Venture Capital

Valinor: $13 Million Seed Funding Raised To Boost Clinical Trial Success With Multimodal Machine Learning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Valinor, a San Francisco-based AI company focused on improving clinical trial outcomes through machine-learning-driven patient response prediction, announced $13 million in seed funding to scale its multimodal platform for patient selection. The round was led by CRV, Harpoon Ventures, Amino Collective, and Pelion Venture Partners, with additional participation from angel investors and operators, including Charlie Songhurst, Surya Midha, Axel Ericsson, and Kyle Harrison.

Nurse Capital Backs RoddyMedical To Scale SecureMove-TLC Wearable Device Aimed At Reducing Medical Tubing Hazards

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Nurse Capital has made a significant Fund I investment in RoddyMedical, Inc., a Wauwatosa, Wisconsin based medical device company developing nurse led products designed to improve patient safety and staff effectiveness in clinical settings.

Brainworks Ventures: $50 Million AI Native Fund Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Brainworks Ventures has launched a $50 million AI-native venture capital fund that it says is built around what it describes as a new set of economics for companies designed from day one for artificial intelligence. The firm, led by DARPA alumnus Dr. Phillip Alvelda, said the fund is pursuing a first close of $15 million by Q1 2026, targeting a final size of $50 million with the ability to scale to $75 million.

CAPZA: Over €1 Billion Funding Closed For Artemid Senior Loan IV Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

CAPZA announced the successful closing of Artemid Senior Loan IV, raising more than €1 billion for the ASL IV fund and related co-investment vehicles. The total includes approximately €700 million of commitments to ASL IV, about €190 million raised through co-investments, and €120 million allocated to an evergreen fund dedicated to an institutional investor.

Databricks Raising Over $4 Billion Series L At $134 Billion Valuation As Revenue Run Rate Tops $4.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Databricks is raising more than $4 billion in a Series L financing that values the data and AI platform company at $134 billion, as it reported passing a $4.8 billion revenue run rate during its third fiscal quarter and growing more than 55 percent year over year. The company said it achieved the growth while delivering positive free cash flow over the last year and highlighted billion-dollar run rates in both its data warehousing business and its AI products.

Eiffel Investment: €1.2 Billion Energy Transition III Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Eiffel Investment Group has raised its third vintage energy transition infrastructure debt fund, Eiffel Energy Transition III, closing at its hard cap of €1.2 billion after exceeding an initial €1 billion target. The fund brings together more than 30 French and international institutional investors and is positioned as a financing tool supporting European energy sovereignty and competitiveness.

Granite Asia: Over $350 Million First Close For Pan Asia Private Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Granite Asia has secured more than $350 million in a first close for Libra Hybrid, its Pan Asia private credit strategy, as the firm expands beyond its long running technology investing roots into structured credit across the region. The strategy is anchored by Temasek through its private credit platform Aranda Principal Strategies, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and the Indonesia Investment Authority, and is targeting $500 million in total commitments.

BGF Adds Sagacity Solutions CEO Anita Dougall To Board As Non Executive Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

BGF has appointed Anita Dougall as a Non-Executive Director, adding an entrepreneur and data intelligence executive to its Board as the investment firm continues to emphasize data-driven innovation and support for high-growth UK and Ireland businesses.

Channel3: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Universal Product Graph For Agentic Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Channel3, a New York-based startup building what it calls a connected database of every product on the internet, has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its infrastructure for “agentic commerce,” an emerging category of AI-driven shopping experiences where software agents help consumers search, compare, and complete purchases.

Highland Electric Fleets: Up To $150 Million Equity Investment Secured

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Highland Electric Fleets has secured up to $150 million in new equity financing from Aiga Capital Partners as it prepares for a significant expansion of electric bus deployments beginning in 2026. The Beverly, Massachusetts-based company said the funding adds capacity for growth, strengthens an already strong balance sheet, and will support expansion into new markets and additional rollouts next year.

Great Point Partners Acquires Majority Stake In Lenis Group And Names Michel Vounatsos As Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Great Point Partners, a Greenwich-based healthcare-focused private investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Lenis Group, a Slovenia-based commercialization and distribution partner for niche and specialty prescription medicines across Central and Eastern Europe. The investment is intended to support Lenis as it expands its regional footprint and broadens access to specialty therapies in markets that can be operationally complex due to varying regulatory, reimbursement, and distribution requirements.

Bolt Insight: £7 Million Raised To Scale AI-Moderated Market Research Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Bolt Insight, a London-based market research company that uses AI-moderated interviews to help brands capture consumer insights, has raised a £7 million funding round led by Pembroke VCT. Pembroke invested £3.5 million, with additional participation from 212, Active Partners, Velocity, and TIBAS Ventures.

Quantum Art: $100 Million Series A Raised To Scale To Multi-Thousand Qubit Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Quantum Art has closed a $100 million Series A financing to accelerate development of its trapped-ion quantum computing platform and push toward a 1,000-qubit commercial system designed for scalable, multi-core architectures. The Ness Ziona, Israel-based company, said the round will help it move from early revenue to broader commercial scale, while supporting global expansion and continued progress toward achieving quantum advantage.

Empromptu: $2 Million Pre-Seed Closed To Build Self-Managing AI Context Engine For Enterprise Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Empromptu AI, a San Francisco-based startup focused on helping enterprises shift from static SaaS products to self-improving AI-native applications, has raised an oversubscribed $2 million pre-seed round to accelerate development of what it calls its Self-Managing Context Engine. The company said the technology is designed to allow AI features to manage, train, and improve themselves in production environments, with the broader goal of making AI deployments more reliable and maintainable at scale.

Bioxodes: €5.5 Million Series A Extension Raised To Advance BIOX-101 Toward Pivotal Hemorrhagic Stroke Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Bioxodes SA, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for thrombotic and inflammatory diseases, has raised a €5.5 million Series A extension to continue preparations for a potentially registrational Phase 2b trial of BIOX-101 in intracerebral hemorrhage. The company said it plans to initiate the pivotal Phase 2b study in 2027 and believes the program could support BIOX-101 reaching the market as early as the second half of 2030.

Boats Group: $600 Million CPP Investments Commitment Secured In Growth Deal With General Atlantic

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Boats Group, a global operator of online marketplaces for boats and yachts, has announced a strategic growth investment from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, commonly known as CPP Investments, and General Atlantic. CPP Investments has committed $600 million and will take a co control interest in Boats Group as part of the transaction.

Allink Biotherapeutics: $47 Million Series A Extension Raised To Advance Two ADC Programs And Expand Multispecific Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Allink Biotherapeutics, a Shanghai-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing antibody drug conjugates and multi-specific antibody therapeutics for oncology and immunology, has completed extension rounds of its Series A financing, raising $47 million. The company said the extension rounds were led by existing supporter Legend Capital and new investor Meituan Long Z Investment, with participation from additional returning and new investors including Lanchi Ventures, Yuanbio Venture Capital, 5Y Capital, Lapam Capital, and Runzhang Venture Capital, among others.

VisIC Technologies: $26 Million Round B Second Closing Led By Global Chip Leader As Hyundai Motor And Kia Join

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

VisIC Technologies, a Ness Ziona, Israel-based developer of gallium nitride power semiconductors for electric mobility, said it has completed the second closing of its Round B financing, bringing in $26 million. The company said the round was led by a global semiconductor leader and included Hyundai Motor Company and Kia, together referred to as HKMC, as a strategic investor.

Navier: $5.6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Launch Agent-Driven Engineering Platform For Hardware Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Navier, a San Francisco-based startup developing autonomous engineering teams for hardware design and development, has raised $5.6 million in seed funding and launched from stealth. The round included participation from GV (Google Ventures), HCVC, and Y Combinator, as the company positions its technology as a new productivity layer that automates repetitive work between design and engineering groups.

Octane: $100 Million Series F Raised To Fund Expansion And Product Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Octane (Octane Lending), a fintech focused on digitizing the purchasing and financing experience for recreational and specialty vehicle categories, has closed a $100 million Series F equity financing. The company said the round includes primary capital to support growth initiatives, as well as proceeds from secondary share transfers, and follows Octane’s continued originations growth as it looks to deepen its product offering and expand into additional markets.

Skyblue Analytics: Strategic Funding Closed To Expand Global Coverage And Accelerate AI Product Roadmap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Skyblue Analytics, a fintech infrastructure company focused on helping brokers, banks, and financial institutions build modern investment platforms, has raised a strategic investment round led by a group of industry partners and regional market participants. The round, announced December 15, 2025, included Merchant Seven, A3 Mercados, Matba Rofex, PrimaryX, and Draper Angels LATAM, with the company aiming to expand regional coverage and accelerate development of AI-enabled investment experiences.

Cofactor Genomics Secures Strategic Investment From Labcorp And Ascension Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Cofactor Genomics has received strategic investments from Labcorp and Ascension Ventures to accelerate nationwide expansion of its OncoPrism® immunotherapy response diagnostic and broaden patient access across U.S. cancer care networks.

HASI And KKR Add $1 Billion Commitment To CarbonCount Holdings 1

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) and global investment firm KKR have agreed to increase their capital commitment to CarbonCount Holdings 1 LLC (CCH1) by a combined $1 billion, adding $500 million each to expand the co-investment vehicle’s capacity to finance sustainable infrastructure projects across the United States.

Jordan Partners Backs Vanguard Claims Administration With Strategic Growth Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Jordan Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Vanguard Claims Administration, Inc., a third-party administration and independent adjusting platform serving the property and casualty insurance market, as Vanguard looks to expand its national footprint and deepen its technology and reporting capabilities.

Mirelo: $41 Million Seed Funding Raised To Bring AI Soundtracks To Video, Gaming, And Visual Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Mirelo, a Germany-based foundation model company focused on sound for videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital also participated, along with notable angel investors: Yariv Adan, Alex Berriche, Léon Bottou, Burkay Gur, Thomas Hofmann, Antoine Le Nel, Coco Mao, Arthur Mensch, Laura Modiano, Jakob Uszkoreit, and Thomas Wolf.

Iconic: $13 Million Seed Round Raised To Build On Device AI For Interactive Entertainment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2025

Iconic disclosed that it has raised a $13 million seed financing round to advance its on-device AI technology for what it calls a new category of interactive entertainment. The round was co-led by Kindred Ventures and Northzone, with participation from Google AI Futures Fund, Conviction, Deepwater Asset Management, Sequoia Capital scouts, and a group of angel investors.

QuantumDiamonds Announces €152 Million Investment For Building Quantum-Sensing Chip Test System Production Facility In Munich

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

QuantumDiamonds announced a €152 million investment plan to establish the world’s first production facility for advanced chip testing systems based on quantum sensing. The facility will be located in Munich, Germany, and is intended to support the company’s scale-up from research and proof-of-concept work into global production.

Ritten: $35 Million Series B Closed To Expand AI Platform For Behavioral Health Providers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Ritten, an AI-powered system of record for behavioral health providers, has raised a $35 million Series B funding round led by Five Elms Capital, with participation from existing investors Threshold Ventures, 8VC, Bienville Capital, and others. The Philadelphia-based company said the financing will support expansion across mental health and addiction treatment providers spanning all levels of care.

OnCorps AI: $55 Million Closed To Scale Agentic Fund Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

OnCorps AI, an agentic AI platform focused on fund operations for asset managers and fund administrators, has raised $55 million in growth capital from Long Ridge Equity Partners as it looks to accelerate product development, expand go-to-market capacity, and scale infrastructure to support a growing customer base.

Realm.Security: $2 Million Strategic Investment Raised From Presidio Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Realm.Security, a Boston-based cybersecurity company building what it calls the industry’s first AI-native Security Data Pipeline Platform, has secured a $2 million strategic investment from Presidio Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Corporation. The company said it will use the funding and Sumitomo’s global network to accelerate expansion across Asia-Pacific through channel partners, while continuing to strengthen its executive leadership as demand grows for tools that help security teams manage the rising volumes of telemetry data and the costs of storing and processing it.