Three Tech Startups Raise $125M Combined in Infrastructure, Finance, and AI Plays
Slide, PactFi, and Amber Semiconductor secure funding rounds totaling $125 million, targeting disaster recovery, private credit operations, and AI data center power delivery respectively.
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Three technology startups collectively raised $125 million across Series A and B rounds this week, highlighting investor appetite for infrastructure-critical solutions spanning business continuity, financial operations, and AI hardware.
Slide led the pack with a $70 million Series B to expand its disaster recovery platform for managed service providers, according to Ventureburn. The company plans to use the capital for global expansion and platform improvements focused on business continuity solutions—a market growing as cyber threats and climate events force companies to prioritize operational resilience.
PactFi secured $25 million in Series A funding from 7RIDGE Ecosystem Impact to scale its operating system for private credit operations. The platform addresses workflow inefficiencies in the $1.5 trillion private credit market, where manual processes still dominate deal management and portfolio monitoring. Ventureburn reports the company will use the funds to modernize how private credit firms handle their operational infrastructure.
Amber Semiconductor closed the initial $30 million tranche of its funding round to develop next-generation power delivery solutions for AI data centers. The fabless semiconductor company is tackling a critical bottleneck as AI workloads push data center power requirements beyond traditional infrastructure limits. According to Ventureburn, Amber's technology aims to transform how power reaches AI chips—a growing concern as facilities struggle to support GPU-dense deployments.
The funding announcements come as infrastructure technology attracts capital across multiple verticals. Disaster recovery spending is climbing as ransomware attacks increase, while private credit firms face pressure to digitize operations that have lagged public markets. Meanwhile, AI's energy demands are creating opportunities for specialized hardware solutions beyond chips themselves.
All three companies are addressing operational challenges that scale with market growth—disaster recovery needs expand with digital transformation, private credit operations grow more complex as the asset class matures, and AI power delivery becomes critical as model sizes increase. The funding rounds suggest investors see these infrastructure plays as essential rather than optional technology investments.