CHICAGO, May 20, 2026 — BravoTran, the only end-to-end AP and AR automation platform built from the ground up for freight forwarders, today announced a growth investment led by Arthur Ventures, a Minneapolis-based early-growth capital firm focused on B2B software companies.

BravoTran automates the full AP workflow for freight forwarders from invoice receipt through accrual matching, exception resolution, posting, and payment. Its AR product handles the complexity of billing large enterprise customers whose rate agreements, document requirements, and freight auditor connections go well beyond what any forwarding application can manage natively. The company now serves 340+ customer accounts in 55 countries, processing tens of thousands of invoices per day, including dozens of the top 50 global freight forwarders.

The investment will be used to scale customer support, accelerate product development, and expand BravoTran’s go-to-market team as the company enters a new phase of growth.

“The results our customers see are what drive this business,” said Tom Durrenberger, CEO of BravoTran. “Customers are averaging a 4.5 percentage point improvement in gross margin per shipment and getting invoices posted nearly ten days faster, and that’s before counting the labor savings. We’ve built the only platform that handles 100% of forwarder invoice volume, and the depth of that product is what’s generating those results. This investment lets us bring that to more forwarders faster.”

“We are excited to partner with Tom and the entire BravoTran team as they continue building an end-to-end back office platform purpose-built for freight forwarders,” said Andrew Heim, General Partner at Arthur Ventures. “Throughout our diligence, customers consistently raved about the product, the team, and the meaningful value it delivers to their AP and AR operations. The clear ROI customers achieve, combined with BravoTran’s deep domain expertise, is exactly what we look for in a partner, and we are thrilled to provide growth capital to support their continued success.”

About BravoTran

BravoTran is the only end-to-end AP and AR automation platform designed from the ground up for freight forwarders. BravoTran Payables automates AP invoice processing from receipt through payment, integrating natively with CargoWise and Magaya. BravoTran Receivables manages the full outbound billing cycle, including customer-specific invoice tailoring, direct freight auditor connections, and a customer self-service portal. The company serves 340+ customer accounts in 55 countries. More information is available at www.bravotran.com.

About Arthur Ventures

Arthur Ventures is a Minneapolis-based early-growth capital firm leading investments in B2B software companies outside Silicon Valley. The firm partners with entrepreneurs across North America to support growth through strategic guidance, capital, and a network of industry leaders. Focused on long-term partnerships, Arthur Ventures has backed more than 80 software businesses across multiple sectors. Learn more at www.arthurventures.com.

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Dyana Flanigan
Flanigan Communications, Inc.
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Builds on More Than a Decade of Investing Across the Global Content and Media Rights Ecosystem, Including Music, Film, Television, Sports, Gaming, and the Creator Economy

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2026 — Shamrock Capital (“Shamrock”), a Los Angeles-based investment firm specializing in media, entertainment, communications, and related sectors, today announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Content Fund IV, L.P. (“Content IV” or “the Fund”) with $813 million of total capital commitments.* Driven by strong support from both existing and new limited partners, Content IV was oversubscribed by first close and completed fundraising in just over three months,¹ significantly exceeding its $700 million target.

Content IV is the fourth content acquisition fund within Shamrock’s Content Strategy, which launched in 2015 and has grown to currently manage over $3.3 billion in AUM across equity and debt products², representing a premium, scaled, and diversified portfolio. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Content IV will focus on acquiring premium, cash flow generating content and media rights across the evolving global entertainment landscape.

The Fund will leverage Shamrock’s deep sector expertise, longstanding industry relationships, and proprietary data and analytics capabilities to identify, acquire, and actively manage content and rights that are positioned to benefit from dynamic global consumption trends. The strategy’s current pipeline spans music, film, television, sports, video games, and creator economy opportunities, reflecting the increasing consumer engagement and monetization across these sectors globally.

Content IV will be managed by Shamrock’s dedicated Content Strategy team who have built and scaled Shamrock’s Content Strategy since its inception in 2015. The team also draws on Shamrock’s nearly 50-year history investing across the global media and entertainment landscape.

“For more than a decade, we have invested in content and media rights, and this fundraise reflects the depth of the expertise and platform we have built at Shamrock,” commented Patrick Russo, Partner and Executive Committee member at Shamrock. “Our team brings proven experience across film, television, music, gaming, sports and beyond, which allows us to underwrite complexity and structure investments with a high degree of conviction. As content becomes more global, more valuable, and more complex to finance, we believe the need for sophisticated, long-term capital partners has never been greater. We have built our strategy to meet that need for content creators and rights-holders worldwide. We are grateful to our existing and new investors for their support and energized by the compelling opportunities ahead of us across the global content ecosystem.”

“The content landscape has never been more complex or more compelling,” commented Jason Sklar, Partner and Executive Committee member at Shamrock. “We are witnessing a fundamental restructuring of how IP is created, owned, and monetized – and we believe we are uniquely positioned to see how all of these content worlds connect and converge. This fundraise is built on a simple but powerful conviction: the most valuable content assets are the ones that fans return to across generations, regardless of where or how they consume them. We are long-term investors, and the trust we have earned alongside artists, creators, and rights holders is the foundation of everything we do.”

The Fund attracted commitments from a globally diversified investor base that includes pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, insurance companies, and other institutional investors across the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Shamrock believes the strong demand for Content IV reflects investor confidence in the firm’s differentiated investment approach and established track record of generating attractive, uncorrelated returns across market cycles.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Shamrock Capital. No placement agent was used in connection with the fundraising process.

*Total commitments are inclusive of the GP commitment.

About Shamrock Capital

Shamrock Capital Advisors, LLC (“Shamrock Capital”) is a Los Angeles-based investment firm with approximately $7.4B billion of assets under management as of May 11, 2026. Shamrock Capital invests exclusively in media, entertainment, communications, and related sectors through a multi-fund strategy centered on private equity investments, as well as ownership and financing of content and media rights. The firm was originally founded in 1978 as the family investment company for the late Roy E. Disney and has since evolved into an institutionally backed firm with a leading group of investors, including endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth and pension funds. Shamrock Capital partners with strong management teams and takes an active, collaborative approach to creating value in each investment. For more information, visit www.shamrockcap.com.

¹ The fundraise rolling first-close ended January 30, 2026.
² AUM as of May 15, 2026.

Contact Information

Investors:
Leah Hiraoka, Shamrock Capital
[email protected] 

Media:
Prosek Partners 
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Growth investment to support continued expansion and client-centric service excellence. Engine Room will remain a founder-led independent company.

MENLO PARK, Calif. and PLEASANTON, Calif., May 20, 2026 — Red Iron Group, a Menlo Park-based private investment firm, today announced a strategic growth investment in Engine Room, a finance and accounting partner for venture-backed life science companies. The investment will support organizational growth, the enhancement of service capabilities across the client’s life cycle and the use of technology and AI to improve outcomes for clients, all with the goal of strengthening Engine Room’s ability to support companies from seed stage through IPO and beyond. Engine Room will continue to operate as an independent, founder-led firm under the Engine Room brand.

Since 2012, Engine Room has supported the growth of more than 300 venture-backed life science companies. The firm’s model combines detailed execution with CFO-caliber strategic guidance, to help management teams by building and operating high-performance outsourced finance and accounting departments with maximum efficiency.

Engine Room will remain an independent firm led by co-founders Mike Rose and Carole-Lynn Glass, who will continue as significant owners alongside Red Iron Group. The firm will maintain its brand, leadership team, and exclusive focus on the life sciences sector.

“Engine Room clients choose the firm for our tight concentration on life sciences, a focus Red Iron Group recognized from the outset. This investment will allow us to expand our team, deepen our capabilities and continue investing in systems that help our clients reach critical milestones — while preserving our proven approach and unique culture,” said Mike Rose, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Engine Room.

“Engine Room has been able to expand across market cycles for the past 15 years. As we continue scaling the business to meet client needs, we’re excited to partner with the team at Red Iron, who share our commitment to balancing growth with service excellence,” said Carole-Lynn Glass, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Engine Room.

Drug development and life science company-building cycles operate on multi-year timelines. Red Iron Group’s capital base is structured for hold periods measured in decades, not fund cycles—enabling Engine Room to invest in capabilities and client relationships without near-term exit pressure.

“Engine Room is a recognized standard-setter in life sciences finance and accounting, which is among the most demanding sectors for financial professionals,” said Ben Bisconti, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Red Iron Group. “Mike, Carole-Lynn, and the team have built a firm with deep expertise, a culture of integrity, and a singular focus on a sector where execution at the highest-level matters. We are pleased to support continued investment in the capabilities and service model the firm has built.”

Red Iron Group has invested in specialist finance and accounting firms across multiple verticals and has found that the firms delivering the most value build deep industry expertise. Engine Room has developed a combination of domain knowledge, talent, and operating discipline over more than a decade. The investment reflects Red Iron Group’s commitment to supporting specialist models in essential, mission-critical functions.

About Engine Room

Founded in 2012, with offices in the Bay Area and San Diego, Engine Room provides sophisticated, scalable finance and accounting support to venture-backed life science companies across the United States. The service integrates detailed execution — including GAAP accounting, FP&A, AP/AR, payroll, clinical trial and grant accounting, compliance and equity administration — with CFO-level strategic counsel, helping clients build financial infrastructure, strengthen controls, and achieve critical milestones from seed round through IPO and beyond.

About Red Iron Group

Red Iron Group is a private investment firm that partners with business owners and managers who are passionate about building market-leading businesses. The firm helps businesses achieve increased scale and business value through investments in organic growth initiatives and strategic acquisitions. Red Iron Group leverages its extensive Silicon Valley roots to help portfolio companies invest in and implement AI and technology enablement and adoption strategies that enhance customer relationships, drive operating efficiencies, and produce greater organic growth. Red Iron Group has established a long-term capital base focused on profitably growing lower-middle-market companies across a wide range of sectors. Learn more at https://redirongroup.com/

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Die globale Plattform für Personalwesen, Gehaltsabrechnung und Ausgabenmanagement, die 2025 die Gewinnzone erreichte, expandiert derzeit in Europa und den USA und investiert dabei in die geschäftliche Expansion, KI und integrierte Fintech-Lösungen. LONDON, 20. Mai 2026 –…

Profitable in 2025, the global HR, payroll, and spend platform is scaling across Europe and the US, with new investment in commercial expansion, AI, and embedded fintech.

LONDON, May 20, 2026 — RemotePass, the global employment, payroll, and spend platform, has raised $17.4 million in Series B funding led by the EBRD Venture Capital (EBRD), with participation from 500 Global and existing investors Oraseya Capital, 212 VC, Access Bridge Ventures, and Khwarizmi Ventures. The round comes at a pivotal moment when global employment and fintech are converging – and customers are increasingly looking for a single platform that handles both.

Europe and the USA are already two of RemotePass’s fastest-growing markets, with companies turning to the platform to onboard, pay, and support workers across geographies where incumbents have limited reach or experience. The new capital will expand the company’s commercial footprint across these markets, deepen its product investment in financial infrastructure for distributed teams, and accelerate its AI roadmap.

RemotePass reached profitability in early 2025, reflecting underlying unit economics. The company then made a deliberate decision to reinvest in expansion, bringing on EBRD and 500 Global as strategic partners for the next phase. The business has scaled to more than 35,000 workers across 150+ countries and facilitated over $800 million in cross-border payroll, built on a fraction of the capital raised by category leaders.

“This round is about acceleration,” said Kamal Reggad, CEO and Co-Founder of RemotePass. “We have the product, the traction, and now the partners to expand properly. Hiring is just the entry point. What companies actually need is a platform that supports their teams end-to-end, including the financial services that make distributed work function.”

Founded in 2021 by Kamal Reggad and Karim Nadi, RemotePass solves a problem incumbents have largely underserved: hiring, paying, and supporting workers across borders where local entity setup, compliance, and banking infrastructure remain genuinely hard. The platform serves customers, including Logitech, Tata Group, InDrive and Careem. It covers EOR, contractor management, payroll, and compliance, as well as a fintech layer that provides workers with access to USD accounts, global cards, and health insurance.

In late 2025, RemotePass launched SpendCards, embedding corporate expense cards into the same platform that pays the workforce – collapsing payroll, contractor payments, and spend into one system regardless of where a worker sits or how they are employed. Expense management has remained one of the most stubborn operational pain points in cross-border setups, forcing finance teams to stitch together separate vendors. The company has also rolled out AI agents that automate workflows across onboarding, compliance, and support.

“RemotePass is uniquely integrating global payroll and financial products into a single AI-enabled experience. It lowers friction for employers operating across emerging markets while creating real economic opportunity for tens of thousands of workers. The business has reached meaningful scale on a fraction of the capital others in the category have raised — a signal of how disciplined Kamal and his team have been with execution. This is exactly the kind of company we set out to back: a team building a leading platform from an emerging-market, with the product depth and commercial momentum to compete in Europe and the US. We look forward to supporting them through the next phase of growth,” said Amine Chabane, Principal, EBRD Venture Capital.

“RemotePass has built a robust platform that bridges workforce management and fintech into a single integrated stack. The emerging market depth, embedded fintech layer, and early AI investment create structural advantages that are hard to replicate. We backed this exceptional team because they are executing a world-class infrastructure to solve a substantial problem as more businesses scale their workforces across borders,” said Amjad Ahmad, Managing Partner, 500 Global.

The Series B will fund expansion across Europe and the US, deeper compliance coverage, and continued investment in the financial product surface and AI capabilities that have become defining features of the platform.

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Over the last 12 months, the platform’s initial product enabling global stablecoin liquidity has scaled from $0 to $3B in total processing volume (TPV) with institutional clients including Rail, Braza Bank, and more

NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 — Checker, a global network that enables financial institutions to plug into stablecoins and digital asset liquidity, cross-border payments, treasury, and credit via a single API, announced today that it has raised $8M in funding from Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures. Additional participants include strategic financial institutions, such as Bitso and Airtm in Latin America, DFS Lab in Africa, and Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital and Velocity in Asia. Additional investors include fintech operators from Stripe, Tala, Flutterwave, Mesh, ComplyAdvantage, Superstate, and more.

While stablecoins and tokenization promise faster, cheaper, and more reliable financial infrastructure, large-scale adoption will require solutions to liquidity fragmentation, operational complexity, and compliance hurdles. To access crypto and stablecoin markets, institutions are often stuck stitching together multiple providers as a makeshift solution, resulting in systems that are difficult to scale and maintain.

Enter Checker. Through the company’s single API, financial institutions can launch and scale products spanning trading, payments, treasury, and credit across markets worldwide. The network delivers access to global liquidity, fiat on- and off-ramps, and payment rails, eliminating the need to integrate multiple providers.

“Checker’s network has been instrumental to our business. Their plug-and-play infrastructure supercharges our trading and treasury plumbing,” said Bhanu Kohli, former CEO and Cofounder of crossborder payments company Rail, which was recently acquired by Ripple.

“We have spent our careers dealing with the existing financial plumbing inside 24/7 global financial institutions. We’ve experienced how broken it is, and know how much better it can and should be” said Jack Chong, Cofounder of Checker. “This funding allows us to accelerate our mission to enable financial institutions from Brazil and Kenya, to Hong Kong and the United States, to transform how foreign exchange, payments, trading, and investment products are built. We are incredibly grateful for our customers and investors’ trust.”

Over the past year, Checker has onboarded institutional clients including Rail (acquired by Ripple), Braza Bank in Brazil, and Belo in Argentina, as it scaled to $3B in total processing volume, accounting for around 1% of annual global B2B stablecoin payments volume. Checker’s stablecoin processing volume spans 30 customers, which are regulated financial institutions across the US, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The Checker network now covers 75 global currencies, powering foreign exchange, collections, payouts, virtual accounts, and trading products worldwide.

“Financial institutions globally are converging on stablecoins as core infrastructure, but fragmentation across liquidity, rails, and compliance slows adoption,” said Will Nuelle, General Partner at Galaxy Ventures. “Checker is building the connective tissue that brings market participants together into a unified platform.”

“The friction points in fiat on-ramps and off-ramps remain the hardest problem to solve. Checker addresses this with a novel orchestration layer that organizes fragmented stablecoin liquidity into a programmable, compliant network,” said Omar Laalej, General Partner at Al Mada Ventures. “With their customer bases growing rapidly across the emerging markets, especially Africa, we didn’t hesitate to back this exceptionally lean, top-tier founding team.”

With this funding, Checker plans to deepen its global payments coverage to replace traditional correspondent banking dependencies. The team also intends to build out embedded borrowing and lending capabilities that improve capital efficiency and reduce pre-funding requirements for its customers, fully utilizing the just-in-time settlement capabilities of stablecoins. Finally, the firm intends to launch AI-powered agents for treasury management, back-office operations, and predictive analytics, enabling financial institutions to hyperscale their operating efficiencies.

About Checker

Checker unifies the fragmented digital assets markets for financial institutions globally.

The network enables financial institutions to plug into stablecoins and digital asset liquidity, cross-border payments, treasury, and credit via a single API. More than 30 regulated financial institutions, from B2B payments providers, remittance companies, FX banks, to trading firms, now work with Checker to access global efficient and reliable stablecoin FX liquidity, named accounts, and payment rails without stitching together multiple providers.

Founded by operators with experience across trading, treasury, and financial infrastructure, Checker’s network coverage spans across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Checker is also backed by leading investors and financial institutions including Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, Framework, Bitso, Airtm.

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• The round was led by Origin Ventures with participation from InnovateHealth Ventures, 25madison, Next Play Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and strategic angels

• The Century Health Abstraction & Retrieval Model (CHARM) has achieved 97% accuracy compared to clinical expert judgment as it scales across life sciences
   
• Century Health’s data network and abstraction platform supply proprietary real-world clinical data; a critical resource for accelerating AI use cases in life sciences

NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 — Century Health, a pioneer in applying AI to real-world clinical data to accelerate research, today announced an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Origin Ventures, with participation from new investors InnovateHealth Ventures, 25madison, and Next Play Ventures, and continuing investors 2048 Ventures and Alumni Ventures. Strategic angel investors in the round include Zorba Lieberman, founder of Citeline, and clinicians across nephrology, neurology, and ophthalmology. The funding will be used to scale collaborations and use cases with pharmaceutical and life sciences partners, grow its specialty provider data network, and expand its AI-powered data curation infrastructure.

Century Health was founded to reimagine how clinical data is used to benefit patients. The company’s Century Health Abstraction & Retrieval Model (CHARM) is a tailored, AI-powered platform that automates the curation and enrichment of fragmented clinical data, creating high-quality real-world evidence (RWE) to accelerate therapeutic development and drive clinical outcomes.

Clinical research has long been constrained by the time and cost of manual data curation. While electronic health records (EHRs) contain rich longitudinal patient information, much of it remains locked in unstructured formats, such as clinical notes, radiology reports, and physician documentation. Century Health automates the data identification and abstraction process, creating high-quality, research-ready datasets.

CHARM now achieves 97% accuracy when validated against clinical expert judgment, the standard pharmaceutical and research partners apply when evaluating data for research and regulatory use.

The company grew its data network 60x over the past year, spanning leading provider groups across neurology, nephrology, ophthalmology, respiratory, metabolic, and immunology. Multiple “Top 5” pharma companies are among its partners.

A wave of AI investment flowing into life sciences has created new demand for proprietary clinical data. As drug developers and AI researchers push into trial design, patient stratification, and therapeutic development, the publicly available datasets that powered earlier biomedical models have largely been exhausted. High-quality, structured real-world clinical records are now a scarce input, and Century Health’s provider network and abstraction infrastructure are positioned to fill this gap.

“Century Health is accelerating medical breakthroughs by unlocking real-world clinical data across the entire drug lifecycle, creating a win-win for providers and life sciences companies,” said Prashant Shukla, Partner at Origin Ventures. “Upstream, it’s the fuel for AI models driving discovery, disease modeling, and patient stratification; downstream, it’s the evidence needed to demonstrate safety and effectiveness, differentiate their drugs, and win payer negotiations.”

“Structuring clinical data historically required extensive manual work that can now be automated and scaled, creating unprecedented opportunity for healthcare data infrastructure. Century Health operates with the speed the life sciences industry needs and the clinical rigor it demands. This funding lets us expand our network, go deeper into priority disease areas, and generate the critical evidence that shapes patient care,” said Vish Srivastava, Co-Founder and CEO of Century Health.

Century Health is continuing to expand its disease-specific registry network, deepen pharma collaborations, and advance CHARM’s capabilities for complex abstraction and data harmonization.

The company’s vision is to make real-world clinical data usable and reliable for every researcher, provider, and life sciences partner that are working to shorten the path to discovery and better treatments for complex diseases.

About Century Health

Century Health is a health technology company transforming how real-world evidence is generated from clinical data. With its AI-powered platform, Century Health unlocks rich, high-quality datasets from fragmented and siloed clinical information to fuel groundbreaking research and industry collaborations. By automating data curation and enrichment, the platform eliminates manual data entry while upholding the highest standards of patient privacy. Partnering with leading academic institutions, healthcare providers, and life sciences organizations, Century Health accelerates medical breakthroughs with the power of AI. For more information, visit www.century.health.

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Mission-driven fund backed by more than $1 billion supports Rasa’s national impact expansion helping Americans clear eligible criminal records and connect to opportunity.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 19, 2026 — Rasa Legal, the legal technology company making it simple and affordable for eligible individuals to clear their criminal records, today announced that NextLadder Ventures has invested $1 million in the company as part of Rasa’s previously announced $5 million late seed funding round.

NextLadder Ventures is a newly launched initiative backed by more than $1 billion in capital focused on advancing NavTech solutions that expand economic opportunity through personalized, technology-enabled support. The investment supports Rasa Legal’s continued national expansion as the company scales its platform to help more Americans determine eligibility for criminal record expungement and sealing under state law.

Founded by attorney and access-to-justice advocate Noella Sudbury, Rasa Legal has helped more than 30,000 people access their criminal records and understand their eligibility options. The company has successfully cleared more than 5,000 records since launching its platform in 2022.

Ryan Rippel, CEO of NextLadder Ventures, said Rasa Legal aligned closely with the fund’s mission to expand economic opportunity. “More than 20 million Americans are carrying a criminal record that is eligible to be expunged — meaning according to the law the individual is eligible to have it removed and stop impacting their ability to get a job, find housing, and build a life,” said Rippel. “Rasa Legal provides an affordable and easily accessible path to clear their record after serving their time. Research shows the massive gains in wages and opportunities that this clean slate can deliver both to low income people and to the economy. That’s why we’re proud to back their efforts to expand their reach across the country.”

“We’re incredibly excited to partner with a fund that is deeply aligned with our mission and vision for expanding access to opportunity,” added Sudbury. “NextLadder understands that technology can play a transformative role in helping people navigate complex systems, remove barriers, and build better futures. Their support will help us scale our impact and reach more people across the country who deserve a second chance.”

Rasa Legal currently provides criminal record sealing and expungement services in Pennsylvania, Utah, and Arizona, with plans for continued nationwide expansion.

About Rasa Legal

Rasa Legal is a mission-driven legal technology company dedicated to making the process of clearing a criminal record simple and affordable for everyone. Through innovative tools and a streamlined legal process, Rasa’s lawyers provide criminal record sealing and expungement services in several states. For more information, or to check eligibility, visit rasa-legal.com.

About NextLadder Ventures

NextLadder Ventures is a time-bound venture with one goal: empower millions of Americans to reach their potential by 2040. Backed by over $1 billion in capital, the organization invests in breakthrough technologies that remove barriers to economic success and put people in control of their futures. NextLadder Ventures is trailblazing a new market for tech-enabled Navigation Technology tools that help people access the resources they need to navigate pivotal moments — offering flexible, risk-tolerant capital to entrepreneurs building these transformative tools today, while creating a pipeline of tech, talent, and capital for the long run.

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Funding will broaden manufacturing capacity, strengthen supply chain, and continue national expansion for the fastest-growing pasta brand in America

NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 — BRAMI, the Italian food brand bringing protein pasta to American kitchens, announced today that it has raised $33 million in Series B funding led by VMG Partners, a premier growth equity firm focused on high-potential consumer brands. VMG joins existing investors La Molisana, Pentland Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Gather Ventures. The investment will be used to further develop BRAMI’s supply chain and support continued growth in the United States.

Founded in 2016 by Aaron Gatti, a first-generation Italian American, BRAMI is rooted in the Italian tradition of letting quality ingredients speak for themselves. American consumers have been overwhelmed by fad diets and overly engineered foods, including those increasingly built on processed proteins. BRAMI believes the traditional Italian way of cooking with simple, whole ingredients is the modern answer to health and wellness.

“Our goal is for Americans to reconsider their relationship with Italian cuisine, starting with pasta. Italians eat significantly more pasta than Americans, and yet consistently rank among the healthiest populations in the world,” says BRAMI CEO and Founder Aaron Gatti. “The difference is in the quality. In Italy, ingredients are grown and selected with care, and food is treated as something to be savored, not engineered. BRAMI is redefining the US market with a healthy pasta that doesn’t compromise on authentic quality, taste, and texture. At its core, BRAMI is about uncomplicating people’s relationship with food, and getting back to the joy of a real meal with authentic ingredients.”

This approach to food has resonated with consumers and retailers. BRAMI has been the fastest-growing national pasta brand in America for three years running and is now available in more than 4,000 stores nationwide, including Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Safeway/Albertsons, Costco, and Sam’s Club. Driven by repeat customer demand for its product line, the brand continues to gain share at an accelerating pace: velocity is up 58% year over year, outpacing distribution growth by 30 points. (Source: Nielsen L52W Total FMCG w/e 4/18/26.)

“Our ability to deliver such an uncompromisingly authentic and elevated healthy pasta, at a value that everyone can enjoy daily, would not have been possible without the incredible partnership and support of the Ferro family and their company La Molisana,” says Gatti.

BRAMI uses only two old world ingredients: durum wheat semolina and lupini bean flour. These are among the most ancient and nutrient-dense staples of the Mediterranean diet. Lupini flour is the ideal ingredient to combine with traditional pasta flour because it’s easy to digest and has a natural umami flavor that enhances the pasta experience. This ingredient pairing, combined with the dedication to the craftsmanship of quality pasta-making of BRAMI and its partner La Molisana, delivers higher protein and fiber without compromising the time-honored taste and texture of traditional Italian pasta.

“BRAMI has been able to redefine the category in part because of their high standard for real ingredients and artisan manufacturing integrity,” says Wayne Wu, General Partner at VMG Partners. “The team at BRAMI is doing it the right way; they’re meticulously focused on ingredients, process, and quality. That is hard to do as you grow. Much of what our funding supports will be ensuring those practices are maintained and invested in as the business scales.”

BRAMI products are available at leading retailers nationwide and online at www.enjoybrami.com.

About BRAMI

BRAMI brings authentic Italian flavor and food philosophy to the modern table, proving that great taste and great nutrition don’t have to be a trade off. Made in Italy using time-honored methods, BRAMI’s products are crafted from old world ingredients, delivering a unique combination of high protein, high fiber, and great taste. Rooted in the belief that food should be uncomplicated, nutritious, and satisfying, BRAMI is on a mission to bring the Italian way of eating, and living, to everyday American life. Learn more at www.enjoyBRAMI.com.

About VMG

VMG Partners is a growth equity firm founded in 2005 to identify and support the growth of innovative companies into iconic brands that span generations. Headquartered in San Francisco, the firm invests through its two core funds, Consumer and Technology, and is guided by the thesis that progress and innovation will prevail over the status quo. VMG specializes in enterprise and founder partnerships that drive successful investments, mergers and acquisitions across beauty and personal care, food and beverage, health and wellness, pet, and technology that powers operational excellence for consumer brands. For more information on VMG Partners, please visit www.vmgpartners.com.

About Category

BRAMI is operating at the center of a growing shift toward higher-protein, better-for-you pantry staples, as consumers increasingly prioritize foods that deliver both nutrition and everyday usability. The US pasta and noodles market represents an estimated $7.5 billion category that is growing at 1.4% year over year S1, while the North American protein-fortified pasta segment, led by US demand, is projected to grow at an annual rate of 4% through 2030, nearly three times the rate of the broader category S2. This momentum reflects a larger, sustained shift toward higher-protein eating habits, with over half of consumers actively seeking to add more protein to their diets (S3). At the same time, consumers are increasingly seeking foods that combine protein with other functional benefits, such as fiber. With nearly two-thirds of Americans now actively seeking to consume more fiber, driving continued innovation in nutrient-dense pantry staples, S4, BRAMI is set to deliver on consumer trends reshaping the pasta aisle.

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