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MENLO PARK — Venture capital firm The Westly Group has raised an oversubscribed $100 million seed fund to invest in entrepreneurs transforming the energy, mobility, building, and industrial sectors that make up more than 50 percent of the world’s GDP. The seed fund is an extension of the firm’s four core funds, which includes a […]
ALAMEDA — Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, has raised a massive $375 million Series G round led by existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., with participation by new outside investors as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue, Perry Creek Capital, and others. The funding will secure the […]
PHILADELPHIA — ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, has secured more than $53 million in Series B funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Sorenson Capital, with participation from Intel Capital, BroadLight Capital and existing investors. ZeroEyes is on a mission to stop gun-related violence […]
SAN FRANCISCO — KarmaCheck, which provides a technology-based solution for background checks, credentialing, and compliance, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by Parameter Ventures, with participation from PruVen Capital, Velvet Sea Ventures, GC1 Ventures, and NextView Ventures. The company will leverage the funding to accelerate development of its proprietary technology platform, scale […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Bright Machines, an innovator in intelligent, software-defined manufacturing and robotics, has raised $126 million in Series C funding, with $106 million in equity led by investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and participation from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Eclipse, Jabil and Shinhan Securities, and with $20 million in venture debt from J.P. Morgan. This brings the company’s total amount […]
SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO — Autify, an AI platform for quality engineering, has completed a Series B funding round of $13 million and released a beta version of Zenes, an autonomous AI agent for software quality assurance. Leading the round are Globis Capital Partners, a leading venture capital fund based in Tokyo, Japan, and LG […]
REDWOOD CITY — Loop Golf, the online booking platform helping golfers get the best tee times at the busiest local courses, has completed a $1 million seed funding round that accelerates its mission of becoming the dominant marketplace to find and book any tee time at any course in the United States. Founded in 2021, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Better Health, a medical supply and support provider built on peer-to-peer connection, announces $14 million in strategic funding, which includes investments from Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst Inc., UHealth – University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership. This investment underscores the industry’s recognition of Better Health’s pivotal […]
ALAMEDA –Santa Ana Bio, a precision immunology company developing targeted therapies for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, has emerged from stealth with $168 million in combined Series A and B funding. Founding investor Versant Ventures led the Series A round and was joined by TPG’s Life Science Innovations fund and GV (Google Ventures). The […]
DENVER, & BOCA RATON, FL, & MENLO PARK, CA — Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, has completed a $9.2 billion equity investment led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge Group, the leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure, and Silver Lake, the global leader […]
SAN FRANCISCO — AI-powered social gaming platform, Astrocade AI, has scored $12 million in seed funding from AME Cloud Ventures, NVIDIA Ventures, Venture Reality Fund, and gaming and technology executives Eric Schmidt, Niccolo De Masi, John Riccitiello, David Baszucki, Jerry Yang, Mike Abbott, and more. Founded by CEO Amir Sadeghian, PhD, Stanford’s AI Lab, CTO […]
REDWOOD CITY — Learn to Win, a provider of personalized, predictive, and secure enterprise training software, has raised an oversubscribed $30 million in Series A funding led by the Westly Group, with follow-on participation from Norwest Venture Partners and Pear VC. This funding accelerates the company’s progress to scale its modern training platform that redefines […]