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Elfie: $12 Million Raised For Expanding Access To Free Digital Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2025

Elfie, a free digital health super-app that rewards people for taking care of their health, announced the closing of its $12 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by White Star Capital, with participation from LifeX Ventures, and followed by support from Integra Partners, FEBE Ventures, and Hustle Fund.

Handspring: $12 Million Series A Closed For Expanding Mental Health Care For Families

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2025

Handspring, a mental health provider specializing in services for youth, young adults, and their families through high-quality virtual therapy, has announced a $12 million Series A round. The funding round was led by Cobalt Ventures, with participation from NextView Ventures, nvp capital, 25madison, Arkitekt Ventures, VamosVentures, Hyde Park Angels (HPA), Cornucopian Capital, and others. Two health plans also joined the round, emphasizing strong payer alignment with Handspring's clinically rigorous and cost-effective model of care.

Pro Athlete Community: $7.6 Million Series A Raised For Transforming Athlete Support

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2025

Pro Athlete Community (PAC), a leading global education and community platform for current and former professional athletes, announced the closing of a $7.6 million oversubscribed Series A funding round led by GSV Ventures, with participation from Maveron and select strategic investors.

Lux Aeterna: $4 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Reusable Satellite Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2025

Lux Aeterna, a next-generation space infrastructure company transforming orbital operations through reentry and reusability, emerged from stealth and announced its $4 million pre-seed funding round. The funding round was led by Space Capital with participation from Dynamo Ventures, Mission One Capital, Alumni Ventures, Service Provider Capital, and strategic deep tech angels, including the co-founders of Dive Technologies (acquired by Anduril).

Tacta Systems: $75 Million Closed For Bringing Dextrous Intelligence To Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Tacta Systems, a robotics company developing dextrous intelligence to give robots human-level tactile skills and spatial awareness, announced $75 million in funding to advance the development of robotic solutions capable of performing complex and human-like tasks.

Centific: $60 Million Series A Secured For AI Data Foundry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Centific, an AI Data Foundry used by the world's top model builders, AI labs, and enterprise innovators, announced the close of its $60 million Series A funding round led by long-time Midas Lister Jenny Lee of Granite Asia.

DataBahn.ai: $17 Million Series A Raised For Transforming Enterprise Data Pipelines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

DataBahn.ai, the creator of a security-native data pipeline platform built for modern enterprise workloads, announced it has raised $17 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Forgepoint Capital, with participation from S3 Ventures and returning investor GTM Capital, bringing the company's total capital raised to $19 million.

Certify: $40 Million Series B Raised For Healthcare Provider Data Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Certify, the provider data intelligence company, announced a $40 million Series B funding round led by Transformation Capital, with continued backing from General Catalyst and Upfront Ventures and new support from SemperVirens. The funding brings Certify's total funding to $69 million and comes amid tremendous momentum for Certify, which has tripled its growth year-over-year.

Takanock: $500 Million Commitment Secured For Infrastructure Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Takanock, a provider of innovative digital and power infrastructure solutions, announced new capital commitments totaling $500 million from ArcLight and DigitalBridge, two leading investors focused on digital infrastructure and electrification infrastructure, respectively.

Empo Health: $7 Million Secured For Diabetic Foot Ulcer System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Empo Health announced the commercialization of its solution for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) management following its most recent $7 million fundraising round. The funding round was led by Story Ventures, with participation from VTC Ventures, alongside existing investors including Ulu Ventures, SeaX Ventures, Arben Ventures, and Gaingels. This funding round brings Empo's capital raised to date to $15 million.

Ledgebrook: $65 Million Series C Raised For Insurance Tech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Ledgebrook, an Excess and Surplus Lines Insurtech, announced that it has completed the close of an oversubscribed $65 million Series C funding round, led by existing investor The Stephens Group. And existing investors Duquesne, Brand Foundry, Floating Point, and American Family Ventures will also participate in the round, alongside new investors, including Hummingbird Nomads.

Niural: $31 Million Secured For AI-Native PEO Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Niural, an first AI-native global PEO (Professional Employment Organization) for fast-growing companies, announced it has raised $31 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Marathon Management Partners, with participation from existing investors M13, Inspired Capital, Newform Capital and several new strategic investors. Marathon's Gokul Rajaram, an industry leader on the boards of Coinbase, The Trade Desk, and Pinterest, joins Niural's board.

Synthflow AI: $20 Million Secured For Advancing Voice AI Platform For Automated Phone Calls

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Synthflow AI, a voice AI platform for automated phone calls, announced a $20 million Series A investment round to drive the next wave of enterprise adoption for AI voice agents. The funding round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Atlantic Labs and Singular.

Claira: $7 Million Seed Funding Secured To Transform Financial Deal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Claira, an AI-based Deal Intelligence platform for financial institutions, announced the closing of $7 million seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Barclays, Citi, and Reimagine Tech Ventures, with additional participation from Activant Capital, KDX, and OPCO Ventures.

Elemental Advanced Materials: $20 Million Secured For Transforming Waste Into Carbon Nanomaterials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Elemental Advanced Materials, a leader in low-emission carbon nanomaterials and hydrogen production, announced the closing of a $20 million funding round led by Taranis.

Pangram: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Detection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Pangram, which is an accurate and reliable technology for detecting text created by AI, announced it has closed a round of pre-seed and seed funding totaling $3.98 million. The most recent investments of more than $2.7 million added to the previous pre-seed funding of $1.25 million. ScOp led the seed round, and they were joined by Script Capital and Cadenza, along with a handful of individual investors. Haystack VC was a lead investor in the initial, pre-seed funding round.

Mandolin: $40 Million Secured For Enhancing Access To Life Saving Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mandolin, a leading AI automation platform for specialty drug access, announced that it has raised $40 million in funding from Greylock Partners, SignalFire, Maverick, SV Angel, along with Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo!) and Guillermo Rauch (CEO of Vercel). Launched by repeat entrepreneurs Will Yin (CEO) and Rohit Rustagi (COO), Mandolin is utilized by many of the nation’s largest infusion providers, pharmacies, and health systems.

Aria Growth Partners: $152 Million Fund II Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Aria Growth Partners, a growth equity firm that provides capital and elevated partnership to extraordinary consumer brands, today announced the closing of its second fund with $152 million in capital commitments. This oversubscribed fund will continue the firm's winning strategy of serving founders of high-growth consumable product companies.

Access Finance: Interview With CEO Ivan Arnaudov About Offering A Measurable Alternative To Banks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Access Finance is a company that started its operations with a clear mission to provide a measurable alternative to banks, focusing on international accessibility to financial and personal services. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Access Finance CEO Ivan Arnaudov to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Pipefy: Interview With CTO Daniele Gemignani About The Workflow Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Pipefy is a global AI platform that orchestrates autonomous AI Agents, transforming the way companies manage processes, optimize workflows, and democratize access to advanced technology. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pipefy CTO Daniele Gemignani to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

EFFECT Photonics: $24 Million Added To Series D For Coherent Optical Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mahalo: $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Post-Purchase Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mahalo - a new end-to-end post-purchase experience (PPX) platform - announced $2.6 million in pre-seed funding and the launch of their software for small and midsize manufacturers. Motivate Venture Capital led the oversubscribed round, with participation from Diagram and Bridge Venture Fund.

Nasuni: Interview With Chief Innovation Officer, Data Intelligence And AI Jim Liddle About The Unified File Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Nasuni is a unified file data platform for enterprises facing an explosion of unstructured data, providing business resiliency, driving IT efficiency, and reducing infrastructure costs by up to 65%. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Nasuni Chief Innovation Officer, Data Intelligence and AI Jim Liddle to gain a better understanding of the company.

Ubicept: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Sebastian Bauer About The Computer Vision Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Ubicept is a company that transforms how machines perceive the world by combining next-generation image sensors with advanced computer vision algorithms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ubicept co-founder and CEO Sebastian Bauer to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Auramet: $350 Million Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Auramet International - a leading precious metals merchant - announced that it has closed a $350 million syndicated revolving credit facility led by Macquarie Group.

Novoloop: $21 Million Series B Raised For Advanced Chemical Recycling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Novoloop, an advanced chemical recycling innovator, announced the closing of its Series B funding round led by Taranis. And with continued backing from existing investor Valo Ventures, the round also welcomed new investment from SHOP Limited, the Family Office of the Bata Shoe Company.

Enate: Investment Raised From Scottish Equity Partners For Process Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Enate, a UK-based software company providing a leading process orchestration and AI solution used by global service providers, including IHG, TMF, and EY, announced it has secured a significant investment from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP). SEP is a European growth equity firm, specializing in enterprise software and technology businesses. Existing investor Mercia Ventures continues to support the company’s growth journey.

The BARS Program Raises Funding From Sound Growth Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Sound Growth Partners (SGP) announced its majority recapitalization of BARS. And SGP provided all the capital required to complete the transaction via SGP’s One-Stop Buyout structure.

Swave Photonics: €6 Million Series A Follow-On Raised For Holographic Display Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Swave Photonics, a true holographic display company, announced an additional €6 million ($6.97 million) in funding as part of a follow-on investment to the company’s Series A round. The funding round was led by IAG Capital Partners and includes an investment from Samsung Ventures.

Bruce Markets: Strategic Investment Raised From Financial Leaders For Extended-Hours Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Bruce Markets announced a major new strategic investment round led by some of the most prominent names in the financial industry, including Apex Fintech Solutions, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, NH Investment and Securities, PEAK6 Investments, Robinhood, tastytrade, and Webull.