Venture Capital

BforeAI: $10 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Attack Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

BforeAI, an accurate predictive attack intelligence and digital risk protection solution, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $10 million Series B round of funding led by Titanium Ventures. Existing investors SYN Ventures, Karista, and Addendum Capital participated in this round to maintain their ownership stakes.

XtremeX Mining: $11 Million (Series A) Raised By Drilling Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

XtremeX Mining Technology (XMT), a leader in innovative drilling solutions, announced an AC-electric automated coiled tubing and electric top-drive diamond core drilling rig. And the company revealed it raised $11 million in Series A funding led by GoGreen Partners.

RocketPhone: $10.5 Million Secured For Commercializing AI-Native Conversation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

Leading conversation processing company RocketPhone.ai announced it raised $10.5 million in funds. RocketPhone.ai’s AI-based platform helps businesses serve customers faster, identify and secure more sales leads and achieve greater agent satisfaction. This latest investment will contribute to its platform's ongoing development, making business velocity 10 times more effective.

Tethis: €15 Million Raised For Developing Diagnostic Methods In Oncology With Liquid Biopsy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

Enea TECH and Biomedical Foundation announced a €15 million investment in Tethis S.p.A., a Milan-based company at the forefront of cancer diagnostics. This new round follows previous investments from Genextra and Indaco Venture Partners.

CareGenix Raises Growth Funding From Decathlon Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

CareGenix Solutions - a provider of virtual healthcare services like remote patient monitoring chronic care management and behavioral health integration services - announced it has secured a multi-million dollar growth funding package from Decathlon Capital Partners.

Overland AI: $32 Million (Series A) Raised To Power Ground Ops For Modern Defenses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

Overland AI, a company developing advanced autonomy for uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), announced a $32 million Series A funding round to accelerate the adoption of its ground capabilities for defense and national security. This funding round was led by 8VC, with participation from Point72 Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Ascend, Osage University Partners, and Caprock.

Quantifind: $22 Million Secured For AI-Based Financial Crime Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2025

Quantifind, a leader in AI-based financial crime intelligence, announced raising $22 million in funding from Deloitte Ventures and Stephens Group and existing investors, Citi Ventures, S&P Global, DNS Capital, and USVP, after growing by 200% last year.

Platform Partners: $180 Million Of Follow-On Equity Capital Commitments Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Platform Partners, a private investment company founded in 2006, announced it closed on $180 million of follow-on equity capital commitments to its perpetual investment vehicle, Platform Partners Investment Company. And Platform exceeded its original target with commitments from both existing and a select group of new shareholders, bringing total assets under management to approximately $800 million.

Bioptimus: $76 Million In Total Funding Raised By AI Foundation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Bioptimus, an AI foundation model company, announced that it has reached a significant funding milestone of $76 million. This total funding includes a $41 million cash injection, led by Cathay Innovation with participation from prominent investors, including Sofinnova Partners, Bpifrance through its Large Venture Fund, Andera Partners, Hitachi Ventures, Boom Capital Ventures, Pomifer Capital, Sunrise, and angel entrepreneurs Emmanuel Cassimatis and Thomas Wolf.

Workwize: $13 Million (Series A) Raised To Transform IT Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Workwize, a platform for global IT hardware asset management, announced that it closed $13 million in Series A funding led by Klass Capital, with continued support from early-stage investors Peak and Graduate Entrepreneur Fund. This funding will fast-track Workwize's integration of AI-based automation, making it the first platform to fully automate the IT equipment lifecycle—from procurement and deployment to retrieval and disposal.

Teal Health: $10 Million (Seed) Closed To Launch Wand For At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Teal Health, a women's health company with a goal of eliminating cervical cancer in the US, announced the closing of an additional $10 million in seed funding to support the upcoming launch of the Teal Wand, which is currently under FDA review and on track to be the US market's first FDA-approved at-home self-collect cervical cancer screening device. And this new funding round brings Teal Health's funding to $23 million to date as the company accelerates its product development and readies go-to-market plans.

Micron Biomedical: Series A Funding Extended To Over $33 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Micron Biomedical, a life science company that is developing the world’s first needle-free technology for drugs and vaccines that is based on dissolvable microarrays, today announced it secured over $16 million in a Series A3 financing round, bringing the Series A equity raise total to over $33 million. J2 Ventures and the Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC) led the round which will expand commercial manufacturing of Micron’s technology.

Ashvattha: $50 Million (Series B Extension) Raised For Developing Nanomedicine Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Ashvattha Therapeutics - a clinical-stage company advancing a new class of nanomedicine therapeutics that traverse tissue barriers to selectively target and reprogram activated cells in regions of inflammation - announced additional financing as an extension of its Series B of up to $50 million led by Tribe Capital with existing investors led by Natural Capital. This funding will enable Ashvattha to complete the ongoing Phase 2 ophthalmology trial and Phase 1/2 neuroinflammation trial.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance: $1.9 Billion In Loan Originations For 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance announced the company originated $782 million of loans in the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing annual loan originations to $1.9 billion.

Act III Holdings: Strategic Investment In Honest Greens Barcelona

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Act III Holdings, an investment firm with $1+ billion in assets dedicated to partnering with consumer-facing brands, announced a strategic investment in Honest Greens Barcelona. This rapidly growing mission-driven restaurant brand based in Barcelona, Spain, is renowned for its commitment to wholesome, chef-driven, and affordable meals delivered in a fast-casual setting. And Act III’s involvement will provide capital and expertise to help scale Honest Greens as it continues its rapid expansion, supporting its goal to transform the dining landscape across Europe.