Venture Capital

Sports Talent Management Company GSE Worldwide Raises Strategic Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

GSE Worldwide, a leader in athlete talent management and sports marketing partnerships, announced that BC Partners Credit (the $8 billion credit arm of BC Partners), a leading alternative investment firm has made a strategic investment into the company, joining Gatemore Capital Management as investors, and providing committed financing to support GSE's growth plans.

Monda: Data Monetization Platform Company Raises $5 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Monda, an all-in-one data monetization platform, announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Senovo and Acrobator Ventures, with participation from Techstars. This funding will be used to expand operations in the US, grow its partner ecosystem, and enhance its platform to make data monetization easier for companies of all sizes.

Champion: Customer Advocacy Company Raises $3.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Champion, an AI-based customer advocacy platform, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $3.3 million seed round led by Flyover Capital, with continued investment from High Alpha and participation from Bread & Butter Ventures and Stage 2 Capital. This funding will accelerate Champion's mission to drive efficient growth for businesses by identifying and activating their hidden customer advocates.

Rep AI: $8.2 Million Raised To Help E-Commerce Merchants Deliver Personalized Sales Assistance At Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Rep AI Technologies, the creator of an AI Concierge, announced it has raised $8.2 million in funding. This funding round was led by Osage Venture Partners (OVP), which was joined by Flashpoint Venture Capital and Oryzn Capital.

Elum Energy Raises $13 Million (Series B) To Address Global Renewable Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2024

Elum Energy - a provider of advanced energy management solutions for renewable energy systems - announced it secured $13 million in Series B funding led by Energize Capital, with participation from existing investors Alter Equity and Cota Capital. This funding will support the company's ambitious growth plans to address the booming global renewable market, such as a U.S. launch and product evolution within the energy storage and EV integration categories.

BEX Capital: BEX Fund V Raised At $765 Million In Only 4 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

BEX Capital, an investment firm focused exclusively on secondaries in private equity fund-of-funds (FoF), secondaries funds and co-investment funds - announced the closing of BEX Fund V at $765 million. As the first fund raised since the management buyout of BEX Capital at the beginning of the year, this was the first and only close of BEX Fund V, reaching its target in just four months.

Agora Data: $100 Million In Additional Funding Capacity From Waterfall Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

Agora Data - a fintech company focused on empowering car dealers with finance company-level strength while maintaining their existing processes - announced additional funding capacity from Waterfall Asset Management for up to $100 million. This new mezzanine line of credit advances Agora's ability to support and expand participation from both independent and franchise auto dealers.

Aifleet: Tech-Based Trucking Company Raises $16.6 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

aifleet, which is the industry's first full-stack and scalable carrier utilizing AI to humanize trucking, announced today it had raised a $16.6 million Series B funding round led by Tom Williams at Heron Rock, with participation from Volvo Group Venture Capital, Obvious Ventures, Ibex Investors, Compound, Winthrop Square, and Cooley. With this funding round, the company has raised nearly $50 million.

ITC Federal Raises Funding From Blue Delta

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

ITC Federal (ITC), an established provider of goal-focused IT solutions and enterprise services to U.S. federal agencies, announced a strategic venture capital investment from Blue Delta Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the U.S. federal government services market.

Darkhive: Defense Tech Company Secures $21 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

Defense tech company Darkhive - a company that is focused on open architecture Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) integrated with a secure software delivery system - announced it closed a Series A investment round of $21 million led by Ten Eleven Ventures. The additional investors in this funding round included Crosslink Capital, RTX Ventures, and Stellar Ventures.