Community investment program gives back to local farming communities in key growing regions
RALEIGH, N.C., May 12, 2026 — Golden Harvest has invested over $300,000 directly in local farming communities through its Harvest Roots program, reinforcing its commitment to providing meaningful localized support and strengthening agriculture throughout the Midwest.
A dedicated community investment program, Harvest Roots supports the organizations, events and causes that matter most across Golden Harvest growing regions. Since its launch in 2025, Harvest Roots has supported 28 community initiatives, representing approximately $300,000 in combined local investments. Golden Harvest is proudly continuing the Harvest Roots program in 2026, expanding its reach to additional growing regions and deepening its commitment to truly showing up for local communities.
The program invests in select Golden Harvest growing regions, funding causes close to home and celebrating farming communities throughout the Midwest — with initiatives chosen at the regional level based on local impact. Efforts the program has supported include donations to local Future Farmers of America chapters, youth sports teams and schools, farm rescue campaigns, food banks and other initiatives that uplift local communities, with supported activities varying by region.
“Harvest Roots is more than giving back; it’s about showing up where it matters most — in the places where farmers live and work,” said Andy Lee, Head, Golden Harvest. “By investing locally, we’re reinforcing our commitment to work together with farmers and deliver trusted, local service that helps create results in and out of the field.”
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First institutional venture fund exclusively focused on MSP software announces final close, strong early performance, and first exit
VANCOUVER, BC, May 12, 2026 – Top Down Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage software and AI companies serving the Managed Service Provider (MSP) market, today announced the final close of its Founders FundI at US$28 million (C$38 million), oversubscribing its original US$25M target. The fund held its first close in October 2024 and completed its final close in April 2026.
Top Down Ventures Team (CNW Group/Top Down)
Founders Fund I is the first institutional venture fund dedicated exclusively to early-stage MSP software and AI companies. The fund has attracted over 100LPs (limited partners), the majority of whom are founders, operators, and executives from across the MSP ecosystem, creating a strategic LP base that actively contributes to portfolio company growth. The fund also includes participation from Pax8 founder and chairman John Street, Upward Trajectory Fund, and a number of private family offices across Canada and the United States.
The MSP ecosystem has long been the invisible infrastructure of the global economy, powering the technology operations of over 100million SMBs (small and mid-sized businesses) worldwide, and on track to reach US$1 trillion in annual spend by 2030. According to Top Down’s 2025State of MSP Capital in the Age of AIreport, 2026 marks a historic shift: for the first time, the total addressable market for SMB IT spend is projected to surpass that of Enterprise IT. What was once considered a niche market is crossing into the mainstream, and institutional capital is beginning to take notice. Top Down was built on the conviction that this moment was coming, that Main Street’s technology needs would eventually demand Wall Street’s attention.
Strong Early Performance
The fund’s first exit has already been realized: zofiQ, a portfolio company focused on agentic AI for MSPs, was acquired by ConnectWise, returning 5.3x to the fund just six months after the initial investment. A second portfolio company has completed its Series B at a 3.5x markup to Top Down’s entry.
Since beginning to invest in 2024, the fund has deployed capital into 12 portfolio companies. Based on early DPI and deployment metrics, the fund is tracking in the top decile of 2024 vintage venture funds (Source: Carta, Q4 2025 VC Fund Performance).
The firm’s general partners bring a hands-on track record in the MSP space, having founded and scaled companies including IT Glue (acquired by Kaseya), Fully Managed (acquired by TELUS), N-able (NYSE: NABL), and ScalePad. Their prior investments generated a 12.8x MOIC and 97% IRR.
“We’re proud to have built a fund that reflects the strength and alignment of the MSP ecosystem. Our LP base is not just capital, it’s a flywheel of operators, founders, and industry leaders helping the next generation of MSP software companies scale faster and smarter.”
– Joel Abramson, Managing Partner, Top Down Ventures
Investing in the AI-Native Generation
Top Down’s investment strategy has focused on backing a new cohort of AI-native SaaS companies, businesses built from inception with modern AI development tooling, resulting in faster product cycles, leaner teams, and differentiated capabilities tailored to the evolving MSP landscape. These are not companies that have bolted AI onto existing products; they were designed around it.
“We’re seeing a fundamentally different caliber of company. These are AI-native businesses built from day one with new tooling, new cost structures, and new expectations around speed and scale.”
– Chris Day, Founder & Chairman, Top Down Ventures
AI-native companies are doing to the MSP stack what cloud once did to on-premise software – not bolting on features, but rebuilding foundational workflows from the ground up, around intelligence, redefining what it means to deliver managed services. Just as cloud reshaped the economics and architecture of IT delivery a decade ago, AI is now doing the same, creating both urgency and opportunity for the MSPs and software vendors willing to move first.
A Platform Built on Deep Industry Specialization
Top Down combines capital with a hands-on platform approach, providing operational guidance, go-to-market support, and access to a deeply embedded industry network. The firm convenes CEO peer groups, hosts its annual Horizons investor summit, and publishes the MSP Outliers blog and podcast, resources that connect founders, operators, and investors across the ecosystem.
“In one of the most challenging fundraising environments, we are grateful for the support from institutions, family offices, and everyone from the MSP ecosystem who engaged with our vision in defining the new era of AI-first MSP software. We believe there has never been a more important time to invest at the early stage, especially in a category like MSP that remains underappreciated but critical to the global SMB market for managed IT, security and AI.”
– Mark Scott, General Partner, Top Down Ventures
What’s Next
Top Down will be active across the MSP and venture community through the rest of 2026, including its annual Horizons investor summit in November in Scottsdale, where it will showcase portfolio companies to LPs, founders, and industry leaders. The firm is also expanding the Outliers program with new research and content for the operators and institutional investors shaping the next decade of MSP software.
About Top Down Ventures
Top Down Ventures is the first early-stage venture capital firm focused on the MSP software/AI ecosystem. The firm partners with founders building automation, intelligence, and governance platforms for the global SMB market. Through its research, events, and investments, Top Down’s mission is to elevate the MSP industry from Main Street to Wall Street. For more information, visit www.topdown.com.
Lincoln-based Driive closes pre-seed funding from Nebraska Angels, Nelnet, Move Venture Capital, and CompanyCam founder Luke Hansen to scale Dot, its AI booking agent for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and other home service contractors.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 11, 2026 — Driive, the AI-native booking and scheduling platform built for the home service trades, today announced the close of its pre-seed funding round. The round includes investment from Nebraska Angels, Nelnet, Move Venture Capital, and Luke Hansen, founder and CEO of CompanyCam.
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Driive’s platform answers inbound calls, texts, and emails 24/7, qualifies the homeowner, checks technician availability against real drive time, and books the appointment in real time. The product is called Dot.
“This category has been waiting for someone to take it seriously,” said Quinn Small, Founder and CEO of Driive. “The trades are the largest sector of the economy still running on missed calls and sticky notes. Driive is the system of record for how a job actually gets booked.”
“Scheduling is a huge need in the industry, and I believe in this team to solve it,” said Luke Hansen, founder and CEO of CompanyCam.
“So impressed with the early momentum that Quinn Small has established with Driive, and excited to see what he accomplishes as he expands his team and brings on more customers,” said Charlie Cuddy of Move Venture Capital.
Early customers point to drive-time scheduling as the differentiator. “Finally. Someone gets it, and then built it. This tool has reduced the miles and dead time, increased the appointments we can do daily, and gets a higher book rate when our customers can book on their terms,” said Cody Stephens, Owner of a generator sales and installation company.
Funds will accelerate Driive’s engineering hires, the go-to-market motion through its partnership with CompanyCam, and the rollout of Dot.
About Driive
Driive is the AI booking and scheduling platform built for home service trades, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, pest control, and windows. Learn more at getdriive.com.
SÃO PAULO, May 8, 2026 — Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Enter, a Brazil-based artificial intelligence legal technology company, in connection with its Series B financing round. The financing raised more than $100 million and valued Enter at approximately $1.2 billion, making Enter the first AI unicorn in Latin America, according to the company press release.
The financing was led by Founders Fund, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Kaszek, Atlantico, and ONEVC.
Founded in 2023, Enter is the AI litigator for large companies such as Airbnb, Nubank, Mercado Libre, Latam Airlines and 40+ other enterprises. Every legal task in a litigation workflow — from evidence discovery to drafting an answer to negotiating a settlement — is autonomously performed by Enter’s AI agents before being shared for expert review by a lawyer in the Enter network.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has approximately 3,100 lawyers across 51 locations in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm’s broad geographic and practice range enables the delivery of innovative and strategic legal services across borders and industries. Recognized as a 2025 BTI “Best of the Best Recommended Law Firm” by general counsel for trust and relationship management, Greenberg Traurig is consistently ranked among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100, NLJ 500, and Law360 400. Greenberg Traurig is also known for its philanthropic giving, culture, innovation, and pro bono work. Web: www.gtlaw.com.
PHOENIX, May 8, 2026 — Basata, the AI company rebuilding the operational layer of US healthcare, today announced a $21 million Series A led by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, PHX Ventures, Zenda Capital, and Victoria Treyger. The round brings total funding to $24.5 million.
$21 Series A led by Basis Set, with participation by Cowboy Ventures, PHX Ventures, Zenda
Basata’s AI agents handle the administrative work still running on fax machines and phone calls, like referrals, intake, patient scheduling, and follow-up — end to end. A referral arrives by fax, Basata extracts the patient details and creates a chart in the EHR, an AI voice agent calls the patient, and the appointment is booked in minutes instead of weeks. The company has served more than 500,000 patients to date, including 100,000 in the past month, and works with providers some of the largest specialty groups in the country across cardiology, urology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, and growing.
Practices using Basata process 100% of incoming referrals the same day, unlock 50% more administrative labor capacity, and reduce time-to-first-patient-contact from weeks to minutes. Roughly 70% of new sales come from customer referrals.
“Healthcare administration is one of the most consequential and least supported workforces in America,” said Kaled Alhanafi, co-founder and CEO of Basata. “We didn’t build Basata to replace administrators. We built it for them. ‘Basata’ is Arabic for simplicity, and that is what these teams deserve.”
Basata’s founding team came together around a shared conviction that healthcare’s biggest failures aren’t clinical, they’re operational. The country’s clinicians and administrators are world-class; the tools they have been handed are not. CEO Kaled Alhanafi lost his mother as a young adult to a healthcare administrative error. Co-founder Chetan, a former principal engineer at Medtronic, watched his wife wait months to see a cardiologist. Co-founder Vivin, a Computer Science PhD, saw his wife endure the same broken referral process.
That conviction shapes how the company builds. “Our Forward-Deployed Engineer returned from two weeks onsite at a customer site, eyes bloodshot, after manually processing referrals and faxes all day,” said Chetan Patel, co-founder and president of Basata. “It proved that if you aren’t in the trenches, you’ll never grasp how intense this workload is. Building in a bubble fails. We design tech that works because we are on the ground with our customers. This is why so many practices are trusting us with their workflows.”
Customers feel the difference. “Before Basata, we regularly had a backlog of 500+ unprocessed referrals, some waiting for months,” said Rich Bondi, CEO of Southwest Cardiovascular Associates. “Once Basata came in, the backlog went to zero. We’ve seen an 18% boost in new patient conversions because patients are contacted right away. Basata truly transformed our patient care.”
The new funding will enable Basata to scale what’s already working in tackling the $1 trillion operational layer of US healthcare end to end, replacing the patchwork of point solutions practices have stitched together with a single system built alongside the administrators who use it every day.
“It’s 2026, self-driving cars can navigate my city, but patients still have to fight through hold music and fax machines to get care,” said Alhanafi. “That’s the disconnect we’re fixing. In the next decade, healthcare operations will become fully autonomous. Intake, scheduling, coordination, and billing will just happen in the background, and patients will finally experience what exceptional healthcare actually feels like.”
About Basata
Basata deploys specialty-specific AI agents that automate healthcare’s administrative workflows end-to-end. From faxes to referrals to call centers, our agents take on the repetitive tasks that slow down health systems and practices, so teams move faster and patients get better access. Learn more at www.basata.ai
Antier Solutions secured $3M led by GVFL to scale blockchain platforms powering secure workflows, digital trust, and BFSI sector transformation
MOHALI, India, May 8, 2026 — India’s pioneer venture capital firm GVFL has led a $3 million investment in Antier Solutions Pvt. Ltd., marking a strategic investment in enterprise blockchain infrastructure as adoption expands across government systems, financial institutions, and enterprise workflows.
This is Antier’s first institutional capital after over a decade of bootstrapped growth. It comes at a time when blockchain is increasingly being evaluated as a foundational layer for digital trust, verification, and financial infrastructure — particularly across public sector and BFSI use cases.
Founded by Vikram R. Singh, Antier Solutions is an enterprise blockchain engineering firm focused on building infrastructure for secure transactions, verifiable workflows, and institutional-grade applications. Headquartered in Mohali, the company operates with a team of over 600 specialists and has delivered over 1,000 projects across enterprises, startups, and government institutions globally.
Commenting on the investment, Mihir Joshi, Managing Director at GVFL, said, “Enterprise adoption of blockchain is moving into real-world use cases across governance systems and financial infrastructure. We see strong potential in platforms that can deliver verifiable, secure, and scalable systems for institutional deployment, and Antier Solutions is well positioned in this space.”
Vikram R. Singh, Founder of Antier Solutions Pvt. Ltd., said, “This investment marks an important milestone in our journey as we transition from a bootstrapped organisation to one backed by institutional capital. Our focus remains on building trusted digital infrastructure for governments, financial institutions, and enterprises at scale.”
Shashi Pal, COO and Co-founder of Antier, a title earned, rather than allocated, added, “Years of bootstrapped execution have built the operational depth that institutional clients require — disciplined delivery, engineering rigour, and deployment certainty. With GVFL’s backing, we are ready to extend this depth across government and BFSI customers at scale, in India and beyond.”
The company’s leadership team also includes Ashish Pareek, Chief Financial Officer at Antier Solutions Pvt. Ltd., who is overseeing the company’s financial strategy and institutional growth roadmap following the investment.
The capital will be used to scale Antier’s platform offerings, expand deployments across government and BFSI sectors, and strengthen its presence in key international markets, including the United States, MENA, and Asia-Pacific.
NEW YORK, May 8, 2026 — Crown Affair, the modern haircare brand recognized for its clean, high-performing formulas and emphasis on thoughtful rituals, announced its Series C investment led by Stride Consumer Partners—marking an important milestone in the company’s ongoing growth.
The round consists primarily of secondary capital and reflects a long-standing relationship between Crown Affair and Stride. Stride Consumer’s Operating Partner, Nicole Fourgoux, has always been an admirer of Crown Affair, following the brand since its inception and waiting for the right moment to formally cement a partnership. Nicole added “This investment represents a shared belief in Crown Affair’s vision and a deep alignment in building a thoughtful, enduring brand within the haircare category. With its elevated, minimalist, and ritual-driven positioning, Crown Affair is particularly well suited to capture the shift toward the skinification of hair, where consumers are seeking more holistic efficacy, intention, and long-term care.”
The funding comes at a pivotal moment for Crown Affair, as the company deepens its relationship with Sephora following a recent expansion into all retail doors nationwide. This growth underscores the brand’s ability to not only launch but sustain high-performing hero products, demonstrating a commitment to creating timeless essentials, rather than chasing short-lived trends.
Crown Affair’s long time investment partner, True Beauty Ventures, has been instrumental throughout the brand’s growth and will continue to collaborate. Crown Affair remains focused on scaling deliberately and sustainably, guided by its mission, vision, and core philosophy. The company will continue to prioritize product integrity, community, and long-term brand building.
With this new partnership, Crown Affair is well-positioned to build on its momentum while staying true to the principles that have defined the brand since day one.
Crown Affair CEO, Elaine Choi, notes “Who you partner with matters as much as what you build. What drew us to Stride was their genuine understanding of our vision and the category we’re helping define — and what’s been remarkable is how naturally aligned we’ve felt from the start, on vision, on values, on what it means to build something lasting. We’re excited to step into this next chapter together.” Founder, Dianna Cohen, adds “I started Crown Affair with a simple belief: that the way you care for your hair can be something you actually look forward to — a moment that’s yours, that transforms how you show up in the world. Watching that resonate with so many people, and now seeing Crown Affair reach them at scale through Sephora, has been one of the more rewarding parts of this journey. This partnership with Stride means we get to bring that ritual to even more people— and that’s exactly what we set out to do. We’re proud to have a partner who is as intentional about this as we are.”
Brittany Sperling, Principal at Stride Consumer Partners added, “We were immediately drawn to the strength of the Crown Affair team—an incredibly talented group that has built a timeless, beloved brand supported by deep customer loyalty and best-in-class products. We are excited to partner with Dianna and Elaine and the rest of the team at Crown Affair as they continue to elevate everyday haircare into a meaningful self-care ritual.”
Foley & Lardner served as the legal advisor to Crown Affair. Ropes & Gray served as the legal advisor to Stride Consumer Partners.
About Crown Affair
Crown Affair is a modern haircare brand redefining the relationship people have with their hair. With a focus on intentional rituals, high-performance clean formulations, and handcrafted tools, Crown Affair empowers individuals to create meaningful self-care routines. Founded by Dianna Cohen in 2020, Crown Affair is available online and in Sephora stores across the U.S., offering an elevated experience for consumers seeking mindful haircare solutions.
About Stride Consumer Partners
Stride is a private equity firm that specializes in partnering with talented and dynamic founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders to build the next generation of great consumer brands. Founded by a passionate group of experienced investor-operators, Stride’s unique approach brings together a fully integrated team of successful investors working alongside seasoned operators to assist high-growth and disruptive consumer products and services businesses to hit their stride. Together, Stride supports its partners on their journey as they take decisive steps toward delivering on their vision. Within consumer, the firm focuses on the following areas of expertise: beauty & personal care, food and beverage, active lifestyle and multi-unit consumer services. The Stride team has had the pleasure of working side-by-side with the founders and teams of Chomps, Crown Affair, Odele Beauty, Patrick Ta, Peachy, Serenity Kids, Skinfix and Truewerk. For more information, please visit Stride Consumer Partners website.
BEIJING, May 8, 2026 — Following its RMB 1 billion strategic round in March, robotics company ROBOTERA has raised over USD 200 million in a new financing round led by SF Group. The round also saw participation from leading financial investors including HSG, IDG Capital, Hillhouse Investment, CICC Capital, Jingming Capital, SparkEdge Capital, Luxin Venture Capital Group, Unite Pioneers Capital, and Longqi Investment; alongside major industrial partners such as KENGIC, Dongfeng Asset Investment, ICBC Capital, and funds affiliated with China Unicom. Existing investors Tsinghua Holding Tiancheng Asset Management and Horizon Investment continued to increase their stakes. Investor demand significantly exceeded the initial fundraising target.
ROBOTERA M7 humanoid robot performing small parcel induction and sorting in a logistics environment
ROBOTERA now brings together top-tier financial institutions including CDH Venture and Growth Capital, HSG, IDG Capital, Hillhouse Investment, Gaocheng Capital and CICC Capital, alongside a broad base of industrial investors such as SF Group, Alibaba, Geely Capital, BAIC, Dongfeng Asset Investment, Lenovo, Haier, Golden Resources Group, Singtel Innov8, China Unicom-affiliated funds, Woori Venture Partners, a venture capital subsidiary of Woori Financial Holdings, ICBC Capital, KENGIC and a leading South Korean technology company. These partners contribute real-world deployment scenarios and commercial demand, supporting large-scale adoption.
This strong backing reflects confidence in ROBOTERA’s technology path and its ability to deliver productivity at scale. The company has achieved the first product-market fit (PMF) in the embodied intelligence sector, with deployments across more than ten logistics centers in collaboration with China Post and SF Group. In Q2 2026, ROBOTERA initiated thousand-unit deliveries, with growth exceeding 300%.
Beyond deployment, ROBOTERA has built a fully in-house robotics hardware system, with over 95% of core components developed internally, spanning actuation systems and humanoid platforms, forming a robust foundation for real-world mobility and manipulation tasks.
A key focus is its pioneering full direct-drive dexterous hand architecture, the first of its kind in the industry, enabling high-precision, adaptable, and durable manipulation in logistics and industrial environments. Its reliability has been validated through long-term real-world deployment.
ROBOTERA’s hardware system has been adopted by leading global technology companies and research institutions, including Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, and Apple. The system works in close coordination with software in real-world environments, with deployment feedback enabling continuous performance optimization.
With proven deployment in logistics and ongoing expansion into automotive, electronics, and service industries, ROBOTERA is entering a phase of rapid commercialization. The company will continue scaling real-world robotic applications across global markets.
NEW YORK, May 7, 2026 — Balcony, an innovative company building modern data infrastructure for the U.S. property market, today announced it has raised a $12.7 million seed round led by Blockchange Ventures, bringing its total raise to $14 million. The financing will be used to accelerate the development of “digital rails” for America’s real estate economy. The Keystone infrastructure is currently helping government agencies in the U.S. manage and secure over $400 billion in property value on its platform.
The funding will scale Balcony’s engineering and go-to-market teams and expand the deployment of its platform across county and state governments nationwide.
Building the Foundational Infrastructure for Real Estate More than 3,000 county offices maintain the land records that form the legal bedrock for trillions of dollars in U.S. real estate. For decades, this information has been fragmented across local systems, creating friction and risk for the entire economy. For the first time, Balcony’s platform integrates with county systems to transform historical records into the digital rails for the property market, creating a structured and connected data layer that can power a modern, secure economy.
This infrastructure provides a 360-degree parcel view, empowering key partners such as title insurers, mortgage lenders, and capital markets to operate with greater speed and certainty. The company’s mTrace platform builds on these digital rails to provide intelligence-driven threat detection for government agencies.
Proven at Scale in Partnership with Government Balcony recently signed a five-year contract with the Bergen County Clerk’s Office in New Jersey to digitize and bring 370,000 property parcels onto its platform, representing approximately $240 billion in real estate value.
“For counties like ours, modernizing how land records are organized and accessed is critical,” said John Hogan, County Clerk of Bergen County, New Jersey. “Balcony’s platform works alongside the systems we already use to help us organize decades of records in a way that improves transparency and makes information easier for both our office and the public to access.”
“We have a profound respect for the public records that counties steward,” said Gregg Lester, co-CEO and President of Balcony. “Our role is to partner with these public servants to build a modern, secure, and connected data layer upon that bedrock. We are not replacing their critical systems, but rather building the digital rails alongside them to ensure these foundational records can power a more transparent and secure market for the next century.”
The Investor Vision: A National Security Imperative for Digital Rails For lead investor Blockchange Ventures, the financing follows its successful playbook of rebuilding foundational infrastructure, a strategy proven with its early backing of fintech leader Figure Technologies. The firm believes that the decision to back a nationwide upgrade of property records, a historically fragmented and monumental undertaking, is only viable now because a powerful new catalyst has emerged.
“Property ownership is a pillar of our economy, and in today’s world, it’s also a matter of national security,” said Ken Seiff, Managing Partner at Blockchange Ventures. “The drive to build these digital rails is imperative because our fragmented, century-old system is vulnerable. Balcony’s unique ability to create a verifiable and connected view of land records is the gamechanger, empowering governments to protect against fraud and monitor foreign ownership, which in turn builds the foundation of trust required to finally modernize the rails for the entire real estate economy.”
About Balcony Balcony builds the digital rails for America’s property records. By partnering with government agencies, the company is creating the foundational infrastructure to secure and modernize the real estate economy. This trusted data layer empowers partners, including title insurers, mortgage lenders, and financial institutions, to operate with greater confidence and security. Balcony is headquartered in the Greater New York area. To learn more about Balcony visit https://balcony.technology/.
