Backed by a $15 million investment, families, funders, and researchers unite to advance long-awaited breakthroughs against this deadly childhood bone cancer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 18, 2025 — Supported by patient-driven foundations, eight leading research institutions, including over 20 researchers, and a $15 million dollar investment, Break Through Cancer’s Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab mobilizes the largest, most unified effort in pediatric osteosarcoma research in North America.

While other cancers have benefited from waves of innovation and precision medicine, the standard chemotherapy treatment for osteosarcoma has remained unchanged for more than four decades. An aggressive bone cancer affecting hundreds of children and adolescents each year, osteosarcoma is a devastating diagnosis, with approximately one-third of osteosarcoma patients succumbing to their disease and nearly all are left with profound, life-altering consequences from amputations, limb-sparing surgeries, and the impact of high-dose chemotherapy. For those whose disease has spread to the lungs, the odds are much worse, with survival dropping to about 20-30%.

Now, a coalition of families touched by osteosarcoma, advocacy organizations, and philanthropic foundations have come together with unprecedented unity to enable this research initiative.

“The osteosarcoma community’s collective resolve stems from the fact that children and adolescents with osteosarcoma have faced largely unchanged outcomes for over 40 years. They deserve better,” said Mac Tichenor, president of The Osteosarcoma Institute, a foundation focused on increasing osteosarcoma treatment options and survival rates through funding promising breakthrough science. “This Break Through Cancer project brings a bold, broad collaboration, from discovery through clinical trials, that offers the best hope in decades for improving their futures.“

The Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab is designed to dismantle the barriers that have historically slowed progress in this disease: inadequate data sharing, siloed infrastructure, and absence of unified investment. By aligning institutions, data, and funding under a single collaborative framework, the TeamLab brings together more than 20 researchers from eight institutions (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, BC Cancer Research Institute, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Stanford Medicine, and The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center) in a coordinated, multi-year effort to rewrite the future of osteosarcoma care.

Unlike traditional research groups, the Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab is an internationally integrated team dedicated to radical collaboration to tackle this devastating childhood cancer. Researchers will work collaboratively across institutions, sharing samples, insights, and data in real-time. This cross-institutional collaboration, led by Break Through Cancer, ensures that discoveries are shared and that every patient’s data contributes to a broader understanding of the disease.

“What makes the Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab different is not just the scale of investment, it’s the strategy. We’re aligning institutions, data, and funding in a way that makes real, lasting progress not only possible, but inevitable. It’s time to provide these children with new treatment strategies and not the same protocols developed in the last century,” said Tyler Jacks, President of Break Through Cancer.

The project will be driven by a set of shared goals: to build infrastructure that enables smarter trials, to generate the biological insights needed for personalized treatment, and to lay the groundwork for a new standard of care. While the initiative includes clinical and laboratory work, its core promise lies in something deeper, a sustained commitment to doing osteosarcoma research differently, and smarter. As Break Through Cancer and its collaborators launch the Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab, the message is clear, patients and families facing osteosarcoma deserve more than incremental progress. They deserve an ambitious plan that unites the best minds, the best institutions, and the most determined advocates.

About Break Through Cancer

Founded in 2021, Break Through Cancer empowers outstanding researchers and physicians to both intercept and find cures for several of the deadliest cancers by stimulating radical collaboration among outstanding cancer research institutions, including its founding partners: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The Foundation is supported by a Board of Directors from the five partner institutions and a Scientific Advisory Board of U.S. cancer experts. The Foundation was launched with an extraordinary challenge pledge of $250 million from Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goodwin, Jr. and their family, and the estate of William Hunter Goodwin III.

For further information, please visit the Foundation’s website at www.breakthroughcancer.org.

About the Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab and its Supporters

The Defying Osteosarcoma TeamLab is a Break Through Cancer initiative launched to accelerate progress against pediatric osteosarcoma. This effort unites leading researchers across [Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, BC Cancer Research Institute, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Stanford Medicine, The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center] with the support of patient-driven foundations and advocacy organizations [The Osteosarcoma Institute, Battle Osteosarcoma, Terry Fox Research Institute, QuadW Foundation, The Bardo Foundation, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Children’s Cancer Research Fund, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, MIB Agents Osteosarcoma Alliance, TeamIzzy Foundation, The Power of Will, Turn it Gold, The Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust] and family donors touched by osteosarcoma [Mike and April Egge, Mary Anne and Paul Fego, Macen C Holderman Charitable Giving Fund, The Shumadine Family, Sid and Karen Sijbrandij, Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund, Mac and Lisa Tichenor]. Together, they are committed to ushering in the breakthroughs children and families facing osteosarcoma have long deserved.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2025 — Phia, the AI-powered shopping agent founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, today announced its $8 million seed round led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from investors such as Hailey Bieber, Kris Jenner, Sara Blakely, Michael Rubin, Desiree Gruber, and Sheryl Sandberg.

Launched in April 2025, Phia’s iOS app and mobile browser extension gives consumers a powerful AI agent that compares prices, calculates resale value, summarizes product details, and tracks price drops in real time to help them make smarter decisions instantly. In five months, Phia has amassed 500,000 users, secured over 5,000 direct brand partnerships, and driven tens of millions of dollars in sales.

“AI is reshaping nearly every industry, but shopping is stuck in the past,” said Phoebe Gates, Phia co-founder. “Consumers still waste hours comparing prices and hunting for deals, only to still end up overpaying.”

Sophia Kianni, Phia co-founder, adds, “We started Phia to make it easy for consumers to find the best price on items they love and to create a new search engine for shopping that learns from user data at scale to deliver personalized results.”

Phia currently hosts billions of fashion products and ingests hundreds of millions more each day. It also has one of the largest secondhand fashion databases in the U.S., with over 300M items indexed.

“Phia is redefining how people make purchase decisions,” said Annie Case, Partner at Kleiner Perkins. “During diligence, we saw Phia tackling key pain points: helping consumers compare prices and discover new brands, while giving brands lower acquisition costs, better discoverability, and smarter retargeting.”

In its next iteration, Phia will introduce a personalized shopping agent powered by a proprietary LLM trained on millions of datapoints from users’ transactions. To overcome the cost of interpreting a large data set, Phia has built proprietary multimodal agents that do it at 10x the speed and half the cost compared to off-the-self GPTs. Phia’s shopping agent will deliver personalized purchase suggestions tailored to each user’s tastes, behaviors, and budget.

“Phia is perfectly positioned to disrupt E-commerce with AI,” said Michael Rubin, founder and CEO of Fanatics and investor in Phia. “It’s a product I believe in, in an industry I care deeply about, and I’m proud to help champion what they’re building.”

With this funding, Phia will grow a world-class team across engineering, AI research, product, and marketing to accelerate the next phase of growth. The company is investing in proprietary model development and GPU infrastructure to handle large-scale data while expanding its platform into new verticals. At the same time, Phia will build out its consumer brand and partnerships to bring Phia’s shopping agent to a wider audience.

About Phia

Phia is an AI-powered shopping agent that helps users find the best pieces across 40,000+ retail and resale sites instantly. Phia combines real-time price intelligence, resale insights, and AI-driven recommendations to streamline every buying decision. Founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, Phia is headquartered in New York City with a team from Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, Georgia Tech, and alumni of Pinterest, Amazon, Meta, and Google.

Learn more and download at Phia.com

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The Series C round accelerates deployment of PassiveLogic’s ground-up AI platform, enabling real-world autonomous control across buildings and infrastructure.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 18, 2025 — PassiveLogic, the category-defining pioneer in generative autonomy, today announces it has raised $74 million in Series C funding to scale its vision to meet global demand for physical AI in our everyday infrastructure. noa, Europe’s largest built-world VC, led the round, joined by new investors, Prologis Ventures, Johnson Controls, and PSP Growth. They join existing backers Addition, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Keyframe, and Brookfield bringing total funding to over $125 million.

PassiveLogic is transforming how buildings and physical infrastructure are designed, operated, and optimized through a first-of-its-kind autonomous control platform.

As physical AI, industrial robotics, and humanoids come of age, PassiveLogic delivers the world’s first “robot-of-robots” platform, orchestrating whole environments: sensors, IoT, systems, energy, infrastructure, and other automations. By extending generative AI beyond the niche of LLMs to the wide world of physical systems, the platform lets anyone design their own custom autonomous systems and AI agents for the built world.

The platform manages the full complexity of built environments—from data centers and hospitals to office towers and industrial campuses. Beyond fully autonomous, cross-system pathfinding control, it adds next-generation capabilities such as asset tracking, dynamic energy management, environmental digital twins, pre-emptive fault detection, predictive maintenance, physics-based analysis, and adaptive environmental control—bringing holistic, system-level intelligence to a field long bound by static, rules-based logic.

The Hive real-time decision engine—powered by an on-site GPU cluster—gives every building function, from HVAC and energy to logistics, one unified intelligent brain. By applying autonomous robotics technologies to infrastructure, PassiveLogic is expanding the existing market for building automation ($191 billion by 2030), projecting a current global market for Autonomous Buildings of $1.3 trillion.

“As an early investor, we’ve seen PassiveLogic’s potential to redefine automation for the physical world,” said Gregory Dewerpe, Founder and Managing Partner at noa. “Their platform isn’t just about saving energy, it’s about giving buildings the ability to understand, adapt, and act autonomously. This is the kind of foundational technology the built world has been missing.”

“PassiveLogic is delivering the kind of step-change innovation we look for—not just as investors, but as operators. Their platform brings true autonomy to building systems, allowing for smarter, more efficient, real-time control across entire environments,” said William O’Donnell, Global Head of Corporate Development and Growth at Prologis. “We’re excited to support the team and to bring this technology into our portfolio to help us operate even more intelligently at scale.”

“Buildings account for almost 40 percent of global carbon emissions, yet most are still controlled by outdated systems designed in the 1990s,” said Troy Harvey, co-founder and CEO of PassiveLogic. “With this funding, we’re accelerating the deployment of true autonomy for the built world, enabling systems that are not just more energy efficient, but fundamentally smarter, safer, and more responsive across every aspect of operations.”

PassiveLogic’s ecosystem includes its flagship product, Hive, which uses real-time physics-based digital twins and AI models to make independent, millisecond level decisions;, Sense Nano, a wireless sensor for capturing occupancy and environmental data in real time;, and Quantum Lens, a mobile app that lets users create a fully defined digital twin of any building using just a smartphone. Together, these tools support a scalable architecture that adapts seamlessly to new builds and retrofits alike across a wide range of facilities.

About PassiveLogic

PassiveLogic makes generative AI software for the built environment, enabling generative autonomy for things, and universal real-time collaboration between teams by reimagining how we design, build, operate, maintain, and manage buildings and industrial systems as infrastructural robots. Using physics-informed AI and Quantum digital twins, PassiveLogic is powered by the world’s fastest AI compiler, to deliver next-generation control systems. Users can build generative autonomous infrastructure in minutes and easily collaborate with AI agents through an intuitive suite of ‘choose your own adventure’ tools.

The company is seizing a generational opportunity to reinvent building automation—replacing aging control systems with the industry’s first modern platform powered by autonomous in-building physical AI agents—all while tackling the climate challenge head-on.

For more information, visit www.passivelogic.com

About noa

noa is Europe’s largest built world venture capital firm, backing technology to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built world. Launched in 2019 as A/O, noa partners with visionary founders to drive disruption across the entire spectrum of the built world, from structures and materials to energy and environment. noa is backed by some of the largest and most forward-thinking real estate owners, operators, and family offices in Europe who share noa’s determination to decarbonise the world’s largest and most polluting asset class, and its commitment to accelerate sustainable living.

For more information, visit www.noavc.com

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Next-gen platform modernizes corporate debt, specializing in private credit and syndicated loans; new capital fuels roadmap and customer expansion

NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2025 — LendOS, a fintech platform purpose-built for private credit lifecycle operations, announced today that it has completed its Series A funding round, led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, Blackstone’s early-stage strategic investment arm, with participation from Illuminate Financial and Liberty City Ventures. LendOS will use the funding to accelerate product development and scale go-to-market efforts.

Built for asset managers, direct lenders, and third-party servicers, LendOS brings a unified system for lending operations including loan servicing, deal management, trade management, and document automation. It streamlines workflows that are often spread across legacy internal tools, vendor platforms, and manual handoffs. The platform is built to integrate with existing client systems while delivering auditability and real-time portfolio visibility across funds, facilities, and counterparties.

“We’ve seen a growing demand from institutions seeking to finally have intuitive, powerful software they can rely on,” said John Olesky, CEO & Co-founder of LendOS. “This investment enables us to continue to deliver on that promise by accelerating our roadmap and supporting a growing customer base that expects their software to evolve with them in the future.”

“Lending has scaled rapidly, especially Private Credit, but middle- and back-office systems haven’t kept pace,” said Josh Herrera, President & Co-founder of LendOS. “LendOS gives institutions a modern operating layer—reducing cycle times, improving controls, and freeing teams to focus on higher-value work.”

Investors highlighted the need for scalable infrastructure in private markets.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with John Olesky, Josh Herrera, and the whole LendOS team” said Stevi Petrelli, Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments. “Private credit requires purpose-built technology that can scale with the growth of the asset class. LendOS is building a platform to streamline loan operations and will help create a new data foundation for the industry.”

“Private credit infrastructure is fragmented and outdated. The LendOS team combines unmatched credit expertise with a bold tech vision to redefine the modern credit stack and build the single source of truth for the market,” Alexander Ross, General Partner at Illuminate Financial. “We look forward to working with LendOS to drive adoption across Illuminate’s strategic partners and the broader industry.”

“Backing LendOS in the Series A was a clear and straightforward decision,” said Emil Woods, Founding Partner at Liberty City Ventures. “From day one, the team has demonstrated exceptional discipline, deep customer focus, and a relentless drive to execute. The traction speaks for itself, with rapid product velocity and strong client validation. We’re proud to have played a foundational role in incubating LendOS and look forward to what’s next.”

LendOS launched its SaaS platform in 2025 and provides a future-ready alternative to legacy platforms. For institutions looking to modernize and strengthen their operations, LendOS offers a significant advantage over re-investing in outdated systems. Built on a unified, data-centric architecture, the platform supports a wide range of loan types in one system, enabling straight through processing, real-time portfolio visibility, and unmatched data accuracy across systems. Using this foundation, LendOS accelerates ecosystem connectivity and workflow automation – a system that works today and adapts to tomorrow.

About LendOS

Founded in 2022, LendOS is a next-gen lending platform designed for the corporate debt market and optimized for the rigors of the Private Credit market.  Our modern, cloud-based, loan administration software transforms the way asset managers, broker-dealers, banks, agents, and service providers execute their operations.  Industry leaders trust LendOS software to successfully modernize and scale their operations.  Learn more at www.lendos.io.

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The venture capital arm of LG Group invests in WeaveGrid, strengthening WeaveGrid’s position as the comprehensive platform for automotive and energy sector collaboration.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2025 — WeaveGrid, a software company that enables rapid electric vehicle (EV) adoption on the electric grid, today announced a strategic investment from LG Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of LG Group. This investment reinforces the company’s position as the preferred platform solution for both automakers and energy companies seeking to securely and seamlessly integrate EVs with the electric grid.

LG Technology Ventures’ participation brings critical energy storage expertise to WeaveGrid’s growing ecosystem of strategic partners. LG Technology Ventures’ investment underscores the need for seamless software solutions in managing load on the electric grid. This partnership positions WeaveGrid to accelerate the development of comprehensive grid-interactive vehicle solutions that leverage advanced battery management and energy storage capabilities.

“LG Technology Ventures recognizes the critical importance of intelligent software platforms in unlocking the full potential of EV batteries as grid assets,” said Dong-Su Kim, CEO of LG Technology Ventures. “WeaveGrid’s proven ability to securely orchestrate EV charging while optimizing grid stability aligns perfectly with our vision of batteries serving as dynamic energy resources. This investment strengthens our commitment to supporting the infrastructure needed for widespread EV adoption.”

By leveraging WeaveGrid’s AI technology and patented software solution, energy companies and automakers can offer enhanced EV owner experiences through optimized charging, potential revenue share opportunities from grid services, and improved customer satisfaction by making charging seamless and cost-effective. WeaveGrid seamlessly integrates EVs with the electric power grid while ensuring that vehicle and battery data is handled with the highest security with a privacy-first approach. WeaveGrid’s EV Management System (EVMS) enables grid-integrated EV charging and offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for utilities, including a platform that enables advanced vehicle-grid integration capabilities and a patented approach to distribution-integrated smart charging orchestration (DISCO).

Joining strategic investors Woven Capital (Toyota’s growth fund), Hyundai Motor Company, and Kia Corporation, this investment by LG Technology Ventures highlights WeaveGrid’s unique position at the intersection of automotive and energy innovation. With leading companies from both the automotive and energy storage sectors investing directly in the platform, WeaveGrid is establishing itself as the definitive solution for comprehensive, cybersecure EV-grid integration.

“With our growing ecosystem of automotive partners, this collaboration enables us to optimize battery performance at both the vehicle and grid level,” said Apoorv Bhargava, CEO of WeaveGrid. “As we advance vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-everything capabilities, we’ll unlock significantly more value for EV drivers while delivering a superior charging experience that maximizes both battery life and grid benefits.”

As the electric vehicle market continues to rapidly evolve alongside growing demand for grid flexibility and energy storage, WeaveGrid’s innovative approach addresses critical challenges, including grid load management, renewable energy integration, and battery optimization. With this latest investment from LG Technology Ventures, WeaveGrid is poised to accelerate the shift towards intelligent, grid-interactive electric transportation, offering a scalable solution that meets the complex needs of automakers, energy companies, utilities, and EV drivers alike.

About WeaveGrid

WeaveGrid empowers automakers and electric utilities to intelligently deploy and maximize the value of grid-interactive vehicles, while creating enhanced charging experiences for EV drivers. Utilizing WeaveGrid’s market-leading managed charging platform, automakers and utilities can accelerate the rapid adoption of EVs while ensuring grid stability. For more information, please visit www.weavegrid.com.

About LG Technology Ventures

LG Technology Ventures is the venture capital arm of LG Group, focused on investing in innovative technologies that advance the future of energy storage, electric mobility, and grid solutions. The firm partners with promising startups to accelerate the development of next-generation energy technologies and sustainable transportation solutions.

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La startup belga está construyendo la plataforma financiera de próxima generación para eliminar el trabajo manual, mejorar la precisión de los datos y dar a los líderes financieros información en tiempo real para decisiones más rápidas e inteligentes.

GANTE, Bélgica, 18 de septiembre de 2025 — La startup Eagl ha recaudado 825.000 € para expandir su equipo de IA e ingeniería, impulsar su expansión en Europa y acelerar el desarrollo de su plataforma financiera basada en agentes de IA. La plataforma se conecta con sistemas ERP y contables, automatiza procesos de contabilidad y control, supervisa la calidad de los datos en tiempo real y resuelve anomalías con el contexto empresarial. Al garantizar datos precisos y estructurados, Eagl ayuda a los equipos financieros a reducir errores, agilizar los cierres y acortar los ciclos de auditoría.

La ronda está liderada por Syndicate One y CNBB Equity Partners (ExactOnline, Yuki), con el apoyo de destacados fundadores SaaS como Matthias Geeroms (Lighthouse), Joris Van Der Gucht (Silverfin, Ravical), Jeroen De Wit (Teamleader), Lorenz Bogaert (Rydoo, StarApps), Louis Jonckheere (Showpad), Roeland Delrue (Aikido Security) y Jorn Vanysacker, Gilles Mattelin y Wouter Van Respaille (Henchman).

« La mayoría de los equipos financieros están sobrecargados, resolviendo problemas en lugar de generar valor », dijo Samuel Van Innis, CEO y cofundador. « Eagl convierte días de revisiones manuales en información instantánea, permitiendo a líderes financieros enfocarse en temas estratégicos y ofreciendo a los auditores datos más fiables. »

Frederik Bakx, CFO y cofundador, añadió: « Más allá de la automatización, supervisamos la calidad de los datos en tiempo real y resolvemos anomalías al instante. Esto permite cierres más rápidos, mayor eficiencia y menos estrés en los equipos de finanzas y auditores. »

Matthias Geeroms, fundador y CFO de Lighthouse, afirmó: « Eagl está abordando uno de los mayores cuellos de botella de los equipos de finanzas con tecnología que realmente entiende el contexto empresarial. Por eso muchos en el ecosistema SaaS creen que Eagl cambiará fundamentalmente cómo operan los equipos financieros. »

Fundada en abril de 2025 por Samuel Van Innis, Benoit Baervoets, Brecht Carnewal y Frederik Bakx, Eagl está construyendo la organización financiera del futuro, integrando contabilidad y control en una sola plataforma inteligente.

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La startup belge construit la plateforme financière nouvelle génération pour réduire le travail manuel, améliorer la qualité des données et offrir aux responsables financiers des analyses en temps réel pour des décisions plus rapides et plus éclairées.

GAND, Belgique, 18 septembre 2025 — La startup Eagl a levé 825 000 € pour agrandir ses équipes d’IA et d’ingénierie, se développer en Europe et accélérer le développement de sa plateforme financière agentique native à l’IA. La plateforme se connecte aux systèmes ERP et comptables, automatise les processus comptables et de contrôle, surveille en continu la qualité des données et corrige les anomalies avec le contexte métier. En garantissant des données précises et structurées, Eagl aide les équipes financières à réduire les erreurs, à accélérer les clôtures et à raccourcir les cycles d’audit.

Le tour de table est mené par Syndicate One et CNBB Equity Partners (ExactOnline, Yuki), avec le soutien de fondateurs SaaS renommés tels que Matthias Geeroms (Lighthouse), Joris Van Der Gucht (Silverfin, Ravical), Jeroen De Wit (Teamleader), Lorenz Bogaert (Rydoo, StarApps), Louis Jonckheere (Showpad), Roeland Delrue (Aikido Security) et Jorn Vanysacker, Gilles Mattelin et Wouter Van Respaille (Henchman).

« La plupart des équipes financières sont surchargées, passant plus de temps à résoudre des problèmes qu’à créer de la valeur », explique Samuel Van Innis, CEO et cofondateur. « Eagl transforme des jours de vérifications manuelles en analyses instantanées, permettant aux directeurs financiers de se concentrer sur des sujets stratégiques tout en offrant aux auditeurs des livres plus fiables. »

Frederik Bakx, CFO et cofondateur, ajoute : « Au-delà de l’automatisation des processus, nous surveillons la qualité des données en temps réel et résolvons les anomalies immédiatement. Les équipes peuvent ainsi clôturer plus vite, gagner en efficacité et réduire la pression des audits. »

Matthias Geeroms, fondateur et CFO de Lighthouse, commente : « Eagl s’attaque à l’un des goulets d’étranglement les plus frustrants de la finance avec une technologie qui comprend réellement le contexte métier. C’est pourquoi tant d’acteurs du SaaS pensent qu’Eagl va transformer la manière dont les équipes financières travaillent. »

Fondée en avril 2025 par Samuel Van Innis, Benoit Baervoets, Brecht Carnewal et Frederik Bakx, Eagl conçoit l’organisation financière du futur, où comptabilité et contrôle convergent dans une seule plateforme intelligente.

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The Belgian startup is building the next-gen finance platform to free teams from manual work, accelerate month-end close, and deliver real-time insights to CFOs.

GHENT, Belgium, Sept. 18, 2025 — AI-startup Eagl has raised €825,000 in funding to expand its engineering team, scale across Europe, and accelerate development of its AI-native financial agentic platform. The platform plugs into ERP and accounting systems, automating accounting and controlling workflows, continuously monitoring data quality, and resolving anomalies with business context. By ensuring accurate, structured financial data, Eagl helps finance teams reduce errors, speed up month-end closes, and shorten audit cycles.

The funding round is led by Syndicate One and CNBB Equity Partners (ExactOnline, Yuki), with support from leading SaaS founders including Matthias Geeroms (Lighthouse), Joris Van Der Gucht (Silverfin, Ravical), Jeroen De Wit (Teamleader), Lorenz Bogaert (Rydoo, StarApps), Louis Jonckheere (Showpad), Roeland Delrue (Aikido Security), and Jorn Vanysacker, Gilles Mattelin & Wouter Van Respaille (Henchman).

“Most finance teams are stretched thin, fixing problems instead of adding real value,” said Samuel Van Innis, Eagl co-founder & CEO. “Eagl turns days of manual checking into instant insights, empowering finance leaders to focus on strategic topics while auditors get cleaner books.”

“Beyond automating workflows, we continuously monitor data quality and resolve anomalies in real time,” added Frederik Bakx, co-founder and CFO. “This means finance teams can close faster, scale efficiently, and cut down the time and stress of audits.”

“Eagl is tackling one of the most frustrating bottlenecks in finance with technology that actually understands business context,” said Matthias Geeroms, founder and CFO of Belgian unicorn Lighthouse. “That’s why many people in the SaaS ecosystem believe Eagl will fundamentally change how finance teams operate.”

Finance leaders currently spend up to 70% of their time gathering, cleaning, and reconciling data instead of analyzing it. Eagl plugs directly into a CFO’s stack, connecting to ERP and accounting systems to ensure accuracy of the books and generate reports enriched with business context.

While legacy tools have improved task tracking, they still leave finance teams buried in manual work. Unlike these systems, Eagl is AI-native from the ground up, designed to bring context and intelligence into every accounting and controlling workflow.

Eagl was founded in April 2025 by Samuel Van Innis, Benoit Baervoets, Brecht Carnewal, and Frederik Bakx, experienced operators from Henchman, Rydoo, and Lighthouse.

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Onder leiding van hoeksteeninvesteerders Alaska Airlines en American Airlines, met IAG, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines van de oneworld-alliantie en Singapore Airlines als onderdeel van de initiële fondsenwerving van 150 miljoen dollar

Het oneworld BEV Fund heeft als doel koolstofarme vliegtuigbrandstof van de toekomst te identificeren, mogelijk te maken en op te schalen om de consumentenvraag, economische ontwikkeling, werkgelegenheid en technologische innovatie te ondersteunen

DALLAS/FORT WORTH, Texas, 18 september 2025 — De oneworld-alliantie en haar aangesloten luchtvaartmaatschappijen hebben vandaag, in samenwerking met Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), de lancering aangekondigd van een nieuw investeringsfonds dat tot doel heeft de beperkte beschikbaarheid en hoge kosten van de huidige duurzame vliegtuigbrandstoffen (SAF) aan te pakken. Het fonds, onder leiding van hoeksteeninvesteerders Alaska Airlines en American Airlines, wil de wereldwijde ontwikkeling versnellen van langetermijnoplossingen voor vliegtuigbrandstof die kosteneffectief en schaalbaar zijn en minder uitstoot veroorzaken dan conventionele brandstoffen.

Het oneworld BEV Fund zal:

• investeren in nieuwe, duurzame luchtvaartbrandstoftechnologieën van de volgende generatie
• de groei van de markten voor alternatieve brandstoffen ondersteunen om te voldoen aan de langetermijnbehoeften van de wereldwijde luchtvaartindustrie
• economische waarde creëren voor investeerders en regio’s over de hele wereld
• technologische innovatie stimuleren
• een diverse en veerkrachtige SAF toeleveringsketen ontwikkelen om aan de toekomstige vraag te voldoen

“Door te investeren in de SAF-technologieën van de toekomst nemen American en onze oneworld-partners een zakelijke beslissing om de ontwikkeling te versnellen van nieuwe technologieën die op grotere schaal en tegen lagere prijzen kunnen worden toegepast dan de huidige technologieën,” aldus Robert Isom, CEO van American Airlines en voorzitter van oneworld. “Wij zijn ervan overtuigd dat het verminderen van de uitstoot van onze activiteiten voldoet aan de eisen van onze klanten, ons bedrijf concurrerender maakt en ons in staat stelt om ook voor toekomstige generaties de enorme economische voordelen van de commerciële luchtvaart te blijven leveren.”

“Alaska Airlines is verheugd om samen te werken met oneworld-vervoerders om te investeren in innovatieve en kostenconcurrerende SAF-technologie en de energietransformatie op lange termijn voor onze industrie te stimuleren,” zegt Ben Minicucci, chief executive officer van Alaska Air Group. “In Breakthrough Energy Ventures hebben we een partner die over de wetenschappelijke, technische en commerciële expertise beschikt om effectieve investeringsbeslissingen te nemen die de markt voor brandstoffen van de volgende generatie zullen creëren en onze industrie de komende jaren van energie zullen voorzien.”

“Investeren in SAF met Breakthrough Energy Ventures maakt deel uit van de strategie van oneworld om de luchtvaart een toekomst te geven, waarin problemen op schaal worden ogelost en die tegemoet komt aan de behoeften van de grotere luchtvaartgemeenschap,” aldus Nat Pieper, chief executive officer van oneworld. “oneworld brengt onze aangesloten luchtvaartmaatschappijen samen in hun langetermijnmissie om de CO2-uitstoot aan te pakken en te investeren in technologieën waarmee innovatieve brandstoffen wereldwijd sneller op de markt worden gebracht. Met deze samenwerking zijn we beter gepositioneerd om langetermijnoplossingen te creëren voor de energietransformatie van een industrie die van vitaal belang is voor de wereldwijde economische groei.” 

BEV, het kapitaalfonds van Breakthrough Energy Venture dat is opgericht door Bill Gates, zal fungeren als de investeringsbeheerder van het fonds en draagt bij met diepgaande technische expertise, een rigoureus due diligence-model en uitgebreide ervaring met het ondersteunen van de groei van start-ups in klimaattechnologie. BEV zet zijn middelen in om de energietransitie te ondersteunen in een van de meest uitdagende sectoren voor klimaatmitigatie. Het doel is om brandstoftechnologieën te ontwikkelen die het grootste potentieel bieden om de uitstoot van de sector aan te pakken en commercieel succes op lange termijn te garanderen.

“Duurzame vliegtuigbrandstof is essentieel voor het aanpakken van de milieu-impact van de sector en vertegenwoordigt een grote commerciële kans,” zegt Eric Toone, chief technology officer bij Breakthrough Energy en managing partner bij Breakthrough Energy Ventures. “Het oneworld BEV Fund is opgezet om baanbrekende SAF-technologieën te identificeren en op grote schaal toe te passen om de uitstoot van vliegtuigbrandstof werkelijk te verlagen en die qua kosten concurrentie bieden aan fossiele brandstoffen en naadloos kunnen worden geïntegreerd in de huidige luchtvaartinfrastructuur. Dit zijn complexe uitdagingen op systeemniveau die tijd nodig hebben om op te lossen. Het fonds is opgericht met de langetermijnvisie en blijvende kracht om oplossingen op de markt te helpen brengen.”

Het fonds wordt ook ondersteund door de luchtvaartmaatschappijen International Airlines Group (IAG), Cathay Pacific en Japan Airlines, die lid zijn van de oneworld-alliantie. De kracht van collectieve actie onderkennend, hebben oneworld en Breakthrough Energy Ventures al vroeg besloten om investeerders van buiten de alliantie te verwelkomen, waaronder Singapore Airlines, dat zich net als de alliantie inzet voor het versnellen van de vooruitgang op het gebied van SAF in de hele sector.

“Duurzame vliegtuigbrandstof is het meest haalbare traject voor de luchtvaartindustrie om netto nul te bereiken. Met onze oneworld partners ondersteunen we actief collectieve inspanningen op het gebied van duurzaamheid. De aankondiging van vandaag benadrukt nog eens het potentieel van samenwerking en laat zien hoe toonaangevende luchtvaartmaatschappijen samen kunnen komen met het doel om actie te versnellen. Om het volledige potentieel van SAF te ontsluiten, roepen we op tot ondersteunende beleidskaders die helpen om investeringen aan te trekken en de infrastructuur mogelijk te maken die nodig is om de productie op te starten.”
     –  Dhr. Luis Gallego, chief executive officer, IAG

“Als luchtvaartmaatschappij met belangrijke langeafstandsvluchten is het voor de toekomst van Cathay Pacific van cruciaal belang dat innovatie wordt opgeschaald om SAF toegankelijker en kostenconcurrerender te maken. Deze investering weerspiegelt onze overtuiging dat we alleen door collectieve actie – over geografische gebieden en industrieën heen – een veerkrachtig en schaalbaar SAF-ecosysteem kunnen opbouwen dat zinvolle vooruitgang voor het milieu oplevert en de toekomst van onze industrie ondersteunt. En omdat Azië een centrale rol blijft spelen in het wereldwijde SAF-ecosysteem, zijn we er trots op dat we dit momentum vanuit de regio kunnen helpen leiden.”
     –  Dhr. Ronald Lam, chief executive officer, Cathay Group

“Relaties en verbindingen met landen en regio’s over de hele wereld door middel van luchtvervoer zijn noodzakelijk voor een eilandnatie als Japan. Daarom geloven wij in deze missie om de milieu-impact van luchtvervoer aan te pakken. In ons streven naar deze gemeenschappelijke missie voor oneworld, kijken we ernaar uit om samen met de aangesloten luchtvaartmaatschappijen technologie en het gebruik van SAF te promoten en in de toekomst uit te breiden naar de Aziatische regio.”
     –  Mevr. TOTTORI Mitsuko, voorzitter en afgevaardigd bestuurder, groeps-CEO, Japan Airlines

“Onze investering in dit fonds toont aan dat Singapore Airlines de ontwikkeling en commercialisering van de volgende generatie Sustainable Aviation Fuels sterk steunt. Het terugdringen van de koolstofuitstoot van vliegtuigbrandstof vraagt om collectieve actie binnen het hele ecosysteem van de luchtvaart. Dergelijke initiatieven zullen innovatie stimuleren in de richting van betekenisvolle vooruitgang in deze cruciale energietransformatie.”
     –  Mevrouw Lee Wen Fen, chief sustainability officer, Singapore Airlines

De wereldwijde luchtvaartindustrie genereert ongeveer 4,1 biljoen dollar aan economische activiteit en ondersteunt 86,5 miljoen banen. De industrie is momenteel verantwoordelijk voor ongeveer 2-3% van de wereldwijde uitstoot van kooldioxide, naast andere milieueffecten. Luchtvaartmaatschappijen en fabrikanten blijven investeren in moderne vliegtuigen, motoren en bedrijfsefficiëntie. De vraag naar vliegreizen zal de komende decennia naar verwachting stijgen. SAF, dat vandaag de dag de levenscyclusemissies van vliegtuigbrandstof met wel 80% kan verminderen in vergelijking met conventionele vliegtuigbrandstof, is een cruciaal hulpmiddel om de milieu-impact van de industrie te beperken. Hoewel SAF de CO2-uitstoot van vliegtuigmotoren aanzienlijk kan verminderen, brengt de eerste generatie SAF die momenteel wordt geproduceerd een aantal uitdagingen met zich mee. De SAF-industrie heeft nog niet de investeringen aangetrokken die nodig zijn om de productie op te schalen tegen concurrerende prijzen in overeenstemming met de marktbehoeften, en de milieu-impact van de levenscyclus is een punt van zorg. oneworld en haar partners richten zich op het ondersteunen van nieuwe technologieën die de beschikbaarheid van kostencompetitieve SAF kunnen opschalen, terwijl andere milieueffecten tot een minimum worden beperkt.

Over Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is een doelgericht investeringsbedrijf dat samenwerkingen aangaat met start-ups en wereldwijde groeibedrijven helpt ontwikkelen die bijdragen aan een emissievrije wereldeconomie. We zoeken echte doorbraken en zetten ons in om deze ondernemers en bedrijven te ondersteunen met een unieke combinatie van technische, operationele, markt- en beleidsexpertise. Gesteund door veel van ‘s werelds top bedrijfsleiders, bedrijven en investeerders, heeft Breakthrough Energy Ventures meer dan $ 3,5 miljard aan toegezegd kapitaal opgehaald en is het samenwerkingen aangegaan met meer dan 110 baanbrekende bedrijven. Breakthrough Energy Ventures is de durfkapitaalonderneming van Breakthrough Energy, een wereldwijd netwerk van klimaatleiders die zich inzetten om de reis naar een schone energietoekomst te versnellen. De organisatie financiert baanbrekende technologieën, pleit voor klimaatvriendelijk beleid en mobiliseert partners over de hele wereld om effectieve actie te ondernemen, waardoor in elke fase de vooruitgang wordt versneld. Bezoek Breakthrough Energy Ventures voor meer informatie.

Voor vragen van de media: Shahaley Bornstein 
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Over oneworld 

oneworld® is een wereldwijde luchtvaartalliantie die 15 van ‘s werelds grootste luchtvaartmaatschappijen samenbrengt, die zich inzetten om reizigers service en gemak van het hoogste niveau te bieden. Met een sterke focus op innovatieve oplossingen werken de luchtvaartmaatschappijen die lid zijn van oneworld samen om hun impact op het milieu aan te pakken en de overstap naar duurzame vliegtuigbrandstof te versnellen. De leden van de alliantie bedienen bijna 1.000 bestemmingen wereldwijd en omvatten: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Fiji Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Oman Air, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian en SriLankan Airlines. Volg ons op Facebook, Instagram, X en LinkedIn.

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Chris Singley 
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Chris D’Aloia – American Airlines
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Alex Da Silva – Alaska en Hawaiian Airlines
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