LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15, 2026 — St. Cloud Capital is pleased to announce a recent investment in Revive Infrastructure Group, LLC (“Revive” or the “Company”), a leading provider of critical infrastructure services, offering design and engineering, construction, installation, maintenance, and project management services to customers in the telecommunications, power, water, gas, and government sectors. This is an investment out of St. Cloud’s fourth fund, which has committed capital of $236 million.
“We are excited to partner with St. Cloud as we continue delivering critical infrastructure services to our customers,” said Chad Magee, CEO of Revive. “This investment will provide the capital needed to support the continued expansion of broadband access, reliable power, and clean water for rural communities across the United States.”
Kacy Rozelle, Managing Partner at St. Cloud Capital, commented, “The Company’s commitment to deliver essential services to communities with limited infrastructure is consistent with St. Cloud’s investment approach, and we look forward to collaborating with management on future growth.”
Global law firm, K&L Gates LLP, served as counsel to St. Cloud Capital. For more information about Revive, please visit: www.reviveig.com.
About St. Cloud Capital
St. Cloud Capital is a Los Angeles-based private investment firm founded in 2001 that provides debt and equity growth capital to the lower middle market (companies with annual revenues generally between $10 million and $150 million). St. Cloud has managed over $700 million and invested in over 80 portfolio companies. Investments have been made in a wide range of industries and in every layer of the capital structure, including senior secured debt, subordinated debt, and preferred and common stock. St. Cloud typically invests in non-control situations, acting as both a financial and strategic partner to successful and experienced ownership entities, management teams and industry entrepreneurs in fulfilling their long-term growth plans. For more information about St. Cloud Capital, please visit: www.stcloudcapital.com
DENVER, Jan. 15, 2026 — SDR Ventures is pleased to announce its partnership with Matt Huebner, a seasoned investment banker with 20 years of experience across M&A, capital raises, business valuations, and strategic consulting. Matt joins SDR to advise clients on sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, capital formation initiatives, and broader strategic advisory engagements, while also working closely with the senior leadership team on business development.
Matt Huebner commented, “I’m extremely excited to join SDR Ventures. The senior leadership team has built an impressive investment bank while remaining grounded in faith-based value, something truly unique in the finance world and important to me in my continued finance journey. I look forward to working with the team to continue growing the firm and delivering outlier results for our clients.”
Matt most recently co-founded OnRamp Advisors in 2023, where he advised early- and growth-stage companies on strategic initiatives and supported them in raising growth capital. Earlier in his career, he began as an investment banking analyst at Headwaters MB, which later merged with Capstone Partners. At Capstone, Matt went on to build and lead the firm’s private placement desk, working extensively with emerging and growth-stage businesses.
Geoff Elias added, “Matt brings a highly complementary skill set to SDR that allows us to not only bolster are existing services, but further expand our offerings, specifically in capital raising and strategic advisory. We are thrilled to welcome him to the team.”
Scott Mitchell commented, “I’ve known Matt for more than 25 years. He brings deep banking and consulting expertise, and just as importantly, he is a collaborative, values-driven professional who will be a terrific addition to SDR’s senior leadership.”
Over the course of his career, Matt has worked on more than 50 engagements across multiple industries, including both domestic and cross-border transactions. His experience spans capital raises, strategic advisory assignments, and sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions.
About SDR Ventures SDR Ventures is a Denver-based investment banking firm serving private business owners in the lower middle market, including companies with enterprise values up to $500 million. SDR provides M&A advisory, private capital formation, and business consulting services across a broad range of industries. Guided by its philosophy of “Thinking Like Owners,” SDR Ventures helps businesses maximize long-term value. For more information, visit www.sdrventures.com
Funding to advance from lab-scale results to industrial pilot testing as copper demand outpaces supply
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2026 — Transition Metal Solutions, a startup boosting copper production from existing mining operations and waste, today announced an oversubscribed $6 million seed round led by Transition Ventures, with participation from leading climate and deeptech investors from the US, Europe, and Australia.
The company’s proprietary platform analyzes the microbes living in an orebody and predicts, tests, and formulates chemical additives to optimize the specific wild biology and deliver more copper. The concept emerged following work at a major copper mine where some heaps were producing significantly more copper than expected. Analysis revealed the overperformance was driven by the diverse microbes found in the ore — over 90 percent of which had never been isolated or sequenced.
That discovery convinced Dr. Sasha Milshteyn, founder and CEO of Transition Metal Solutions, that all the necessary biology is already present. “We just need to identify what’s limiting the microbial communities from doing what they naturally evolved to do,” said Milshteyn, who has more than 20 years of experience in biophysics, metagenomics, and synthetic biology.
When tested on a low-grade primary sulfide ore, lab results showed an increase in copper recovery from 60 to 90 percent. Experiments on ores with challenging mineralogy, such as refractory, high-carbonate ore, achieved in situ acid generation and metal leaching three times faster than industry standard.
“We listened to dozens of miners and industry experts who have been disappointed by the performance of past biomining efforts,” said Alexandra Shiluk, co-founder and COO of Transition Metal Solutions. “Our solution does not require lab-grown microbes or additional capital investments, making it cheaper, faster, and easier to adopt and scale.”
The investment comes amid surging copper demand — driven by the energy transition, renewables, electric vehicles, and AI data center buildouts. Copper was recently added to the United States Critical Minerals List, underscoring the metal’s importance to the country’s economic and national security. Global copper demand is expected to grow 50 percent by 2040, but the richer deposits are virtually exhausted, leaving miners urgently searching for ways to recover copper from low-grade and complex ores.
The company, formerly Transition Biomining, was founded in 2023 and rebranded to better reflect its unique chemical approach to enhancing biological systems. It is headquartered at UC Berkeley’s Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials. Dr. Suzan Yilmaz leads R&D, alongside scientists Dr. Diana Bojanova and Jeremy Wei. Yilmaz brings 15 years of experience in metagenomics and engineering across energy, environment, and human health applications. Vania Grandi leads the go-to-market efforts as Chief Commercial Officer, with 20 years of experience in mining, metals, and sustainability. Dr. Peter Kondos is an independent board director who brings over three decades of mining and metallurgical expertise from leadership roles at Barrick Gold, Inco (Vale), and Noranda (Glencore.)
The Seed round was led by Transition Ventures and backed by all prior investors — SOSV, Dolby Family Ventures, Astor Management AG, Juniper VC, and Climate Capital — alongside new investors Possible Ventures, Understorey Ventures, New Climate Ventures, Essential Capital, and Kayak Ventures.
“Transition Metal Solutions has developed a scalable, low-emission alternative to smelting,” said Clara Ricard, Partner at Transition Ventures. “This drop-in solution to leaching low-grade ores is transforming the industry and addressing a critical gap in the energy transition worth billions.”
The seed funding will be used to scale the technology from lab to industrial pilot conditions, with 3-meter column trials targeted to start the first half of 2026. Transition’s long-term vision is to extend the platform to other critical metals, including nickel, cobalt, gold, and zinc.
“We evaluated dozens of new mining start-ups,” said Pae Wu, General Partner at SOSV, “and urged Sasha to start the company because his unique scientific insight draws a straight line to scaled cash flows for his customers by tapping into what mining companies are already doing — without any overhead.”
About Transition Metal Solutions
Transition Metal Solutions develops custom chemical additives that enhance wild microbial communities for metal extraction. The company’s platform analyzes the biology already at work in a mining operation and formulates targeted products that increase recovery and accelerate extraction — without new infrastructure or changes to existing processes. Starting with copper, a metal key to the energy transition, the technology is designed to extend to other critical minerals. The company is backed by leading climate and deeptech investors across the US, Europe, and Australia. For more information, visit www.transitionmetal.com.
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 15, 2026 — In an important step forward for the Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center (VEC), the Pentagon Memorial Fund (PMF) has secured a $12 million federal appropriation to support development of the long‑awaited national education facility adjacent to the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. This critical funding reflects bipartisan recognition of the importance of preserving and teaching the history of September 11, 2001, at the site where American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon.
The federal support, secured as part of recent appropriations measures supporting 9/11 memorial education initiatives, will accelerate design, planning, and preparatory work for the VEC while complementing the PMF’s ongoing private fundraising efforts. This allocation brings the project closer to its goal of establishing a comprehensive national education space that tells the full story of 9/11, honors the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon, and conveys the lessons of resilience, unity, and service for future generations.
“The Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center will be more than a building. It will be a place where every visitor—student, family, veteran, and citizen—can grasp the sacrifice and heroism of 9/11 with depth and meaning,” said Joe Kornhoff, Executive Director of the Pentagon Memorial Fund. “This federal support demonstrates that our nation stands united in its commitment to education and remembrance.”
The VEC, to be located near Arlington National Cemetery and within walking distance of the Pentagon Memorial, will offer state‑of‑the‑art exhibits, survivor and family testimonies, educational programming, and an enduring tribute to those whose lives were forever changed on September 11. It will fill a key gap in America’s 9/11 memorial landscape, bringing the Pentagon site in line with the World Trade Center and Flight 93 memorials in providing robust context and interpretation for visitors.
Alongside federal support, the PMF’s campaign has raised significant private resources, bringing the project closer to the total funds required to complete the VEC by the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in 2026.
“We are grateful to Members of Congress and Administration partners who recognize the enduring importance of telling this story well,” Kornhoff added. “As construction milestones approach, we look forward to sharing more ways the public can support and participate in this national effort.”
To learn more about the Visitor Education Center and how to support the mission, visit pentagonmemorial.org.
BENGALURU, India and NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 15, 2026 — CloudSEK, a Predictive Cyber Threat Intelligence firm specializing in AI-powered attack detection, today announced it has secured a strategic investment from Connecticut Innovations (CI), the strategic venture capital arm of the State of Connecticut, as part of its $10 million Series B2 round.
With this investment, CloudSEK becomes the first Indian-origin cybersecurity company to receive funding from a U.S. state-backed venture fund.
From left: Kyle Pond, Vice President – Sales, Americas, CloudSEK; Nivya Ravi, Associate Vice President – Partnerships, U.S., CloudSEK; Rahul Sasi, Co-founder and CEO, CloudSEK; Alison Malloy, Managing Director, Connecticut Innovations; Danny Qiao, Venture Investor, Connecticut Innovations; Matthew McCooe, CEO, Connecticut Innovations
Building Jobs, Talent, and Cybersecurity Research in the U.S.
“Becoming the first Indian-origin cybersecurity company to receive backing from a U.S. state fund is a milestone for CloudSEK, as well as for the entire Indian cybersecurity ecosystem,” said Rahul Sasi, CloudSEK co-founder and CEO. “With Connecticut as our U.S. anchor, we are committed to creating jobs, investing in localized research, and strengthening cyber resilience in the Western world. CloudSEK is proud to advance its identity as a truly Indo-American cybersecurity company.”
Founded in 2015 by Sasi, a cybersecurity researcher-turned-entrepreneur, CloudSEK has evolved from a research-first initiative into one of the world’s most trusted cyber threat intelligence platforms, serving more than 300 enterprises across the BFSI, healthcare, technology, and government sectors.
The groundbreaking partnership with CI was forged after CloudSEK emerged as a top startup at VentureClash, CI’s global investment pitch competition. At the event, Sasi and product owner, Nivya Ravi, pitched a distinguished panel of judges, including Indra Nooyi, former Chair and CEO of PepsiCo; Connecticut Governor, Ned Lamont; and senior leaders from Endiya Partners, IITM Research Park, and Capria Ventures. Governor Lamont’s participation underscored the state’s commitment to attracting cutting-edge technology companies.
“At our 2025 VentureClash India pitch event, CloudSEK distinguished itself as a truly innovative provider of cybersecurity and predictive threat capabilities used by hundreds of businesses around the world,” said Alison Malloy, Managing Director, Investments at Connecticut Innovations. “We are excited to welcome CloudSEK to the CI portfolio and look forward to supporting their team as they establish their U.S. hub and pursue new customer and partnership opportunities in Connecticut.”
A Strategic U.S. Hub for an Indo-American Cybersecurity Powerhouse
CloudSEK will leverage this investment to accelerate its expansion in the U.S., with plans to establish its regional hub for operations, talent, and partnerships in Connecticut.The company is preparing to onboard strategic local talent and build deep collaborations with corporate partners, universities, and research ecosystems across the state.
CI funding will play an active role in enabling CloudSEK to:
Recruit high-quality cybersecurity and AI talent from the region
Establish partnerships with local academic and research institutions
Build its U.S. regional headquarters in Connecticut
Drive region-specific cybersecurity research and innovation
A Strong Foundation: Backed by Global Investors and Trusted by 300+ Enterprises
Prior to this round, CloudSEK’s Series B1 was led by U.S.-based strategic investor Commvault, with participation from MassMutual Ventures, Inflexor Ventures, Prana Ventures, and Tenacity Ventures. Early investors, including Meeran Family (Eastern Group), StartupXSeed, Neon Fund, and Exfinity Ventures continue to support the company’s long-term growth.
Additionally, CloudSEK recently announced a strategic partnership with Seed Group, a company of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, to deliver predictive cyber intelligence and AI-attack detection capabilities organizations across the UAE.
A New Chapter in Indo-American Cybersecurity Collaboration
This landmark investment not only amplifies CloudSEK’s global trajectory but also symbolizes the rise of Indian cybersecurity innovation on the world stage. By establishing strong roots in Connecticut and continuing to scale globally, CloudSEK is poised to strengthen cyber resilience across continents and redefine cross-border technology collaboration.
About CloudSEK
CloudSEK is a Predictive Cyber Threat Intelligence platform purpose-built to detect and anticipate AI-driven attack chains before they form. Our cloud-native SaaS platform continuously maps digital footprints, correlates weak signals, and identifies emerging attack paths to help organizations stay ahead of evolving threats.To learn more about how CloudSEK can strengthen your external security posture and deliver value from Day One, visit https://cloudsek.com or drop a note to [email protected].
About Connecticut Innovations
Connecticut Innovations (CI) is Connecticut’s strategic venture capital arm and is the leading source of financing and ongoing support for innovative, growing companies. By offering equity and debt investments, strategic guidance and introductions to valuable partners, we help promising businesses thrive. For more information, please visit http://www.ctinnovations.com.
CloudSEK Media Contact Shashank Shekhar [email protected] +91 9811379924
Sable, a portfolio company of Turret Capital, announces its pre-seed funding and launch
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2026 — Turret Capital, a leading healthcare-focused venture firm, today announced the launch of Sable, a pioneering biotech driven consumer beauty company. Backed by pre-seed investment from Turret Capital and SOSV, Sable debuts with a mission to disrupt the body care and beauty market through advanced topical solutions. By leveraging proprietary biotech innovations, Sable addresses the aesthetic needs of the modern consumer, offering high-performance products designed to visibly improve body contours and skin vitality.
Sable’s core offering is built upon breakthrough scientific discoveries at Columbia University Medical Center. Developed by a team of world-class scientists, preclinical research studies demonstrated that a novel ingredient could be selectively taken up by fat cells and achieve up to 70% reduction in fat cell volume. Inspired by these findings, Sable is further developing this exclusively licensed asset into an advanced topical formulation of body creams.
Addressing the New Era of Body Aesthetics and Longevity
As consumer interest in body-sculpting procedures and wellness-led lifestyle changes (such as GLP-1 medications) continues to surge, Sable fills a critical gap in the prestige beauty market. The product line is specifically formulated to address:
Targeted Aesthetic Contouring: Offering a topical solution for individuals seeking to enhance the visual definition of specific areas with stubborn concerns.
Aesthetic Maintenance: Supporting the consumer’s needs for those undergoing significant lifestyle or wellness transitions, helping to “future-proof” and “fine tune” aesthetic results.
Post-Treatment Complement: Helping to sustain and optimize the visual enhancement of the body following professional aesthetic services.
Scientific Innovation Meets Consumer Beauty
“Sable represents the next frontier of science-to-shelf beauty,” said Daniel Chai, MD, Founder and CEO of Sable. “By translating complex research into thoughtfully designed consumer products, we’re redefining the limits of topical body care. Sable is focused on helping people achieve and maintain their desired aesthetic look through evidence-based innovation that supports long-term body confidence”.
About Sable
Sable is a New York-based biotech beauty company dedicated to advanced aesthetic maintenance and body longevity. Utilizing licensed technology from Columbia University, Sable develops high-performance topical solutions for body contouring and sustained aesthetic results.
About Turret Capital
Turret Capital is a global venture capital firm that specializes in identifying and commercializing transformative healthcare technologies. With a focus on biotechnology and medical innovation, Turret creates and scales companies that address significant unmet needs in human health and wellness.
About SOSV
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that invests in deep-tech and life sciences companies, providing hands-on support to founders building breakthrough solutions across healthcare, sustainability, and advanced technologies.
Employee-Led Campaign Reflects More than 15 Years of Growing Impact
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2026 — TransPerfect, the world’s largest provider of language and AI solutions for global business, today announced a donation of more than $90,000 in toys to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation as part of its annual employee-led holiday fundraising campaign. The 2025 effort marked the largest single-year contribution in the company’s history of participating in the program.
TransPerfect employees shop for toys after raising more than $90,000 for Toys for Tots.
“In 2010 we collected $700 in the New York office and went toy shopping for Toys for Tots,” said Max Weisman, head of IP at TransPerfect and the founder of the company’s Toys for Tots effort. “I remember being thrilled with that result. In my wildest dreams I would never have imagined $90,000 and 27 offices participating. It is a true testament to the amazing generosity and spirit of our TransPerfect team.”
In the 15 years since the effort’s single-office beginnings, the fundraiser has grown into an important holiday tradition spanning dozens of locations. Over the years, TransPerfect employees have collectively raised and donated nearly $500,000 in toys to help bring holiday joy to children in need.
Toys for Tots, a program of the U.S. Marine Corps, collects and distributes new toys to less fortunate children each holiday season to spread hope and joy and help support a brighter future for disadvantaged youth.
During the 2025 campaign, employees across TransPerfect’s global network organized inventive fundraising activities, with the company matching all employee donations dollar for dollar. A total of $90,398 was raised, with participation from 27 offices across the United States and Canada.
TransPerfect President and Co-CEO Phil Shawe commented: “I’m proud of our many team members who gave their time, energy, and resources to help make the holidays brighter for children in need.”
For more information about TransPerfect’s Toys for Tots campaign or any of the company’s charitable efforts, visit www.transperfect.com or email [email protected].
About Toys for Tots Toys for Tots provides happiness and hope to less fortunate children during the Christmas holiday season. Toys for Tots also provides year-round support to less fortunate families experiencing challenges and exceptional circumstances, thus sending a message of hope beyond the holiday season. Since 1947, over 272 million children have been assisted. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is the not-for-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense to provide fundraising and other necessary support for the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. For more information, visit https://www.toysfortots.org.
About TransPerfect TransPerfect is the world’s largest provider of language and AI solutions for global business. From offices in over 150 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 200+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 6,000 global organizations employ TransPerfect’s GlobalLink® technology to simplify the management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.
The fast-rising firm has secured more than half a billion dollars since 2022
NEW YORK and BERLIN, Jan. 15, 2026 — Parloa, the premier provider of AI agents elevating enterprise customer experience, today announced it has raised $350 million in Series D funding, bringing its valuation to $3 billion. The round was led by General Catalyst, with strong continued support from Parloa’s existing investors, including EQT Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Durable Capital Partners, and Mosaic Ventures, underscoring deep conviction in the company’s vision, execution, and market leadership.
Parloa Founders Malte Kosub (CEO) and Stefan Ostwald (CAIO)
Closing just seven months after its Series C, this round brings Parloa’s total raised capital to more than $560 million in less than four years. The company will use the funds to continue its global expansion focused on the U.S. and Europe, enhance its AI Agent Management Platform (AMP) with further industry-defining functionality, and launch the Parloa Promise, a commitment to preeminent agent reliability, relentless innovation, and human-centric responsible AI.
Ascending the ranks
Trusted by leading Fortune 200 companies and global partners, including Allianz, Booking.com, HealthEquity, SAP, Sedgwick, Swiss Life, and TeamViewer, Parloa’s amassed funding situates the company among the most capitalized firms in the customer experience field. Having recently announced multiple financial achievements and product innovations, this round’s results crystallize Parloa’s position atop a highly competitive enterprise AI sector.
“Parloa is setting the standard for enterprise-grade AI throughout the customer journey,” said General Catalyst’s CEO Hemant Taneja, who ranks in the top 10 on the prestigious Forbes Midas List. “Their platform combines innovation and scalability, making them a clear leader in this rapidly evolving space. We truly believe Parloa’s approach to agentic AI will transform how global enterprises engage with customers, and we’re excited to support their vision and continued growth.” Taneja, along with General Catalyst’s President and Managing Director Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, will be added to the Supervisory Board for Parloa.
For co-founder and CEO Malte Kosub, the Series D is proof positive Parloa’s mission is exacting needed change, for enterprise teams as well as consumers: “This funding marks a pivotal moment for Parloa as we expand globally, advance our approach to reimagine customer experience, and help enterprises to build meaningful relationships with their customers.” said Kosub. “Our commitment to these organizations is clear: to enable exceptional, hyper-personalized customer journeys through agentic AI that deepen loyalty, responsibly and at scale.”
What Parloa provides
The preferred platform among native agentic AI solutions, AMP gives enterprise CX teams a clear, intuitive way to design, manage, and evolve AI agents that transform every customer interaction into a meaningful relationship. No heavy coding necessary; just powerful, natural language used to build bespoke agents that adapt fluidly across dialects, contexts, and changing customer needs.
With AMP, experience teams can simulate agents at scale while evaluating conversation performance, gaining actionable insight into behavior and ensuring every customer interaction meets rising expectations. Real-time dashboards provide transparency into what agents are doing and why, offering clear visibility into system behavior while meeting the world’s most rigorous standards for built-in compliance, safety, and enterprise-grade data security.
What’s next for Parloa
Parloa’s plan for geographic expansion is focused on key markets in North America and greater Europe, with offices scouted in metros like San Francisco and Madrid, a localized team in London, and a recently established U.S. HQ in midtown Manhattan.
Investors on why Parloa
Carolina Brochado, Head of EQT Growth US and Head of EQT Ventures: “Parloa is contributing to redefine what customer relationships look like at scale. Their ability to combine enterprise-grade AI with real-world intelligence, built on a strong foundation of safety and reliability, helps to set them apart in a crowded market.”
Apoorv Agrawal, Partner at Altimeter Capital: “Parloa combines a leading agentic AI platform with the enterprise DNA to deploy it at scale – forward-deployed engineers on the ground, Fortune 500 customers in production, and a world-class go-to-market team armed with fresh capital to capture the global CX market.”
Henry Ellenbogen, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Durable Capital Partners: “We believe the next generation of category-defining companies will be built on relationships, not transactions. Parloa is leading that shift by making AI personal, contextual, and enduring.”
Mona Gindler, Partner at Senovo: “The CX market is crowded with automation tools, but very few players are pushing the frontier of truly agentic AI. Parloa stands out by moving the industry from scripted workflows to adaptive, relationship-driven agents that learn and improve over time. That’s what category leadership looks like at this stage of the market.”
Jens Rassloff, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Parloa: “This investment marks a defining moment for Parloa. The scale of commitment and trust from our investors reflects not only the strength of our technology and execution, but also our conviction that agentic AI in customer relationships is entering a decisive phase. With this capital, Parloa is uniquely positioned to be a global category leader.”
About Parloa
Parloa empowers global enterprises to build, train, and manage AI agents for premier customer experience. Founded by Malte Kosub and Stefan Ostwald, Parloa began with the belief that every great conversation is the start of a relationship, a principle that still guides how the company builds technology today. Leading global brands use Parloa’s advanced AI agents to improve service at scale, increase customer loyalty, and unlock new revenue. Parloa employs 380 people across offices in New York, Berlin, and Munich.
The $80 million Series A extension brings Higgsfield’s total Series A funding to more than $130 million, following growing use of the platform by brands and agencies producing commercial video.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2026 — Higgsfield today announced an $80 million Series A extension with participation from Accel, AI Capital Partners (Alpha Intelligence Capital’s US-based fund), and Menlo Ventures and others, bringing total Series A funding to more than $130 million and valuing the company at more than $1.3 billion. The financing follows Higgsfield reaching a $200 million annual run rate in under nine months, doubling from $100 million in about two months – a pace faster than that of high-growth software companies, including Lovable, Cursor, OpenAI, Slack, and Zoom.
Since launching in April 2025, the platform has attracted over 15 million users worldwide and now powers 4.5 million video generations per day. Higgsfield is reinventing marketing production through high-quality, automated creative generation at scale, which has accumulated more than 3 billion social media impressions, positioning it among the most popular GenAI platforms by social media reach.
Reportedly, 85% of Higgsfield’s usage now comes from social media marketers, and 80% of that segment is already delivering commercial work – a major sign that the platform adoption has evolved beyond casual content creation. One non-obvious signal from Higgsfield’s internal data is where adoption is accelerating fastest: among marketers treating generative video as production infrastructure, running end-to-end workflows – ideate, storyboard, animate, edit, and publish – inside a single system.
There is an emerging category of direct-to-consumer advertisers moving their entire creative pipeline to a GenAI-first operating model. They run automation pipelines such as URL-to-Ad, turning a product page into multiple campaign-ready, on-brand video variants in minutes. Reportedly, several customers using Higgsfield’s beta marketing automation product are already spending over $200,000 per year.
“Traditional video production wasn’t built for the pace modern marketing demands,” said Alex Mashrabov, co-founder and CEO of Higgsfield. “We built Higgsfield so video can be produced like software—fast iteration, tight creative control, and repeatable output. In that world, a 16-year-old with taste can outperform a studio pipeline, because on social media the advantage goes to what earns attention and converts, not what took the longest to produce.”
Jeff Herbst, a Higgsfield board member and former head of corporate development at NVIDIA, said the company’s adoption signals a move from pilots to embedded production use.
“When a platform moves beyond pilots and into daily production across enterprises, the outcome is clear,” said Herbst. “That’s where Higgsfield is today.”
Antoine Blondeau, founder and managing partner of the Alpha Intelligence Capital platform, added: “Higgsfield is the category leader because they’ve compressed the build-ship-learn loop to days and turned speed into a decisive advantage. We’re proud to lead the strategic push for this round so Higgsfield can expand the platform to let customers plan, produce, publish, and iterate at that same velocity.”
Higgsfield’s CEO says the new funding will support enterprise and international expansion of AI models built for commercial advertising, marketing content production, music videos, as well as continued R&D. The company also plans to expand its API and marketing automation capabilities for customers building high-throughput marketing content systems.
About Higgsfield Higgsfield is an AI-native generative video platform built for professional creators, brands, agencies, and marketing teams producing high-fidelity videos at scale. The company develops its own generative video and image models and integrates leading third-party models such as OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo and Nano Banana, Alibaba’s WAN, Kuaishou’s Kling, Bytedance’s Seedream and Seedance, MiniMax, and others into a single, production-ready workflow, allowing teams to select the best model for each creative task without rebuilding pipelines.
The platform is designed for real production environments, with collaborative workflows and precise cinematic capabilities including camera motion, scene structure, and style consistency.
