Venture Capital

SmarterDx: Funding Raised From New Mountain Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SmarterDx - a leader in clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality - announced a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over $55 billion in assets under management. This funding will support SmarterDx’s next phase of growth and product innovation, which is focused on creating value for health systems and enabling them to deliver the best patient care.

Poolhouse: $34 Million (Seed) Raised For To Enhance Pool Entertainment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Poolhouse, a new tech-enabled pool entertainment business from the founders of Topgolf, has raised $34m in its seed round. The funding round was led by Sharp Alpha and dmg ventures. The participants across the globe include David Blitzer, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils; Simon Sports, co-owner of Ipswich Town F.C.; Active Partners, early investors in Soho House; and Emerging Fund, investor in F1 Arcade. Signature Hospitality Group has taken an equity stake and signed a franchise agreement.

Mainspring Energy: $258 Million (Series F) Raised For Scaling Linear Generator Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Mainspring Energy announced that it has secured $258 million in a Series F funding round to expand its linear generator power business and operations as it grows in manufacturing and customer sales. General Catalyst led the raise. They were joined by Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, DCVC, Temasek, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, M&G Investments, Pictet Group, Mainspring's earlier investors, including Lightrock and LGT Bank, Khosla Ventures, Gates Frontier, and others.

The Ryl Company: $15 Million (Series B) Secured For Transforming Beverage Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

The Ryl Company (the parent company of Ryl Tea, a rapidly growing brand reshaping the beverage industry) announced it has secured $15 million in Series B funding.

Blueprint Data Centers: Investment Raised From Northampton Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Northampton Capital Partners - an alternative asset management firm focused on infrastructure investments in the middle market targeting the energy, digital, and other critical infrastructure sectors - announced that it has agreed to make a strategic investment in Blueprint Data Centers, a developer of data centers designed with flexibility to support high-performance computing workloads.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management: $2.3 Billion In Total Commitments Raised For Third Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), announced the final closing of North Haven Private Equity Co-Investment Opportunities Fund III LP (PECO III) oversubscribed at its hard cap with approximately $2.3 billion in total commitments.

Edge Focus: $150 Million In ABS Funding Raised To Launch Credit Platform Into Capital Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Edge Focus, a private credit firm focused on consumer assets, announced the closing of its inaugural asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction EDGEX 2025-1NN while securing funding for $150 million in collateral. This deal marks a significant milestone in the company’s capital markets strategy and establishes the foundation for its ABS issuance program EDGEX.

Crayhill Capital Management: Third Flagship Fund Closed At Over $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Crayhill Capital Management, a $3 billion alternative asset management firm, announced the closing of Crayhill Principal Strategies Fund III with about $1.31 billion of capital commitments, including $162 million of committed co-investment capacity, surpassing its $1 billion target.

ZND: $20 Million Raised From Rollman Management Digital For Digital Asset Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

ZND, a digital finance platform operated by regulated European digital asset exchange zondacrypto, announced it has secured a $20 million token investment commitment from Rollman Management Digital for supporting the continued development of its technology and business operations. And ZND's goal is to provide a streamlined one-stop shop to earn, trade, and borrow digital assets.

NN: $128 Million Commitment Signed With Marathon Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Marathon Asset Management, an asset manager specializing in public and private credit markets with over $23 billion in assets under management, announced the completion of a refinancing program for NN, a global diversified industrial company that engineers and manufactures high-precision components and assemblies.

GoldState Music: $500 Million In Strategic Capital Raised From Northleaf And Ares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

GoldState Music, a music rights investment platform, announced that it has raised $500 million in strategic capital, including a structured capital facility co-led by Northleaf Capital Partners and Ares Management funds and separately raised leverage.

t’order: Series C Round Launched With $50 Million Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

t'order, a leader in the Korean restaurant technology space, has officially launched its Series C fundraising round, targeting $50 million from domestic and global investors.

Cofertility: $7.25 Million (Series A) Raised To Make Egg Freezing More Accessible

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Cofertility, a human-centered fertility ecosystem that helps women freeze their eggs for free when donating half, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures, with additional support from Initialized Capital, Arkitekt Ventures, Foreground Capital, Gratitude Railroad, How Women Invest, Gaingels and Everywhere Ventures, leading investors with deep experience in the healthcare and technology sectors.

Trellis Health: $1.8 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Provide Women With Personalized And Proactive Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Trellis Health, a digital health platform designed to empower women with personalized, proactive care, today emerged from stealth. The company is launching with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding from Palette Ventures, Swizzle Ventures, NEXTBLUE, Suncoast Ventures, and Sundial Foundation, along with high-profile healthcare individuals like Care.com founder Sheila Marcelo, the co-founders of Flo Health, Yuri Gurski and Andrei Kouzel, Mike Prytkov - the founder and CEO of Simple, Naseem Sayani, angels and executives from ARM, Microsoft AI and others.

Exaforce: $75 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Security With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Exaforce announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series A funding led by marquee investors Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, and Thomvest to develop an Agentic SOC Platform that provides AI agents (called Exabots) and advanced data exploration that gives customers a tenfold reduction in human-led SOC work, while dramatically improving security outcomes.

CleanArc Data Centers: Investment Raised From Townsend Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

CleanArc Data Centers - a developer and operator of renewables-focused hyperscale data center campuses - announced that Townsend Group, which is a leading advisor and partner to institutional investors globally, made a strategic investment in the company.

Decision Logic: Growth Investment Raised From Clovis Point Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Decision Logic, a provider of back-office management software for restaurants, announced a significant growth investment from Clovis Point Capital, a Houston-based growth equity firm. This partnership will advance Decision Logic's roadmap, drive team expansion, and strengthen its ability to deliver transformative outcomes for restaurant operators.

Luma Financial: $63 Million (Series C) Raised For Structured Products And Insurance Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Luma Financial Technologies, a leader in structured products and insurance solutions, announced that it has closed a $63 million Series C financing led by Sixth Street Growth. And existing strategic investors including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and TD Bank Group participated in the round.

PolicyMe: C$30 Million Raised For Canada-Based Digital Insurance Provider Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

PolicyMe, which is known as Canada’s leading digital insurance provider, announced C$30 million in additional funding. The funding was secured through multiple tranches of equity and debt financing between 2023 and 2025 from strategic partners, including Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada (Blue Cross Life) and Securian Canada.

GoUpscale: Investment Raised From Accenture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Accenture announced it has invested through Accenture Ventures in GoUpscale, a content engagement technology company that helps wealth management companies across Asia reinvent client engagement strategies and elevate digital communications.

Wealth.com: Strategic Investment Raised From Schwab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Charles Schwab announced today that it has made a minority investment in the real estate planning company Wealth.com. Schwab’s investment will help Wealth.com continue scaling its capabilities to make it easier for financial firms and advisors to provide valuable estate planning services to individuals and families. The terms of the investment were undisclosed.

Blue Onion: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Financial Data Infrastructure Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Blue Onion, a subledger trusted by leading retail and ecommerce brands, announced a $10 million Series A funding led by Viola FinTech. The funding round included participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Entrée Capital, Green Visor, and Vinyl Capital. This round brings the company's total funding to $17.6 million.

Scout AI: Investment Raised From Booz Allen

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Booz Allen Hamilton announced today that its corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, has invested strategically in Scout AI to modernize legacy robotic systems.

ABC Impact: Over $600 Million Closed For Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

ABC Impact, which is an Asia-focused impact investment firm, announced it has successfully completed the final closing of its second fund at over $600 million, doubling the size of Fund I. This milestone enhances the firm's commitment to addressing Asia's critical social and environmental needs through impact-driven investments.

AdvanCell: $18 Million In Federal Funding From MRFF

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

AdvanCell, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapeutics, announced $18 million in Australian Federal Government Funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontiers Initiative for ‘Defeating Prostate Cancer with Targeted Alpha Therapy.’

Elm AI: Cornell University Spinout Raises $2 Million For Supply Chain Sustainability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Elm AI, a Cornell University spinout and an AI-based platform helping enterprises improve sustainability and operational performance across their supply chains, announced it has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed funding round. The funding round was led by Beta Boom Fund and Working Capital Fund, with participation from Boro Capital Partners, Very Serious Ventures, Gorges Ventures, The Bond Collective, and Textbook Ventures.

Volektra: Funding Raised To Commercialize Virtual Magnet Motor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Electric drivetrain company Volektra announced it has secured a new funding round to commercialize its proprietary Virtual Magnet motor technology. Chakra Growth Capital led the funding round, which included strategic investors specializing in deep tech, manufacturing resilience, and energy independence.

Lock 8 Partners: $182 Million Raised For Fund III

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Lock 8 Partners announced the final closing of its oversubscribed lower middle-market technology buy-out fund, Lock 8 Fund III LP, which received $182 million in investor commitments.

Blue Water: $14 Million Raised For Building Autonomous Ships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Blue Water Autonomy - a technology company building autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy - announced it emerged from stealth and raised $14 million in seed funding from Eclipse, Riot, and Impatient Ventures.

KSL: Second Tactical Opportunities Fund Closed With $1.44 Billion In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Leading alternative investment firm KSL Capital Partners announced the final closing of its latest tactical opportunities fund KSL Capital Partners Tactical Opportunities II, L.P. (Tac Opps II), with total capital commitments of $1.44 billion, including contributions from the General Partner.