Western Hemisphere

Western Hemisphere delivers concise, curated news and insights on capital markets, investment trends, and venture activity across the Americas for forward‑looking investors.
07
Aug

Naïve Raises $28.5M Series A to Build Infrastructure for Autonomous Companies

Naïve, a Palo Alto company building infrastructure that lets AI agents create and operate businesses, has raised a US$28.
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07
Aug

Klaviyo Strengthens AI Push With Acquisition of Agency Team and Technology

Klaviyo (NYSE: KVYO), the marketing automation platform, has agreed to acquire Agency, an artificial intelligence startup founded in 2023 by
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07
Aug

Meduloc Closes $4 Million Series B Led by GenHenn Capital

Meduloc, an orthopedic device company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and led by President and CEO Sarah Sachinis, closed a
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07
Aug

Ex-Spotify Team Raises $10M for Malachyte to Bring Behavior Intelligence to E-Commerce

Malachyte, a New York company applying real-time behavioral AI to online retail, has raised a US$10 million seed
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07
Aug

Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) Goes Live, Taking Aim at NYSE and Nasdaq

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) completed its full launch on July 31 2026, with a bell-ringing ceremony at its
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06
Aug

Advocate Technologies Launches With $18M to Bring Price Transparency to Commercial Insurance

Advocate Technologies emerged from stealth on August 4 with US$18 million in seed funding to build what it describes
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06
Aug

Robinhood Seeks $200M for Second Venture Fund Holding 80 Private Companies

Robinhood plans to list Robinhood Ventures Fund II on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RVII on August
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06
Aug

RWX Raises $12M Series A to Expand Its Dev Cloud for AI-Driven Engineering

RWX, a Columbus, Ohio company building cloud infrastructure for testing and validating software written by AI coding agents, has raised
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06
Aug

Ambrook Raises $30M Series B Led by Lachy Groom as It Expands Beyond Farming

Ambrook, a financial software company built for small businesses in agriculture and other physical industries, has raised a US$30
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05
Aug

Bending Spoons to Buy Airtable for $1.28B in First Post-IPO Acquisition

Bending Spoons, the Milan-based software conglomerate led by co-founder and CEO Luca Ferrari, has signed a definitive agreement
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