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Turntable Labs: Social Music Platform Company Raises $8.2 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Turntable Labs, the company behind the new social music platform Hangout, announced an extended seed round totaling $8.2 million ahead of its public launch. Hangout, which enables music fans, coworkers, and other communities to gather, DJ together, and interact in a playful virtual setting, is expected to go live later this year.

VRGL: Client Acquisition And Investment Proposal Company Raises Strategic Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

VRGL, a Client Acquisition and Investment Proposal Management solution, announced the completion of a strategic fundraising round. The funding round was led by existing investors FINTOP Capital and MissionOG, with significant support from Northwestern Mutual, Flyover Capital, Fin Capital, and other industry insiders and friends of the firm.

Bland AI: Conversational Platform Secures $16 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Bland AI - a platform automating phone calls for the enterprise using hyper-realistic AI agents - announced it emerged from stealth with a $16 million Series A funding round led by Scale Venture Partners. Other investors include: Y Combinator and angel investors Max Levchin the founder of Paypal, Piotr Dąbkowski the CTO of Eleven Labs CTO, Jeff Lawson the founder of Twilio, and others. With this funding, Bland AI has raised a total of $22 million.

New School Foods: Alt-Protein Company Raises $6 Million (Seed Extension)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

New School Foods has announced the completion of a $6 million Seed Extension round with funding from global investors including Inter IKEA, Good Startup, NewTree Capital and Hatch, building on previously announced non-dilutive capital from Protein Industries Canada.

nOps: AWS Cost Optimization Platform Company Raises $30 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

nOps, a leading AWS cost optimization platform, announced the closing of a $30 million Series A funding round led by Headlight Partners. nOps is enabling organizations across the globe to solve one of the largest IT challenges of the last decade - which is better understanding, controlling and reducing cloud spend.

Aplantex Closes C$2.8 Million To Extract Plant Molecules From Proprietary Biomasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Aplantex, an innovative Quebec-based startup specializing in extracting high-value plant molecules from its proprietary biomass, announces the closing of a $2.8 million CAD round of funding led by Frederick Perrault, with the participation of the Circular Innovation Fund (CIF) through its Acceleration Program, Cycle Momentum, Investissement Québec, and several angel investors. This funding will accelerate the development of the company’s strategic and production plan.

Codeium: AI-Based Code Acceleration Platform Raises $150 Million (Series C) At $1.25 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Codeium, an AI-based code acceleration platform, announced it has secured $150 million in Series C funding, raising the company's valuation to $1.25 billion and bringing the startup to unicorn status in under two years since being founded. The funding round was led by General Catalyst, with continued support from existing investors Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks.

Alaska Communications: $390 Million Financing Raised To Expand Statewide Fiber Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Alaska Communications, a provider of mission-critical and life-critical communications infrastructure in Alaska, announced a major financial advancement by establishing a new five-year $390 million senior secured credit facility. These funds will be used for repaying existing debt and to further invest in expanding the company’s fiber infrastructure across the state.

Purdue University Reveals Record-Breaking Growth For The Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Since Purdue University created Purdue Innovates in 2023, the system has worked to streamline access and strengthen support for technology commercialization and startup support resources. The goal of providing top-tier resources for entrepreneurial activities in Indiana is paying off.

ScaleVoice: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ondrej Kuchta About This AI Communication Solution Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

ScaleVoice is a company that drives business growth through advanced AI-powered communication solutions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ScaleVoice co-founder and CEO Ondrej Kuchta to learn more about the company.

PhotonPharma: $2.5 Million (Seed) Raised To Develop Ovarian Cancer Treatments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Fort Collins, Colorado-based biopharmaceutical company PhotonPharma announced the closing of a $2.5 million seed financing round.

The Rounds: Inventory Management Platform Company Raises $24 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Inventory management platform company The Rounds - a company that delivers recurring grocery and household essentials in reusable packaging - announced a $24 million Series B funding round led by Moderne Ventures, with participation from FJ Labs and existing investors, bringing the total funding to date to $66 million.