CAZ Investments Makes $200M Commitment to Grafine Partners

CAZ Investments, a Houston, TX-based investment manager, made a $200m commitment to Grafine Partners, a NYC-based investment management firm that identifies differentiated sources of alpha by investing in new firms led by experienced private equity investors. Formed in 2019 by Elizabeth Weymouth, Grafine seeks differentiated sources of alpha by partnering with experienced private market investors in establishing new firms, accelerating […]
Beat The Bomb Raises $15M in Series B Funding

Beat The Bomb, a Brooklyn, NY-based interactive social video game company, raised $15M in Series B funding. Backers included Otium Capital, and Conversion Venture Capital (CVC2). The company intends to use the funds to expand across the United States, starting with Philadelphia in summer 2024. Additional openings are expected thereafter for Charlotte, Denver, Houston, and more. Led by CEO and founder Alex Patterson, Beat […]
Bolt.Earth Raises $20M in Funding

Bolt.Earth, a Bangalore, India-based EV infrastructure and software company, raised $20M in funding. The round saw participation from Union Square Ventures, Prime Venture Partners, ITIGO Funds, and others. The company intends to use the funds for: 1. Charging Network Expansion 2. Product Enhancement 3. Operating System Deployment 4. Talent Acquisition 5. International Expansion Co-founded by […]
Mach Industries Raises $79M in Series A Funding

Mach Industries, an Austin, TX-based defense tech startup, reportedly raised $79M in Series A funding at a post-money valuation of $335M. The round was led by Bedrock Capital with participation other backers including DCVC, Marque and others. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts to build defense hardware. Led by […]
Stoke Space Raises $100M in Series B Funding

Stoke Space, a Dallas, TX-based company building a fully and rapidly reusable rocket, raised $100m in Series B funding. The round was led by Industrious Ventures with participation from the University of Michigan, Sparta Group, Long Journey, and others. Existing investors Breakthrough Energy, YCombinator, Point72 Ventures, NFX, MaC Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and In-Q-Tel also participated. As part of this round, […]
Velostics Raises $1.95M in Funding

Velostics, Inc., a Houston, TX-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company specializing in unified scheduling, raised $1.95m in a seed+ funding round. The round was led by current investors Starboard Star with participation from Flyover Capital, Small Ventures USA and new investor Capital Mazapil. The company intends to use the funds to grow their network of shippers and their brokers, freight forwarders […]
Opsera Raises USD12M in Series A Plus Funding Round

Opsera, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a DevOps platform used by Fortune 500 companies, raised USD12M in Series A Plus funding. The round was led by Taiwania Capital with support from existing investors Felicis Ventures, Clear Ventures, and others. The company intends to use the funds to support Hummingbird AI, a new generative AI […]
Smileyscope Closes Seed Prime Round

Smileyscope, an Austin, TX-based company advancing digital therapeutics, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed Prime funding. The round included investments from Breakthrough Victoria, Ten13, Alice Anderson Fund and MedAngels. The company intends to use the funds to grow its clinical-stage pipeline, and expand across the health systems in the United States and Australia. Led by […]
YouVah Raises $210,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Empower India’s Teenagers

YouVah, India’s innovative internship platform tailored for teenagers, has successfully secured $210,000 in its pre-seed funding round, backed by CIIE.CO IIM Ahmedabad and the Co-Founders of American Chase. With a mission to empower teenagers by providing them with practical experience, guidance, and opportunities to build their initial career resumes, YouVah, founded by Chetan Jachpure, Raghav Parsai, […]
Borealis Foods Receives USD$25M Secured Credit Facility

Borealis Foods Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based food tech company developing ready-to-eat meals, received a USD$25 million secured credit facility. FrontWell Capital Partners provided the financial resources. The facility, comprised of a revolver and a term loan, will be used by the company to refinance its existing debt and provide additional working capital liquidity to support growth and […]