Venture Capital

Tempero Bio: $70 Million (Series B) Closed To Advance TMP-301 Into Phase 2 Trials For Substance Use Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Tempero Bio - a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing transformative treatments for substance use disorders - announced the closing of a $70 million Series B financing. The funding was led by 8VC with participation from Aditum Bio, Khosla Ventures, and other investors.

Faraday Future: $41 Million Secured Raised To Advance Faraday X (FX) Upgrades

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric - a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company - announced that it has secured $41 million in new cash financing commitments.

Aura: $140 Million (Series G) Raised For AI-Based Safety Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 24, 2025

Aura, a leading AI-based online safety solution for individuals and families, announced its Series G funding round closing. Ten Eleven Ventures and Madrone Capital led the round, which included new investor AT&T Ventures. Existing investors Accel, Warburg Pincus, and General Catalyst also participated.

SemperVirens Venture Capital: $177 Million Closed Across Two New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 23, 2025

SemperVirens Venture Capital, a venture fund investing in companies driving workforce transformation through innovation in the enterprise, healthcare, and financial services sectors, announced that it has closed $177 million across two new funds. The firm had raised $141 million for its Core Fund III for early-stage companies and $36 million for its Growth Opportunity Fund II, which is focused on growth-stage investments in its top-performing companies. The new investment vehicles build on the success of SemperVirens' Core Fund I and Core Fund II, which currently rank in the top decile and top quartile, respectively.

Walker & Dunlop: $253 Million Construction Financing Arranged For Pendry Nashville Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 23, 2025

Walker & Dunlop announced it arranged a $253 million construction loan to facilitate the development of Pendry Nashville and Pendry Residences Nashville, a soon-to-be 30-story hotel-condominium tower located in Nashville's Paseo South Gulch district.

BuildOps: $127 Million (Series C) Closed At $1 Billion For Commercial Contractor Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

BuildOps, an all-in-one platform exclusively for modern commercial contractors, announced that it has raised $127 million in Series C funding led by Meritech Capital Partners. This advances the company to unicorn status with a valuation of $1 billion.

SkySpecs: $20 Million Raised For Renewable Energy Asset Health Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

SkySpecs, a leader in renewable energy asset health management, autonomous drone inspections, and tech-enabled software solutions, announced it raised $20 million in strategic growth capital led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with additional participation from key renewable energy investors including Statkraft and Equinor Ventures. This funding validates the confidence in SkySpecs' market leadership and its ability to drive innovation and scalability worldwide.

Weatherford Capital: Fund II Closed At $300 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

Private investment firm Weatherford Capital announced a $300 million close of Weatherford Capital Fund II. Consistent with Fund I's strategy, Fund II sustained a similar thesis, emphasizing investments in experienced values-based leaders operating growth-oriented companies in technology, financial services, and business and consumer services.

Stable Sea: $3.5 Million Secured For Global Stablecoin Offramping

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

Stable Sea, a stablecoin liquidity and orchestration company facilitating stablecoin offramping to global markets, announced a $3.5 million funding round led by Kindred Ventures with participation from Ludlow Ventures, DFS Lab, The Venture Dept. and The Fintech Fund. This funding will be used to further Stable Sea's mission of providing efficient, cost-effective and compliant stablecoin offramping solutions.

Quantexa: $175 Million (Series F) Raised At $2.6 Billion Valuation For Decision Intelligence Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

Quantexa, a leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced that it has completed a $175 million Series F investment round led by Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG). This latest funding round values the company at $2.6 billion. This milestone is driving Quantexa’s progress against its mission to help enterprises and government agencies across multiple markets stay ahead in the race for AI-driven DI.

Brainomix: £14 Million (Series C) Closed For Advancing AI Imaging In Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

Brainomix, a company pioneering AI-based imaging tools in stroke and lung fibrosis, announced the completion of a £14 million ($18 million) Series C investment round. The funding round was co-led by prominent healthtech investors that include existing investors, Parkwalk Advisors, the UK's largest growth EIS fund manager, and the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF), along with new investor Hostplus via the IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund. Hostplus is a leading Australian industry superannuation (pension) fund with over AUD$120 billion in funds under management. LifeSci Capital supported the funding round.

Sibel Health: $30 Million (Series C) Secured By Northwestern University Spinout For Advanced Monitoring Solutions For Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 21, 2025

Sibel Health, a medical technology spinout of Northwestern University, announced the closing of $30 million in new equity financing and its 7th FDA 510(k) clearance. The equity funding was led by Sibel's existing investors, the Steele Foundation for Hope and Dräger, to accelerate the commercial deployment of the ANNE One monitoring platform.