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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chapter, the leading AI company focused on retirement, announced today that it has raised $100 million in Series E funding. The round was led by Generation Investment Management, with participation from new investors Fifth Down Capital, 8VC, as well as the company’s existing investors: Stripes, XYZ Venture Capital, Addition, Narya Capital, Susa Ventures, and Maverick Ventures. The company has more than doubled in valuation since its prior funding round less than one y...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RAAPID, Inc., the leader in AI-powered risk adjustment solutions, today announced a strategic investment from Healthworx, the investment arm of CareFirst, Inc. This milestone completes an unprecedented "Industry Trifecta," making RAAPID the only risk adjustment platform backed simultaneously by a global technology giant (M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund), a world-class health system (UPMC Enterprises), and a top-tier payer investor (Healthworx, the investment arm...

SINGAPORE & COLLEGE PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. (“Horizon Quantum”), a pioneer of software infrastructure for quantum applications and IonQ — the world’s leading quantum platform company — today announced a strategic agreement. Horizon Quantum will purchase one of IonQ’s first 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion systems, in furtherance of Horizon Quantum’s mission to unlock the full potential of quantum computing with its software platform. The acquisi...

TREMITI ISLANDS, Italy & VIENNA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enry’s Island SpA (WBAG: EIOS), the world’s first publicly traded Venture Builder, today announced the upcoming Kickstarter launch of Enry’s Island Adventures (EIA), developed by its New York-based portfolio company, Enry’s Island Adventures LLC. The game is designed to make venture capital accessible to new generations, transforming startup creation into an engaging and social gaming experience. After three years of R&D, EIA intr...

PHOENIX & SANTA FE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gallagher & Kennedy is pleased to announce that corporate, securities, and business law attorney Stephen R. Boatwright has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company commercializing its patented FASForm™ Solid Carbon Fractionation process. Also appointed to the Board are John Venners and Jean Abiassi. The appointments bring deep expertise in energy policy, large-scale infrast...

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PixVerse today announced a major evolution of R1, its real-time world model. Launched in January 2026 as the world's first real-time world model, R1 redefined video from a fixed output into a continuous, interactive stream — a world that responds instantly to user input. This update takes that world further. Users can now create a digital representation of themselves, place it inside the newly generated world, and share that experience with others in real time, with...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIBC Innovation Banking announced today that it has provided growth financing for REG Technologies, a leading provider of compliance and regulatory risk software for the insurance and financial services sector. This follows a recent majority investment in REG Technologies by Accel-KKR, a global tech-focused private equity firm. The company will use the financing to accelerate product innovation, build on its commercial capabilities, and expand into new international mar...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At GDC and NVIDIA GTC, LinearGame's Yoroll did something the AI game sector has largely struggled to do: turn generated video into a structured, playable experience. At this year's Game Developers Conference and NVIDIA GTC, LinearGame presented Yoroll through a series of product demonstrations, focusing on playable implementations rather than research benchmarks or standalone model outputs. What separated the Yoroll demonstrations from typical AI game previews...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today revealed that CFO Worx has been ranked No. 19 on its sixth annual Inc. Regionals: Southeast list – the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Southeast. The region includes South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Puerto Rico. An extension of the national...

DERIO, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ONCOMATRYX, a Spanish biopharmaceutical company developing Quantum ADCs against the tumor microenvironment, has successfully raised $67 million to foster the clinical development of novel candidates. The funding round was led by the company’s institutional investors, including a $28 million strategic investment from the Spanish Government through Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnologico e Innovacion (CDTI), $18 million from Kutxa Fundazioa, $12 million from the Basqu...