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Connectivity Wireless: $200 Million Secured From First Citizens Bank And Post Road Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 31, 2025

Connectivity Wireless - an M|C Partners backed platform and leading provider of in-building wireless solutions - announced it has successfully secured a $110 million senior debt facility with an additional $30 million available at a later date led by First Citizens Bank. In addition, the company received a $60 million growth investment led by Post Road Group, with participation from Boundary Street Capital, further strengthening its financial position and fueling its continued venue network growth.

Lucky Beverage Company: $14.2 Million (Series A1) Raised For Better-For-You Energy Drink

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 31, 2025

Lucky Energy, a simpler and better-for-you energy drink, announced that it has successfully closed a $14.2 million oversubscribed Series A1 round, bringing its total funding to over $40 million. The funding round is led by Maveron, with backing from DMG Ventures, Second Sight Ventures, and existing investors: Imaginary Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and Sugar Capital.

Crstl: Series A Funding Raised For Accelerating AI-Based B2B Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 31, 2025

Crstl, a platform transforming retail EDI and B2B commerce, announced an investment led by Mosaic General Partnership and Cohen Circle Fintech Ventures with participation from Shopify Ventures, the investment arm of Shopify. This funding marks a pivotal milestone in Crstl's mission to build next-generation digital infrastructure that powers seamless and scalable B2B transactions.

Hubble Therapeutics: $7.3 Million (Series A) Raised For Developing Gene Therapy Cure For LCA16

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 31, 2025

Hubble Therapeutics, a patient-focused biotechnology company developing a gene therapy to cure pediatric blindness, announced the closing of a $7.3 million Series A funding round, which will advance its lead candidate, HUB-101, into human clinical trials.

Redaptive: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Arvin Vohra About The Energy-As-A-Service Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Redaptive is an Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Redaptive co-founder and CEO Arvin Vohra to learn more about the company.

I Squared Capital: $300 Million Commitment From Rest Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investment manager, announced a $300 million commitment from Rest, one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

NUNC Capital: €20 Million Venture Building Initiative Launched To Invest In Ukraine’s Defense

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Amsterdam-based NUNC Capital announced a €20 million early-stage Venture Building Initiative to invest in emerging Ukrainian defense technologies. And the plan is to create a strategic bridge between Europe's defense markets and Ukraine's innovative defense technology ecosystem.

Align Capital Partners: Oversubscribed Fund I Closed At $233 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Align Capital Partners announced the closing of its inaugural independent sponsor-focused investment fund, Align Collaborate Fund I, LP. The strategy, which launched in late 2023, provides equity capital to the industry’s growing number of deal-by-deal investors. Collaborate I had its final close on March 26 at $233 million, well above its $150 million target.

Silicon Data: $4.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Expanding Computing Industry Data Product Suite

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Silicon Data, a leader in advancing data transparency and efficiency in the computing industry, announced the closing of a $4.7 million seed funding round, co-led by DRW and Jump Trading Group with participation from other strategic investors.

Pantheon: $1.1 Billion Raised For Secondary Opportunities Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, announced the final close of Pantheon Secondary Opportunities Fund II (PSOF II) and related vehicles, with total commitments reaching $1.1 billion — nearly doubling the size of its $624 million predecessor program. And PSOF II invests in companies with compelling ongoing growth and value creation potential, managed by high-quality managers who demonstrate high conviction and strong alignment of interest with secondaries buyers in continuation vehicles.

Infinite Uptime: $35 Million Raised For Enhancing Manufacturing Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Infinite Uptime, a predictive maintenance and energy efficiency leader for process industries, announced it has secured a $35 million investment led by Avataar Ventures, with participation from StepStone Group and LGVP (New York). And existing investors Tiger Global and GSR Ventures also participated in the round.

Worth: $25 Million Raised For Underwriting Workflow Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Worth, an all-in-one fintech platform for onboarding and underwriting workflow automation, announced it celebrated its leading position in the industry with a $25 million investment led by TTV Capital and the rapid adoption of its AI-based solutions by leading enterprises.

Knocknoc: Seed Funding Raised For JIT Network Access Control Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Sydney-based cybersecurity software company Knocknoc announced it has raised a seed round from US-based venture capital firm Decibel Partners with support from CoAct and SomethingReal.

Aligned Climate Capital: Second Venture Fund Closed At $85 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

With global investment in the clean energy transition hitting multiple trillions this year, Aligned Climate Capital completed the final closing of its second venture fund, Aligned Climate Fund 2 LP (ACF2), at $85 million.

Uresta: $3 Million Raised For Bladder Leak Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Uresta is a transformative and non-invasive solution for bladder leaks that officially launched in the United States. To support the expansion, Uresta recently secured $3 million in funding, including $1.5 million from BDC Capital. And this investment will advance the company’s U.S. launch and increase awareness of its innovative approach to bladder leakage.

Epicrispr Biotechnologies: $68 Million (Series B) Raised For Developing Curative Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Epicrispr Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company focused on developing curative therapies, announced it has secured $68 million in the first close of its Series B financing. The proceeds from the funding will support the clinical development of EPI-321, a first-in-class, disease-modifying therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a genetic neuromuscular disease.

Island: $250 Million (Series E) Raised At Nearly $5 Billion Valuation For Enterprise Browser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Enterprise browser company Island announced a $250 million Series E funding round. This brings Island’s valuation to $4.8 billion in under five years since its 2020 founding. Coatue Management led the new funding, with several existing investors participating. And Island has secured about $730 million in outside investment to date.

Inspiren: $35 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Senior Living Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Inspiren, a leader in AI-based solutions redefining senior living, recently announced the addition of its emergency call system, which makes it the market's first and only senior living ecosystem to integrate care planning, resident safety, staff efficiency, and emergency call into one seamless solution. This follows Inspiren's $35 million Series A funding led by Avenir with participation from Primary Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Third Prime, and Studio VC. The funding will support the growth of Inspiren's clinical consulting and internal teams and further scale its senior living ecosystem.

Novarc: $50 Million (Series B) Closed For AI-Based Welding Solutions Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Novarc Technologies - a full-stack AI robotics company specializing in the design and manufacturing of automated welding solutions - announced the company has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s export credit agency, with participation from private investment firm Graham Partners, Seaspan (one of Canada’s leading shipbuilders), and InBC Investment.

Mission Clean Energy: Strategic Investment From Ørsted Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Mission Clean Energy announced a strategic investment from Ørsted, a leader in clean energy. This partnership marks a major milestone in Mission's development of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects across the US.

OpusClip: $20 Million Raised For AI-Based Video Editing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

OpusClip, a generative AI-based video editing platform, recently announced a $20 million funding round by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and others. This strategic round comes after a record year for OpusClip in which the company surpassed 10 million creators using its platform, creating more than 172 million clips. The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and roll out new AI-powered products.

2X: Marketing-As-A-Service Company Raises Strategic Investment From Insight Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

2X, a leader in subscription-based marketing as a service (MaaS), announced a strategic secondary investment from Insight Partners, a global software investor. This funding comes less than two years after 2X's initial backing from Recognize. It further validates the company's approach to transforming how B2B organizations scale their marketing and revenue operations to accelerate sustainable growth.

Scimplify: $40 Million Secured For Transforming The Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Scimplify recently announced a $40 million Series B funding round to scale its revolutionary platform, which is transforming how specialty chemicals are developed, manufactured, and distributed worldwide. Accel and Bertelsmann co-led the round, which included participation from UMI and existing investors, including Omnivore and 3one4 Capital.

Sohar Health: $3.8 Million (Seed) Secured For AI-Based Eligibility Determination And Verification Of Benefits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

Sohar Health, an AI-based eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) provider, announced a $3.8 million seed funding round led by Kindred Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, and Concept Ventures.

Zolve: $251 Million Raised For Helping Citizens Working Abroad With Financial Mobility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

Zolve—a company aiming to solve the problem of international students lacking financial history when abroad—announced it secured $251 million in equity and debt to scale its solution to making financial borders as seamless as geographic ones.

Recess: $1.75 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Help Parents Find Class Enrichments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

Recess, a marketplace platform for parents to find and book enrichment classes, after-school care, and camps, has secured $1.75 million in pre-seed funding. Baukunst led this oversubscribed round.

SemperVirens: $177 Million Closed Across Two New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

SemperVirens - a venture fund investing in companies driving workforce transformation through innovation in the enterprise, healthcare, and financial services sectors - announced that it has closed $177 million across two new funds. And the firm raised $141 million for its Core Fund III (early-stage companies) and $36 million for its Growth Opportunity Fund II (dedicated to growth stage investments in its top performing companies).

Elon Musk Merging Portfolio Companies xAI And X In $33 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, has acquired X - which is the social media company formerly known as Twitter that is also owned by Elon Musk. This deal was valued at $33 billion in an all-stock deal. Musk said that this deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45 billion minus $12 billion of debt).

Kay.ai: $3 Million Secured For Eliminating Data Entry Work In Insurance Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Kay.ai, an AI co-worker designed to eliminate manual data entry work for insurance brokers and agencies, announced it has raised $3 million in funding. Wing VC led the round, including South Park Commons, 101 Weston Labs, and several angel investors.

Everyday Health Group Acquiring theSkimm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Everyday Health Group - a division of Ziff Davis - announced the acquisition of theSkimm, a media brand and suite of products delivering high-value content to millions of millennial and Gen Z female readers. Co-founded in 2012 by then-news producers Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin, theSkimm initially launched as an email newsletter. Then, it grew into a suite of products reaching millions of multi-generational women today.