Venture Capital

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.