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Israel Secondary Fund: Ophir Reshef Named As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Ophir Reshef was appointed a partner at Israel Secondary Fund (ISF), joining Dror Glass, Nir Linchevski, and Eva Hubsman. Reshef brings diverse experience as an investor, tech executive, entrepreneur, and consultant.

JM Test Systems Acquiring Alabama Scale & Instrument

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

JM Test Systems - a leading provider of test equipment solutions and calibration services - announced the acquisition of Alabama Scale & Instrument (ASI), expanding its presence in the Southeast and enhancing its capabilities in test equipment services.

Emovid: Seed Funding Raised For Advancing Authentic Business Communication

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Emovid, a platform built to enable unified and asynchronous video, text, and audio communication for businesses, announced its seed funding round closing, bringing total funding to nearly $7 million. The seed funding round was led by o-kaisha Investments, the investment arm of the Oki Family Office (Scott Oki led the first billion dollars worth of sales for Microsoft).

CEAR: Funding Raised From Ancor Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Ancor Capital Partners - an operations-focused private investment firm based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area - announced an investment in CEAR, a leading electronics recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) service based in Mather, California.

Unframe: Turnkey AI Platform Company Raises $50 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Unframe, an all-in-one turnkey AI platform for global enterprises, emerged from stealth today with $50 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, TLV Partners, Craft Ventures, Third Point Ventures, SentinelOne Ventures, Cerca Partners, and Terra Nova Ventures. The funding will support Unframe’s global expansion and sales growth while enhancing its platform by accelerating R&D and innovation.

25karats: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Naz Aksu About The Online Jewelry Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

25karats is a company that controls the sourcing, manufacturing, and product distribution of jewelry to provide better prices while also raising the quality bar on the competition. Pulse 2.0 interviewed 25karats co-founder and CEO, Naz Aksu, to learn more about the company.

Xcellerant Ventures Partners With AZ Venture Capital To Invest In Arizona-Based Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Xcellerant Ventures (XVC) announced a strategic partnership with AZ Venture Capital (AVC), bringing $7 million in new funding to Arizona-based health technology startups. The $7 million in total funding, which is available for Arizona startups, was made possible by a $5 million investment by AVC into XVC’s Fund.

Vivere Partners: $7.5 Million (Series A) Secured For Launching Specialty Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Vivere Partners, a specialty insurance platform established to focus on niche insurance lines, announced the completion of a $7.5 million Series A funding round led by General Catalyst, Pathlight Ventures, and Greenlight Re.

ControlTheory: $5 Million (Seed) Raised For Controllability For Observability

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

ControlTheory, a company focused on controllability for observability, announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding from Silverton Partners. This milestone supports the launch of its innovative Observability Control Platform, enabling technology leaders to regain control of their observability through cost control, operational control, and adaptive control.

Founders At University Of Cambridge Reveal Second Accelerator Cohort

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Founders at the University of Cambridge have revealed the eight venture science startups participating in the second START Accelerator.

UC Berkeley Student Launches Startup Code Blue For Detecting Stroke Signs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

This UC Berkeley student launched a startup for detecting stroke signs.

Iron Prairie Ventures: $15 Million Fund Launched For Investing On Seed-Stage Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Iron Prairie Ventures announced it has raised a $15 million fund focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in startups fueling the industrial sector's digital transformation. This fund will support companies in developing innovative solutions across the construction, manufacturing, infrastructure, logistics, and supply chain sectors.

VQ Biomedical: $5 Million (Seed) Raised For Duke University Medical Tech Spin-Out

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

VQ Biomedical, a medical technology company developing an innovative oxygenation catheter for treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), announced it has closed a $1.65 million round. The funding is led by Harbright Ventures, the Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN), and Duke Capital Partners (DCP) with a collective $970,000 investment.

Atombeam: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Charles Yeomans About The Data Storage Application Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Atombeam is a company that is on the cutting edge of data reduction for IoT and data storage applications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Atombeam co-founder and CEO Charles Yeomans to learn more about the company.

University Of Tennessee Research Foundation Invests In VisualizAI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation’s (UTRF) Accelerate Fund announced its second investment of $150,000 to VisualizAI, a pioneering AI startup focused on transforming healthcare claims processing.

Bandana: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Tim Makalinao About The Rapidly Growing Job Search Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Bandana is a company that empowers hourly and entry-level workers and gives them the tools they need to transform their lives for the better -- starting with finding a better, higher-paying job. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Bandana co-founder and CEO Tim Makalinao to learn more about the company.

Blank Rome: Shane Pennington Named As Partner In Business Litigation And Appellate Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Shane Pennington has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Business Litigation group and member of the Appellate Litigation practice and Cannabis and Life Sciences industry teams. And a leading trial attorney, he focuses his practice on federal appeals and challenges to federal agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

InfiniLink: $10 Million (Seed) Funding Raised For Advancing Development Of Optical Connectivity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

InfiniLink - a semiconductor startup specializing in advanced optical data connectivity chips for AI-driven data centers - announced the closing of a $10 million funding round. This seed-stage funding round was joined by MediaTek, a leading fabless semiconductor company, and Sukna Ventures, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with participation from the Egyptian VC firm Egypt Ventures and angel investor M Empire Angels.

Contoro Robotics: $12 Million (Series A) Secured For AI-Based Trailer Unloading To Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Contoro Robotics announced a $12 million Series A round to scale its AI-powered trailer and container unloading robots, solving one of the most grueling and labor-intensive challenges in logistics. The funding round brings in new investors Doosan, Coupang, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, and IMM, along with continued backing from SV Investment, KB Investment, Kakao Ventures, and Future Play, bringing Contoro's total funding to $22 million.

HackerOne: Interview With Security Solutions Architect Shobhit Gautam About The Global Leader In Offensive Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

HackerOne is a global leader in finding and fixing critical vulnerabilities and AI safety issues. It harnesses the creativity of the world’s largest community of security researchers with cutting-edge AI to protect your digital assets. Pulse 2.0 interviewed HackerOne Security Solutions Architect Shobhit Gautam to learn more about the company.

Integral: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Shubh Sinha About The Data Compliance Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Integral is an enterprise platform for transforming consumer data into actionable consumer insights. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Integral co-founder and CEO Shubh Sinha to learn more about the company.

Parallel Works: Interview With CEO Matthew Shaxted About Solving The Challenges of Multi-Cloud Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Parallel Works is a company that aims to democratize HPC and AI and solve many of the challenges of hybrid multi-cloud computing. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Parallel Works CEO Matthew Shaxted to learn more about the company.

Persefoni: $23 Million (Series C Extension) Raised For Sustainability Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

Persefoni AI - a leading Sustainability Management SaaS and AI platform for companies and financial institutions - announced $23 million in Series C extension funding. This latest funding round saw participation by both new and existing investors, including a leading European luxury fashion house, TPG Rise, Rice Investment Group, Clearvision Ventures, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Prelude Ventures, and Co-Founder & CEO Kentaro Kawamori. This funding raises the total investment in Persefoni to $179 million.

Level Equity: Growth Equity Funds Closed At $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

Level Equity Management announced the final closing of its most recent growth equity funds Level Equity Growth Partners VI, L.P. (LEGP VI) and Level Equity Opportunities Fund 2025, L.P. (LEOF 2025). These funds closed at their collective cap of $1.4 billion, up from $1.125 billion in their 2021 vintage equity funds. And since 2011, Level has raised $4.5 billion across the firm's equity and credit business lines.

OpenTug: $2.2 Million Raised For Maritime Logistics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

OpenTug, a maritime logistics software platform, announced a $2.2 million strategic investment led by TMV. This latest funding round brings OpenTug's total raised to $5.3 million, building on the $3.1 million previously raised.

Freeport Financial: Sixth Direct Lending Fund Closed At $2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

Freeport Financial Partners, a U.S. lower middle market direct lending manager, announced the final close of its sixth direct lending fund, Freeport First Lien Loan Fund VI. The fund raised $2 billion in investable capital, including targeted leverage and separately managed accounts investing alongside it.

AIRNA: $155 Million (Series B) Secured For RNA Editing Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

AIRNA, a biotech company pioneering RNA editing therapeutics to transform patients' lives with rare and common conditions, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $155 million Series B financing. The funding was led by Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, co-led by Forbion Growth, and included participation from RTW Investments, Nextech Invest, ARCH Venture Partners, Forbion Ventures, ND Capital, and other new and existing investors.

orthobrain: $7.5 Million Raised For Helping Dentists Integrate Orthodontics Into Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

orthobrain, an orthodontic growth system that empowers dentists and dental service organizations to integrate orthodontics into their practices seamlessly, announced it has raised $7.5 million in growth capital.

The Modern Data Company: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Srujan Akula About The Data Operating System Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

The Modern Data Company is a company that is redefining data management with DataOS, the world’s first data operating system. DataOS accelerates AI adoption and scaling by delivering an AI-ready data layer within weeks, no matter where the enterprise is with its data maturity. Pulse 2.0 interviewed The Modern Data Company co-founder and CEO Srujan Akula to learn more about the company.

Chef Robotics: $43 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Enabled Robotic Systems For Meal Assembly

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 1, 2025

Chef Robotics, a company focused on AI-enabled robotic systems for meal assembly, announced it has raised $43.1 million in new Series A funding, which includes $20.6 million in equity and $22.5 million in equipment financing debt. The latter will be used to finance Chef's robotic systems for Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) so Chef's customers don't have to front CapEx for their robots.