Amit Chowdhry

Generate:Biomedicines - a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company pioneering a machine-learning-powered generative biology platform - recently announced that it has raised $273 million in Series C financing. This funding round attracted many new investors including Amgen; NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm; MAPS Capital (Mirae Asset Group); and Pictet Alternative Advisors.

Data and AI company Databricks recently announced a Series I funding round at over $500 million. This funding round values the company at $43 billion and establishes the price per share at $73.50. This funding round was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, which is joined by other existing investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, ClearBridge Investments, funds and accounts managed by Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), Fidelity Management & Research Company, Franklin Templeton, GIC, Octahedron Capital and Tiger Global and new investors Capital One Ventures, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and NVIDIA.

Patronus AI recently announced a $3 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Factorial Capital, the CEO of Replit Amjad Masad, Gokul Rajaram, and several other Fortune 500 executives and board members.

Glass Health recently announced a $5 million seed round led by Initialized Capital for the company’s AI-powered clinical decision support platform. And the new funding round will accelerate our mission to empower clinicians with generative AI tools to help end the clinician burnout epidemic and improve patient outcomes worldwide. The company is also counting prominent healthcare founders as mentors and investors in this round, including Tom Lee, founder of One Medical, Epocrates, and Galileo Health; Connor Landgraf, founder and CEO of Eko Health; and Heather Hasson & Trina Spear, the co-founders of FIGS.

Learn.xyz - a generative AI learning startup – recently announced the launch of its fully AI-powered social learning app on iOS and Android on the heels of closing a $3 million seed funding round. Launching to a global market recently, the app allows users to learn about any topic, in almost any language.

Superorder - the first all-in-one delivery and takeout operating system for restaurants – recently announced the close of a $10 million Series A and angel funding round led by Foundation Capital with participation from investors like Michael Seibel (Managing Director of Y Combinator), Kyle Vogt (Cofounder CEO Cruise), Daniel Kan (Cofounder Cruise), Jon Swanson (Chairman Thumbtack), James Beshara (Founder MagicMind) and I2BF Global Ventures.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals recently celebrated a successful $350 million capital raise led by BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC and PNC Bank to support future growth of the pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Paycom is a company that offers human capital management and payroll tools to help employers and HR teams focus on strategies to drive businesses forward. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Paycom Vice President of Human Resources Jennifer Kraszewski to learn more.

Mojave Energy Systems recently announced a $12.5 million seed round of funding that will be used to launch its third-generation liquid desiccant air conditioning platform. This funding round was co-led by At One Ventures and Fifth Wall, with participation from Xerox Ventures and others. And the company spun out of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).

Austin Russell Forbes Holdings - which is controlled by American innovator and automotive tech pioneer Austin Russell - recently announced that financing for the approximately $800 million acquisition of Forbes Global Holdings from Hong Kong-based Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM ) is now substantially oversubscribed with over $2 billion of demand primarily from American tech, media, finance, and AI industry leaders and their family offices.