting in Latin America.

Attivare Therapeutics: $6.6 Million Gates Foundation Grant Received To Develop Longer Lasting Malaria Vaccine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Attivare Therapeutics said it has received a $6.6 million grant from the Gates Foundation to advance a next-generation malaria vaccine designed to deliver longer-lasting protection. The Natick, Massachusetts-based company said the program will use its proprietary ATTimmune bioscaffold platform to support slow-release delivery of vaccine components, with an emphasis on affordability and deployability in low- and middle-income countries where cold-chain constraints can limit vaccine access.

Brainworks Ventures: $50 Million AI Native Fund Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Brainworks Ventures has launched a $50 million AI-native venture capital fund that it says is built around what it describes as a new set of economics for companies designed from day one for artificial intelligence. The firm, led by DARPA alumnus Dr. Phillip Alvelda, said the fund is pursuing a first close of $15 million by Q1 2026, targeting a final size of $50 million with the ability to scale to $75 million.

Databricks Raising Over $4 Billion Series L At $134 Billion Valuation As Revenue Run Rate Tops $4.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Databricks is raising more than $4 billion in a Series L financing that values the data and AI platform company at $134 billion, as it reported passing a $4.8 billion revenue run rate during its third fiscal quarter and growing more than 55 percent year over year. The company said it achieved the growth while delivering positive free cash flow over the last year and highlighted billion-dollar run rates in both its data warehousing business and its AI products.

Eiffel Investment: €1.2 Billion Energy Transition III Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Eiffel Investment Group has raised its third vintage energy transition infrastructure debt fund, Eiffel Energy Transition III, closing at its hard cap of €1.2 billion after exceeding an initial €1 billion target. The fund brings together more than 30 French and international institutional investors and is positioned as a financing tool supporting European energy sovereignty and competitiveness.

Granite Asia: Over $350 Million First Close For Pan Asia Private Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Granite Asia has secured more than $350 million in a first close for Libra Hybrid, its Pan Asia private credit strategy, as the firm expands beyond its long running technology investing roots into structured credit across the region. The strategy is anchored by Temasek through its private credit platform Aranda Principal Strategies, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and the Indonesia Investment Authority, and is targeting $500 million in total commitments.

Channel3: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Universal Product Graph For Agentic Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Channel3, a New York-based startup building what it calls a connected database of every product on the internet, has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its infrastructure for “agentic commerce,” an emerging category of AI-driven shopping experiences where software agents help consumers search, compare, and complete purchases.

Highland Electric Fleets: Up To $150 Million Equity Investment Secured

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Highland Electric Fleets has secured up to $150 million in new equity financing from Aiga Capital Partners as it prepares for a significant expansion of electric bus deployments beginning in 2026. The Beverly, Massachusetts-based company said the funding adds capacity for growth, strengthens an already strong balance sheet, and will support expansion into new markets and additional rollouts next year.

Antin To Buy NorthC From DWS In European Colocation Data Centre Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Antin Infrastructure Partners has agreed to acquire NorthC Datacenters, an enterprise colocation data centre platform in Northwest Europe, from DWS and other minority shareholders. Antin said the transaction will be executed through its Flagship Fund V and remains subject to regulatory approvals, with closing expected in the first half of 2026.

Great Point Partners Acquires Majority Stake In Lenis Group And Names Michel Vounatsos As Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Great Point Partners, a Greenwich-based healthcare-focused private investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Lenis Group, a Slovenia-based commercialization and distribution partner for niche and specialty prescription medicines across Central and Eastern Europe. The investment is intended to support Lenis as it expands its regional footprint and broadens access to specialty therapies in markets that can be operationally complex due to varying regulatory, reimbursement, and distribution requirements.

Bolt Insight: £7 Million Raised To Scale AI-Moderated Market Research Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Bolt Insight, a London-based market research company that uses AI-moderated interviews to help brands capture consumer insights, has raised a £7 million funding round led by Pembroke VCT. Pembroke invested £3.5 million, with additional participation from 212, Active Partners, Velocity, and TIBAS Ventures.

Quantum Art: $100 Million Series A Raised To Scale To Multi-Thousand Qubit Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Quantum Art has closed a $100 million Series A financing to accelerate development of its trapped-ion quantum computing platform and push toward a 1,000-qubit commercial system designed for scalable, multi-core architectures. The Ness Ziona, Israel-based company, said the round will help it move from early revenue to broader commercial scale, while supporting global expansion and continued progress toward achieving quantum advantage.

OptiGrid: Interview With CEO Tyler Phillipi About The Energy Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

OptiGrid is a U.S.-based company specializing in innovative electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions that integrate battery storage to enable ultrafast charging without extensive, costly, time-consuming grid infrastructure upgrades. Headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas, OptiGrid focuses on delivering modular, scalable, and sustainable charging technologies for fleet operators and commercial properties. Pulse 2.0 interviewed OptiGrid CEO Tyler Phillipi to gain a deeper understanding of the company.