silence

Enterprise, Gadgets, Venture

“Unveiling Silence: A Cutting-Edge Climate Tech VC Fund With $35 Million”

Silence wants to shake things up when it comes to climate tech investment. This new angel-style VC firm has already raised $35 million and plans to make dozens of small investments in climate startups to help them apply the tech startup playbook. He also founded Merlin, an hourly jobs marketplace in the U.S.With Silence, Borja wants to apply his experience to climate investment. A silent partnerSince the first close of the fund in June 2022, Silence has already invested in 22 different companies. So we told them ‘we’ll be your lead,’” Borja said.

Max Chen
March 21, 2024

Startups, Venture

Funding Secured: Cryptographic Security Startup, Silence Laboratories, Secures Support

Silence Laboratories, a startup that builds infrastructure using multiparty computation (MPC) to help enterprises keep data private and safe, said it has raised a $4.1 million funding round. Pi Ventures and Kira Studio co-led the recent funding, which brings its total raised to $6 million, along with angel investors. The startup will use the funding to scale its teams and beef up its R&D pipeline. The outfit started as a multifactor authentication (MFA) company and pivoted its business to building a cryptographic security firm. It also recently launched Silent Compute, which lets corporations collaborate on processing information without revealing their own private data to third parties and enrich insights while maintaining compliance and trust.