Venture Capital

CloudSEK: $19 Million Series B1 Raised For Scaling Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2025

CloudSEK, a leader in AI-based cyber threat prediction and intelligence, announced it has raised $19 million across its Series A2 and B1 funding rounds. The funding round included participation from MassMutual Ventures, Inflexor Ventures, Prana Ventures, Tenacity Ventures, and select strategic investors, including Commvault, the Meeran Family (founders of Eastern Group), StartupXSeed, Neon Fund, and Exfinity Ventures.

DataHub: $35 Million Series B Closed For Enabling AI To Manage Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2025

DataHub (by Acryl Data), a leading open-source metadata platform, announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This latest funding round brings the company's total to $65 million, enabling accelerated development of its context management platform, which provides discovery, observability, and control across data, AI models, and AI agents.

LMArena: $100 Million Seed Funding Raised for AI-Focused Open Community Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2025

LMArena, an open community platform for evaluating the best AI models, announced it has secured $100 million in seed funding led by a16z and UC Investments (University of California) with participation from Lightspeed, Laude Ventures, Felicis, Kleiner Perkins and The House Fund.

SparkCharge: $30.5 Million Raised For Advancing Mobile EV Charging Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2025

SparkCharge, which is the world’s largest off-grid electric vehicle fleet charging network and creator of the first mobile and off-grid EV charger, announced the close of a $15.5 million Series A-1 funding round led by Monte’s Fam and $15 million venture loan facility provided by Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, totaling $30.5 million. Additional venture capital and investment firms that participated in the Series A-1, including Collab Capital, Cleveland Avenue, Non-sibi Ventures, Elemental Impact, and MarcyPen.

ReproNovo: $65 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Reproductive Medicine And Women’s Health Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2025

ReproNovo, a company dedicated to developing innovative treatments for reproductive medicine and women’s health, announced the successful closing of a $65 million Series A financing round. The funding round was led by Jeito Capital, co-led by AXA IM Alts and founding investor M Ventures, with strong syndicate support from Ysios Capital and ALSA Ventures.

XP: $6.2 Million Raised For Ticket Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 25, 2025

XP, a ticket marketplace dedicated to driving live experiences and rewarding fandom, announced it has raised $6.2 million in funding led by Blockchange, with participation from L1D, Reflexive, and others. The capital will accelerate XP’s mission to build the most fulfilling ticketing experience for fans.

New Mountain Capital Forms Smarter Technologies By Combining Portfolio Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 25, 2025

New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented investment firm with $55+ billion in assets under management, announced a definitive agreement to form Smarter Technologies, the automation and insights platform for healthcare efficiency, created through the strategic combination of portfolio companies SmarterDx, Thoughtful.ai, and Access Healthcare.

QuantumLight: $250 Million Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 25, 2025

QuantumLight, a quantitative venture capital firm founded by Nik Storonsky, announced the final closing of its inaugural $250 million fund. And at the same time, the firm is publicly launching its second operating playbook Hiring Top Talent designed to help founders systematically scale world-class teams.

OpenFX: $23 Million Closed For Transforming Cross-Border Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

OpenFX, an FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border payments, announced its emergence from stealth with $23 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, Hash3 and strategic fintech investors.

Seniorverse: $2.1 Million Seed Raised For Transforming Adult Daycare Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

Seniorverse, a mission-driven startup transforming the senior care landscape, announced that it has raised $2.1 million in seed funding from a diverse group of high-net-worth individuals, angel investors, founders, and senior care industry veterans. This strategic funding will support the development of Seniorverse’s software platform and the recruitment of key hires to accelerate growth.

LIS Technologies: $11.93 Million Funding Raised For Developing Advanced Laser Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

LIS Technologies, a proprietary developer of advanced laser technology and the only USA-origin and patented laser uranium enrichment company, announced that it has closed its third consecutive oversubscribed funding round of $11.93 million, bringing the total raised to over $47 million to date. The funding round saw continued support from repeat investors, including Innovating Capital, along with other prominent, seasoned, and industry investors in advanced nuclear technology.

BreachRx: $15 Million Series A Raised For Intelligent Incident Response Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

BreachRx, a provider of the first intelligent incident response platform designed for the entire enterprise, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $15 million Series A funding round led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from SYN Ventures, Overline, and Silver Buckshot Ventures. This brings the company’s total funding raised to over $23 million.

Finwave Semiconductor: $8.2 Million Raised For Innovative Transistor Designs

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

Leading GaN (Gallium Nitride) technology company Finwave Semiconductor announced a new $8.2 million bridge investment round, led by Fine Structure Ventures, Engine Ventures, and Safar Partners, with strategic participation from technology partner GlobalFoundries. This new funding round signals firm conviction from investors and industry leaders in the market potential of Finwave’s unique GaN-on-Si technology as the company transitions from a technology-centric innovator to a product-driven company prepared to deliver real-world solutions.

Eagle Merchant Partners: Fund II Closed At $415 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

Atlanta-based private equity firm Eagle Merchant Partners announced it closed its second fund, Eagle Merchant Partners Fund II, with $415 million in capital commitments.

Miter: $38 Million Raised For Human Capital Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

Miter, a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM), field operations, and expense management solutions for the construction and field service industries, announced it has raised a total of $38 million, including a recent $23 million round led by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Coatue Management.

PHASE Scientific: $34 Million Series A Closed For Advancing Urine-Based Diagnostic Technology For Early Disease Detection

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

PHASE Scientific, a biotechnology company revolutionizing early disease detection through proprietary urine-based diagnostics, announced the completion of a $34 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Value Partners Group with significant backing from new healthcare-focused investors and continued support from existing global backers.

Teleskope: Significant Growth Investment Raised From SEVA

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

Teleskope Technologies, a leading employee experience platform for global enterprises, announced it received a significant minority investment from SEVA Growth, a growth equity firm exclusively focused on serving customer-centric founders building fast-growing, profitable, and technology-enabled companies.