Venture Capital

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.

Equitage Ventures: $47.3 Million Tech Investment Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Equitage Ventures, an early-stage AgeTech venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled services companies in senior care, announced the final closing of a new $47.3 million fund that will provide capital, distribution, and strategic guidance to entrepreneurs tackling the unmet physical, mental, spiritual, and social needs of older adults.

Pillar Security: $9 Million (Seed) Closed To Address Evolving Threat Landscape

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Pillar Security, an AI-based security startup that helps enterprises build and run secure AI software, announced it has raised $9 million in seed funding. Shield Capital led the round, which was joined by Golden Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, and other strategic angel investors. The funds will support expanding Pillar’s R&D and go-to-market efforts.

Vocap Partners: Fund IV Exceeds $100 Million Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Leading early-growth equity firm Vocap Partners announced it has exceeded its initial $100 million target for Vocap Fund IV. Due to continuing investor interest, the firm will accept commitments of up to $150 million.

1Fort: $7.5 Million Raised For Automating Business Insurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

1Fort, an AI platform for business insurance, announced it has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. This round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper), Karim Atiyeh (the founder of Ramp) and participation from all existing VCs: Village Global, Operator Partners, 8-Bit Capital, Character VC, and Company Ventures. This round brings 1Fort's total funding to $10 million.

Nyobolt: $30 Million Raised To Advance Decarbonization And Reduce Downtime

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Nyobolt, a pioneer of ultrafast charging technologies, announced it has raised $30 million in funding, led by IQ Capital and Latitude (the sister fund of LocalGlobe), with strategic partners including Scania Invest and Takasago Industry.

Arcana Labs: $5.5 Million Raised For AI-Based Content Production Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Arcana Labs, an AI-based content production platform and studio, announced it has raised $5.5 million in funding and launched its transformative all-in-one AI production studio, Arcana AI. The funding round was led by SEMCAP AI and its co-founders and co-CIOs, Walter “Buck” Buckley and Cyrus Vandrevala.

University Of Arizona Researchers Launch Startup For Treating Patients With Asthma And COPD

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Tech Launch Arizona, which is the commercialization arm of the University of Arizona, announced the launch of Aspiro Therapeutics. This is a biotech startup advancing an innovative inhaled therapy for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on technology developed at and licensed from the university.

RISA Labs: $3.5 Million Raised To Eliminate Cancer Treatment Delays With Workflow Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

RISA Labs announced it has raised a $3.5 million funding round to help healthcare organizations eliminate one of the most persistent barriers to timely cancer care: prior authorization delays. This seed funding round was led by Binny Bansal (Flipkart co-founder) with participation from Oncology Ventures, General Catalyst, z21 Ventures, ODD BIRD VC, and Ashish Gupta.

Sesh: $7 Million Raised To Date For Scaling Artist Digital Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Sesh—a fan engagement ecosystem connecting people with their favorite artists through interactive experiences, exclusive content, and live events—announced today that it has raised $7 million. The company was led by Miura Global, with participation from angel investors in the music/tech industry.

NewCo Capital Group Reveals Canadian Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

NewCo Capital Group, a provider of innovative business financing, announced it has expanded into Canada. This marks a key milestone in its global growth strategy. And with nationwide service now available across every Canadian province and territory, NewCo brings accessible and non-bank funding solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Field Medical: $40 Million (Series A) Raised For Cardiac Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Field Medical - a pioneer in cardiac pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology - announced the closing of $40 million in Series A funding round. This funding round includes $20 million in new capital and the conversion of $20 million in seed-round debt. The participants include several leading strategics, venture capital firms, and family offices, with multiple seed investors reinvesting, emphasizing strong confidence in the company's initial focus on ventricular tachycardia (VT) and the broader versatility of its technology.

a16z Acquires Turpentine And Names Erik Torenberg As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Venture capital firm a16z often refers to itself as a media company that monetizes through investing. This is one of the reasons why the firm decided to bring in Erik Torenberg, who has been focused on the intersection of investing and media over the last decade.

Terra Security: $8 Million (Seed) Secured For Agentic AI Pen Testing Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Terra Security, an Agentic AI-native penetration testing service-as-software platform, announced it has raised $7.5 million in a seed round led by SYN Ventures and FXP Ventures with participation from Underscore VC and notable angel investors, including former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelback and Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov, founders of Talon Security.

Cynosure | Checketts Sports Capital Formed With Initial Fund Targeting Over $1.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Dave Checketts (an influential figure in global sports business) and The Cynosure Group (a diversified private investment firm founded by the Eccles family) announced the formation of Cynosure | Checketts Sports Capital, which is a new strategic collaboration dedicated to investing in high-potential sports opportunities.

Spearmint Energy: Over $250 Million Raised For 400 MWh Of Battery Energy Storage Across Two Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Spearmint Energy—a next-generation energy company bringing stable, secure, and cost-effective energy solutions to the power grid with large-scale battery storage—announced it has successfully closed over $250 million in financing for and started construction of Tierra Seca and Seven Flags, two 100 MW / 200 MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) located in Del Rio and Laredo, respectively, within Texas’ ERCOT power market.

Brightspeed: $31.2 Million Award Received To Bring Faster Internet To North Carolina

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Brightspeed, which is the nation's third-largest fiber broadband builder focused on delivering ultrafast, reliable internet, has been awarded $31.2 million by its home state of North Carolina to expand its Brightspeed Fiber Internet network.

Linden: Fund VI Closed At $5.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm, announced the completion of the fundraise for its sixth buyout fund, Linden Capital Partners VI, with $5.2 billion of LP commitments and a $200 million GP commitment.

Chapter: $75 Million (Series D) Raised For Medicare Navigation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Chapter, a Medicare navigation platform, announced that it raised $75 million in Series D funding led by Stripes, with participation from all major investors: XYZ Venture Capital, Susa Ventures, Addition, Narya Capital, and Maverick Ventures. This funding raise comes less than one year after Chapter’s Series C.

Attovia Therapeutics: $90 Million (Series C) Raised For Developing Treatments For Immune-Mediated Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Attovia Therapeutics, a privately-held, clinical-stage biopharma company developing treatments for immune-mediated diseases with high unmet patient need, announced the closing of a $90 million Series C funding. Deep Track Capital led this funding round with participation from new investors including Vida Ventures, Sanofi Ventures, and Mirae Asset Capital Life Science, and ongoing support from existing investors including Frazier Life Sciences, venBio, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Nextech Ventures, Cormorant Asset Management, EcoR1 Capital, Marshall Wace, and Illumina Ventures.

Caban: $50 Million Raised For Advancing Energy-As-A-Service Deployments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Caban, a leader in alternative energy solutions for critical infrastructure, announced that it has raised $50 million in new equity funding from existing investors. The funds managed by Ember Infrastructure Management (Caban’s majority shareholder) led the round. Ember is a private equity firm focused on investing in sustainable infrastructure solutions. And Ember has $1.25 billion in assets under management.