SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2026 — Listen Labs, the AI-first customer research platform, has raised a $69 million Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Evantic and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Conviction, and Pear VC.

Since launching nine months ago, Listen has grown its annualized revenue by 15x, reaching a 8-figure revenue, interviewed over one million people, and now serves hundreds of enterprises including Microsoft, Sweetgreen, Perplexity, and Robinhood.

How it works

Listen is an AI-first customer research platform. Its AI interviewer talks to people the way a great interviewer would. With access to 30 million pre-qualified participants across demographics and geographies, teams can quickly learn what people think about anything, from ads and messaging to new product concepts and usability tests.

Listen turns these conversations into actionable outputs, including reports, themes, highlight reels, and presentation-ready decks. Over time, this creates a searchable repository of customer interviews that teams can query like a knowledge base.

Turning conversations into answers

Teams use Listen to answer hard questions that drive business impact, such as:

• How do I keep more of my customers? A leading AI lab uses Listen to interview users who stopped using its products and has been able to meaningfully reduce churn.
   
• Why does usage look so different across markets? A global tech company ran interviews in 10 countries and languages, then used the findings to adjust its marketing and drive higher usage in underperforming regions.
   
• How do I make my product better? A major retailer interviewed hundreds of kids and uncovered issues with its existing shorts. The team redesigned the product and launched a new line that quickly became a top seller.
• Which marketing message will perform best? The world’s largest consumer packaged goods brands use Listen to test creative assets and understand which messages will deliver the best return and why.
• How can I make my product easier to use? Product and growth teams use Listen’s screen recording to understand how users navigate Figma prototypes and live products, then ship changes based on what they observe.
   
• Should I invest in this company? Growth investors use Listen to run customer diligence and make high-conviction investment decisions.

• How is my brand perceived across audiences? Teams use Listen to track how customers view their brand, how they stack up in their category, and how perceptions change over time.

What customers say about Listen:

“Surveys often miss the outliers, and at Sweetgreen, understanding outliers helps unlock some of our best ideas. Listen has transformed how we approach customer research, revealing core insights such as our guests’ struggle to get enough protein in their daily meals. That insight has inspired us to create more protein-forward menu options, like the Protein Bowl, and continues to guide how we test future offerings.” – Jonathan Neman, CEO, Sweetgreen

“Listen has transformed how I do customer discovery. It gives us real time access to customer voice at a scale and depth traditional research can’t touch. What once took six to eight weeks now happens in days, and the insights come directly in customers’ own words: richer, more diverse, and far more actionable. It’s become a true force multiplier for product and growth teams.” – Romani Patel, Director, Data Science, Microsoft

“With Listen, we went from talking to a few dozen local customers to hundreds of people across the country – in under three hours. That speed and reach means every launch, every price point, every message is better informed and performs better.” – Chris Hoyle, CMO, Simple Modern

Key metrics

• In nine months, Listen has grown its annualized revenue by 15x
• The platform has interviewed over one million people
• Listen serves hundreds of enterprises worldwide, from Fortune 100s to startups
• Behind it all is a 30 million person panel that can reach almost any audience, from public company executives to oncologists

Building a world that listens

To date, Listen has raised $100 million in total equity financing.

“When you obsess over customers, everything else follows,” said Alfred Wahlforss, co-founder and CEO of Listen Labs. “Teams that use Listen bring the customer into every decision, from marketing to product, and when the customer is delighted, everyone is.”

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Hospitals including Cedars-Sinai and Intermountain Health join Khosla Ventures and others to expand AI-driven scanning across anatomies

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2026 — Vista AI, Inc., the leader in automated MRI scanning software for hospitals and imaging centers, today announced the closing of $29.5 million in Series B financing. New investors include Cedars-Sinai Health System, Intermountain Health, University of Utah Hospital System, Temple University/Fox Chase Cancer Center, and Tampa General Hospital, along with participation from Khosla Ventures, Bold Brain Capital, and other existing investors.

“Radiology is facing a critical bottleneck: demand for MRI far outstrips the supply of skilled technologists, overburdening staff and forcing delays for patients,” said Daniel Hawkins, CEO of Vista AI. “Vista AI is breaking through that barrier by automating the scanning process, enabling technologists to consistently and efficiently deliver high-quality imaging, regardless of location.”

The new financing will accelerate Vista AI’s growth. The company will build on its FDA-cleared and commercially available cardiac MRI platform by expanding into additional anatomies, including brain, prostate and spine, once cleared by the FDA. With this broader portfolio, Vista AI will create the first comprehensive platform for automated MRI scanning—reducing scan variability and complexity while expanding access to advanced imaging. Vista AI is also extending its solution to include remote scanning services, enabling sites without prior cardiac MRI expertise or staffing to offer high-quality exams to their patients. Together, these capabilities are reshaping how and where advanced imaging can be delivered.

Vista AI has delivered measurable results at leading healthcare organizations. At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Vista AI enabled 50% more cardiac MRI scan slots, eliminating a 28-day backlog and supporting next-day patient access without adding staff, scanners, or operating hours. At Radiology Regional, a Southwest Florida imaging chain, the automated platform reduced scan times by more than 50% and enabled technologists without prior cardiac MRI experience to reliably deliver exams with confidence.

Over the past year, Vista AI has expanded its client base, strengthened its leadership team, and deepened platform adoption across the healthcare sector.

Health system leaders underscored the importance of automation:

“Consistency in imaging quality translates directly into better patient care, and we are now able to provide that consistent standard of excellence across our system,” said Maureen Burgess, Partner at Cedars Sinai Health Ventures.

“With demand rising and technologists in short supply, automation is the only way forward. Vista AI can extend advanced imaging beyond our main centers and make MRI accessible to more patients across our network,” said Dr. Blake Gardner, Senior Medical Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Program at Intermountain Health.

Investors emphasized the broader impact.

“MRI is the backbone of modern diagnosis, yet access is constrained by workforce shortages and complexity. Vista AI is the only company directly addressing this issue with automation. That’s why leading health systems are investing—because Vista AI is on the path to becoming essential infrastructure in radiology,” said Bruce Armstrong, Partner at Khosla Ventures.

“With this financing, we are not just scaling a company, we are scaling access to gold-standard diagnostic capability,” added Hawkins. “By combining our automated MRI scanning software with remote scanning services, we can help healthcare organizations reduce backlogs, ease staff burden, and deliver consistently high-quality imaging to more patients than ever before.”

Discover how Vista AI can elevate your practice. Visit vista.ai/demo to learn more and book a demo today.

About Vista AI
Vista AI is a pioneer in AI-powered MRI automation, dedicated to making advanced imaging universally accessible. Its FDA-cleared cardiac MRI platform automates scanning, enabling every technologist to deliver high-quality imaging consistently and efficiently. With expansion underway across more anatomies and remote scanning services, Vista AI is building a comprehensive platform for automated MRI scanning to help healthcare organizations scale care, reduce reliance on scarce expertise, and expand access to patients everywhere. The company is backed by leading investors, including Khosla Ventures, Bold Brain Ventures, and leading U.S. health systems. Learn more at vista.ai.

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VERONA, Wis., Jan. 14, 2026 — Coating Place, a leading U.S.-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured a strategic, growth investment from 1315 Capital, a Philadelphia-based healthcare-focused private equity firm.

Coating Place delivers premier microencapsulation solutions and is distinguished by proprietary equipment and processes, unmatched scalability, and the ability to support customers from product formulation through commercial manufacturing. The investment will enable Coating Place to scale operations to meet growing demand for its services across pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, animal health, and industrial markets.

“This investment marks an exciting milestone for Coating Place as we celebrate our 50^th anniversary and prepare for the next chapter of growth,” said Tim Breunig, Chief Executive Officer of Coating Place. “We are excited to partner with 1315 Capital. Combined with their industry expertise and strategic growth mindset, we will accelerate growth across the many industries we serve.”

“Coating Place has a compelling opportunity to scale its best-in-class platform, offering highly specialized services and deep technical expertise for customers developing complex modified-release products,” said Matthew Reber, Partner at 1315 Capital. “We’re proud to partner with Tim and his team as the company expands its commercial reach in order to serve the large and growing need for its services.”

About Coating Place

Coating Place is an established contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in Wurster fluid bed microencapsulation technology across multiple industry segments. Coating Place’s capabilities include formulation and analytical development, technology transfer, process scale-up, and commercial manufacturing.  The company operates >350,000 ft² over two sites with comprehensive GMP quality standards, FDA / Health Canada registration, and DEA licensing.  For more information, please visit www.coatingplace.com.

About 1315 Capital

1315 Capital is a private investment firm with over $1 billion of assets under management that provides growth capital to commercial-stage healthcare services, pharmaceutical & medtech outsourced services, pharmaceutical & medtech products, and health & wellness companies. 1315 Capital targets both minority and majority investments in companies where high-quality management teams can rapidly scale platform companies into large and important businesses that positively impact patients, physicians, and the broader healthcare system. For more information, please visit www.1315capital.com.

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Code-first platform pairs flexible deployments and comprehensive tooling with forward-deployed engineers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 14, 2026 — VoiceRun, a full-stack enterprise platform for Voice AI, today announced a $5.5 million seed round led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from RRE Ventures and Link Ventures. The funding will be used to expand the company’s Voice AI solutions and go-to-market efforts as enterprises move beyond demos and pilots to deploy voice agents that meet reliability, security, and governance expectations at scale.

With 85% of enterprises expected to use AI agents by the end of 2025, control of in-house development and infrastructure matters more than ever. VoiceRun meets this need with a code-first approach and a forward-deployed engineering model, enabling technical teams to ship quickly without surrendering control. Customers own their application-layer code, and VoiceRun provides the orchestration layer for speech-to-text, large language models (LLMs), and text-to-speech (TTS), turn-taking, telephony, and latency management, along with the tooling to continuously measure, iterate, and improve systems in real time.

“Voice AI is having a moment, yet many enterprise projects stall between an impressive demo and a dependable production rollout,” said Nick Leonard, co-founder and CEO of VoiceRun. “This seed round accelerates our work on the infrastructure that makes enterprise voice systems scalable and durable. We give teams code ownership, deployment flexibility, and deep observability so they can move fast, clear security reviews, and deliver production-ready solutions at scale.”

The seed funding comes as VoiceRun graduates from Link Studio, a division of Link Ventures, and begins scaling its product. Known initially as Prim AI, the new name and identity signal the company’s next phase of growth and better align with its enterprise-grade approach.

“Voice is the best interface for many AI applications, but bringing these applications into production presents a paralyzing build vs. buy decision,” said Chip Hazard, General Partner and Co-Founder at Flybridge Capital Partners. “VoiceRun offers the missing piece which empowers enterprises to build, govern, and scale world-class voice deployments.”

Across sectors such as restaurant technology, insurance, banking, and telecommunications, VoiceRun helps teams move from weeks or months of custom infrastructure development to days. The platform includes three core layers:

• Infrastructure and orchestration. Pluggable STT, LLM, and TTS pipelines, interruptable prompts and turn-taking, and one-click telephony. Deployment options include public cloud, a customer’s virtual private cloud (VPC), or on-premises to meet data and compliance requirements.
• Developer control. Standard Git and command line workflows with full code ownership. Teams can integrate internal APIs, transform data, and model complex logic without waiting on vendor roadmaps.
• Enterprise tooling. End-to-end telemetry, LLM-as-a-judge evaluations, and synthetic data generation for regression tests and targeted improvements that lift containment and accuracy over time.

“VoiceRun took us from zero to production deployment in weeks,” said Chad Jaquays, COO and Co-Founder at Tivly. “Then their tooling and AI evaluations show us exactly what to improve each week, so accuracy and customer satisfaction keep climbing. They accelerated our AI transformation, and gave us the comfort of security, compliance, and code ownership.”

Early customer rollouts span phone ordering and reservations, contact center triage, and lead qualification. These are use cases where milliseconds matter and organizational controls often slow adoption. VoiceRun’s deployment flexibility, including VPC options and approved model lists, allows enterprises to work within existing security and compliance requirements while still shipping new voice experiences.

To learn more about VoiceRun or request a demo, visit voicerun.com.

About VoiceRun
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., and backed by Flybridge Capital Partners, RRE Ventures, and Link Ventures, VoiceRun is a developer-first platform for enterprise voice agents. Teams retain full code ownership while VoiceRun provides real-time orchestration across STT, LLM, and TTS, along with telephony, observability, and low-latency performance. Customers can deploy in the cloud, a customer VPC, or on premises to meet security and compliance needs.

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HOUSTON, Jan. 14, 2026 — Amperon, a leading provider of AI-powered energy forecasting and analytics solutions, today announced an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (“Samsung Ventures”), the corporate venture arm of Samsung Group. This new backing reflects continued investor confidence in Amperon’s technology and vision and will support the company’s global growth and next-generation product development across key energy markets.

Amperon’s AI-powered forecasting solutions now serve customers across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, reflecting rapid international growth since its 2024 expansion into Europe, with active forecasts in 27 countries globally. Through ongoing advancements in machine learning, physics-based modeling, and ensemble weather analytics, Amperon continues to elevate forecasting accuracy and reliability for energy market participants worldwide. Most recently, it launched the first weather-informed grid-demand mid-term forecast, enabling stakeholders to anticipate electricity demand up to seven months in advance and redefining seasonal planning with unprecedented visibility into future grid conditions.

“Samsung Ventures’ investment is a strong validation of our mission to transform the way energy is forecasted and traded,” said Sean Kelly, CEO and Co-Founder of Amperon. “Samsung’s global footprint and leadership in semiconductors, data infrastructure, and AI acceleration make them a natural fit as we expand Amperon’s reach into energy-intensive sectors like data centers. Their track record of scaling next-generation technologies aligns perfectly with our vision to build a more intelligent, resilient, and data-driven energy system.”

Samsung Ventures plays a key role in investing in companies developing technologies across AI, advanced devices, and energy-related sectors, with a focus on long-term value creation. Through a diversified global portfolio, the firm supports emerging businesses addressing opportunities in areas such as digital transformation and sustainability.

“Amperon has demonstrated strong technical capabilities and global traction in a rapidly evolving energy landscape,” said a spokesperson for Samsung Ventures. “Their ability to forecast and model real-time energy data at global scale positions them as a key enabler of smarter energy systems and climate resilience. We are pleased to invest in a company developing technologies that support a more sustainable and digitized world.”

Amperon’s AI models—which combine real-time weather, consumption, and market data—have consistently outperformed traditional forecast providers, and the company has established itself as a trusted partner for energy retailers, utilities, and independent power producers. This investment from Samsung Ventures follows two investments in 2025 from National Grid Partners and from Acario (the corporate venture arm of Tokyo Gas), underscoring Amperon’s momentum and growing global backing. By providing precise insights, Amperon helps its customers manage resources more effectively and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.

About Amperon
Amperon is the leading energy forecasting company, positioned at the intersection of energy data and AI. Founded in 2018, Amperon has become a trusted partner to power and utility companies, delivering demand, renewable generation, and price forecasts. With cutting-edge predictive analytics, seamless data integrations, and premium customer support, Amperon enables customers to enhance grid reliability and optimize asset performance. Committed to grid modernization, Amperon is the forecasting company of the energy transition.

For more information about Amperon, visit www.amperon.co.

About Samsung Venture Investment Corporation
Samsung Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm committed to driving growth and creating new value through technological innovation. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has leveraged its experience and expertise to actively invest in companies developing breakthrough technologies with the potential to transform industries. Through its global networks and industry insights, Samsung Ventures partners with portfolio companies to drive sustainable growth together.

For more information about Samsung Ventures, visit https://www.samsungventure.co.kr/.

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Miami-based proptech startup modernizes title search and property verification with AI and blockchain; seed round led by Cofounders Capital and FIT Ventures

MIAMI, Jan. 14, 2026 — Titl, a proptech company modernizing property title verification using AI and blockchain, today announced it has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round. The investment will accelerate Titl’s national expansion as demand grows for faster, more transparent, and more secure title search, monitoring, and storage (land registry) that reduces turnaround times from days to minutes. 

The seed round was led by Cofounders Capital and FIT Ventures. Titl will use the new funding to scale operations beyond Florida, with immediate expansion plans in Georgia, Maryland, and Connecticut. The company plans to expand to almost 20 states before the end of the year.

Why Titl, why now: real estate went digital, but title verification didn’t

Much of the homebuying experience has become digital and near-instant, yet title verification still often relies on manual work across fragmented county records, introducing delays and risk into transactions. It begs the question: why does it take more than a week to validate that a home is ready to be sold, and why is this validation typically performed only at the point of transaction, rather than at the time of listing?

Because property records are fragmented across thousands of local jurisdictions, title research is often slow, inconsistent, and hard to verify. Titl is building a digital, unified land registry that standardizes and connects these records, making ownership verification and transfer faster, more transparent, and more reliable. Leading companies are spending millions of dollars annually on property searches and verification, which inevitably impacts homeowners.  

At the same time, real estate-related cybercrime remains a costly and persistent threat: the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Report shows reported losses for “Real Estate” crime totaling $173,586,820 in 2024. This was made easier by the manual and paper-based nature of property records, deep fakes, artificial intelligence, title fraud and identity fraud that have become an ever-growing risk.

What Titl does

Titl automates title search and continuously monitors for changes that can impact ownership – bringing speed, auditability, and security to an industry that historically hasn’t had it, and laying the groundwork for a unified, digital source of truth across fragmented land records.

Titl uses AI to surface critical property information – ownership history, liens, taxes, code violations, permits, and related documents – and leverages an immutable blockchain ledger designed to make records tamper-resistant and independently verifiable.

“We set out to find an extremely niche, inefficient process where we could create a significant impact and the title process was it,” said Ori Ohayon, Co-founder of Titl. “Titl is unifying property ownership verification and transfer through a centralized, digitized U.S. registry. We’re not digitizing yesterday’s workflow; we’re reimagining ownership for the digital age.”

Founded by Goldman Sachs Veteran and a Real Estate Developer

Titl was created by Ori Ohayon, a serial entrepreneur and former Goldman Sachs banker and Tory Ricalis, a real estate developer with a deep passion in blockchain-enabled innovation. 

Ohayon worked on web3 enabled solutions at both at Goldman Sachs and TD Securities, bringing firsthand experience across traditional finance and emerging technologies and a track record for spotting inefficiencies in legacy systems.

Ricalis brings practical, on the ground experience from real estate development, having managed complex projects and navigated the pain points of property transactions. Through that work, he experienced the friction in real estate purchases firsthand and realized there had to be a better way. 

Product suite and early traction

Since launching in January 2022, Titl has built products that support title search, production, and ongoing risk detection across the title lifecycle. 

Core offerings include:

• TitlReport: Delivers comprehensive title reports in about four minutes, using AI to analyze liens, encumbrances, and ownership history with verified source records.
• TitlProduction: Automates title production by extracting key data from closing packages to generate title reports and commitments in moments, while flagging risks and reducing manual rework.
• TitlMonitoring: Always-on title surveillance with instant fraud alerts to help protect owners and lenders from unauthorized liens, forged documents, and ownership takeover attempts.
• TitlCheck: A pre-listing title check that gives sellers and agents a clear, high-level read on potential issues that could delay a closing so problems are identified early, not at the finish line.

“We are thrilled to invest in this technology and team. AI-powered applications like this create real demonstrable value for customers and investors,” said David Gardner, Founding Partner at Cofounders Capital. Gardner, who led six successful enterprise SaaS exits before founding Cofounders Capital, will join the company’s board. He and the Cofounders Capital team bring deep experience scaling B2B software companies like Titl.

“FIT Ventures is excited to join the founders of Titl on their journey to help modernize an antiquated industry as they build new, essential infrastructure for American land registries,” said Brian Becker, partner, F.I.T. Ventures.

About Titl

Titl is a real estate technology company modernizing the title industry through AI and blockchain innovation. By providing automated title search, real-time property monitoring, and fraud-resistant transaction tools, Titl helps lenders, brokers, and government agencies close deals faster, with greater accuracy and less risk. Our flagship products, TitlReport, TitlCheck, TitlProduction, and TitlMonitoring, simplify the title lifecycle from search to settlement. Headquartered in Downtown Miami, Titl is building a digital-first land registry. infrastructure that brings transparency, efficiency, and security to property ownership across the United States.

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OpenAssets is establishing open standards for the next generation of capital markets—the trusted foundation for real-world asset tokenization infrastructure.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 14, 2026 — OpenAssets today announced its launch as the new parent brand of Pointsville. OpenAssets builds on the proven experience and infrastructure from the team behind Pointsville’s tokenization and loyalty products, delivering secure digital value systems at scale designed for institutional and sovereign use. As global demand for real-word asset tokenization accelerates, OpenAssets aims to provide the foundation for enduring adoption.

As capital markets accelerate toward digital issuance and faster settlement, institutions face growing pressure to adopt new infrastructure without introducing operational risk or vendor lock-in. OpenAssets addresses this challenge with open standards-based architecture that enables asset tokenization using institutional-grade security, compliance readiness, and seamless integration into existing financial systems.

OpenAssets products and technologies were designed from the ground up for regulated environments and standards-based governance. Its open architecture prevents vendor lock-in, supports interoperability across jurisdictions, and ensures institutions and governments retain full authority over assets, policies, and data, which are foundational requirements for financial infrastructure intended to operate in the public interest at national and global scale.

OpenAssets is backed by a funding round led by Valor Capital Group with participation from global investors and industry leaders across finance, compliance, and digital infrastructure, including Tether, members of the founding family of Itaú Unibanco, Nubank’s co-founder, Temasek-backed Superscrypt, SNZ, Credit Saison, K2 Integrity, Citrino, and partners of Dynamo, reflecting broad confidence in the need for open, governance-first financial infrastructure for institutional and sovereign adoption.

In addition to housing the tokenization and loyalty products by Pointsville under its umbrella and growing its focus on digital financial infrastructure at the institutional level, OpenAssets will also move to address a market need for agentic commerce infrastructure in the near future.

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About OpenAsssets

OpenAssets builds open infrastructure for digital financial systems. Founded in 2026, the company establishes the standards and foundational technology that enable institutions to modernize capital markets with infrastructure designed for interoperability, governance, and public trust. Learn more at openassets.to.

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Healthcare Firm to Invest in Company’s Expanding Platform of Pharmacy Solutions

CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2026 — Strategic health care investor Water Street Healthcare Partners announced today that it has invested in Pillr Health, a premier provider of software and tech-enabled services that optimize pharmacy operations for health care delivery organizations. Water Street will invest its team’s industry knowledge and resources, along with its capital, to broaden Pillr Health’s platform of pharmacy solutions.

“Our partnership with Water Street is the next important step toward advancing our mission of empowering health care organizations with cutting-edge solutions, and ensuring operational excellence through integrity, exceptional service, and relentless innovation,” said Skip Devanny, CEO, Pillr Health. “With Water Street’s industry expertise, network, and capital, we will focus on accelerating development of new solutions that enable our clients to optimize clinical care while capturing meaningful economic value from their pharmacy operations.”

Pillr Health helps hospitals and health systems optimize and streamline their pharmacy operations, particularly within the 340B federal outpatient drug pricing program, which provides significant cost savings to providers serving vulnerable patient populations. The company’s integrated platform of software, analytics, and advisory services streamlines workflows, improves regulatory oversight, and strengthens the performance of pharmacy programs. Serving more than 300 hospitals and health systems across the U.S., Pillr Health recently launched a new product empowering clients to start their own outpatient retail and specialty pharmacy services.

“Pillr Health has established itself as an essential partner to hospitals and health systems seeking to maximize their pharmacy performance in an increasingly complex landscape,” said Max Mishkin, partner, Water Street. “We look forward to working with leadership to broaden Pillr’s differentiated technology platform and extend its national reach through a combination of organic investments and strategic acquisitions offering complementary capabilities and market growth opportunities.”

Patrick Teyro, principal, Water Street, added: “Pillr’s pharmacy expertise and innovative solutions are vital for helping providers expand their health services under constrained budgets to deliver high-quality clinical care. We are honored to work with Skip and his team to advance their goal of becoming a leader in hospital pharmacy enablement.”

Mr. Devanny and the management team will continue to lead Pillr Health. Cantor Fitzgerald served as an advisor to Water Street in the transaction. Financial details are not disclosed.

ABOUT PILLR HEALTH

Pillr Health is dedicated to transforming health care through cutting-edge solutions that enhance efficiency, optimize resources, and improve patient outcomes. The company specializes in 340B program administration, helping hospitals and health systems maximize performance in the federal outpatient drug pricing program, which provides discounts to organizations serving uninsured, low-income, and vulnerable patient populations. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, Pillr Health serves more than 300 health care organizations nationwide through its comprehensive platform of software, analytics, and managed pharmacy offerings.

ABOUT WATER STREET

Water Street Healthcare Partners is a strategic investor dedicated to building market-leading businesses in three critical health care sectors: medical products and diagnostics, pharmaceutical and life sciences, and health care services. The firm has completed more than 165 investments and acquisitions to build 48+ companies contributing to improved patient care, innovation, and a more efficient health care system. Working closely with leadership teams, Water Street contributes its industry experience and network of resources to support businesses’ growth objectives. Based in Chicago, Water Street’s team is a distinctive blend of health care executives, investment professionals, and functional specialists with decades of experience investing in and operating global health care businesses. For more information, visit waterstreet.com.

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New Funding Expands Access to Geospatial Imagery, Fueling Business Cases Across Diverse Sectors like Defense, Finance, and Agriculture with Actionable Data Analytics 

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14, 2026 — SkyFi, an AI-first Earth intelligence platform, today announced that it has raised a $12.7 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Buoyant Ventures and IronGate Capital Advisors, with new participation from DNV Ventures, TFX Ventures, Beyond Earth Tech, Nova Threshold, and Chris Morisoli, and existing investors RSquared VC and J2 Ventures. This investment will accelerate product development and enhance SkyFi’s technology, including its platform’s user interface and analytical tools. Additionally, the company plans to forge new partnerships with satellite operators to expand its on-demand data offerings and AI-enabled analytic capabilities for leading commercial and government customers worldwide.

Co-founded by Luke Fischer and Bill Perkins, SkyFi’s growing network of more than 50 geospatial imagery partners currently provides optical, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), hyperspectral, and aerial imagery, as well as data analytics, to industries including defense, energy, finance, infrastructure and construction, environmental services, agriculture, insurance, and mining. The company’s intuitive, user-friendly web platform and mobile app are transforming how businesses, governments, and individuals acquire and analyze complex satellite imagery, providing actionable insights that enable customers to make informed decisions without the need for specialized expertise.

“This funding is a testament to the strong demand for a more accessible approach to Earth observation data,” said Luke Fischer, CEO and cofounder of SkyFi. “Geospatial intelligence is essential not only for military and defense purposes but for commercial uses as well. From asset and supply chain monitoring, to insurance and real estate, to energy utilities, agriculture, and environmental protection, we believe that powerful insights from space should be available to everyone, not just a select few. This capital will allow us to scale our platform and empower more customers globally to leverage satellite data to solve critical challenges across various industries.”

According to a report from the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Deloitte, the potential value-added from Earth data was estimated at $266 billion in 2023, a figure that is poised to grow to more than $700 billion in 2030. Cumulatively, the report suggests that Earth observation has the potential to drive $3.8 trillion in economic benefit from 2023-2030 while positively impacting climate and nature.

“SkyFi is transforming how we access and use geospatial data by making satellite insights affordable, intuitive, and widely available,” said Laura Katzman, partner at Buoyant Ventures. “Their platform opens the door to critical applications in energy, agriculture, climate monitoring, disaster response, and defense. We’re thrilled to back a team that is democratizing access to Earth Observation data and driving solutions to global challenges, especially at a time when federal and public data resources are dwindling.”

“The state of the world today requires rapid access to intelligence–not only for governments and their national security but for commercial entities and their operational success. SkyFi provides users with an intuitive, robust platform to derive on-demand insights from geospatial data and analytics,” said Hamlet Yousef, managing partner at IronGate Capital Advisors. “From supply chain disruptions to natural disasters, geopolitical tensions to environmental monitoring, the world’s toughest challenges necessitate accessible, actionable data in order to be solved. We are proud to back SkyFi, a true dual-use company that is making earth intelligence–and the answers it provides–available to all who need it.” 

SkyFi experienced significant growth in 2025, launching custom built platforms for leading commercial satellite partners, Vantor–formerly known as Maxar Intelligence, ICEYE US, and Planet to deliver on-demand access to the most advanced high-resolution imagery and analytics.

The company was also selected via a rigorous evaluation process to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) 2026 Challenge Programme as one of 150 companies from 3,600 applications across 24 NATO countries.

About SkyFi

SkyFi is a self-service Earth Intelligence Platform that allows users to run built-in geospatial analytics, task satellites, and access archived imagery. The dual-use platform supports both civilian and defense use cases, with flexible ordering options, transparent pricing, and API access for large-scale workflows.

Customers can use SkyFi’s web platform, mobile app, or developer APIs to manage Earth observation projects without needing contracts or in-house GIS teams. Learn more at www.skyfi.com

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