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Translucent AI: $7 Million Raised For Healthcare Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

Translucent AI, a financial platform powered by AI and designed for healthcare operators, has announced a $7 million seed round funded by NEA, Virtue, FPV, and Redesign Health. Due to increasing financial difficulties within the healthcare sector, more provider organizations have been operating at a loss.

Casap: $25 Million Series A Secured To Transform Payment Disputes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

Casap, a leader in intelligent automation for dispute and fraud operations, has secured $25 million in Series A funding led by Emergence Capital, bringing its total to $33.5 million—a record for the payment disputes sector. The funding reflects the growing demand from financial institutions for modernizing dispute resolution and minimizing fraud losses.

VOW: Seed Funding Raised To Transform Live Events

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

VOW is an AI-driven operating system designed for the live experience economy, recently closing its initial Seed round led by KB Partners and other notable investors. Founded by Jennifer Brisman, VOW unifies event planning tools, communications, seating, and guest coordination into a single intelligent platform, used by brands like NBC's Saturday Night Live, PFL-MMA, and GLAAD Media.

Swing Education: $20 Million Growth Loan Raised From Runway Growth Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

Runway Growth Capital, a provider of growth loans to both venture-backed and non-venture-backed companies seeking alternatives to equity financing, has announced a $20 million commitment to Swing Education. This established online marketplace connects schools with qualified substitute teachers. This funding consists of a first lien term loan and a revolving credit facility.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher: Benoit Champon Added As Partner In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced that Benoit Champon had joined the firm as a partner in its London office, where he will be a key part of the Asset Management Department. Champon's practice focuses on fund formation, with a specific emphasis on secondaries funds and transactions.

MSCI: New Solutions Launched For General Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

MSCI has introduced two new data and analytics solutions, Private Asset and Deal Metrics and Real Capital Analytics (RCA) Funds, to help General Partners (GPs) navigate the private markets. These tools are designed to address the challenges that GPs face with fundraising and deal sourcing, as identified in a recent MSCI survey.

Francisco Partners To Buy Provider Elite From TPG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

Francisco Partners will acquire Elite, a leading provider of software and integrated payments solutions for the legal industry, from TPG Capital and Thomson Reuters. This acquisition aims to provide Elite with financial support to continue its growth and innovation. Terms were not disclosed.

FORT Robotics: $18.9 Million Series B Raised For Building Intelligent Machines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

FORT Robotics, a company specializing in safety and security solutions for intelligent machines, announced the close of an additional $18.9 million in its Series B funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from new and returning investors. Returning investors included Tiger Global, Prime Movers Lab, Mark Cuban, FundersClub, Creative Ventures, GRIDS Capital, and Ahoy Capital. New investors included Neman Ventures, Mana Ventures, Gaingels, and Ryuu Co. of Japan.

AutoIVF: NIH Grant Awarded For Advancing Commercialization Of OvaReady

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

AutoIVF, a fertility technology company dedicated to advancing access to assisted reproductive care, has announced the receipt of a Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant is supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development under Award Number R44HD105529.

RBL: Investment Raised From Modi Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

RBL, a biotech venture creation studio specializing in developing companies based on medical technologies, announced that it has received an investment from Modi Ventures to support its efforts in launching and scaling startups into clinical-stage companies.