Startups

Latticework And Edgehill Management Sign Partnership With Life Science Connect

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

Latticework Capital Management (LCM), a private equity firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurially-minded management teams to build successful healthcare companies, and Edgehill Management, a private investment firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams, announced a strategic investment in Life Science Connect (LSC).

UVeye: AI-Based Vehicle Inspection Technology Company Raises $191 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

UVeye, a global leader in AI-driven vehicle inspection technology, announced $191 million of funding, bringing the total capital raised to date to $380.5 million. This funding round was led by Woven Capital with participation from UMC Capital and MyBerg along with existing investors W.R. Berkley, Menora Mivtachim, and More Investment House for $41 million in equity financing; Trinity Capital structured the $150 million debt facility.

H.I.G. Realty Investing In Private Schools Owner And Operator Intellego Education

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

H.I.G. Capital - a leading global alternative investment firm with $67 billion of capital under management - announced that one of its affiliates has invested in Intellego Education, a European-focused owner and operator of private anglophonic schools.

Tradeverifyd: $8 Million (Series A) Secured To Transform Standards For Global Supply Chain Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

Tradeverifyd announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A round led by Silicon Road VC and Bread & Butter Ventures, with participation from Acronym, Techstars, and a100x.

Token Security: $20 Million Raised For Securing Enterprise Machine Identities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

Token Security, a leader in non-human identity security, announced $20 million in Series A funding led by Notable Capital, with participation from existing investor TLV Partners and executives from cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Check Point, and Venafi. This funding round comes only eight months after the company emerged from stealth, bringing the total funding to $27 million. Token also saw rapid adoption since its launch, with customers including HPE and Hibob.

Roofr: Series B Raised For Expanding Roofing CRM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

Roofr is a company that is focused on connecting with roofers, hearing their ideas and common frustrations, and building a product they want and need to help grow their businesses. The company announced it raised a Series B funding round led by TCV. Ad ABC Supply, Crosslink Capital, Euclid Ventures, MGFO, and i2BF have also contributed to this round of funding to help reach the goal of hiring talented people to deliver on our product roadmap faster than ever. This includes new features like canvassing, marketing, document builder, job costing, work orders, and more.

ControlMonkey: Cloud Infrastructure Company Raises $7 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

ControlMonkey, an end-to-end cloud automation platform offering ‘Total Cloud Control’ with Terraform, announced its launch and the closing of a $7 million seed round, co-led by lool ventures and Joule Ventures. This funding round will accelerate the development of ControlMonkey's cloud governance tools and expand its global operations, including significant investments in engineering, customer success, and go-to-market initiatives.

Anivive: Pet Health Company Raises $20 Million From Leonid

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Pet health company Anivive Lifesciences announced it has secured $20 million in funding from Leonid Capital Partners. Leonid is a leading investment firm focused on high-growth technology companies working in the national security industry.

ONCOMATRYX: €25 Million Raised To Develop Novel ADCs Against The Tumor Microenvironment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

ONCOMATRYX, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel ADCs against the tumor microenvironment, announced it has raised €25 million to fund Phase Ib-II clinical trials of OMTX705, a first-in-class ADC targeting FAP. This funding round was led by the company’s existing investors and included a €10 million strategic investment from Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación. And this endorsement highlights the confidence in ONCOMATRYX pioneering ADCs to treat metastatic solid tumors.

Earth AI: Clean Energy Metals Company Raises $20 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Earth AI, a predictive explorer for clean energy metals using artificial intelligence (AI), announced $20 million in Series B funding. Tamarack Global and Cantos Ventures led this oversubscribed round. Participating investors include Overmatch, Alpaca, Sparkwave Capital, and significant support from existing investors, including Y Combinator and Scrum Ventures. The new funding will drive AI and drilling technology development and accelerate project value discovery. The company plans to increase the project pipeline to over 50 sites and increase drilling capacity to 100,000 meters at an industry-beating about $100/meter cost.

Precog Raises Funding From Venture Guides

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Precog, an enterprise leader in AI-driven ETL solutions, announced funding from Venture Guides, a VC firm specializing in enterprise infrastructure. The funding included strong support from existing investors, including Streamlined Ventures and Circadian Ventures. This funding will advance Precog’s mission to transform data integration and analytics, enabling broader market penetration, operational scaling, and accelerated product innovation.

Mitiga: Threat Detection And Solutions Company Raises $30 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Mitiga, a threat detection, investigation, and response solution for Cloud and SaaS company announced that it has raised $30 million in funding. SYN Ventures led this financing round with active participation from existing investors, including ClearSky, Atlantic Bridge, Flint Capital, DNX Ventures, and Glilot Capital Partners. And the new funding will support the company’s growth across the U.S. and Europe.

Degree Analytics: Data-Informed Campus Solutions Company Raises $5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Degree Analytics, a leader in data-informed campus solutions, announced the closing of a $5 million funding round led by LiveOak Ventures. This funding will drive the development and rollout of its facilities optimization platform, empowering colleges and universities to unlock new efficiencies, cut costs, and enhance student experiences by harnessing real-time data insights.

Fundraise Up: Nonprofit Fundraising Platform Company Raises $70 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Fundraise Up, a fundraising platform for nonprofits, announced a minority growth investment led by Summit Partners with participation from existing investor Telescope Partners. And the new funding round reinforces Fundraise Up’s leadership position in the nonprofit technology sector. It will support the company’s commitment to expand product offerings, accelerate global market reach, and provide innovative, AI-based solutions purpose-built to unlock the fundraising potential and impact of nonprofit organizations.

esVolta: $243 Million Preferred Equity Investment Raised For Battery Energy Storage Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

esVolta - a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects across North America - recently completed a preferred equity transaction structured by Captona, an established energy transition investment firm. This funding and the sale of ITC transfer proceeds are expected to provide a total of $243 million in funding.

Satisfi Labs: Growth Funding Raised For Expanding Conversational Experience Platform Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Satisfi Labs, a premier conversational experience platform designed to transform customer engagement for destinations and experiences, announced the securing of new growth financing. And Level Structured Capital, an affiliate of Level Equity, a private investment firm with over $3 billion in assets under management focused on providing capital to software and technology-enabled businesses, provided the funding.

MarkeTeam.ai: $3 Million (Seed) Raised For Accelerating Transition To AI-Based Autonomous Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

MarkeTeam.ai - a developer of advanced AI technology for the marketing industry - announced the completion of a $3 million seed funding round. After recently launching its next-generation autonomous marketing agents, the company already operates a team of virtual experts across core marketing disciplines, such as brand marketing, strategic planning, paid media, social media management, and content marketing.

Highnote: Modern Card Issuance Company Raises $90 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Highnote - a leader in modern card issuance and program management - announced the closing of $90 million in Series B funding and the launch of its acquiring solution. This funding round was led by Adams Street Partners with participation from existing investors including Oak HC/FT, Costanoa, WestCap, and Pinegrove Venture Partners.

Render: Cloud Application Platform Company Raises $80 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Render, a leading modern cloud application platform adopted by over 2 million developers, announced that it raised $80 million in Series C funding led by Georgian, with participation from 01A (Dick Costolo) and avra, and existing investors Addition, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and the South Park Commons Fund. This funding will accelerate Render’s mission to disrupt the $400B+ cloud market by enabling the company to expand enterprise-focused features, build AI-native capabilities, increase its global footprint, and grow its R&D team.