Venture Capital

Octane: $6.75 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Cybersecurity For Crypto

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Octane announced it has secured $6.75 million in a seed funding round co-led by Archetype and Winklevoss Capital. The funding round also included participation from Gemini, Circle, Legion Capital, Druid Ventures, Duke Capital Partners and strategic angels including Balaji Srinivasan, Sina Habibian, and others.

i4cp: Strategic Investment Raised From M|C Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) announced a strategic investment from M|C Partners, which is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on businesses in the technology services and digital infrastructure sectors. The funding will support additional growth opportunities for i4cp, which is a leading authority on next practices in human capital.

Five Good Friends: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From TPG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Five Good Friends announced a strategic investment from leading global alternative asset management firm TPG to fund its continued growth in the home care industry.

Penn State University: Student Startups Win Funding Prizes For Inc.U Competition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Penn State University revealed in a news release that Joy Tac (a student startup from Penn State Harrisburg) won first place and $15,000 in the 2025 Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition. And as a kickoff to Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC, six student teams from four Penn State campuses pitched their startups to a panel of judges, competing for $30,000 in total funding prizes.

Pantheon: $5.2 Billion Raised For Third Senior Credit Secondaries Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Global private markets investor Pantheon announced the closing of a record $5.2 billion into Pantheon Senior Debt III (PSD III) and related vehicles, featuring closed-end co-mingled funds, evergreen and rated insurance vehicles, and separately managed accounts.

Olaris: Strategic Investment Raised From Labcorp

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Olaris, a precision medicine company leveraging metabolomics and machine learning to discover and develop its myOLARIS diagnostics products, announced an investment from Labcorp, a leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, as part of its Series-B1 financing. Labcorp joins existing investors Robert Carpenter, Innospark Ventures, North Point Partners, Alumni Ventures, and new investor US Boston Growth Capital.

AlpInvest Partners: Over $4 Billion Raised For Portfolio Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

AlpInvest Partners, a leading global private equity investor and subsidiary of Carlyle, announced it has raised $3.2 billion for AlpInvest Strategic Portfolio Finance Fund II (ASPF II), inclusive of parallel SMAs and co-investments. This exceeds the initial target and more than triples the size of the previous program ASPF I.

RCP Advisors: RCPDirect V Closed At About $994 Million In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

P10, a leading private markets solutions provider, announced today that its strategy RCP Advisors (a private equity investment firm) that provides access to North American small buyout fund managers, closed on its latest co-investment fund called RCPDirect V.

SecondWave Systems: $7 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Ultrasound-Based Anti-Inflammatory Therapy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

SecondWave Systems, a clinical-stage medical device company developing a novel ultrasound-based treatment for inflammatory disorders, announced that it has closed a $7 million Series A financing round. The funding was led by Treo Ventures, a major healthcare strategic investor, with participation from Scientific Health Development and the University of Minnesota's Discovery Capital and SSBCI funds.

incident.io: $62 Million (Series B) Raised To Help Engineering Teams Fix Issues Faster

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

incident.io, an end-to-end incident management platform used by engineering teams at companies like Netflix, Linear, Ramp, and Etsy, announced it has raised $62 million in Series B funding. This funding round was led by Insight Partners and with continued support from Index Ventures and Point Nine Capital. And this round brings the total funding to over $96 million.

groundcover: $35 Million (Series B) Raised For eBPF-Driven Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

groundcover, an eBPF-driven observability platform for modern architectures, announced that it raised $35 Million in Series B funding led by Zeev Ventures with follow-up participation from Angular Ventures, Heavybit, and Jibe Ventures. This round brings the company's total funding to $60 million.

illumicell AI: $2 Million (Pre-Seed) Closed For Male Fertility Diagnostics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

illumicell AI, which was founded by Harvard-trained physician Michel Bielecki, former McKinsey consultant Jeyla Sadikova, and rocket engineer Loup Cordey, announced it has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of the first portable lab scanner and real-time AI platform for fluid-based diagnostics, capable of analyzing cells and biomarkers within minutes. Investors include several top-tier healthcare operators, clinicians, and early-stage funds such as KOFA Healthcare, Harvard Phoenix Venture Fund, and MedTechSyndicates.

Thoughtful Automation: Growth Investment Raised From New Mountain Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Thoughtful Automation, a leading AI-based revenue cycle automation company, announced a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital, an investment firm with over $55 billion in assets under management. This funding will support Thoughtful.ai’s next growth phase and further advance automation and AI adoption to address the complex challenges facing healthcare providers.

Atempo Growth: First Closing Of Second Fund At €300 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Atempo Growth announced the first closing of its second fund, Atempo Growth II SCA, SICAV-RAIF, which will finance high-growth tech companies in Europe. In this initial stage, the fund has raised €300 million to increase the platform’s assets under management to over €700 million. The target for the final close of the second fund—earmarked for Q1 of 2026—is between €400 and 500 million.

AppWork: $13 Million (Series A) Raised For Streamlining Maintenance Operations For Property Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

AppWork, a rapidly growing software platform purpose-built to streamline maintenance operations for multifamily property management teams, announced it has secured a $13 million Series A investment led by Resolve Growth Partners, a growth equity firm focused on investing in and scaling leading vertical SaaS companies.

Symphonic Capital: $13.5 Million Debut Fund Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Symphonic Capital, an early-stage VC firm investing in the next generation of institutions serving overlooked and underserved communities, announced it has officially closed its $13.5 million debut fund. This inaugural fund will be led by Sydney Thomas and focus on early-stage investments in founders closing access gaps across healthcare and financial services.

Caris Life Sciences: $168 Million Raised For Precision Medicine Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Caris Life Sciences - a next-generation AI TechBio company and precision medicine pioneer - announced that the company has closed a growth capital funding round of $168 million. With this round of funding, Caris has raised $1.86 billion in capital since 2018.

NexGen Cloud: $45 Million (Series A) Closed At $354 Million Valuation To Expand Sovereign AI Infrastructure In Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

NexGen Cloud, a UK leader in AI infrastructure, announced it has closed its Series A round, raising $45 million at a valuation of $354 million. Backed by high-net-worth individuals and family trusts, this funding will drive global expansion and enhance sovereign AI capabilities in Europe.

Glimpse: $10 Million (Series A) Raised To Automate Deduction Management For CPG Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Glimpse, the first AI-based end-to-end deduction management service for CPG brands, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $10 million series A funding round. The funding round was led by 8VC and participated in by existing investors YCombinator, Origin Ventures, and Informed Ventures and new investor Allison Pickens, the former COO of Gainsight.

Gallatin: $15 Million (Seed) Funding Secured For Transforming Defense Logistics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Gallatin AI, a defense technology company transforming military logistics through artificial intelligence, today emerged from stealth with $15 million in seed funding. Incubated within 8VC's Build program, which has launched defense unicorns Epirus and Saronic, Gallatin utilizes years of dedicated research in defense and commercial logistics innovation. The funding round was led by 8VC, joined by Silent Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Timeless Partners, and Banter Capital.

Zero Industrial: $10 Million (Series A) Closed For Advancing Development Of Thermal Energy Storage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Zero Industrial - a leading development company decarbonizing industrial heat by utilizing thermal energy storage (TES) systems - announced that it closed $10 million in funding led by Evok Innovations with participation from Rusheen Capital Management.

Metopio: Growth Investment Raised For Data-Driven Solutions For Community Health

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Metopio announced it has secured a multi-million-dollar investment led by Plymouth Growth, which promises to transform how organizations uncover, understand, and act on critical community insights. This strategic funding marks a significant milestone in broadening access to data, empowering healthcare and public health professionals to make faster, more informed decisions that directly impact community well-being.

Andros Capital Partners: Third Energy Fund Closed At $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Andros Capital Partners announced the closing of Andros Energy Capital III at its $1 billion hard cap. And Fund III is the latest Andros flagship fund focused on private equity investments, credit opportunities, and direct asset-level investments across the energy value chain.

Turbine: Over $121 Million Raised For Liquidity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Turbine, a liquidity platform driven by data science that provides credit facilities to venture investors, announced it has raised $13 million in Series A funding, co-led by Alpha Edison and TTV Capital and joined by Fin Capital, B Capital, and Sozo Ventures. This funding and the company’s previously unannounced $8.75 million in seed funding bring Turbine's total funding raised to $121.75 million.

Adaptis: Sustainability Platform Company Raises $4 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Blumind: C$20 Million (Series A) Closed For Advancing Analog AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Blumind, a developer of ultra-low-power analog AI chips for edge computing, announced the closing of a C$20 million Series A funding round. Cycle Capital and BDC Capital co-led the funding, with existing investors including Fusion Fund, Two Small Fish Ventures, and Real Ventures joining the round. The company is keeping the round open to engage in active discussions with strategic investors.

Rain: $75 Million (Series B) Closed For EWA And Financial Wellness App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

Rain, an employer-integrated earned wage access (EWA) and financial wellness app, announced it has raised $75 million in Series B equity funding. Prosus led the round, which also included Nextalia Ventures, Spark Growth Ventures, and existing investors, including QED, Invus Opportunities, and others.

BRINC: $75 Million Raised For Emergency Response Drones

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

BRINC, which is a manufacturer of emergency response drones, announced that it has raised $75 million in new funding. This funding will be used to accelerate the development and production of BRINC's lifesaving drone technology.

HoneyHive: AI Agent Observability And Evaluation Company Closes $7.4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

HoneyHive, an AI agent observability and evaluation platform, announced its general availability launch along with $7.4 million in total funding, including a $5.5 million seed round led by global software investor Insight Partners and a previously unannounced $1.9 million pre-seed round led by Zero Prime Ventures.

SE Ventures Unveils 12- Week Accelerator Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2025

SE Ventures, which is a $1+ billion stage-agnostic venture capital firm backed by Schneider Electric, announced the launch of its new Accelerator Program, a 12‑week initiative designed to help pre‑seed startups in climate and industrial technology achieve product‑market fit and accelerate growth.