H.I.G. Growth Partners made a strategic investment of undisclosed size in Ottawa-based Rewind, which protects more than 7 PB of data across 16 cloud applications for over 25,000 organizations.
Y Combinator led the $1M pre‑seed round, with Entrepreneur First and angels from global quantitative‑trading firms also participating.
The $2M pre-seed round will fund development of an AI research OS that captures experimental knowledge through lab goggles before it is lost.
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The $45 million Series B, announced on Aug. 14, 2026, backs Blacksmith, a company operating in the broader “Other” sector.
Blacksmith has reached a $550 million valuation as of August 2026, with no lead investors disclosed.
Companyon Ventures led the round, with the fresh capital earmarked for carrier network expansion and AI agent messaging infrastructure.
Dell Technologies Capital and Intel Capital co-led the round to scale persistent cloud infrastructure for production AI agents.