Venture Capital

Compa: $35 Million Series B Raised To Scale Agentic AI For Enterprise Compensation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:18 AM

Compa, an AI-driven compensation intelligence provider, announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding to accelerate product development and growth as large companies modernize how they set pay. The round was led by Jump Capital, with participation from Crosslink Capital, Storm Ventures, Permanent Capital, HR Tech Investments LLC (an affiliate of Indeed, Inc.), and PagsGroup.

Midship: $4.15 Million Seed Funding Raised To Automate SOX Testing With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:00 AM

Midship, an AI-native platform focused on automating Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing and internal audit workflows, has raised $4.15 million in seed funding as it looks to modernize one of the most time-intensive parts of public-company compliance. The round was led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Seguin Ventures and additional angel investors.

KPS To Acquire Majority Stake In Novacel From Compagnie Chargeurs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:39 AM

KPS Capital Partners announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Chargeurs Films de Protection SAS, which operates under the Novacel name, in a transaction that will position Novacel as an independent surface-protection solutions manufacturer. Compagnie Chargeurs Invest SA, the selling shareholder, will reinvest alongside KPS and keep a 25% ownership interest in the business. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Exchange Income Upsizes Credit Facility To C$3.5 Billion And Extends Maturity To 2030

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:33 AM

Exchange Income, a Winnipeg-based diversified, acquisition-oriented company with operations across Aerospace & Aviation and Manufacturing, said it has closed a new C$3.5 billion credit facility, increasing total commitments by C$500 million from the prior C$3 billion facility.

Fiddler: $30 Million Series C Raised For Powering The AI Agent Control Plane

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:00 AM

Fiddler AI raised $30 million in Series C funding as it pushes to build what it calls a neutral “control plane” for compound AI systems that increasingly rely on autonomous agents. The round was led by RPS Ventures, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Insight Partners, Capgemini Ventures, Dallas VC, Dentsu Ventures, and Mozilla Ventures, as well as new strategic investors LG Technology Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, and LDV Partners. The financing brings Fiddler’s total funding to $100 million.

Adenia Partners Makes First Majority Investment In Egypt With Parkville Pharmaceuticals Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:37 AM

Adenia Partners has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in Parkville Pharmaceuticals, marking Adenia’s first majority investment in Egypt. The stake is being purchased from Admaius Capital Partners, alongside Parkville’s leadership including Dr. Sherif Bassiouny, the company’s chairman, and Dr. Mahmoud Farrag, Parkville’s CEO. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Global Key Solutions Lands Pre-Seed Investment From Krieger Capital To Scale Regulatory Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:36 AM

Global Key Solutions (GKS), a technology company focused on data-driven quality and regulatory intelligence, said it has secured a pre-seed investment from Krieger Capital, marking what the company described as both a capital infusion and a strategic milestone tied to growing industry collaboration around its KeyPedia platform and longer-term product vision.

CVector: $5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale AI For Energy-Intensive Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:28 AM

CVector has closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed round to accelerate development and adoption of its AI software designed for industrial operators navigating volatile inputs, complex production constraints, and shifting market demand. The financing was led by Powerhouse Ventures, with participation from Fusion Fund, Hitachi Ventures, Myriad Venture Partners, and Schematic Ventures.

SpotDraft Secures $8 Million From Qualcomm Ventures For On-Device Enterprise Legal AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:48 PM

SpotDraft, an AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform, announced it has raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures in a strategic Series B extension, expanding a relationship focused on bringing privacy-first legal AI to Qualcomm-powered devices. The investment follows SpotDraft’s $56 million Series B raise in February 2025 and comes as enterprises look for contract intelligence that can operate securely without sending sensitive documents to external cloud models.

4DMedical: $100+ Million Raised To Accelerate U.S. Expansion Of CT:VQ Lung Imaging

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:26 PM

4DMedical announced it has secured more than US$100 million (AU$150 million) in a new institutional placement to accelerate U.S. growth and expand deployment of its software-based lung imaging technology, led by its FDA-cleared CT:VQ™ product. The company said the capital will be used to scale adoption across U.S. academic medical centers and health systems, deepen customer enablement and support, and materially increase research and development investment to expand its functional lung imaging portfolio.

Fortitude Biomedicines Launches With $13 Million Seed Funding To Advance Immune Cell Targeting Biologics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:13 PM

Fortitude Biomedicines has launched following the close of a $13 million seed financing round to advance antibody-based therapies for autoimmune diseases and cancer. The round was co-led by K2 Bio Partners, Shanghai Healthcare Angel Capital (SHAC), and Elikon Venture, with additional participation from Everjoy Fortune and Taihill Venture.

Mascarene Partners Secures Strategic Minority Investment From Liberty Mutual Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:11 PM

Mascarene Partners, a middle-market infrastructure investment platform focused on North American transportation and industrial businesses, has received a strategic minority investment from Liberty Mutual Investments, the investment firm for Liberty Mutual Group.

Tradespace: $15 Million Series A Raised To Bring IP Development In House And Cut Patent Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:04 PM

Tradespace, an AI-native intellectual property platform, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by AVP, with participation from existing investors Eniac Ventures, Amplo VC, and Scrum Ventures.

Faropoint Completes $273 Million Fund II Portfolio Refinancing Across 61 Last Mile Industrial Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:54 PM

Faropoint announced it has completed a $273 million refinancing for a 61-asset portfolio of light and infill industrial properties totaling nearly 3.5 million square feet, marking its largest portfolio refinance to date by number of assets. The firm, which focuses on last-mile industrial properties in high population growth markets, said the financing proceeds came from a bank syndicate led by Capital One and J.P. Morgan for “Project Walk-Off,” a portfolio spanning eight major U.S. metros across the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest.

Float: Nearly C$100 Million In Debt Facilities Raised To Expand High-Yield Business Accounts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:51 PM

Float Financial announced it has secured close to C$100 million through two debt facilities from Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, and an unnamed tier-1 Canadian bank, positioning the company to expand its business banking and credit offerings for Canadian companies.

Humana Launches $3 Million Scholarship Fund For Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:49 PM

Humana has established a $3 million scholarship fund for incoming medical students at the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM), aiming to help address physician workforce shortages and improve access to care across Louisiana.

DeepWay Raises About $173 Million Pre-IPO To Support Hong Kong Listing Plan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:44 PM

DeepWay, a Chinese developer of assisted-driving technology and freight solutions for heavy-duty electric trucks, has raised about RMB 1.2 billion (roughly $172–$173 million) in a Pre-IPO funding round as it prepares for a planned Hong Kong listing.

Ricursive Intelligence: $300 Million Series A At $4 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance AI-Driven Semiconductor Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:34 PM

Ricursive Intelligence, a newly launched frontier AI lab founded by Dr. Anna Goldie and Dr. Azalia Mirhoseini, announced a $300 million Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that values the company at a $4 billion post-money valuation. The round comes less than two months after Ricursive’s public debut and includes participation from DST Global, NVentures, Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, Radical AI, and Sequoia Capital, among others.

Jelou: $10 Million Series A Raised To Build WhatsApp-Native AI Agents For Payments and Financial Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:15 PM

Jelou announced it has raised a $10 million Series A to expand Brain, its platform for building AI agents that can securely execute business and financial operations directly inside WhatsApp. The round was led by Wellington Access Ventures, with participation from Krealo, Credicorp’s corporate venture arm, and Collide Capital. Jelou said it has now raised $13 million in total funding, including a prior $3 million seed round led by Act One Ventures and Arca Continental Ventures.

Leonard Green Launches $3.6 Billion Sage Equity Investors Fund To Scale GP-Led Single-Asset Continuation Investing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:37 PM

Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., announced it has reached a final close for Sage Equity Investors and related entities, collectively known as Sage I, securing more than $3.6 billion in total commitments for its inaugural program focused primarily on single-asset continuation funds sponsored by third-party private equity managers.

Nubank To Invest Over R$2.5 Billion In Office Expansion As It Shifts To A New Hybrid Work Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:31 PM

Nubank announced it will invest more than R$ 2.5 billion, about $475 million, over the next five years to expand and upgrade its office footprint, with Brazil as the centerpiece of a broader push to scale infrastructure alongside its customer and employee growth.

Salvo Health: $8.5 Million Series A Raised To Expand Hybrid GI And Metabolic Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:27 PM

Salvo Health announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate the expansion of its hybrid gastrointestinal and metabolic care platform, a model designed to help GI practices deliver more continuous, outcomes-driven care while improving the patient experience and strengthening practice economics. The Series A was led by ManchesterStory, City Light Capital, and Threshold Ventures. Salvo said the funding will be used to help GI practices implement technology-enabled, continuous care capabilities and to scale what it describes as a provider-first model.

Corxel Raises Up to $287 Million In Series D1 To Advance Oral GLP 1 Program and Broader Cardiometabolic Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:26 PM

CORXEL Pharmaceuticals Limited said it has completed a Series D1 financing, raising up to $287 million to fund the development of CX11, its oral small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist for obesity and overweight, as well as additional cardiometabolic programs. The company is currently evaluating CX11 in a Phase 2 trial in the United States and noted a separate Phase 3 trial in China being conducted by Vincentage.

PAQ Therapeutics Extends Series B To $77 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:24 PM

PAQ Therapeutics announced it has closed a Series B extension, bringing its total Series B financing to $77 million, strengthening its balance sheet as it advances multiple clinical programs for KRAS-driven cancers.

Maia Farms: $3.75 Million Seed Funding Closed To Scale Mushroom And Mycelium Ingredients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:22 PM

Maia Farms, a Vancouver-based food technology company developing mushroom and mycelium-based ingredients, has closed an oversubscribed $3.75 million Seed equity financing as it looks to ramp up commercial production and expand partnerships with food manufacturers and distributors worldwide. The seed round was led by Active Impact Investments, with follow-on investments from Nya Planet, Ag-West Bio, PIC Investment Group, and Deep Checks. Separately, the company has also cited strategic and non-dilutive support from Genome BC, Natural Products Canada, Protein Industries Canada, and the National Research Council of Canada.

Aviwell: €11 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI-Driven Microbiota Platform For Sustainable Animal Nutrition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:20 PM

Aviwell SAS, a Toulouse-based deep-tech animal nutrition company with operations spanning France and Boston, has closed a €11 million Series A financing to expand its AI-driven microbiome discovery and development platform and advance nature-based biological solutions for global agri-food markets, initially focused on poultry and aquaculture. The round brings in three new investors: Blue Revolution Fund (BRF), Blast.Club, and SWEN Capital Partners. Existing investors Elaia and MFS Investment Management also participated, according to the company.

Skrooge.ai: $1.85 Million Seed Funding Raised For Scaling AI-Based Accounting And Tax Services for UAE SMEs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:08 PM

skrooge.ai, an AI-enabled accounting and tax service provider focused on small and medium-sized businesses in the UAE, has raised $1.85 million in a seed round through SAFE notes from fintech-experienced angel investors. The Dubai based company said the funding will be used to expand product and engineering and to increase delivery capacity as it grows its managed service offering for local SMEs.

Whistle Performance: $2 Million Seed Funding Raised And Rebrand From GPS DataViz

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:12 PM

Whistle Performance (formerly known as GPS DataViz) has closed a $2 million seed investment round and rebranded, aiming to accelerate global expansion and step up product innovation. The San Diego-based company positions its software as a hub for sports and broader human performance programs, aimed at helping teams and organizations turn complex athlete and workforce data into faster, clearer decisions.

Standard Nuclear Raises $140 Million Series A And Begins Production Of Advanced HALEU TRISO Fuel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:32 PM

Standard Nuclear announced it has raised $140 million in Series A funding and has begun production of advanced HALEU TRISO nuclear fuel, positioning the company to scale domestic supplies of a key fuel form used in next-generation reactors. The round was led by Decisive Point, with participation from new investors Chevron Technology Ventures, StepStone Group, and XTX Ventures. Standard Nuclear said the financing also included support from existing investors Welara, Fundomo, Andreessen Horowitz, Washington Harbour Partners, and Crucible Capital, among others.

Lucend: $3.3 Million Seed Funding Closed And Rebrands From Coolgradient

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:30 PM

Lucend, formerly known as Coolgradient, has raised $3.3 million in Seed funding as it expands into the U.S. market with software designed to improve data center uptime and reliability while reducing energy and water consumption. The financing was led by Remarkable Ventures Climate (RVC) and included Mitsubishi Electric Innovation Fund, New Climate Ventures, Avesta, and Stepchange, with support from existing investor 4impact capital.