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Lydian Energy: $233 Million Financing Raised For Advancing Battery Storage Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2025

Lydian Energy, an independent power producer, announced it has secured $233 million in institutional project financing for three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, backed by ING and KeyBank.

Valante Capital: Ascend Fund II Launched With $115 Million First Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2025

Valante Capital (the PE division of IDC Network), which manages $2.7 billion in assets, announced the first closing of Ascend Fund II, a $250 million private equity fund aimed at expanding consumer and retail platforms in Latin America and select U.S. companies with a Latin American presence.

Alpaca Real Estate: $250 Million Industrial Venture Formed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

Alpaca Real Estate (ARE) has initiated a $250 million industrial strategy centered on infill logistics properties in high-growth markets across the Southeast and Southwest U.S.

MaintainX: $150 Million Secured At $2.5 Billion Valuation For Machine Health Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

MaintainX, a leading maintenance and asset management platform, announced $150 million in Series D funding. Key investors in this funding round include Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), D. E. Shaw Ventures, Amity Ventures, August Capital, Founders Circle Capital, Sozo Ventures, and Fifth Down Capital, and angel investors Rahul Mehta, co-founder of DST Global, and Dave McJannet, CEO of Hashicorp, and others. This investment brings the total funding raised to $254 million while reaching a new valuation of $2.5 billion.

QuiX Quantum: Over $17 Million Raised For Universal Photonic Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

QuiX Quantum, a Dutch photonic quantum computing innovator, announced it has secured over $17 million (USD) in Series A funding to deliver the world's first single-photon-based universal quantum computer in 2026. The funding round was co-led by Invest-NL and EIC Fund, with participation from existing investors PhotonVentures, Oost NL, and FORWARD.one. The Series A funding round was preceded by an award from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program, an initiative of the European Commission supporting companies that create and disrupt markets with their transformative technologies.

INSHUR: $35 Million Growth Capital Raised From Trinity Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

Trinity Capital committed $35 million to INSHUR, an innovative insurance provider for the on-demand economy. Operating globally, INSHUR offers commercial insurance for drivers, fleet operators, and delivery platforms, recently surpassing 1 million policies in the U.K.

HiringBranch: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Stephane Rivard About The Skills Assessment Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

HiringBranch is a company that uses responsible native AI to measure skills by role through tailored, open-ended voice and chat conversations with 98% accuracy. Pulse 2.0 interviewed HiringBranch co-founder and CEO Stephane Rivard to learn more about the company.

RealSense: AI-Based Computer Vision Company Raises $50 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

RealSense, a leader in AI computer vision, spun out from Intel and closed a $50 million Series A led by a private equity firm, with investors like Intel Capital and MediaTek Innovation Fund. Now as an independent company, it focuses on AI, robotics, biometrics, and computer vision.

AirMDR: $15.5 Million Seed Round Secured For Managed Detection and Response Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

AI-native Managed Detection and Response (MDR) company AirMDR announced a $15.5 million seed round for R&D and AI analysts, plus an additional $10.5 million to scale sales and marketing for enterprise and SMB sectors underserved by current MDR offerings. Race Capital led the funding round with participation from Foundation Capital and Storm Ventures.

Spacelift: $51 Million Series C Raised To Transform Enterprise Infrastructure Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 11, 2025

Leading infrastructure platform Spacelift announced it secured $51 million in Series C funding, led by Five Elms Capital, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Inovo VC.