Venture Capital

ConductorAI: $15 Million (Series A) Raised To Improve Government Efficiency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

ConductorAI, a dual-use software company specializing in AI-enabled approvals, announced $15 million in Series A funding led by Lux Capital. Other participants included Altman Capital, Haystack Ventures, Sunflower Capital, Humba Ventures, Also Capital, Forward Deployed VC, and Abstract.

SpectrAxe: Series A Funding Raised For OTC FX Options Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

SpectrAxe, an all-to-all marketplace for OTC FX options, announced the completion of a Series A funding round led by Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, LLLP (SPEILLLP), a member of the Susquehanna International Group (Susquehanna) of companies, with IMC and CTC as co-investors.

Tapcheck: $225 Million Secured For On-Demand Pay Provider Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

On-demand pay provider Tapcheck announced today it has raised $225 million in combined equity and debt financing. This latest funding round includes a $25 million Series A extension round led by existing investor PeakSpan Capital and a $200 million credit facility provided by Victory Park Capital.

Parallel Systems: $38 Million (Series B) Closed For Autonomous Battery-Electric Rail System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Parallel Systems, which is the world's first autonomous battery-electric rail system, will launch the first commercial pilot in April after securing approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to deploy its railcars along a 160-mile stretch of two Georgia railroads. And the company has also closed its Series B funding round of $38 million, led by Anthos Capital, joined by Collaborative Fund, Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures, and others. The company has raised about $100 million in funding.

Atsena Therapeutics: $150 Million (Series C) Closed To Advance Ocular Gene Therapy Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Atsena Therapeutics - a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on bringing the life-changing power of genetic medicine to reverse or prevent blindness - recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $150 million Series C fnuding. The funding was led by Bain Capital’s Life Sciences team, with participation from a new investor, Wellington Management. And the company’s existing investors also participated in the round, including Lightstone Ventures, Sofinnova Investments, Abingworth, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Hatteras Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, and the Manning Family Foundation.

Vinyl Equity: $11.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Advancing Transfer Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Vinyl Equity, a transfer agent for public companies, announced today that it has raised $11.5 million in seed funding. Index Ventures and Spark Capital co-led the round, which also included Infinity Ventures, Cambrian Fintech, and other strategic angels.

8Flow: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Enterprise Workflow Mapping Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

8Flow, an enterprise workflow mapping company, announced that it has secured a $10 million Series A investment. The funding round was led by Caffeinated Capital and includes strategic investments from ServiceNow Ventures and Okta, as well as participation from HNVR, Liquid2, FirsthandVC, and strategic angels.

Artisan: $25 Million (Series A) Raised For Outbound Sales Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Artisan announced it has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Glade Brook Capital, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Oliver Jung, Day One Ventures, BOND, Soma Capital, Sequoia Scout, and others. Y Combinator also continued its support.

Aiper: $100 Million Investment Raised From Fluidra

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Aiper, a leader in cordless robotic pool cleaning, announces an agreement for a new financing round totaling $100 million. The investment was led by Fluidra (a leader in the global pool industry). And this round marks the start of a strategic alliance between the two companies.

Solix: $29.5 Million Raised For Transforming Decentralized Internet Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Solix DePIN, a decentralized physical infrastructure networks company, announced it has secured $29.5 million in funding from Eclip Foundation. This funding will advance the development of Solix's groundbreaking MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) technology, which enables intelligent bandwidth sharing without affecting users' internet experience.

nEye Systems: $72.5 Million Raised To Transform AI Infrastructure With Optical Switch Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

nEye Systems, an optical switch startup founded by UC Berkeley technologists, announced the completion of a $58 million Series B round of financing led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund CapitalG with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund); Micron Ventures; NVIDIA; and Socratic Partners. This funding brings the company’s total funding to $72.5 million. nEye had previously secured an unannounced Series A led by TEDA Holdings with support from Innolight Technology USA and additional Seed funds.

Northern Gritstone: £50 Million Funding Raised To Invest In Life Sciences Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 13, 2025

Northern Gritstone is a deep-tech and life sciences investment firm founded with the support of the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester. The firm has announced its latest fundraise of £50 million from leading institutional investors, bringing its total permanent capital to £362 million.

Tessell: $60 Million (Series B) Closed For AI-Based Multi-Cloud Data Ecosystems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 13, 2025

Tessell, a next-generation multi-cloud database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that enables enterprises and startups to accelerate database, data, and application modernization journeys at scale, announced a $60 million Series B funding round, bringing total funding to $94 million. The funding round was led by WestBridge Capital, with continued strong participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and new investments from B37.vc and Rocketship.vc.

Broadstreet Partners: Ownership Position Acquired By Ethos Capital, BCI, And White Mountains

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 13, 2025

BroadStreet Partners, a leading North American insurance brokerage company, announced that an investor group led by Ethos Capital, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), and White Mountains Insurance Group will acquire an ownership position in BroadStreet. Under the terms of the deal, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will maintain a significant co-control stake and operate in partnership with the Ethos-led investor group.

Kassel Mechanical: $40 Million Investment Raised From Paceline Equity Partners Affiliate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 13, 2025

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners (a Dallas-based private equity manager) announced that it has made a $40 million preferred equity investment in Kassel Mechanical Holdings.