News by subject: VEN

May Mobility, a leader in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, today announced the company's closing of a $105 million Series D round as part of its ongoing fundraising efforts. The all-equity round has been led by...

The transformational gift from philanthropist Richard H. Pickup will revolutionize clinical care for memory and cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's and related dementias, associated behavioral disorders such as anxiety, agitation, depression...

Llama, an access control and governance platform for smart contracts, raised a $6 million seed round from Founders Fund and Electric Capital. Other notable investors include Elad Gil (early investor in Stripe, Airbnb, Figma), Sandeep Nailwal...

Daytona, a self-hosted "Development Environment Management'' platform, announced that it has raised $2 million in Pre-Seed funding, vastly exceeding the initial target. This round achieved significant contributions from recognized founders and...

Dimensional Innovations (DI) is proud to announce its collaboration with American Century Investments to integrate immersive storytelling elements into the $210 billion* investment firm's global corporate headquarters. Augmented reality, generative...

The EPS Industry has collectively invested over $185 million in technology to integrate recycled content from used EPS packaging into various applications, with 79 million pounds of capacity already operational and an additional 150 million pounds...

Princeton NuEnergy ("PNE"), a clean- tech innovator specializing in recycling, repurposing, and commercializing lithium-ion battery materials, is pleased to announce the initial closing of its Series A funding round, raising $16 million. The round...

Private equity firm Cathay Capital announced today that it has invested in dental service organization (DSO) Parkview Dental Partners. This investment is the inaugural North American investment from Cathay's Growth Private Equity Fund (Small Cap IV),...

TFS HealthScience, a global contract research organization (CRO), announces its strategic investment in Medidata Detect, a comprehensive data surveillance and risk monitoring solution that improves data quality and promotes patient safety in clinical...

Inc. announced its fifth annual Founder-Friendly Investors list, honoring the private equity, venture capital, and debt firms with the best track records of success backing entrepreneurs. The final list recognizes firms that remain actively involved...

Alpha Impact 8 Ventures (AI8 Ventures), a venture capital firm that invests in women and minority-led startups, today announced that it has been named to Inc.'s 2023 Founder-Friendly Investors list. The list recognizes private equity, venture...

TRAFiX LLC ("TRAFiX" or the "Company"), a leading provider of order and execution management software ("OEMS") and FIX connectivity solutions for the global capital markets, today announced that it has secured a strategic growth investment from...

Factor Capital Management, an investment firm founded by former GSR Markets and Two Sigma Investments Executive Jake Dwyer, announced today the launch and first close of its Factor Venture Capital Fund I with approximately $10M in commitments. The...

Pure Glow, the healthy, fun, and safe alternative to conventional spray tans, has announced it has raised $1.4 million in seed funding and plans to expand its national footprint through franchising. The brand is looking for passionate entrepreneurs...

DRIVE Catalyst, the investment arm of Taiwanese conglomerate Far Eastern Group, one of the world's largest virgin and recycled polyester textile makers, has invested US$5 million in...

Accelex, a leading provider of AI automation for private markets data acquisition, reporting and analytics, announced today it has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise...

Treads, an AI-powered car maintenance subscription, announced it has raised a $4.6 million seed funding round led by Mucker Capital with participating investors including Kickstart Seed Fund, Peak Ventures, Royal Street Ventures, and Convoi Ventures....

Govly, a market network for public sector procurement, today announced $9.5 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised since 2019 to $13.1 million. Global software investor Insight Partners led the funding round with participation...

Aclarity, Inc., the leader in PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) "forever chemical" destruction, announced today the successful completion of its Series A funding round, raising $15.9 million. This funding round was led by Aqualateral, with...

Iron Nation, a volunteer emergency impact fund ensuring the continuity of early-stage Israeli start-ups, today announced its launch. The fund collects no management fee or carried interest and is aiming to raise 20M USD to support post-seed VC-backed...

Futuri, the leader in AI-powered software solutions for the media industry, today announced the launch of Futuri AudioAItm, formerly known as RadioGPT. The end-to-end content system, which...

Stellaromics, a leading provider of in situ spatial multi-omics technology, today announced that the company has raised $25 million in a Series A financing round. The Series A financing round included Plaisance Capital Management and a private family...

ProJenX, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel, brain-penetrant therapies targeting biologically-defined pathways for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other debilitating brain diseases, today announced...

Genezen, a leading cell and gene therapy Contract Development...

Quantum Corridor launched one of the fastest, most secure fiber-optic networks in the Western Hemisphere on Oct. 24, 2023 with its first transmissions from the Chicago ORD 10 Data Center at 350 E. Cermak Rd. to a data center in Hammond, Indiana. At a...

ClinOne, a leader in adaptive experiences for sites, participants and their families announced today that it closed additional funding in its Series A financing to bring its total funding raised in this round to $5 million. The initial Series A...

West Madison Foods, Inc. ("West Madison Foods"), a portfolio company of Brynwood Partners IX L.P., is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Lopez as its new President and CEO. "We are delighted to announce the addition of Tom Lopez to the West...

Ballast Point Ventures is pleased to announce a $6 million investment in Work Shield ("Work Shield" or the "Company"), a Dallas-based incident management technology company which provides a comprehensive, integrated solution for reporting,...

Lead investor, Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Unilever Group, has joined forces with True Beauty Ventures, a US based investment firm specializing in scaling beauty and wellness brands to complete the first institutional financing...

Free Market Health, a healthcare technology company transforming the specialty pharmacy ecosystem with a care-driven marketplace platform, today announced a $20M Series B fundraise led by Questa Capital, a leading healthcare venture capital firm that...

Agentio, the first-of-its-kind AI-powered ad platform for sponsored creator content, launched today with $4.25M in seed investment funding. The round was co-led by Craft Ventures & AlleyCorp, with participation from additional institutional investors...

1up unveils revolutionary Knowledge Automation Platform alongside $2.5 million in funding from 8-Bit Capital, RRE Ventures, Alumni Venture Partners, Italmobilliare, and Aviso Ventures. "We're seeing businesses transition from Knowledge Management to...

Toposware, a pioneer in zero-knowledge technology, is proud to announce the successful completion of its $5 million strategic seed extension round....

Cervin Ventures, a leading early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to building enduring businesses, announced that Taylor Oliver has joined the firm as Principal. His investing activity will be focused on enterprise applications, particularly...

KPS Capital Partners, LP ("KPS") announced today final closings of KPS Special Situations Fund VI ("Fund VI") and KPS Special Situations Mid-Cap Fund II ("Mid-Cap Fund II") were simultaneously held on October 25, 2023. Fund VI and Mid-Cap Fund II,...

AdaptX®, a self-serve clinical management solution company, today announced the completion of $10 million in funding led by Cercano Management and including...

Gate Bioscience, a biotechnology company creating a new class of medicines called Molecular Gates, today unveiled the company and its scientific platform. Founded in 2021, Gate is emerging from stealth with a novel scientific platform; a world-class...

Chainguard, the leader in software supply chain security, today announced it has completed a $61 million Series B round of funding led by Spark Capital and existing investors Sequoia...

Horizon Technology Finance Corporation ("Horizon") (the "Company"), an affiliate of Monroe Capital, and a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology,...

Saothair Capital Partners, LLC ("Saothair") today announced the final closing of its inaugural fund, Saothair Fund I, L.P., with $125 million in investor capital commitments. The closing comes less than five months after launching the fundraising...

Lightening Grid Québec Inc. (LGQ, and d/b/a Réseau Allégé Québec) announced today that it has received environmental and construction authorization from the Québec Ministry of the Environment to construct its advanced...

ESG Flo, an AI-powered data infrastructure platform, announced today that it has secured $5.25 million in seed capital. The funding round was co-led by Rho Ignition and Tola Capital with participation from Bain & Company and Contour Venture Partners....

Promise Robotics, an AI company developing a cloud-based industrial production platform for robotic construction and assembly, today announced it raised USD$15 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding raised to date to USD$25 million....

Guidde, the video documentation platform harnessing generative AI, today announced a $11.6 million Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, joined by existing investors Entrée Capital, Honeystone Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and new...

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union has become the anchor investor for Open Banking Solutions, a cloud-based, digital banking suite recently launched by Louis Hernandez, Jr.'s Black Dragon Capital? and supported by Advisor Rashid Desai, the former CTO...

LO3 Capital, a private investment firm committed to providing lower-middle market companies with transformative capital, announced today that it provided a senior subordinated debt investment to support Inspired Beauty Brands (IBB) with growth...

Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world's best AI pilot for aircraft, today announced it has raised $200 million in Series F funding in an oversubscribed funding round. This funding, led by U.S. Innovative Technology Fund (USIT)...

Kasa Living, Inc., the leading tech-powered hospitality brand, today announced the close of a $70 million Series C fundraise. Citi Ventures and FirstMark Capital led the all equity round with participation from new investors New York Life Ventures...

iQ3Connect, a provider of a web-based immersive training and collaboration platform, today announced a seed round of funding through the NOVA Prime Fund, a venture capital fund created by global innovator LG Electronics. iQ3Connect provides a...

Aembit, the Workload Identity and Access Management (IAM) Company, today announced an investment by CrowdStrike, via its strategic investment vehicle, the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund. CrowdStrike's investment closes Aembit's previously announced seed...