Venture Capital

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.

Collide: $5 Million Raised To Scale GenAI Platform For Energy Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Collide, a GenAI Platform for the energy sector, announced the closing of its $5 million seed round, led by Mercury Fund and with participation from Bryan Sheffield, Billy Quinn, David Albin, and several other oil and gas leaders.

Vesta: Strategic Investment Raised From Schwarzwald Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Schwarzwald Capital, a leading VC firm focused on fintech and the creator economy, announced a strategic investment in Vesta, a leader in transaction guarantee solutions for online and other card-not-present transactions. Working in 40 countries and processing over 100 million transactions annually, Vesta has been at the forefront of digital fraud prevention for nearly three decades, ensuring seamless and secure online payments.

NoScrubs: $2 Million Raised For Transforming Laundry Service Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

NoScrubs, a technology company transforming the laundry service industry, announced a $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Initialized Capital with participation from Frontier VC.

Job&Talent: €92 Million Raised At €1.3 Billion Valuation For Workforce Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Job&Talent, a marketplace for essential work and AI-based workforce management provider, announced the closing of a Series F fundraising round, securing €92 million in equity financing to accelerate the next generation of workforce management. The funding round, which values the company at €1.3 billion, included participation from new and existing investors such as Atomico, BlackRock, DN Capital, Hercules, Infravia, Kibo, Kinnevik, and others.

Imbria Pharmaceuticals: $57.5 Million (Series B) Raised To Develop Novel Therapies For Cardiometabolic Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2025

Imbria Pharmaceuticals - a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies for cardiometabolic diseases with high unmet need - announced the closing of a $57.5 million Series B funding with a top-tier syndicate of life science investors led by new investor, Deep Track Capital. And additional new investors participating in the financing include AN Ventures, Catalio Capital Management, and Cytokinetics, Inc. Existing investors RA Capital Management and SV Health Investors also contributed to the funding.

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.

Sparrow Quantum: €21.5 Million Raised For Advancing Photonic Quantum Innovation In Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Sparrow Quantum, a leading European photonic quantum chip supplier, announced it has secured €21.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of its world-leading quantum chip technology. PensionDanmark led the funding round, which also included backing from EIFO and Novo Holdings and additional investments from existing investors 2xN, LIFTT, and the European Innovation Council.

Springtail: $2.5 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Scale PostgreSQL Performance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Springtail, which is a company providing a new way to scale PostgreSQL, announced it has raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round led by Google's early-stage AI fund Gradient. The oversubscribed funding round also included participation from Octave and angel investors.

Amca: $76.5 Million Raised To Acquire And Develop Aerospace And Defense Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America (Amca), based in El Segundo, California, launched with $76.5 million in initial funding and a vision for renewing the aerospace and defense industry's entrepreneurial spirit and engineering legacy. Backed by Caffeinated Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and others, Amca acquired its first supplier (Electro-Mech Components) in South El Monte, CA, and counts Boeing among its customers for its line of human-machine interface products.

Ottometric: $10 Million (Series A) To Advance AI-Based ADAS Validation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Ottometric—an emerging technology leader in the validation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)—announced a $10 million Series A funding round. Schooner Capital led the round, which included existing investors Rally Ventures and Proeza Ventures and new investors PS27 and Somersault Ventures. The new funding will support Ottometric's rapid growth and accelerate the development of its breakthrough ADAS validation platform.

Base Power: $200 Million (Series B) Raised For Home Energy Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Base Power announced it has raised $200 million in Series B funding, co-led by Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Valor Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors Thrive Capital, Altimeter, Terrain, Trust, and others. With this new funding round, Base Power will continue rapid growth, bringing affordable and reliable energy to more homes across Texas while preparing for national expansion with its battery-powered home energy service.

Clean Planet: $6.7 Million Grant Received For Advancing Quantum Hydrogen Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Clean Planet announced that it has been selected for the Innovation Promotion Project for Achieving Zero Emission Tokyo (Zero Emission Category) implemented by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The grant of 1 billion yen (about $6.7 million) will be used to advance and scale the company’s clean energy modules.

Eagle Freedom Fund: $18 Million Fund Closed To Invest In Human Rights

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Eagle Venture Fund announced the closing of the Eagle Freedom Fund at $18 million, which is the first investment fund in the world dedicated to investing in tech innovation to fight human trafficking. This fund already invested in 16 for-profit technology companies that prevent, detect, or respond to labor and sex trafficking incidents, helping law enforcement, nonprofits, and frontline organizations with scalable solutions.

Lerer Hippeau: $200 Million Closed For Ninth Seed Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2025

Lerer Hippeau (an early stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City) announced that it has closed $200 million in new capital for its ninth early stage fund, which the team will invest in pre-seed- and seed-stage companies.