Venture Capital

Blackstone: $8 Billion Closed For Latest Real Estate Debt Strategies Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Blackstone announced the final closing of its most recent real estate debt fund, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies V (BREDS V), which has about $8 billion of total capital commitments.

Nous Infosystems: Strategic Investment Raised From TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Leading global private equity firm TA Associates announced the completion of a strategic growth investment in Nous Infosystems, a global provider of AI-powered product and data engineering solutions to help drive digital transformation for its customers.

Occuspace: $6 Million Secured For Space Utilization Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Real estate is known as the most significant and oldest asset class in the world, and one too often, which is being managed without data. And the inefficiency is notable, with an estimated 1 billion square feet of wasted space in the U.S. alone. By providing data on how property is used, Occuspace helps clients create smarter buildings that increase efficiency, reduce environmental footprints, and improve user experience.

Egle Therapeutics: €9.3 Million In State Funding Raised To Develop Therapies Targeting Regulatory T Cells

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Egle Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies targeting regulatory T cells (Tregs) for immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases, announced that it secured €9.3 million in state funding under the Innovations in Biotherapies and Bioproduction call for projects from the France 2030 plan, managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance.

Wireless Realty Advisors: WRA Fund III Closed At $120 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Wireless Realty Advisors (WRA), an owner, operator, and manager of wireless infrastructure assets, announced the closing of $120 million WRA Fund III (WRA III). This closing represents WRA’s fifth equity investment with Peppertree Capital Management and is focused on continuing to invest in acquiring wireless real estate assets throughout the U.S.

Homeostasis: $1.2 Million Secured For Synthesizing Graphite From Waste Carbon Dioxide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Homeostasis, an advanced materials startup in Washington state, announced a $600,000 pre-seed fundraise, along with matching funds from the Washington Department of Commerce. The investments come from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Kayak Ventures, and angel investors.

Qolab: Investment Raised From Applied Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Qolab - a leading innovator in quantum computing hardware - announced an investment from Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials. This Series A funding marks a significant milestone in the collaboration between Qolab and Applied Materials to accelerate the development and scalable manufacturing of superconducting qubits.

Access Point Financial: $126 Million Provided To American Hotel Income Properties REIT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Access Point Financial (APF), a direct capital provider focused exclusively on the hospitality industry, announced the company has provided a total financing commitment of $126 million on a fully funded loan to American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (AHIP), a publicly traded real estate investment trust located in Vancouver, Canada. The funding will be used to refinance, renovate, and upgrade a portfolio of 12 premium-branded, select-service hotels totaling 1,233 rooms across the U.S.

HITRUST: Cybersecurity Assurance Company Raises Growth Investment From Brighton Park

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Brighton Park Capital announced a growth investment in HITRUST, a leader in information security assurance for risk management and compliance.

Adara Ventures: First Close Of €100 Million AV4 Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Adara Ventures - which is a European venture capital firm specializing in early-stage deep tech investments - announced the first closing of its fourth flagship fund, AV4, targeting €100 million in capital commitments. And this new fund reinforces Adara’s commitment to delivering strong returns in strategic sectors, including cybersecurity, applied AI, digital infrastructure, hardware components, digital health, and space.

RetinaLogik: $1.1 Million Raised To Help Eye Care Professionals Perform Essential Tests

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

RetinaLogik - a Calgary-based company - announced it has successfully completed a $1.1 million funding round and has received Health Canada’s Class II medical device approval for its technology.

Latigo Biotherapeutics: $150 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Latigo Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain treatments that target pain at its source, announced it has closed $150 million in a Series B financing. The proceeds from the financing will support the advancement of the company's highly selective Nav1.8 inhibitors currently in clinical development for the non-opioid treatment of pain and the development of Latigo's broader pipeline.

Laplace: $22 Million Raised For Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Laplace Interventional, a Minnesota-based medical device company developing a transcatheter tricuspid valve technology, announced that it has completed its Series C financing led by a non-disclosed global strategic investor along with investments from Aphelion Capital, Engage Venture Partners, Unorthodox Ventures, JWC Venture and Features Capital. The company also announced the addition of Ned Scheetz, Founding Managing Partner at Aphelion Capital, to its Board of Directors.

Aryon Security: $9 Million (Seed) Secured For Transforming Cloud Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Aryon Security announced it exited stealth with its Cloud Security Enforcement Platform, which is creating a transformative approach to enterprise cloud security that prevents cloud risks before they are deployed in production systems, which is an industry first. Created by alumni of the elite Matzov unit in the Israel Defense Forces, Aryon has raised $9 million in seed funding led by Viola Ventures and Blumberg Capital.

Cino: €3.5 Million Raised To Transform Shared Payments With Virtual Cards To Split Bills

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Cino—a real-time shared payment app that finally lets people pay together in a seamless, single transaction—announced it has raised €3.5 million in seed funding led by Balderton Capital. Connect Ventures and leading angels, including Barney Hussey-Yeo (founder of Cleo), also participated. This funding will support Cino’s launch in the UK, which already has a growing waitlist, and continued growth across Europe.

Crosscut Ventures: Interview With Co-Founder & Managing Director Brian Garrett About The Early-Stage Investment Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Crosscut Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm in Los Angeles that invests in startups that have the potential to scale, disrupt, and build large markets. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Crosscut Ventures co-founder and managing director Brian Garrett to learn more about the firm.

Lumafield: $75 Million (Series C) Raised For X-Ray CT Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Lumafield, a developer of industrial X-ray CT technology, announced it has closed a $75 million Series C funding round. This funding cements the company’s position as a leader in advanced manufacturing as the U.S. renews its focus on manufacturing supremacy and companies around the world reconfigure their supply chains in response to strategic threats. IVP led the round, which includes new investors G2 Venture Partners and Wellington Management along with existing investors Spark Capital, DCVC, Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Matter Venture Partners.

Accropeutics: $12 Million (Series B+) Closed For Developing Therapeutics For Immune Mediated Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Accropeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of novel therapeutics that target molecular mechanisms of regulated cell death for immune-mediated diseases, announced the closing of its $12 million Series B Plus financing. This funding round was led by Shenzhen Capital Group (SCGC), an existing investor, with participation from Morningside Ventures, also an existing investor, and new investors Leader Venture Investment (SZTI) and Hefei Sci-Tec Venture Capital (HFST).

Accenture Investing In OPAQUE For Advancing Confidential AI And Data Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Accenture announced it has made a strategic investment in OPAQUE, a provider of a confidential AI platform that empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general-purpose AI-based workloads using encrypted data and governed data sharing, with a focus on privacy, sovereignty, and compliance. This funding, made through Accenture Ventures, underscores Accenture’s commitment to accelerating AI adoption by helping enterprises unlock the full value of sensitive data.

MicroTransponder: $65 Million (Series F) Raised For Enhancing Vivistim Adoption For Chronic Stroke Recovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

MicroTransponder - which is one of the fastest-growing stroke companies - announced it is transforming the stroke continuum of care with its FDA-approved Vivistim Paired VNS System. The company also announced it has raised $75 million led by US Venture Partners (USVP) and the syndicate of current investors, Osage University Partners, Action Potential Venture Capital, GPG Ventures, The Vertical Group and Exceller Hunt Ventures, as well as two new investors, Gilde Healthcare and Longitude Capital.

GS Power Partners: $22 Million Financing Secured With Amalgamated Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

GS Power Partners (GSPP), a leading Independent Power Producer in the distributed generation (DG) solar sector, announced it has secured a $22 million term financing commitment from Amalgamated Bank. This funding package encompasses five GSPP community solar projects in New York, totaling 25.5 megawatts (MWdc).

Motivity: $27 Million Raised For Applied Behavior Analysis Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Motivity, a provider of clinical SaaS solutions for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) providers who treat children with autism, announced a $27 million investment from Five Elms Capital. This funding enables Motivity to accelerate product innovation, expand its team, and strengthen support for ABA providers worldwide.

JAB: New Strategy And Team Structure Implemented

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

JAB announced it has strengthened and reorganized its team to support its strategic transformation, building on the firm’s success in pet insurance with the addition of a global life insurance platform. And with its commitment to consumer goods and services, this new strategy will further diversify JAB’s portfolio and position the investment firm for sustainable long-term growth.

Porter: Growth Investment Raised From Eir Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Eir Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on healthcare technology and tech-enabled services, announced a growth investment in Porter, the only platform dedicated to connecting plan members with the resources, services, products, and education they need to live their best lives at home.

bd-capital: €430 Million Raised For Second Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

bd-capital, a pan-European and operator-led investment firm, announced the final closing of its second fund, bd-capital Fund 2, at €430 million. After less than a year in the market, this fund closed more than 20% over its target of €350 million. With the closing of Fund 2, bd-capital’s assets under management have increased to over €800 million.

Perfuze: €22 Million Raised And Clearance Received For Zipline Access Catheters

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Perfuze, a leading medical device company dedicated to advancing stroke treatment, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Zipline Access Catheters. This milestone strengthens Perfuze’s growing portfolio of innovative neurovascular devices, enabling physicians to treat acute ischemic strokes rapidly, easily, and precisely. Plus, Perfuze has secured €22 million in follow-on funding in a round led by existing investors, including Earlybird, EQT Life Sciences, Seroba, and SV Health.

Phoenix: $50 Million Raised For Digital Health Clinic For Men

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Phoenix, which is Canada’s leading digital health clinic for men, announced it has signed a CAD 50 million Series A financing round. This funding round was led by Valspring Capital, with renewed investment from Y Combinator, and support from CIBC Innovation Banking.

Infleqtion: $6.2 Million ARPA-E Award Received For Advancing Quantum-Powered Energy Grid Optimization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Infleqtion, a leader in quantum information technologies, announced it has been awarded $6.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop quantum-enhanced solutions for energy grid optimization. This deal marks the first-ever quantum technology award granted by ARPA-E and represents the most extensive grant awarded under the agency’s OPEN program this year.

Human Computer: $5.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Creating Story-Driven Games

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Human Computer, an independent game studio and a collaborative creative powerhouse, announced it has raised $5.7 million in a seed round led by Makers Fund. a16z and former Airbnb COO Belinda Johnson have also invested in the company, bringing the total funding to date to $7.7 million.

Terabase: $130 Million (Series C) Raised For Utility-Scale Solar Power Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Terabase Energy, a leader in digital and automation solutions for utility-scale solar power, announced the closing of its $130 million Series C financing round. The funding round—led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and with participation from both existing and new strategic investors—brings the company's total funding to over $200 million.