Venture Capital

Archer: $300 Million Raised From BlackRock To Advance Hybrid Aircraft Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Archer announced it raised $301.75 million, further helping Archer’s strong financial position and strategically positioning it to advance the development of its hybrid aircraft platform for the defense market and beyond. Some leading institutional investors participated in this financing, including funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.

TECLens: $9.3 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Non-Invasive Refractive Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

TECLens, a clinical-stage ophthalmic medical device company, announced it raised $9.3 million in a Series A round co-led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC Inc. and Yonjin Capital. And other investors include Rimonci Capital and Sunmed Capital. The funding is allocated to support the clinical development of the company’s non-incisional refractive correction procedure that utilizes corneal cross-linking (CXL) for reshaping the cornea.

Endera: $49 Million To Accelerate Growth In Electric Bus Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Endera, a technology and manufacturing leader in the electric bus market, announced that it has secured $49 million in its latest funding round. This funding round includes a $36 million equity investment led by Magnetar, with participation from Pulse Fund — whose founder, Tenzin Seldon, has joined Endera’s board of directors — and Endera’s longtime strategic partner, Pritchard Auto Company.

Harrison.ai: $112 Million (Series C) Raised For AI-Based Medical Diagnostic Support

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Harrison.ai, a leading global healthtech company and developer of AI-based medical diagnostic support and workflow solutions, announced the accelerated expansion of its operations into the US, which is a move supported by $112 million of Series C funding. The funding round was co-led by Aware Super, ECP, and existing investor Horizons Ventures. New investors like Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC), Ord Minnett and Wollemi Capital Group also participated, along with existing investors including Blackbird Ventures and Alpha JWC Ventures. And Harrison.ai’s total capital raised to date exceeds $240 million.

Positron: $23.5 Million Raised For Designing Made-In-America AI Chips

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Positron, a growing force in AI inference technology for AI computing, announced it has raised $23.5 million in funding from a group of investors, including Flume Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, and Resilience Reserve.

Closed Loop Raises Strategic Investment From Capricorn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Closed Loop Partners announced that investor Capricorn Investment Group made a growth investment in its asset management business: Closed Loop Capital Management. Capricorn joins existing shareholders, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investments, and majority owner Closed Loop Partners founder and CEO Ron Gonen.

SelectQuote Reveals $350 Million Investment From Bain, Morgan Stanley, And Newlight Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

SelectQuote—a leading distributor of Medicare insurance policies and owner of a rapidly growing healthcare services platform—announced that it signed a $350 million strategic investment from funds managed by Bain Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Credit, and Newlight Partners.

Lynx: $27 Million Raised For Transforming Healthcare Administration And Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Lynx, a leading fintech platform that is simplifying healthcare payments and administration, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $27 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from CVS Health Ventures, McKesson Ventures, and existing investors .406 Ventures, Obvious Ventures, and Frist Cressey Ventures. And this round brings the total funding to over $44 million since launching in 2022.

DevAI: $6 Million Raised For Empowering Enterprise IT With AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

DevAI, a company building agentic AI solutions for enterprise IT teams, announced it raised $6 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Emergence Capital. The funding round also included participation from Pear VC, Base10, and Benchstrength, and follows a $1 million pre-seed investment from Pear VC.

Berry Street: $50 Million Raised For Nutrition Counseling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Berry Street, a leading nutrition counseling platform in the US, announced it raised $50 million in its latest funding roundz to expand its AI business-in-a-box platform, already serving thousands of dietitians and growing. The company has secured investment from Northzone, Sofina, FJ Labs, the Founder of Revolut, the Co-Founder of Spring Health, the Co-Founder of Grow Therapy, the CEO of Found, and others.

Atomicwork: $25 Million (Series A) Raised For Agentic Service Management Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Atomicwork, a leading innovator in agentic service management solutions for Enterprise IT, announced that it has raised $25 million for its Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Khosla Ventures and Z47, with participation from Battery Ventures, Blume Ventures, and Peak XV Partners.

Delfina: $17 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Maternal Health With AI-Based Proactive Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Delfina Care - a healthcare technology company solving the maternal health crisis with an AI-based care system - announced the successful closing of its $17 million Series A funding round led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). The Series A funding round was led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and it included participation from new investors ARTIS Ventures, Mayo Clinic, and Tokio Marine Future Fund. Delfina's existing investors also participated in the round, including Story Ventures, SemperVirens, Bread and Butter Ventures, Boutique Ventures, and Chelsea Clinton's Metrodora Ventures.

Paxton: $22 Million (Series A) Secured For Transforming Legal AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Paxton, an AI platform transforming legal workflows, announced it closed a $22 million Series A funding round led by Unusual Ventures, alongside Kyber Knight, 25Madison, and Wisconsin Valley Ventures. This brings Paxton’s total funding to $28 million, following its $6 million seed round in 2023.

Lorikeet: $9 Million Raised For Transforming Customer Experiences

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

AI customer experience company Lorikeet announced it raised $9 million in funding from Blackbird and existing investors Square Peg and Skip Capital. The funding was driven by breakout growth in 2024 across major financial centers in Australia, Asia, and the US. This announcement comes just four months after the company raised a $5 million seed round last year.

Bourque Logistics: Over $100 Million Growth Funding Raised From Sixth Street

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Bourque Logistics (a leader in rail logistics systems) and Sixth Street (a leading global investment firm) announced that Bourque has closed a $100+ million financing from Sixth Street. This growth financing supports Bourque's recently announced acquisition of AllTranstek, which combines the respective rail fleet logistics and asset management expertise of Bourque and AllTranstek into a comprehensive solution for the rail industry.

Seraphic: $29 Million (Series A) Raised For Enterprise Browser Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Seraphic Security, a leader in enterprise browser security, announced that it has secured a $29 million Series A funding round led by GreatPoint Ventures (GPV), with participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund and existing investors Planven, Cota Capital, Storm Ventures, Eastlink and Secure Octane.

Boostly: $22 Million Raised For Automated SMS Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Boostly, a leading provider of automated SMS marketing and feedback solutions for restaurants, announced it has raised $22 million in growth capital led by PeakSpan Capital with participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Trestle Partners, and Singularity Capital. This significant Series A funding round comes just six months after Boostly's $5.6 million seed round, validating the company's extraordinary growth trajectory and market potential.

Noxus: $1.5 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Empower Enterprises To Build AI Workforces

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Noxus – a company helping enterprises build their own AI workforces to unlock business-changing productivity, innovation, and growth – announced it had raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. This round was led by SFC Capital and also saw participation from Antler, Bynd VC, Caixa Capital, AltaIR Capital, I2BF Global Ventures, Yellow Rocks, and Smart Partnership Capital along with prominent business angels from the European ecosystem. This funding will help further develop and scale Noxus’ platform and expand operations.

Dxcover Raises New Funding Round To Expand Commerical Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Dxcover, a clinical-stage diagnostics company advancing 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 advance innovation and expand its commercial presence.

InSite Engineering: Strategic Investment Raised From Godspeed Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

InSite Engineering—a leading water and wastewater engineering and design services firm specializing in wastewater systems, environmental remediation, municipal and transportation projects, and civil engineering—announced that it has raised a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management, a lower middle-market Architecture, Engineering, Consulting, Government services, solutions, and technology-focused private equity firm.

StormHarvester: $10.2 Million (Series A) Raised From Emerald And YFM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Ireland-based software company StormHarvester announced an investment of $10.2 million, which will accelerate the company's growth and double its workforce over the next three years. YFM Equity Partners and Emerald Technology Ventures provided this investment.

Cogenuity Partners: Debut Fund Closed At $425 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Cogenuity Partners - a lower middle market private equity firm investing in businesses operating within the advanced industrial economy - announced the closing of its inaugural fund, Cogenuity Fund I LP, with $425 million in total capital commitments. Driven by strong investor interest and demand, Cogenuity formally commenced its fundraising process in August and received commitments from a diverse limited partner base that included several blue-chip investors like endowments and foundations, insurance companies, funds-of-funds, and strategic investors.

ImpediMed: $15 Million In Growth Capital Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

ImpediMed, a leader in medical technologies for clinically monitoring and managing fluid and body composition, announced an agreement for a five-year $15 million growth capital facility with SWK Holdings, a life science-focused specialty finance company catering to small- and mid-sized commercial-stage companies. The funds raised will give ImpediMed funding flexibility and will be used to support growth and commercialization activities.

Centerseat.ai: $2.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming AI-Based Physical Security Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Centerseat.ai, a leader in physical security compliance, announced the completion of a $2.7 million seed funding round. Silverton Partners led the round, which included contributions from well-regarded angel investors.

Model ML: $12 Million (Seed) Raised To Create Transformative AI Workspaces For Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Model ML—an AI platform building the next generational platform transforming Wall Street and the City—announced it emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding. Led by YC and LocalGlobe, the round also included angel investments from some of the biggest banking and private equity names.

Thomson Reuters: New $150 Million Corporate Venture Capital Fund Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Global content and technology company Thomson Reuters announced the launch of its second Corporate Venture Capital Fund, valued at $150 million. Building on the success of the first $100 million fund (launched in 2021), Fund 2 reaffirms the company's commitment to driving innovation and delivering customer value.

Self Inspection: $3 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Platform For Auto Inspections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Self Inspection, an AI-based platform for the automotive inspections market, announced that it closed a $3 million seed round. Costanoa Ventures and DVx Ventures co-led the round, which was participated in by Westlake Financial, one of the largest financial institutions for automotive loans.

Comma: $2 Million (Seed) Secured For Bringing Personalized Science To Reproductivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Tennessee-based Comma - a female-founded integrated period care company - recently announced the launch of its secure period tracking app called Sara along with a $2 million seed funding round.

Solstice Health: $3.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Life Sciences Marketing Engine Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Solstice Health, a life sciences marketing engine built to bridge the gap between innovative marketing and regulatory compliance, announced its platform's launch to streamline how biopharma marketing companies manage the content supply chain, especially the medical-legal-regulatory (MLR) review process. Solstice had raised $3.5 million in seed funding from investors, including Twelve Below and Virtue.

Silver Point Capital: $250 Million Closed For BSL CLO Equity Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Credit investing leader Silver Point Capital announced it has closed a new fund that will focus on investing in the equity tranches of Silver Point-managed broadly syndicated loan (BSL) CLOs. The fund accepted capital commitments of $250 million.