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N49P’s US$25 million first close for Fund IV will help it hunt more “diamonds in the rough”. Toronto-based venture capital (VC) firm N49P has completed the first close of its fourth fund, securing US$25 million ($34 million) in commitments towards its $70 million target. N49P announced the news on Thursday morning. This close is more than double the size of N49P’s second fund, which it raised in early 2020, and nearly on par with its US$27.7 million third fund from mid-2022. The VC firm plans to use this money to invest in more nascent but promising technology startups with strong Canadian ties. N49P aims to cut $500,000 to $1.5 million first cheques and build a portfolio of 27 to 30 companies. https://lnkd.in/g3PgRfVH

Every active sports investment fund launched in 2026. This list tells you where the capital is going. Otro Capital closed $1.2B, oversubscribed at more than double its original $500M target. The largest first-time dedicated sports buyout fund ever raised globally. Portfolio includes Alpine Formula One Team, Two Circles, and Utah Brands and Entertainment. Bruin Capital capitalized a new $1B global sports platform alongside 26North and TJC. George Pyne's firm targets what he calls "second-level enablers," technology, data, media, and commercial services. Total capital raised since 2015 now exceeds $2B. Ariel Investments' Project Level hit a $250M first close for its women's sports growth vehicle, led by Mellody Hobson and Jason Wright, with a $1B total target. First investments: Denver Summit FC and League One Volleyball (LOVB). L Catterton's CHAMP platform, with Patricof Co (P/Co), is a $500M athlete-led consumer co-investment vehicle where 250+ athletes co-own portfolio companies. Cooper Flagg, Tyrese Haliburton, Mike Trout, Dak Prescott, and Kevin Durant are among the named athletes. 154 Partners closed its debut $400M lower-middle-market PE fund with David Blitzer, founded by former Blackstone colleagues, with sports and live events as a core focus. Already invested in a sports and live event guest services platform. EnOne Ventures is targeting $250M for athlete-backed businesses where athlete IP drives value. Anchored by Fanatics and an Asian sovereign wealth fund. Initial investments in MARI and The Realest. Sideline Group raised $155M backing the "offline economy" across sports, live experiences, and active lifestyle. Founded by Greg Mazlin (ex-Silver Lake, Tiger Global). Portfolio includes Bandit Running and Milky Way Park. Synergy Sports Capital is targeting $150M for controlling stakes in emerging leagues and teams outside the Big Four. Founded by ex-NFL receiver Terrence C. Murphy Sr., with Reggie Bush as Partner. First deals: Atlético Dallas and LOVB Salt Lake. InStudio Ventures launched a $50M early-stage sports and performance tech fund anchored by stakes in the Buffalo Bills, LA Chargers, and Aston Martin F1 Team. Pleasant/Rock, founded by Malcolm Jenkins and Brian K. Hinds Jr., is a sports and real estate platform with $200M+ in active developments targeting $500M by 2028. Gamma Waves Partners, founded by former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, Giorgio Chiellini, and Rocco Benetton, is raising €100M for minority stakes in clubs, teams, athletes, and sports tech. The pattern across all of these: capital is moving beyond team ownership into the infrastructure layer of sports. Technology, media, athlete economics, women's sports, live experiences, and performance science. #SportsInvesting #PrivateEquity #SportsBusiness #SportsCapital #SportsInfrastructure #AlternativeAssets #WomensSports #AthleteEconomics

CTC Global Solutions: Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Expand GovCon Platform BIDBridgeVen: CTC Global Solutions announced the completion of its first pre-seed funding round with Elevate Ventures to support the expansion of BIDBridgeVen, an operating system designed for government contract bidders. The post CTC Global Solutions: Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Expand GovCon Platform BIDBridgeVen appeared first on Pulse 2.0.

𝗔 $𝟭𝟱.𝟲𝗯𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. 🌏 EQT just closed BPEA IX at its hard cap, oversubscribed, the largest Asia-Pacific-dedicated private equity fund ever raised. And it did it in a year when capital raised for Asian funds fell to a 𝟭𝟮-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘄, the fourth straight year of decline. So how do both things happen at once? Because the market is splitting. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 👇 🔹 $15.6bn total, $14.9bn fee-generating 🔹 Oversubscribed to a hard cap in a falling market 🔹 75+ new investors, 45+ already invested elsewhere in EQT That last number is the one we keep coming back to. Nearly half the new money came from LPs already inside EQT's platform, people who backed its infrastructure or European funds and decided they wanted Asia exposure from the same house. That isn't conviction in a strategy. It's conviction in an organisation. And it tells you where capital is going in a tight market: not spread across the field, but concentrating with a handful of scaled platforms that can credibly say "we've done this across cycles for thirty years." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 for everyone else: if the megafunds are clearing hard caps while the regional average hits a 12-year low, the squeeze on mid-sized and first-time managers in Asia just got tighter. Scale is becoming its own moat, and the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening, not closing. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘘𝘛. 𝘈 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. #PrivateEquity #Asia #Fundraising #AlternativeAssets #EQT

Shastra VC launches $100-mn fund to back deeptech and AI startups Shastra VC, the early‑stage venture firm spun out of IIT Madras, has launched a new $100 million fund to back deep‑tech and artificial intelligence (AI) startups in India. The fund is being raised from a mix of global institutional investors, family offices, and long‑term partners, underlining growing interest in India’s deep‑tech and AI ecosystem. The capital will focus on supporting startups that build proprietary technology in areas such as AI, semiconductors, robotics, advanced materials, and med‑tech. Read More: https://lnkd.in/g2E7q5X9 #ShastraVC #DeepTech #AIStartups #VentureCapital #Startup

Another insanely busy week of fintech funding! Mercury raised a $200M Series D led by TCV at a $5.2B val. Comes on the heels of Mercury receiving conditional OCC approval to establish Mercury Bank, N.A. as a fully regulated national bank. Latest stats on the biz (as of Q3'25): $650M in annualized revenue w/ 4 yrs of GAAP + EBITDA profitability, and 300K+ customers. Farther raised a $150M Series D led by General Atlantic at a unicorn val. Farther is an AI-native wealth management platform for advisors handling asset location, execution, risk management, + access to private markets in a single integrated stack. They also operate Farther Family Office, serving clients from HENRYs to UHNW families. Some stats on the biz: $23B in "recruited assets," tripled YoY from $7.8B in Q1'25. They have raised ~$272M total since '19. Moment raised a $78M Series C led by Index Ventures. Moment has built an AI-native OS for investment management that unifies trading, portfolio management, optimization, + compliance across asset classes in a single platform. Some stats on the biz: customers represent $10T+ in client assets (up from $300B less than 18 months ago), and they signed Edward Jones, LPL + Hightower as customers in the last year. Catena raised a $30M Series A co-led by Acrew Capital + a16z crypto. Catena is building an AI-native bank for agents: agents get verified IDs, dollar accounts, and stablecoin rails to transact on, while humans control what they do with the money. They also filed for a National Trust Bank charter w/ the OCC. Eisen announced $18.5M across a $10M Series A led by MissionOG + a previously unannounced $8.5M seed led by Index Ventures. Eisen offers AI-enabled compliance operations infrastructure for fintechs, banks + digital asset platforms, automating escheatment, 1099 tax reporting & disbursement. They are currently monitoring ~$16B across tens of millions of accounts, with ~50 customers including Adyen, Binance US, BitGo, OKX & PeoplesBank. Rely raised a $4.5M seed led by 2048 Ventures w/ continued investment from us at Better Tomorrow Ventures (we led the pre-seed)! Rely is the AI-powered diligence platform for multifamily real estate. Early customers include Cardinal Group, Preiss + Olympus, three of the largest multifamily + student housing operators in the country.

💰 Fresh capital continues to flow into the startup and venture ecosystem. New funds are being raised across AI, health-tech, impact and deep-tech while startups and funds continue to hire across investing and operator roles. New funds announced 👇 🇫🇷 LAUXERA CAPITAL PARTNERS – €520m, Fund II, health-tech – Paris 🇬🇧 Mouro Capital – $400m, Fund III, first close – London 🇸🇪 Norrsken VC – €320m, impact – Stockholm 🇮🇱 AlphaDrive Ventures – $100m, AI, cybersecurity – Tel Aviv 🇬🇧 Skybound Venture Capital – $38m, deep-tech, early-stage – London 🇨🇿 Tilia Impact Ventures – €26m; target €32m, Fund II, seed, impact – Prague 🇬🇧 Arāya Ventures – £7.5m, first close – London Roles across the startup & venture ecosystem 👇 🇬🇧 Transition Ventures – VC Associate – London 🇩🇪 Sereact – Founder Associate – Stuttgart 🇩🇪 Adrasti – Director New Ventures – Berlin 🇮🇪 Elgin – Chief of Staff – Dublin 🇩🇪 microagi – Founder Associate GTM – Munich 🇪🇸 Factorial – Chief of Staff to CEO – Barcelona 🇩🇪 The Exploration Company – Chief of Staff – Munich 🇫🇷 Joko – Chief of Staff – Paris 🇩🇪🇬🇧💻 finmid – Entrepreneur in Residence – Berlin, London, Remote 🇩🇪 Marvel Fusion – Senior Associate Venture Development – Munich 💬 Which roles are seeing more demand right now: Chief of Staff, Founder Associate, or Venture roles? 🟢 Join 11k+ subscribers across our specialized startup job newsletters → link in comments.

Indian Startup Funding – 2025 & 2024 Highlights 🌱 Total Funding Raised (2025): $15 Billion across 1,500 deals Total Funding Raised (2024): $16.50 billion across 1900 deals Funding by Stage in 2025 💠 Growth-Stage Funding: $10 Billion across 300 deals 💠 Early-Stage Funding: $5 Billion across 1200 deals Funding by Stage in 2024 💠 Growth-Stage Funding: $11 Billion across 400 deals 💠 Early-Stage Funding: $ 5.50 Billion across 1500 deals Major Sectors That Got Funded in 2025 The major funding went into sectors such as: AI / Artificial Intelligence, E-commerce, Health tech, Fintech, SaaS, Logistics, Edtech, Deep tech, EV / Mobility, Food tech, Blockchain, Energy and Agri tech. IPOs 2025: 21 2024: 15 India continues to remain one of the world’s most promising startup ecosystems with long-term opportunities across technology, finance, consumer, healthcare, and enterprise innovation. #IndianStartups #StartupIndia #VentureCapital #Funding #IPO #AI #Fintech #Healthtech #SaaS #Ecommerce #StartupEcosystem #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #IndiaGrowth #VC #PrivateEquity

HCG to invest in robotics, diagnostics and oncology infrastructure after Rs 425-crore fundraise. Company to use funds raised from shareholders for capacity expansion, molecular diagnostics and clinical infrastructure upgrades http://ow.ly/Q4qh106yOfY

The combined total raised by the three largest infrastructure funds in 2025 was $70 billion– nearly a third of all capital closed during the year. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) closed its fifth vintage at the $25.1 billion hard cap, marking the second-largest infrastructure fund ever raised. The US-based giant was closely followed by Swedish EQT Partners, which closed its sixth vintage at €21.5 billion ($24.8 billion). Energy transition-focused Brookfield Global Transition Fund II took the bronze with $20 billion raised for the fund plus $3.5 billion in co-investment capital. Our ‘Infrastructure Fundraising Report 2025’ is out now. Download and read today: https://lnkd.in/ei_mnw6c. #Infrastructure #Fundraising

🤖📑 Better Futures, an Irish AI start-up headquartered at NovaUCD, has secured €600,000 in new funding to accelerate the development of its engineering documentation automation platform for regulated industries. The investment comes from private angel investors and Enterprise Ireland through its High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) programme, bringing the total funding raised by the company to €1.1 million. Founded by Anthony Mc Loughlin, Better Futures develops AI tools designed to automate complex engineering documentation workflows while ensuring outputs remain structured, traceable and audit-ready. The funding announcement coincides with the launch of the next generation of EVA™, the company’s AI platform, which is designed to support engineering teams in highly regulated sectors, including energy, life sciences, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. The company said the investment will support the expansion of its product and commercial teams at NovaUCD, while helping accelerate customer adoption of the platform. “In highly regulated industries, engineers can spend more time on documentation than engineering itself,” said Anthony Mc Loughlin, founder and CEO of Better Futures. “AI can help automate, but it is not just about generating content faster. The key challenge is trust. Teams need audit-ready outputs they can trust, approve and reuse at scale. That is why we built EVA™. It is not another chatbot and not another agent. It is a governed AI platform designed to bring trusted automation to complex engineering documentation workflows.” Unlike generic generative AI tools, EVA™ has been developed specifically for regulated environments where documentation must meet strict compliance and review requirements. The platform enables organisations to encode regulations, standards and expert knowledge directly into workflows, helping teams automate and validate engineering documentation while reducing manual review and rework. Better Futures has already worked with early customers, including ABB and Bausch + Lomb. Amanda Ward, Head of Digital Technologies at Enterprise Ireland, said Better Futures represented a new generation of Irish AI-focused start-ups building products for international markets. Better Futures is also a client company of ESA BIC Ireland, the European Space Agency - ESA-backed business incubation initiative based at NovaUCD, which supports Irish companies developing commercial applications using space technologies and data. ESA BIC Ireland is managed by ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland, a consortium partnership involving Tyndall National Institute, University College Dublin, Atlantic Technological University, Dublin City University, Maynooth University, Munster Technological University and Technological University of the Shannon.

📊 Daily Startup & VC Digest – May 22, 2026 Filtered for: startup funding, deeptech, AI, space tech, fintech, venture capital, and policy/regulation. 1. Skyroot Aerospace – India 💰 Funding: ~$60M (spacetech round, May 11–16, 2026) 👥 Investors: Mix of domestic & international VCs 📌 Strategic context: Scaling orbital‑test missions & engine manufacturing; part of India’s fast‑growing private launch‑vehicle ecosystem aligned with indigenous space push. 2. Indian Deep‑Tech/AI Startups (multiple rounds, May 11–16, 2026) 💰 Funding: ~$180M raised by 16 startups across AI, deep‑tech & fintech 👥 Investors: Marquee Indian & global VC/growth funds 📌 Strategic context: Strong appetite for AI‑driven B2B SaaS, fintech infra, and hardware‑heavy deep‑tech; consistent with 2025–26 trend where AI/deep‑tech outpaced overall VC. 3. Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 – India 💰 Funding: ₹10,000 crore government‑backed FoF 👥 Investors: Government‑backed, mobilizing domestic institutional capital 📌 Strategic context: Crowds in private VC for early & growth‑stage innovators; special focus on deep‑tech & AI; complements India’s ₹1,000‑crore space‑tech VC fund. 4. IN Space‑Tech VC Fund – India 💰 Funding: ₹1,000 crore for space‑tech startups 👥 Investors: Managed via IN‑SPACe 📌 Strategic context: Targets 10–60 crore per startup in satellite, launch & space‑applications; reinforces India’s “new‑space” policy. 5. Global AI‑Focused Startups – Global 💰 Funding: ~$131.5B in VC (≈1/3 of global VC) 👥 Investors: Mega‑funds (OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral) + specialized AI‑VCs 📌 Strategic context: Capital concentrating into fewer, higher‑valued AI firms; seed‑stage AI deals command ~42% valuation premium; Series A averages ~$52M. 6. India Deep‑Tech/AI Surge – India 💰 Funding: Deep‑tech funding jumped ~37% YoY to $2.3B in 2025 👥 Investors: Specialist AI/deep‑tech funds + broader tech‑VCs reallocating to IP‑heavy models 📌 Strategic context: India’s overall tech‑startup funding rose to ~$9.1B in 2025; AI‑driven deep‑tech outperformed, signaling tilt toward complex, IP‑rich startups over consumer‑tech. 🔖 Hashtags: #DeepTech #AI #StartupFunding #VentureCapital #Innovation #Growth #TechNews #Entrepreneurship

🚨 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 $𝟔𝟑 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝💰✈️📈🤝 Travel-fintech startup Scapia has raised $63 Mn in a fresh funding round led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors Peak XV Partners and Z47. The raise comes nearly a year after Scapia’s $40 Mn Series B round in April 2025. Founded by Anil Goteti, Scapia offers co-branded credit cards and travel-focused fintech products in partnership with Federal Bank and BOBCARD. The company claims to be India’s first startup to launch a dual-network co-branded card across Visa and RuPay. Scapia reported strong platform growth, with flight bookings rising 5-6X and stays bookings growing 8X over the past year, alongside increasing demand from Tier-II and Tier-III cities. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: 🏢 Company: Scapia 💰 Funding Raised: $63 Million 🤝 Lead Investor: General Catalyst 📈 Existing Investors Participating: Peak XV Partners & Z47 🏦 Banking Partners: Federal Bank & BOBCARD 💳 Sector: Travel Fintech / Digital Payments / Credit Cards 📍 Market: India 🚀 Focus Areas: AI-Native Expansion, Product Development & Talent Hiring 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 🌏 Strengthens Scapia’s position in India’s fast-growing travel-fintech ecosystem 💳 Expands the company’s integrated travel and payments platform beyond co-branded credit cards 📈 Highlights rising demand for travel-focused financial products among young Indian consumers 🤝 Reinforces investor confidence in embedded fintech and rewards-led travel platforms 🏦 Supports expansion into AI-driven customer experiences and financial services infrastructure 🚀 Accelerates product innovation across UPI rewards, bill payments, travel bookings and loyalty ecosystem 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: ✅ India’s travel-fintech segment is witnessing rapid adoption driven by digital payments and rising travel demand ✅ Co-branded credit cards and rewards-led ecosystems are becoming a major customer acquisition channel ✅ Tier-II and Tier-III cities are emerging as key growth drivers for travel and fintech platforms ✅ AI-native financial platforms are attracting strong investor interest amid increasing competition in consumer fintech ✅ The funding reflects growing convergence between travel, payments and embedded financial services in India Stay tuned for more updates on high-impact deals and industry insights! 🌐💼 👉 For similar updates, follow us and explore opportunities: https://lnkd.in/g_e7BAi3 👉 Join our WhatsApp group for instant updates: https://lnkd.in/gCV8Egig #Scapia #FundingAlert #TravelFintech #FintechIndia #StartupFunding #GeneralCatalyst #PeakXV #Z47 #TravelTech #DigitalPayments #CreditCards #AI #IndianStartups #VentureCapital #UPI #EmbeddedFinance #ConsumerFintech #StartupEcosystem #IndiaTech #TravelIndustry

Kenya’s capital markets are entering a new phase of diversification and maturity. The listing of the Spearhead Africa Infrastructure Fund on the Nairobi Securities Exchange marks a significant milestone — becoming the first infrastructure-focused investment vehicle to trade on the exchange. Managed by Spearhead Africa Asset Management, the fund successfully raised KSh 3.4 billion from a broad investor base, signaling growing appetite for alternative investment opportunities linked to real economic development. As markets mature, diversified investment vehicles like infrastructure funds can play a critical role in mobilizing domestic capital while supporting long-term wealth creation and economic growth. #CapitalMarkets #InfrastructureInvesting #NSE #ValueInvesting #FinancialAnalysis #WealthCreation #KenyaInvesting #AlternativeInvestments

Wingfield Financial was founded in May 2022. Fund One raised $1M among people who already knew me personally. Fund One investors have been receiving fixed annual returns since January 2023, starting at 10% in year one and increasing each year. Fund One investors have been receiving fixed annual returns since January 2023, starting at 10% in year one and increasing each year. Fund Two is different. It is a $25M public raise under 506(c). I can talk about it openly, and I am. The structure is the same one that drove Fund One. Capital goes into operating companies I built and still run across real estate, lending, and property work. The 36-month minimum hold reflects how long it actually takes to create value inside a real business. If you are in real estate or lending and have been thinking about being on the capital side of a deal structure you already understand, send me a message.

SmartAI for Biz spotted something fascinating in biotech funding. → Imperagen raised £5M for quantum-AI enzyme engineering → Traditional methods take years of lab trial-and-error → Their approach: predict molecular behavior using quantum physics + ML The insight? They're not automating existing workflows — they're fundamentally changing how we discover biological solutions. While most companies layer AI onto old processes, the winners are rethinking the entire problem from first principles. What's one process in your industry that needs quantum-level rethinking? Source: https://lnkd.in/gatXwPxk #SmartAIforBiz #AI #BusinessStrategy

Sardine, an agentic risk platform focused on combating financial crime, has secured a $25m Series C extension led by National Bank of Canada, bringing its total funding raised to $170m. Read here: https://lnkd.in/ertpFeQM Soups Ranjan

Funding Doesn’t Go to Ideas Anymore. It Goes to Execution. The recent $63M funding raised by Scapia sends a strong message to every startup founder. Investors are no longer impressed by presentations alone. They are backing startups that understand: ✔️ Consumer behavior ✔️ Market timing ✔️ Product adoption ✔️ Retention-driven growth In today’s startup ecosystem, having a “good idea” is not enough. Execution is the real differentiator. Why startups fail: * Building without market demand * Focusing only on acquisition * Ignoring user experience * Weak retention strategy * Scaling before operational stability Scapia’s growth reflects a larger trend: Modern consumers prefer platforms that reduce friction and simplify decisions. The future of startups is not about creating more apps. It’s about creating connected experiences people use daily. The smartest founders today are asking: “How do we become part of the customer’s lifestyle?” That mindset changes everything: → Product strategy → Marketing → Retention → Revenue growth The next wave of successful startups will be built around experience-first ecosystems. Execution speed + customer understanding = modern startup advantage. #StartupIndia #Scapia #Funding #Fintech #TravelTech #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #Innovation #CustomerExperience #Startups

Kalshi raises $200M in an extended Series F funding round #Kalshi secures $200M in an extended Series F funding round from Baillie Gifford and Layer Global. This funding round brings Kalshi's total funds raised to $2.77B at a $22B valuation. Kalshi is a regulated exchange and prediction market where users can trade on the outcome of real-world events. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPmcuV7w #cryptonews #crypto #cryptocurrency #blockchain #web3 #NFT #cryptoinvesting #phoenixgroup #phoenix

Catena Labs raises $30M in a Series A funding round #CatenaLabs secures $30M in a Series A funding round co-led by a16z crypto and Acrew Capital, with participation from Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, QED Investors, Oak HC/FT, IDG Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. This funding round brings Catena Labs' total funds raised to $48M. Catena is creating a financial institution purpose-built for #AIagents - combining a technology platform with a national trust bank to create the first regulated banking environment where agents transact safely under human-defined policies. 👉 https://lnkd.in/d99Hn7FJ #cryptonews #crypto #cryptocurrency #blockchain #web3 #NFT #cryptoinvesting #phoenixgroup #phoenix