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Robot.com, a San Francisco-based autonomous robotics company, has appointed Gregory D. Smith to its board of directors as an observer. Smith currently serves as Chairman of American Airlines' board and is the co-founder of G2 Equity Partners. The appointment coincides with Robot.com surpassing 2.5 million completed tasks, a milestone the company describes as a signal of its shift from early-stage growth to enterprise-grade operations.

Loop, a full-stack, verticalized AI platform for logistics and supply chains, has raised $95 million in a Series C funding round led by Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund, with participation from 8VC, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, and Tao Capital Partners. The new capital will support team growth, product expansion, and broader deployment of Loop’s platform across logistics, finance, and supply chain operations.

TextQL has raised $17 million in a strategic funding round anchored by Blackstone Innovations Investments, as the company looks to redefine how enterprises extract value from their data in the age of AI.

Pulnovo Medical, a New York-based pioneer in breakthrough therapies for pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, has completed an oversubscribed $100 million strategic financing round led by Medtronic, one of the world's largest medical technology companies. The round also includes continued support from existing investors EQT, Qiming Venture Partners, Gaorong Ventures, OrbiMed, and Lilly Asia Ventures, as well as new investors HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China) and other prominent global investors.

Calibre has officially launched alongside a $3.3 million pre-seed funding round, aiming to redefine how individuals understand and manage their health. The company is focused on eliminating what it describes as “health guesswork” by delivering personalized, data-driven insights that go beyond traditional reactive healthcare systems.

Berlin-based rail startup Nox Mobility has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding to develop a new generation of overnight trains designed around privacy, comfort, and operational precision. The round was led by IBB Ventures, with participation from Italian investor Tommaso Lucca and Patrick Andrae, co-founder and CEO of HomeToGo. The funding will support team expansion, full-scale mock-up development, and preparations for initial routes planned for launch in 2027.

ATMOS Space Cargo, a European company developing orbital transport and re-entry vehicles, announced it has raised €25.7 million in Series A funding to advance its orbital return capabilities and expand its vehicle platform.

Urfuture, a Lancashire-based hiring platform designed to replace CVs and job boards for entry-level talent, has raised £1.7 million in seed funding led by River Capital. The raise will fund scaling of its marketplace, team growth, and the launch of a white-labelled employer product designed to help companies remove CVs and screen talent faster in the AI era.

Proteins.1, a VTT-originated Finnish deep-tech startup, has launched with €4.7 million in pre-seed funding to commercialize a single-molecule protein amplification technology it says could enable disease detection up to 1,000 times more sensitive than current gold-standard platforms.

COLABS, a Saudi-headquartered community-led workspace platform, has launched a 4,000-square-meter campus in northern Riyadh, marking its entry into Saudi Arabia amid growing competition to serve the Kingdom's expanding startup and SME sector. The company has raised more than $8 million to date from investors, including Shorooq, Waseel Partners, Zayn VC, Indus Valley Capital, Fatima Gobi Ventures, and other regional backers. The Riyadh opening marks the beginning of COLABS' international expansion, with the company aiming to become the largest workspace provider for startups and scaleups across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan.

Astor, an AI-native investment advisory platform registered with the SEC, announced that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Monashees, with participation from Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Gilgamesh Ventures, 468 Capital, Valutia, Sunshine Lake, and executives from Stripe and OpenAI. The company plans to use the funding to expand its product, engineering, and growth teams, along with broadening its service offerings.

Petual, an AI-powered audit and compliance platform, announced that it has raised $20 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, and Elad Gil. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market efforts.

Manna Tree Partners announced that Jessica Schmitt has joined the firm as Managing Director of Capital Formation, where she will focus on strengthening relationships with institutional investors and supporting the firm’s continued growth. Based in Los Angeles, Schmitt’s appointment expands the firm’s senior leadership presence across major U.S. financial and consumer markets, including New York, Minneapolis, Denver, San Francisco, and Austin.

BAND, a company building an interaction layer for multi-agent systems, announced its launch out of stealth alongside a $17 million seed funding round backed by Sierra Ventures, Hetz Ventures, and Team8. The funding will be used to expand the company’s engineering team, accelerate product development, and grow its ecosystem of early design partners.

Copperhelm, an AI-driven cloud security platform, announced its emergence from stealth alongside $7 million in seed funding led by TLV Partners, with participation from toDay Ventures, ICON, SaaS Ventures Israel, and several angel investors. The funding will support product development, go-to-market expansion, and scaling of the company’s engineering team.

Ferrosa Therapeutics AG, a Swiss biotechnology company focused on treating anemia of inflammation, announced a $3.5 million seed financing round led by Forty51 Ventures. The funding will support the advancement of the company’s first-in-class bispecific antibody program designed to address the underlying biological drivers of anemia of inflammation.

Zócalo Health, a tech-enabled, community-based primary care provider, announced a $15 million Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $22.75 million. The oversubscribed round was led by EO Ventures, with participation from Talipot and existing investors including Vamos Ventures, Animo Ventures, Acumen America, Sorenson Ventures, BarronKent, and Kapor Center.

Wealthspire, an independent wealth management, institutional advisory, and business management firm, announced that Fiducient Advisors has entered into an agreement to acquire Sellwood Investment Partners, a Portland, Oregon-based investment advisory firm with $11 billion in total assets.

Affix Labs Group B.V., a Dutch green chemtech startup, announced a €1 million funding round led by VP Capital and Oost NL to support the European expansion of its sustainable insect repellent technology.

Celerion, a Lincoln, Nebraska-based global leader in clinical pharmacology and bioanalytical sciences, has announced a majority investment from THL Partners, a private equity firm focused on middle-market growth companies. The investment will support Celerion's continued growth, including expanding its clinical and bioanalytical capabilities and advancing its work helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners bring new therapies to patients. The transaction is expected to close in 2026, subject to customary closing conditions, and will be made through THL's flagship Fund IX.

Openly, a Boston-based tech-enabled homeowners insurance provider, has closed a growth investment round and expanded its long-term reinsurance partnership with Allianz Re. The investment round was led by existing investors Eden Global Partners, Advance Venture Partners, and Gradient, with strategic participation from Allianz X. Financial terms were not disclosed. Ardea Partners served as financial advisor to Openly on the transaction.

WealthReach, a New York-based organic growth platform built for registered investment advisors and wealth management firms, has launched Multiply, an AI-powered referral engine that gives advisory firms the systems, coaching, and automation to turn existing client relationships into a consistent source of new business. The launch follows WealthReach's recent acquisition of the intellectual property assets of Model FA, a referral marketing consultancy whose methodologies were developed over decades of hands-on work with advisory firms.

Oncology Ventures, an Austin, Texas-based venture capital firm investing in commercially validated startups transforming cancer care, has announced the close of an oversubscribed $62 million Fund II, nearly double the size of its $32 million Fund I and surpassing its $50 million target. The fund is anchored by Texas Oncology, the largest physician-led oncology-focused practice in America, alongside renewed backing from Moffitt Cancer Center, City of Hope, Atlantic Health, and Cardinal Health, which all participated in Fund I, and new limited partners including Fred Hutch Cancer Center and other leading institutions. The fund's limited partner network collectively treats one in three cancer patients in the United States.

EQT has introduced a dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy focused on building the physical infrastructure underpinning artificial intelligence, seeded by global data center developer and operator EdgeConneX. The strategy will leverage EQT Infrastructure's experience and leadership in digital and energy infrastructure, drawing on a platform that includes more than $100 billion in digital and energy assets globally, an energy pipeline of over 100 gigawatts, more than 90 data centers, and 29 million miles of fiber network deployed worldwide. The strategy is led globally by Jan Vesely and Christoph Balzer.

ALTÉRRA, one of the world's largest private investment vehicles for climate finance, has announced a commitment from its Acceleration Fund to KKR's Global Climate Transition Strategy, expanding its portfolio of strategic partnerships focused on accelerating climate and energy transition investments across North America, Europe, and Asia. Financial terms of the commitment were not disclosed.

Carson Group, an Omaha, Nebraska-based wealth advisory firm managing over $57 billion in assets under management, has acquired Carson Wealth in Murray, Utah, led by Managing Partner and Wealth Advisor Thom Hall, CFP, ChFC. The practice manages approximately $160 million in AUM and becomes Carson's 43rd integrated office.

Modern Wealth Management, a Monterey, California-based registered investment advisor, has announced an asset purchase agreement with Denver-based Brown and Company, a wealth management practice overseeing approximately $1 billion in assets under management that was previously affiliated with LPL Financial. The transaction marks Modern Wealth's 21st acquisition and its second of the year, pushing total AUM past $13 billion. The deal was guided by Alaris Acquisitions.

L Catterton and Patricof Co have announced the formation of CHAMP, short for Champion Athlete Managing Partner, a new strategic partnership designed to pursue consumer brand investments where deeply aligned athlete involvement can accelerate growth. More than 250 elite athletes have already partnered with CHAMP as co-owners of portfolio companies, including Cooper Flagg, Kevin Durant, Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott, Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Mike Trout, Livvy Dunne, and others across professional basketball, football, baseball, golf, and polo.

Vertical Bridge REIT, the largest private owner and operator of communications infrastructure in the United States, has announced a $1.5 billion equity investment from global investment firm KKR. The transaction establishes a fully funded, long-term capital structure to support Vertical Bridge's strategic plan, including organic development and selective mergers and acquisitions. Existing sponsors DigitalBridge and La Caisse also participated in the equity investment and remain committed long-term partners.

BLP Digital, a Zurich-based provider of agentic AI-based enterprise resource planning automation, has received a $50 million investment from Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The secondary transaction values BLP Digital's profitable growth, strong customer traction, and leadership in AI-driven enterprise process automation. The company currently serves more than 450 corporate customers across more than 40 countries.