Venture Capital

Circulate Health: $12 Million Seed Funding Raised For Advancing Potential Of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

Circulate Health, a startup dedicated to utilizing the potential of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) to advance human healthspan and lifespan, announced today that it raised $12 million in a seed funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Seaside Ventures and CSC Ventures.

IFC: $50 Million Committed To Victory Park Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has announced a $50 million follow-on investment in the Victory Park Capital Investor Fund W, LP, reinforcing its commitment to financial inclusion in emerging markets. Together with an additional $50 million from IDB Invest in January 2025, the fund's total commitments now exceed $200 million.

Climeworks: $162 Million Raised For Direct Air Capture Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

Climeworks, a leader in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, has achieved a significant milestone by raising $162 million in equity funding, marking the largest carbon removal investment globally for 2025 so far.

OnePrime Capital: Secondary Fund III Closed At $305 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

OnePrime Capital announced that the firm has closed OnePrime Secondary Fund III, L.P., with $305 million of committed capital, exceeding its target fund size of $275 million. And Fund III closed eight months after its launch in October 2024, demonstrating strong investor confidence in OnePrime's specialized technology secondary strategy.

Blues: Fundraising Expanded To $33 Million For IoT Connectivity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

Blues, a leader in IoT connectivity solutions, has secured an $8 million follow-on funding round led by XYZ Venture Capital, following a $25 million raise from Sequoia Capital in May 2025. Increased investor demand after the previous round's oversubscription drove this expedited funding.

NeXtWind: €1.4 Billion Raised For Expansion Of Wind Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

NeXtWind, a leading renewable energy company, has secured €1.4 billion in debt financing, along with an additional €1.3 billion in accordion facilities that can be accessed in tranches over the coming years. This syndicated loan is the largest for an independent wind energy provider in Germany, allowing major financial institutions, both domestic and international, to invest in the onshore wind market.

Zenyth Partners: Fund II Closed With $375 Million Of Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

Zenyth Partners, a private equity firm focused on building leading healthcare services platforms, announced the closing of its second flagship fund, Zenyth Partners II, with aggregate capital commitments of $375 million, supplemented by additional capital commitments raised through a sidecar co-investment vehicle. And Fund II was oversubscribed due to strong support from existing and new investors, bringing the firm's total assets under management to about $1.5 billion.

Bumo: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For Advancing Child Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2025

Bumo, an on-demand child care marketplace, announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by True Ventures and Offline Ventures with participation from Goodwater Capital and Marketplace Capital. Angel investors Jennifer Carolan, influencer Rachel Barnes, actress Jamie Chung, Ellen Chen (Mendocino Farms), Karina Kruse (Kinderzimmer), and Vanessa Dew (Health-Ade) also joined.

Fantasy Life: $7 Million Seed Raised For Launching New Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Fantasy Life – a fantasy sports and gaming company spanning media and tech, founded by Matthew Berry, the fantasy football personality featured on NBC Sports' Football Night in America and host of Fantasy Football Happy Hour on Peacock – announced a $7 million seed round to support the launch of its new platform and the acquisition of Guillotine Leagues. Known as the official tools partner of NBC Sports, the company delivers premium content and insights to millions of fans.

BridgePort: $3.2 Million Seed Funding Secured For Providing Middleware To Solve Capital Inefficiency In Crypto Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

BridgePort has raised $3.2 million in funding to enhance its platform and grow its team amid rising institutional demand for off-exchange settlement solutions. The seed round, led by Further Ventures, also received support from industry leaders such as Virtu, XBTO, Blockchain Founders Fund, FunFair Ventures, and Humla Ventures.

Restore Medical: $23 Million Series B Raised For Advancing Medical Device For Heart Failure Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Restore Medical - a clinical-stage MedTech company developing transcatheter therapies for heart failure - announced the closing of a $23 million Series B financing round. The funding round is co-led by Pitango HealthTech and a global strategic healthcare partner, along with the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, and continues to receive support from existing investors, such as Peregrine Ventures as well as another strategic partner.

Parter: $5.5 Million Raised For Helping Hardware Teams With Data Consolidation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Parter, an AI-based company helping hardware teams from engineering and supply chain to R&D manage complexity and stay ahead of disruption, announced $5.5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by StageOne Ventures, with participation from Zenda Capital, Mercer Ventures, and notable angel investors including former Sequoia partner Shmil Levy, executives from Cisco, Ariel Maislos, and founders of Avalor, Datorama, Epsagon, and Innoviz.

Tikehau Capital: €1 Billion Raised To Support Egis’ Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital announced a capital raise for its portfolio company Egis, reaffirming its commitment to supporting its international expansion. This deal marks the launch of Tikehau Capital’s first private equity continuation fund dedicated to Egis, with a size exceeding €1 billion.

Chloris Geospatial: $8.5 Million Series A Raised For Satellite-Based Forest Carbon Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Chloris Geospatial - a climate-tech company advancing satellite-based measurement of forest carbon and ecosystem change - announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Future Energy Ventures, with participation from existing investors AXA IM Alts, At One Ventures, Cisco Foundation, Counteract, and Orbia Ventures.

Kartesia: €1.3 Billion Raised For Sixth-Generation Credit Opportunities Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

Kartesia, a European specialist in capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has announced the final closing of its sixth-generation credit opportunities strategy, Kartesia Credit Opportunities (KCO) VI, with a total of €1.3 billion.

SkyDrive: ¥8.3 Billion Pre-Series D Funding Raised For eVTOL Aircraft Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

SkyDrive - a leading eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan - announced that it has raised ¥8.3 billion in Pre-Series D funding through a third-party allotment. This funding round was led by MUFG Bank, with investments from Suzuki Motor, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and seven other companies. The returning investors include ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Obayashi, The Kansai Electric Power Company, Suzuki Motor, SuMi TRUST Innovation Investment, Toyoda Iron Works, NHK Spring, and MUFG.

QEDMA: $26 Million Raised For Quantum Noise Resilience Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

QEDMA, a developer of quantum noise resilience solutions, announced $26 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Glilot Capital Partners through its early growth fund, Glilot+, with new participation from IBM, Korean Investment Partners, and others, along with existing investors including TPY Capital.

Argon AI: $5.5 Raised For AI Workspace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Argon AI, which is an AI-native workspace purpose-built for life sciences, announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. Crosslink Capital and Wireframe Ventures co-led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, and other leading investors in AI and digital health.

Arine: $30 Million Series C Raised For AI-Based Medication Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Arine, a leader in AI-based medication intelligence, announced a Series C funding round. Town Hall Ventures led the round with participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures and other existing investors.

AIP Capital And Monroe Capital Launch Aircraft Leasing Venture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

AIP Capital, an alternative investment manager focused on opportunities in asset-based finance, announced it has a venture with Monroe Capital, a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets and asset-based finance, to buy a diversified aircraft leasing portfolio of up to $1 billion of investments, featuring mid-life aircraft on long term lease to airlines globally. And Monroe will provide the investment capital and has identified AIP Capital to act as servicer of the assets.

Halogen Ventures: $30 Million Fund Closed To Invest In Family-Focused Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Halogen Ventures, which is Jesse Draper's venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups, announced the closing of a third fund at $30 million.

Savvy Wealth: $72 Million Raised For Financial Advisor Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Savvy Wealth - a digital-first platform for financial advisors centered around modernizing human financial advice, announced the closing of a $72 million Series B funding round, led by Industry Ventures. The funding round attracted new investors Vestigo Ventures (a venture capital firm founded by former LPL Financial CEO and Chairman Mark Casady, who joins Savvy’s Board of Directors) and Euclidean Capital. Existing investors Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, The House Fund, Brewer Lane Ventures and former Focus Financial executive Vamsi Yadlapati also participated. This latest funding round brings Savvy to over $100 million in total funding.

Traction Capital: Fund II Launches To Invest In Minnesota-Based Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Traction Capital, a Minnesota-based venture capital and growth equity firm, announced the launch of Fund II. This is the firm's second investment fund focused on scaling early-stage businesses in Minnesota and neighboring states.

Talon.One: $135 Million Growth Raised For Enterprise Loyalty Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

Enterprise loyalty and promotion software company Talon.One announced a $135 million growth funding round from new investors Silversmith Capital Partners and Meritech Capital, with participation of existing investor CRV.

Syntis Bio: $38 Million Raised For Advancing Oral Therapies For Obesity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

Syntis Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has closed a $33 million Series A funding round led by Cerberus Ventures. New investors Mansueto Investments, Woori Venture Partners, and Apollo Labs joined the round, along with founding investors BOLD Capital Partners, W. R. Berkley Corporation, Safar Partners, Portal Innovations, Colorcon Ventures, and Cerity Partners Ventures. The company also secured up to $5 million from NIH through SBIR awards.

Planet: €240 Million Awarded For Satellite Services Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily Earth observation data and insights, announced a multi-year agreement valued at €240 million, funded by the German government, to support European peace and security initiatives. Under this deal, Planet will offer dedicated capacity and direct downlink services via Pelican satellites over specified European regions.

Remark: $16 Million Series A Closed To Humanize AI In Online Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

Remark, a company developing human-trained AI product experts for commerce, announced a $16 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Inspired Capital, with participation from Stripe, Neo, Spero Ventures, Shine Capital, and Visible Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $27 million.

Field Medical: $35 Million Series B Closed For Advancing FieldForce Pulsed Field Ablation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

Field Medical, a clinical-stage company specializing in pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology, secured $35 million in Series B funding led by BioStar Capital and Cue Growth, with support from existing investors.

Emerald AI: $24.5 Million Seed Raised For Turning AI Data Centers Into Grid Allies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

Emerald AI announced its official launch, presenting the results of its first commercial demonstration and $24.5 million in seed funding led by Radical Ventures, with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm), AMPLO, CRV, and Neotribe. Emerald AI also receives support from individual investors, including Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, AI expert Professor Fei-Fei Li, and Kleiner Perkins Chairman John Doerr.

Bedrock Research: Investment Raised From Colorado ONE Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2025

The Colorado ONE Fund invested in Bedrock Research, a startup based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, that specializes in AI-based remote sensing and monitoring.