Seasoned Venture Capital and Healthcare Technology Executive Joins As Two Bear Capital
Raises Second Fund

WHITEFISH, Mont., Sept. 15, 2025 — Two Bear Capital, the venture capital firm investing in AI-fueled life sciences and enterprise technology, today announced the appointment of Neil White as Partner. The appointment comes at a transformative moment of growth and opportunity for the firm as it continues to nurture an impressive slate of companies within its existing portfolio, while raising its second fund.

In his new position, Neil will play a pivotal role sourcing deals that speak to the firm’s investment thesis of supporting innovative breakthroughs in life sciences and technology that have the potential for outsized impact while also supporting Two Bear Capital’s second fund during its capital raise. Neil is based in the firm’s Menlo Park office.

Neil has a long and established career in venture capital and healthcare technology. Most recently, Neil served as Senior Advisor at Emerson Collective for six years. He worked on the oncology specialist team where he was responsible for originating and diligencing investments for the Health Team and its Yosemite vehicle. During his tenure, Neil’s team deployed approximately $100 million across 12 companies and was instrumental in helping these companies achieve key milestones such as M&A exits and IPOs. Neil served as a Board Observer for key companies within the portfolio including Cullinan Therapeutics, Umoja Biopharma, and Cargo Therapeutics. Neil also supported the fund during its $325 million external capital raise.

Prior to Emerson Collective and Yosemite, Neil was the Chief Strategy Officer at Huma, a healthcare technology company based in the United Kingdom. During his time with the firm, he built a division of business serving pharmaceutical clients and originated contracts with partners including Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, and Novartis, among others. He also helped complete a $28 million Series A fund raise and international expansion into the US and China.

“We’re excited to welcome Neil White to Two Bear Capital,” said Mike Goguen, Founder and Managing Partner of Two Bear Capital. “This is a period of dynamic growth for the firm, and we remain focused on delivering exceptional value to both our limited partners and the visionary founders and companies we back. Our approach has always been rooted in bringing the right talent to the table at the right time. Neil’s experience makes him the perfect addition as we continue to build a top-tier, high-performance venture firm for the long term.”

“I am honored to be joining Two Bear Capital as Partner.  Mike has put together an incredible team of deep domain experts united in the effort of finding the best investment opportunities with the highest impact innovations in life sciences and enterprise technology,” said White. “I look forward to contributing to the firm and to all that we will accomplish together.”

Earlier in his career, Neil worked in healthcare M&A at Perella Weinberg Partners and Torreya Partners. Before this, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. Neil conducted and organized research projects in genetics and evolutionary biology with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, Bạch Mã in Vietnam, Delaware State University in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos. Neil earned his BS in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, Trinity College and his MSc in Genetics at the University of Oxford, Linacre College. He is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at industry conferences and convening worldwide.

About Two Bear Capital
Founded in 2019 by Mike Goguen, Two Bear Capital is a venture capital firm investing in breakthrough solutions to complex and critical problems. The firm primarily focuses on early founder-led companies with disruptive technology and life sciences innovations. With its unique approach to venture capital, Two Bear Capital’s vision is to build enduring, high-impact businesses that benefit society while delivering for investors. Two Bear Capital has offices in Menlo Park, San Diego, Boston, and New York, with its home base in Whitefish, Montana. For more information, visit: www.twobearcapital.com.

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Walgreens, O’Reilly Auto Parts, and TD Bank are among the Fortune 500 companies using GreenLite’s AI-driven Private Plan Review for permitting efficiency

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2025 — GreenLite, the construction technology company accelerating permit timelines by 75% through AI-powered plan review and compliance solutions, today announced a Series B funding round of $49.5M, led by global software investor Insight Partners with participation from Energize Capital, as well as existing investors Craft Ventures, LiveOak Ventures, and Chicago Ventures. GreenLite will utilize the new capital to expand its go-to-market efforts and enter new verticals, including lodging, industrial and logistics, clean energy infrastructure, and residential development, while further advancing its AI-powered technology platform.

As demand for construction surges, jurisdictions and building departments face unprecedented challenges, including labor shortages, limited adoption of technology, and rising backlogs.

This strain is renewing focus on technologies and policies for permitting solutions, including Private Plan Review (PPR), where qualified third-party experts conduct official code compliance reviews instead of the city. Nearly a quarter of U.S. states have advanced legislation for PPR in the past three years, aiming to reduce delays and streamline development. Today, GreenLite is the only Private Provider combining regulatory expertise with AI to deliver PPR at a national scale.

“The permitting backlog is holding back America’s ability to build at the scale and speed we need,” said James Gallagher, Co-Founder and CEO of GreenLite. “By combining a growing database of proprietary compliance comments with advanced automation, we’re catching violations faster and providing builders, developers, and jurisdictions with the predictability and transparency they need to move projects forward, dramatically transforming the plan review and construction code compliance process.”

GreenLite’s AI-powered digital plan review tool, LiteTable, rapidly ingests plan sets, identifies compliance flags and code requirements, and surfaces relevant guidance from GreenLite’s extensive comment library based on compliance patterns within specific jurisdictions. Today, GreenLite is trusted by nearly a hundred Fortune 500 customers, including retailers, REITs, quick service restaurants, industrial owner-developers, and production home builders to advance permitting nationwide. The company is expanding into lodging, logistics, multifamily, and additional verticals this year.

“GreenLite’s full-stack Private Plan Review approach delivers building permits in days, not months, and is driving growth in America’s local communities and economies,” said Jeff Horing, Co-founder and Managing Director at Insight Partners. “We’re thrilled to back GreenLite as it continues to partner with the commercial sector and local governments to power the future of construction permitting.”

GreenLite was founded in 2022 by James Gallagher and Ben Allen, former Gopuff executives. The company has 50 full-time employees today, and is actively hiring across engineering, product, sales, marketing, operations, and executive roles.

To learn more about GreenLite’s AI-powered permitting and private plan review capabilities, please visit: https://greenlite.com/.

About GreenLite:
GreenLite is transforming how America builds by streamlining the permitting process for developers, builders, and local governments. GreenLite pioneered AI-powered Private Plan Review (PPR), where third-party experts, supported by proprietary software, conduct official code compliance reviews instead of cities.

Its technology accelerates approvals by scanning plan sets, identifying code violations, and surfacing jurisdiction-specific guidance from a large and growing proprietary database of compliance comments. With a team of in-house architects, engineers, and plan examiners, GreenLite helps customers reduce revisions, avoid delays, and cut weeks or months off their permitting timelines.

Trusted by nearly 100 national brands, GreenLite is reshaping the future of permitting across industries from retail and banking to logistics, lodging, and multifamily development. Learn more at https://www.greenlite.com.

About Insight Partners:
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of December 31, 2024, the firm has over $90B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insight’s mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on X @insightpartners.

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With rapid growth, with new funding set to accelerate global expansion, drive product innovation, and advance MarqVision’s AI-powered managed service platform for global brands.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2025 — MarqVision, the AI-powered managed service platform for brand control, today announced its Series B funding round of $48 million, bringing its total funding to date to $90M. The round was led by Peak XV Partners, formerly known as Sequoia Capital India & SEA, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, HSG, Coral Capital, Michael Seibel (Partner Emeritus of Y Combinator), and returning investors Y Combinator, Altos Ventures, and Atinum Investment.

With this round, MarqVision is introducing a new paradigm of brand control. Brand protection is traditionally about reacting to copycats, but MarqVision believes industries must shift towards a mindset of owning every digital and physical touchpoint where a brand lives. In an era defined by generative AI, counterfeits, impersonations, unauthorized sales, and piracy, brand control is the evolution of IP and brand protection—giving companies not just the ability to defend their assets, but the power to actively shape how their brand is experienced.

By combining AI agents with IP legal expertise, MarqVision delivers faster, more effective enforcement outcomes that translate directly into business impact. According to the company, brands using MarqVision’s managed services typically see 5–10% increases in top-line growth and can justify investing 0.5–1% of online revenue into digital risk protection because the ROI is so clear. Adoption has expanded well beyond IP and legal teams; 60% of MarqVision’s users are now go-to-market functions like marketing, e-commerce, and sales, underscoring how brand control has evolved from a defensive necessity into a strategic lever for growth.

MarqVision is also unveiling a bold brand refresh to reflect its evolution from anti-counterfeit enforcement to a comprehensive AI-driven services for trust and safety. The updated visual identity and messaging better represent MarqVision’s role as a category leader in modern brand protection and revenue recovery.

The company also surpassed a key growth milestone with annual recurring revenue (ARR) doubling each year, reflecting rapid adoption across 350 global companies in a wide range of industries, including fashion, luxury, beauty, gaming, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, automotive, and consumer electronics.

“We’ve reached a moment where AI-powered brand control is no longer optional; it’s the foundation for sustainable growth,” said Mark Lee, Founder and CEO of MarqVision. “The most valuable companies in the world will be the ones that can own and control their IP and brand perception at every touchpoint. MarqVision is making that possible by uniting AI innovation with unmatched legal expertise to give brands complete control over their presence, their reputation, and their revenue streams.”

Peak XV Leads Investment in Global Expansion

As part of the Series B round, Peak XV brings its extensive experience in scaling high-growth companies across Asia and the United States, positioning MarqVision for its next phase of global expansion.

“MarqVision is bringing an AI-first approach to the brand protection and trust and safety industry, offering a timely solution to a challenge that has only intensified with the rise of generative AI. They have quickly established themselves as the leader in this category, working with 350 global brands to prevent counterfeits, impersonations, unauthorized sales, and digital piracy. We are thrilled to lead this round of financing, which will help accelerate their growth and cement their position as the category leader in the industry.,” said Shailendra Singh, Managing Director, Peak XV.

Salesforce Ventures is also joining as an investor and will support MarqVision’s go-to-market and product initiatives, including the integration of Salesforce data to enhance insights for ROI tracking for brand customers. “In today’s digital economy, a brand’s intellectual property is one of its most valuable assets,” said Ken Asada, Partner at Salesforce Ventures. “As brand value becomes increasingly tied to digital presence and authenticity, we believe MarqVision is uniquely positioned to lead this next frontier of enterprise technology and we’re excited to support them on the path forward.”

Coral Capital is also backing MarqVision’s expansion into Japan, where the company is opening its first regional office to provide localized support for its growing base of brand clients in the region.

MarqVision already operates with a major footprint across Asia, home to the world’s most active counterfeit and piracy networks. With offices in Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo, and robust legal support and operational hubs strategically placed throughout the region, MarqVision’s strong in-market presence gives the company unmatched visibility and speed in addressing infringement across high-risk channels. Earlier this year, the company bolstered its global presence by welcoming respected industry leaders like Kevin Day and Takeshi Suzuki, who hail over 15 years of experience at OpSec in EMEA and APAC, respectively.

Since its founding in 2020, MarqVision has built a powerful AI engine capable of providing all-in-one services for detecting and removing instances of counterfeit, piracy, and impersonation across hundreds of online marketplaces and platforms. With its expanding suite of service offerings, including brand protection against digital piracy, counterfeit, and grey market, the company is setting a new standard for how brands control their digital presence.

“We’re bringing AI-driven intelligence and legal expertise directly into the hands of the teams who need it most,” Lee said. “This is about empowering legal and marketing departments to protect what makes their brand unique while driving growth at the same time. It’s the future of brand protection: scalable, actionable, and growth-focused.”

About MarqVision

From counterfeits and pirated content to fraudulent sites and unauthorized sellers, MarqVision provides end-to-end brand control across 1,500+ platforms in 118+ countries. Our AI-powered managed service platform for brand control and intelligence enables rapid, scalable enforcement—so your team can move faster, protect revenue, and preserve brand equity across every digital touchpoint. Founded by Harvard Law graduates in 2020, MarqVision is backed by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital India), HSG (formerly Sequoia Capital China), Salesforce Ventures, Altos Ventures, DST Global Partners, Y Combinator, Softbank and Atinum Investments. Recognized with an LVMH Innovation Award and the Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies award in 2025, MarqVision continues to push boundaries in brand control, ensuring that innovation, creativity, and trust remain safeguarded in a rapidly evolving digital world.

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TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2025 — Divergent Technologies, Inc. (“Divergent”) today announced the closing of its Series E financing raising a total of $290 million at a $2.3 billion valuation. The round was led by Rochefort Asset Management and consists of $250 million in equity capital and $40 million in debt capital.

Founded in 2014, Divergent is the creator of the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™), the world’s first end-to-end digital manufacturing platform enabling rapid design, additive manufacturing, and automated assembly. The new capital will scale manufacturing capacity for the business and fund the development of new capabilities for upcoming product families.

“Divergent was founded to transform the built world with a software-defined manufacturing platform,” said Lukas Czinger, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Divergent. “This funding enables us to scale DAPS for aerospace and defense, expand our world-class team, and strengthen America’s industrial base with a truly next-generation system.”

Divergent designs and builds hardware for aerospace, defense, and automotive customers using its digital manufacturing platform. Divergent enables faster development cycles, higher performance, and lower cost structures for customers.

“Divergent is delivering exactly what America needs — a stronger, faster, and more adaptable industrial base,” said Kyle Bass, Co-CEO of Rochefort Asset Management. “By uniting advanced software and hardware into a single platform, Divergent is proving that the U.S. can out-innovate and out-produce on the global stage. We are confident this team will redefine manufacturing and strengthen America’s position in the industries that matter most.”

Divergent’s early customer base included luxury automotive OEMs such as Aston Martin, Bugatti, and McLaren. In 2022, the company expanded into aerospace and defense with initial work for General Atomics. Today, Divergent has contracts with dozens of aerospace and defense customers, including General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Triumph Group, ranging from individual sustainment parts to full airframe systems. The company’s revenue has grown more than 5x in 2025, and in the first half of 2025 alone Divergent introduced over 200 new aerospace and defense part numbers, bringing its total to more than 600 unique parts across industries.

About Divergent

Divergent is the creator of the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™), the world’s first end-to-end digital manufacturing platform enabling rapid design, additive manufacturing, and automated assembly. Headquartered in Torrance, California, Divergent is reshaping the future of defense, aerospace, and automotive production.

Learn more at www.divergent3d.com.

About Rochefort Asset Management

Rochefort Asset Management is a U.S.-based national security-focused private asset management firm investing in transformative technologies. As a licensed manager under the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), Rochefort partners with companies driving innovation across the defense technology and industrial base.

Learn more at www.rochefort.us.

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TORRANCE, Calif. and PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 15, 2025 — Divergent Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in digital and additive manufacturing, today announced the close of a $290M capital round led by Rochefort Asset Management, a U.S. national security-focused investment management firm licensed under the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) of the U.S. Department of War.

Rochefort contributed $120 million to the round, underscoring its conviction in the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS^TM), the company’s breakthrough digital manufacturing platform reshaping the production of aerospace, defense, and automotive systems.

Transforming Defense Manufacturing

DAPS enables customers to design, additively manufacture, and automatically assemble highly complex structures with unmatched speed, efficiency, and scalability. By harnessing AI-driven design and advanced additive manufacturing, DAPS compresses multi-year development cycles into weeks, while significantly reducing material waste and eliminating the need for heavy upfront capital expenditures.

The platform is already delivering mission-critical solutions across the U.S. defense industrial base, including advanced missile systems, unmanned aircraft systems, and sustainment parts for national security programs.

Strategic Importance

“As global conflicts highlight the urgent need for rapid innovation and production, Divergent’s technology ensures that the U.S. and its allies remain militarily dominant,” said Kyle Bass, Co-CEO of Rochefort Asset Management. “Divergent will be central to the accelerated manufacturing of precision weapons systems that our military requires today. We are proud to partner with the Divergent team on this mission-critical journey.”

“At Divergent, our mission is to fundamentally transform how complex systems are designed and produced,” said Lukas Czinger, CEO and Co-Founder of Divergent Technologies. “The support from Rochefort and our investors enables us to scale DAPS to meet the urgent needs of our nation and allies. We have built the foundation for a new era of digital production that delivers faster, stronger, and more sustainable solutions for defense and aerospace. Divergent’s scale is critical to safeguarding America’s industrial and national security leadership for decades to come.”

“We are thrilled to help accelerate Divergent’s growth as it transforms the future of manufacturing and strengthens America’s industrial base,” added Jody LaNasa, Co-CEO of Rochefort Asset Management. “With its proprietary design software, advanced 3D printers, custom alloys, and a rapidly expanding backlog of Department of War projects, Divergent stands as one of the most important and exciting technologies in the world today.”

This funding round will accelerate the construction of multiple DAPS-powered production facilities for aerospace and defense applications, ushering in a new era of scalable, digital-first manufacturing.

“We believe Divergent represents a compelling  investment opportunity at the intersection of advanced manufacturing and national security,” added Alex Lemond, President of Rochefort. “Its proven platform, unmatched scalability, and ability to dramatically cut costs and lead times uniquely positions it to redefine how the U.S. produces the systems required to maintain technological superiority.”

About Divergent

Divergent is the creator of the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™), the world’s first end-to-end digital manufacturing platform enabling rapid design, additive manufacturing, and automated assembly. Headquartered in Torrance, California, Divergent is reshaping the future of defense, aerospace, and automotive production.

Learn more at www.divergent3d.com.

About Rochefort Asset Management

Rochefort Asset Management is a U.S.-based national security-focused private asset management firm investing in transformative technologies. As a licensed manager under the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), Rochefort partners with companies driving innovation across the defense technology and industrial base.

Learn more at www.rochefort.us.

About the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC)

The U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) partners with private capital providers to scale cutting-edge technologies critical to national security. Through its SBIC Critical Technologies (SBICCT) initiative, OSC enables qualified managers like Rochefort to accelerate the deployment of next-generation defense technologies.

Learn more at https://www.cto.mil/osc/sbicct-initiative/.

Media Contact – Rochefort
Steele Schottenheimer
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Phone: 214-347-8045

Media Contact – Divergent
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Investment in Alphabet’s independent growth fund will accelerate OMNIA Partners’ position as the leading tech-enabled group purchasing organization

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2025 — OMNIA Partners, the nation’s largest and most experienced group purchasing organization for the public and private sectors, today announced an investment from CapitalG, the independent growth fund of Alphabet, one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent investors.

“The future of procurement isn’t just about better contracts; it’s about intelligent, AI-driven platforms that fundamentally reshape how organizations buy,” said Todd Abner, Founder, CEO, and President of OMNIA Partners. “We’re proud to be on the leading edge of procurement’s transformation by combining technology and group purchasing in an entirely new way. CapitalG has already become a trusted investor and is advising us on how to bring our vision to reality.”

Group purchasing is a largely untapped market when it comes to technology transformation, and Silicon Valley investors recognize its potential to revolutionize how business is done.

“We’ve been studying the group purchasing space for several years, looking for a disruptor who could harness technology to unlock ecommerce in this massive market,” said Alex Nichols, Partner at CapitalG. “What we found is that even though OMNIA Partners is already the current leader in the space, they are also the disruptor. Their combined market position and technology vision make us excited about their potential to reshape the group purchasing industry.”

Unlike traditional GPOs that rely primarily on contract aggregation, OMNIA Partners leverages a suite of proprietary technology solutions in addition to its portfolio of leading supplier contracts across nearly every B2B buying category:

• OMNIA Partners OPUS: This first-of-its-kind, free e-commerce platform provides a modern, intuitive, seamless, and compliant way for government agencies, for-profit companies, and nonprofits to purchase what they need using the power of cooperative contracts with a consumer-like e-commerce tool. More than 22,000 users have registered since the site launched last year.
• SpendPath: OMNIA Partners’ spend analytics solution helps customers gain insight and visibility into their procurement and spending patterns, enabling data-driven decision-making and cost optimization. The company has analyzed more than $400 billion of B2B spending for its customers in the last three years.
• CONNECT: A portal that provides suppliers with access to market data, research, sales tools, training materials and buyer trends to help them more effectively acquire new business and reduce their sales cycles using cooperative contracts.

CapitalG joins some of the world’s largest private investment funds already invested in OMNIA Partners, who have helped the company scale to more than $35B in purchasing volume managed each year.

“The combined power of our existing investors who have expertise across numerous verticals from industrial services to consumer retail, coupled with our new partners that have historically focused on technology and AI, puts us in an incredible position to further our mission, which is to help organizations of all kinds unlock the strategic value of procurement,” said Abner.

About OMNIA Partners

OMNIA Partners is the largest and most experienced group purchasing organization for the public sector, private sector, nonprofit, real estate, and private equity markets. With nearly $35B in B2B spending managed each year, its immense purchasing power and industry-leading suppliers have produced an extensive portfolio of procurement solutions and partnerships, making OMNIA Partners the most valued and trusted procurement resource for organizations nationwide.

The company’s OPUS platform is the only free e-commerce platform that provides organizations access to hundreds of competitively solicited, publicly awarded cooperative contracts across all major categories. Unlike traditional purchasing, OPUS allows users to research and buy from multiple suppliers with a single login and a single shopping cart, making it easier than ever to purchase the items organizations need. Visit www.omniapartners.com to learn more.

About CapitalG

CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, invests in generational companies transforming the fields of enterprise infrastructure, security, and data; fintech; and consumer services and marketplaces. CapitalG partners with growth stage companies in their transition from startup to scale up through hands-on assistance and connections to Google’s engineering, product, marketing, sales and people operations experts worldwide. More than 3500 Googlers and Alphabet leaders have engaged with CapitalG portfolio companies, including Stripe, CrowdStrike, Databricks, Duolingo, Freshworks, Monzo, UiPath and Zscaler, among others. Learn more at https://capitalg.com/.

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New Appointments and U.S. Expansion Underscore Hoxton’s Commitment to Backing Global Category Leaders

LONDON, Sept. 15, 2025 — Hoxton Ventures, the early-stage venture capital firm known for backing Europe’s next-generation unicorns, today announced key additions to its team and a strategic expansion into the United States. 

Founded with a singular mission—to help Europe’s most ambitious startups become global category leaders—Hoxton invests early, partners closely with founders, and actively supports U.S. expansion from the earliest stages. These new appointments strengthen the firm’s ability to be the go-to partner for European founders aiming to scale on both sides of the Atlantic.

“These moves reflect Hoxton’s commitment to being a global partner for ambitious founders, and our conviction for showing what a deeply engaged investor can bring in even the most challenging times,” said Hussein Kanji, Managing Partner at Hoxton Ventures. “With Isabel strengthening our LP relationships, Rishabh expanding our investment reach, and Payton on the ground in Silicon Valley, we’re doubling down on helping European startups become global category leaders.”

Deepening U.S. Presence

To further support its portfolio companies’ global ambitions, Hoxton announced that Partner Payton Dobbs, a key part of the firm since 2022 in sourcing, investing in and supporting portfolio companies, has relocated from London to San Francisco, further establishing the firm’s presence in Silicon Valley. With over 20 years of leadership roles at Google and Nest—including GM of Nest Labs EMEA—Dobbs will help founders navigate U.S. expansion, fundraising, and establish senior-level strategic relationships on the ground.

Strengthening Investor Relations

Joining as Head of Investor Relations, Isabel Fox brings a multifaceted background as an investor, entrepreneur, and LP. She has built a portfolio of startups such as Tray.io, GetAround, Ochre Bio, Vital Health, Ochre Bio, Bit.Bio, Infinitopes, Treos Bio, Hoxton Farms, Portal Biotech and Hum Capital. Fox co-founded Outsized Ventures, an early-stage deep-tech fund in Europe and two VC-focused corporate communications firms, is a Limited Partner in emerging managers, and plays an active role in the UK ecosystem, sitting on the Innovate UK Council. At Hoxton, she will lead fundraising efforts as the firm maintains strong connections with current LPs and builds new relationships with leading global investors.

Expanding Investment and Go-to-Market Expertise

Hoxton also welcomes Rishabh Kaul as Venture Partner. Kaul’s operating and investing experience spans global markets, most recently as part of the leadership team at Appsmith, an open-source developer tool used by over 100,000 developers worldwide and backed by Insight Partners, Accel, and Canaan. He previously co-founded Belong.co, an enterprise HR tech startup funded by Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners, and was an early employee at warehousing AI company GreyOrange. He’s also an investor in over 20 startups. Based in London, Kaul will focus on identifying emerging technology opportunities and advising portfolio companies on go-to-market and growth strategies across Europe and beyond.

Hoxton Ventures has backed Europe’s leading startups—like Deliveroo, Darktrace, Babylon Health, and Preply—and raised more than $360 million across three funds. The firm typically leads pre‑seed and seed rounds ($500 K–$5 M+), writing the first large checks, taking 10–20% ownership stakes, and reserving capital for later-stage growth.

About Hoxton Ventures
Hoxton Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies that can scale globally. The firm typically invests at the seed and Series A stages across sectors, with a focus on companies that have the potential to define new markets. Hoxton’s portfolio includes unicorns and market leaders such as Deliveroo, Darktrace, and Preply, as well as the next generation of standouts including Avantia Law, Cusp AI, Finster, Kitt, Peptone, Skin Analytics and many others. For more information, visit www.hoxtonventures.com.

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Secure, purpose-built AI platform delivers bespoke intelligence for regulated industries developing complex, long-lifecycle products 

COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2025 — CerraCap Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on disruptive AI and deep-tech, today announced a strategic investment in Enginius.ai, a fast-growing AI company redefining how engineering teams innovate. The Enginius.ai platform brings Bespoke AI to Accelerate Engineering, with assistants designed for technical search, document generation, document review, and modeling and simulation. 

Enginius.ai combines the power of large language models with specialized tools designed for engineering. The platform adds enterprise-grade security, trust, accuracy, and reliability so organizations can safely adopt AI in sensitive environments. All tools run inside the company firewall, results are fully traceable, terminology is handled with precision, and outputs are consistent across projects. 

“Enginius.ai represents the next frontier of applied AI. It is tailored, secure, and deeply integrated into engineering environments,” said Saurabh Ranjan, Managing Partner of CerraCap Ventures. “Their platform enables teams to work faster while maintaining the highest standards of compliance, accuracy, and innovation. We are proud to support their mission.” 

Enginius.ai offers a suite of assistants: NovaAI for knowledge search and analytics, ScribeAI for compliant document generation, VeraAI for accelerating reviews, and SimulaAI for modeling and simulation. Each tool unlocks productivity, reduces costs, and ensures compliance across industries such as aerospace, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and automotive. 

“We are thrilled to welcome CerraCap Ventures as a strategic partner,” said Vikas Datt, CEO of Enginius.ai. “Their support will help us expand our capabilities and deliver transformative value across sectors. We believe AI should enhance, not replace, human potential, and that is exactly what we are building.” 

About CerraCap Ventures

 A Southern California based early-stage venture capital firm, is dedicated to B2B enterprise-grade technology investments focused on the new fundamentals of digital innovation that are aligned to its core thesis of Healthier, Secure Planet. CerraCap Ventures enables rapid growth of startups by leveraging its distinctive Sales & Scale™ Business Model and driving revenue from large enterprises into its portfolio companies. For more information about CerraCap Ventures, visit www.cerracap.com

About Enginius.ai 

Enginius.ai builds tailored AI tools powered by Domain Adaptive Intelligence. Its secure, purpose-built platform supports engineering teams across the entire product lifecycle. By combining enterprise security, trust, accuracy, and reliability, Enginius.ai helps organizations reduce manual effort, accelerate innovation, and maintain compliance with confidence. 

Media Contact

Nikki Arora
[email protected] 

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Funding Fuels U.S. Expansion, Bringing AI-Powered Autonomous Workflows to Private Equity Firms, Asset Managers and Institutional Investors

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2025 — Pascal AI Labs, a company building a vertical platform for agentic investment research workflows, today announced it has raised a $3.1 million seed round led by Kalaari Capital with participation from Norwest, Infoedge Ventures, Antler and leading angel investors.

The funding will be used to accelerate product development of its autonomous investment workflows, expansion into the U.S. and strategic data partnerships. Pascal AI is already deployed by more than 25 financial firms across the U.S. and APAC, including $2 billion private equity funds and a top-three global asset manager with over $1 trillion in assets under management. With secure, native connectors out of the box, Pascal AI provides data on more than 16,000 public companies across 27 markets.

“The future of investment management is autonomous investment research. Pascal AI is systematically automating complex investment workflows with the long-term vision of creating a fully autonomous investment research company,” said Vibhav Viswanathan, co-founder and CEO of Pascal AI. “This funding allows us to accelerate that journey, moving from workflow automation to true autonomy, and giving analysts instant, auditable insights and CIOs a continuously updated view of exposures and performance”.

Investment teams are overloaded with data yet lack tools that capture their accumulated judgment. Analysts spend hours piecing together filings, transcripts and internal notes, while CIOs struggle to get a holistic, forward-looking view of portfolios. Existing platforms surface information but fail to think like the investor, ignoring years of proprietary knowledge that shape conviction.

Pascal AI changes this by automating the entire investment lifecycle. By learning from a firm’s proprietary history, Pascal AI doesn’t just retrieve, it reasons and acts like an experienced investor.

Built for Trust: Secure, Transparent, Auditable

Achieving this vision requires a foundation of absolute trust. As AI is given more context and responsibility, the risk of error and security breaches grows exponentially. Pascal AI is built on a proprietary Knowledge Graph that ensures every action is 100% auditable and secure. The platform supports enterprise-grade security, role-based permissions and on-premise deployment, providing the comprehensive solution necessary for high-stakes financial decisions.

“At Kalaari, we believe the next decade will see a decisive shift toward autonomous research platforms that can scale human judgment with machine intelligence. Pascal AI is at the forefront of this transformation—building secure, auditable, and truly agentic workflows that don’t just process information, but reason like an investor. What stood out to us was the clarity and conviction with which Vibhav and Mithun are reimagining how investors and CIOs make decisions. With strong early traction from marquee global clients, the team has already validated the depth of the problem and the strength of their solution. We are excited to partner with them on this mission,” said Kalaari Capital Partner Sampath P.

The company was founded by Vibhav Viswanathan and Mithun Madhusudan, who bring deep expertise in finance, AI and product scaling. A Chicago Booth MBA, Viswanathan previously led AWS Inferentia and Neuron in Silicon Valley and has direct investment experience from his time at Capital Group and NEA-IUVP. Madhusudan is an IIM Bangalore alumnus who led AI and product teams at Indian tech unicorns Apna and ShareChat, scaling AI products to over 100 million users.

About Pascal AI 

Pascal AI is a vertical AI platform purpose-built for investment management, enabling autonomous workflows that combine institutional expertise with advanced machine intelligence. Headquartered in Bangalore and with offices in New York and London, Pascal AI serves a global client base spanning private equity firms, asset managers and institutional investors. The company was founded in 2024. For more information, visit www.pascalailabs.com.

SOURCE Pascal AI Labs