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Reservoir has raised US$8 million in seed funding led by Asymmetric Capital Partners, with participation from Founder Collective and MCJ, to build AI-enabled heat pump water heaters that double as grid-connected energy storage. The Boston-area company was founded by CEO Luke Winston-Almanzar, previously chief business
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Kesh, a Brazilian fintech founded in April 2025, has raised R$550 million, roughly US$110 million, in a round combining equity with financing for a proprietary FIDC, the receivables fund vehicle used in Brazil to fund credit portfolios. Grupo Leste, an alternative asset manager overseeing about R$22.3
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River AI has raised US$1.1 billion in a round led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with strategic investment from Nvidia and AMD Ventures alongside Y Combinator and Singapore's Temasek. The Palo Alto company, founded by Igor Babuschkin, launched on June 10 and announced the financing
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Bogotá-based payments orchestration platform Yuno has raised a $45 million Series B round led by Global PayTech Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, QuantumLight Capital, Monashees, Kaszek, and Endeavor Catalyst. Qatar-based Rasmal Ventures joined the round as the company establishes Qatar as its regional hub for
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FAZ Cred, a Brazilian fintech that lends to formally employed workers through payroll deduction, has raised R$80 million, roughly US$14.8 million, in 60 days through a new receivables fund called FAZ Cred Mais Trabalhador FIDC. The vehicle is backed by asset manager Patrimonial, which oversees approximately R$
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MarginEdge, an Arlington, Virginia company that automates back-office operations for restaurants, has raised US$80 million in a Series D round led by Schooner Capital and Ten Coves Capital, with participation from Osage Venture Partners, Derive Ventures, and Western Alliance Bank. The financing, which combines equity and debt, brings
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K2 Therapeutics announced on August 11 that it has appointed Dr. Ying Huang as chief executive officer and closed US$50 million in seed financing from MPM BioImpact, the life sciences investment firm that founded the company in 2024. K2 operates from Boston and Singapore and is chaired by Ansbert
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Ranchbot has raised US$15 million, roughly A$22 million, in a Series B round led by Lewis & Clark Partners, with participation from Fulcrum Global Capital, Builders VC, The Cultiv8 Livestock Technology Fund, Lever VC, and Macdoch Ventures. The company, founded in Sydney in 2014 and known as Farmbot
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Pinnacle Technology Solutions, an Asheville, North Carolina-based hybrid IT provider led by CEO Charles Reynolds, has acquired Network Solutions, LLC, an IT services firm operating since 1989 with specialized Cisco expertise. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction adds engineering capacity and delivery capabilities to a company that serves enterprise
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A consortium led by British-Indian financier Amit Bhatia is closing in on a deal to acquire roughly a third of Liverpool Football Club. The investor group also includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Fenway Sports Group (FSG), Liverpool's controlling shareholder since 2010,
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hiSofi, a fintech that automates debt collection through conversational messaging rather than call centers, has raised US$1 million to establish a regional artificial intelligence and data science hub in Uruguay, six years after relocating its operations to Brazil in 2020. The round was led by SaaSholic, a Brazilian fund
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Remedium Bio, a preclinical-stage biotechnology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, announced the initial close of a $10M Series A financing round. The round is led by Lifespan Vision Ventures, with participation from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company and HKX Capital. As part of the deal, Harry Robb of