Venture Capital

Maki: Conversational AI Agent Company Raises $28.6 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Maki – a conversational AI agent transforming talent acquisition – announced the closing of its $28.6 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Blossom Capital, with participation from DST Global and existing investors Frst, GFC, and Picus Capital.

Hinge Bio: $30 Million (Series A) To Develop Therapies For Autoimmune Disease

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Hinge Bio, a privately-held biotechnology company, announced the closing of a Series A’ financing led by Point72. Joining Point72 are Ridgeback Capital, InVivium Capital, and Lightswitch Capital, and others.

Stoke Space: Rocket Company Raises $260 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Stoke Space, a rocket company building the world’s first 100% reusable medium-lift rocket, announced that it has raised $260 million in new Series C investment to drive continued growth and innovation. This round brought the company's total funding to $480 million.

Be Bio: Clinical Stage Company Closes $92 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Be Biopharma, Inc. (Be Bio), a leader in B Cell Medicines (BCMs), announced the closing of its $92 million Series C financing. The funding round includes participation from new investor Nextech with existing investors, including ARCH Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, RA Capital Management, Alta Partners, Longwood Fund, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Takeda Ventures. In connection with the funding, Melissa McCracken, Ph.D. of Nextech will join Be Bio’s Board of Directors.

qbiq: Automated Architectural Solutions Company Raises $16 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

qbiq, one of the largest and first AI companies focused on automating architectural planning, announced the closing of a $16 million Series A round led by global software investor Insight Partners. The funding round included participation from JLL Spark, 10D, Ocean Azul, Random Forest and M-Fund.

Hildred Capital: Equity Partners III Fund Closed At Over $800 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Hildred Capital Management - a lower middle-market healthcare private equity firm - announced the final closing of its third fund, Hildred Equity Partners III. This fund was significantly oversubscribed, exceeding its $600 million target and hitting its hard cap in seven months. With total capital commitments over $800 million, the fund represents more than double the size of its predecessor fund, Hildred Equity Partners II, which closed in 2021 with $363 million of capital commitments.

Solera Health: $40 Million (Series E) Raised To Streamline Digital Healthcare Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Solera Health, a technology platform for connecting people seamlessly and easily to health solutions that work, announced $40 million in new funding. The insider funding round was co-led by Health Care Service Corporation and includes Adams Street, Cobalt Ventures, and Horizon Mutual Holdings.

Allara Health: Virtual Care Platform Company Raises $26 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Allara Health – a virtual care platform bridging the care divide for women battling chronic hormonal conditions - announced a $26 million Series B funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $38.5 million. Index Ventures led the funding round, and partner Martin Mignot will join Allara's board. And existing investor GV (Google Ventures) also participated in the round. This Series B funding will enable Allara to bring specialized care to women nationwide struggling with hormonal conditions.

Komainu: Digital Assets Service Provider Raises $75 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Komainu, a regulated digital asset services provider and custodian backed by Laser Digital (a Nomura company), announced it has raised $75 million in strategic funding from Blockstream Capital Partners, subject to relevant regulatory approvals. This funding round enables Komainu to accelerate its international strategic growth plans whilst adopting and integrating class-leading technologies developed by Blockstream Corporation to maximize efficiencies and enhance client services in collateral management and tokenization.

Xuron Raises Funding From 3LS Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

3LS Ventures, an early-stage investor specializing in behavioral health solutions, announced a strategic investment in Xuron. This innovative healthcare technology company offers virtual and intelligent provider training to simulate the patient experience. And this partnership demonstrates 3LS Ventures' unwavering commitment to accelerating advancements in healthcare through technology and innovation.

Ardian: $30 Billion Raised For Ninth-Generation Secondaries Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Ardian, a leading private investment house, announced that it has raised $30 billion for its ninth-generation secondaries platform, making it the largest secondaries fundraise globally to date and solidifying Ardian’s leadership of the secondaries market. And this represents a significant increase over the $19 billion raised for Ardian’s eighth-generation platform in 2020 and brings Ardian’s Secondaries & Primaries Assets Under Management to $97 billion.

1Money: Over $20 Million Raised To Develop Stablecoin Payments Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

1Money, a company developing the world's first purpose-built Layer 1 exclusively designed for stablecoins payments, emerged from stealth and announced over $20 million in funding. This seed funding round includes participation from financial institutions, venture capital firms and strategic investors including F-Prime Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Hack VC, Tribe Capital, Portage, Ethereal Ventures, CMT Digital, Kraken Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, BitGo Ventures, Bing Ventures, MoonPay Ventures, CoinFlip, Bankless Ventures, Perry Creek Capital, A100x Ventures, VARIV, Anagram, Generative Ventures, Lvna Capital, Ambush Capital, Borderless Capital, Pharsalus Capital, Protagonist, gumi Cryptos Capital, Hexa Capital, Karman Ventures, and R3D3 Ventures.

Hyperline: Monetization Platform Company Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Next-generation monetization platform HYPERLINE announced it has raised $10 million in a seed extension round led by Index Ventures to help small and medium-sized businesses transform revenue management.‍

Indigo: AI-Based Home Negotiation Company Raises $8 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2025

Indigo, an AI-based platform for home negotiations, announced it secured $8 million to offer insight, collaboration, and transparency to real estate teams, buyers, and sellers nationally. The seed funding round was led by Pete Flint at NFX, Clelia Warburg Peters at Era Ventures, and Paul Irving at GTM Fund. They were joined by 1Sharpe Ventures and Jake Seid. In the three months following the launch, Indigo experienced tremendous growth, exceeding 20% market share of home offers in its initial markets.

Amogy: $56 Million Raised For Supporting Commercialization Of Ammonia-To-Power Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2025

Amogy, a provider of scalable and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, announced that it raised $56 million in venture financing, bringing the total raised since inception to over $270 million. The funding round was co-led by existing investor Aramco Ventures and new investor SV Investment. And additional new investors participating in the round include Samsung Heavy Industries, BHP Ventures, Hanwha Investment & Securities, AFW Partners, Quantum Ventures Korea, Kibo Invest, and Seoul IP, along with existing investors Temasek, MOL Switch, Yanmar Ventures, AP Ventures, and Marunouchi Innovation Partners.

Method: $41.5 Million (Series B) Secured For Expanding Financial Account Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Method Financial, a provider of consumer permissioned financial connectivity, announced it raised $41.5 million in its latest Series B funding round led by Emergence Capital with participation from avra and Samsung Next, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Y-Combinator and Ardent Venture Partners. This most recent funding round brings the total to $60 million.

Clutch: $65 Million (Series B) Closed For Transforming Credit Unions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Clutch announced the completion of a Series B funding round at $65 million to transform how credit unions deliver products and services to their members and communities. Alkeon Capital Management led the Series B funding round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, TruStage Ventures, and Peterson Partners.

Mobly: $4.3 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming Event Marketing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Mobly – a leader in event marketing technology - announced the closing of its $4.3 million seed round. This oversubscribed round was co-led by Jump Capital and Eniac Ventures with participation from Peterson Ventures, which also led Mobly's pre-seed round. And additional support came from existing investors Tenzing.VC, Peak Ventures, and notable angel investors, including Jeron Paul and Francis Santora.

EarnOS: $5 Million Raised For Transforming Brand User Interactions Online

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

EarnOS - a company that delivers global engagements where everyone wins – announced it raised $5 million in funding.

Guidesly: $9.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Outdoor Recreation Guide Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Guidesly, a leading software platform for outdoor recreation guides, announced the closing of its $9.5 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Aspen Capital Group, with participation from YETI Capital, HalfCourt Ventures, and Derive Ventures, and with existing investors, including Elysian Park Ventures and Marquee Ventures, marking a pivotal step in Guidesly's journey.

Botika: $8 Million (Seed) Secured For AI-Generated Fashion Model Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Botika, an innovator in AI-generated fashion models designed to empower online clothing companies of all sizes, announced the launch of its new mobile iOS app. Botika has also closed an $8 million seed funding round, co-led by Stardom and Secret Chord Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp.

Alium: Over $7 Million (Seed) Raised For Fixing Enterprise Software Buying

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Alium announced it officially emerged from stealth mode to fix enterprise software buying, starting with marketing and e-commerce. The company has raised over $7 million from Greycroft and Primary and has a significant revenue pipeline from its vendor clients.

Healthfuse: Strategic Investment Raised From InTandem Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services-focused private equity firm, announced that it has completed a strategic equity investment in Healthfuse, the industry leader in revenue cycle vendor management.

SwiftComply Secures Strategic Investment From M33 Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

SwiftComply - a leading provider of water and wastewater compliance software supporting over 300 cities in 45 states across North America - announced that it has secured a strategic investment from M33 Growth. This funding aims to accelerate SwiftComply’s growth by fueling innovation, expanding its product capabilities, and delivering exceptional value to water utilities.

Nevermined: AI Payment Infrastructure Company Raises Over $4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Nevermined, a leading provider of AI payment infrastructure for AI-to-AI transactions, announced it has raised over $4 million in funding to accelerate the adoption of AI-Commerce by enabling AI agents to pay and get paid. This funding round was led by Generative Ventures, with participation from Polymorphic Capital, NEAR, Halo Capital, Factor Capital, Lyrik Ventures, and Arca. This funding round includes funding from notable AI luminaries like David Minarsch and Oak from Valory, the builders of Olas, Richard Blythman and Mark Schmidt from Naptha, and Ben Fielding from Gensyn.

Good Springs Capital: $570 Million Closed For Inaugural Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Good Springs Capital LP, a private investment firm that is focused on partnering with founders, families, and entrepreneurial management teams in the industrial and services sectors, today announced the closing of its inaugural fund, Good Springs Capital Fund I. Fund I closed with a total committed capital of $570 million, bringing Good Springs' assets under management to approximately $611 million. And Fund I is anchored by the Chickasaw Nation and includes a diverse group of investors.

Eve: $47 Million (Series A) Closed To Build Legal AI For Plaintiff Law Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Eve, an AI platform for plaintiff law firms, announced it raised $47 million in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures.

H2: $16 Million (Bridge) Raised For Expanding Flow Battery Manufacturing Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

H2 - an industry-leading vanadium flow battery (VFB) developer and manufacturer based in South Korea – announced it raised $16 million in recent bridge funding, finalized in the second half of 2024. This brings the company's total financing accumulated to $77 million. The funding round was led by STIC Investments, one of Korea's most significant and leading private equity firms, with participation from KRUN Ventures and Lighthouse Combined Investment.

Core Sound Imaging: $80 Million Growth Investment Raised From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Core Sound Imaging, a medical imaging platform Studycast provider, announced an $80 million growth investment from PSG. The funding will support Studycast’s plans to help accelerate its growth in core verticals, enter new clinical areas, and further enable AI usage on its platform. PSG Senior Advisor Brian Kelly joins Core Sound Imaging as Executive Chairman as part of the investment.

Omega Systems Raises Funding From Revelstoke Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Revelstoke Capital Partners - a growth-oriented, healthcare-focused private equity firm - announced its strategic investment in Omega Systems. Omega, a provider of managed information technology and cybersecurity managed services, is the eighth investment from Revelstoke Capital Partners Fund III.