Building the Payments OS for Emerging Markets […]
Behind the Term Sheet: Akua’s $8.5M Seed
Agentic Payments Platform Akua Raises USD 13M to Modernize Digital Payments and Accelerate Expansion across LATAM
Bogotá, October 2025. – Akua, the new payment Operating System for Emerging Markets, announces the successful closing of its seed round for USD 8.5 million. This new capital injection brings the total amount raised by the company to USD 13 million, just one year after completing its pre-seed round. The Paytech strengthens its Acquiring-as-a-Service (AaaS) model, […]
VoLo Earth Secures $135 Million Fund II, Growing 50% Despite Venture Downturn, Validating Systematic Strategy
Anchored by leading global institutions, Fund II builds on Fund I’s top-decile performance and two realized exits to prove repeatable outcomes in energy and industrial innovation SNOWMASS, CO, September 17, 2025 (EZ Newswire) — VoLo Earth Ventures today announced the close of its second fund at $135 million, a 50% increase over its inaugural $88 million fund. […]
Cathay Innovation Hires Rose Yuan and James Colgan to Expand San Francisco Team
Following the close of its $1 billion Fund III, the venture firm makes two key additions to deepen its commitment to the next generation of global AI companies San Francisco, CA, September 15, 2025 — Cathay Innovation today announced the appointment of Rose Yuan as a director on the investment team and James Colgan as […]
FOCO Co-investment Fund Commits €80 million to Cathay Innovation Fund III
Madrid, July 28, 2025. The Co-investment Fund (FOCO), managed by COFIDES, will invest €80 million in the Cathay Innovation III Fund, managed by Cathay Innovation SAS. Cathay Innovation III is a 1 billion venture capital fund dedicated to artificial intelligence — the largest out of the European Union — and has already completed 16 investments globally, […]
American Reindustrialization: Empty Promises vs Massive Opportunities
Framework for assessing the venture opportunities in today’s manufacturing landscape… […]
Behind the Term Sheet: Abacum’s $60M Series B
The Fintech Ushering FP&A into the Modern Era with AI… […]
Nabla Raises $70M Series C to Deliver Agentic AI to the Heart of Clinical Workflows, Bringing Total Funding to $120
NEW YORK, June 17, 2025 – Nabla, one of the most widely adopted AI assistants in clinical care, today announced it has raised $70 million in Series C funding. Led by HV Capital, with Highland Europe joining as key investor, DST Global, and existing investors Cathay Innovation, and Tony Fadell’s Build Collective, the funding brings Nabla’s […]
From Series B to IPO: The Early Bet on Chime, America’s Most Loved Digital Bank
How Cathay Innovation’s global VC perspective led to conviction in Chime before Silicon Valley… […]
Abacum Raises $60m Series B to Lead the New Era of Business Planning
New York/London/Barcelona, 11th June 2025 – Abacum, the business planning software company founded by Julio Martínez and Jorge Lluch, today announces that it has raised a $60m Series B round led by San Francisco-headquartered Scale Venture Partners. There was also strong participation in the round from global VC fund Cathay Innovation, with existing investors Y Combinator, […]