Top 10 CloudTech & DevOps Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – October 1st – 15th, 2025
Several interesting transactions closed in the CloudTech & DevOps sector over the past two weeks. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
PIPE
- POET Technologies, high-speed optical engines, light source products, and custom optical modules for the AI systems market and hyperscale data centers, received $75 million of development capital through a private placement.
Merger/Acquisition
- Neosync, open-source data replication and anonymization platform that helps developers build, deploy, and manage production-grade microservice architectures, was acquired by Grow Therapy.
Later Stage VC
- ClickHouse, online analytical processing database management system that generates analytical reports using SQL queries, raised $444.07 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by Khosla Ventures.
- Ekotrope, cloud-based software that helps residential builders to maximize the energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their projects, raised $11 million of Series A-3 venture funding.
- Intento, enterprise integration platform that optimizes the supply chain of the global translation industry, raised $3.95 million of venture funding from Prospective Technologies Ventures and other investors.
- Wasabi, cloud storage platform that provides simple and affordable data storage solutions, raised $32.5 million of venture funding.
Early Stage VC
- Hydra Host, cross-cloud GPU compute marketplace that enables independent data centers to monetize infrastructure and offer scalable, private compute, raised $3.83 million of venture funding in the form of convertible.
Accelerator/Incubator
- Candle AI, virtual legal communication assistant that automates email correspondence and message summarization, raised venture funding from The Legal Tech Fund.
Seed Round
- Smart Response Technologies, cloud-based intelligence software that caters to call centers, corrections facilities, event management, courthouses, corporate, and campus security industries, raised $1.27 million of seed funding in the form of convertible debt.
Angel (individual)
- CardFlow Financial, credit card management platform that simplifies multi-card payments and debt tracking, raised $50,000 of angel funding in the form of SAFE notes.
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More than 30 years positioning companies for growth. She began her career as a retail business owner then transitioned to McDonnell Douglas/Boeing where she worked to help small businesses gain significant market share. This included advocating at the federal level for legislation to facilitate competition for small businesses. Helped businesses secure non-traditional funding through grants, as well IP and equipment donations. Served in a board or advisory capacity for several economic development organizations. Transitioned to business ownership where she and her team created diagnostic tools and training that helped companies function with greater efficiency and flexibility. Domestic and international clients ranged from start-ups to multi-national corporations from a broad array of industries, government agencies and not-for-profits. B.A. in Public Administration, MBA from Western International University. FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
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