SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2025 — Composio today announces $25 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to tackle the fundamental limitation preventing AI agents from transforming enterprise workflows: they don’t learn from experience.

Several industry leaders also participated in the round, including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel CEO), Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot CTO & Founder), Gokul Rajaram, and Soham Mazumdar (Rubrik Co-founder), alongside institutional investors SV Angel, Blitzscaling Ventures, Operator Partners, and Agent Fund by Yohei Nakajima. Existing investors Elevation Capital and Together Fund also participated, bringing the total funding to $29 million.

The Real Reason AI Agents Aren’t Transforming Work Yet

Despite the hype, Fortune 500 companies aren’t using AI agents to transform their workflows, not because management is resistant to change, but because current AI lacks a fundamental capability: the ability to improve through practice.

“You can spend hundreds of hours building LLM tools, tweaking prompts, and refining instructions, but you hit a wall,” says Soham Ganatra, CEO of Composio. “These models don’t get better at their jobs the way a human employee would. They can’t build context, learn from mistakes, or develop the subtle understanding that makes human workers invaluable. We’re solving this at the infrastructure level.”

Composio’s approach centers on creating a shared learning layer for AI agents. When an agent on the platform learns how to handle a Salesforce integration edge case, optimize a GitHub workflow, or scaffold a database using Supabase MCP, that knowledge becomes available to every other agent—creating a network effect where the entire ecosystem improves together.

Building the Missing Infrastructure

The company started building Composio two years ago, before AI agents became the current hype, recognizing that making agents truly useful would require solving fundamental infrastructure problems. The team tackled complex challenges including multi-agent coordination, authentication across enterprise systems, and building scalable infrastructure that now processes millions of requests daily.

Most importantly, they developed a reinforcement learning layer that enables AI to build intuition from experience—something missing from conventional approaches.

“The challenge isn’t making AI smarter in isolation,” explains Ganatra. “It’s giving AI the ability to accumulate practical knowledge the way humans do—but at the scale and speed only software can achieve.”

Early Traction Points to Market Demand

The platform has attracted over 100,000 developers, with adoption accelerating among AI-first companies. Top companies from the latest YC batches like April, OpenNote, Airweave, Den, and Dash have chosen Composio. Popular AI launches like Context and Altera have also built on the platform. The company serves over 200 startups and enterprises including Glean, already generating seven-figure revenue.

A typical use case: instead of spending months building authentication, handling edge cases, and debugging integrations, developers can tap into Composio’s existing skills to ship their agents within days. More importantly, their agents don’t start from scratch, they immediately benefit from what thousands of other agents have already learned.

“What excites us about Composio is that they’re not just solving today’s integration problems,” said Raviraj Jain from Lightspeed Venture Partners. “They’re building the foundation for AI agents to become genuinely useful by learning from experience at scale. This is the missing piece between impressive demos and transformative deployments.”

The Future: Creating AI That Actually Learns

With this new funding, Composio will accelerate development of its learning infrastructure. Unlike conventional AI agents that remain static despite repeated use, Composio’s technology enables systems to continuously improve by accumulating experience.

By building a foundation that captures practical knowledge and develops contextual understanding, Composio is transforming AI from rigid tools into adaptive partners capable of genuine expertise. The platform seamlessly integrates with all major AI frameworks, including MCP, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, and OpenAI Agents, allowing developers to implement these learning capabilities regardless of their preferred technology stack.

About Composio

Composio provides the learning infrastructure that enables AI agents to improve through experience. By creating a shared skill layer that captures and distributes practical knowledge across the entire AI ecosystem, Composio transforms static AI tools into systems that develop real expertise over time. For more information, visit https://composio.dev/

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Led by Insight Partners with participation from top CISOs, the fundraise accelerates Delve’s mission to free companies from compliance busywork so they can focus on innovating.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2025 — Today, Delve announced a $32M Series A led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from CISOs at Fortune 500 companies. The funding accelerates Delve’s mission to eliminate compliance busywork with AI agents that run compliance operations behind the scenes.

Since raising $3.3M in 2024, Delve has grown rapidly to serve 500+ companies across dozens of compliance frameworks, including some of the fastest-growing AI startups like Lovable, Bland, and Wispr Flow. The platform has helped customers get compliant in days, build security that lasts, and close deals faster—without months of busywork.

The Copy-Paste Problem That Costs Billions

Compliance touches nearly every part of how a company operates, from launching products to closing enterprise deals. But instead of driving growth, the manual work behind compliance has become a bottleneck.

Around the world, millions of people spend their workdays taking screenshots, updating spreadsheets, and filing compliance documents, which collectively cost businesses billions in lost productivity.

Legacy Tools Can’t Keep Up with How Companies Operate Today

Traditional compliance tools weren’t built for how modern companies actually operate. They rely on rigid templates, static checklists, and manual input, slowing down fast-moving teams and creating operational drag at the exact moments when speed matters most.

“Compliance frameworks are standardized. Businesses aren’t,” says Delve CEO Karun Kaushik. “That mismatch is why traditional software breaks down and teams fall back to duct-taped workflows across email, Slack, and shared drives.”

Delve takes an AI-native approach to solve that. Its platform gives companies AI agents that act like part of the team—understanding company context, navigating fragmented systems, and handling complex compliance tasks from start to finish. Rather than layering AI on top of legacy workflows, Delve was built from the ground up by AI researchers from MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley to automate the work that typically drains hundreds of hours.

“We’re not just streamlining compliance, we’re helping businesses grow faster,” says Delve COO Selin Kocalar. “Getting compliant faster unblocks deals, and eliminating the busywork lets teams focus on what actually drives the business forward.”

Scaling AI-Native Compliance with $32M Series A

With its $32M Series A, Delve is deepening its AI capabilities, expanding the team to accelerate growth, and launching support for even more compliance frameworks.

“AI is fundamentally transforming how companies operate, yet compliance is still being managed like it’s the pre-AI era,” said Praveen Akkiraju, Managing Director at Insight Partners. “Since compliance touches every part of how a business runs, from scaling operations to closing deals to building customer trust, modernizing this function can modernize entire organizations. That’s what makes Delve’s approach so important. They’re not just transforming compliance, they’re transforming how companies operate at their core.”

About Delve

Founded in 2023 by MIT AI researchers Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar, Delve uses AI agents to help companies achieve and maintain compliance without the busywork. The platform now serves 500+ companies across industries, eliminating hundreds of hours of manual processes while helping them get certified faster. Backed by Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Funder’s Club, General Catalyst, and leading compliance executives, Delve is headquartered in San Francisco.

Learn more at https://www.delve.co/

About Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of December 31, 2024, the firm has over $90B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insight’s mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO.

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Also Announces “You Are Not Alone” Podcast to Support Human-Centered Offboarding

LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2025 — Respiris Inc. announced today the launch of its disruptive Affiliate Program, a bold new model where HR professionals can refer companies in transition and earn income while helping people recover from job loss. Rooted in empathy and powered by AI, Respiris redefines outplacement as something far more human: re-inspiration.

“We don’t hand someone a résumé and wish them luck,” said Angel Cruzado, Founder and CEO. “We share screens. We use AI tools live. We co-create the transition together.”

Re-inspiring Coaching After Job Loss

Respiris delivers a 3-month, 10-session experience at $1,500—far less than traditional providers charging $3,000–$7,500. Coaches meet individuals in the emotional aftermath of job loss and help rebuild clarity through:

• Live résumé and LinkedIn development
• Hands-on use of AI tools like ChatGPT and the Respiris AI Companion Coach
• Career Prayer™ sessions to reconnect with identity and purpose
• Network activation to move from isolation to opportunity

This isn’t résumé automation or check-the-box HR. It’s reinspiring, personal coaching built for real transition.

Built from Doing the Right Thing

Cruzado began offering this kind of support for free after conducting layoffs at Microsoft, Medtronic, and Fidelity Investments. “I couldn’t just walk people out and go home. I stayed connected, rewrote résumés, and helped them find what was next.”

Eventually, one company offered to pay him. Then two. Word spread quickly. Today, Respiris supports VC- and PE-backed employers across the U.S., helping both people and businesses navigate one of the hardest parts of work with dignity and care.

It’s not just about landing a job—it’s about healing, reframing, and reigniting purpose. Each session is tailored, interactive, and designed to spark confidence from day one.

Earn and Empower: The Affiliate Program

The disruptive Affiliate Program enables CEOs, fractional HR professionals, and coaches to earn 10–20% of revenue by referring companies in need of outplacement support. Many affiliates also become job search coaches—earning from both sides of the transition.

The platform runs on Framer, HubSpot, FirstPromoter, and Stripe for seamless referrals and payouts.

A Legal and Cultural Advantage

Companies who use Respiris minimize:

• Risk of wrongful termination or retaliation claims
• Inflated severance costs and legal fees
• Reputational harm from online reviews
• Low morale and disengagement post-layoffs

There are no retainers. Companies only pay when an impacted employee opts in.

You Are Not Alone

Respiris also launched the You Are Not Alone podcast, hosted by Cruzado, featuring honest conversations with CHROs, founders, and impacted employees navigating layoffs with courage and hope.

Learn more: www.respiris.com
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About Respiris Inc.
Respiris Inc. is a B2B outplacement and transitions platform combining empathy, AI tools, and co-creation to support job loss recovery. Founded by HR veteran Angel Cruzado, Respiris delivers high-touch coaching that helps people rediscover purpose, while helping employers reduce risk and support culture through transitions. Learn more at www.respiris.com.

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New book challenges business leaders to move past fear and hesitation—and start measuring Return on AI (ROAI)

DENVER, July 22, 2025 — Brett A. Schklar, AI strategist and founder of AI–First Leadership™, today announced the launch of his groundbreaking new book, AI Without the BS™: The CEO’s Playbook for Actually Getting AI Right.*

This candid, no–nonsense guide provides a framework for CEOs and business owners who are feeling left behind as artificial intelligence transforms industries. With companies worldwide moving rapidly to integrate AI into every aspect of operations, Schklar warns that many executives still treat the technology like a “middle school science fair project”—dabbling instead of leading.

“CEOs don’t have time for fluff—they need clarity, action, and measurable impact,” said Schklar. “This book gives them a roadmap to do just that. It’s time for CEOs to stop hesitating and start focusing on what I call Return on AI—ROAI—as their most critical business metric for the next 12 to 18 months.”

Why Now: The Leadership Mandate of 2025

Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental—it’s operational. Companies that hesitate today risk falling irreversibly behind as competitors deploy AI to scale faster, cut costs, and make smarter decisions. Yet many CEOs remain stuck, paralyzed by fear of complexity or unsure where to begin.

“The gap between what AI can do and what CEOs are doing is growing by the day,” Schklar warns. “Over the next 12 to 18 months, Return on AI—ROAI—must become every leader’s most important metric. This isn’t about playing catch-up; it’s about staying relevant.”

A CEO’s roadmap to AI that delivers strategic insights and practical frameworks, the book guides leaders through:

• Moving beyond pilots to enterprise-wide AI implementation
• Managing risk while driving innovation
• Building an AI–ready team and culture
• Shifting from short–term wins to long–term strategic advantage
• Measuring success with ROAI—Return on AI
• Hiring and retaining AI–capable talent
• Streamlining implementation for faster results

“Every time a CEO uses AI to remove redundancy, automate a task, or accelerate decision–making, they’re freeing up their people to do what only humans can: connect, create, and lead,” Schklar added. “That’s not cheating—that’s smart business.”

Launch Events and Engagement Opportunities

To celebrate the release, AI–First Leadership™ will host a series of events for business leaders:

“AI is no longer optional—it’s a leadership mandate. This book gives CEOs the lens and the language to make AI their competitive advantage instead of their blind spot,” Schklar said.

AI Without the BS is available now for pre-order in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon: https://bit.ly/AIWithoutBS 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brett A. Schklar is a nationally recognized AI strategist and executive advisor with over 20 years of experience helping organizations unlock smarter growth. He has guided startups, Fortune 500 companies, and mid–market leaders through digital transformation and AI adoption. Over the past 18 months, Schklar has spoken with more than 1,000 CEOs and executive teams nationwide, uncovering a consistent theme: while AI capabilities are advancing rapidly, many leaders remain hesitant to engage meaningfully with the technology.

His mission is to close this leadership gap—helping executives move from confusion to confidence, and from AI fear to AI Adoption.

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CVS Health® Ventures joins investors to expand whole-person care for vulnerable and chronically complex members.

COLUMBIA, Md., July 22, 2025 — AbsoluteCare, a leader in value-based integrated health care, has secured $135 million in equity financing from four investors: Kinderhook Industries, CVS Health Ventures, Pacific Life, and Lexington Partners. This funding bolsters AbsoluteCare’s ability to optimize operations and expand into new markets and serve new member populations.

“AbsoluteCare is setting a new standard for value-based care, delivering comprehensive health care to high-acuity Medicaid and Medicare members,” said Chris Michalik, Managing Director at Kinderhook. “We are thrilled with the company’s success and recent expansion, and we look forward to supporting AbsoluteCare as it continues to scale its proven care model and improve patient lives across the country.”

AbsoluteCare’s Beyond Medicine™ model is designed to improve health outcomes for complex Medicaid and Medicare members through a whole-person approach that includes intense social determinants of health support, behavioral health care, primary and urgent care, and integrated pharmacy.

Vijay Patel, Vice President and Managing Partner at CVS Health Ventures highlighted AbsoluteCare’s impact, saying, “AbsoluteCare is delivering a unique, concierge-level of care to individuals who need it most, within their own community. Supporting the enhancement and expansion of this innovative care model aligns with our commitment to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations.”

With 25 years of experience serving marginalized populations and deep expertise in value-based care, AbsoluteCare is committed to improving quality outcomes by increasing interactions with primary care providers while reducing avoidable utilization and costs. Results include a 34% reduction in emergency department (ED) visits and a 20-30% decrease in total cost of care, along with 75-80% member engagement.¹ This is for a member population that averages 13 diagnoses, 10+ medications and of which 60% have a behavioral health or substance use diagnosis.

“This investment reflects deep confidence in AbsoluteCare’s concierge, PCP-led care model and strengthens our ability to deliver outstanding health outcomes for our members and payer partners,” said Mike Radu, CEO of AbsoluteCare. “Due to its complexity, value-based care in Medicaid is rare at scale, but we are unwavering in our commitment to expanding our reach and deepening our presence in new communities. Our partners are seeing the results of that dedication with enhanced quality and demonstrated cost savings.”

AbsoluteCare offers services within comprehensive care centers set in urban communities, near their member populations, and extends care into the community by rounding in hospitals and facilities and visiting members in their homes.

¹ Data Source: AbsoluteCare internal data (2025), Average annual performance across all members after year one.

About Kinderhook Industries
Founded in 2003, Kinderhook Industries, LLC is a private investment firm that has raised $8.5 billion of committed capital. We have made in excess of 500 investments and follow-on acquisitions since inception. Kinderhook’s investment philosophy is predicated on matching differentiated, growth-oriented investment opportunities with financial expertise and our proprietary network of operating partners. Our focus is on middle market businesses with defensible niche market positioning in the healthcare services, environmental & industrial services, and light manufacturing & automotive sectors. For more information, please visit https://www.kinderhook.com

About CVS Health Ventures
CVS Health Ventures is a dedicated corporate venture capital fund that works with high-potential, early-stage and growth-stage companies focused on making health care more accessible, affordable, and simpler. The company focuses on investments that transform care delivery and focus on whole person care, consumer-centric health, and disruptive technology enablement. CVS Health Ventures’ goal is to enable promising entrepreneurs to scale more quickly and effectively through access to their unmatched enterprise capabilities and consumer touchpoints, while offering expertise and insights from their company’s unique perspective. For more information, visit cvshealthventures.com.

About AbsoluteCare
Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, AbsoluteCare is a leading value-based integrated health care provider. AbsoluteCare tends exclusively to the needs of the high-risk population who persistently represent a disproportionate amount of unnecessary utilization and cost. AbsoluteCare operates in 11 markets: Baltimore and Prince George’s County, MD; Chicago, IL; Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton OH; New Orleans, LA; and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA. For more information, visit absolutecare.com.

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– RA Capital Closes $120M Planetary Health Fund Focused on Profitable, Market-Driven Solutions –

BOSTON, July 22, 2025 — RA Capital Management, LP (“RA Capital”) today announced the final close of its inaugural Planetary Health Fund (PHF), raising $120 million to invest in high-growth companies advancing resource availability, energy innovation, and industrial productivity. The fund supports scalable, market-driven solutions that improve planetary health, leveraging RA Capital’s two decades of evidence-based investing and company-building expertise.

RA Capital’s Planetary Health team backs capital-efficient companies that can become profitable without relying on subsidies or policy support. Industry verticals of interest include critical minerals, energy, manufacturing, agriculture, and environmental services.

PHF is an early-stage investment fund focusing on a company’s path to near-term deployment and profitability. Although PHF’s investments to date range from Series Seed to Series C, each company shares a similar commercial timeline. PHF tracks progress by a company’s market readiness, not by its funding round – mirroring the unique go-to-market paths of deep-tech firms.

The Planetary Health team is led by Managing Partners Brigid O’Brien, PhD, and Kyle Teamey. As of July 2025, the fund has invested in seven portfolio companies, built a robust pipeline of opportunities, and assembled a specialized team supported by a global network of advisors and collaborators.

“This fund represents a natural evolution of our mission to back transformational science and technology to improve human wellbeing,” said Peter Kolchinsky, Founder and Managing Partner at RA Capital. “By applying the same rigorous, evidence-based approach to the planetary health space under Brigid’s and Kyle’s leadership, our team can help build enduring companies that address global challenges while delivering strong returns.”

Current portfolio companies span breakthrough technologies in metal recycling and circularity (Sortera Technologies and a company still in stealth), advanced battery manufacturing (AM Batteries), geologic hydrogen exploration (Koloma), next-generation energy platforms (Bia Energy and Optivolt), and mining technology (company still in stealth).

“Planetary Health’s focus on near-term solutions identified through deep market diligence positions us to scale companies that deliver both meaningful returns and measurable results,” said O’Brien. “Our team combines deep technical expertise with proven company-building capabilities. We don’t just provide capital – we’re active partners that help entrepreneurs navigate everything from technology challenges to regulatory complexity to recruiting and commercial scale-up.”

“Our proprietary research platform, experience scaling companies with product-market fit, and global experience with complex investments enable us to pursue high-potential opportunities regardless of geography,” said Teamey. “We love to help entrepreneurs build great companies and we are excited by the opportunities in our pipeline.”

About the Team

Managing Partners Brigid O’Brien and Kyle Teamey bring combined experience across more than 90 technology investment transactions. They previously collaborated at In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment arm of the U.S. Intelligence Community, where they jointly managed strategic portfolios and led investments in early-stage companies.

Before joining RA Capital, O’Brien served as Managing Director at In-Q-Tel’s Australian subsidiary and as Head of Venture Investments at BHP, the world’s largest mining company by market capitalization. Teamey was previously a Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures and investment principal at In-Q-Tel. He also served as CEO and Co-Founder of Liquid Light, a CO2-to-chemicals company acquired by Avantium.

About RA Capital Management

Founded in 2004, RA Capital Management is a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in public and private healthcare, life sciences, and planetary health companies. RA Capital creates and funds innovative companies, from private seed rounds to public follow-on financings, allowing management teams to drive value creation from inception through commercialization and beyond. RA Capital’s knowledge engine is guided by its dedicated internal research division; and Raven, RA Capital’s healthcare incubator, offers entrepreneurs and innovators a collaborative and comprehensive platform to explore the novel and the re-imagined. RA Capital has more than 170 employees and over $10 billion in assets under management.

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LONDON, July 22, 2025 — Magentic, the AI Agent Platform that hunts and delivers savings across global manufacturing supply chains, today announced a $5.5 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

The fundraise, with participation from The Westly Group, First Momentum Ventures, and angel investors from SAP, Airbus, McKinsey & Company, Hugging Face, Ironclad, and Rosberg Ventures, will accelerate the team’s growth.

“Supply chains are the hidden engines of our world, responsible for every phone, medicine, and plane in our lives,” said Robin Van Aeken, Magentic’s co-founder and CEO. “Procurement teams are at breaking point, spending hours navigating unstructured information, ever more complex demands, and now global conflict and tariffs.”

According to McKinsey & Company, 90% of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) identify supplier compliance value “leaks” as critical business issues, with an average waste of 2% of total spend; ~$40M on a $2B spend base. One Magentic partner found previously undetected, P&L-impacting errors in 1 in 4 of its procurement documents.

Magentic deploys off-the-shelf, procurement and supply chain domain-specific AI teammates into operations. These AI agents are designed to hunt down, prioritize, and deliver hard savings, even in messy, unstructured environments where master data is incomplete or inconsistent. An example is a $30B manufacturer that saved 4% on its machinery spare parts procurement and is now rolling out Magentic’s AI teammates to additional spend categories.

Odhran O’Donoghue, Magentic co-founder and CTO, said “For the first time, we have the technology to understand all our data across previously incompatible systems. At Magentic, we’re motivated by the question: how can complex companies deploy trustworthy, reliable systems capable of following company playbooks to improve outcomes for their suppliers and their customers.”

Magentic was founded by Robin Van Aeken who led teams at McKinsey & Company for global manufacturers and Odhran O’Donoghue who holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Oxford and led advanced AI projects at OpenAI, NASA, and the Crick Institute. Magentic combines a world-class AI engineering team with procurement expertise.

Sequoia Capital Partner Julien Bek said: “Today, the best AI companies are selling outcomes not seats. In the old world, SaaS sold the promise of ROI. In the new world, AI actually delivers it. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Robin, Odhran, and the team at Magentic – their AI ‘Mages’ work seamlessly alongside procurement and supply chain teams to drive immediate P&L gains and we can’t wait to see the impact they deliver as they continue to build.”

Magentic’s customers span consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and advanced manufacturing sectors across the US and Europe. Magentic is deploying new AI teammates to prepare and defend against supplier tariff claims, find more opportunities for savings, and operate “end-to-end”, always with humans in the loop.

Magentic aims to help its customers achieve automated operations, with human strategic thinking and relationships at the center.

To book a demo, please visit Magentic’s website or find Magentic on LinkedIn

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Firm targets control investments in essential service and manufacturing businesses with $2–$30 million in revenue and $1–$3 million in EBITDA.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 21, 2025 — Signal Rock Capital, a private investment firm built to partner with gritty, founder-led companies in overlooked corners of the economy, has officially launched operations.

Co-founded by Sam Hafermann and Grant Husted, Signal Rock focuses on buying and building essential businesses across four core verticals:

1. B2B Industrial – Distribution, manufacturing, fire & life safety, pest control, commercial towing, and landscaping.
2. Infrastructure Services – OSHA consulting, paving & striping, backflow prevention, traffic control, loading dock maintenance, and tree trimming.
3. Consumer Services – Vacation rental maintenance, health & wellness, and 4-wall consumer.
4. Healthcare Services – Outsourced MRI, scanning, and diagnostic testing.

The firm targets control investments in companies generating $2–$30 million in revenue and $1–$3 million in EBITDA.

“We started Signal Rock to be the kind of investor we’d want if we were in the owner’s shoes,” said Hafermann. “No spreadsheets-for-brains. No three-year flip plans. Just a real partnership — grounded in trust, long-term thinking, and a deep respect for what it takes to build something that matters to its customers.”

Before founding Signal Rock, Hafermann and Husted worked together at L2 Capital, a family office based in Devon, PA and Miami, FL with a 4x realized track record since 2010. The two founding partners have led or supported more than 30 transactions across the industrial, niche manufacturing, and business service sectors.

sig•nal rock noun:

1. A fixed structure with a powerful light used to guide ships safely to shore.
2. Calm, visible, and dependable in stormy conditions.

Signal Rock is named after coastal lighthouses that guide ships through chaos — reliable markers in moments of uncertainty. That’s the firm’s aspiration: to be steady in the storm and deeply embedded in the journey.

About Signal Rock:

Signal Rock Capital is a principal investment firm focused on acquiring and growing founder-led industrial, specialized service, manufacturing, and four-wall consumer businesses.

The firm is currently evaluating several platform opportunities and is actively meeting with owner-operators seeking growth, succession, or a thoughtful recap. The firm brings operational horsepower, flexible structuring, and long-term alignment to every potential transaction.

To learn more, visit www.signalrockcap.com

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LONDON, July 21, 2025 — Xelix, a leading agentic AI software company in the Accounts Payable (AP) space, today announced a $160 million Series B funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with follow-on investments from Passion Capital and LocalGlobe. This funding will enable Xelix to accelerate platform development and support more organizations in adopting AI for their finance operations.

For too long, companies have relied on manual processes and basic systems to manage Accounts Payable and vendor risk. As a result, enterprises lose millions each year to overpayments, face increased fraud risks and suffer from bloated and burdensome manual workflows. Recognizing the need for improved AP controls, Xelix’s AI-powered platform seamlessly integrates with existing systems to detect payment errors and fraud, automate supplier statement reconciliations and streamline AP Helpdesk operations. Enterprise organizations such as Astra Zeneca, BAT, GSK and Virgin Atlantic have achieved millions in cost savings with Xelix whilst transforming costly, manual AP processes into automated, intelligent workflows.

This investment follows a period of significant, capital-efficient growth for Xelix – driven by a differentiated product offering, massive customer ROI and a deep commitment to client support and value realisation.

“This funding marks a major milestone in our journey,” said Paul Roiter, CEO of Xelix. “It allows us to accelerate product innovation, expand our market presence and reinforce our position as a category leader – enabling more finance teams to evolve Accounts Payable from a manual back-office function into a strategic, data-driven business partner.” 

Xelix’s growth accelerated in 2024 with the addition of its Helpdesk module – an agentic AP ticketing tool for handling high volumes of supplier queries. Today, the Xelix platform offers three core solutions, processes over 115 million invoices annually and audits more than $750 billion in spend across 130+ global customers. 

“Enterprise finance teams have long lacked an audit and control solution that is intelligent, proactive, system-agnostic, and efficient enough to support their high-volume workflows,” said Ryan Hinkle, Managing Director at Insight Partners. “While spot checks are helpful, anything less than a full audit of every invoice leaves potential for fraud, mistakes, or abuse. Xelix uses AI to deliver a comprehensive control layer – helping enterprises eliminate overpayments and fraud risk while driving major efficiencies by automating day to day AP tasks. We are excited to back Paul, Phil, and the Xelix team in this next chapter of growth.” 

As part of the investment, Hinkle and Alessandro Luciano, Vice President at Insight Partners, will join the Xelix board of directors. 

Solano Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on founder-led software businesses, acted as exclusive financial advisor to Xelix on the transaction. Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor to Insight Partners.

About Xelix 

Since 2018, Xelix has been a pioneer in the Accounts Payable audit and controls space. Its AI-powered platform bolts onto existing ERP and finance systems to detect payment errors and fraud, automate supplier statement reconciliations and streamline AP Helpdesk operations. Trusted by global enterprises, Xelix helps finance teams reduce risk, unlock cost savings and drive greater efficiency across Accounts Payable. 

To learn more, please visit: https://xelix.com/ 

About Insight Partners 

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of December 31, 2024, the firm has over $90B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insight’s mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on X @insightpartners. 

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