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Venture Guides: Fund II Closed At $262.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Venture Guides, an investment firm focused on active guiding and team-based investing in early-stage infrastructure software companies, announced the closing of a second fund at $262.5 million. This milestone comes during turbulent economic times in venture capital fundraising, proving the firm's strategy, strong portfolio, and the confidence investors place in its differentiated approach.

Sentra: $50 Million Series B Closed For Cloud-Native Data Security Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Sentra, a leader in cloud-native data security platforms, announced it has closed a $50 million Series B funding round, led by Key1 Capital with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments, and Munich Re Ventures. This funding round brings Sentra’s total investment to over $100 million, following a more than 300% year-over-year increase in revenue and the addition of multiple new customers.

Biolinq: $100 Million Series C Funding Raised For Advancing Biowearable Platform For Metabolic Health

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Biolinq, a healthcare technology company pioneering precision multi-analyte biosensors to improve metabolic health, announced a $100 million Series C funding round led by Alpha Wave Ventures. Existing investors RiverVest Venture Partners, AXA IM Alts, LifeSci Venture Partners, M Ventures, Hikma Ventures, Aphelion Capital, Taisho Pharmaceutical, and Features Capital participated.

GenrAb: $5.6 Million Closed For Accelerating Development Of Antibody Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

GenrAb - a developer of first-in-class neuroprotective therapies - announced completion of a private placement with aggregate gross proceeds of $5.6 million. And GenrAb is optimizing the world's most effective biological therapy creation engine, which is the human adaptive immune system. Utilizing proprietary immunogenetic models to search the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients undergoing active neurological disease, GenrAb identified novel, neuronally-specific and neuroprotective antibodies.

OnePlanet: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised For Solar Panel Materials Recovery Processor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

OnePlanet Solar Recycling - an advanced materials recovery processor specializing in end-of-life solar panels - announced the closing of a $7 million seed financing round to advance development of its $90 million industrial-scale 'River City' Project, a first-of-its-kind solar panel recycling facility located in Green Cove Springs, Florida.

Manychat: $140 Million Raised For Conversational AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Manychat, a leader in conversational AI and automation across social and messaging platforms, announced a $140 million growth capital raise led by Summit Partners. This brings Manychat's total funding to $163.3 million. And Manychat is already a profitable company.

Ocient: $132 Million Series B Closed For Analytics Software Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Ocient, a leading data analytics software solutions company, announced an advancement into the growth stage following the closing of its $132 million Series B funding. New investors part of the Series B close (amounting to $42.1 million) included Allstate Strategic Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, Solidigm, Massive, Zelkova, and Northwestern Mutual. Including the recent closing of the extension, Ocient has raised $159.4 million in invested capital to date.

Cledor: Amwaj International Buys 18% Stake At $100 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Amwaj International, a national conglomerate with over 10,000 employees and a global footprint across 27 cities, announced it has acquired 18% stake in Dubai-based development firm Cledor. Industry veteran Omar Gull founded Cledor. This investment marks Amwaj's entry into the real estate market in the UAE, with Cledor's post-money valuation hitting $100 million.

Augur: $7 Million Seed Funding Closed For AI-Based Threat Prevention Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2025

Augur, an AI-based threat prevention company, announced it has raised $7 million in seed funding led by General Advance. Additional investors in the round include industry executives Ely Kahn, VP Product for Cloud Security and AI/ML, SentinelOne; Spencer Thompson, Co-Founder and CEO, Prelude; Travis McPeak, Co-Founder and CEO, Resourcely; Josh Lospinoso, Co-Founder and CEO, Shift5; and other senior executives from Amazon, Google, and CloudFlare.

Dataminr: $100 Million Convertible Financing Raised From Fortress

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2025

Dataminr, which is one of the world's leading AI companies, announced the closing of a $100 million convertible financing from funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group.

Datatonic Buying Data Engineering Company Syntio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2025

Datatonic, a cloud data and AI solutions provider, announced the acquisition of Syntio, a specialist in data engineering. The strategic deal significantly supports Datatonic’s enterprise service offerings and delivery capabilities with deep data engineering skills, including data ingestion, data transformation, and business intelligence. Syntio also adds a customer base that covers telcos, central banks, and retailers across Europe to Datatonic’s growing global client list.