Venture Capital

CommerceClarity: €2.7 Million Pre-Seed Raised To Build Intelligent Infrastructure For AI-Driven Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

CommerceClarity has secured an oversubscribed €2.7 million ($3.1 million) pre-seed round to accelerate its AI-powered automation platform and support its expansion across Europe, marking a significant step in its push to build core infrastructure for the agentic era of commerce. The round was led by IFF (Italian Founders Fund) and Entourage, with additional participation from Euregio+ (Alpine VC), Redstone, Vento (Exor), Ithaca Investment, and Vesper Holding.

Skycore Semiconductors: €5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance High Voltage Power ICs For AI Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Skycore Semiconductors has secured €5 million in new seed financing to accelerate the commercial rollout of its Power Integrated Circuit technology, designed to address some of the most pressing power density and efficiency challenges in next-generation AI data centers. The round was led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund, with participation from First Momentum, Mätch VC, and Balnord. With this latest injection of capital, the company has now raised approximately €7.5 million, including €2.5 million from previous funding and grants.

Dealism: $15 Million Angel Funding Closed To Advance Intelligent Sales Communication

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Dealism has raised $15 million in an angel financing round led by GL Ventures with participation from HSG, Linear Capital, and several angel investors. The new capital will support the company’s expansion into global markets, the advancement of product intelligence, and further development of its AI-driven sales agent designed to help businesses communicate more persuasively across conversational channels.

Sim.ai: $7 Million Series A Closed To Advance Development Of Its Agentic AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Sim.ai has raised a $7 million Series A round led by Standard Capital, marking a significant step forward for the Y Combinator–backed startup as it scales its agentic AI platform. The latest financing round underscores growing investor confidence in the agentic-AI category. Alongside Standard Capital, the round drew participation from a group of influential backers, including Paul Graham, Perplexity, SV Angel, Ali Rowghani, Liquid 2 Ventures, Kulveer Taggar, Twenty Two Ventures, Kaz Nejatian, Chris Howard, Y Combinator, and additional supporters from the startup and AI ecosystem.

Adclear Raises £2.1 Million To Accelerate AI Compliance For Financial Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Adclear has raised £2.1 million in new seed funding to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered financial-marketing compliance platform, marking a significant milestone for the London-based regtech startup. The round was led by Outward VC, with participation from AFG Partners, Tenity, and angel investors, including Dan Cobley, former Managing Director of Google UK and founder of ClearScore, as well as Keith Grose, Managing Director at Coinbase UK, through the a16z Scout Fund and the Ventures Together community.

Sensetics: $1.75 Million In Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Advance Digital Touch Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Sensetics, a Princeton-based haptics and touch data startup that develops technology to bring realistic tactile experiences into the digital realm, has raised $1.75 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development across its integrated hardware and software platform. The round, completed mainly in the Spring, was co-led by MetaVC Partners and Fitz Gate Ventures, with additional participation from Blue Sky Capital and AIC Ventures.

Milestone: $10 Million Closed To Build A Measurable AI Culture Inside Global Engineering Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Milestone announced a $10 million seed round as enterprises race to quantify the impact of AI on software development. The Tel Aviv-based startup, which provides an enterprise platform that measures the adoption and effectiveness of AI coding tools, secured the funding from Heavybit and Hanaco Ventures, with additional participation from Atlassian Ventures and angel investors including John Donovan, Tom Preston Warner, Paul Daugherty, and Amit Agrawal.

Confidein: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised As It Prepares Nationwide Distribution Of AI-Powered Prayer Rings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Confidein, a Los Angeles-based faith and technology company, has raised $6 million in seed funding as it prepares to launch one of the largest faith-driven technology giveaways in the United States. Supported by a group of prominent Christian leaders and venture capital firms, the company will begin distributing 77,700 of its AI-powered Prayer Rings at no cost to churches, pastors, independent faith leaders, and individual believers nationwide starting November 15, 2025. The initiative reflects the company’s founding mission to use technology to strengthen spiritual connection and support Christian communities.

Anzen: $16 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI Platform For Commercial Insurance Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Anzen has secured a $16 million Series A round that will accelerate its efforts to modernize the distribution of commercial insurance across the United States. The funding was led by Madrona with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz, and several additional investors, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $26 million. The new investment reflects growing confidence in Anzen’s AI-powered approach to solving long-standing workflow inefficiencies in the insurance market.

UCeed Marks Five Years With $30 Million Under Management And Celebrates First Portfolio Exit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

UCeed has reached a significant milestone, celebrating five years of operations and announcing that it now manages $30 million across seven funds, with its first portfolio exit complete. The achievement reflects how rapidly UCalgary’s investment platform has grown since its launch, evolving from an idea designed to bring research from the lab to the marketplace into Canada’s largest university-based investment fund of its kind.

Mulilo Raises $75 Million From Norfund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Norfund have entered a new partnership following Norfund’s $75 million investment in Mulilo Energy Holdings, one of South Africa’s leading renewable energy developers and Independent Power Producers. The investment provides positions Norfund as a minority shareholder, marking a pivotal moment for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and its New Markets Fund I, which remains a key investor in the company.

BNY Launches New Stablecoin Reserves Fund To Support Institutional Digital Asset Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

BNY announced the launch of the BNY Dreyfus Stablecoin Reserves Fund, a new government money market fund designed to support the rapidly expanding U.S. stablecoin ecosystem as regulatory clarity and institutional adoption accelerate. The introduction of the fund marks a major expansion of BNY’s leadership in digital assets. It provides a new regulated vehicle for stablecoin issuers operating under the recently enacted GENIUS Act.

Aligned Climate Capital: Interview With CEO Peter Davidson About The Clean Energy Investment Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Aligned Climate Capital (ACC) is a U.S.-based asset management firm focused exclusively on investments that support the clean energy transition and decarbonization of the global economy and its infrastructure. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aligned Climate Capital CEO Peter Davidson to gain a deeper understanding of the firm.

REBEL: $25 Million Series B Raised To Accelerate Retail Returns Recommerce Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

REBEL has secured a $25 million Series B funding round led by MarcyPen Capital Partners, marking a major milestone in the company’s effort to reshape the one trillion dollar returns market. The round was oversubscribed and closed less than one year after REBEL's Series A, reflecting strong investor confidence and reinforcing the company’s position as a market leader in returns recommerce technology. Maveron Ventures, the prior Series A lead investor, also participated.

WisdomAI: $50 Million Closed To Advance Autonomous AI Analytics For The Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

WisdomAI announced that it has raised $50 million in Series A financing led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from new investor NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, as well as returning investors Coatue, Latitude Capital, Madrona, GTM Capital, Menlo Ventures, and U First Capital. The round brings the company’s total funding to $73 million, occurring less than a year after the company’s launch.

Toyota To Invest Up To $10 Billion In U.S. Operations Following Opening Of New North Carolina Battery Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Toyota announced that it will invest up to $10 billion in its United States operations over the next five years, reinforcing the company’s long-term commitment to expanding its manufacturing footprint in the country. The new allocation will increase Toyota’s cumulative U.S. investment to nearly $60 billion, marking nearly 70 years since the company first established operations in the region.

BroadOak Capital Partners Announces New Investments Across Life Sciences Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

BroadOak Capital Partners has announced a series of new growth investments that expand its life sciences platform and reinforce its position as a long-term partner to emerging industry leaders. The activity includes the first investment from BroadOak Fund VI, a growth equity financing in Azure Biosystems, marking the third time in twenty years that BroadOak has partnered with the company’s founders.

Code Metal: $36.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance Verifiable AI Code Translation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Code Metal has secured $36.5 million in Series A financing. This milestone positions the Boston-based company for its next phase of growth as it accelerates the adoption of verifiable AI-powered code translation across mission-critical industries. Accel led the round, valuing the company at $250 million.

Quirch Foods: $1.1 Billion Strategic Debt Refinancing Completed To Fuel Growth And Acquisition Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Quirch Foods has completed a $1.1 billion strategic debt refinancing that strengthens its capital structure and supports its long-term expansion plans across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The financing was led by Ares U.S. Direct Lending funds and Regions Bank, with support from a broader consortium of lenders.

ActivTrak: Strategic Investment Raised From Francisco Partners To Accelerate AI-Driven Workforce Intelligence Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

ActivTrak announced that it has received a strategic investment from Francisco Partners, a global investment firm known for its focus on technology businesses. The investment marks a significant milestone for the Austin-based company as it works to expand its position in the fast-growing workforce intelligence sector and strengthen initiatives across product development, go-to-market expansion, and enterprise partnerships.

Barings Issues $81 Million Financing To Support Acquisition And Repositioning Of 440 South Church Tower

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Barings has originated an $81 million floating-rate bridge loan to support the acquisition and repositioning of 440 South Church, a 15-story Class A office tower located in Uptown Charlotte. The loan was provided to a joint venture between Town Lane and Trinity Capital Advisors and represents a significant new real estate debt commitment for one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers.

Anthropic: $50 Billion Investment Announced To Expand American AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Anthropic has unveiled a landmark $50 billion investment to build new American computing infrastructure, marking one of the most significant capital commitments in the history of the artificial intelligence sector. The company will construct custom data centers in partnership with Fluidstack in Texas and New York, with additional sites expected as demand for its Claude platform continues to rise.

Gopuff: $250 Million Funding Secured And New Chief Financial Officer Named

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Gopuff has raised $250 million in new funding, led by Eldridge Industries and Valor Equity Partners, as the instant commerce company reports its strongest financial performance to date. The round, which also included participation from Baillie Gifford, Robinhood, Equalis Capital, George Ruan, Yakir Gabay, and the company’s co-founders, among others, follows a period of record revenue, contribution profit, and sustained momentum across its core business.

Cursor: $2.3 Billion Series D At $29.3 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance AI-Driven Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Cursor has raised $2.3 billion in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $29.3 billion, marking one of the largest private financings in the AI developer tools sector. The round included continued support from existing investors, including Thrive, a16z, Accel, and DST, as well as new backers Coatue, NVIDIA, and Google. The investment positions Cursor to scale its AI development platform amid soaring demand from enterprises and record revenue growth.

Exowatt: $50 Million Closed To Advance U.S. Rollout Of Dispatchable Solar For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Exowatt has secured an additional $50 million to expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint and accelerate deployments of its Exowatt P3 systems to the rapidly growing network of AI data centers and industrial facilities nationwide. MVP Ventures and 8090 Industries led the financing as an extension of Exowatt’s $70 million Series A round, which was announced in April 2025 and spearheaded by Felicis. Additional participation came from The Florida Opportunity Fund, DeepWork Capital, Dragon Global, Massive VC, New Atlas Capital, BAM, Overmatch, Protagonist, StepStone, Atomic, and Bay Bridge Ventures. Felicis also took part in this extension. The company’s earlier $20 million seed round attracted prominent angel investors, including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio.

Self Raises $9 Million Seed Funding And Launches Points Program To Advance Zero Knowledge Identity Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Self has closed a $9 million seed round and officially launched Points, a user rewards system that builds on the company’s fast-growing adoption across the zero-knowledge identity ecosystem. The San Francisco based startup, which provides privacy preserving proof of humanity and verification infrastructure by technology leaders such as Google and Aave, completed the round earlier this year with participation from Greenfield Capital, Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund of SoftBank, Spearhead VC, Verda Ventures, Fireweed Ventures, Casey Neistat, and a roster of prominent Web3 industry leaders that includes Sreeram Kannan of EigenLayer, Sandeep Nailwal of Polygon, Julien Bouteloup of Curve, Jill Carlson of Espresso, and Hart Lambur of Across Protocol.

Bindwell: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance AI-Driven Pesticide Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 13, 2025

Bindwell has secured a $6 million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and A Capital, marking one of the most notable early financings in agricultural technology this year as the company works to reinvent how pesticides are discovered. The round also included participation from SV Angel and Paul Graham, following an earlier pre-seed investment from Character Capital and Bindwell’s acceptance into Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch.

Sunday Raises $21 Million Series B To Power U.S. Growth And Transform Restaurant Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 13, 2025

Sunday has raised $21 million in Series B funding to accelerate its U.S. expansion and further modernize the restaurant payment experience nationwide. The round included participation from DST Global Partners and follows a year of significant growth for the Atlanta-based company.

Fabric8Labs: $50 Million Secured To Expand U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 13, 2025

Fabric8Labs has raised $50 million to expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint and accelerate production of next-generation metal components built with its proprietary Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing technology. The investment marks a significant step forward for the San Diego-based company as demand intensifies across industries such as thermal management for AI and high-performance computing, wireless communications, and power electronics.

IonQ, AMD, And Qualcomm Back Classiq In Strategic Up-Round Exceeding $200 Million In Total Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 13, 2025

Classiq announced a new strategic up-round that adds tens of millions of dollars to its capital base, bringing its total funding to more than $200 million. The round includes participation from AMD Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and IonQ, along with backing from major financial institutions such as Mirae Asset Capital, LeumiTech77 by Bank Leumi, and Quantum Eretz. The investment reflects growing global interest in enterprise-grade quantum software as companies transition from experimental initiatives to real-world implementations at scale.