Venture Capital

Deferred: $3.6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Democratize Tax-Deferred Real Estate Investing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Deferred, a technology-powered Qualified Intermediary transforming 1031 exchanges for everyday real estate investors, has secured $3.6 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by B Capital and Fika Ventures, with additional support from strategic investors, including founders and executives.

Glasswall: Strategic Funding Raised From PSG Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Glasswall announced a strategic growth investment from PSG Equity, a leading provider of intelligent zero-trust file protection solutions in the business-to-government (B2G) and business-to-business (B2B) sectors. With its Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) technology, Glasswall helps protect organizations by proactively rebuilding files to eliminate risks such as malware and ransomware.

Ray Therapeutics: $8 Million CIRM Grant Awarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Ray Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing optogenetic gene therapies for vision restoration, announced it has been awarded an $8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). This grant will support the company’s ongoing clinical development of RTx-015 for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a progressive and debilitating inherited retinal disease that leads to blindness.

Dwight Capital And Dwight Mortgage Trust: $521 Million In Seniors Housing During Q1 2025 Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT Dwight Mortgage Trust (DMT) announced that they closed $521 million in seniors housing financing during Q1 2025. These deals included significant bridge and HUD loans for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in multiple states, highlighting Dwight's consistent nationwide presence in this sector.

RTA: Series A Funding Round Raised To Advance Growth In Fleet Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

RTA, a leading provider of fleet maintenance management software, announced the closing of a Series A funding round, led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE). PHX Ventures also participated in the round.

ChEmpower: $18.7 Million Series A Closed To Advance Abrasive-Free Planarization In Chip Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

ChEmpower, a semiconductor materials company that provides polish pads and chemical solutions for planarization, announced it has raised $18.7 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by M Ventures and Rhapsody Venture Partners. New and existing investors Intel Capital, Pangaea Ventures, Foothill Ventures, In-Q-Tel (IQT), and TEL Venture Capital also participated in the funding.

Push Security: $30 Million Series B Raised For Detecting Modern Identity Attacks In The Browser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Push Security, a company that detects and responds to modern identity attacks in the browser, announced a $30 million Series B funding round led by Redpoint Ventures, with Datadog Ventures and B3 Capital participation. This funding will advance Push’s growth, fueling innovation and global expansion. This funding round also included existing investors, including Decibel and GV (Google Ventures), showing confidence in Push Security’s goal to stop identity attacks like credential phishing and account takeover (ATO) using stolen credentials and tokens, which is a problem that has hit the industry hard, especially in the last year.

uTrack Software Solutions: Acquisition By Bregal Milestone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Last month, Bregal Milestone (a leading European software growth private equity firm) announced a strategic growth investment in Ridango AS, a Swedish global provider of mission-critical public transportation software. Now, the PE firm has also agreed to acquire uTrack Software Solutions. Launched in 2011 by Eamonn Hughes and Conor Gildea, uTrack is a Dublin-based software company providing a public transport data platform with a real-time analysis and predictive engine that feeds a suite of software services that annually support nearly 3 billion passengers, over 5 million app users, 150,000+ drivers, and 73,000+ vehicles.

Pagaya: Closing Of New $500 Million AAA-Rated Personal Loan ABS Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Pagaya Technologies, a technology company delivering AI-based product solutions for the financial ecosystem, announced the closing of a new $500 million AAA-rated personal loan ABS transaction (PAID 2025-3), with a total of about $800 million raised in the past 3 days across all ABS transactions.

Granite Bio: Immunology Company Debuts With $100 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Granite Bio, a clinical-stage immunology company, announced it has emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding. This includes a $30 million Series A led by founding investors Versant Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund and a $70 million Series B led by Forbion and Sanofi Ventures.

Irrigreen: $19 Million Series A Raised For Driving Future Of Smart Lawn Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Irrigreen, a leader in robotic irrigation systems, announced it has secured nearly $19 million in Series A funding. Backed by new and existing investors including Natural Ventures, Burnt Island Ventures, Ulu Ventures, MFV Partners, Tamiami, and Sum Ventures. This funding round brings the total to nearly $34 million.

Cultivarium: $10 Million In Funding From Wellcome For Developing Advanced Tools For Fungi And Archaea

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Cultivarium is a non-profit bioengineering firm that announced a three-year project to develop advanced tools for life scientists studying fungi and archaea. With $10 million in funding from global charitable foundation Wellcome, Cultivarium looks to create a thriving ecosystem of biologists equipped with cutting-edge technologies to study and engineer these enigmatic organisms for human health, sustainability, and biotechnology applications.

Sentigen: Funding Raised From M31 Ventures To Build OS For Autonomous Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Sentigen, a company that is building the operating system for the autonomous economy by turning raw ideas into a functioning startup from development to deployment after just one conversation with your personal AI cofounder. And Sentigen builds and harnesses blockchain technology to unlock immediate value creation and revenue streams for solo founders.

ALT Sports Data: $5 Million Seed Round Closed To Redefine How Fans Engage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

ALT Sports Data, a leader in engagement solutions and official data for emerging sports, announced the closing of a $5 million seed round. The funding round was significantly oversubscribed due to overwhelming investor interest. This funding round was co-led by Relay Ventures and Eberg Capital, with participation from Motley Fool Ventures, Scrum Ventures, and a consortium of strategic investors. ALT Sports Data also welcomed new strategic investors in this round, including Scrum Ventures and Motley Fool Ventures.

Overture Life: $57 Million In Total Funding Raised To Modernize Embryology Lab Procedures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Overture Life announced a $20.6 million strategic round, bringing its total funding to $57 million from leading industry investors, to support additional clinical research and product development designed to make IVF affordable to more people.

CSignum: £6 Million Raised For Transforming Underwater Wireless Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

CSignum, a provider of wireless technology extending IoT communications beneath the surface, announced it has completed a £6 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Archangels, Par Equity, and Scottish Enterprise with additional investment from British Business Investment (BBI), Raptor Group, Deep Future, SeaAhead’s Blue Angel Network, and notable individual US investors.

Guidewire Investing $60 Million To Expand In Japan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Guidewire announced a $60 million investment over the next five years to expand its operations in Japan and advance the delivery of capabilities personalized to the unique needs of Japanese insurers.

Deerpath: 2023 $503.5 Million Collateralized Loan Obligation Reset

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

Deerpath Capital Management, one of the largest lower-middle market private credit managers in the U.S., recently announced a reset of Deerpath CLO 2023-1, a $503.5 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO).

TadHealth: $5.5 Million Series A Raised For Mental Health Solutions For Schools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

TadHealth, a provider of mental health technology solutions for schools, announced it has raised $5.5 million Series A funding round led by seasoned healthcare executives. The funding, which is backed by a consortium of healthcare and education investors, will advance TadHealth’s goal of transforming mental health support in K-12 education by expanding its platform and scaling its services nationwide.

MagicBlock: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Decentralized Solana Game And App Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2025

MagicBlock, a real-time engine for decentralised games and applications on Solana, announced it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Maven11, Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Equilibrium, Pivot Global, and notable angels including Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, and Tristan Yver.

Windfall: $65 Million Series B Raised To Advance People Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Windfall Data, a provider of people intelligence and AI-workflow solutions, announced that it closed a $65 million Series B funding round led by the investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. This funding will advance Windfall's overall acceleration as a market leader, enabling additional product development and sales growth investments. Windfall has now raised $100+ million in external funding since its founding in 2016.

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies: $26.5 Million Closed For Financial Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies, a Singapore-based financial technology solutions provider for the underserved, announced the completion of its oversubscribed funding round. Woori Venture Partners, Washington University in St. Louis, and Phillip Private Equity also participated in this round, bringing the total funding to $26.5 million.

Coologics: Over $3 Million In Seed Funding Raised For Women’s Health Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Coologics, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced the closing of a seed funding round. This round was oversubscribed, showing strong investor confidence in Coologics' vision and technology around its initial product, Vlisse.

Chainguard: $356 Million (Series D) Raised At $3.5 Billion Valuation For Building Secure Foundation For Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Chainguard, a company that has built a secure foundation for software development and deployment, announced it has raised $356 million in Series D funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. This funding round raised the company’s total funding to $612 million. This round was co-led by new investor Kleiner Perkins and existing investor IVP. And new investors Salesforce Ventures and Datadog Ventures, plus all other existing investors, also participated in the round.

HelloSky: $5.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Talent Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

HelloSky (formerly Skyminyr), a talent intelligence platform purpose-built for the executive search industry, announced closing a $5.5 million oversubscribed seed round. This funding round also included participation from Caldwell Partners, Karmel Capital, True, Hunt Scanlon Ventures, and angel investors from Google and Cisco Systems.

InCred Alternatives: $70 Million In Commitments Raised For Maiden Special Situations Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

InCred Alternative Investments (part of InCred Capital Financial Services Limited) announced securing commitments of over $70 million in its maiden special situations credit fund, InCred Special Opportunities Fund-I (ISOF-I).

Nassau Financial Group: $10 Million Program For Supporting Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Nassau Financial Group - a leader in Connecticut’s insurance technology community - announced it is expanding its Nassau Reimagine program to support early and mid-stage startups with a new $10 million capital commitment. This program will target companies in Insurtech, Fintech, Retiretech, and other related sectors in Nassau’s primary business locations, including Connecticut and New York.

Archway Capital: Opportunity Fund II Launched With $100 Million Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Archway Capital, an LA-based alternative investment manager focused on real estate debt investments, announced the launch of the second vintage of its Opportunity Fund strategy.

Verition Fund Management: Minority Equity Investment Raised From AMG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

AMG, a strategic partner to leading independent investment management firms globally, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a minority equity interest in Verition Fund Management.

Procyon Partners: Strategic Minority Investment Raised From Constellation Wealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Procyon Partners, a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm known for delivering personalized and fiduciary-driven wealth management solutions, announced that alternative asset management platform Constellation Wealth Capital (CWC) has acquired a minority stake.