Maritime Fusion Raises $4.5M in Seed Funding
Maritime Fusion, a San Francisco‑based startup developing fusion reactors for maritime and off‑grid power, announced a seed round of $4.5 million. The financing was led by Trucks VC and included participation from Paul Graham, Alumni Ventures, Aera VC, Y Combinator and several angel investors. The capital will be deployed to advance the company’s high‑temperature superconducting (HTS) cable technology and accelerate prototype development for shipboard and remote‑site applications. The round positions Maritime Fusion to move from laboratory proof‑of‑concept toward commercial pilot projects within the next 12‑18 months.
Cordance Medical Raises $8M in Seed Funding
Cordance Medical, a Mountain View, California medtech startup that uses focused ultrasound to treat brain diseases, announced an $8 million seed round. The financing was led by Sonder Capital and included investors such as Shanda Grab Ventures, Angel Physician’s Fund, SmartGateVC,...
Opti Raises $20M in Seed Funding
Opti, a New York‑based AI‑native identity security platform, announced a $20 million seed round led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital and angel investor Shlomo Kramer. The capital will fund...
Opti Raises $20M in Seed Funding
Opti, a New York‑based AI‑native identity security startup, announced a $20 million seed round led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital and angel investor Shlomo Kramer. The funding will be...
NetFoundry Receives Investment From Cisco; Raises $15M in Series A Funding
NetFoundry, a Charlotte‑based zero‑trust networking platform provider, closed a $15 million Series A round that was led by SYN Ventures and included a strategic investment from Cisco Investments. The funding will be used to scale the company’s operations, accelerate product development, and...
Interface Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding
Interface, a San Francisco‑based startup that offers an AI‑driven industrial safety platform for high‑risk sectors such as energy and chemicals, announced a $3.5 million seed round. The financing was led by defy.vc, Precursor Ventures and Rock Yard Ventures, with participation from...
SAPI Raises $80M in Debt and Equity Package
London‑based payment‑linked financing platform SAPI secured an $80 million financing package comprising $75 million of debt and $5 million of equity. The equity tranche was led by Hudson Cove Capital Management, with existing investors Triple A Capital and Passion Capital also participating. The...
Pangea Acquires Overlap
Pangea, the New York‑based travel‑tech and social platform, announced the acquisition of Overlap, a mobile app that lets frequent travelers see when their routes intersect with friends worldwide. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the...
AI One Raises $7M in Series A Funding
AI One, a New York‑based enterprise context‑management platform, closed a $7 million Series A round led by Vestigo Ventures alongside existing backers, bringing its total capital raised to $11 million. The funding will be deployed to accelerate customer acquisition, with a focus on...
Blast Security Raises $10M in Seed Funding
Tel Aviv‑based cybersecurity startup Blast Security announced a $10 million seed round co‑led by 10D and MizMaa Ventures. The funding will be used to scale the company’s operations and accelerate development of its preemptive defense platform, which aims to shift enterprises...
Topsort Receives Investment From W23 Global
San Francisco‑based Topsort, an AI‑driven, auction‑based retail media infrastructure provider, announced it has secured an undisclosed investment from W23 Global. The funding will be deployed to scale the company’s operations and accelerate product development. Topsort’s platform enables retailers and brands...
Autonomy Secures $25M in Financing
Santa Monica‑based electric‑vehicle subscription startup Autonomy has raised $25 million in financing from Finacity Corporation’s SR Alternative Credit unit. The capital will fund the acquisition of roughly 1,250 new EVs from manufacturers such as Volvo and Polestar, expanding the company’s subscription...
Huha Wear Raises $20M in Funding
Vancouver‑based women's intimate‑apparel brand Huha Wear announced a $20 million financing round led by District Ventures Capital, with participation from Export Development Canada. The capital will be deployed to accelerate product innovation and expand the company's market reach. Founded in 2019...
World Labs Receives Investment From Cisco
World Labs, a San Francisco‑based spatial intelligence startup building Large World Models (LWMs), announced that it has secured an undisclosed investment from networking giant Cisco. The funding will be used to scale the company’s operations and accelerate development of its...
Buildroid AI Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding
Dubai‑based AI robotics startup Buildroid announced a $2 million pre‑seed round led by venture capitalist Tim Draper. Founded by Slava Solonitsyn and Anton Glance, the company will use the capital to scale pilot programs, enhance its simulation platform and autonomous capabilities...
GramEye Raises 570M Yen in Series B Funding
Osaka‑based medical‑tech firm GramEye announced a ¥570 million Series B round led by Beyond Next Ventures, with existing backers Samurai Incubate and NES Inc. The funding will accelerate development of its AI‑driven, automated diagnostic devices aimed at faster, more standardized testing. CEO...
Sortera Raises $45M in Funding
Sortera Technologies, an aluminum sorting firm based in Markle, Indiana, secured $45 million in a financing round led by T. Rowe Price Associates and VXI Capital, with additional participation from Yamaha Motor Ventures, Overlay Capital and Trinity Capital. The capital...
AlixLabs Raises €14.1M in Series A Funding
Swedish semiconductor solutions firm AlixLabs announced a €14.1 million Series A round, led by Navigare Ventures, Industrifonden and FORWARD.one, with participation from STOAF and Global Brain. The capital will be deployed to accelerate commercialization and scale‑up of its proprietary Atomic Layer Etching...
Model ML Raises $75M in Series A Funding
Model ML, a New York‑based AI workflow automation platform serving financial services firms, announced a $75 million Series A round. The financing was led by FT Partners and included investors such as Y Combinator, QED, 13Books, Latitude and LocalGlobe. Management said...
Mirantus Health Raises €5.5M in Seed Funding
Berlin‑based health‑tech startup Mirantus Health announced a €5.5 million seed round, backed by investors including Revent, Redstone, Entrepreneur First, Noaber and Arve Capital. The funding will be deployed to scale its eye‑screening platform and broaden its reach into underserved markets. Led...
Numerai Raises $30M in Series C Funding at $500M Post-Money Valuation
Fintech startup Numerai, which operates a decentralized hedge fund, announced a $30 million Series C financing that values the company at $500 million post‑money. The round was led by three undisclosed university endowments and included participation from Union Square Ventures, Shine Capital and...
Dotega Raises €1.3M in Funding
Stuttgart‑based PropTech startup dotega announced a €1.3 million financing round backed by the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and a group of PropTech investors, including the founders of casavi. The capital will be deployed to scale the company’s operations and accelerate product development....
Hippocratic AI Expands Leadership Team
Palo Alto‑based Hippocratic AI, which builds generative AI agents for the healthcare sector, announced a major expansion of its executive team, adding seasoned veterans to oversee product, engineering, and commercial functions. The hires come shortly after the company closed a...
Itron to Acquire Locusview, for $525M
Itron Inc., the Seattle‑area provider of utility infrastructure solutions, announced a $525 million cash acquisition of Locusview, a privately held software firm that delivers an enterprise‑scale digital construction management platform to utility and infrastructure operators. Locusview, founded by CEO Shahar Levi...
Tidalwave Raises $22M in Series A Funding
Tidalwave, a New York‑based fintech that offers an agentic AI‑driven mortgage point‑of‑sale platform, closed a $22 million Series A round. The financing was led by Permanent Capital and included strategic investors D.R. Horton and Engineering Capital, bringing the startup’s total capital raised...
Flexion Raises $50M in Series A Funding
Flexion, a Zurich-based developer of an intelligent software layer for humanoid robots, announced a $50 million Series A round. The financing was led by DST Global Partners with participation from NVentures, Redalpine, Prosus Ventures and Moonfire Ventures. The capital will be...
Cassidy Bio Closes $8M in Seed Funding
Cassidy Bio, a Tel Aviv‑based biotech firm building an AI‑driven genomic foundation model for gene‑editing therapy design, closed an $8 million seed round. The financing was led by Ahren Innovation Capital and included Lool Ventures, 10D VC, and a strategic contribution...
How Venture Capital Is Evolving in a Market Driven by AI and Web3
Venture capital is being reshaped by the rapid adoption of AI and Web3, forcing firms to accelerate due‑diligence and decision‑making. New metrics such as AI model stress performance, tokenomics, code audits and on‑chain transparency now sit alongside traditional revenue and...
The Physics of Finance: How Yaniv Bertele Applies Scientific Thinking to Investment Strategy
Yaniv Bertele, a physicist‑mathematician turned investor, applies scientific methodology to venture‑capital and corporate investment decisions. His framework starts with rigorous problem identification, then validates solution viability, financial feasibility, market size, and go‑to‑market strategy before committing capital. The approach has been...
BioFiltro Receives $35M Investment From Jordanelle Capital
BioFiltro, a regenerative wastewater‑treatment firm based in Davis, California, secured a $35 million investment from private‑equity firm Jordanelle Capital. The capital will be deployed to scale the company’s bio‑filtration technology in the dairy sector and to broaden its footprint across other...
B2BINPAY Obtains El Salvador DASP Licence From CNAD, Cementing Its Lead in Regulated Crypto Payments
B2BINPAY has secured a Digital Asset Service Provider (PSAD) licence from El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD), authorising the firm to conduct regulated digital‑asset transfers, custody, and fiat‑crypto exchange operations under the country’s Digital Assets Issuance Law. This...
Perelel Raises $27M in Growth Funding
Los Angeles‑based supplement maker Perelel, founded by physicians and focused on clinically validated women's health products, closed a $27 million growth round. The financing was led by Prelude Growth Partners, with existing backers Unilever Ventures, Willow Growth Partners and Selva Ventures...
Lakefusion Raises Seed Funding Round
Lakefusion, an Austin‑based AI‑native master data management (MDM) platform built for the Databricks Lakehouse, announced a seed‑stage financing round led by Carbide Ventures. Although the amount was not disclosed, the company plans to use the capital to expand its go‑to‑market...
Poly Raises $8M in Seed Funding
San Francisco‑based Poly, an intelligent cloud file‑browser startup, announced an $8 million seed round led by Felicis with participation from Bloomberg Beta, NextView, Figma Ventures, AI Grant, Wing Ventures and MVP Ventures. The funding will fuel product development, AI infrastructure and...
Teybridge Capital Europe Closes Acquisition of Atom CTO
Teybridge Capital Europe, a Dublin‑based trade‑finance provider, has completed its acquisition of London fintech Atom CTO, rebranding the business as Teybridge Tech. The deal, terms undisclosed, keeps Atom CTO’s co‑founder Bhairav Patel as managing director and appoints him CTO of...
WellBeam Closes $10M Series A Funding
WellBeam, a Redwood City‑based health‑tech firm that builds EMR‑integrated interoperability solutions for acute and post‑acute care providers, announced a $10 million Series A round. The financing was led by Wittington Ventures with participation from F‑Prime, Advocate Health and Oncology Ventures. The capital...
CraftStory Raises $2M in Funding
San Francisco‑based AI video startup CraftStory announced a $2 million financing round led by Andrew Filev, founder of Zencoder and former Wrike CEO. The capital will fund further development of its newly launched Model 2.0, a video‑to‑video system that can generate expressive,...
Granite Receives $10M Investment From BGF
Irish digital solutions firm Granite has secured a $10 million investment from BGF, which it will use to fund strategic acquisitions and expand its U.S. footprint. The Cork‑based company, led by CEO Conor Buckley, already serves more than 1,200 clients and...
Runlayer Raises $11M in Seed Funding
Runlayer, a U.S. startup focused on Model Context Protocol security, emerged from stealth with an $11 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures and Felicis. The funding will be used to scale its team and accelerate development of its platform that...
Luminal Raises $5.3M in Seed Funding
San Francisco‑based Luminal, a startup that builds a machine‑learning framework and compiler for generating GPU code, announced a $5.3 million seed round. The financing was led by venture firm Felicis Ventures and included notable angels such as Paul Graham and Guillermo...
AI Proteins Raises $41.5M in Series A Financing
Boston‑based AI Proteins, a biotech firm that designs de novo miniproteins with an AI‑driven high‑throughput platform, closed a $41.5 million Series A round. The financing was led by Mission BioCapital and Santé Ventures, with participation from existing backers Lightchain Capital, Cobro...
Sprocket Sports Closes Series A Round From Frontier Growth
Sprocket Sports, a Chicago-based SaaS provider for youth sports club management, has closed an undisclosed Series A round led by Frontier Growth. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand its sales and service teams. Founded in...
Bedrock Data Raises $25M in Series A Funding
Bedrock Data, a Menlo Park‑based provider of a data security and governance platform, announced a $25 million Series A round led by Greylock Partners, with participation from Mangusta Capital, Mantis Venture Capital, Pier 88 Investment Partners and other investors. The funding will be...
Scale Social AI Raises $1.3M in Pre-Seed Funding
Scale Social AI, a Durham, NC‑based marketing‑technology startup, announced a $1.3 million pre‑seed round led by LAUNCH and The Syndicate, with participation from RTP Angel Fund, Primordial Ventures, Charlotte Fund, Triangle Tweener Fund, Blue Valley Capital and a slate of angel...
Moment Energy Receives $5M in Debt Financing From TD Innovation Partners
Moment Energy, a Vancouver‑based firm that repurposes retired EV lithium‑ion batteries into battery energy storage systems, secured $5 million in debt financing from TD Innovation Partners, the innovation banking division of The Toronto‑Dominion Bank. The funding will be used to accelerate...
Hummink Raises €15M in Funding
Paris‑based Hummink, the spin‑out that commercialises High‑Precision Capillary Printing (HPCaP) technology, closed a €15 million funding round co‑led by KBC Focus Fund, Cap Horn and Bpifrance, with participation from Elaia Partners, Sensinnovat and Beeyond. The capital will fund the rollout of...
GoWit Raises Funding
GoWit, the Newark‑based ad‑tech firm with operations in Turkey and the UAE, announced an undisclosed funding round led by Nuwa Capital alongside Formus Capital, APY Ventures and DCP. The capital will be used to accelerate geographic expansion and to build...
Backflip Raises $10M in Equity Funding
Backflip, a Charlotte, North Carolina‑based real‑estate fintech platform founded in 2020, announced a $10 million equity raise. The round was led by FirstMark Capital alongside LiveOak Venture Partners and Vertical Venture Partners. The capital will be deployed to broaden the company’s...
RebuilderAI Raises KRW 4.5 Billion in Pre-Series A Funding
Seoul‑based RebuilderAI announced a KRW 4.5 billion (≈$3.4 million) pre‑seed round, backed by ASICS Ventures, Medici Investment, IBK Capital, the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund and a first institutional check from NAVER D2SF. The capital will fund expansion of its proprietary AI engine that...
Pura Vida Miami Receives Strategic Growth Investment From TSG Consumer
Pura Vida Miami, a Miami‑based health‑and‑wellness café and lifestyle brand that has grown to more than 40 locations across Florida, New York City and Southern California, secured a strategic minority growth investment from TSG Consumer, though the deal size was...