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Evidium Raises $22M in Funding
Evidium, a San Francisco‑based healthcare AI startup, announced a $22 million financing round. The round was led by Health2047 and WGG Partners, with participation from x.AI, Perplexity, Innovaccer, Interwoven Ventures, and Mindset Ventures. The capital will be deployed to speed product...
Juo Raises €4M in Seed Funding
Polish SaaS startup Juo announced a €4 million seed round, equivalent to $4.6 million, to fuel its subscription‑management platform for physical products. The round was co‑led by Market One Capital and Peak, with participation from SMOK Ventures, BADideas, FJ Labs and Lakestar....
Indicio Receives Investment From NEC X
Indicio, a Seattle‑based provider of cryptographically verifiable digital identities, announced an investment from NEC X, though the amount remains undisclosed. The capital will back Indicio’s entry into NEC X’s Elev X! Boost program, a fast‑track accelerator for emerging technology firms. The partnership aims to...
Ranketta Raises €1M in Pre-Seed Funding
Ranketta, a Brno‑based AI visibility platform, announced a €1 million pre‑seed round led by Lighthouse Ventures with participation from Gi21 Capital. The funding will fuel the company’s push to expand its services across Europe, helping brands monitor and improve their presence...
Procure AI Raises $13M in Seed Funding
Procure AI, a London‑based startup that offers an AI‑driven platform to automate procurement workflows, announced a $13 million seed round. The financing was led by Headline with participation from C4 Ventures and Futury Capital. The company plans to use the capital...
Hebbia Financial Services Benchmark Reveals Critical Performance Gaps Across Leading AI Models
Hebbia’s Financial Services Benchmark evaluated leading large language models across core banking workflows, uncovering sizable performance gaps. The study found that many high‑priced, proprietary models underperformed cheaper or open‑source alternatives on domain‑specific accuracy and hallucination rates. Latency and compliance‑related errors...
Robotera Raises RMB 1 Billion in Series A+ Funding
Robotera, a Beijing‑based embodied‑intelligence firm, closed a RMB 1 billion Series A+ round. The financing was led by Geely Capital with strategic participation from BAIC Capital, Alibaba Group and Haier Capital. The capital will fund rapid iteration of Robotera’s robot platforms and scale...
Crux Raises $6.5M in Pre-Seed Funding
Crux, a benefits platform based in McLean, Virginia, announced a $6.5 million pre‑seed round led by Red Cell Partners. The startup, founded in 2024, connects pharmaceutical manufacturers with employers of any size to streamline employee health benefits. The capital will fund...
The Home Equity Partners Receives Investment From The Myriad Group
The Home Equity Partners (HEP), a Toronto‑based fintech that enables homeowners to tap their home equity, has secured an investment from the Myriad Group. While the financial terms were not disclosed, the deal includes Myriad’s Vice President of Finance and...
Enerin Raises €15M in Series A Funding
Norwegian heat‑pump maker Enerin announced a €15 million Series A round, led by Climentum Capital, The Footprint Firm, Johnson Controls and Move Energy, with PSV Hafnium and Momentum also participating. The capital will fund expansion of its commercial and manufacturing operations and...
HelloBoss Raises Series A Funding
HelloBoss, a Tokyo‑based AI recruitment platform, announced a Series A financing round led by Bertelsmann and BAI Capital. The company did not disclose the amount raised. The capital will fund geographic expansion and accelerate product development. HelloBoss aims to deepen...
BHub Raises US$ 10M; Acquires Agrocontar
Brazilian fintech BHub announced a $10 million funding round led by Next Billion Capital Partners, joining existing backers Valor Capital, Monashees and Hedosophia. The raise extends a prior investment led by the IFC, bringing the company's total capital to a still‑undisclosed...
The Intelligent Search Company Raises US$2.1M in Pre-Seed Funding
The Intelligent Search Company (TISC), a San Francisco‑based AI retrieval startup, closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round. The financing was led by OVO Fund and n49p, with participation from Panache Ventures. TISC plans to use the capital to scale its engineering...
Global Work AI Raises $2.4M in Funding
Global Work AI, a Wilmington, DE‑based AI‑native job‑search platform, announced a $2.4 million funding round. The round was backed by Pre‑Seed to Succeed, Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital, AltaIR Capital and TMT Investments. This injection follows a $1.25 million pre‑seed in December...
LabelBlind Raises USD500K in Seed Funding
LabelBlind Solutions, a Mumbai‑based AI‑driven digital food‑labelling SaaS provider, announced a USD 500,000 seed round. The investors were not disclosed, and the capital will fund geographic expansion and accelerated product development. Founder and CEO Dr. Rashida Vapiwala highlighted the platform’s role...
CoPlane Raises $14M in Seed Funding
CoPlane, a San Francisco AI‑native software startup, announced a $14 million seed round to accelerate its back‑office automation platform. The financing was led by Ribbit and included participation from Stripe, Optum Ventures, and Terrain. Founded in 2024, the company aims to...
EcoG Raises €16M in Funding
EcoG, a Munich‑based B2B electric‑vehicle charging provider, announced a €16 million funding round. The round was led by GET Fund, Extantia Capital, and Bayern Kapital. The capital will be used to scale its charging platform and accelerate international deployment of commercial...
Onlayer Raises USD8.2M in Series A Funding
Onlayer, a Ankara‑based regtech and merchant management platform, announced a $8.2 million Series A round. The financing was led by Oleka Capital and included Deniz Ventures, Revo Capital, Türkiye Development Fund, Sandeep Gomes and Future Impact Fund. The capital will be deployed...
Social Links Raises $3M in Funding
Social Links, a Dutch tech firm specializing in AI‑risk mitigation, announced a $3 million funding round led by Yellow Rocks!. The capital will accelerate the rollout of new defensive tools and expand its AI Defender Autopilot platform. The company positions itself...
Lighthouse Learning Group Receives Investment From KKR and PSP Investments
Lighthouse Learning Group, the Mumbai‑based education services firm, secured a fresh capital injection from funds managed by KKR together with new investor PSP Investments. KKR will maintain its majority stake and will steer the next growth phase, while PSP adds...
ExploMar Closes Over USD 10M in Funding
ExploMar, a Shanghai‑based maker of high‑performance electric outboard motors, secured over USD 10 million in a funding round led by DCM Ventures. The capital will fund global distribution and service network expansion, supply‑chain optimization, and further product development. Founded in 2021, the...
Clover Security Raises $36M in Funding
Clover Security, a Tel Aviv‑based product security startup, announced a $36 million Series A financing round. The round was led by Notable Capital and Team8, with participation from strategic investors including SVCI, Wiz co‑founders Assaf Rappaport and Yinon Costica, Cato Networks founder...
SubImage Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding
San Francisco‑based SubImage, which offers an open‑core cloud security graph for enterprises, announced a $4.2 million seed round. The financing was led by FundersClub with participation from Y Combinator, Phosphor Capital and Transpose Platform. Co‑founders Alex Chantavy and Kunaal Sikka...
Overstory Closes $43m Series B Funding
Overstory, a Dutch startup that provides vegetation intelligence solutions to utility companies, closed a $43 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Blume Equity and included participation from Energy Impact Partners LP as well as existing backers such...
Augmentt Raises $18M in Series A Funding
Ottawa‑based SaaS firm Augmentt, which offers a platform for managed service providers to consolidate and secure Microsoft 365 environments, closed a CAD $18 million Series A round. The financing was led by Camber Partners, with participation from existing investors. Augmentt plans to...
Definedge Raises Funding Round
Definedge, a Pune-based fintech and brokerage platform that offers trading tools and an investor‑education ecosystem, announced a new funding round with an undisclosed amount. The round was backed by a group of individual investors including Hemant Luthra, Ajay Srivastava, D....
Strataphy Raises $6M in Seed Funding
Saudi Arabia deep‑tech startup Strataphy announced a $6 million seed round led by Outliers VC and Shorooq, with participation from PlusVC. The Dammam‑based company, which develops cooling solutions for AI hardware and industrial infrastructure, will use the capital to accelerate its...
MiCare Path Closes Fourth Funding Round; Acquires Compwell
MiCare Path, a Memphis-based virtual care platform, closed its fourth funding round, though the investors and amount were not disclosed. The capital will fund expansion of its operations and accelerate product development. In parallel, the company announced the acquisition of...
Sterling Investment Partners Closes Over $1.6 Billion in Fifth Fund
Sterling Investment Partners, a Greenwich, Conn.-based middle‑market private‑equity firm specializing in business services and distribution, closed its fifth institutional fund, Sterling Investment Partners V, L.P., with $1.6 billion of committed capital. The fund’s capital base was bolstered by a sizable co‑investment...
Paxos Acquires Fordefi
Paxos, the New York‑based regulated blockchain infrastructure provider, announced the acquisition of Fordefi, an institutional‑grade custody and wallet technology firm also based in New York. While the purchase price was not disclosed, the deal merges Paxos’ licensed, qualified‑custody capabilities with...
Zinit Raises $8M in Seed Funding at $48M Valuation
Dubai‑based AI‑native sourcing platform Zinit secured $8 million in a seed round, valuing the company at $48 million. The financing was led by AltaIR Capital with participation from DVC. Zinit plans to deploy the capital to accelerate its international expansion, add senior...
Helio AI Raises $1M in Seed Funding
Helio AI, a Wilmington, Delaware startup that offers an AI-driven recruiting platform, announced a $1 million seed round backed by DOMiNO Ventures, Tetrad VC, Axiom and SABAH.fund. The capital will be used to scale its conversational recruiting agent globally and to...
BEAM Media Corp Raises Seed Funding Led by 1414 Ventures
Dallas‑based BEAM Media Corp, a livestreaming and multistreaming platform for creators, announced a seed‑stage financing round led by 1414 Ventures, though the amount was not disclosed. The capital will be deployed to broaden the company’s operational footprint and accelerate product...
SynchNeuro Receives Seed Investment From Boomerang Ventures
Philadelphia‑based health‑tech startup SynchNeuro, Inc. has secured a seed‑stage investment from venture firm Boomerang Ventures, though the amount was not disclosed. The funding will be deployed to scale the company’s operations and accelerate development of its non‑invasive, brain‑signal platform aimed...
Greenshoe Raises $3M in Seed Funding
Chicago‑based Greenshoe, an AI‑native platform that automates and improves SEC disclosures, closed a $3 million seed round. The financing was led by AIX Ventures with participation from Hearst Level Up Ventures, Blueprint FTC, Service Provider Capital and several angel investors. Greenshoe...
DualBird Raises $25M in Combined Seed and Series A Funding
Boston‑based data infrastructure startup DualBird announced a $25 million financing round that combines its seed and Series A rounds. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Uncork Capital and Angular Ventures. DualBird plans to deploy the capital to...
Tenzai Raises $75M in Seed Funding
Tel Aviv‑based AI‑native cybersecurity startup Tenzor (Tenzai) announced a $75 million seed round, the largest ever for a seed‑stage cyber firm. The financing was led by Greylock Partners, Battery Ventures and Lux Capital, with participation from Swish Ventures and several angel...
Litmus Receives Additional Investment
Litmus, the Santa Clara‑based industrial edge data platform provider, secured an undisclosed follow‑on investment from existing backers Insight Partners and Munich Re Ventures through the HSB Fund II. The fresh capital will be deployed to broaden Litmus’s operational footprint and...
Parallax Worlds Raises $4.9M in Pre-Seed and Seed Funding
San Francisco‑based Parallax Worlds, which develops hyper‑realistic simulation environments to stress‑test robots before field deployment, closed a $4 million seed round, bringing its total pre‑seed and seed financing to $4.9 million. The round was led by Pear VC and included participation from...
Votre Raises $3.75M in Seed Funding
Votre, a New York‑based fully on‑chain investment bank, announced the public launch of its U.S. platform alongside the close of a $3.75 million seed round. The financing was led by a16z’s crypto startup accelerator and included participation from MaC Venture Capital,...
Uniphy Raises Further £3M in Funding
Leeds‑based smart surface developer Uniphy has secured an additional £3 million financing round, led by NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance and other Mercia Ventures funds. The new capital will be used to design and produce an integrated chip that underpins its...
Phrontline Biopharma Raises $60M in Pre-A+ Financing
Chinese antibody‑drug conjugate (ADC) developer Phrontline Biopharma closed a $60 million Pre‑Series A+ financing round. The round was led by Lapam Investment and included participation from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Guofang Innovation, Hankang Venture Capital, Songqing Capital, Jifeng Ventures, Sino Biopharmaceutical,...
SportAI Raises $3M in Funding
Oslo‑based B2B sports tech firm SportAI announced a $3 million financing round led by Altitude Capital, with participation from former McKinsey tech leader Endre Holen, former MLS star Alejandro Bedoya, TRK Group founder Trond Riiber Knudsen, and tennis champion Casper Ruud. The capital will be...
X-Energy Reactor Company Closes $700M Series D Financing
X-Energy Reactor Company, a Maryland-based developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology, completed a Series D financing round of roughly $700 million. The round was led by Jane Street and attracted new investors including ARK Invest, Galvanize, Hood River Capital...
Ulrik Zeuthen Joins Adalyon as CEO
Adalyon, the Finland‑Denmark AI‑driven speech‑biomarker startup that supports clinical drug development, announced the appointment of Ulrik Zeuthen as its new chief executive officer. Zeuthen brings a track record of leading digital transformation initiatives in the pharmaceutical sector, with expertise in...
MindImmune Therapeutics Closes $10.2M Series A Extension; Brings Round Total to $30M
Cambridge‑based MindImmune Therapeutics announced the closing of a $10.2 million Series A extension, raising its total Series A funding to $30 million. The round was led by Dolby Family Ventures and included participation from Pfizer Ventures, Gates Frontier, Slater Technology Fund, RightHill Ventures and...
Dayra Therapeutics Secures Over $70M in Committed Funding
Dayra Therapeutics, a biotech startup developing oral macrocyclic peptide drugs, announced it has secured more than $70 million in committed financing. The deal includes a $50 million upfront payment from a new collaboration with Biogen Inc., alongside an equity commitment from venture...
CookUnity Receives $250M From General Catalyst
CookUnity, the New York‑based chef‑to‑consumer meal‑delivery platform, secured a $250 million investment from venture firm General Catalyst. The capital will fund accelerated customer acquisition, expansion of its brand footprint, and the recruitment of additional chef partners across North America. The round...
Cerrion Raises $18M in Series A Funding
Cerrion, a Zurich‑based AI video‑agent platform that monitors production lines and resolves issues in real time, closed a $18 million Series A round. The financing was led by Creandum and included existing backers Y Combinator, Goat Capital, 10x Founders and Session VC,...