Venture Capital

Burns Engineering Announces Investment From OceanSound Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Burns Engineering, a nationally recognized engineering solutions provider for transportation, critical infrastructure, and the broader built environment, has received a strategic investment from OceanSound Partners, a private equity firm focused on technology and technology-enabled services supporting government and highly regulated sectors. Existing leadership — including Matthew and John Burns — will retain significant ownership and continue in their current roles.

Mujin: $233 Million Closed To Scale Its Intelligent Robotics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Mujin, the Tokyo- and Atlanta-based automation technology company, has closed $233 million in the first tranche of its Series D round to speed global deployment of MujinOS, its intelligent robotics operating system. The raise includes $133 million in equity led by NTT Group with co-lead Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), and participation from Mitsubishi HC Capital Realty and Salesforce Ventures, alongside $100 million in debt financing from leading Japanese financial institutions.

Curative: $150 Million Series B At $1.275 Billion Raised To Accelerate AI-Driven Health Insurance Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Curative has secured more than $150 million in Series B funding as the company pushes to scale its $0-out-of-pocket health insurance model and expand nationally. The new raise values the Austin-based insurer at $1.275 billion, marking its official arrival as a health-tech unicorn.

Lyric Bio: $6.6 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Donor-Derived Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Lyric Bio, a San Carlos–based biomanufacturing startup spun out of Prellis Biologics, has raised $6.6 million in oversubscribed seed financing to scale its next-generation production platform for donor-derived therapeutics. The round was led by The Venture Collective, with participation from Black Diamond Ventures, Draper Associates, Lucas Venture Group, Meiji Seika Pharma, SOSV, and other investors.

Nada: $10 Million Series A Raised To Scale Its Home Equity Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Nada has raised $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate the expansion of its home equity investment platform. The round was led by Interlock Partners, with participation from LiveOak Ventures and Riverwalk Capital Partners, alongside an expanded venture debt facility from Nomura Strategic Ventures.

LizzyAI: $5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform AI-Driven Job Interviews

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

LizzyAI, a New York-based AI-native interviewing platform, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by NEA, with participation from Speedinvest and Zero Prime Ventures. The company plans to use the capital to expand engineering and go-to-market teams, deepen product integrations, and advance its adaptive interview engine.

Curi Bio: $10 Million Series B Closed To Scale Human-Relevant Preclinical Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Curi Bio has secured a $10 million Series B round led by Seoul-based contract research organization DreamCIS, funding that will accelerate the expansion of the company’s integrated human-relevant preclinical discovery platform. The investment deepens a strategic partnership aimed at improving the predictiveness of early-stage drug development and reducing clinical trial failure rates.

HSBC: $4 Million Committed To Strengthen Job Pathways and Urban Environmental Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

HSBC Bank USA has allocated nearly $4 million in philanthropic funding to eight national and local nonprofit organizations focused on accelerating workforce development for low- and moderate-income adults and advancing clean air, clean water, and urban sustainability initiatives.

Terra-Gen: $383.3 Million Secured To Build 205MW Lockhart III And IV Solar Project In California

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Terra-Gen has closed $383.3 million in project financing to build its 205MWac Lockhart III & IV solar project in San Bernardino County, advancing one of California’s largest in-development solar additions.