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September 22, 2025 - Deals
Ketone-IQ Secures Seven-Figure Investment From Steven Bartlett Jon Jones And Seaside Ventures
Ketone-IQ, the fastest-growing energy product in conventional retail and the #1 selling energy shot in premium grocery (beating 5 Hour and Celsius based on third-party SPINS data), has raised strategic investment from Steven Bartlett (Diary of a CEO), Jon Jones (UFC Heavyweight Champion), and Seaside Ventures. Additional investors include Ramp founders Eric Glyman (CEO) and Karim Atiyeh (CTO), Jake Paul personally, Anti Fund, Eight Sleep CEO Matteo Franceschetti, Soma Capital, Ed Lando, Pareto Holdings, and the original lead seed investor Chris Dixon (a16z). The new funding will support Ketone-IQ’s national expansion with major retail launches at Target, Circle K, and Chevron ExtraMile, as the company continues to lead category growth through science-backed energy innovation.
INVESTORS: Antifund (Jake Paul & Geoffrey Woo), Seaside Ventures, Flight Fund, Jon Jones, Eric Glyman, Karim Atiyeh, Matteo Franceschetti, Soma Capital, Ed Lando, Pareto Holdings, Chris Dixon (a16z), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Marissa Mayer, Tony Hsieh, Joe Montana, Rear Admiral Alex Krongard, Gaingels, Zac Brown, Liquid 2 Ventures, Kurt Seidensticker’s Family Fund, Chris Hemsworth, Bochi Investments.
ROUND: Strategic Equity (Seven-Figure, Undisclosed Valuation)
AMOUNT: Seven-Figure (Undisclosed)
HQ: #SanFrancisco #California
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River Secures $120 Million In Series C Funding Led By Elev8 Venture Partners And Claypond CapitalRiver, an Indian electric vehicle startup, raised $120 million in Series C funding to scale manufacturing and launch more models. The round was led by Elev8 Venture Partners and Claypond Capital, with participation from Singularity AMC, Anicut Capital, 360 ONE Asset, JIF Capital, HDFC AMC, Yamaha Motor, Al-Futtaim Group, and Mitsui. Founded in 2021, River has raised $144 million to date and will use the funding to expand production of its Indie electric moped and support its next phase of growth. Founder and CEO Aravind Mani said the company’s focus has been on scaling manufacturing, increasing output from 20 vehicles per day to 300 vehicles per day.
FOUNDERS: Aravind Mani & Vipin George
INVESTORS: Elev8 Venture Partners, Claypond Capital, Singularity AMC, Anicut Capital, 360 ONE Asset, JIF Capital, HDFC AMC, Yamaha Motor, Al-Futtaim Group & Mitsui
ROUND: Series C
AMOUNT: $120,000,000
HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Anthropic Secures $10 Billion Contract With Volta Infra Holdings For AI Infrastructure ExpansionAnthropic is expanding its AI infrastructure footprint with a $10 billion, six-year contract with Nvidia-backed cloud startup Volta Infra Holdings, following a separate $200 billion five-year Google Cloud computing commitment. The deal will provide compute capacity from a renewable-powered data center in Norway using Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips, as Anthropic scales its broader infrastructure strategy involving hundreds of billions of dollars in commitments across cloud and data center partners.
FOUNDERS: Dario Amodei & Daniela Amodei
AMOUNT: $10,000,000,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
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