Infrawatch Secures $3M Pre-Seed for Internet Infrastructure Intelligence
London‑based Infrawatch has closed a $3 million pre‑seed round co‑led by Outward VC and Triple Point Ventures. The startup is building an Internet Infrastructure Intelligence Layer that maps the underlying servers, domains and networks used in cyberattacks, phishing and online fraud. Its platform ingests tens of billions of internet events each day to surface actionable threat indicators and enable custom detection rules. The new capital will fund engineering hires, early enterprise pilots and a U.S. market push ahead of a public launch later this year.
Overwatch AI Secures $1.5M to Streamline Airline Operations
Overwatch AI, an aviation operations platform founded by a former pilot and a tech entrepreneur, closed a $1.5 million pre‑seed round backed by United Airlines Ventures and other investors. The solution merges disparate flight‑deck data, documentation, and weather feeds into a...
Neurotech Startup Sychedelic Secures $3.5 Mn in Seed Round
Neurotech startup Sychedelic, operating from Gurugram and New York, closed a $3.5 million seed round led by TurboStart, Ideabaaz and Praveek Ventures. The capital will fund marketing, manufacturing scale‑up, research expansion and a global Kickstarter launch scheduled for May 2026. Sychedelic’s flagship...
Century Health Raises $5M for CHARM AI Platform to Accelerate Life Sciences Research
Century Health announced an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Origin Ventures, bringing its total funding to a strategic level. The company’s CHARM AI platform automates extraction of unstructured electronic health record data with a validated 97% accuracy rate. Over...
Retailgrid Targets Retail Spreadsheets with €358K Pre-Seed Round
Helsinki‑based Retailgrid raised €358,000 (approximately $390,000) in a pre‑seed round led by Finnish B2B SaaS investors Ali Omar, Henry Nilert and Pekka Ylitalo, with Innovestor Angel CoFund participating. The startup offers an AI‑powered workbook that blends spreadsheet familiarity with cloud...
Ghent-Based Exhibitly Raises €1.4 Million to Bring AI Personalisation to B2B Events
Exhibitly, a Ghent‑based EventTech startup, raised €1.4 million (≈$1.53 million) in a pre‑seed round led by New School VC to expand its AI‑driven personalization platform for B2B event websites. The solution creates a 10‑second, job‑title‑based mini‑site that highlights relevant sessions and exhibitors,...
White Circle Raises $11M to Help Companies Secure and Monitor AI Model Behavior
White Circle, the rebranded Pumpkin Intelligence, announced an $11 million seed round backed by AI heavyweights including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind alumni, and DataDog co‑founder Olivier Pomel. Founder Denis Shilov went viral in 2024 after demonstrating a single‑prompt jailbreak that could bypass safety controls...
Charms Closes $1.5M Pre-Seed to Launch the AI Character Economy
Charms Interactive announced the launch of Charms.ai and closed a $1.5 million pre‑seed round to fund its creator‑centric AI character platform. The app lets users build characters with memory, personality, voice and a built‑in economy that rewards both creators and the...
Two Founders Bet that Documentation Is the Missing Layer in the AI Stack. HappySupport Closes Pre-Seed Investment.
HappySupport, a German AI startup, closed a €200,000 (≈$218,000) pre‑seed round backed by sevDesk co‑founder Fabian Silberer, Flip CEO Benedikt Brand, and L‑Bank. The company offers a self‑updating help‑center that syncs documentation with source‑code changes via its HappyRecorder Chrome extension and AI‑generated...
ABAN Says Africa’s Startup Funding Recovery Is “More Grounded” Than Previous Peaks
African startups raised $3.4 billion in 2025, a 32% rebound after three years of decline. Angel participation revived, with networks deploying $4.4 million and 65% of backed firms securing follow‑on capital. More than 90% of individual angels now write cheques under $25 K,...
Rebalance Leads Pre Seed Round in Travel Gear Brand NORI
Bengaluru‑based travel‑gear startup NORI, focused on women’s luggage and accessories, closed a $350,000 pre‑seed round led by Rebalance with participation from Vijay Shekhar Sharma, VSS Investco and other angels. The funding will fuel expansion of its product portfolio and push the brand into...
Agritech Attracts Strongest African Angel Investor Interest Despite Funding Decline
A new African Business Angel Network (ABAN) report shows agriculture and agritech startups captured the strongest interest from African angel networks in 2025, even as sector funding fell to $168.1 million, down 18% from 2024. The survey of over 60 angels...
New Arāya Sie Fund Closes at £7.5m to Back Female-Led Startups
Arāya Ventures and Sie Ventures have launched the Arāya Sie Fund, securing a £7.5 million first close (about $9.5 million) to invest in female‑founder startups across AI, deep‑tech, fintech, healthcare and sustainability. The fund plans to back up to 40 pre‑seed and...
From Skyroot To Pronto — Indian Startups Raised $132 Mn This Week
Indian startups raised $132.3 million across 18 deals from May 4‑8, a 35% drop from the prior week. The week’s headline was Skyroot’s $60 million round that pushed the spacetech firm to a $1.1 billion pre‑money valuation, making it India’s third unicorn of 2026....
ParcelBio Unveils Programmable mRNA Platform Backed by $13M Financing
ParcelBio announced a $13 million seed round led by Breyer Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator and other investors. The funding will accelerate its proprietary Amplified and Prolonged Expression mRNA (APEXm™) platform, which claims to deliver markedly higher and longer‑lasting...