Gilgamesh Ventures Closes Second Fund At $35 Million With Backing From Institutional Investors

Gilgamesh Ventures, a New York City-based fintech-focused venture capital firm co-founded by Miguel Armaza, a fintech podcaster and former banker, and fintech entrepreneur Andrew Endicott, has closed its second fund, bringing its total assets under management to $35 million. The new fund attracted institutional backers including Foundation Capital, GBM Ventures, and Encore Bank, as well as prominent fintech founders like Renaud Laplanche and Dan Henry. Since launching in 2021, Gilgamesh has backed 44 companies across 10+ markets, and its debut fund already delivered a 39% net IRR. HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #GilgameshVentures #MiguelArmaza #AndrewEndicott #TradedVC

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Lightfield Raises $47 Million In Series A Funding Led By A16z And Other InvestorsLightfield, an AI-native CRM that builds a self-updating model of customers, has raised $47 million in Series A funding, led by a16z with participation from Maverick Capital, Coatue, Greylock, Lightspeed, Audacious Ventures and Alumni Ventures. The San Francisco-based company was founded by Keith Peiris (co-founder & CEO) and Henri Liriani (co-founder & President), and will use the funding to advance its agentic CRM platform. FUN FACT: How it came together: Keith and Henri previously built Tome, an AI presentation tool that grew to 25M users, then did the hardest thing founders can do: pivoted, shrank the company to a core group of engineers, and rebuilt around a problem they'd hit firsthand scaling Tome, no AI-native CRM existed. A customer who switched off the largest incumbent said, "If you've only ever ridden a horse, the only thing you ever want is a faster horse. Well, this is a car." FOUNDERS: Keith Peiris & Henri Liriani INVESTORS: a16z led plus Maverick Capital, Coatue, Greylock, Lightspeed, Audacious Ventures & Alumni Ventures ROUND: Series A AMOUNT: $47,000,000 HQ: San Francisco, California #VentureCapital #Lightfield #TradedPartner #KeithPeiris #TradedVC

Puppy Sphere Secures Seed Round Of $24 Million From Strategic Investors Including The School Of Hard KnocksPuppy Sphere (@ThePuppySphere), a New York-based wellness brand centered on the human-animal bond, has raised a Seed round from a group of strategic investors including The School of Hard Knocks, Tobi Oluwole, Jake Fleshner, Torch Collective, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, and other founders and operators. Founded by Francesca Albo and Lea Burbidge Izquierdo, Puppy Sphere has scaled its puppy yoga concept into a broader experiential wellness platform with 13 studios, corporate wellness programs, brand partnerships, and live activations, serving more than 450,000 customers and partnering with companies including Google, Amazon, Netflix, TikTok, and the NBA. FUN FACT: Puppy Sphere was born from two Canadian founders’ own mental health journeys and has since grown into 13 studios across North America, $14M+ in cumulative revenue, and 450,000+ customers, all without outside capital. Along the way, the brand has welcomed names like Sabrina Carpenter, Simu Liu, Trevor Noah and Alessia Cara, while building a broader wellness platform around the gentle power of puppy therapy. Now Puppy Sphere is opening its cap table for the first time through a strategic angel round, bringing together leaders across media, consumer growth and wellness, including The School of Hard Knocks, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, growth entrepreneur Tobi Oluwole, and Nucleus Network co-founder Jake Fleshner, alongside a broader group of strategic founders and operators. The vision: bring the gentle power of puppy therapy across the globe. FOUNDERS: Francesca Albo (@FrancescaaAlbo), Lea Burbidge Izquierdo (@LeaburbIz) INVESTORS: The School of Hard Knocks (@TheSchoolofHardKnockz), Tobi Oluwole (@TheTobiOluwole), Jake Fleshner (@JakeFleshner) Torch Collective, Heather Stark, Will Bodewes, Craig Zingerline & more ROUND: Seed VALUATION CAP: $24,000,000 HQ: New York, New York #VentureCapital #PuppySphere #TradedPartner #FrancescaAlbo #TradedVC