Estonia’s Handhold Secures €3M Seed to Automate B2B Software Sales with AI Agents
Estonia‑based Handhold raised €3 million (≈$3.3 million) in a seed round led by Entourage Capital to automate inbound B2B software sales with multimodal AI agents. The platform assigns each lead a virtual “account manager” that qualifies prospects, delivers custom demos, and guides onboarding in real time. Handhold will use the capital to broaden its go‑to‑market push and extend the AI layer from lead conversion to full customer‑lifecycle management. The funding positions the startup as a scalable alternative to costly, sales‑heavy buying processes.
Masters’ Union Launches Rs 100 Cr Early-Stage Investment Platform
Masters’ Union, the Gurugram‑based business school, has launched MU Ventures, a Rs 100 crore ($12 million) early‑stage fund targeting founders under 25. The platform offers rapid funding decisions—typically within 10 days—and invests between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 50 lakh ($6k‑$60k) per startup. MU Ventures operates through...
Astranova Mobility Raises Rs 60 Cr in Series A Led by IvyCap Ventures
Astranova Mobility, an Indian EV financing and asset‑management platform, closed a Rs 60 crore ($6.4 million) Series A round led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from Asian Development Bank, Advantedge Founders and Trucks Venture Capital. The funding will boost the startup’s data, AI and...
HeyDonto AI Technology Closes $20M Seed Round at $200M Valuation to Scale Conduit — The Dental Interoperability Exchange
HeyDonto AI Technology announced a $20 million seed round that values the company at $200 million. The capital will be used to scale Conduit, its AI‑powered dental interoperability platform that links dental practice systems with medical EHRs, payers and patient apps. Conduit...
Madica Backs Three Startups, Launches Fundraising Guide for First-Time Founders
Madica, a pre‑seed programme for African startups, announced a $600,000 investment across three new companies—Kilimo Fresh, Hakimu, and Biovana—each receiving up to $200,000 and entry into an 18‑month mentorship and network program. The investments target Tanzania, Kenya, and Nigeria, extending...
OpenAI and Spotify Leaders Back London-Based AI Agent Security Startup in $13M Seed Round
London‑based Trent AI emerged from stealth with a $13 million seed round led by LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital, joined by executives from OpenAI, Spotify, Databricks and AWS. The startup offers the first multi‑agent security platform that continuously scans, assesses risk...
Exclusive: GoSats Bags $5 Mn To Scale Its Rewards Platform
GoSats, a Bitcoin‑backed rewards startup, secured a $5 million Series A round led by Konvoy, with participation from Y Combinator and Taisu Ventures. The funding will fuel a push to grow its user base from roughly 150,000 to 1 million and broaden its product...
Tiny VC Partner Philipp Moehring on when to Take Money Off the Table
European seed financing is inflating, with recent rounds like Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs securing $1 billion at a $3 billion valuation and David Silver’s Ineffable Intelligence raising $1 billion at $4 billion. Tiny VC, a micro‑fund founded by Philipp Moehring and Andy Chung, has built a 450‑startup portfolio that includes Wayve,...
Omniscient Raises $4.1m to Bring Real-Time Reputation Intelligence to the C-Suite
Omniscient announced a $4.1 million funding round led by Drysdale, Plug and Play and other investors to scale its real‑time reputation intelligence platform for C‑suite executives. The solution ingests data from over 100,000 sources—including press, social, video and audio—and delivers prioritized...
Aspect Aerospace Raises $2.4M To Develop Single-Board Satellites for Space-Based Environmental Monitoring
Aspect Aerospace announced two financing milestones: a $1.9 million Direct‑to‑Phase II SBIR award from the U.S. Space Force and a $500 000 pre‑seed investment from its incubator SOSV, totaling $2.4 million. The company’s Single‑Board Satellite (SBS) platform packs up to 100 miniature satellites onto...
TippingPoint Raises $4.5M Seed to Drug Hidden Epigenetic Targets in Deadly Pediatric Brain Cancer
TippingPoint Biosciences announced a $4.5 million seed round led by SOSV and LKS Fund to advance its epigenetic drug discovery platform. The company targets protein‑protein interfaces within disease‑specific chromatin environments, aiming at sites traditionally deemed undruggable. Its inaugural program focuses on...