Venture Capital

Cold Bore Capital Management: Interview With Co-Founder & Partner Matt Schachman About The Veteran-Led PE Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Cold Bore Capital is a veteran-led private equity firm based in Chicago that uniquely specializes in small-cap buyouts, targeting businesses within the lower-middle market with EBITDAs ranging from $500K to $5 million. The firm’s Operations Group is fully staffed by veterans from elite military units, including Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Army Rangers, Air Force PJs/CCTs, Marine Raiders/Force Reconnaissance, Navy SWCC, Strike/Fighter or SOF Aviators, and Navy EOD. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Cold Bore Capital co-founder and partner Matt Schachman to learn more about the firm.

RetailNext: Majority Growth Investment Raised From Battery Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

RetailNext - a leader in smart store analytics for optimizing store experiences - announced a strategic majority growth investment from Battery Ventures. This investment will support the expansion of RetailNext’s international team, accelerate product innovation, and provide significant capital for acquisitions.

Jordanes Raises $250 Million Of Strategic Capital From Carlyle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Carlyle announced that its Global Credit platform has provided a strategic capital package of NOK 2,750 million ($250 million) to Jordanes ASA, one of Norway’s leading brand houses. The funding will be used to finance a management buyout of Jordanes, led by co-founders Jan Bodd and Stig Sunde, as well as refinance the company’s existing indebtedness and fund its future growth.

Inari: Seed Technology Company Secures $144 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Inari announced the completion of a $144 million fundraise driven by the performance of its first-generation products and progress toward commercialization. And with cumulative equity raised of more than $720 million, the new capital supports the leading pure-play seed technology company's financial strength and paves the way for long-term growth.

Mili: AI-Based Wealth Management Meeting Platform Company Raises $2 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Mili, an AI-based meeting documentation platform for wealth management firms, announced it raised $2 million in seed funding led by Chiratae and BoldCap, with participation from Sparrow Capital, SFMG Wealth Advisors, Gregg Fisher (Quent Capital), and Better Capital.

Fazeshift: AI-Based Accounts Receivable Agent Company Raises $4 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Fazeshift - an AI agent for Accounts Receivable - announced it raised $4 million in seed funding led by Gradient, Google's early-stage AI fund. The funding round also included investment from Y Combinator, Wayfinder, Pioneer Fund, Ritual Capital, Phoenix Fund, and prominent angels, including Terrence Rohan, Kulveer Taggar, and Rich Aberman.

Senseera: Liquid Biopsy Company Raises $7.1 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Senseera - a liquid biopsy company pioneering chromatin epigenomics - announced closing a $7.1 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from I-Next Capital and the Lowy Medical Research Institute.

Arcuro Medical Holds Initial Closing Of Series A Funding To Improve Patient Outcomes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Arcuro Medical has raised a Series A round of funding led by Varana Capital. This funding round included participation from other notable investors, including Trendlines and Consensus Business Group.

boon AI: AI-Based Commerical Fleet Workflow Platform Raises $20.5 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

boon AI - an AI-based workflow platform for commercial fleets - announced it is launching to transform supply chain and logistics by offering a single system to automate repetitive manual tasks. The Series A round was led by Marathon and Redpoint Ventures. The funding will accelerate the benefits it brings to customers, ranging from food delivery to powering the teams that ensure holiday gifts arrive on time. The new funding round will enable boon to grow its engineering and go-to-market teams.

Marlinspike: Interview With Co-Founder & CIO Mislav Tolusic About The Veteran-Led VC Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Marlinspike is a veteran-led venture capital fund that is investing in dual-use technologies that solve national security challenges and create innovative commercial applications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Marlinspike co-founder and Chief Investment Officer Mislav Tolusic to learn more about the firm.

Decart: AI Research Lab Company Raises $32 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Decart - an efficiency-focused AI research lab - announced it raised a $32 million Series A funding round led by Benchmark, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Zeev Ventures.

Palladius Capital Management Buys $579 Million In Residential Real Estate Properties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Palladius Capital Management - a vertically integrated real estate investment manager with debt and equity investment strategies - announced the acquisition of nine residential real estate assets with a total capitalization of $579 million, such as five multifamily and four student housing communities, totaling over 2,500 units.

PBS Biotech: $17 Million In Growth Capital Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

PBS Biotech - a provider of single-use bioreactor systems and bioprocess development services - announced it secured $17 million in follow-on growth capital from Avego Management and BroadOak Capital Partners.

Digital Edge: Interconnection And Hyperscale Data Center Operator Company Raises Over $1.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Digital Edge - a leading developer and operator of interconnection and hyperscale edge data centers across Asia and portfolio company of Stonepeak (a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets) announced it raised over $1.6 billion in new capital through a combination of equity and debt financing to fuel its next growth phase.

Orbis Medicines: Oral Macrocycle Drug Discovery Company Raises €90 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Orbis Medicines - a leader in oral macrocycle drug discovery - announced today the closing of a €90 million Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised by the company to €116 million. The funding round will support the development of Orbis’ pipeline of next-generation oral macrocycle drugs, called ‘nCycles.’

Hauler Hero: $10 Million (Seed) Funding Raised To Help Waste Management Companies Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Hauler Hero - an all-in-one tech platform helping waste management companies scale their businesses - announced $10 million seed funding led by I2BF Global Ventures, K5 Global, Somersault Ventures, Recall Capital, and executives from ServiceTitan.

Infinant: Bank Platform Company Raises $15 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 5, 2025

Infinant, a Charlotte-based leading bank platform provider, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by FINTOP Capital and partner JAM FINTOP BankTech, with participation from Raido Capital Partners, Woodforest Financial Group, and Bankers Helping Bankers.

Balt: €355 Million Secured To Finance Existing Debt And Drive Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 5, 2025

Balt, a global medical device leader in interventional neuroradiology, announced that it secured €355 million in financing from a group of leading institutional investors and banks to refinance existing debt, accelerate product innovation, expand production capacity, and enhance the development of key growth markets.

Corsmed: $3.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Advancing MRI Scanning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Corsmed, a Swedish Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) software company, announced it has secured $3.5 million in seed funding, bringing the total investment in the company to $10 million. The funding round was co-led by Luminar Ventures and Big Pi Ventures, with participation from previous investors.

Cimulate: $28 Million (Series A) Raised To Help Brands Meet The Demands Of Consumers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Cimulate - a leader in enterprise AI for commerce - announced it has raised $28 million in Series A funding led by Spark Capital with participation from its seed stage investors Sierra Ventures and Pillar VC, with additional participation from LFX Venture Partners and Commerce Ventures. This funding round will accelerate Cimulate’s mission to revolutionize commerce by offering transformative customer experiences through scalable personalization, with a foundation in generative-AI-based search.

Swave Photonics: Holographic Display Company Raises €27 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Holographic display company Swave Photonics announced the closing of its €27 million ($28.27 million) Series A funding round. This investment in Swave will catalyze the advancement of its Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR) platform, enabling a reality-first user experience for AI-based augmented reality (AR) smartglasses and heads-up displays.

Big Time Studios: $150 Million Fund Launched To Advance Web3 Gaming

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Big Time Studios recently announced the $150 million Open Loot Fund, an initiative to empower game studios leveraging the Open Loot platform. This fund provides financial backing, marketing expertise, and development support to enable studios to create high-quality crypto games.

Jolt: Sustainable Energy Storage Materials Company Raises $4 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Jolt Energy Storage Technologies, a pioneer in sustainable organic energy storage materials, announced it raised $4 million in its Series A offering. This funding will accelerate prototype development, field testing, design, and manufacturing processes to pave the way for commercial scalability of its organic flow battery design.

SkyVisor: €1.2 Million Raised For Enhancing Drone-Based Inspection Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

SkyVisor - a leading innovator of automatic drone-based inspection and asset management software for renewables - announced it has raised €1.2 million in a funding round backed by Tomcat, the French public investment bank BPIfrance, Région Île-de-France, and industry leading investors. This investment will drive SkyVisor’s international expansion, accelerate product development, and strengthen its wind and solar market role.

Equinor: $3 Billion Financing Raised For U.S. Empire Wind 1 Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Equinor announced it secured a financing package of over $3 billion to advance Empire Wind 1 offshore wind power project in the US. With this funding, the company expects the total capital investments, like fees for using the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, to be about $5 billion, including the effect of future tax credits.

Microsoft To Invest $80 Billion On AI Data Centers In 2025

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Microsoft announced it will spend $80 billion this year to build a large data center network. This was revealed in a statement by Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith.

Apheris: Series A Funding Raised For Powering Life Sciences Data Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Apheris, a leading federated computing company powering data networks for the life sciences sector, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, bringing total funding to $20.8 million. The funding round was led by leading European DeepTech VC firms, OTB Ventures and eCAPITAL, followed by existing investors, including Octopus Ventures and Heal Capital.

One Equity Partners: Majority Investment In Comau

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

One Equity Partners (OEP) - a middle market private equity firm - announced that it completed a majority investment in Comau, making Stellantis an active minority shareholder. Comau is a global technology company specializing in industrial automation and advanced robotics.

Culina Health: Clinical Nutrition Care Company Raises $7.9 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Culina Health - a digital platform that makes clinical nutrition care inclusive and accessible for everyone - announced that it has raised a $7.9 million Series A funding round. The funding round, which raised Culina Health’s total capital to $20 million, was led by Healthworx (the investment arm of CareFirst). And additional participation in the round includes Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures, and GW Ventures.

KoBold Metals: AI-Based Mining Company Raises $537 Million (Series C) At $2.96 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

AI-based mining company KoBold Metals announced it raised $537 million in Series C funding at a $2.96 billion valuation. The lead investors in this round were Durable Capital Partners LP and T. Rowe Price. There was also participation by Andreessen Horowitz Growth, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi, StepStone Group, and WCM Investment Management.