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Qontext: $2.7 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Build Independent AI Context Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Qontext, a Berlin-based startup building an independent context layer for AI, has raised $2.7 million in pre-seed funding to help companies run AI workflows, agents, and applications on a shared, reusable base of governed, continuously updated business context. The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Zero Prime Ventures, and included a group of AI and enterprise software founders and operators.

Pluto.markets: Commission-Free Investing Platform Raises $6 Million Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Pluto.markets has raised $6 million (DKK 37.5 million) in seed funding to accelerate product development and expand across the Nordics and broader Europe with its commission-free investing proposition.

Traumasoft Acquires EMS Platform Company Huly

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Traumasoft, a provider of integrated emergency medical services (EMS) management software, has acquired Huly, an AI-native platform that streamlines administrative workflows across EMS operations. The companies said the deal is intended to position AI as “essential infrastructure” for the EMS industry while keeping Huly broadly interoperable and accessible to agencies regardless of their existing technology stack.

Aerska: $39 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Brain Shuttle RNA Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Aerska, a biotechnology company developing brain shuttle technology to deliver RNA medicines to the central nervous system, has closed a $39 million Series A financing led by EQT Dementia Fund and age1, with participation from Iaso Ventures and continued support from existing investors.

Naboo: $70 Million Series B Raised For AI-Based Events Procurement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Naboo has raised a $70 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to scale its AI-powered corporate events (MICE) procurement platform globally and accelerate expansion in the U.S. Existing investors Notion Capital, ISAI, and Ternel also participated. Headquartered in Paris,

Neurent Medical: €62.5 Million Series C Raised For Expanding NEUROMARK Commercially

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Neurent Medical, a Galway, Ireland based medical technology company focused on chronic inflammatory sinonasal diseases, has closed an oversubscribed €62.5 million ($74 million) Series C financing to accelerate the commercial expansion of its NEUROMARK System for chronic rhinitis, broaden clinical evidence generation, and advance its product and indication pipeline.

Inference Research: $20 Million Seed Funding Closed For Quantitative Trading Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Inference Research has launched as an AI-native quantitative trading firm positioned at the intersection of digital assets and traditional finance, alongside the anticipated closing of a $20 million seed funding round led by Avenir Group.

LateralCare Names William Reau As CEO And Mani Nedunchelian As CTO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

LateralCare has appointed William Reau as chief executive officer and Mani Nedunchelian as chief technology officer as the company looks to scale revenue alai, its AI native platform for revenue cycle management.

Seamflow: $4.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Building AI Software For The Testing And Inspection Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Seamflow, a London-based startup building AI software for the testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) industry, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding as it looks to modernize compliance-heavy workflows that underpin global commerce The round was co-led by Initialized Capital and Northzone, with participation from Nebular, Entrepreneurs First, and Transpose Platform. The financing also included angel investors, including Mario Götze and Charlie Songhurst.

Vega: $120 Million Series B Raised For Expanding Detection And Response Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Vega has raised $120 million in a Series B round as it pushes to reshape how large enterprises run security detection and response. The funding was led by existing investor Accel, with participation from Cyberstarts, Redpoint, and CRV, and brings Vega’s total capital raised to $185 million in under two years. The company said the new round nearly doubles its valuation.

Andercore: $40 Million Series B Closed For Industrial Trade Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Andercore, an AI-driven trade platform for industrial supply, has raised $40 million in a Series B financing that combines equity and debt to accelerate expansion across Europe. The round included participation from existing investors Atomico and Project A, with Inven Capital joining as a new investor, alongside institutional financing from Commerzbank and KfW. The Berlin-headquartered company said it has now raised $75 million to date.

Samaya AI Launches Agent Control Plane And Adds NVentures And Databricks Ventures Backing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Samaya AI announced it has introduced a new architecture, the Agent Control Plane (ACP), positioning it as a control and governance layer for building and operating finance-focused AI agents that reason in real time within a specialized investment context. The Mountain View-based company also disclosed new investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Databricks Ventures, which it plans to use to extend development of ACP and expand customizable agents for financial workflows.

Gyala Therapeutics Wins €3.7 Million Spanish Government Grant And Initiates Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Gyala Therapeutics has initiated a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of its investigational CAR-T cell therapy, GYA01, after receiving authorization from Spain’s Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS). The clinical-stage biotechnology company is advancing GYA01 as a potential option for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), two aggressive blood cancers with poor outcomes and limited treatment options after relapse.

Birch Hill Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed For Onchain Lending And Tokenized Asset Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Birch Hill Holdings, an institutional digital asset infrastructure firm focused on onchain lending and tokenized asset markets, said it raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to build compliant, institution-ready access to blockchain-based credit and income strategies. The round was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Nascent, FalconX Ventures, Coin Operated Group, The Operating Group, JST Digital, Flowdesk, and a group of industry executives.

Inertia Enterprises: $450 Million Series A Raised For Commercializing Laser-Based Fusion Pilot Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Inertia Enterprises announced it has raised a $450 million in Series A financing to advance a commercial fusion energy program based on inertial confinement fusion physics demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The company, founded in 2024 and based in Livermore, California, said the round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from GV, Modern Capital, Threshold Ventures, and other investors.

Leah Partners With PwC UK To Power Agentic Operating Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Leah, an agentic AI company behind Leah Agentic OS, has entered a partnership with PwC UK aimed at helping organizations design, deploy, and scale coordinated AI agents as they build modern operating models within Global Business Services. The companies said the collaboration combines PwC UK’s industry and functional expertise with Leah’s agentic operating system to support the design and stand-up of new operating models across shared services environments.

Clearwater Analytics Integrates With TreasurySpring For Fixed-Term Cash Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Clearwater Analytics and TreasurySpring have announced a platform integration designed to help institutional clients invest surplus cash in fixed-term products with predictable maturities while keeping activity and reporting inside Clearwater’s investment management and accounting environment. The integration connects Clearwater’s platform directly to TreasurySpring’s marketplace of more than 1,000 cash investment products, expanding the options available to shared clients seeking defined-maturity matching and improved returns on excess cash.

Newo: $25 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Voice Infrastructure for SMB Call Handling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Newo.ai announced it raised a $25 million Series A round led by Ratmir Timashev, the co-founder of Veeam Software and co-founder of OH.io, as the company looks to scale its AI voice and messaging infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses. The San Francisco-based startup said the financing brings its total capital raised to about $32 million, following earlier angel, seed, and SAFE rounds, with Aloniq, Constructor, Acrobator, and s16vc also participating.

Norton Rose Fulbright: Helen Christakos Named As Partner In San Francisco Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright announced it has expanded its US privacy, AI, and cybersecurity bench with the addition of Helen Christakos as a partner in its San Francisco office, a move the firm framed as a response to rising client demand for privacy compliance, AI governance, and cybersecurity risk counseling. Christakos joins the firm’s global privacy and cybersecurity group from A&O Shearman, where she led the US Data Privacy Group, and will help deepen Norton Rose Fulbright’s California footprint in an area the firm described as strategically important.

Osaic Onboards $153 Million Firm Midtown Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Osaic announced Midtown Advisors, an independent wealth management firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has affiliated with its platform, adding approximately $153 million in client assets. The move follows Midtown’s more than decade-long relationship with LPL Financial and positions the firm to leverage Osaic’s technology, product capabilities, and operational support while maintaining its existing investment approach.

Smart Bricks: $5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Real Estate Investing PLatform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Smart Bricks, a frontier AI lab building agentic AI infrastructure for real-estate investing, announced it has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun, with participation from funds and angels across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.

GitGuardian: $50 Million Series C Raised For Secrets And Non-Human Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

GitGuardian announced it has raised a $50 million in Series C financing to expand its secrets security and Non Human Identity (NHI) governance capabilities, positioning the round as a response to the rapid growth of service accounts, applications, and autonomous AI agents that require credentials, permissions, and oversight. The company says enterprises are facing an “exponential growth in non human identities,” with the emergence of autonomous agents widening what it describes as an AI agent security gap.

Hubbl Technologies: $6 Million Series A Raised For Salesforce Ecosystem Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Hubbl Technologies, a company positioning itself as an intelligence layer for the agentic era, said it has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Industry Ventures. The company said the financing will accelerate development of its Intelligence Platform and expand its ability to deliver contextual intelligence to enterprises as they adopt AI-driven business operations.

Catalyst Power: Interview With CEO Gabriel Phillips About The Energy Solutions Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Catalyst Power is an independent energy solutions provider that integrates tailored retail electricity supply with on-site, sustainable, and distributed energy resources—such as solar, battery storage, and EV charging—to help commercial and industrial businesses reduce costs and emissions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Catalyst Power CEO Gabriel Phillips to learn more.

ManageMy: $45 Million Closed For Expanding Agentic AI Workflows And Underwriting Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

ManageMy, an intelligent orchestration platform for insurers, said it has raised $45 million, including $20 million secured in a recent Series B round co-led by Ventura Capital and OCVC, with backing from BNF and a consortium of strategic leaders in traditional insurance and insurtech.

Brandlight: $30 Million Series A Raised For Enterprise AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Brandlight announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate development and scaling of its enterprise platform focused on helping brands manage AI search visibility and navigate what it described as a convergence of AI search, advertising and commerce. The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Cardumen Capital and G20 Ventures.

Infragistics: Interview With Founder & CEO Dean Guida About The Software Tools Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Infragistics develops software tools—enterprise UI component libraries, design/prototyping products, its Reveal embedded analytics platform that helps teams build modern web and desktop applications, and Slingshot, where AI-powered insights meet seamless work management. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Infragistics founder and CEO Dean Guida to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Nasdaq Launches New Private Capital Index Benchmarks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Nasdaq has launched the Nasdaq Private Capital Indexes, a new suite of rules-based benchmarks designed to provide more consistent, objective measurement in private markets, where performance data and benchmarking have often been fragmented and less standardized. The company positioned the launch as the next step in expanding Nasdaq Private Capital Solutions, a broader platform that combines benchmarking, institutional-grade datasets, and analytics into workflow-ready tools for institutional investors and consultants.

Take2: $14 Million Series A Closed For Healthcare Recruiting AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Take2, an AI agents platform built for healthcare recruiting, announced it has raised a $14 million Series A round led by Human Capital, with participation from Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital, SemperVirens VC and Honeystone Ventures. Take2 is positioning its platform as a response to what it describes as a healthcare hiring breaking point, citing high turnover, significant vacancy costs, and recruiting workflows that remain heavily manual. The company said its autonomous AI agents are designed to automate core recruiting work rather than simply assist recruiters.

Perseus Materials Raises Strategic Investment From Lockheed Martin For Composite Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Perseus Materials, a venture-backed startup developing a large-scale additive manufacturing system for composite parts, announced it has closed a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin. The company, founded in 2022 by Stanford researchers, said the backing will support hiring, fulfillment of initial customer orders, and an expansion of its physical footprint.