Venture Capital

Wyndham Wealth Invests $7 Million In Gliding Deer For Accelerating AI Integrated Game Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Wyndham Wealth has signed a $7 million investment term sheet with Gliding Deer, the independent gaming studio known for creating the global hit Bingo Drive. The funding will be used to advance the development of its GamePro Platform, which is deeply integrated with artificial intelligence capabilities as part of the company’s broader Game Factory model. And the funding will also support the rollout of new mobile gaming titles across international markets.

Nationwide Announces $1.5 Billion Technology And AI Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Nationwide announced a $1.5 billion investment through 2028 to accelerate technology innovation, with $100 million allocated annually to advancing artificial intelligence over the next three years. And Nationwide stated that the strategy is designed to deliver more personalized and dependable service to customers, while enabling innovative solutions and more efficient support for business partners.

DeepJudge: $41.2 Million Series A Raised To Advance Enterprise Legal AI Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

DeepJudge has raised $41.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Felicis with continued participation from Coatue. The company plans to expand product development and support growing demand in the United States and the United Kingdom. DeepJudge reported more than 500% year-over-year revenue growth as law firms seek systems that enable attorneys to access institutional knowledge securely at scale.

Red Cell Partners: Trase Launched With $10.5 Million Pre-Seed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Red Cell Partners announced the launch of Trase, a new agentic platform designed to deliver and implement autonomous AI agents and specialized language models within regulated industries. The company aims to address the challenge of enterprise AI adoption by providing solutions that automate complex workflows securely and at scale. Alongside the launch, Red Cell appointed Dr. Baskar Sridharan, former Vice President and General Manager of AI and Machine Learning Services and Infrastructure at Amazon Web Services, as President of Trase.

Upstart: $1.5 Billion Forward Flow Agreement Secured With Castlelake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Upstart announced a new forward-flow commitment from funds managed by Castlelake, L.P., in which Castlelake has agreed to purchase up to $1.5 billion in consumer loans originated through the Upstart platform. Upstart is a lending marketplace that uses artificial intelligence to match consumers to credit products offered by banks and credit unions.

RAAAM Memory: $17.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance On-Chip Memory Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

RAAAM Memory Technologies announced that it has raised $17.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to support the mass production and full qualification of its patented on-chip memory technology, GCRAM. The round was led by NXP Semiconductors and included participation from a leading multinational networking corporation, IAG Capital Partners, EIC Fund, LiFTT, Alumni Ventures, and existing investors J-Ventures, Silicon Catalyst Ventures, and Serpentine Ventures. The new funding brings the company’s total capital raised to over $24 million, combining equity financing with the EIC Accelerator grant.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Shifts Focus to AI-Powered Biology, Expands Biohub As Core Effort

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is restructuring its philanthropic strategy to concentrate primarily on AI-driven biological research, marking a significant shift in its mission a decade after its founding. The organization, launched by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in 2015, announced that its Biohub network will now be its primary focus and will receive the majority of its resources.

Gates Foundation: $1.4 Billion Committed For Smallholder Farmer Climate Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

The Gates Foundation has announced a four-year, $1.4 billion commitment to climate adaptation initiatives, aimed at supporting smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The announcement was made at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where global leaders emphasized the importance of locally led solutions to climate-related challenges. The funding focuses on increasing access to innovations that help farmers manage the growing risks of droughts, floods, heat, and other extreme weather events. Smallholder farmers in these regions are among the most affected by climate pressures, despite receiving a relatively small share of global climate finance.

University Of Georgia: Dan Geller Named Director Of Innovation Gateway Startup Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2025

Innovation Gateway at the University of Georgia has appointed Dan Geller as the new director of its Innovation Gateway Startup Program. Geller assumed the role on October 1 after serving as assistant director since 2020.