Deals•Oct 16, 2025
OneLayer Secures $28M Series A to Expand Private LTE/5G OT and Zero Trust Security
Tel Aviv-based OneLayer closed a $28M Series A led by Maor Investments, bringing total funding to over $43M. Participants included McRock Capital, Chevron Technology Ventures and existing backers Viola Ventures, Grove Ventures and Koch Disruptive.
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Brook.ai Raises $28M Series B to Scale AI-Driven Remote Patient Care
Brook.ai, a Seattle-based remote patient care platform combining remote clinical teams with AI, raised $28M in a Series B round led by UMass Memorial Health and Morningside. The company will use proceeds to expand its platform and services for health...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Codis Raises Growth Capital From 1315 Capital with Participation From BroadOak and RCT
Codis, a St. Louis-based CDMO specializing in spray drying, amorphous solid dispersions, particle engineering and finished-dose manufacturing, received a growth investment led by 1315 Capital with participation from existing shareholders BroadOak Capital Partners and Research Corporation Technologies. The company will...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
ExaCare AI Raises $30M Series A Led by Insight Partners
ExaCare AI, a NYC-based provider of AI automation for post-acute care operations, raised $30M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners with participation from Foundation Capital, Bienville Capital and select post-acute operators. The company will use the proceeds...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
HistoSonics Raises $250M Oversubscribed Round to Expand Edison System
HistoSonics closed an oversubscribed $250M financing to support commercial expansion of its Edison histotripsy system, accelerate clinical indications, and bolster operations. The round was led by the company's new ownership group and included investors such as Thiel Bio and Founders...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Deel Raises $300M Series E at $17.3B Valuation Led by Ribbit and A16z
Deel raised $300 million in a Series E round co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Coatue Management and General Catalyst, valuing the HR platform at $17.3 billion. The company says it is profitable, surpassed $1B ARR...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Graph AI Raises $3M Seed Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Graph AI, a San Francisco–based patient safety and pharmacovigilance startup, raised $3M in a Seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners to accelerate product innovation, expand engineering, and drive global adoption. The company was founded in 2024 and is led...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Deel Raises $300M Strategic Round at $17.3B Valuation
Deel announced a $300 million strategic investment led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, General Catalyst, Green Bay Ventures and others, valuing the company at $17.3 billion. The funding will support Deel's global HR and payroll...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Nila Raises $2.4M Pre-Seed Round Led by LocalGlobe
London-based healthcare management startup Nila closed a $2.4M (£1.8M) pre-seed round led by LocalGlobe with participation from Redbus Ventures and high-net-worth/angel backers linked to Nala, Revolut and Wise. The funds will support product and market development to help expatriates manage...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
General Intuition Raises $133.7M Seed to Teach Agents Spatial-Temporal Reasoning From Game Clips
General Intuition, a spinout from Medal, raised $133.7M in a seed round led by Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst with participation from Raine. The startup will use Medal’s gaming video dataset to train foundation models and AI agents focused on...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
AAF Management Closes $55M Axis Fund Backed by Mubadala and Others
Washington-based AAF Management closed a $55 million early-stage hybrid vehicle called the Axis Fund, bringing the firm's assets under management to roughly $250M. The fund will allocate ~80% to startups and ~20% to emerging managers and is backed by Mubadala,...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Bees & Bears Raises €5M Seed to Finance Renewable-Energy Installations
Bees & Bears, a Berlin-based renewable energy financing startup, raised €5M in an additional seed round to enable installation companies to offer customers flexible financing via real-time credit checks. Backers include Extantia Capital and Contrarian Ventures.
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Deel Raises $300M Series E at $17.3B Valuation
Deel, a New York City-based global HR and payroll SaaS platform, raised $300M in a Series E round at a $17.3 billion valuation. Lead/new backers include Ribbit Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, General Catalyst, Green Bay Ventures...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Stand Raises $35M Series B to Expand Insurtech Coverage Into Florida
Stand, a San Francisco-based insurtech focused on catastrophe-exposed properties, closed a $35M Series B led by Eclipse with participation from Inspired Capital, Lowercarbon Capital and Equal Ventures. The company will use the proceeds to expand operations into Florida.
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Sonic Fire Tech Raises $3.5M Seed Round Co‑Led by Khosla Ventures, Third Sphere and AirAngels
Cleveland-based firetech startup Sonic Fire Tech raised $3.5M in a seed round co-led by Khosla Ventures, Third Sphere and AirAngels. The company will use the funds to pursue certifications, scale manufacturing to produce 500 units by Q2 2026, and initiate...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
BridGene Biosciences Raises $28M Series B+ Led by Bayland Capital
BridGene Biosciences closed a $28M Series B+ financing led by Bayland Capital with participation from GTJA Investment Group, Proxima Ventures, and existing investors Lapam Capital and Grains Valley Venture Capital. The funds will support the company's discovery and development of...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Strella Raises $14M Series A Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Strella, an NYC-based AI-powered customer research platform, raised $14M in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Decibel Partners, Future Backed Ventures, MVP Ventures and 645 Ventures. The company will use the proceeds to expand...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Strella Raises $14M Series A Led by Bessemer to Scale AI-Powered Customer Research
Strella, an AI-powered customer research platform, raised $14M in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Decibel Partners, Bain Future Back Ventures, MVP Ventures and 645 Ventures to expand its AI-moderated interview product and mobile capabilities....
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Jack & Jill Raises $20M Seed Round Led by Creandum to Bring Conversational AI to Hiring
London-based recruitment startup Jack & Jill raised $20 million in a seed round led by EU investor Creandum to expand its conversational AI job-hunting platform and pursue U.S. growth. The company already has nearly 50,000 users in London and will...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Aboon Raises $17.5M Seed Round Led by Bain Capital Ventures
Aboon, an NYC-based AI platform that helps financial advisors launch and manage 401(k) plans for business-owner clients, raised $17.5M in a seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Altai Ventures, Runyon, Edward Jones Ventures, Outpost Ventures and...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Peptilogics Raises $78M in Series B2 Round Led by Presight Capital, Thiel Bio and Founders Fund
Peptilogics, a clinical-stage biotech developing surgical therapeutics to prevent medical device infections, closed a $78M Series B2 financing. The round was led by Presight Capital, Thiel Bio and Founders Fund, with participation from AMR Action Fund, Narya Capital and Beyond...
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Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Upgrade Raises $165M Series G Led by Neuberger
Fintech company Upgrade raised $165 million in a Series G preferred round led by Neuberger with participation from LuminArx Capital Management and existing investors including DST Global and Ribbit Capital. Peter Sterling of Neuberger will join Upgrade's board.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Viven Raises $35M Seed to Commercialize AI-Powered Digital Twins for Enterprise
Viven, a Santa Clara-based provider of an AI-powered Digital Twins platform, emerged from stealth and raised $35M in a seed round led by a syndicate including Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures, Operator Collective and angel investors. The company will...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Shift Naturals Raises New Funding Round with Kevin Love and The Angel Group Backing
Shift Naturals announced new funding support led by investor additions including professional basketball player Kevin Love and The Angel Group (TAG). The backing is intended to accelerate growth, expand retail presence, and fund new product innovations in the functional hemp...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
OneImaging Raises $38M Led by Vy Capital to Expand Radiology Platform
OneImaging announced a $38M funding round led by Vy Capital with participation from Aquiline, Sempervirens Venture Capital, XRC Ventures, Dylan Field, Balaji Srinivasan, Jon Oringer and others. The Miami-based radiology platform plans to scale its nationwide imaging network and partnerships...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Aragorn AI Raises $4.3M Seed Round Led by LiveOak Ventures
Aragorn AI, a Dallas-based People Ops operating system using analytics and agentic AI assistants, raised $4.3M in a seed round led by LiveOak Ventures with participation from Dallas Venture Capital. The funding brings total financing to $5.5M and will be...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Planyear Raises $12M Seed Round Led by True Ventures to Scale AI Benefits Platform
Planyear, an AI-native platform for benefits consultants based in San Francisco, raised $12M in a seed round led by True Ventures. The company will use the funds to accelerate development of its BEACON automation platform and expand its sales team.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Tubulis Raises €308M (USD 361M) in Series C Led by Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners
Munich-based oncology company Tubulis closed a €308 million (USD 361M) Series C round led by Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, with participation from new investors Wellington Management and Ascenta Capital and existing backers including Nextech Invest, EQT Life Sciences, Frazier Life...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Starship Technologies Raises $50M Series C Led by Plural
Starship Technologies raised $50M in a Series C round led by Plural to expand its autonomous delivery operations across European cities and U.S. university and urban markets. The round brings the company's total funding to over $280M.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Billion Hearts (PicSee) Raised $4M Last Year in Investor-Led Seed Round
Billion Hearts, the company behind photo-sharing app PicSee, raised $4 million in funding last year in a round led by Blume Ventures with participation from General Catalyst and Athera Ventures. The capital supported development of PicSee’s on-device face-detection and privacy-focused...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Xceedance Secures Growth Investment From Portage Capital Solutions
Xceedance, a Boston-based provider of technology-driven business solutions for the insurance industry, received a growth investment from Portage Capital Solutions in exchange for a minority equity stake. The injection increases the company's total capital raised (equity and debt) to approximately...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Serent Capital Makes Growth Investment in Edulog
Edulog, a Missoula-based provider of K-12 student transportation software, received a growth investment from Serent Capital. The strategic investment will support the company’s Athena platform and growth initiatives. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
OneDome Secures £7.5M Media-for-Equity Investment From Channel 4 Ventures
OneDome, a London-based digital homebuying company, entered a media-for-equity partnership with Channel 4 Ventures. Channel 4 Ventures will invest £5m up front and a further £2.5m subject to performance milestones to support OneDome's growth.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Mission Therapeutics Raises $13.3M From Existing Strategic Investors
Mission Therapeutics, a Cambridge clinical-stage biotech focused on enhancing mitophagy, raised $13.3M in a financing led by its existing investors to advance its therapeutic programs. Lead investors include Pfizer Venture Investments, Sofinnova Partners, Roche Venture Fund, SR One, IP Group...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
WellTheory Raises $14M Series A Led by General Catalyst
WellTheory, a San Francisco-based whole-person care platform for autoimmune disease, raised $14M in a Series A round led by General Catalyst with participation from 7wire Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Accel, Box Group, Leaps by Bayer and Up2 Opportunity Fund. The round...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Ascribe Bio Raises $12M Series A Led by Corteva Catalyst and Acre Venture Partners
Ascribe Bio closed a $12M Series A round co-led by Corteva (via Corteva Catalyst) and Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Syngenta Group Ventures, Trailhead Capital, Silver Blue LLC, Cultivation Capital, and The Yield Lab. The Ithaca-based natural crop protection...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Pelage Pharmaceuticals Raises $120M in Series B Co-Led by ARCH and GV
Pelage Pharmaceuticals closed a $120 million Series B to advance its lead topical program PP405 for hair follicle stem cell reactivation. The round was co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and GV, with participation from Main Street Advisors, Visionary Ventures, and...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
GTCR Invests $200M Minority Stake in Solmetex
GTCR completed a strategic, structured $200M minority investment in Solmetex, a provider of dental products, systems, and consumables. The deal was signed and closed simultaneously on 2025-10-15.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Woz Raises $6M Seed Round Led by Cervin Ventures
Woz raised $6 million in a seed funding round to build an AI-plus-human oversight platform for creating business-ready mobile apps. The round was led by Cervin Ventures with participation from Burst Capital, Y Combinator, Untapped Ventures, MGV and the Lacob...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Nova Credit Raises $35M Series D to Expand Credit Infrastructure Platform
Nova Credit raised $35 million in a Series D round led by Socium Ventures (backed by Cox Enterprises) to accelerate growth of its credit infrastructure and analytics platform, serving lenders and enterprises with alternative credit data and risk insights.
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Corbel Raises $6.7M Seed to Expand AI OS for Industrial Equipment Manufacturers
Corbel, an NYC-based AI-powered operating system for industrial equipment manufacturers, raised $6.7M in a Seed round led by Ibex Investors with participation from Joule Ventures, Restive Ventures, and Selah Ventures. The company will use proceeds to expand engineering and go-to-market...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
MatrixSpace Raises $20M Series B to Advance AI-Enhanced Counter-Drone Radar
MatrixSpace closed a $20M Series B round, led by The Raptor Group and OTB Ventures with participation from L3Harris, marking a valuation increase since its May 2023 Series A and bringing total funding to $58M. The Burlington, MA company develops...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Woz Raises $6M Seed Round Led by Cervin Ventures
Woz, a San Francisco-based platform combining AI with expert human oversight to build business-ready mobile apps, raised $6M in a seed funding round led by Cervin Ventures with participation from Burst Capital, Y Combinator, Untapped Ventures, MGV and the Lacob...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Vertical Semiconductor Raises $11M Seed Round Led by Playground Global
Vertical Semiconductor, an MIT spinout based in Boston, raised $11M in a seed funding round led by Playground Global with participation from JIMCO Technology Ventures, milemark•capital, and Shin-Etsu Chemical. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate development of vertical...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Planyear Raises $12M Seed Round Led by True Ventures
Planyear, an AI-native platform for benefits consultants, raised $12 million in a seed round led by True Ventures to accelerate development of its BEACON platform that automates administrative tasks. The funding will be used to expand product development and free...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Viven Raises $35M Seed to Build AI Digital Twins for Unavailable Coworkers
Viven, an AI digital-twin startup founded by Eightfold co-founders Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, raised $35 million in a seed round led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures and others. The company builds employee-specific LLMs that...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Campfire Raises $65M Series B Co-Led by Accel and Ribbit
Campfire, a San Francisco-based provider of ERP for modern finance teams, raised $65M in a Series B round co-led by Accel and Ribbit, with participation from Foundation Capital, Y Combinator and several angel investors. The funding will support growth and...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
ŌURA Raises $900M Growth Round Led by Fidelity at $11B Valuation
ŌURA Health raised over $900 million in a growth-stage financing led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from ICONIQ, Whale Rock, and Atreides. The funding values ŌURA at approximately $11 billion and will support expansion of its health...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Vantaca Raises Over $300M Growth Investment at $1.25B Valuation
Vantaca, an AI-first community association management platform, secured an over $300M minority growth investment at a $1.25B valuation. The round was led by Cove Hill Partners with participation from existing investor JMI Equity; proceeds will support expansion while the founding...
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Deals•Oct 15, 2025
Intelo.ai Raises $2M Seed Round Led by Illuminate Ventures
Intelo.ai, a NYC-based provider of a Collaborative Intelligence platform for retail merchandising and planning, closed a $2M seed financing round led by Illuminate Ventures to accelerate product development and deployment.
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