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Exciting News! 🌱 We're thrilled to announce that with the close of our most recent round, Acre Homes has successfully raised over $10 million from VCs to build out our platform. We're incredibly grateful to Anthemis Group for leading our seed round, with notable participation from Sovereign's Capital, Home Technology Ventures, Studio VC, Front Porch Venture Partners, Unpopular Ventures, Duke Capital Partners, and former CEO of Invitation Homes Fred Tuomi. The funding will accelerate growth in existing markets, including newly launched Atlanta. #AcreHomes #SeedRound #Homeownership #RealEstate Mike Schneider Kent Keirsey Irene Tollinger Peter Crawford Andrew Toby, CFA Kelci Atkins Tanner Ellingsen, MLS Genie Ko David Thompson Peyton Carlson Ben Myers https://lnkd.in/gQBJR5Dy

We’re excited to announce that Inflection has raised $7.6M in funding! 🎉 Thank you to all our early customers who believed in us. More info in our announcement post 👇

Today, we’re excited to officially launch Terradot with $58.2M in funding! We’re transforming Earth’s most powerful natural carbon removal process—silicate rock weathering—into a scalable climate solution through Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW). 🌍 Why we’re excited: $58.2M in funding led by John Doerr, joined by Sheryl Sandberg & Tom Bernthal, George Roberts, Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, Google, Cisco Foundation, Kleiner Perkins, Floodgate, Acre Venture Partners, Gigascale Capital, Valor Capital Group, Ponderosa Ventures and others. Nearly 300,000 tonnes of carbon removal sold, including a $27M purchase by Stripe's Frontier Climate buyers for 90,000 tonnes and Frontier member Google’s largest-ever single CDR purchase—200,000 tonnes. Starting in Brazil, an optimal location thanks to its tropical climate, agricultural scale, and clean energy grid. We believe ERW has the greatest potential to deliver gigaton-scale, permanent carbon removal this decade. But achieving that potential will be far harder than most realize. That’s why we built Terradot: to advance the hard science and build the technology required to activate the thousands of existing silicate rock quarries worldwide into scalable CDR hubs. Backed by the world’s strongest coalition—spanning industry, academia, and government—we’re taking a bold bet on unlocking ERW’s massive potential. The road ahead won’t be easy: millions of soil samples, snake-filled fields, and no guarantees of success await. The stakes couldn’t be higher. 🚀 This is just the beginning. If you’re a scientist pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, an engineer ready to build, or an operator obsessed with execution—come join us. Let’s work together to stabilize Earth’s climate. 🔗 Join Us: https://lnkd.in/gm-7gCEf 🔗 Google’s Blog Post: https://lnkd.in/grVPg65J 🔗 Frontier’s Blog Post: https://lnkd.in/gG--y6xn 🔗 Bloomberg: https://lnkd.in/gHBMqsb2 🔗 Brazil Coverage: https://lnkd.in/gjBQS6rQ #ClimateTech #CarbonRemoval #EnhancedRockWeathering #Terradot #ClimateSolutions #CDR

What a ride… In just three years, we were acquired by RealWear. For those who think these years must have been hell, please see the pictures below. Honestly, it didn’t feel like that at all. Some may say we were lucky, but I think it’s because we had fun with almost everything we did. We laughed even when we were nearly broke and took many things with a “what’s the worst that can happen” attitude, maybe even too many things 😂 The lessons we learned and the friends we made were worth it, no matter the outcome. I will be forever grateful to have started on this journey with Sebastian Beetschen. None of this would have been possible without our team. I can take no credit, as it was not me but us. Many problems were solved without me even knowing about them. I’m so proud of our team and everyone who helped us along the way. I can’t wait to see what we’ll achieve now that we have access to the next level 😏 Sorry for all the people and moments I couldn’t include in the picture… Maybe it’s for the best that we don’t have all the crazy things on here, but I’m sure you remember them all 😅

Cloud databases don’t need to be this complicated. At SkySQL, we’ve reimagined how teams interact with their data to make it faster, easier, and more reliable. With $6.6M in funding, backed by Eniac Ventures, and Western Technology Investment, we’re integrating conversational AI directly into operational databases. Semantic agents are helping businesses get precise answers from their data—no complex queries, no wasted time. We’re building a future where data works seamlessly for you. SkySQL is pushing boundaries and creating tools that give your team confidence in the insights driving your most important decisions. Thanks to Paul S. at TechCrunch for telling our story: https://lnkd.in/g2VKkeM5 #DBaaS #ServerlessDatabase #CloudComputing #AI

🚀 Exciting News: WeaveGrid secured $28M in Strategic Funding led by Woven Capital, Toyota's Growth Fund! This strategic investment from the world’s largest automaker distinguishes WeaveGrid as the market leader in EV charging software and validates our approach of custom, authorized integrations with automakers and charging manufacturers. WeaveGrid’s EV managed charging platform empowers utilities, automakers, and charging providers to unlock the value of grid-interactive vehicles and enhance the charging experience for drivers, whether through passive solutions or more complex value stacking like distribution-focused optimization or V2G. With this strategic round, WeaveGrid will deepen automaker and charging manufacturer integrations, expand our EV charging platform capabilities, and continue to advance a smarter, more sustainable mobility ecosystem. Big thanks to Toyota North America, Toyota Connected North America, Woven Capital, and our existing investors for supporting our vision of accelerating EV adoption and maximizing grid potential through intelligent, cybersecure technology. Let's power the future, together. ⚡️ Consider the grid… WOVEN 🪡 🧵 🚘 #Toyota #WovenCapital #ElectricVehicles #PHEV #ClimateTech #Innovation #Sustainability #WovenGrid #GridInteractive

🎉 Big news from Anise Health! We’re thrilled to announce that we have raised $3 MILLION in seed funding - a proud moment for us on our journey to expand access to culturally-responsive mental health care for the Asian American community. 🌏 We are grateful for Masashi Kiyomine and Tomoko Ishikura at Kicker Ventures for leading this round and sharing our passion for tackling the mental health disparities faced by underserved populations head-on. And thank you to Authentic Heart, Change Paradox Ventures, Progression, How Women Invest, Celtic House Asia Partners, NEXTBLUE, and Gold House for also supporting our mission and bringing your invaluable expertise to the table for our next phase of growth! With this funding, we’re ready to: 🌟 Expand access to >10 million Asian Americans by activating key insurance partnerships across the country. 🌟 Enhance our innovative AI-enabled platform to develop personalized clinical programs to address cultural stressors, like bicultural tension and race-based trauma. 🌟 Scale our services into new markets via new distribution channels and referral partnerships. Fundraising in this macro environment while running a growing business has been nothing short of a challenge, so this moment is first and foremost a testament to the work of the incredible Anise team. This funding means so much more to us than just capital: it’s a vote of confidence in our female-founded team, a testament to the huge unmet need for personalized care, and a critical step toward building a mental health care system where diversity, culture, and quality are top priorities. Onwards and upwards: we won’t rest until everyone has access to care that enables them to live their most authentic and flourishing life! 🚀 Read the full announcement here (thank you to Axios for the feature)👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/eyPcuzKM

We’ve raised $21.6M to help companies buy and manage vendors with SuperAgents 🚀 Buying is broken. Let our AI-powered SuperAgents take on vendors––protecting your time, and your budget. Our recent $15M Series A, led by Caffeinated Capital, follows a $6.6M Seed round led by Base10. Learn more on our blog, link in comments

🎉 I’m so excited to announce that Sightglass has raised $3M in seed funding, led by Base10 Partners! Our AI-powered investor relations platform streamlines the diligence process for investment managers and their limited partners.  From smart data rooms to automated DDQ responses, we save teams hundreds of hours during a fundraise and throughout the year.  With Sightglass, IR teams get out of data entry and back to relationship building while their LPs get higher quality diligence information for faster, better decisions.  A big thank you to our early customers and the 100+ organizations who have already leveraged Sightglass to save precious time and make faster investment decisions.  We’re just getting started, and we can’t wait to share more of what we’re building for the LP-GP ecosystem.  I'm also so grateful to Adeyemi Ajao, Luci F., and the entire Base10 team for being such fantastic partners since Sightglass was just an idea two years ago. If you’re a GP or LP ready to eliminate manual tasks during fundraising and ongoing diligence, reach out to us at hello@usesightglass.com to see how you can save time and close faster. Check out our coverage in Axios in the first comment.  Now back to building!