Venture Capital

Rho Labs: $4 Million (Seed) Raised For Cryptonative Rate Exchange

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:19 AM

Rho Labs, a developer of Rho Protocol (the world’s first cryptonative rates exchange), announced that it has secured $4 million in seed funding to further expand the capabilities of its platform. With a total value of open contracts surpassing $500 trillion, rates are the largest single asset class in global financial markets. The funding was led by CoinFund, one of the earliest and most experienced cryptonative investment firms, with participation from Auros, Flow Traders, and other existing investors including Speedinvest.

Zest Health: Virtual Care Company Raises $13 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:07 AM

Zest Health, which is the first value-based virtual care company focused on treating patients with inflammatory skin diseases, announced $13 million in seed funding. And Zest Health’s platform offers personalized dermatology care that minimizes unnecessary pharmaceutical utilization while producing sustainable clinical outcomes.

QuSecure: $28 Million (Series A) Raised For Post-Quantum Cryptography Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:48 AM

QuSecure, a leader in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and next-generation cryptographic agility, announced the closing of additional funding, bringing the Series A round to $28 million. The funding will be used to advance QuSecure's delivery of crypto-agile and quantum-resistant cybersecurity enterprise software solutions. Two Bear Capital led the funding round, with participation from Accenture Ventures.

Invary: $3.5 Million Raised For Runtime Integrity Solutions Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:46 AM

Invary, a Runtime Integrity solutions platform, announced it raised a $3.5 million Seed funding round from SineWave Ventures, Flyover Capital, Hyperlink Ventures, and KCRise Fund. This funding enables Invary to advance its goal of verifying the Runtime Integrity of entire systems, ensuring comprehensive confidentiality and security.

Oso Semiconductor: $5.2 Million (Seed) Raised For Phased Array Antennas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:28 AM

Oso Semiconductor, a developer of power-efficient, high-performance, low-cost chipsets for next-generation wireless communication and sensing applications, announced it has raised an oversubscribed $5.2 million seed round. Engine Ventures led the funding round, with Entrada Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, and J-Ventures also participating.

tvScientific: $25.5 Million (Series B) Raised For Connected TV Ad Performance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:26 AM

tvScientific, a leading performance advertising platform for connected TV (CTV), announced it has raised $25.5 million in Series B funding to 10 times the CTV ad market. NewRoad Capital Partners led the round, including Roku, a first-time investment from Second Alpha Partners, and participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, S4S Ventures, and Progress Ventures.

ArcLight: $865 Million Acquisition Of Strategic Pipeline Revealed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:11 AM

ArcLight Capital Partners and affiliates announced that they have completed the acquisition of a 25% equity interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline (GCX) for $865 million from an affiliate of Phillips 66. Going forward, GCX will be jointly owned by subsidiaries of Kinder Morgan and affiliates of ArcLight. And a subsidiary of KMI will continue operating GCX.

Cinnaire: $190 Million Closed For Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:09 AM

Cinnaire announced the closing of the Cinnaire Fund for Housing Partnership 42, a $190 million multi-investor Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund. This significant milestone will support creating or preserving 1,478 affordable multifamily homes across 21 properties, serving over 3,400 individuals. And for the first time in its history, Cinnaire invests in communities spanning Wisconsin to Delaware within a single fund.

Keebler Health: $6 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Risk Adjustment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Durham, North Carolina-based Keebler Health, a company that offers an AI-based risk adjustment platform for healthcare providers, announced that it raised a $6 million seed round from several investors, including Freestyle Capital, MBX Capital, New Stack Ventures, Underdog Labs, Everywhere VC, Ludlow Ventures, Primordial, the Tweener Fund, the Hustle Fund, Deb Liu, and Bong Koh.

Strategus: Majority Investment From CIVC Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Strategus, a leading managed services provider of high-performance connected TV (CTV) advertising campaigns, announced a majority investment by CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based middle-market private equity firm that has invested over $2.6 billion in more than 86 platforms in the business services sector. Strategus, originally founded in 2013 by Dave Miles and Joel Cox, serves agency and direct brand clients with innovative programmatic CTV and omnichannel marketing solutions.

Warmly: $17 Million (Series A+) Funding Raised To Advance Ready-To-Convert Prospects To Sales Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Warmly, which is the first AI-fueled pipeline acceleration platform to deliver ready-to-convert prospects to sales automatically, announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A+ funding. The investment was led by new investor RTP Global and participation from existing investors, including Felicis and NFX. This funding round follows its $11 million Series A round in October 2023.

Medsender: $5 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Medsender, an AI-based workflow automation platform for healthcare providers, announced a recent $5 million Series A investment led by Ballast Point Ventures. And Medsender will use the funding to bolster its commercial team, accelerate its technology pipeline development, and drive industry-leading performance for its clients.

Augmetec: Over £2 Million (Seed) Raised To Help Legal Teams Standardize Processes And Eliminate Inefficiencies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 18, 2025

Augmetec, a legal tech startup founded and led by Kritin Sundaram, announced that it has raised over £2 million in seed funding. The funding round is led by UK-based early-stage investors Fuel Ventures, with participation from Swiss fund 14Peaks Capital, and three industry angel investors, such as the Founding Partner of one of the world’s largest law firms, the family office of over $1 billion legal tech organizations, and the Head of Fraud at Asia’s largest law firm.