Venture Capital

TDK Ventures: Fund 3 Launched At $150 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

TDK announced today that its corporate venture-capital subsidiary, TDK Ventures, has launched Fund 3, a $150 million commitment to catalyzing the next generation of iconic deeptech startups. Building on Fund 1, Fund 2, and Fund EX1, this milestone also increases TDK Ventures’ total assets under management to $500 million, highlighting its position as a global leader in early-stage impact investing.

Kenzo: $4.5 Million Raised For Transforming Security Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Kenzo Security announced it emerged from stealth after 18 months with $4.5 million in funding from The General Partnership and Michael Coates (former CISO of Mozilla and Twitter). And its Agentic AI Security Operations Platform is purpose-built to help CISOs and security teams do more with less while reducing risk.

Bauplan: $7.5 Million (Seed) Secured For AI And Data Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Bauplan, a Python-first serverless data platform that transforms complex infrastructure processes into a few lines of code over data lakes, announced its launch with $7.5 million seed funding. Innovation Endeavors led this funding round, which included experienced operators Wes McKinney, Aditya Agarwal, and Chris Re.

Capital Machine Technologies: Investment Raised From Rotunda Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Rotunda Capital Partners announced it has invested in Capital Machine Technologies in partnership with the existing owners and management team.

Charli AI To Buy Investment Firm Sums Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Charli AI, a leader in AI-based market intelligence, announced that the company agreed to acquire Sums Capital, an early-stage investment platform specializing in streamlining investor transparency, reporting, and portfolio management for private companies. This strategic deal enhances Charli AI’s ability to deliver advanced, AI-powered financial insights, streamlining capital flow and decision-making across private and public markets.

Loti AI: $16.2 Million (Series A) Raised For Likeness Protection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Loti AI, a leader in likeness protection technology, announced closing a $16.2 million Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures with additional investments from FUSE, Bling Capital, and Ensemble.

Lexington Medical: Growth Funding Secured From Ampersand Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Lexington Medical, a leader in minimally invasive surgical stapling solutions, announced a strategic investment by Ampersand Capital Partners. This partnership emphasizes Ampersand's confidence in Lexington's potential to transform surgical stapling standards and positions the company for accelerated growth in product innovation, smart manufacturing, and global market expansion.

Scout Ventures: Zach Beecher Named As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Scout Ventures announced that Zach Beecher is joining the firm as a partner. And Beecher brings extensive experience as a leader in mission-driven initiatives across various sectors, including early-stage technology and national security.

SPRIG Equity: Inaugural Fund Closed At $50 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

SPRIG Equity, a growth equity and late-stage VC firm focused on advancing patient care through investment in transformative medical technologies, announced the final closing of its inaugural fund, SPRIG Equity Fund I, with $50 million in assets under management (AUM).

Stonepeak Buying Majority Interest In IOR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Stonepeak - a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets - announced that it has agreed to buy a 75% interest in IOR, a leading integrated commercial fuel and logistics provider in Australia.

Seveno Capital: $70 Million Commitment Raised To Extend Human Health Span

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Seveno Capital announced it has launched by making an inaugural investment in its mission to back early and growth-stage ventures that can potentially extend the human health span - which is the period of life during which a person can expect to enjoy good health.

Liminal: $8.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Real-Time Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Liminal, a real-time intelligence platform for complex markets and regulated industries, announced that it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. This funding round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners, with continued participation from early backers and strategic customers who have supported the company's vision from the outset.

Friday Harbor: $6 Million (Seed) Closed To Help Loan Officers Assemble Files In Real-Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Friday Harbor, an AI-based platform helping loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, announced the completion of a $6 million seed round. Abstract Ventures led the funding round. Also joining the round were Wischoff Ventures, a VC firm founded by Blend alum Nichole Wischoff, and the AI2 Incubator, a technical incubator created from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2).

Captiva Containers: Growth Investment Raised From Trivest

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Captiva Containers announced a minority growth investment from Trivest Partners. This Miami-based private investment firm focuses exclusively on the support and growth of founder-led and family-owned businesses. This investment was made from the Trivest Growth Investment Fund II (TGIF).

Healthera: £2 Million Raised For Advancing Digital Pharmacy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Patient experience platform Healthera announced it has raised £2 million in strategic investment from a consortium of private and health-tech investors. This boosts the current Series A round to £5.6 million and advances Healthera's mission to transform digital pharmacy services. This funding round was completed by private investors via the network of Committed Capital, which led the investment. Previous investors in Healthera include Cambridge Enterprise, Accelerated Digital Ventures (Legal and General), NHS England, and Innovate UK.

Cellid: Over $7.5 Million (Series C) Closed To Enhance Development Of Displays For AR Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Cellid - a leading developer of AR display technology and spatial recognition engines - announced it has raised over $7.5 million (approximately 1.1 billion yen) in a Series C Extension funding round.

Onfly: $40 Million (Series B) Secured For Digitizing Corporate Travel In Latin America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Onfly, a travel tech company in Latin America, announced it has secured $40 million in Series B funding led by Tidemark. This funding round also included participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Left Lane Capital, which previously co-led Onfly's Series A round with the Brazilian fund Cloud9 Capital.

Well: $30 Million Raised For AI-Based Health Engagement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Well, an innovator in AI-driven health engagement, announced it has secured $30 million in additional funding. This funding increased the total to over $150 million to help fuel the expansion of Well's AI platform, enhance operational capabilities, and further enable the company to proactively predict and address emerging health risks within employee populations.

Ideem: $2.4 Million (Seed) Funding Closed To Transform How Payments Are Completed Online

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Ideem, a company changing how users complete payments online, announced a $2.4 million seed funding round backed by Sovereigns Capital, Quona Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, Hustle Fund, Oread Angels, Network KS, and a group of strategic angel investors. This funding will advance Ideem's goal of removing friction, fraud, and costs in mobile payment flows to deliver fast, secure one-click experiences.

Traction Complete: Debt Financing Facility Raised From CIBC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

CIBC Innovation Banking announced that it has provided a debt financing facility to Vancouver-based Traction Complete. And Traction Complete’s suite of Revenue Operations Data Management apps was designed to help organizations automate critical business processes to streamline sales, improve data quality, and optimize go-to-market strategies.

Doss: $18 Million (Series A) Raised From Theory Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Doss, an AI-based ERP and data platform, announced an $18 million Series A funding round led by Theory Ventures. Tomasz Tunguz, founder of Theory Ventures, will join the Board as part of the investment. Doss will use this new funding to expand its team, expand outside of the US market, and continue building out its core platform.

LightSource: $33 Million Raised At $130 Million Valuation For Modernizing Sourcing And Procurement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

LightSource Labs, an AI-based enterprise procurement platform, announced it emerged from stealth with $33 million in seed and Series A funding at a $130 million valuation to scale the company’s platform.

Leidos: $10 Million Partnership With The University Of Pittsburgh For AI-Based Disease Detection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Leidos announced it is committing $10 million to advance artificial intelligence for detecting and managing diseases, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE).

Phantom Neuro: $19 Million (Series A) Closed To Advance Neural Interface For Prosthetics and Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Phantom Neuro, a neurotech company advancing human-machine interfaces, announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Ottobock, a leader in prosthetics, orthotics, and exoskeleton technology. This funding round includes participation from existing investors, including Breakout Ventures, Draper Associates, LionBird Ventures, Time BioVentures, and Risk and Return, and new investors Actual VC, METIS Innovative, e1 Ventures, Jumpspace, MainSheet Ventures, and Brown Advisory.

Virtue AI: $30 Million Secured For AI Safety And Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Virtue AI, a company founded by world-leading experts in AI safety and security, announced $30 million in seed and Series A funding by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, and joined by Prosperity7 and other existing investors, including Factory, Osage University Partners, Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill, and Chris Re.

hellocare.ai: $47 Million Raised For AI-Based Virtual Care Delivery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

hellocare.ai, a leading AI-assisted virtual care delivery platform transforming hospital care models and operations, announced it has raised $47 million in an oversubscribed funding growth round. This funding round was led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from a strategic coalition of health systems and digital health investors, including Bon Secours Mercy Health, UCHealth, OSF Ventures, and LRVHealth.

University Of Nebraska–Lincoln: New Venture Competition Awards Given To Student Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln announced that 64 student teams recently competed for $82,500 in prizes during the 38th annual New Venture Competition. Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship, this two-day business plan tournament featured undergraduate and graduate students from every college at the university, representing 38 majors.

ThirtyFiveBio: Bridge Round Of Funding Raised To Develop Inhibitors Of GPR35

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

ThirtyFiveBio Limited, a biotechnology company developing first-in-class small molecule inhibitors of G protein-coupled receptor 35 (GPR35) for treating of gastrointestinal (GI) disease, announced the closing of a bridge round of financing, which included a strategic investment from AbbVie Ventures, along with support from an existing investor Canaan and new investor Mayewell Capital.

Vaquero Midstream: $400 Million Credit Facility Secured

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Vaquero Midstream, a natural gas gathering and processing midstream company operating in the Delaware Basin, announced it closed on an expanded $400 million credit facility that was led by BOK Financial.

LucyRx: Investment Raised From LRVHealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

LucyRx, a next-generation pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), announced a strategic growth investment from LRVHealth, a healthcare investment platform backed by a national network of leading health systems. And with this funding round, LRVHealth joins LucyRx’s existing investor base, bringing the company’s total committed capital to more than $500 million.