Venture Capital

Gyde Launches With $60 Million Funding To Build AI-Native Brokerage Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Gyde, an AI-native brokerage platform based in Austin, Texas, announced its official launch alongside $60 million in capital raised to modernize how brokers support clients across insurance, health, and wealth decisions.

RTW Foundation Gives $8 Million To Overhaul Physician Training At Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

A landmark $8 million gift from the RTW Foundation will launch a major effort to redesign the curriculum at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, aimed at preparing future physicians for a rapidly changing clinical and scientific landscape. Penn Medicine said the commitment, led by Penn Medicine Board of Trustees member Rod Wong, M’03, and Marti Speranza Wong, C’98, is the largest donation in the school’s history dedicated specifically to curriculum innovation.

ZOHO.VC Spins Out From ZOLLHOF And Reaches 70% First Close On €10 Million Debut Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

ZOHO.VC, a newly spun-out venture capital firm born from Nuremberg-based ZOLLHOF – Tech Incubator, has announced a first close on its inaugural fund at roughly 70% of its €10 million target, about ten months ahead of its planned final close. The fund currently stands at approximately €7 million and is backed by a limited partner base that includes entrepreneurial families and startup founders.

Phia: $35 Million Series A At $185 Million Valuation Raised To Build AI Alignment Layer For Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Phia, a shopping agent co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, has raised a $35 million Series A financing at a $185 million valuation as it looks to expand what it describes as an “AI alignment layer” connecting consumers and brands. The round was led by Notable Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures and returning investor Kleiner Perkins.

Charcuterie Artisans Opens Rhode Island Innovation Center And Invests $12 Million To Expand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Charcuterie Artisans, the parent company of Creminelli, Daniele, Del Duca, and recently acquired La Quercia Cured Meats, has opened a new Innovation Center at its campus in Mapleville, Rhode Island, positioning the facility as a product-development and partnership hub as the company scales capacity across its U.S. footprint.

Nivaan Care: $7 Million Series A Raised To Scale Chronic Pain Management Platform Across India

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Sorin Investments has led a $7 million Series A financing round in Nivaan Care, backing the India-focused healthcare company as it scales a specialized, doctor-led platform to improve access to chronic pain treatment. Additional investors in this round include W Health Ventures, Endiya Partners, and Rebright Partners.

Origin: Series B Funding Raised To Expand Insurance-Covered Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Origin, a national provider of pelvic floor physical therapy and women’s musculoskeletal care, said it has secured Series B funding to expand access to pelvic health services through a hybrid model combining virtual care with in-person clinics.

Oro: $3 Million Closed To Launch Employer Housing Wellness Benefit Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Oro, a social fintech company that helps employers offer homeownership and housing wellness as an employee benefit, has raised $3 million in funding and officially launched its housing wellness platform, the company said.

Slice Global Equity Raises $25 Million Series A To Build AI-Native Global Equity Compliance Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Slice Global Equity, an AI-native platform focused on global equity compliance and management for multinational companies, has raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners. Fenwick and Cooley participated as investors, alongside existing backers TLV Partners, R-Squared Ventures, and Jibe Ventures.

Snout: Over $110 Million Raised To Expand Prevention First Pet Care Financing Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Snout, a pet healthcare financing platform that partners with veterinary clinics, said it has secured more than $110 million in total capital to broaden access to affordable preventive care across the U.S. The new capital includes $100 million in financing from Clear Haven Capital Management and a $10 million Series A round led by Footwork, with participation from existing investors Pear, Bread and Butter Ventures, Restive Ventures, and veterinary industry experts.

Tenbin: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Tokenized Gold, FX, And Commodities Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Tenbin Labs said it has raised a $7 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Wintermute Ventures, FalconX, GSR, Nascent, Variant, Archetype, Bankless Ventures and others, as it builds a tokenization protocol aimed at bringing deeper liquidity, faster settlement, and yield features to onchain representations of real world assets.

DAFgiving360 Donors Grant Nearly $10 Billion to Charities In Most Active Year on Record

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

DAFgiving360 announced its donors granted $9.9 billion to more than 165,000 charitable organizations in 2025, marking the most active year in the organization’s history and a 28% increase in dollars granted compared with 2024. The San Francisco-based donor-advised fund provider said the results extend a streak of sustained growth, with 2025 representing the fourth consecutive year of double-digit grant growth.

Property Finder: $170 Million Raised In Round Led by Mubadala And UAE Sovereign Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

UAE-based proptech Property Finder has secured a $170 million investment led by Mubadala Investment Company, alongside another UAE sovereign wealth fund and BECO Capital, reinforcing its standing as one of the region’s best-capitalized property classifieds technology platforms according to Wamda.

Turbett Surgical Announces Recapitalization And Growth Investment From J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Turbett Surgical, a Rochester, New York based medical device company focused on improving operating room and sterile processing department efficiency, said it has completed a recapitalization and growth investment led by J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital.

Balerion Space Ventures Backs Northwood Space In $100 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Balerion Space Ventures announced it has made a strategic investment in Northwood Space’s $100 million Series B financing round, framing the deal as a bet on the ground-layer systems that underpin every mission in orbit and an area the firm believes is becoming a binding constraint as launch cadence and satellite deployments accelerate.

Chamelio: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale Legal Intelligence Platform For In-House Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Chamelio, a legal intelligence platform built for in-house legal departments, announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding as it looks to expand product development and accelerate go-to-market efforts. The round was led by Work-Bench and Emerge, with participation from additional investors.

Ambienta’s Sustainable Credit Opportunities Strategy Closes Above €500M Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Ambienta SGR announced it has completed the final close of its Ambienta Sustainable Credit Opportunities vehicles, with total commitments surpassing the strategy’s original €500 million target.

Bayer Plans C$45+ Million Canola Innovation Centre In Winnipeg, Targeting 2028 Opening

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Bayer Crop Science announced it will invest more than $45 million CAD to build a new canola research and development facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a move the company framed as a long-term bet on Canada’s role in canola innovation and on accelerating its precision breeding strategy.

Mesh: $75 Million Series C Raised At $1 Billion Valuation To Build A Universal Crypto Payments Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Mesh announced it has raised $75 million in a Series C round that values the company at $1 billion, positioning the crypto payments network as a bid to make digital assets easier to spend and settle across a fragmented ecosystem of wallets, exchanges, chains, and stablecoins. The company said the financing brings its total funding to more than $200 million.

FLORA: $42 Million Series A Raised To Build Unified Creative AI Workspace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

FLORA announced it has raised a $42 million Series A round led by Redpoint as it builds what it describes as a unified creative environment for the generative era.

Ascension Secures Up To £10 Million British Business Bank Commitment To Boost Regional Tech Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

The British Business announced it has made a new commitment of up to £10 million to Ascension Ventures through its Regional Angels Programme, aiming to expand access to early-stage equity for high-growth technology companies across the UK.

Brickanta: $8 Million Seed Funding Raised To Bring AI To Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Brickanta, a Y Combinator-backed construction technology startup from the F25 batch, has raised an $8 million seed round as it builds what it describes as an AI-native operating system for the construction industry, according to a LinkedIn post from founder Linus B. Fahlander. Northzone led the financing, with additional participation from angel investors spanning both construction industry operators and AI founders.

Navidence: Seed Round Raised To Standardize Real-World Data For Clinical Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Navidence announced it has completed a Series Seed preferred funding round co-led by Grand Ventures of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Nina Capital of Barcelona, Spain, as the company targets a persistent bottleneck in life sciences research: turning ethically obtained real-world data into evidence that regulators, sponsors, and research teams can consistently interpret and reuse across studies.

Antheia: $24 Million In Second Close Of Series C Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Antheia announced it has completed a second close of its Series C financing, raising an additional $24 million and bringing the company’s total capital secured over the past year to more than $175 million, when including additional available capital and non-dilutive funding. The advanced biosynthesis company said the broader funding mix includes multiple project agreements with the U.S. government.

EPG: Nearly $100 Million Series B Secured To Scale Modular AI Data Center Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

EPG has closed a Series B financing round of nearly $100 million as the Singapore headquartered company looks to expand manufacturing capacity and accelerate global delivery of modular data centers designed for high power density AI workloads.

Memcyco: $37 Million Series A Closed To Target Digital Impersonation And Account Takeover Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Memcyco, a real-time digital risk protection platform focused on stopping brand impersonation scams and account takeover attacks, has raised $37 million in Series A funding, bringing total funding to $47 million. The round was led by new investors NAventures, the corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, E. León Jimenes, and PagsGroup, the family office of Steve Pagliuca, with participation from existing investors Capri Ventures and Venture Guides.

Opendate: $14 Million Series A Closed To Build An Operating System For Independent Live Events

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Opendate, an all in one platform that combines booking, ticketing, and marketing for live events, has raised a $14 million Series A round led by High Alpha, with participation from existing investors. The company is positioning its software as a purpose built alternative for independent venues, promoters, festivals, attractions, and other operators navigating higher costs, tighter margins, and continued industry consolidation.

Summize: $50 Million Raised For AI Contract Lifecycle Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Summize, an AI Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software provider, has secured a $50 million investment to fuel its next phase of growth, expand globally, and accelerate product development in AI-powered contract intelligence. The financing included participation from existing investors Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners, alongside new backers Kennet Partners and Federated Hermes Private Equity.

Kore.ai Raises Strategic Growth Investment To Scale Agentic Enterprise AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Kore.ai announced it has secured a strategic growth investment led by AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors, with continued participation from existing investors Vistara Growth, Beedie Capital and Sweetwater Private Equity. The company said the financing will support its next phase of growth by scaling go-to-market initiatives, deepening global customer engagement and accelerating innovation across its agent first enterprise AI platform and agentic solutions.

TRexBio: $50 Million Raised To Advance Tissue-Targeted Treg Immunology Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

TRex Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on precision immunoregulatory medicines derived from tissue regulatory T cell biology, announced it closed an oversubscribed $50 million financing to support clinical and preclinical pipeline development and expand work on its proprietary Deep Biology Platform. The round brought in new investors Janus Henderson Investors, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., and Affinity Asset Advisors, alongside existing backers Alexandria Venture Investments, Avego BioScience Capital, Delos Capital, Eli Lilly and Company, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc, Pfizer Ventures, Polaris Partners, and SV Health Investors.