Venture Capital

Fantasy Life: $7 Million Seed Raised For Launching New Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Fantasy Life – a fantasy sports and gaming company spanning media and tech, founded by Matthew Berry, the fantasy football personality featured on NBC Sports' Football Night in America and host of Fantasy Football Happy Hour on Peacock – announced a $7 million seed round to support the launch of its new platform and the acquisition of Guillotine Leagues. Known as the official tools partner of NBC Sports, the company delivers premium content and insights to millions of fans.

BridgePort: $3.2 Million Seed Funding Secured For Providing Middleware To Solve Capital Inefficiency In Crypto Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

BridgePort has raised $3.2 million in funding to enhance its platform and grow its team amid rising institutional demand for off-exchange settlement solutions. The seed round, led by Further Ventures, also received support from industry leaders such as Virtu, XBTO, Blockchain Founders Fund, FunFair Ventures, and Humla Ventures.

Restore Medical: $23 Million Series B Raised For Advancing Medical Device For Heart Failure Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Restore Medical - a clinical-stage MedTech company developing transcatheter therapies for heart failure - announced the closing of a $23 million Series B financing round. The funding round is co-led by Pitango HealthTech and a global strategic healthcare partner, along with the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, and continues to receive support from existing investors, such as Peregrine Ventures as well as another strategic partner.

Parter: $5.5 Million Raised For Helping Hardware Teams With Data Consolidation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Parter, an AI-based company helping hardware teams from engineering and supply chain to R&D manage complexity and stay ahead of disruption, announced $5.5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by StageOne Ventures, with participation from Zenda Capital, Mercer Ventures, and notable angel investors including former Sequoia partner Shmil Levy, executives from Cisco, Ariel Maislos, and founders of Avalor, Datorama, Epsagon, and Innoviz.

Tikehau Capital: €1 Billion Raised To Support Egis’ Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital announced a capital raise for its portfolio company Egis, reaffirming its commitment to supporting its international expansion. This deal marks the launch of Tikehau Capital’s first private equity continuation fund dedicated to Egis, with a size exceeding €1 billion.

Chloris Geospatial: $8.5 Million Series A Raised For Satellite-Based Forest Carbon Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Chloris Geospatial - a climate-tech company advancing satellite-based measurement of forest carbon and ecosystem change - announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Future Energy Ventures, with participation from existing investors AXA IM Alts, At One Ventures, Cisco Foundation, Counteract, and Orbia Ventures.

Kartesia: €1.3 Billion Raised For Sixth-Generation Credit Opportunities Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

Kartesia, a European specialist in capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has announced the final closing of its sixth-generation credit opportunities strategy, Kartesia Credit Opportunities (KCO) VI, with a total of €1.3 billion.

SkyDrive: ¥8.3 Billion Pre-Series D Funding Raised For eVTOL Aircraft Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

SkyDrive - a leading eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan - announced that it has raised ¥8.3 billion in Pre-Series D funding through a third-party allotment. This funding round was led by MUFG Bank, with investments from Suzuki Motor, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and seven other companies. The returning investors include ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Obayashi, The Kansai Electric Power Company, Suzuki Motor, SuMi TRUST Innovation Investment, Toyoda Iron Works, NHK Spring, and MUFG.

QEDMA: $26 Million Raised For Quantum Noise Resilience Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

QEDMA, a developer of quantum noise resilience solutions, announced $26 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Glilot Capital Partners through its early growth fund, Glilot+, with new participation from IBM, Korean Investment Partners, and others, along with existing investors including TPY Capital.

Argon AI: $5.5 Raised For AI Workspace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Argon AI, which is an AI-native workspace purpose-built for life sciences, announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. Crosslink Capital and Wireframe Ventures co-led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, and other leading investors in AI and digital health.

Arine: $30 Million Series C Raised For AI-Based Medication Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Arine, a leader in AI-based medication intelligence, announced a Series C funding round. Town Hall Ventures led the round with participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures and other existing investors.

AIP Capital And Monroe Capital Launch Aircraft Leasing Venture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

AIP Capital, an alternative investment manager focused on opportunities in asset-based finance, announced it has a venture with Monroe Capital, a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets and asset-based finance, to buy a diversified aircraft leasing portfolio of up to $1 billion of investments, featuring mid-life aircraft on long term lease to airlines globally. And Monroe will provide the investment capital and has identified AIP Capital to act as servicer of the assets.

Halogen Ventures: $30 Million Fund Closed To Invest In Family-Focused Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Halogen Ventures, which is Jesse Draper's venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups, announced the closing of a third fund at $30 million.

Savvy Wealth: $72 Million Raised For Financial Advisor Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Savvy Wealth - a digital-first platform for financial advisors centered around modernizing human financial advice, announced the closing of a $72 million Series B funding round, led by Industry Ventures. The funding round attracted new investors Vestigo Ventures (a venture capital firm founded by former LPL Financial CEO and Chairman Mark Casady, who joins Savvy’s Board of Directors) and Euclidean Capital. Existing investors Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, The House Fund, Brewer Lane Ventures and former Focus Financial executive Vamsi Yadlapati also participated. This latest funding round brings Savvy to over $100 million in total funding.

Traction Capital: Fund II Launches To Invest In Minnesota-Based Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Traction Capital, a Minnesota-based venture capital and growth equity firm, announced the launch of Fund II. This is the firm's second investment fund focused on scaling early-stage businesses in Minnesota and neighboring states.