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Tola Capital - a venture capital firm investing in the next generation of enterprise software enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) - recently announced the closing of Tola Capital III, LP at $230 million. This fund will be deployed to Seed and early-stage startups that are revolutionizing the enterprise software industry with AI. The latest fund brings Tola Capital's total funds raised to date to $688 million.

Quoherent - a company developing room-temperature edge-capable quantum processors that promise to change quantum computing radically - recently announced the closing of its $4.7 million Series Seed financing. This funding round was led by Morpheus Ventures and joined by Draper Associates, Khosla Ventures, and Alpha Edison.

Pathway - an AI-driven medical knowledge platform - recently announced it has secured $5 million in seed funding to advance its solutions to information overload among healthcare professionals. And Pathway distills practice guidance from millions of evidence-based sources into concise summaries, helping clinicians stay up-to-date and provide efficient, high-quality care.

Radiology Partners (RP) - a leading radiology practice in the U.S. through its owned and affiliated practices - recently announced the launch of its RPX AI orchestration platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS). And RPX AI is RP’s AI orchestration and integration platform, and it utilizes AWS HealthImaging, a HIPAA-eligible service for storing, analyzing, and sharing medical images at petabyte scale. RP selected AWS HealthImaging to advance its ability to seamlessly deploy a suite of AI tools across any reading platform, creating a highly accessible and adaptable solution for hospitals and health systems to deliver high-quality, technology-enabled care.

KeraLink International (KLI) recently announced $2.5 million in seed funding in Pantheon Vision (PV) to launch the development of a novel advancement to help eradicate corneal blindness in both developed and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). And Pantheon Vision (an early-stage ophthalmic medical device company KLI established) will use the funding to develop bioengineered corneal implants to reduce reliance on donated corneal tissue – often unavailable in LMICs.

Jana Care - a pioneering developer of at-home self-administered testing technologies for chronic kidney and heart disease management - recently announced the initial closing of a Series B financing from a syndicate of new and existing venture firms. Along with its ongoing partnerships with global leaders in diagnostic technologies and pharmaceutical development, Jana Care welcomes lead investor IAG Capital Partners.

Bazooka Tango - a game studio led by former creators of Vainglory, Bo Daly and Stephan Sherman - recently announced that it has successfully raised $5 million USD in a funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures, with participation from RW3 Ventures, Sfermion, 1Up Ventures, and others.

SEVA - a newly launched growth equity firm serving customer-centric founders and companies based in New York - recently announced the closing of its $85 million oversubscribed debut fund (SEVA Fund I), reaching its hard cap and exceeding its original target of $50 million.

Second Front Systems (2F) - a public-benefit software company accelerating the delivery of mission-critical software solutions to the government - recently announced a Series B funding round of $40 million.

DXC Technology (a leading Fortune 500 global technology services company) and ServiceNow (a leading digital workflow company making the world work better for everyone, have expanded their strategic partnership to transform service and workflow management for customers globally).

CoordinateHQ - a project management system for client service organizations - recently announced the closing of a $5.5 million seed round. The funding round was led by Initialized, with investments from Webb Investment Network and several prominent angel investors.

Pika - an AI video platform that is transforming the video-making and editing experience - recently announced its Series A funding round of $35 million led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. With this latest funding round, Pika has raised a total of $55 million in the company’s first six months with Pre-Seed and Seed rounds led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. And additional investors include other prominent angel investors in AI, including Elad Gil, Adam D’Angelo (Founder and CEO of Quora), Andrej Karpathy, Clem Delangue (Co-Founder and CEO of Hugging Face and Partner at Factorial Capital), Craig Kallman (Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records) and Alex Chung (Co-Founder of Giphy), as well as venture firms such as Homebrew, Conviction Capital, SV Angel and Ben’s Bites.

Composability platform company Canopy recently launched with $4 million seed funding from leading venture capital firms Kindred Ventures and Village Global. Canopy is known for removing the complexity, custom code, and time needed to integrate, serve, and observe all the critical data companies need to grow their business.

Scalestack - an AI-powered all-in-one data enrichment, prioritization & activation platform for RevOps - recently announced that it has raised $1 million in its first round of funding. The investors in this round include Ripple Ventures, Forum Ventures, Flyer One Ventures, Founders Network Fund, and others. This round of capital will help the platform expand its offerings and grow its reach in the market.

Cantai Therapeutics recently announced the formation and completion of a seed financing co-led by Agent Capital and 82VS (the affiliated venture studio of Alloy Therapeutics) with additional participation from Tellus BioVentures. The proceeds from the funding will be used to develop drug candidates to treat autoimmune and inflammatory disorders by developing cytokine-targeting bispecific antibodies that meaningfully improve the status quo for the millions of patients suffering from immune-mediated and autoimmune diseases.

Route 92 Medical - a privately held medical technology company dedicated to improving outcomes for patients undergoing neurovascular intervention - recently announced it has raised over $31 million in Series F financing to accelerate the commercial adoption of a neurovascular intervention portfolio focused on acute ischemic stroke. The oversubscribed funding round was led by existing venture capital investors U.S. Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, InnovaHealth Partners, and The Vertical Group.

PlainID is a company that provides business and admin teams with a simple and intuitive means to control your authorization processes. To learn more, Pulse 2.0 interviewed PlainID's co-founder and CTO/CPO Gal Helemski (she/her).

AireXpert - a leading provider of aerospace and aviation collaboration and automation solutions - recently announced the successful closure of a $3 million oversubscribed investment round. Miami-based growth equity firm Reformation Partners led this funding round, marking a significant milestone for AireXpert as it continues redefining the technology landscape for airlines and MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) organizations.

VISO TRUST is a company that puts reliable, comprehensive, and actionable vendor security information directly in the hands of decision-makers who need to make informed risk assessments. Pulse 2.0 interviewed VISO TRUST CEO Paul Valente to learn more about the company. 

The Cumulus Coffee Company recently announced that it will soon introduce the first-ever solution for making premium cold brew at home in seconds. And the company also announced it has raised $20.3 million in seed funding led by Valor Siren Ventures and Valor Equity Partners, with participation from investors including Maveron, Howard Schultz, Linden Ventures, Carter Reum, and Ryan Tedder. This moment in the evolution of cold coffee results from cutting-edge technology coupled with world-class expertise in the science and craft of coffee.

Artifact Lab - a platform transforming how mobile games monetize players in an era driven by privacy - recently announced the successful completion of its $2 million pre-seed funding round. RW3 Ventures and IOSG Ventures are the co-leaders in this funding round, accompanied by Raptor Group, Cypher Capital, and HerculesDAO to round out the investors' group.

Siena - an AI-focused customer service company - recently announced it raised $4.7 million in funding. This funding round was provided by Sierra Ventures, Parri Passu Ventures, SpaceStation Investments, Village Global, The Council, OpenSky Ventures, and SuperAngel.Fund.

D-Wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software and services and is the world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers and the only company developing both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed D-Wave president and CEO Alan Baratz to learn more.

SignalFire partner and CEO Chris Farmer announced this week that after a decade of disciplined venture investing and applied AI research, the firm is growing its team. 

IO Connect Services - an AWS Advanced Tier Partner - recently announced a majority growth equity investment from East Los Capital to expand its service offerings and engineering staff in anticipation of the next wave of growth from the continued adoption of cloud computing and the increasingly complex needs of its clients.

Cyara - the leading AI-powered Customer Experience (CX) Assurance Platform provider - announced today its acquisition of industry-leading conversational AI testing company QBox. This strategic deal significantly expands Cyara’s conversational AI testing capabilities, solidifying its position as a global market leader in chatbot optimization.

Leading global investment firm KKR recently announced that investment funds managed by KKR have acquired Potter Global Technologies, a leading fire and life safety equipment manufacturer, from Gryphon Investors. The financial terms were not disclosed.

SiLC Technologies (SiLC) - a leader in silicon photonics - recently announced $25 million in additional funding to bring the total funding proceeds from its seed and Series A to $56 million. The new strategic participants in the round include Hokuyo Automatic, Hankook & Company, and ROHM Semiconductor - all industry leaders focusing strategically on industrial, robotics, and mobility vision. They are joining SiLC’s roster of existing high-caliber investors, including Epson, Yamato, UMC, Sony, Dell Technologies Capital, and Alter Venture Partners.

Lifescience Dynamics is a decision support consultancy helping clients manage complex strategic issues. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Lifescience Dynamics president and founder Rafaat Rahmani to learn more.

INFLUENCE - a platform re-envisioning venture investing - recently announced the closing of a US$20.8 million seed round led by Alpha Praetorian Capital (APC), a multi-stage institutional venture capital fund. INFLUENCE offers a new form of venture capital by using AI-based tech to transform traditional and social media into an investable medium called INFLUENCE. The notable investors in INFLUENCE include The London Fund, ACME Innovation, Reeve Collins (co-founder of Tether), Al Kahn (Pokémon), and other prominent tech founders and investors.