Venture Capital

Aymium: $150 Million Raised For Producing Renewable Biocarbon Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Aymium, a leading producer of renewable biocarbon products, announced the completion of a five-year $150 million financing from a wholly owned subsidiary of Bedrock Industries ManagementCo. This new financing refinances Aymium’s existing debt and adds liquidity to execute the company’s near-term growth initiatives, including developing new biocarbon and biohydrogen production facilities currently under review.

Observo AI: Agentic AI-Based Data Pipeline Company Raises $15 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Observo AI, an agentic AI-based data pipeline company that autonomously optimizes observability and security data, announced the appointment of Steven Hua as Senior Vice President of Marketing. And following the recent $15 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felicis Ventures, Hua will spearhead Observo AI's global marketing strategy as the company scales to meet enterprise demand for intelligent and self-optimizing data infrastructure.

Olas: $13.8 Million Raised To Advance Autonomous Agents In Crypto

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Olas, an original AI agent platform enabling autonomous agents in crypto since 2021, announced that its core contributor has secured $13.8 million in funding led by 1kx. This funding comes as Olas unveils Pearl, the world's first agent app store, democratizing access to user-owned AI agents.

Soil Connect: New Funding Raised And Jonathan Alvarado Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Soil Connect, a leading dirt marketplace and service provider for the construction and soil industry, announced several significant milestones that marked its transformative year. This includes the company raising new funding, accelerating product development, and expanding its market presence. This funding round, which was led by Heartland Ventures, with participation from Cemex Ventures, AM Ventures, TIA Ventures, GS Futures, Stellifi VC, and others, reinforces confidence in Soil Connect’s mission to revolutionize the way developers, contractors, and suppliers manage their soil and dirt needs.

Northlight Capital: $56 Million Loan Originated For Development Land In Colorado

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Northlight Capital Partners, a middle-market real estate credit specialist and fund manager, announced it has originated a $56 million loan to fund the acquisition, horizontal development and infrastructure of 134 acres of residential and commercial land in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Mangrove Lithium: Canada-Based Lithium Conversion Company Raises $35 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Mangrove Lithium, a lithium conversion company based in Canada, announced the closing of $35 million in financing to begin construction of a lithium refining plant in Delta, British Columbia. This milestone also follows the successful closing of a $35 million strategic investment round with participation from new investors such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Asahi Kasei Corporation, InBC Investment Corp. (InBC), Orion Industrial Ventures, and Export Development Canada. Mangrove’s existing investors, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BMW i Ventures, and BDC Capital also joined the round.

VEIR: Superconducting Power Company Raises $75 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Superconducting power delivery company VEIR announced the closing of an oversubscribed $75 million Series B round led by Munich Re Ventures, with participation from new and existing investors. Munich Re Ventures led the Series B round with participation from new investors Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Tyche Partners, Piva Capital, National Grid Partners, Dara Holdings, and SiteGround. And existing investors VXI Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Engine Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures and Galvanize Climate Solutions also joined the round.

ImpactAssets: Nearly $400 Million Mobilized In 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

ImpactAssets, an impact investing leader with a 15-year track record of mobilizing capital for good had concluded an impressive 2024 with 270 impact investments totaling $387.5 million — which is an investment sum that maintains the firm’s status as one of the most active impact investors worldwide. And ImpactAssets’ work spanned critical areas of need, including climate and social equity, furthering the organization’s mission to address existential challenges facing the planet and its most vulnerable communities.

CIP Real Estate: $279 Million In Transactions Completed For Q4 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

CIP Real Estate announced it acquired four industrial parks in December 2024 and sold six office buildings and a flex project, leading to $279 million in total transactions at year-end. These acquisitions totaled approximately $240 million across three states.

SafelyYou: $43 Million (Series C) Closed For Addressing Challenges In Senior Living

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

SafelyYou, a leader in empowering safer and more person-centered care across senior living through AI, industry-changing hardware, and remote expert clinicians, announced the closing of a $43 million Series C financing round led by Touring Capital. This funding fuels SafelyYou’s ability to help solve critical challenges in senior care, including how accurately and efficiently operators can predict residents’ care needs. Foundation Capital, Omega Healthcare Investors, Founders Fund, Cross Creek, Samsung Next, and Qualcomm Ventures also contributed to the funding round. This brings the total funding raised by SafelyYou to $100+ million.

Bonsai Robotics: $15 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Physical AI Solutions For Agriculture Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Bonsai Robotics, a developer of physical AI solutions for agriculture applications, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Bison Ventures led the oversubscribed round with participation from new investor Cibus Capital and existing investors Acre Venture Partners, Congruent Ventures, Fall Line Capital, E14 Fund, SNR, and Serra Ventures. This latest funding round enables Bonsai to continue enhancing its software capabilities, expanding its physical AI platform and data set, driving more OEM partnerships, and accelerating commercialization efforts.

The Helper Bees: $35 Million Raised For Expanding Aging-In-Place Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

The Helper Bees, a platform transforming how older adults live and age safely in their own homes, announced the completion of a $35 million funding round. Led by Centana Growth Partners, the funding round also saw strong support from existing investors, including Silverton Partners, Impact Engine, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.

Lieef: Initial Set Of Capital Commitments Closed For Inaugural Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Lieef, a private equity firm focused on emerging infrastructure, announced it has officially closed the initial set of capital commitments into its inaugural fund (Lieef GP Capital Fund). Named for an approach towards investing principally, the fund centers on project and corporate investments into emerging infrastructure opportunities with the capability to invest in both companies and projects and as a control or minority investor. While limited, the fund currently can deploy tax equity alongside cash equity for strategically essential opportunities.

Castelion: Defense Manufacturing Company Raises $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Castelion – a new defense manufacturer helping America and its allies preserve peace through deterrence with long-range hypersonic strike weapons – announced it has raised $100 million in debt and equity financing. And with rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and its allies need a non-nuclear deterrent capability. The company's affordable and mass-produced hypersonic long-range strike weapons are required to build a decisive combat power advantage and deter future aggression.

Blue Sage Capital: $618 Million Closed For Fund IV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Blue Sage Capital, a leading lower-middle market private equity firm, announced the final closing of Blue Sage Capital IV at $618 million, including a substantial commitment from the General Partner. This fund was significantly oversubscribed, closing above its initial target of $400 million, initial hard cap of $550 million, and more than double its $300 million prior fund size.

Rynse: $5 Million (Seed) Raised For Improving Ongoing Auto Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Rynse - a new fleet management software for government and enterprise organizations - offers a powerful solution for fleets struggling with operational efficiency and profitability challenges like fraud, overspending, and vehicle maintenance. And by connecting fleet management with payment systems, Rynse provides an expansive network of vendors, streamlines procurement, saves time, and reduces fraud, enabling fleets to operate more efficiently. Rynse has secured $5 million in seed funding led by Autotech Ventures, with participation from returning investors Founder Collective and Correlation Ventures, along with new investor Connexa Capital.

OneVest: $20 Million (Series B) Raised For Transforming Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

OneVest, a comprehensive wealth management technology platform, announced the closing of a $20 million Series B equity funding round. The funding round was led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from new investors, Allianz Life Ventures and TIAA Ventures. And returning investors include OMERS Ventures, Deloitte Ventures, Fin Capital, Luge Capital, and Pivot Investment Partners.

Imvax: $29 Million Financing Completed To Develop Whole Tumor-Derived Immunotherapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Imvax - a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing personalized, whole tumor-derived immunotherapies - announced the closing of a $29 million financing round from existing investors. In the past 21 months, the company has raised $86 million to support completing its randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b trial of IGV-001 in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (ndGBM).

Bogart Wealth Closes On Minority Investment From Constellation Wealth Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Bogart Wealth, an independent wealth management and Registered Investment Advisory firm, announced that it has closed on a minority, long-duration investment from Constellation Wealth Capital (CWC). This long-term strategic investor provides capital solutions exclusively to wealth management businesses and multi-family offices.

Tana: $25 Million Closed For Human-AI Collaboration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Tana, an all-in-one workspace that naturally integrates AI into everyday work, announced a $14 million Series A round led by Tola Capital, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northzone, Alliance VC, and firstminute capital. This funding round brought the total to $25 million.

Riot: $30 Million (Series B) Closed For Cyber-Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Riot, an employee-focused cyber-protection software platform, announced a $30 million Series B financing round led by New York-based venture capital firm Left Lane Capital. The funding round brings Riot's total raised capital to $45 million and includes participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Base10, and FundersClub.

Jump: $20 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Financial Advisor Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Jump, a leading provider of AI-based solutions for financial advisors and other financial services providers, announced today the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures, with additional participation from Citi Ventures and existing investors Sorenson Capital and Pelion Ventures Partners. This funding validates the growing demand for advisor-specific AI tools that streamline administrative tasks and empower financial professionals to elevate the advisor and client experience.

Affineon Health: $5 Million Raised To Enhance Physician Productivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Affineon Health, a leader in AI-based solutions to streamline the inbox for healthcare physicians and providers, announced closing a $5 million oversubscribed funding round. And GPG Ventures led the seed round with participation from existing investor AI Fund and several other new investors. Other new investors in this round include Deepwater, Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), Headwater Ventures, and Signal Peak Ventures.

Guggenheim Investments: About $400 Million Vehicle Closed To Invest In Private Debt Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Guggenheim Investments announced the closing of about $400 million vehicle that will invest in Guggenheim’s private debt strategy. Allianz Global Investors led the deal. And a group of funds managed by StepStone Group co-underwrote the transaction. This vehicle includes about $100 million of financing.

Conifers.ai: Cybersecurity Company Raises $25 Million And Launches CognitiveSOC Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Conifers.ai announced $25 million in funding and the formal launch of the company and its Conifers CognitiveSOC platform. And this native AI platform helps organizations solve critical security operations center (SOC) challenges at scale, increasing effectiveness and efficiency, reducing risk, and increasing proactiveness to achieve SOC excellence.

WiseLayer: $7.2 Million Raised For Making AI-Based Digital Workers For Finance And Accounting Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

WiseLayer, an AI fintech company that makes digital workers for finance and accounting teams, announced $7.2 million in funding. This funding round was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from K5 Global, The Fintech Fund, Unpopular Ventures, and industry angels.

Frenos: Autonomous Operational Security Assessment Platform Raises $3.88 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Frenos, the first autonomous operational technology (OT) security assessment platform, today announced the completion of a $3.88 million financing round led by DataTribe.

Nue: Revenue Lifecycle Management Company Raises $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Nue, a company that seamlessly unifies Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ), customer lifecycles, billing, and revenue intelligence for complete Revenue Lifecycle Management, announced it raised $20 million in Series A funding, led by Inovia Capital with participation from Information Venture Partners, Bluefish Capital, NextWorld Capital, NJP Ventures, and Operator Stack Fund.

Dxcover: Multiomic Spectral Analysis Company Raises Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Dxcover Limited, a clinical-stage diagnostics company pioneering its multiomic spectral analysis (MOSA-Dx) for early detection of solid tumor cancers, announced its next key stage of growth with the closing of significant funding to drive innovation and expand its commercial presence. The funding, which will total $6.2 million, underpins the confidence of the investors in Dxcover’s mission to transform cancer diagnostics and save lives by delivering the earliest cancer diagnosis possible. This also brings the total funding raised by Dxcover to $21.4 million since spinning out from the University of Strathclyde in 2019.

Stratasys: $120 Million Equity Investment Raised From Fortissimo Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2025

Stratasys - a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions - announced that Fortissimo Capital, a leading Israeli private equity fund investing in technology and industrials, has agreed to invest $120 million in the company, acquiring about 14% of Stratasys’ issued and outstanding ordinary shares through a direct purchase of 11,650,485 newly issued ordinary shares at $10.30 per share, reflecting a premium of 10.6% over the closing market price on January 31, 2025.