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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, 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, 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, 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, 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.

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 - 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, 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 - 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 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, 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 – 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, 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, 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 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, 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 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, 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.

Allara Health – a virtual care platform bridging the care divide for women battling chronic hormonal conditions - announced a $26 million Series B funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $38.5 million. Index Ventures led the funding round, and partner Martin Mignot will join Allara's board. And existing investor GV (Google Ventures) also participated in the round. This Series B funding will enable Allara to bring specialized care to women nationwide struggling with hormonal conditions.

Komainu, a regulated digital asset services provider and custodian backed by Laser Digital (a Nomura company), announced it has raised $75 million in strategic funding from Blockstream Capital Partners, subject to relevant regulatory approvals. This funding round enables Komainu to accelerate its international strategic growth plans whilst adopting and integrating class-leading technologies developed by Blockstream Corporation to maximize efficiencies and enhance client services in collateral management and tokenization.

3LS Ventures, an early-stage investor specializing in behavioral health solutions, announced a strategic investment in Xuron. This innovative healthcare technology company offers virtual and intelligent provider training to simulate the patient experience. And this partnership demonstrates 3LS Ventures' unwavering commitment to accelerating advancements in healthcare through technology and innovation.

Ardian, a leading private investment house, announced that it has raised $30 billion for its ninth-generation secondaries platform, making it the largest secondaries fundraise globally to date and solidifying Ardian’s leadership of the secondaries market. And this represents a significant increase over the $19 billion raised for Ardian’s eighth-generation platform in 2020 and brings Ardian’s Secondaries & Primaries Assets Under Management to $97 billion.

1Money, a company developing the world's first purpose-built Layer 1 exclusively designed for stablecoins payments, emerged from stealth and announced over $20 million in funding. This seed funding round includes participation from financial institutions, venture capital firms and strategic investors including F-Prime Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Hack VC, Tribe Capital, Portage, Ethereal Ventures, CMT Digital, Kraken Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, BitGo Ventures, Bing Ventures, MoonPay Ventures, CoinFlip, Bankless Ventures, Perry Creek Capital, A100x Ventures, VARIV, Anagram, Generative Ventures, Lvna Capital, Ambush Capital, Borderless Capital, Pharsalus Capital, Protagonist, gumi Cryptos Capital, Hexa Capital, Karman Ventures, and R3D3 Ventures.