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StructuredWeb: $30 Million Raised From Invictus Growth Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

StructuredWeb, a market leader in AI-powered channel sales and marketing SaaS solutions, announced a $30 million majority investment from Invictus Growth Partners. This strategic growth funding will accelerate StructuredWeb’s AI roadmap and expand its global footprint, enabling the company to further capitalize on the massive channel sales market, representing 70% of international commerce. Invictus Co-Founders and Managing Partners John DeLoche and William Nettles have joined StructuredWeb's Board of Directors in connection with the funding.

Bedrock Energy: $12 Million (Series A) Secured For Scaling Geothermal Heating And Cooling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

Bedrock Energy, a geothermal heating and cooling company, announced a $12 million Series A led by Titanium Ventures. And Energy Impact Partners and Sustainable Future Ventures joined alongside existing investors Wireframe Ventures, Overture Ventures, Toba Capital, Elemental Impact, First Star Ventures, and Cantos. The funding round will support the continued advancement of Bedrock’s technologies and expanded deployment in Colorado, Utah, and neighboring states.

Axoflow: $7 Million (Seed) Raised To Transform How Enterprises Handle Security Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

Axoflow, a cybersecurity startup transforming how enterprises collect and handle security data, announced it raised a $7 million seed round led by EBRD Venture Capital. And all existing major investors, Credo Ventures and e2vc, have significantly increased their stakes in the company, reaffirming their belief in Axoflow’s mission and its growth trajectory.

Thoma Bravo: Credit Fund III Closed At $3.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

Thoma Bravo announced the completion of fundraising in connection with its Thoma Bravo Credit Fund III at $3.6 billion in total available capital, including anticipated leverage. And this represents the firm's largest credit pool of capital to date and underscores the continued leadership and success of the Thoma Bravo Credit platform.

Google Hiring Part Of HTC’s XR Unit In $250 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

Taiwan-based HTC said it will be selling part of its unit for extended reality (XR) headsets and glasses to Google in a $250 million deal. Some of HTC’s employees will also be joining Google as part of the deal.

DryRun Security: $8.7 Million (Seed) Raised To Enhance Application Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

DryRun Security, an AI-based company delivering application security (AppSec) for development and security teams, announced its $8.7 million seed funding round from lead investors LiveOak Ventures and Work-Bench and participation from Cannage Capital.

Vivident: $1.5 Million (Seed) Raised To Develop AI-Based Character IP Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Vivident, a company developing AI-powered character IP technology, has secured $1.5 million in seed funding from global investors across South Korea, Japan, the United States, and Hong Kong. This funding round included participation from leading venture firms, including Hashed, Mashup Ventures, TheVentures, Modhaus, Sfermion, CVC Z Venture Capital, Decima Fund, and CMCC Global's Titan Fund.

Glox Therapeutics: £3 Million Awarded For Collaborative Discovery Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Glox Therapeutics, a company that is pioneering the development of precision antibiotic therapies based on naturally occurring bacteriocins, announced it has been awarded a share of the £3 million Collaborative Discovery Programme (CDP) launched by the Cystic Fibrosis Antimicrobial Resistance (CF AMR) Syndicate with funding from the medical research charity, LifeArc.

Tive: Supply Chain Technology Company Raises $40 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Tive, a leader in supply chain and logistics visibility technology, has closed a $40 million investment to bring real-time shipment tracking and monitoring solutions to the industry. The Series C funding round was led by WiL (World Innovation Lab) and Sageview Capital, with participation from AVP, RRE Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, Supply Chain Ventures, and Sorenson Capital.

Package.ai: AI-Based Platform Secures $14 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Package.ai, an AI-based platform transforming customer engagement and last-mile logistics for big-box retailers and service providers, announced a minority growth investment led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm. SGE’s investment marks the first institutional fundraise for Package.ai, which has been mostly bootstrapped since its founding.

ServerLIFT Raises Funding From American Pacific Group Affiliate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco Bay Area-based private equity firm, announced that an APG affiliate has invested ServerLIFT, a manufacturer of purpose-built material handling and lifting equipment for critical IT infrastructure. And the funding is in partnership with Ray and David Zuckerman, who represent two generations of family ownership and leadership of the company.

MoneyHash: Payment Orchestration Platform Company Raises $5.2 Million (Series Pre-A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

MoneyHash, one of the first and leading payment orchestration platforms operating in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), announced it secured $5.2 million in pre-A funding. The funding round was led by Flourish Ventures, a global fintech investor known for backing industry leaders such as Chime and FlutterWave. New investors include Saudi's Vision Ventures, Arab Bank Venture Capital, and Emurgo Kepple Ventures.

Bogart Wealth: Minority Investment From Constellation Wealth Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Bogart Wealth, an independent wealth management and Registered Investment Advisory firm, announced that it has closed on a minority, long-duration investment from Constellation Wealth Capital (CWC). This long-term strategic investor provides capital solutions exclusively to wealth management businesses and multi-family offices. This minority investment in Bogart Wealth will be used to further enhance the firm’s client services, technology solutions, recruitment initiatives, marketing activities, and more. And Bogart Wealth remains a proudly independent registered investment adviser (RIA), with employees being the overwhelming majority owners of the business.

VCFA Group: Venture Partners VII Fund Closed With $122.5 Million In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

VCFA Group, a pioneer in the secondary private equity industry, announced the closing of its latest fund VCFA Venture Partners VII, L.P. (VCFA VP VII), with capital commitments totaling $122.5 million. This fund continues VCFA's leadership in the secondary market, focusing on smaller and more complex purchases of later-stage venture capital and growth equity assets.

Reshop: $17 Million Raised And Anthony Eisen Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Reshop, a platform redefining refunds for consumers and merchants, announced the appointment of Anthony Eisen as Chief Executive Officer. Eisen has been a part of Reshop since its founding, serving as Chairman of the Board and a founding investor at Reshop. Reshop also announced a $17 million fundraise, with leading investments from Matrix Partners, Sound Ventures (venture-capital firm co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), Woodson Capital, and Touch Ventures.

Origis Energy: Over $1 Billion Strategic Investment Raised From Brookfield And Antin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Origis Energy, which is one of America's leading renewable energy platforms, announced a new strategic investment from Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. alongside new commitments from existing sponsor, Antin Infrastructure Partners, which could exceed $1 billion in the aggregate.

Reeco: $15 Million (Series A) Secured For Modernizing Hotel Procurement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Reeco, a leading AI-based procure-to-pay platform for the hospitality industry, announced today it has secured $15 million in Series A funding. This funding will advance the company's strategic growth initiatives, including the accelerated advancement of the Reeco platform.

ButterflyMX Raises Significant Growth Equity From FTV Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

ButterflyMX, a cloud-based property access platform for multifamily and commercial properties, announced a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital. And with nearly 17,000 buildings and 1.5 million people using ButterflyMX daily, this funding will enable expansion into new markets, accelerate new product offerings, and solidify its position as the leading provider of property access control and security solutions.

Rockfish Data: Funding Raised To Help Enterprises Leverage Synthetic Data For Operational Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Rockfish Data - a pioneer in synthetic data generation platform for operational workflows - announced the closing of a $4 million seed fundraising round. This funding round was led by Emergent Ventures with participation from Foster Ventures, TEN13, Dallas VC, NewBuild Venture Capital, and others. This brings the total amount raised close to $6 million.

Rainbow: $8 Million (Series A) Secured For Expanding Small Business Insurance Offerings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Rainbow, a digitally-enabled managing general underwriter (MGU) building tailored small business insurance products, announced it raised $8 million in Series A funding, led by Zigg Capital.

Granata Bio: $15 Million (Series A+) Raised To Expand Reproductive Health Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Granata Bio - a biopharma company focused on invigorating the global infertility medication market - announced its $15 million Series A+ funding round. The funding round was exclusively supported by existing investors, including Gedeon Richter, CooperSurgical, Amboy Street Ventures, and other strategic investors. And Granata has raised over $30 million to date.

Colbeck Capital: $700 Million Closed For Vintage Strategic Lending Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Colbeck Capital Management - a leading middle-market private credit firm focused on strategic lending - announced that it has raised $700 million in capital commitments for the third flagship fund, Colbeck Strategic Lending III, exceeding its target by 40%.

Owlstone Medical: $27 Million First Close Of Series E Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Owlstone Medical, a leader in Breath Biopsy for early disease detection and precision medicine applications, announced the first closing of $27 million (circa £22 million) in its Series E financing round. The fundraiser was led by Ventura Capital, joined by Aviva Ventures, Horizons Ventures, and other existing investors. The close also saw the completion of the investment from the Gates Foundation.

Maki: Conversational AI Agent Company Raises $28.6 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Maki – a conversational AI agent transforming talent acquisition – announced the closing of its $28.6 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Blossom Capital, with participation from DST Global and existing investors Frst, GFC, and Picus Capital.

Hinge Bio: $30 Million (Series A) To Develop Therapies For Autoimmune Disease

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Hinge Bio, a privately-held biotechnology company, announced the closing of a Series A’ financing led by Point72. Joining Point72 are Ridgeback Capital, InVivium Capital, and Lightswitch Capital, and others.

Stoke Space: Rocket Company Raises $260 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Stoke Space, a rocket company building the world’s first 100% reusable medium-lift rocket, announced that it has raised $260 million in new Series C investment to drive continued growth and innovation. This round brought the company's total funding to $480 million.

Be Bio: Clinical Stage Company Closes $92 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Be Biopharma, Inc. (Be Bio), a leader in B Cell Medicines (BCMs), announced the closing of its $92 million Series C financing. The funding round includes participation from new investor Nextech with existing investors, including ARCH Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, RA Capital Management, Alta Partners, Longwood Fund, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Takeda Ventures. In connection with the funding, Melissa McCracken, Ph.D. of Nextech will join Be Bio’s Board of Directors.

qbiq: Automated Architectural Solutions Company Raises $16 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

qbiq, one of the largest and first AI companies focused on automating architectural planning, announced the closing of a $16 million Series A round led by global software investor Insight Partners. The funding round included participation from JLL Spark, 10D, Ocean Azul, Random Forest and M-Fund.

Hildred Capital: Equity Partners III Fund Closed At Over $800 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Hildred Capital Management - a lower middle-market healthcare private equity firm - announced the final closing of its third fund, Hildred Equity Partners III. This fund was significantly oversubscribed, exceeding its $600 million target and hitting its hard cap in seven months. With total capital commitments over $800 million, the fund represents more than double the size of its predecessor fund, Hildred Equity Partners II, which closed in 2021 with $363 million of capital commitments.

Solera Health: $40 Million (Series E) Raised To Streamline Digital Healthcare Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Solera Health, a technology platform for connecting people seamlessly and easily to health solutions that work, announced $40 million in new funding. The insider funding round was co-led by Health Care Service Corporation and includes Adams Street, Cobalt Ventures, and Horizon Mutual Holdings.