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Skema: Seed Funding Raised For AEC Design Data Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Skema announced it has closed a strategic seed funding round to accelerate development of its platform designed for architecture, engineering, and construction professionals. The company said the capital will be used to expand its platform capabilities, deepen integrations with AEC workflows, and extend its tools across the full spectrum of design and construction phases. The round was led by Robin Bienfait, a board member of Skema and CEO of Atlanta Tech Park and Emnovate. The investor base includes strategic industry partners, venture investors, and family offices.

Hibachi Worldwide: Strategic Investment From Andakin Ventures To Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Hibachi Worldwide announced it has received a strategic growth investment from Andakin Ventures to accelerate the global expansion of its in-home hibachi and private chef entertainment platform.

Lotus Domaine: Strategic Investment Relationship With OPENVC Unicorn Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Lotus Domaine Fund III, LP, a private equity fund focused on founder-led enterprise technology companies, announced that it has entered into a finalized strategic investment relationship with OPENVC Unicorn Fund I, LP, a platform providing institutional-grade access to late-stage private technology companies.

Crossover Markets: $31 Million Raised For Institutional Crypto Trading Platform At $200 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Crossover Markets, a digital asset trading technology firm focused on institutional crypto liquidity, announced it has raised $31 million in a Series B financing round, valuing the company at $200 million.

Artemis: $6 Million Raised For Distributed Energy Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Artemis, formerly known as Monalee, announced that it has raised $6 million in financing to expand its AI-powered platform designed to streamline distributed energy deployment. The round was co-led by Long Journey Ventures and Copec WIND Ventures, with participation from Ludlow Ventures, Shrug Capital, Coalition Operators, Plug and Play Ventures, FJ Labs, Tribeca Ventures, Palm Tree Crew, and Scott Banister.

NextWork: $4.45 Million Seed Round Raised For AI Skill Verification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

NextWork, a platform designed to help people learn practical artificial intelligence skills by building real-world projects and publishing proof-of-work portfolios, announced it has raised $4.45 million in a seed funding round led by Shakti VC. The round also included participation from Cake Ventures, along with repeat investors GD1 VC, Blackbird Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, Phase One Ventures and a group of angel investors.

Alithea Genomics: $8.9 Million Seed Round Closed To Scale RNA-Seq For Drug Screening And Toxicology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Alithea Genomics announced the closing of a CHF 6.9 million ($8.9 million) seed financing round aimed at accelerating the commercialization of its large-scale RNA sequencing technologies and expanding their use in drug discovery and toxicology research.

Inhouse: $5 Million Raised For AI Legal Platform For Business Owners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Inhouse announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform designed to help business owners handle legal work more efficiently. The round was backed by Run Ventures, Royal Street Ventures, Switch, and Brian Liu, the cofounder and former CEO of LegalZoom.

MeltPlan: $10 Million Seed Round Raised To Build AI Planning Engine For Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

MeltPlan announced that it has raised $14 million to date, including a $10 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The round also included participation from noa, with earlier backing from WND Ventures and several angel investors.

Procode AI: $4 Million Raised And The Auctus Group Acquired To Build AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Platform For Surgeons

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Procode AI, an AI-powered revenue cycle management (RCM) company focused on surgeons in private practice, has launched from stealth with $4 million in funding and the acquisition of The Auctus Group, a medical billing company serving plastic surgery and dermatology practices.

ImmunoScape Signs Clinical Trial MOU With U.S. Cancer Center And Secures Strategic Investment From Leonardo DiCaprio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

ImmunoScape, a Singapore headquartered biotechnology company developing next generation T cell receptor (TCR) based cancer immunotherapies, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with a leading National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the United States to advance a clinical trial for its “Seed and Boost” therapeutic platform. The company also revealed a strategic investment from actor and environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio.

Traversal: AI Site Reliability Engineering Platform Receives Strategic Investment From Amex Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Traversal, an AI platform focused on enterprise site reliability engineering, announced a strategic investment from Amex Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of American Express.

Avantus: $300 Million Construction Financing Secured For Arizona Solar And Energy Storage Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Avantus announced it has closed more than $300 million in construction financing for the Kitt Solar and Energy Storage Project in Arizona. The financing was arranged with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s New York branch (CIBC).

Avolon: $420 Million Samurai Loan Facility Raised By Aviation Finance Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Avolon announced it has raised $420 million through its inaugural Samurai loan facility, marking the largest debut Samurai issuance by a European company and the firm’s first borrowing that is not denominated in U.S. dollars.

White & Case: Gabriel Salinas Joins As Partner In Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

White & Case announced that Gabriel Salinas has joined the firm as a partner in Houston, expanding its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Global Energy Industry Group.

Carta: AI-Powered CRM Launch Follows ListAlpha Acquisition To Expand Private Capital ERP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Carta has acquired AI-powered CRM and relationship intelligence platform ListAlpha, launching Carta CRM as a new front-office component of its broader enterprise resource planning platform for private capital firms. The acquisition is designed to integrate deal sourcing, fundraising, and relationship management with Carta’s existing fund administration and accounting systems, creating a unified platform for the private markets investment lifecycle.

Robinhood: Platinum Credit Card And Family Finance Products Unveiled At ‘Take Flight’ Event

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Robinhood announced a suite of new financial products aimed at helping households manage and grow wealth across generations, including a new premium credit card, family investing tools, trust and custodial accounts, and updates to its digital advisory platform. The announcement was made during the company’s “Robinhood Presents: Take Flight” event and outlined a broader strategy to expand the platform into a full-service financial ecosystem for families.

Otovo: $16.6 Million Secured To Fund EnergyAid Acquisition And Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Otovo announced it has secured approximately $16.6 million through a private placement as the company moves forward with plans to acquire EnergyAid and expand its home energy services platform across North America and Europe.

Circadence: $16.4 Million Closed For AI-Driven Cyber Readiness Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Circadence announced it has closed a $16.4 million investment round led by Seneca Partners as the company continues to expand its AI-driven cyber readiness and resilience platform across defense and enterprise markets.

Unleash: $35 Million Raised For AI-Era Feature Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Unleash, an enterprise FeatureOps platform designed to help organizations control software releases in the era of AI-generated code, announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The round was led by One Peak, with participation from existing investors Spark Capital, Frontline Ventures, and Firstminute Capital.

Spellbook: $40 Million Debt Financing Secured To Fund Legal AI Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Spellbook, an AI copilot platform for contracts, announced it has secured $40 million in debt financing from RBCx, the technology and innovation banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, to support strategic acquisitions as the legal AI sector undergoes consolidation.

Surf Internet: $407 Million Fiber ABS Closed To Support Broadband Network Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Surf Internet announced the closing of a $407 million fiber asset-backed securitization designed to strengthen the company’s long-term capital structure and accelerate fiber network expansion across the Great Lakes region.

Cancer Grand Challenges: $125 Million Awarded To Five Global Research Teams Tackling Major Cancer Questions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Cancer Grand Challenges, a global research initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the U.S. National Cancer Institute, has awarded $125 million to five international teams of scientists working to address some of the most complex and unresolved problems in cancer research.

All Seas Capital: Investment In Funeral Services Platform Sereni To Support Buy-And-Build Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Pan-European private capital firm All Seas Capital has announced an investment in Sereni, a funeral services platform operating across Belgium, Germany, and Poland. The investment is intended to support Sereni’s buy-and-build strategy and accelerate the scaling of its operations across European markets.

Hightower Advisors: $5 Billion AUM Firm Journey Strategic Acquired

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Hightower Advisors has agreed to acquire Journey Strategic Wealth in a deal that will add about $5 billion in assets under management to its Hightower Signature Wealth platform, marking the first external acquisition for the W-2 advisor channel.

Maven Capital Partners: Ewan MacKinnon Appointed Managing Partner As Founder Bill Nixon Becomes Chair

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

UK alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners has appointed Ewan MacKinnon as managing partner as part of a planned leadership succession at the firm. Founder and previous managing partner Bill Nixon has transitioned to the role of chair on a part-time basis.

Attain Finance: C$250 Million Credit Facility Secured To Refinance Canadian Financing And Lower Cost Of Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Attain Finance announced it has entered into a new C$250 million credit facility designed to refinance its previous Canadian SPV II facility and strengthen the company’s capital structure.

Eight Sleep: Funding Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For AI-Driven Predictive Health Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Eight Sleep announced a new strategic funding round led by Tether Investments, valuing the company at $1.5 billion, supporting its expansion from sleep optimization into a predictive AI-driven health platform.

Cart.com: $180 Million Raised For Unified Commerce And Logistics Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Cart.com announced that it has secured a $180 million growth equity investment led by Springcoast Partners, providing the Houston-based unified commerce and logistics platform with additional capital to expand its technology, fulfillment network, and artificial intelligence capabilities.

Mercer: Women & Wealth Practice Launched To Support Female Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Mercer Global Advisors has launched a national Women & Wealth practice, establishing a dedicated group focused on advancing women through holistic financial planning, wealth building, and community engagement.