Venture Capital

Tether Investments Makes $150 Million Strategic Investment In Gold.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:46 PM

Tether Investments has made a $150 million strategic investment in Gold.com, acquiring a minority stake and forming a long-term collaboration to expand access to gold across both digital and traditional distribution channels.

ElevenLabs: $500 Million Series D At $11 Billion Valuation Raised For Voice AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:43 PM

ElevenLabs announced that it has raised $500 million in a Series D financing round that values the voice and conversational AI company at $11 billion, more than tripling its valuation from a year earlier. The company said the round brings its total funding to $781 million across five rounds since its founding in 2022.

Graici: $7.5 Million Series A Raised For Medicaid Renewal And Redetermination Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:34 PM

Graici, an AI data company focused on Medicaid renewal and redetermination, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round led by Santé Ventures. As part of the financing, Santé Founding Managing Director Dr. Joe Cunningham joined Graici’s board.

Pasito: $21 Million Series A Raised For Building AI Workspace For Benefits Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:32 PM

Pasito, an AI-native workspace for group health, life, and retirement benefits, has raised $21 million in Series A funding to scale an “agentic AI” platform designed to eliminate manual work across insurance and benefits operations. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Y Combinator and insurance-focused MTech Capital.

Derapi: $7 Million Raised For Distributed Energy Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:31 PM

Derapi, a software company building connective infrastructure for the distributed energy ecosystem, has raised $7 million in seed funding to expand its team and accelerate adoption of its universal API platform. The seed round was led by Earthshot Ventures with participation from Tuesday Capital, Susquehanna Sustainable Investments, WYVC, Breakthrough Venture Capital, WovenEarth Ventures, Radicle Impact, Raisewell Ventures, and angel investors including E8 Angels, GreenSky Capital, and Aurora Venture Investments. The investors join existing backers UNION, Ubiquity Ventures, and M1C.

Cartwheel: K-12 School Telehealth Mental Health Provider Closes Series B After 300% Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:28 PM

Cartwheel announced it has become America’s largest K-12 mental health provider after nearly 300% year-over-year growth in new school-district partnerships, bringing its reach to 350 school districts across 15 states. The company, which provides telehealth-based mental health services for students, families, and school staff, also said it has formed partnerships with state departments of health and education in Arizona, Georgia, and Virginia.

Ecovia Bio: Biopolymer Ingredient Maker Closes Series B To Expand Livonia Manufacturing Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:25 PM

Ecovia Bio, a Michigan-based biotechnology company focused on sustainable biopolymer ingredients, said it has closed a Series B funding round led by Pointe Angels, an angel investor group based in the Grosse Pointe communities east of Detroit.

UBEES: €8 Million Series A Raised To Scale Regenerative Pollination Worldwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:23 PM

UBEES, a company that applies professional beekeeping and connected-hive technology to regenerative agriculture, has raised a €8 million Series A round to fund its next phase of growth. The financing was co-led by Starquest and Capagro, with participation from Newtree Impact.

Polaron: $8 Million Closed For Material Sciences Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:17 PM

Polaron, a London-based AI startup focused on advanced materials characterisation, design, and manufacturing, has raised $8 million to build what it calls an “intelligence layer for materials science,” targeting a longstanding bottleneck in industrial materials development: understanding how a material's manufacturing process relates to its performance.

Hublo: €40 Million Reinvestment Vehicle Secured For Healthcare Workforce Management Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:14 PM

Revaia announced it has closed a €40 million reinvestment vehicle dedicated to Hublo, a French provider of workforce management software for the healthcare sector, extending its support for the company after Hublo’s 2025 sale and beyond Revaia’s initial holding period.

TurnClear Spins Out Of Upwell Water With Institutional Growth Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:41 PM

Upwell Water has spun out its decentralized water and wastewater treatment-as-a-service business into TurnClear, creating a standalone company focused on serving commercial and industrial customers. The transaction coincides with an institutional capital infusion from Nuveen intended to accelerate TurnClear’s growth.

DexMat: Over $5 Million In Seed Funding Raised To Scale Carbon-Based Copper Alternative Galvorn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:27 PM

DexMat announced it closed a seed funding round totaling over $5 million to scale Galvorn, its lightweight, flexible, carbon-based conductive material positioned as a high-performance alternative to copper. The Houston-based company said the round brings its total equity funding to $10 million and was led by non sibi ventures, with participation from Governance Partners, Tailwind Futures, BetterWay, Capital Factory, and other prior and new investors.

Bosta: $5 Million Raised For Building Automated Sorting Machine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:23 PM

Bosta announced it has launched what it describes as the largest automated sorting machine in the Middle East, marking a major infrastructure milestone to improve delivery efficiency and support the rapid growth of Egypt’s e-commerce sector.

Anima: AI Design-To-Code Platform Lands IBM Strategic Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:20 PM

Anima announced it has received a strategic investment from IBM to accelerate enterprise adoption of “vibe coding,” which the company describes as a workflow in which product teams design and build apps by telling AI what they want. The Tel Aviv-based company positions the deal as a way to broaden enterprise uptake of its AI design-to-code platform, deepen integrations with enterprise design systems, and extend support for legacy front-end code.

Arbor: $6.3 Million Raised To Turn Frontline Voices Into Operational Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:47 AM

Arbor, an AI research platform focused on enterprise operations, has raised $6.3 million in combined seed and pre-seed funding as it looks to scale product development and expand its team in New York. The seed round was led by 645 Ventures, with participation from Next Play Ventures, Chaac Ventures, Comma Capital, and notable angel investors, and was followed by a previously unannounced pre-seed round.

Refute: £5 Million Raised For Scaling Military-Grade AI Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:42 AM

Refute has raised a £5 million seed round to expand its AI-driven platform for detecting and countering online manipulation amid accelerating disinformation threats across Europe and beyond. The UK company says it is responding to an intensifying “hybrid warfare” environment in which threat actors are blending bot infrastructure with influencer-driven campaigns, using agentic AI to automate operations end-to-end, and increasingly targeting commercial organisations alongside governments.

Dynasty Financial Partners: Wealth Management Platform Closes Minority Capital Raise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:32 AM

Dynasty Financial Partners announced it has closed a minority capital raise, backed by a broad group of stakeholders, including employees, clients, and resource partners, as well as several long-standing investors and members of its board. The investor group includes The Charles Schwab Corporation, BlackRock, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Abry Partners, Glick Family Office, and Dynasty Chairman Harvey Golub, as well as various clients. Fortress Investment Group participated as a new investor. Dynasty said the transaction represents its sixth capital raise since the firm’s founding in 2010.

pHathom Technologies: Seed Round Pushes Total Committed Capital Past $12 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:31 AM

pHathom Technologies, a climate technology company developing carbon capture solutions for existing coastal bioenergy and industrial facilities, has closed its seed financing round, bringing total committed capital to over $12 million. The seed round was led by Propeller Ventures, with participation from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Invest Nova Scotia, and strategic investor Carmeuse Ventures.

Fundamental: $255 Million Raised And AWS Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:27 AM

Fundamental, an AI company focused on predictive intelligence from enterprise data, announced it has emerged from stealth with $255 million in funding and has publicly launched its most powerful Large Tabular Model (LTM), called NEXUS.

Colossal Biosciences: UAE Launches BioVault Partnership To Expand Biodiversity Preservation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:12 AM

The United Arab Emirates has announced a major collaboration with Colossal Biosciences to advance global conservation, biodiversity protection, and scientific research, positioning the UAE as a regional and global hub for knowledge-driven environmental innovation across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.

RTX To Invest $139 Million In Singapore Through New EDB MOUs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:11 AM

RTX announced it will invest over $139 million in Singapore after signing multiple memoranda of understanding with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) at the Singapore Air Show, reinforcing the country’s role as an Asia Pacific aerospace hub for advanced manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), and high-value engineering work.

SBA: Working Capital Pilot Program Delivers $150 Million In New Lending For U.S. Manufacturers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:07 AM

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced its 7(a) Working Capital Pilot (WCP) Program has generated more than $150 million in new lending since the program began, with more than $125 million of that total approved since President Trump took office last January.

Zettabyte: AI Computing Company Lands Headline Asia Investment For Japan Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:56 PM

VulcanForms: $220 Million Series D Raised For Digital Metal Manufacturing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:52 PM

Fieldguide: $75 Million Series C At $700 Million Valuation Raised For Agentic AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:44 PM

Fieldguide, an agentic AI-native platform for audit and advisory firms, has raised a $75 million Series C round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from new investor Geodesic and existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, and Thomson Reuters. The financing brings Fieldguide’s total funding to $125 Million and values the company at $700 Million.

Cadastral: $9.5 Million Raised To Build ‘AI Analyst In A Box’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:57 PM

Cadastral, an AI-native software company building vertically specific intelligence for the commercial real estate industry, has raised $9.5 Million in funding from Navitas, JLL Spark Global Ventures, AvalonBay, Equity Residential, and 1Sharpe.

Willie’s Remedy+: Willie Nelson-Backed THC Drinks Brand Raises $15 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:49 PM

Willie’s Remedy+, a THC-infused beverages brand inspired by Willie Nelson, has raised a $15 million Series A round to accelerate a national retail push and continue product development. The financing was led by Left Lane Capital with participation from Second Sight Ventures.

Goodfire: $150 Million Series B At $1.25 Billion Valuation Raised For Interpretability AI Lab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:34 PM

Goodfire, an AI research lab focused on interpretability for understanding and designing neural networks, has raised a $150 million Series B round at a $1.25 billion valuation, according to the company. The financing was led by B Capital, with participation from existing investors Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons, and Wing Venture Capital, as well as new investors including DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, and Eric Schmidt.

Connect Music: $80 Million Raised To Expand Catalog Acquisitions, Licensing, And AI-Driven Artist Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:31 PM

Connect Music, a Memphis-based music rights and technology company led by founder, president and CEO George Monger, has raised $80 million in new financing led by Rockmont Partners and Variant Investments.

BayHawk Capital: PE Firm Closes $616 Million Inaugural Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:24 PM

BayHawk Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on founder-owned technology and essential services businesses, has closed its inaugural fund, BayHawk Capital Fund I, with $616 million in total commitments. The fund closed oversubscribed at its hard cap and exceeded its original $475 million target, supported by a mix of endowments, institutions, family offices, and long-standing members of the firm’s network.