Venture Capital

QuEra Computing: Over $230 Million Raised For Neural-Atom Quantum Computing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

QuEra Computing, a leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, announced it completed a financing of over $230 million. The funding will be used to accelerate the development and production of large-scale and fault-tolerant quantum computers, reinforcing the company’s position at the forefront of quantum innovation.

Swirepay: All-In-One Payment Orchestration Company Raises $3.4 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Swirepay announced the closing of its second round of seed funding of $3.4 million, bringing the total amount raised to $5 million. Following a Seed One funding round - which was led by ICICI Bank and Advantage Partners - this second round of funding was led by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Angels groups based in Silicon Valley, Boston, and Southern California, with additional participation from Aum Ventures, QPaymentZ, Nivesha Ventures, Nurture Growth Fund, and prominent angel investors.

High Definition Vehicle Insurance: $40 Million Fundraise Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

High Definition Vehicle Insurance (HDVI), a technology-driven commercial auto insurance provider, announced it has secured $40 million in growth capital, bringing its total funding to over $87 million. The funding round was co-led by existing investors 8VC, Autotech Ventures, Munich Re Ventures, and Weatherford Capital.

71/70 Angels: Ohio Angel Network Launches First Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

71/70 Angels, the Ohio angel fund that invests in enterprise software and advanced technology startups nationwide, announced the launch of its first fund to fuel seed-stage startups and close critical funding gaps for high-growth companies.

Gripp: $1.5 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For Modernizing Agricultural Operations Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Gripp, a mobile-first platform revolutionizing agricultural operations management, announced it has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed round funding. Ag Ventures Alliance led the round, which included Two Ravens, Infinity Holding Ventures, C2 Ventures, Tundra Angels, Countryside Angels, DMM Holdings, and Glen Haven Farms.

Macquarie Asset Management: Majority Stake In DynaGrid Acquired

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Macquarie Asset Management announced it has acquired a majority stake in DynaGrid Holdings, one of the largest US utility service providers focused on maintaining, upgrading, and building transmission and substation infrastructure. DynaGrid is headquartered in Dallas and primarily operates across the Sunbelt and the Midwest.

Keychain: $1 Billion In Projects Per Month And $5 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Keychain, an AI-based manufacturing platform transforming the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, announced an additional $5 million investment led by Bright Pixel Capital, the VC arm of the European retail conglomerate Sonae. This funding comes as Keychain takes its core search and discovery product out of beta and introduces new platform capabilities.

Digit: $2.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming The Manufacturing ERP Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Digit, a B2B SaaS company creating a next-generation cloud inventory and manufacturing platform for small and mid-sized manufacturers, announced the closing of a $2.5 million oversubscribed seed round. Assembly Ventures led the funding round, which also included Hyde Park Angels (HPA) and Grand Ventures.

Incept AI: $3 Million (Pre-Seed) Secured For Bringing Voice AI To The Real World

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Incept AI, a company bringing voice AI to the real world—starting with noisy restaurant drive-thru and phone orders—today announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by Rally Ventures, with participation from 10VC.

Turing: $14 Million Raised For AI-Based Water Management Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Turing, a leader in AI-based water management solutions, announced the successful completion of a $14 million funding round led by Safar Partners. This funding will advance Turing’s global expansion and enhance its flagship AI-based platforms TOP Clear — which provides end-to-end digital solutions for the utility sector, from water and wastewater treatment to networks and SmartOps AI (its exclusive water management platform for industrial treatment).

HouseWhisper: $6.7 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Real Estate Agent Assistant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

HouseWhisper, an AI-based assistant transforming how real estate professionals manage their workflow, announced its official launch and raised a $6.7 million seed round led by Mayfield, with participation from PSL Ventures and 75 and Sunny Ventures.

Adaptive Insurance: $5 Million Raised For Climate Resiliency Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Adaptive Insurance - a Texas-based climate resiliency company harnessing advanced AI and climate data to redefine climate based parametric insurance - announced it has successfully closed a $5 million seed funding round. Led by Congruent Ventures, with additional investments from Montauk Climate, Generation Space (US arm of Seraphim Space), and private funders, the funding will advance the nationwide rollout of Adaptive Insurance's innovative parametric insurance products, starting with its flagship product GridProtect.

SmartSuite: $38 Million Raised For Work Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

SmartSuite, a next-generation work management platform, announced a major global expansion driven by $38 million in funding. The latest funding includes a new $13 million Series A round led by Canapi Ventures, with participation from Sorenson Capital and High Alpha.

Validose: $2 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For Clinical Trial Medication Adherence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Validose, a 10XBeta Venture Studio portfolio company pioneering precision medication delivery, announced recently the closing of a $2 million pre-seed funding round. The funding round was led by Peter Bauer’s Family Office as part of its Technology for Humanity strategy, 10XBeta, and Interstate Fusion Ventures; several angel investors participated.

Human.org: $7.3 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For Solving Alignment Between Humans And AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Human.org - a product-based AI safety lab dedicated to solving AI Alignment (AIA) - announced $7.3 million in pre-seed funding to build a trust infrastructure that ensures AI agents are verifiably aligned with human intent. Backed by investors like HF0, Soma Capital, Spearhead, Pioneer Fund, Hummingbird VC, Brett Gibson, general partner at Initialized Capital, Val Vavilov, founder of Bitfury, James Tamplin, partner at HF0, Sheridan Clayborne, co-founder at Lendtable, and others leading angles. Plus, Human is developing a layer 1 blockchain that establishes provable identity for humans and AI agents, ensuring AI systems remain transparent, accountable, and under human control. The company plans to launch its protocol by the second quarter of 2025.

Totem: $1.3 Million (Pre-Seed) Secured For Building Useful Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Totem, an ascending startup known for its viral debut product, the Totem Compass, announced that it has closed a pre-seed funding round, raising $1.3 million from a group of assorted angel investors worldwide.

Bitwise: $70 Million Raised For Managing Crypto Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto-specialist asset manager with over $12 billion in client assets, announced the completion of a $70 million equity raise. The funding round was led by Electric Capital, with participation from MassMutual, Highland Capital, MIT Investment Management Company, Haun Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Blockchain Coinvestors, Nikesh Arora, and others.

Quantum Machines: $170 Million (Series C) Raised For Advanced Quantum Control Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Quantum Machines (QM), a leading provider of advanced quantum control solutions, announced it has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing the company's total funding to date to $280 million. This highly oversubscribed round, led by PSG Equity with participation from Intel Capital, Red Dot Capital Partners, and existing investors, marks one of the biggest rounds of funding in the quantum industry.

NanoPhoria: €17.5 Million Awarded For Non-Viral Drug Delivery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

NanoPhoria, a pre-clinical stage biotech company developing a versatile and non-viral drug delivery platform based on inorganic nanoparticles with a lead product for heart failure treatment, announces the investment commitment of €17.5 million from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Accelerator program, including a grant of €2.5 million and a conditional equity investment of up to €15 million.

Checkmk: IT Infrastructure Monitoring Company Raises Strategic Investment From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Checkmk, a German IT infrastructure monitoring vendor, announced a strategic partnership with PSG Equity, a leading growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to drive transformational growth.

Aegis: $2 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Develop Bitcoin-Backed Stablecoin Independent From The Fiat Banking System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Aegis, a company developing a bitcoin-backed stablecoin independent from the fiat banking system, announced it has emerged from stealth with a $2 million fundraise led by on-chain DAO Dewhales and supported by Profluent Ventures and prominent angel investors with track records of investments in leading companies, including Uniswap, Stellar, Sky (formerly known as MakerDAO), Paradigm, Deribit, BCB, GVol (Amberdata), Hidden Road, xAI, and Apptronik.

Opal: $1.5 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For Developing All-In-One Software For Ad Agencies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Opal, a SaaS platform designed to automate agency back-office operations, announced $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Founders Co-op led the funding round with support from Exit North Ventures. This funding will advance the development of “Opal Spend,” an ad-spend platform built to seamlessly connect ad-spend with accounting, invoicing, and contract management.

Mitico: $4.3 Million (Seed) Raised For Commercializing Industrial Carbon Capture Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Carbon capture technology company Mitico announced it raised $4.3 million in seed funding to scale its innovative granulated metal carbonate sorption technology capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from industries. This funding round was led by Exergon (an energy decarbonization fund managed by Audacia) and it was significantly oversubscribed. Joining Exergon, a consortium of financial and industrial investors such as Gore Ventures (W. L. Gore & Associates), AP Ventures, Halliburton Labs, SOSV, Freeflow Ventures, the SoCal Alliance for Innovation, and Deepbright Ventures.

Dwight Capital And Dwight Mortgage Trust Closed $307.6 Million In Real Estate Financings In January

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust (DMT) announced that they have closed $307.6 million in real estate financings in January. And notable deals included a construction loan for Sutphin Phase II in New York, a bridge loan for a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities on the East Coast, and another bridge loan for Silk Lofts in New Jersey.

Fibbl: €3 Million Raised To Advance 3D And AR Technologies For Leading Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Fibbl, which is the world's first plug-and-play platform for integrating 3D and AR technologies into e-commerce, announced it has secured €3 million in additional funding to accelerate its expansion and further develop its technology. The funding round was led by the existing lead investor Industrifonden.

Advantage Capital: Financing For Kindlewood Phase II Redevelopment Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Advantage Capital, a leading impact investment firm that invests with intention in underserved areas and expands access to affordable housing opportunities across the country, announced the financial closing for Kindlewood Phase II—a $68 million redevelopment in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Anagram: Series A Raised For Transforming Human Security In AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Anagram - the world’s first human-driven security platform designed to embed security into everyday behavior - announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Madrona, with continued participation from General Catalyst, Bloomberg Beta, Operator Partners, and Secure Octane.

Churchill Asset Management: $750 Million Middle Market CLO Offering Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Churchill Asset Management - which is the U.S. private capital investment-specialist of Nuveen - announced the closing of a $750 million middle market collateralized loan obligation (CLO), Churchill Middle Market CLO V LLC (CLO V) on February 25, 2025. This deal represents the first CLO that Churchill priced in 2025 and the fifteenth CLO issued by Churchill.

IPO CLUB Launches $50 Million AMERICA 2030 Secondary Growth Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

IPO CLUB announced it has launched its second fund: AMERICA 2030, a $50 million secondary growth fund investing in U.S. defense, energy, security, and AI with Target Maturity in 2030. This fund taps into reshoring, supply chain realignment, and government-backed initiatives, providing accredited investors access to private companies driving America’s industrial and technological renewal.

Eikon Therapeutics: $350.7 Million (Series D) Raised For Advancing Clinical-Stage Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Eikon Therapeutics, a pivotal-stage biotechnology company that integrates advanced engineering with cutting-edge molecular and cell biology to accelerate drug discovery and development, announced the initial closing of a $350.7 million Series D funding round.