Venture Capital

Niural: $31 Million Secured For AI-Native PEO Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Niural, an first AI-native global PEO (Professional Employment Organization) for fast-growing companies, announced it has raised $31 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Marathon Management Partners, with participation from existing investors M13, Inspired Capital, Newform Capital and several new strategic investors. Marathon's Gokul Rajaram, an industry leader on the boards of Coinbase, The Trade Desk, and Pinterest, joins Niural's board.

Synthflow AI: $20 Million Secured For Advancing Voice AI Platform For Automated Phone Calls

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Synthflow AI, a voice AI platform for automated phone calls, announced a $20 million Series A investment round to drive the next wave of enterprise adoption for AI voice agents. The funding round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Atlantic Labs and Singular.

Claira: $7 Million Seed Funding Secured To Transform Financial Deal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Claira, an AI-based Deal Intelligence platform for financial institutions, announced the closing of $7 million seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Barclays, Citi, and Reimagine Tech Ventures, with additional participation from Activant Capital, KDX, and OPCO Ventures.

Elemental Advanced Materials: $20 Million Secured For Transforming Waste Into Carbon Nanomaterials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Elemental Advanced Materials, a leader in low-emission carbon nanomaterials and hydrogen production, announced the closing of a $20 million funding round led by Taranis.

Pangram: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Detection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Pangram, which is an accurate and reliable technology for detecting text created by AI, announced it has closed a round of pre-seed and seed funding totaling $3.98 million. The most recent investments of more than $2.7 million added to the previous pre-seed funding of $1.25 million. ScOp led the seed round, and they were joined by Script Capital and Cadenza, along with a handful of individual investors. Haystack VC was a lead investor in the initial, pre-seed funding round.

Mandolin: $40 Million Secured For Enhancing Access To Life Saving Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mandolin, a leading AI automation platform for specialty drug access, announced that it has raised $40 million in funding from Greylock Partners, SignalFire, Maverick, SV Angel, along with Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo!) and Guillermo Rauch (CEO of Vercel). Launched by repeat entrepreneurs Will Yin (CEO) and Rohit Rustagi (COO), Mandolin is utilized by many of the nation’s largest infusion providers, pharmacies, and health systems.

Aria Growth Partners: $152 Million Fund II Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Aria Growth Partners, a growth equity firm that provides capital and elevated partnership to extraordinary consumer brands, today announced the closing of its second fund with $152 million in capital commitments. This oversubscribed fund will continue the firm's winning strategy of serving founders of high-growth consumable product companies.

EFFECT Photonics: $24 Million Added To Series D For Coherent Optical Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mahalo: $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Post-Purchase Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mahalo - a new end-to-end post-purchase experience (PPX) platform - announced $2.6 million in pre-seed funding and the launch of their software for small and midsize manufacturers. Motivate Venture Capital led the oversubscribed round, with participation from Diagram and Bridge Venture Fund.

Auramet: $350 Million Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Auramet International - a leading precious metals merchant - announced that it has closed a $350 million syndicated revolving credit facility led by Macquarie Group.

Novoloop: $21 Million Series B Raised For Advanced Chemical Recycling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Novoloop, an advanced chemical recycling innovator, announced the closing of its Series B funding round led by Taranis. And with continued backing from existing investor Valo Ventures, the round also welcomed new investment from SHOP Limited, the Family Office of the Bata Shoe Company.

Enate: Investment Raised From Scottish Equity Partners For Process Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Enate, a UK-based software company providing a leading process orchestration and AI solution used by global service providers, including IHG, TMF, and EY, announced it has secured a significant investment from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP). SEP is a European growth equity firm, specializing in enterprise software and technology businesses. Existing investor Mercia Ventures continues to support the company’s growth journey.

The BARS Program Raises Funding From Sound Growth Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Sound Growth Partners (SGP) announced its majority recapitalization of BARS. And SGP provided all the capital required to complete the transaction via SGP’s One-Stop Buyout structure.

Swave Photonics: €6 Million Series A Follow-On Raised For Holographic Display Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Swave Photonics, a true holographic display company, announced an additional €6 million ($6.97 million) in funding as part of a follow-on investment to the company’s Series A round. The funding round was led by IAG Capital Partners and includes an investment from Samsung Ventures.

Bruce Markets: Strategic Investment Raised From Financial Leaders For Extended-Hours Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Bruce Markets announced a major new strategic investment round led by some of the most prominent names in the financial industry, including Apex Fintech Solutions, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, NH Investment and Securities, PEAK6 Investments, Robinhood, tastytrade, and Webull.

Qunnect: $10 Million Series A Extension Raised For Quantum Networking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Qunnect, a company deploying quantum entanglement-based protocols over commercial fiber, announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series A extended financing round of $10 million, led by Airbus Ventures, with additional participation from Cisco Investments and Quantonation. This funding accelerates the company's mission to transform the way communications and networking are done.

BackOps AI: $6 Million Seed Funding Round Raised for Transforming Logistics Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

BackOps AI, an AI operations platform transforming supply chain workflows, announced a $6 million seed round led by Construct Capital, with continued support from existing investors Gradient and 10VC. And this brings the company's total funding to $8 million in under a year as it accelerates its mission to become the intelligent operating layer for modern logistics.

Canary Technologies: $80 Million Raised For Advancing Hotel Guest Management Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Canary Technologies, a leader in hotel guest management technology, recently announced it has closed an $80 million Series D round of funding to advance the company's global expansion as a leader in hospitality AI. Brighton Park Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors: Insight Partners, F-Prime Capital, Thayer Ventures, Y Combinator, and Commerce Ventures. This latest investment brings Canary's valuation to about $600 million.

Tryperion Holdings: $163 Million Special Situations Real Estate Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Tryperion Holdings, a commercial real estate investment firm specializing in equity and credit opportunities within the U.S. middle market, has announced the final closing of Tryperion RE Fund IV (TREF IV), with a total capital commitment of $163 million.

AllSpice.io: $15 Million Series A Raised For Launching AI Agent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

AllSpice.io, a platform for electronics teams to collaborate and automate their workflows, today announced the closing of its $15 million Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $25 million in venture capital. The recent round was led by Rethink Impact, along with L'ATTITUDE Ventures, GingerBread Capital, and DNX Ventures, as well as continued support from Root Ventures, Benchstrength, and Flybridge.

Obviant: $7.1 Million Raised For Scaling Data Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Obviant, a data intelligence platform transforming how industry and government leverage U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition, contracting, and budgeting data, announced $7.1 million in seed funding. Shield Capital led the round with participation from Motivate Venture Capital, A*, New Vista Capital, Aloft Venture Capital, and Underdog Labs.

Flowdesk: $100 Million Credit Facility Signed For Digital Asset Trading Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Flowdesk, a full-service digital asset trading and technology firm, announced a $100 million credit facility from Two Prime Lending Limited, the secured lending affiliate of Two Prime. This facility will support Flowdesk’s continued global expansion and capital-efficient trading infrastructure.

Paraform: $20 Million Series A Raised For Hiring Marketplace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Paraform, a hiring marketplace built for elite recruiters, announced its $20 million in Series A funding led by Felicis, with participation from A*, BOND, DST Global, Liquid 2, and notable angels including the co-founders of Canva, Instacart, YouTube, and xAI, along with Shyam Sankar, Harley Finklestein, Mark Pincus, and others. The funding follows a 40 times revenue growth since Paraform’s 2024 seed round, bringing the company’s total funding to $25 million.

Waltz: $50 Million Secured For All-In-One Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Waltz, an all-in-one platform that streamlines U.S. residential real estate financing for foreign national investors, announced it has raised a total of $50 million in equity and debt funding to date, including a new $25 million line of credit.

ForSight Robotics: $125 Million Series B Secured For Eye Surgical Robotics Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

ForSight Robotics, a pioneer in ophthalmic robotic surgery, announced it completed a $125 million Series B round led by Eclipse. Along with Eclipse, the funding round included significant participation from an undisclosed strategic investor, Dr. Fred Moll, the Adani Group, Reiya Ventures, and other existing investors. This round brings ForSight Robotics’ total funding to $195 million.

Neuron23: $96.5 Million Series D Raised For Advancing Neurological And Immunological Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Neuron23 - a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing precision medicines for genetically defined neurological and immunological diseases - announced the closing of a $96.5 million Series D funding round led by a healthcare investor, with significant support from existing investors Westlake Village BioPartners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Redmile Group, Blue Owl, Kleiner Perkins, HBM Healthcare Investments, and Acorn Bioventures.

Anthony Pompliano Signs $1 Billion Merger Deal For Creating ProCap Financial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

American investor, podcaster, and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano announced that ProCap BTC, a bitcoin-native financial services firm, has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I, a SPAC sponsored by a controlled subsidiary of Cohen & Company.

Decagon: $131 Million Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For Conversational AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Decagon, a leader in conversational AI agents for customer experience, announced $131 million in series C funding, pushing its total funding to $231 million just one year after emerging from stealth. The funding round valued the company at $1.5 billion and drew five times more investor demand than capacity, underscoring Decagon’s momentum and market leadership. This funding round was co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz (Growth Fund), with participation from existing investors A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and BOND, and new investors Avra, Forerunner, and Ribbit Capital.

VoiceCare AI: $4.54 Million Raised For Healthcare Administration General Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Voicecare AI, a healthcare administration general intelligence (HAGI) company, announced that it has closed a seed funding round of $4.54 million to automate back-office conversations and supercharge the workforce through the application of generative AI. With $4.54 million in funding led by Caduceus Capital Partners, and participation from Bread and Butter Ventures, Mayo Clinic, and a strategic revenue cycle management (RCM) company, VoiceCare AI looks to improve access, adherence, and outcomes for patients and the healthcare workforce, putting the focus back on patient engagement.

Wandercraft: $75 Million Series D Raised For Robotic Mobility Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Wandercraft, a leader in self-balancing robotic mobility systems, today announced that it has secured $75 million funding and financing as part of its Series D round, with significant contributions from Renault Group, PSIM fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance as part of the France 2030 plan, Teampact Ventures and Quadrant Management. Other participants in the Series D round include LBO France, Mutuelles Impact – Managed by XAnge, Cemag Invest, Martagon Capital, and AG2R LA MONDIALE.