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DLA Piper Names New Office Leadership Across The Americas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

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 ● Feb 12, 2026

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 ● Feb 12, 2026

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 ● Feb 12, 2026

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 ● Feb 12, 2026

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 ● Feb 12, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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 ● Feb 11, 2026

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.

Traumasoft Acquires EMS Platform Company Huly

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Traumasoft, a provider of integrated emergency medical services (EMS) management software, has acquired Huly, an AI-native platform that streamlines administrative workflows across EMS operations. The companies said the deal is intended to position AI as “essential infrastructure” for the EMS industry while keeping Huly broadly interoperable and accessible to agencies regardless of their existing technology stack.

Aerska: $39 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Brain Shuttle RNA Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Aerska, a biotechnology company developing brain shuttle technology to deliver RNA medicines to the central nervous system, has closed a $39 million Series A financing led by EQT Dementia Fund and age1, with participation from Iaso Ventures and continued support from existing investors.

Naboo: $70 Million Series B Raised For AI-Based Events Procurement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Naboo has raised a $70 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to scale its AI-powered corporate events (MICE) procurement platform globally and accelerate expansion in the U.S. Existing investors Notion Capital, ISAI, and Ternel also participated. Headquartered in Paris,

Neurent Medical: €62.5 Million Series C Raised For Expanding NEUROMARK Commercially

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Neurent Medical, a Galway, Ireland based medical technology company focused on chronic inflammatory sinonasal diseases, has closed an oversubscribed €62.5 million ($74 million) Series C financing to accelerate the commercial expansion of its NEUROMARK System for chronic rhinitis, broaden clinical evidence generation, and advance its product and indication pipeline.

Inference Research: $20 Million Seed Funding Closed For Quantitative Trading Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Inference Research has launched as an AI-native quantitative trading firm positioned at the intersection of digital assets and traditional finance, alongside the anticipated closing of a $20 million seed funding round led by Avenir Group.

LateralCare Names William Reau As CEO And Mani Nedunchelian As CTO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

LateralCare has appointed William Reau as chief executive officer and Mani Nedunchelian as chief technology officer as the company looks to scale revenue alai, its AI native platform for revenue cycle management.

Seamflow: $4.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Building AI Software For The Testing And Inspection Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Seamflow, a London-based startup building AI software for the testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) industry, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding as it looks to modernize compliance-heavy workflows that underpin global commerce The round was co-led by Initialized Capital and Northzone, with participation from Nebular, Entrepreneurs First, and Transpose Platform. The financing also included angel investors, including Mario Götze and Charlie Songhurst.

Vega: $120 Million Series B Raised For Expanding Detection And Response Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Vega has raised $120 million in a Series B round as it pushes to reshape how large enterprises run security detection and response. The funding was led by existing investor Accel, with participation from Cyberstarts, Redpoint, and CRV, and brings Vega’s total capital raised to $185 million in under two years. The company said the new round nearly doubles its valuation.

Andercore: $40 Million Series B Closed For Industrial Trade Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Andercore, an AI-driven trade platform for industrial supply, has raised $40 million in a Series B financing that combines equity and debt to accelerate expansion across Europe. The round included participation from existing investors Atomico and Project A, with Inven Capital joining as a new investor, alongside institutional financing from Commerzbank and KfW. The Berlin-headquartered company said it has now raised $75 million to date.

Samaya AI Launches Agent Control Plane And Adds NVentures And Databricks Ventures Backing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Samaya AI announced it has introduced a new architecture, the Agent Control Plane (ACP), positioning it as a control and governance layer for building and operating finance-focused AI agents that reason in real time within a specialized investment context. The Mountain View-based company also disclosed new investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Databricks Ventures, which it plans to use to extend development of ACP and expand customizable agents for financial workflows.

Gyala Therapeutics Wins €3.7 Million Spanish Government Grant And Initiates Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Gyala Therapeutics has initiated a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of its investigational CAR-T cell therapy, GYA01, after receiving authorization from Spain’s Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS). The clinical-stage biotechnology company is advancing GYA01 as a potential option for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), two aggressive blood cancers with poor outcomes and limited treatment options after relapse.

Birch Hill Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed For Onchain Lending And Tokenized Asset Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Birch Hill Holdings, an institutional digital asset infrastructure firm focused on onchain lending and tokenized asset markets, said it raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to build compliant, institution-ready access to blockchain-based credit and income strategies. The round was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Nascent, FalconX Ventures, Coin Operated Group, The Operating Group, JST Digital, Flowdesk, and a group of industry executives.

Inertia Enterprises: $450 Million Series A Raised For Commercializing Laser-Based Fusion Pilot Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Inertia Enterprises announced it has raised a $450 million in Series A financing to advance a commercial fusion energy program based on inertial confinement fusion physics demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The company, founded in 2024 and based in Livermore, California, said the round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from GV, Modern Capital, Threshold Ventures, and other investors.

Leah Partners With PwC UK To Power Agentic Operating Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Leah, an agentic AI company behind Leah Agentic OS, has entered a partnership with PwC UK aimed at helping organizations design, deploy, and scale coordinated AI agents as they build modern operating models within Global Business Services. The companies said the collaboration combines PwC UK’s industry and functional expertise with Leah’s agentic operating system to support the design and stand-up of new operating models across shared services environments.