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“Hyperscale performance. Network freedom.” Arrcus, Inc. is partnering with NVIDIA to push the frontier of networking innovation further for AI-driven environments. This AI era calls for flexible networking to optimize the potential of compute-intensive cycles. We believe Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE) is the differentiated routing and switching platform that answers this call. “Arrcus’ leading networking software coupled with Nvidia’s AI infrastructure will help deliver maximum efficiency to customers from data centers as well as their edge and cloud computing environments.” -Shekar Ayyar, Arrcus CEO We’re proud to deepen our partnership with Shekar and the Arrcus team by investing in their $30M round, led by NVIDIA. More from VentureBeat (full piece linked in comments) ↓

Aven, the credit card backed by home equity, has saved its customers more than $100M in interest since its founding. The team’s expansive vision to provide an accessible, efficient, and transparent avenue to capital aims to save consumers even more via new categories like auto-backed cards and refinance. HELOCs can take a month to secure from a traditional bank. With Aven, that time is reduced to as little as 15 minutes and customers save more than 50% on monthly interest rates. “We believe there’s no reason for anyone who owns an asset and has good credit history to use unsecured credit. Full stop. Unsecured credit is expensive and unhealthy. With our asset-backed credit cards, we give consumers credit for what they own - saving them thousands of dollars without sacrificing convenience.” -Sadi Khan, Aven’s CEO We’re proud to co-lead Aven's $142M Series D and welcome Sadi and the entire team to the GC family. Explore more from the Aven team (full release linked in comments) ↓

Adam P. inherited his father’s Apple enthusiast gene, which led him to start his first Apple IT support venture while he was only in high school. This passion eventually fueled the founding of Kandji, the MDM (Mobile Device Management) solution for Apple fleets that empowers secure, productive work at GC portfolio companies like Ramp, Canva, Remote, and many more. "In our view, Kandji brings a unique combination of innovative solutions and fiscal value to their customers with their sophisticated approach to Apple endpoint management and security. We believe Kandji has a truly differentiated approach, and we are excited to embark on this long-term partnership with Adam and team.” -GC's Deep Nishar While we’ve been working with Kandji to supercharge their growth via Pranav and our CVF team, we’re incredibly proud to double down on our partnership and lead their $100M financing round. Why we invested by Deep, Pranav, Christopher, Alex, & Amanda (full piece linked in comments) ↓

The democratization of robotics is here, thanks to Standard Bots. “Robotics has been the unlock for the repatriation of manufacturing, but the potential has been hindered by two major barriers: cost and flexibility.” -GC’s Quentin Clark Standard Bots effectively removes these barriers by bringing affordable, AI-powered robotic arms designed for variable and complex applications to market. These robots are incredibly user-friendly—whether you’re an operator and don’t know how to code, or whether you’re an engineer and want to utilize their flexible APIs and SDKs. Automating redundant, dangerous tasks allows operators to focus on the higher-order, more impactful processes in manufacturing and beyond. We’re proud to lead their Series B and welcome Evan, David, and the entire team to the GC family. More from Bloomberg on the Series B raise led by Quentin & Max (full piece in comments) ↓

A defense tectonic shift is afoot. Helsing, a cutting-edge European AI company, is on the frontlines protecting democracies and heralding a European RenAIssance. We’re proud to double down and lead their €450M Series C. Our conviction in Torsten, Gundbert, Niklas, and the Helsing team has only grown with time. They embody the ambition, values, and talent it takes to realize a dynamic, resilient Europe — and world. As our Global Resilience thesis underlines, modernizing the defense tech stack has never been more urgent amid escalating power competition and re-globalization. Helsing heeds this call for deterrence with a software-first, pan-European approach that has earned the trust of governments, such as Germany, France, UK, and Ukraine. We believe this well-deserved prime status reaffirms that collaboration between governments, industry, and technology is critical to meeting this tectonic moment and forging the path toward defense transformation and enhanced security on a global scale. “Since its inception, we have been able to watch the Helsing team execute with a great sense of urgency to build AI-based defense capabilities for European democracies. I have deep conviction that Helsing is on the path to becoming a global category leader. As we witness battlefronts on European soil for the first time in decades, we believe the role of companies like Helsing has never been more critical.” -GC’s Jeannette zu Fürstenberg With its bold vision, Helsing defines the European RenAIssance, and we’re honored to be on this journey with them. More from Jeannette, Paul, Alexa, and the Global Resilience team (full post linked in comments) ↓