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Ansley Park Capital: $200 Million In Funding Surpassed In Q1

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

Ansley Park Capital, a premier lending and specialty finance platform, announced a major milestone in its first full quarter. The company has funded $200 million across various industries, bringing the total originations to over $250 million since its inception.

Frazier Life Sciences: Over $630 Million Added To Evergreen Public Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

Frazier Life Sciences (FLS), a healthcare investment firm focused on innovative therapeutics, announced it has closed on over $630 million in capital commitments to its evergreen Public Fund from new and existing investors in an oversubscribed fundraise.

Valerion: University Of Michigan-Based Battery Technology Company Raises Funding From HEST Investments Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

HEST Investments—a Dallas-based venture capital family office known for its commitment to disruptive ventures—announced a recent investment in Valerion, a battery technology company based at the University of Michigan. This funding, which was finalized in June 2024, marks a notable moment in HEST Investments' ongoing mission to drive transformative change in science and technology.

Idea Financial Raises $50 Million Warehouse Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

Idea Financial, a leading provider of small business lines of credit, announced the closing of a new $50 million warehouse facility led by Performance Trust Capital Partners. This move significantly enhances Idea Financials' lending capacity and allows the company to increase its maximum loan limit to $350,000 for well-established small businesses.

DCVC Raises Over $700 Million To Invest In A Healthier Planet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

DCVC announced it has closed over $700 million in new funds for a healthier planet and lives. The firm has committed to achieving venture-scale returns from companies whose success would bring humanity greater resilience, abundance, and equitability for investors.

Rogo: Secure Enterprise AI Platform Raises $18.5 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

Rogo - a secure enterprise AI platform built by and for finance professionals - announced an $18.5 million Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Mantis VC, Jack Altman (CEO of Lattice and founder of Altman Capital), Eric Schmidt (former CEO of Google), and others. Keith Rabois (General Partner at Khosla Ventures, CEO of OpenStore, and four-time Midas List awardee) joins Rogo's Board of Directors. This round brings Rogo's total funding to $26 million.

HPC-AI Tech: $50 Million (Series A) Closed For Enhancing Video Generation AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

HPC-AI Tech, an AI startup specializing in AI Software Infrastructure and Video Generation, announced it has raised $50 millionSeries A funding round. The company’s investors include prominent names such as Singtel Innov8, Sinovation Ventures, Capstone Capital, Greater Bay Area Homeland, Lingfeng Capital, and Stony Creek Capital, positioning the company for rapid growth in the AI space.

OpenAI: $6.6 Billion Raised At $157 Billion Valuation To Scale AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2024

OpenAI announced it closed $6.6 billion in funding at a $157 billion post-money valuation. The investors were undisclosed but sources with the company said that the round was led by Thrive Capital. Microsoft, SoftBank, Khosla Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Fidelity, MGX, Tiger Global, and Nvidia also reportedly participated in the round. The $157 billion post-money valuation is reportedly up from $80 billion earlier this year and $29 billion last year. It is believed that some of the investors negotiated options to invest more capital in the company next year at the same valuation.