Venture Capital

Codenotary: $16.5 Million Secured To Expand Its AI Cybersecurity And Trust Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Codenotary, a company known for its AI-driven cybersecurity and software supply chain trust solutions, announced that it has secured $16.5 million in new financing from a mix of existing and new investors. The investment will accelerate the company’s product development initiatives and global expansion efforts as demand increases for trust automation, secure cloud computing, and real-time visibility across distributed software environments.

Interface: $3.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build AI Operations Layer For Energy Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Interface, a startup developing an AI-powered operations platform for the energy sector, has closed a $3.5 million seed round led by Defy.vc with participation from Precursor Ventures, Rock Yard Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Transpose Platform, and several angel investors.

AI One: $7 Million Series A Closed To Scale Enterprise AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

AI One has raised $7 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital secured to $11 million as the company ramps up work with Fortune 500 enterprises adopting AI at scale. The announcement was made by co-founder and CEO Conor Twomey, who said the new financing will help organizations move beyond pilots and begin treating AI as critical infrastructure.

Federated Hermes: $320 Million Raised In First Close For Sixth Private Equity Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Federated Hermes has launched the sixth vintage of its flagship Private Equity Co-investment series, PEC VI, securing approximately $320 million in initial commitments as the firm continues expanding its lower mid-market buyout strategy. The new vehicle follows PEC V, which closed at $486 million in 2023, reflecting ongoing momentum across the firm’s global private equity platform.

CoPlane: $14 Million Seed Funding Closed To Modernize Enterprise Back-Office Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

CoPlane, an AI-native enterprise software company focused on overhauling back-office operations for large organizations, announced that it has raised a $14 million seed round led by Ribbit, with additional participation from Stripe, Optum Ventures, and Terrain. The company aims to replace legacy ERP systems with a unified AI-driven platform that streamlines finance, supply chain, and operational workflows.

Valereum: $200 Million Investment Raised And U.S. National Exchange Listing Process Initiated

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Valereum announced that it has entered into a $200 million investment partnership with Valereum QGP-SP, a bespoke acquisition vehicle, in a deal that is expected to significantly bolster the company’s liquidity position, accelerate product development, and support its planned listing on a U.S. national exchange such as NASDAQ or NYSE in the first half of 2026.

AskCipher: Strategic Investment Raised From Appficiency For Advancing AI-Driven ERP Implementations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Appficiency has announced a strategic investment in AskCipher, an AI-powered universal interface layer designed to streamline how professionals interact with enterprise software platforms such as NetSuite, Salesforce, and Quickbase. The company said the investment reflects a broader shift toward AI-augmented ERP implementations that shorten deployment cycles and reduce client costs.

Phrontline Biopharma: $60 Million Raised To Advance Development Of Next-Generation ADC Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Phrontline Biopharma has closed a $60 million Pre-A+ financing round that will significantly expand the company’s global development of bispecific and dual-payload antibody drug conjugates. Lapam Investment led the round with participation from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Guofang Innovation, Hankang Venture Capital, Songqing Capital, Jifeng Ventures, and Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited. Existing investors Decheng Capital, Medfine Health Fund, and C&D Emerging Investment also increased their commitments.

FinSight Ventures: Interview With Investment Director Maxim Nazarov About The Global VC Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

FinSight Ventures is a global venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology companies across sectors like fintech, AI, data analytics, and enterprise software. Pulse 2.0 interviewed FinSight Ventures Investment Director Maxim Nazarov to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Vijil: $17 Million Closed To Advance Deployment Of Resilient AI Agent Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Vijil has secured $17 million in new funding in a round led by BrightMind Partners with participation from Mayfield and Gradient, bringing its total capital raised to $23 million. The Menlo Park–based startup builds trust infrastructure for AI agents, enabling enterprises to deploy agentic systems more reliably and at greater scale.

Zetagen Therapeutics: $12.9 Million Series B1 Raised For Advancing Breast Cancer Treatment Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Zetagen Therapeutics announced it has closed a $12,908,000 Series B1 financing round that was fully oversubscribed, reflecting strong investor interest in the company’s intratumoral therapeutic platform targeting primary and metastatic breast cancer. The round was led by private investors, including JSTAR Capital Investments, signaling growing confidence in the company’s Phase 2a clinical results and expanding intellectual property portfolio.

Heartwood Partners: $245 Million Continuation Vehicle Closed For The Amlon Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Heartwood Partners announced the closing of its first continuation vehicle for The Amlon Group, securing about $245 million in commitments. The transaction closed on May 15, 2025. It included significant participation from the General Partner, as well as commitments from Apogem Capital, New 2ND Capital, Reinsurance Group of America, Mercer Investments, Round2 Investment Partners, Flexstone Partners, and various syndicate investors.

Cerrion: $18 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Agents For Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Cerrion, a company developing AI agents for industrial production environments, has raised an $18 million Series A round led by Creandum, with participation from new and existing investors including Hanel Baveja, Y Combinator, Robin Chan, Justin Kan, 10x Founders, Session, Harry Stebbings, Garrett Langley, Filip Kaliszan, Oskar Hjertonsson, Thomas Wolf, Marc Maurer, Johannes Schildt, Carl Rivera, Christian Floerkemeier, Roman Hölzl, and others.

Firgun Ventures Launched With $70 Million To Back Early Growth-Stage Quantum Technology Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Firgun Ventures, a newly launched venture capital firm focused on early growth-stage quantum technology companies, has closed its first fund at $70 million. The firm, headquartered in London with a global investment mandate, secured backing from the Qatar Investment Authority, Ilyas Khan, KSG, and additional supporters.

TPG Investing In Healthcademia To Advance Global Healthcare Education Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

TPG has made a significant minority investment in Healthcademia, joining majority shareholder G Square Capital as the company positions itself for its next phase of growth. The investment comes through The Rise Funds, TPG’s global impact investing platform, which has developed broad expertise across post-secondary education, continuing education, and workforce upskilling.

Mira: $6.6 Million Seed Funding Raised For Building Advanced AI-Based Smart Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Mira, formerly known as Halo, has raised a $6.6 million seed round led by General Catalyst to develop a new class of AI-powered smart glasses designed to act as a “second brain” for users. The company aims to introduce an interface that goes beyond traditional screen-based interactions by providing proactive, personal, real-time intelligence through a lightweight wearable device.

MindImmune: $30 Million Series A Closed As Isaac Stoner Becomes CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

MindImmune Therapeutics has expanded its Series A financing to $30 million and appointed life sciences entrepreneur Isaac Stoner as its new Chief Executive Officer, marking a significant milestone for the neuroinflammation-focused biotechnology company. The $10.2 million extension adds to earlier Series A commitments from a syndicate that includes Dolby Family Ventures, Pfizer Ventures, Gates Frontier, Slater Technology Fund, RightHill Ventures, the Foundation for a Better World, and other investors. Alongside the leadership transition, Stoner and Reetika Bhardwaj of Dolby Family Ventures will join the company’s Board of Directors.

Maritime Fusion: $4.5 Million Raised To Advance HTS Cable Technology And Tokamak Reactor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Maritime Fusion, a San Francisco fusion energy startup founded by former Tesla engineers, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its high-temperature superconducting cable architecture and its low-power-density tokamak reactor designed for maritime and other off-grid energy applications. Trucks VC led the financing with participation from Paul Graham, Alumni Ventures, Aera VC, Y Combinator, and several strategic angel investors.

CookUnity: $250 Million Raised From General Catalyst To Accelerate North American Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

CookUnity has secured up to $250 million in non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst, marking one of the largest capital injections into a chef-driven meal delivery platform and positioning the company for an expanded customer acquisition push across North America. The funding follows a period of rapid operational growth, with CookUnity reporting a more than 75% increase in total meals ordered for the twelve months ending October 2025 compared to the prior year.

Versant Ventures Launches Dayra Therapeutics With $70 Million And Major Biogen Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Versant Ventures has introduced Dayra Therapeutics, a new biotechnology company developing oral macrocyclic peptides for the treatment of a range of serious diseases. The launch is backed by more than $70 million in committed capital, including a $50 million upfront funding collaboration with Biogen and an additional equity investment from Versant.

MedEdge Formed Through $450 Million Transaction To Integrate Abyrx And Kairuku

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Abyrx and Kairuku have completed a combined $450 million transaction that creates MedEdge Holdings, a new entity designed to drive acquisitions and accelerate commercialization across the surgical products sector. The deal includes a management-led buyout and a significant capital infusion dedicated to acquiring commercial-stage surgical product companies.

X-Energy: $700 Million Series D Raised To Advance Global Reactor Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

X-Energy Reactor Company, a developer of advanced small modular nuclear reactors and fuel technology, has closed an oversubscribed Series D funding round totaling approximately $700 million. Jane Street led the financing with participation from new institutional backers, including ARK Invest, Galvanize, Hood River Capital Management, Point72, Reaves Asset Management, XTX Ventures, and others. Existing investors, including Ares Management funds, Corner Capital, Emerson Collective, NGP, and Segra Capital Management, also contributed.

Monroe Capital: $730.7 Million Private Credit CLO Closed As Firm Expands Structured Credit Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Monroe Capital has closed Monroe Capital PCL CLO 1, LTD, a $730.7 million term debt securitization, marking the firm’s third CLO transaction completed in 2025. The deal is backed by a portfolio of lower- and traditional-middle-market senior secured loans. And it represents Monroe’s first private credit CLO, adding further scale to the firm’s structured credit platform.

Model ML: $75 Million Series A Raised To Advance AI Workflow Automation In Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Model ML has secured a $75 million Series A financing round, marking one of the largest early stage fundraises in the history of fintech. The round was led by FT Partners with participation from Y Combinator, QED, Thirteen Books, Latitude, and LocalGlobe. The raise comes only six months after Model ML’s seed round and just one year after its launch, highlighting the rapidly growing enterprise demand for AI driven workflow automation within financial services.

Opti: $20 Million Seed Round Closed To Accelerate AI-Native Identity Security Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Opti has raised $20 million in seed financing to accelerate the global expansion of its AI-native identity security platform. The round was led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital, and angel investor Shlomo Kramer. The New York-based company plans to use the capital to advance product development and scale deployments across enterprise markets.

Momentic: $15 Million Series A Raised To Advance AI-Driven Software Verification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Momentic has raised a $15 million Series A round led by Standard Capital, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to build what it describes as the definitive verification layer for modern software teams. Dropbox Ventures and existing backers Y Combinator, FCVC, Transpose Platform, and Karman Ventures also participated in the round, which the startup says will accelerate development of its AI-powered testing platform.

Cordance Medical: $8 Million Seed Round Raised To Advance Focused Ultrasound Platform For Brain Disease Treatment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Cordance Medical has closed an oversubscribed $8 million seed financing round that exceeded its target, supporting the advancement of its noninvasive focused ultrasound platform designed to temporarily and safely open the blood-brain barrier. Sonder Capital led the round with participation from Shanda Grab Ventures, Angel Physician's Fund, SmartGateVC, and R42. Additional investment came from The Sontag Foundation Innovation Fund and the Brain Tumor Investment Fund, a venture subsidiary of the National Brain Tumor Society, reflecting growing momentum around technologies that may improve the effectiveness of neuro-oncology treatments.

Cisco Joins NetFoundry’s Expanded Series A Round Now Totaling More Than $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

NetFoundry has expanded its Series A financing to more than $15 million following the addition of Cisco Investments as a strategic investor. The funding round, first announced earlier this year and led by SYN Ventures, strengthens NetFoundry’s position as a provider of identity-driven, zero-trust networking technology already supporting over one billion monthly sessions. The company said the new capital will support continued scaling of its platform and growth across enterprise and developer ecosystems.

Google And Accel Atoms Launch AI Program To Advance India’s Startup Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Google has partnered with Accel’s Atoms program to launch a new initiative to accelerate pre-seed artificial intelligence startups in India. The program, part of the Accel Atoms x AI Futures Fund (AIFF) collaboration, is designed to support founders building next-generation AI applications and will begin its first cohort in February 2026.

HubBox: £6 Million Raised To Expand Global Out Of Home Delivery Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 24, 2025

HubBox has secured £6 million in new growth funding to accelerate its international expansion and strengthen its position in the out-of-home delivery sector. The funding round was led by Puma Growth Partners, which focuses on scaling established, high-growth companies. The capital will support HubBox as it broadens its footprint across the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, and the United States and enhances its partnerships with couriers while onboarding additional retailers.