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We’re thrilled to back Anil Varanasi and the Meter team as they take on one of the most overlooked bottlenecks in modern business: enterprise networking. For too long, IT teams have been burdened by fragmented systems, unpredictable costs, and outdated infrastructure. Meter’s vertically integrated, Network-as-a-Service model changes that—bringing simplicity, predictability, and intelligence to a space that desperately needs it. This isn’t just about better networks; it’s about laying the groundwork for autonomous, AI-optimized infrastructure. Proud to support this exceptional team alongside General Catalyst, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, J.P. Morgan, and Tishman Speyer . Read more about why we invested here: https://lnkd.in/erhYMDxz.

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🚨NEW EPISODE: Recorded live at FUTURE TITANS 2026 - Jeff Perry of Carta sat down with the iconic Seth Levine, co-founder of Foundry. Seth has been in venture for 25 years, built Foundry from scratch as an emerging manager himself, and has backed about 50 emerging manager funds through his fund of funds. He has genuinely seen every side of this table. They went deep on building Foundry, why VCs are in the influence business, not the decision business, and why the concentration problem in venture is not only bad for LPs, but also for the innovation ecosystem overall. And why Seth's new book, Capital Evolution, is so important for the future of America. 🎧 Links to listen... Apple: https://lnkd.in/ehQUQ2EM Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eU4FExpg

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Big milestone for Firmable. We’ve raised $14m Series A led by Airtree. Sales has moved through a few big waves: intuition-led, CRM-led, data-led. We’re now entering the next one – intelligence-led sales. The opportunity isn’t just better data. It’s turning that data into clear direction and action, without adding more work for sales teams. That’s what we’re building at Firmable: a foundation of trusted external data, layered with intelligence that helps sellers know who to focus on and when. Led by Airtree, this round supports our expansion across Asia and into the US – and accelerates the build-out of AI agents that take the admin work off sales teams so they can focus on what they do best. Proud of the team, grateful to our customers and investors. We’re just getting started. Read the exclusive in the AFR. https://lnkd.in/gr66uknb Leigh Jasper | Tara Salmon | Karthik Venkatasubramanian| Chester Thompson| Chath Widanapathirana

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Greenfield Partners is proud to be deepening our partnership with Capitolis as they announce today a $56M strategic round. If you’ve spent time in market infrastructure, you know how rare it is to see deep market insight paired with real product velocity. The team at Capitolis has both, and the result is infrastructure that makes capital markets safer and more efficient. We’re increasing our investment alongside Barclays, BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan, fellow investors Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, and existing investors Citi, Morgan Stanley, State Street, and UBS to fuel the next stages of Capitolis’ Capital Marketplace and Portfolio Optimization solutions. https://lnkd.in/exK8nQYx Kudos to Gil Mandelzis and the entire Capitolis team!

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I spoke with Christien Louviere of BDE Capital about his journey from a $330mm exit to becoming an independent sponsor. Christien shared excellent insights for folks looking to partner with business owners, rather than buy sellers out completely. Below are a few of the topics we covered: - Why he moved from “zero-to-one” startups to a buy-then-build strategy - How Christien's background shaped a focus on growth vs. cost-cutting - Why 20–40% rolled equity is central to his deal structures—and how it builds trust with sellers - Using scenario analysis with AI tools to evaluate management teams and uncover hidden key-person risks - How to identify when a $3–5M EBITDA company truly has a middle management layer—or is still founder-reliant For anyone investing in or buying small businesses, Christien’s approach provides a fresh lens on growth, alignment, and deal structuring. 🎥 Watch the full interview here → https://lnkd.in/ekfkaiej 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e86Agx6V

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Slingshot Insights acquires Noble Insights Exciting to see consolidation in the expert network space. This will likely lead to more innovation, more proprietary content via transcripts and surveys and the opportunity to see a bigger expert network emerge.

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Today, we're welcoming ORION Security to the Norwest portfolio. The #DLP market has grown to $5B, yet most solutions are still built on thousands of static, human-authored policies. Spending time with Nitay Milner (CEO & Co-Founder) and Jonathan Kreiner (CTO & Co-Founder) in Tel Aviv reinforced why ORION stands apart. Their work is grounded in firsthand experience with the limitations of legacy DLP, guiding their passion and urgency to pave the way for an autonomous, context-driven approach that confronts today’s evolving risks head‑on. Looking forward to seeing what the team builds next as enterprises adopt autonomous DLP at scale. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gH7vXs4x  

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From the beginning, we believed Lumana was building much more than a smarter surveillance tool. Lumana's platform reflects the next evolution in video intelligence — physical AI. This approach enables systems to go beyond basic detection capabilities to understanding context, infer intent, and deliver real-time insights that improve safety and operations at scale. Further, we decided to take the longer and more difficult direction of building a whole new generation and fully featured Video Management System (VMS). With the company’s $40M Series A, led by our friend Peter Wagner from Wing Venture Capital and our seed partners from SCAPITALVC, we’re doubling down on a platform that’s already proving its value in the real world. We are serving now close to ten thousands enterprise cameras in production! Founders like Sagi Ben Moshe bring a rare mix of vision and execution to the table. From our earliest conversations as an EIR at Norwest, it was clear that Lumana had the potential to reshape how organizations use video. Congratulations to the team on this well-deserved milestone. https://lnkd.in/gwHdaGPZ

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Two weeks ago on Swimming with Allocators, we sat down with David Clark, CIO at VenCap, to talk about what decades of venture data can teach allocators. One takeaway that stood out: discounts don’t matter as much as people think in venture secondaries. Because venture is such a power-law asset class, outcomes are driven by exposure to a few massive winners. Whether a stake is bought at a small discount, or even a premium, often matters far less than the quality of the underlying company and its upside. Great conversation on venture returns, manager selection, and the nuances of how allocators should think about secondary investments. 👇 Link in the comments.

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Excited to see Shabodi partnering with GMS to help accelerate the global Network API ecosystem. Proud to be investors in the team as they continue to unlock the value embedded in mobile networks.

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Closing the Gap: Knapsack's $10M Funding Round Knapsack's new funding underscores the crucial need for seamless collaboration between design and engineering teams. By offering a unified workspace that integrates essential tools, Knapsack aims to enhance productivity and innovation. At ElevenX Capital, we recognize that fostering collaboration is key to driving successful outcomes in tech development. How can bridging the gap between disciplines transform your business? #investing #innovation #venturecapital #entrepreneurship

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Thrilled to share this landmark announcement from Global Interconnection Group (GIG). Our new joint venture with Scale-42 – GIGA-42 Ltd. – marks a huge step forward in building sustainable, AI-ready data centres across the Nordics. This is exactly the type of collaboration we envisioned when setting up GIG: bringing together visionary partners, renewable power, cutting-edge infrastructure, and long-term thinking to meet the world’s growing demand for secure, efficient digital capacity. A big thank you to our partners at Scale-42, and to the outstanding GIG team who are driving this mission forward. Exciting times ahead! #Sustainability #DigitalInfrastructure #DataCentres #AI #GIG #GIGA42

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🚀 Today, we’re very happy to be announcing our $13M seed round, led by Headline with support from C4 Ventures, Futury Capital, and incredible angels from across the procurement ecosystem. You can read more about it in the Axios article: 👉 https://lnkd.in/duj4kCHc Or in our Procure Ai company news: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dpWZuQw3 For me, this moment is deeply tied to why we built Procure Ai — not just as a company, but as a product and a technical vision. Again and again, procurement leaders told us the same thing: “We’re being asked to do 3× more with the same (or fewer) people.” Rising complexity, fragmented data, unpredictable timelines, and now global tariffs… procurement teams have been forced to operate in systems that were never designed for this level of pressure. Coming from a product and engineering background, we believed the only real solution was an AI-native architecture — one that sits on top of existing landscapes, enriches messy data, and deploys autonomous agents that can truly take work off people’s plates. The most rewarding part has been seeing that belief materialise: 35–45% faster cycles, 3.5–5% savings, 60% autonomous intake, and platforms that integrate seamlessly without forcing teams to rebuild everything. And most importantly: seeing users feel empowered instead of overwhelmed. This round not only gives us the means to accelerate our growth and expand beyond the DACH region — it will also accelerate our product roadmap, grow our engineering team, and bring AI-native procurement automation to more organisations across Europe. A huge thank you to our investors, early believers, and especially our team: a group of people obsessed with building technology that actually works for procurement. Thank you for being part of this journey. We’re just getting started. — Yves

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Pumped to be doubling down on Fieldguide’s Series C! Fieldguide is an AI-native OS built for the audit and advisory industry. They’ve created both the system of record and the system of action, in an end-to-end platform that supports planning, reporting, and close, with AI field agents embedded throughout the entire engagement lifecycle. The platform supports audit and advisory work across risk advisory, SOC readiness, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, IT audit, and financial audit. Demand for these services continues to grow, even as the industry faces a significant shortage of professionals. That’s why firms are adopting Fieldguide’s AI agents to scale capacity, expand margins, and become truly AI-native. I’ve known Jin for over three years and have followed Fieldguide from the beginning. Since TR invested in February 2024, the company has seen a meaningful inflection in ARR velocity, customer adoption, AI development, and market momentum. Proud to be reinvesting alongside Goldman Sachs, Geodesic Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, and others. Congrats to Jin, Chris, and the Fieldguide team on their Series C. Shoutout to my buddy Harris at GS, Alex at Bessemer, and our very own Tamara and Joseph at TRV. More on the fundraise in the clip below.

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