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Autotech Ventures Announces $230 Million Third Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Autotech Ventures - an early-stage venture capital firm with a goal of solving the world's ground transportation challenges with technology - announced the closing of its third fund. The $230 million third fund will be used to invest in seed through Series C mobility-related startups.

TORL BioTherapeutics Raises $158 Million To Develop New Biologics For Cancer Treatment

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 21, 2023

TORL BioTherapeutics - a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new biologics for cancer treatment - announced its public launch and the closing of a $158 million Series B financing.

How QuickBlox Is Poised To Capitalize From The $45 Billion CPaaS Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

QuickBlox is a cloud-based communication platform company that enables businesses to add real-time communication features to their apps and websites with ease. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 conducted a Q&A interview with QuickBlox CEO Nate MacLeitch.

TiiCKER: Verified Stock Perks And Direct-To-Shareholder Marketing Company Raises $5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

TiiCKER - a company that is known as the world's first shareholder loyalty and engagement platform - announced it has closed on a $5 million seed funding round led by Baysore Advisory Group, Red Cedar Ventures, and Flipturn Ventures with participation from a group of tech and consumer CEOs and family offices.

Caristo Diagnostics: Cardiac And Vascular Disease Diagnostics Company Closes £13 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 21, 2023

Caristo Diagnostics Limited - a global leader in cardiac and vascular disease diagnostics and risk prediction - announced it has secured a further £13 million (US$16.3 million) to conclude its Series A financing round.

Trullion: Corporate Accounting Software Company Raises $15 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 21, 2023

Trullion - a leading provider of corporate accounting software - announced the completion of $30 million in funding to accelerate its growth and expand its product offerings.

Flourish Achieves $2 Billion Assets Under Custody Milestone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Flourish - a company that provides innovative access to financial products that help registered investment advisors (RIAs) secure the financial futures of clients - announced record growth alongside other milestones including enhancements to its product suite and integration partner ecosystem. And the company now boasts over $2 billion in assets under custody (AUC) and over 550 RIA firms on the platform.

Capitola: Commercial Insurance Marketplace Company Raises $15.6 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 21, 2023

Capitola announced it has raised $15.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Munich Re Ventures.

How Standigm Is Aiming To Shorten Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Standigm is a global workflow AI-driven drug discovery company with offices in Cambridge, UK; Cambridge, MA, US; and Seoul, South Korea. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed the company’s SVP of Strategic Planning Hanjo Kim.

Unchained: Bitcoin Financial Services Company Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Unchained - a leader in financial services for bitcoin holders - announced its $60 million Series B funding round led by Valor Equity Partners. The initial close of the funding round included participation from existing investors NYDIG, Trammell Venture Partners, Ecliptic Capital, and Highland Capital Partners. And the Series B funding round builds further momentum following a $15 million financing led by Ten31 that was completed last fall.

BlueMark: Impact Verification And Intelligence Company Secures $10 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 21, 2023

How Anvil Foundry Is Helping Businesses Automate Documentation Processes, Driving Substantial Cost Savings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Anvil Foundry is a company that has developed a platform, which enables paperwork automation with modern APIs and powerful no-code tools to collect data, generate PDFs, and gather signatures within any application. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed CEO and founder Mang-Git Ng.

Spendflo: How This Company Helps Save Millions In Software Expenses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Spendflo is a company that helps companies manage all of their SaaS vendors in one platform and streamline approval workflow by informing them when contracts are up for renewal, who owns them, and how much they are saving on them. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Siddharth Sriddharan, CEO and co-founder of Spendflo.

UT Southwestern Receives $4 Million For Supporting Biotech Startups In North Texas

By Annie Baker ● Apr 21, 2023

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has received $4 million in funding to help its scientists turn their life science research into new biotech companies.

Cloud Infrastructure Company Volumez Raises $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Volumez - a modern cloud infrastructure company - announced that it has completed a $20 million Series A financing round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies with participation from existing investors, Viola Ventures and Pitango.

Virtual Reality Game Studio Vinci Games Raises $5.1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2023

Vinci Games - a globally-distributed virtual reality (VR) game studio - announced it has raised $5.1 million in a seed funding round led by Makers Fund with participation from Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, Anorak Ventures, BonAngels, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin.

Voluware Receives Growth Investment From Hughes & Company

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 21, 2023

Voluware - a provider of solutions to speed and simplify prior authorizations - announced a capital investment from Hughes & Company. And the private equity firm invests in growth and later-stage healthcare software and technology-enabled service companies.

Smart Connected Worker Solution Augmentir Raises New Funding Round

By Noah Long ● Apr 20, 2023

Augmentir - a provider of an AI-based connected worker solution - announced that it has completed a new financing round and is expanding its team to support the company's accelerating growth.

Blisce Announces Final Closing Of blisce/2 Fund At $250 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2023

Transatlantic investment firm blisce/ has announced the final closing of its blisce/2 fund at $250 million (~€225 million). This fund was supported by leading institutions, corporations, and family offices.

Laparoscopic Visualization Company Xenocor Raises $10 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 20, 2023

Xenocor - the creator of the FDA-cleared Saberscope, the world's first true HD, fog-free, articulating, single-use laparoscope - announced a $10 million Series A funding led by GenHenn Venture Fund I

Ariceum Therapeutics Extends Series A Funding To €47.75 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 20, 2023

Ariceum Therapeutics - a private biotech company developing radiopharmaceutical products for the diagnosis and treatment of certain hard-to-treat cancers - announced the successful completion of a Series A extension financing, raising a further €22.75 million, following the €25 million Series A financing announced in June 2022.

EHS And Risk Management Platform Company YellowBird Secures $6.25 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 20, 2023

YellowBird - a leading EHS and Risk Management technology company - announced it raised $5 million in seed funding at an oversubscribed $6.25 million. This funding round was led by Rebalance Capital and Manifold Group and joined by QBE, Nationwide's Venture Capital team, Plug and Play, Cameron Ventures, and other investors.

3D Glass Solutions Raises $30 Million In Series C Funding

By Annie Baker ● Apr 20, 2023

3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) - a leading innovator of glass-based three-dimensional integrated passive solutions for radio frequency (RF), photonic, and data centers - announced the closing of a $30 million Series C financing.

TextUs Hits Over 1 Billion Messages Sent And Received

By Annie Baker ● Apr 20, 2023

TextUs - a leading conversational texting platform that enables organizations to have engaging real-time conversations with prospects, candidates, employees, and customers - announced it has recently surpassed one billion messages sent and received on its platform.

Cellcom Telecommunications Israel To Roll Out Independent 5G Network

By Noah Long ● Apr 19, 2023

Cellcom and Parallel Wireless have announced the launch of their first-of-a-kind pilot, which is going to demonstrate the deployment of autonomous 5G SA core sites in Israel.

Government-Technology Focused Company Cardinality Raises $12.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 19, 2023

Cardinality.ai - a government-technology-focused AI SaaS solution provider - announced a $12.5 million Series B investment led by Boathouse Capital along with other investors.

Respondology Raises $11 Million To Fight Abuse And Spam On Social Media

By Noah Long ● Apr 19, 2023

Respondology - a Boulder Heavy Industries portfolio company (BHI) co-founded by digital veterans to eradicate hate, abuse, and spam on social media and to empower brands and organizations to optimally manage social engagement across multiple platforms - announced the closure of an $11 million Series A round of funding.

Two Sigma Impact Closes Over $675 Million In Capital Commitments

By Annie Baker ● Apr 19, 2023

Two Sigma Impact - a mission-driven private equity firm - announced the closing of its inaugural Impact Fund. And Two Sigma Impact received a total of $677 million in capital commitments to the fund and its managed co-investments.

Mental Health Company TARA Mind Raises $3 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 19, 2023

TARA Mind - a mental health company that enables safe and affordable access to psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) - announced it raised $3 million in pre-seed funding from Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm building and investing in technology-led companies that bring revolutionary advancements to healthcare and national security.

Insurance Data API Company Axle Closes $4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2023

Axle - a leading universal API for insurance data - announced it raised $4 million in seed funding led by Gradient Ventures - which is Google's AI-focused venture fund.