Venture Capital

Shelpful: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For ADHD-Friendly Tasks App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

Shelpful, which secured a $3 million Seed investment from Apollo Projects, has released an iOS app in the Apple App Store. This marks the company’s move beyond its WhatsApp-based HabitGPT service and brings its habit-building and task management tools into a native mobile environment.

AltrixBio: $5 Million Series A Closed For Developing Cardiometabolic Disease Treatment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

AltrixBio has secured $5 million in an initial Series A financing to advance its lead candidate, AJN 003 (LuCI), into human clinical trials for type 2 diabetes and related metabolic diseases. This oral therapy is designed to recreate the metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery without invasive procedures.

Nofence: Over $35 Million Series B Secured For Virtual Fencing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

Nofence has closed its Series B funding round with over €30 million (more than $35 million), making it the most significant agtech investment in Europe in 2025. Lead investor European Circular Bioeconomy Fund was joined by Capagro, Nysnø Climate Investments, Climate Innovation Capital, and Speedinvest, while existing backers Sandwater, Momentum, and Ferd also increased their commitments. This new funding reflects strong confidence in Nofence’s ability to reshape livestock management through sustainable technology.

MetalBear: $12.5 Million Seed Secured For Kubernetes Development Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

MetalBear has closed a $12.5 million seed financing led by TLV Partners, with additional backing from TQ Ventures, MTF, Netz Capital, and notable angel investors, including the co-founder of Sentry and the creator of OpenTelemetry. This funding comes as enterprises struggle with a growing disconnect between local code development and the complex cloud environments their applications ultimately run in.

Chestnut Carbon: Series B Now At $250 Million Following New Raise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

Chestnut Carbon has secured an additional $90 million from its existing investor, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, boosting its Series B round to a total of $250 million. Earlier this year, the company announced $160 million in Series B funding, and this latest investment underscores growing confidence in Chestnut’s work to remove carbon through new forest growth.

AllRock Bio: $50 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Lead Clinical Program For Pulmonary Hypertension

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

AllRock Bio has secured $50 million in a Series A funding round led by Versant Ventures and Westlake BioPartners. This funding will support the company as it moves its lead drug candidate, ROC-101, into Phase 2 clinical trials later this year. ROC-101 is designed to address two life-threatening forms of pulmonary hypertension that currently have limited treatment options and poor long-term survival rates.

Eve Security: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Helping Keep AI Agents Safe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2025

Eve Security has secured $3 million in seed funding to launch EveGuard, a new platform designed to keep AI agents safe when they interact with a company’s most critical systems. The round was led by LiveOak Ventures and included support from Tau Ventures. With this backing, Eve Security is rolling out features that automate security monitoring and policy enforcement for AI applications, handling everything from financial data to human resources records.

WorkFusion: $45 Million Secured To Power AI Agents In Financial Crime Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

WorkFusion has raised $45 million in a new funding round led by Georgian, a growth-stage investor specializing in AI innovation. WorkFusion’s investors in this round include Serengeti Asset Management, Nokia Growth Partners, Teralys Capital, Hawk Equity, Chubb INA Holdings, Declaration Partners, SVB Innovation Credit Fund, Konrad Investments, and members of the company’s own leadership team. Their support reflects growing demand for solutions that can manage the complexity and scale of modern financial crime prevention.

ENTOUCH: $50 Million Raised For Energy Management Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

ENTOUCH has closed a $50 million financing round led by Respida Capital, marking a significant milestone for the energy management provider. This new capital comes on the heels of another record year for ENTOUCH, underscoring strong market demand for its platform and positioning the company for its next stage of expansion.

DMD Systems Recovery: Strategic Investment Raised From from Tailwind

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

DMD Systems Recovery, a company specializing in end-to-end IT asset disposition solutions, has announced that it has received a significant strategic investment from Tailwind Capital. This partnership is set to drive the next stage of DMD’s growth, enabling the company to expand its reach, enhance its service offerings, and pursue new opportunities in the rapidly evolving ITAD market.

Spara: $15 Million Seed Funding Secured For Transforming Inbound Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Spara, a new enterprise‑grade platform designed to transform how businesses handle inbound sales, has launched with a $15 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Radical Ventures and Inspired Capital, with participation from XYZ Ventures, FJ Labs, Remarkable Ventures, and a group of strategic angel investors from leading technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Databricks, and G2.

Walker & Dunlop: $220 Million Bridge Loan Arranged For Jersey City Mixed‑Use Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $220 million bridge loan to refinance 626 Newark Avenue, a newly completed 27‑story, Class A mixed‑use multifamily property in the heart of Jersey City’s Journal Square neighborhood. The Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets team, led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet, and Edward Leboyer, acted as an exclusive advisor to Namdar Group, with TYKO providing the capital.

Doctronic: $20 Million Series A Raised To Advance Personalized AI Doctor Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Doctronic, a healthcare technology company built entirely around artificial intelligence, has announced that it has raised 20 million dollars in Series A funding. The investment round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with additional backing from Union Square Ventures, Tusk Ventures, Mantis VC, Seven Stars, and several well-known figures in the AI and healthcare fields, including Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Jay Desai, and Scott Belsky.