Venture Capital

Questal: $3.2 Million (Seed) Funding Raised For Accelerating Personal Financial Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Questal, the owner and operator of financial wellness service provider Questis and a leader in innovative financial technology, announced the closing of its Seed Series funding round. The funding round was led by prominent figures, including Ken Thompson, former CEO of TD Private Client Wealth LLC; Adam Harper, former COO of Investments at Citi Wealth; Elizabeth and Michael Bisaro owners of StraightLine, an independent RIA with more than $1 billion of AUM; Robert Rickey, Chief Growth Officer at StraightLine and former Managing Director of Advisor Services for TIAA.

BlueWave: $118.2 Million In Debt & Tax Equity Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

BlueWave, a leading solar developer, owner, and operator in the Northeast U.S., announced a new major financing round to support its community solar portfolio in Maine. The $118.2 million in financing includes a debt raise of $48.2 million with City National Bank and a tax equity raise of $70 million with First American Commercial Bancorp. The funding will support equipment and infrastructure across four community solar project sites.

Sunco Foods: Investment Raised From Fulcrum Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Fulcrum Capital Partners, a leading Canadian private equity firm focused on the mid-market, announced its investment in Sunco Foods. The company manufactures nut-based butters, snacks, and value-added food ingredients. It also imports, processes, and distributes organic and naturally sourced nuts, seeds, dried fruits, grains, and legumes.

Wall Street Prep: Funding Raised From The Riverside Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

The Riverside Company, a global investment firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, announced an investment in Wall Street Prep (WSP), a leading global provider of financial training solutions and certifications with over 300 corporate clients, 150 university partners and 500,000 learners. And Riverside acquired WSP from Eden Capital, which invested in the company in 2021.

Red Arts Capital: Chris Hull Promoted To Principal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Red Arts Capital, a leading investment firm specializing in supply chain-related and logistics businesses, announced the promotion of Chris Hull from Vice President to Principal.

Restrata: Operational Resilience Software Company Raises Funding From Scottish Equity Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Restrata, an operational resilience software and service provider to global enterprises, including some of the world’s largest energy and industrial companies, announced it raised investment from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) to meet growing market demand.

SingleFile: $9 Million (Series A) Raised For Legal & Compliance Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

SingleFile, a leading innovator in legal & compliance tech, announced the completion of its Series A funding round at $9 million. This milestone brings the company's total funding to over $24 million since its founding in 2019 and $15 million in the past year, positioning SingleFile for continued growth and innovation.

Lumotive: $45 Million (Series B) Raised For Programmable Optical Semiconductor Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

Lumotive, a leader in programmable optical semiconductor products, announced it has closed a $45 million Series B funding round to accelerate sales growth of its groundbreaking Light Control Metasurface (LCM) technology. This oversubscribed round included new investors Swisscom Ventures, East Bridge, EDOM, Grazia, Hokuyo Inc. and TSVC, and support from existing investors such as Gates Frontier, MetaVC Partners, Quan Funds, USAA, and HiMax.

Cain And Ares Enter To Buy Significant Stake In Trent Rockets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

Cain International and Ares Management Credit funds have together entered exclusivity to buy a significant stake in The Hundred franchise Trent Rockets. After a competitive bidding process, Cain and Ares won the auction as the preferred private investors and will now enter an eight-week exclusivity period to finalize legal agreements.

Tofu: $12 Million (Series A) Closed For Omnichannel Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

Tofu, a unified AI platform for B2B marketing teams, announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The funding was led by SignalFire, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Tau Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Alumni Ventures, SH Fund, Riverside Ventures, Eudemian Ventures, and Han Bridge Capital, along with a notable group of angel investors. Existing investors Index Ventures, Stage 2 Capital, and Liquid 2 Ventures also joined the round.

K2 Space: $110 Million (Series B) Raised To Ramp Up Satellite Platorm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

K2 Space announced a $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit and high power satellite platform. The funding round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital and it includes participation from existing investors Alpine Space Ventures, First Round Capital, and others.