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Knownwell Raises $25M in Financing
NewsOct 21, 2025

Knownwell Raises $25M in Financing

Knownwell, a Boston-based obesity medicine and weight-inclusive primary care provider, raised $25 million in a financing round led by CVS Health Ventures with participation from MassMutual Catalyst Fund, Intermountain Ventures and continued backing from a16z Bio + Health and Flare...

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Casium Raises $5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 21, 2025

Casium Raises $5M in Seed Funding

Seattle-based Casium raised $5 million in a seed round led by Maverick Ventures with participation from the AI2 Incubator, GTMfund, Success Venture Partners and angel investor Jake Heller. The company offers an AI-powered immigration and mobility platform that pairs licensed...

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PortX Closes Strategic Growth Funding
NewsOct 21, 2025

PortX Closes Strategic Growth Funding

PortX, a Mercer Island AI-powered data integration platform for banks and credit unions, closed a strategic growth round led by new backers Allied Solutions and the American Bankers Association alongside renewed participation from existing investors including BankTech Ventures and Curql...

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Lette AI Raises $1.4M in Pre-Seed Funding
NewsOct 21, 2025

Lette AI Raises $1.4M in Pre-Seed Funding

Dublin-based Lette AI, which builds an agentic AI operating system for modern property teams, raised $1.4 million in a pre-seed round led by Pitchdrive with participation from Baseline Venture, Lugus Capital and angel investors including Mark Ransford and Conor Sheridan....

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Armstrong Raises $12M in Funding
NewsOct 21, 2025

Armstrong Raises $12M in Funding

Armstrong, a San Francisco startup building AI-powered general-purpose robots for restaurant kitchens, has raised $12 million to date from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Bloomberg Beta, Next Play Ventures, Transmedia Capital and WestWave Capital. Founded by Axel Hansen and Jonah Varon—who...

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Moniepoint Raises Over US$200M in Series C Funding
NewsOct 21, 2025

Moniepoint Raises Over US$200M in Series C Funding

Moniepoint Inc., a Nigerian business-focused fintech, has closed a Series C round raising over $200 million in equity, led by Development Partners International’s ADP III fund and anchored by LeapFrog Investments. The capital will finance product development and regional expansion...

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CoreStack Secures $50M in Growth Financing From Post Road Group
NewsOct 20, 2025

CoreStack Secures $50M in Growth Financing From Post Road Group

CoreStack, a Bellevue-based multi-cloud governance and automation platform covering CNAPP, SecOps, FinOps and CloudOps, has secured $50 million in growth financing from alternative investment firm Post Road Group. The financing is structured as debt and is intended to optimize CoreStack’s...

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Avid Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Avid Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding

Dallas-based Avid, an AI-powered fundraising operating system, raised $6.5 million in a seed round led by Silverton Partners. The funding will finance team expansion and accelerate product, AI and go-to-market development as the company scales its platform under CEO Ray...

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Logic Raises $4.3M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Logic Raises $4.3M in Seed Funding

Seattle-based Logic said it raised $4.3 million in seed funding to scale its AI-powered, no-code decision automation platform. The round was led by investors including Founders’ Co-op, Audacious, Ali Partovi’s Neo, Brex alumni, and Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis. Founded in...

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Andel Raises $4.5M in Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Andel Raises $4.5M in Funding

Andel, a New York City startup that helps employers add GLP‑1 drugs to pharmacy benefits affordably, has raised $4.5 million in a funding round led by investors including Lightbank, Seedcamp and Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments. The capital will be used to...

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AdsGency Raises $12M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

AdsGency Raises $12M in Seed Funding

AdsGency, a San Francisco startup building an LLM-driven platform that lets AI agents autonomously manage paid marketing workflows, has raised $12 million in a seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from Streamlined Ventures, HF0 and Hat-Trick Capital....

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Magic Raises $10M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Magic Raises $10M in Seed Funding

Magic, a New York City startup developing AI tailored to real‑world experiences, has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from Bling Capital, Floodgate and strategic backers including Major Food Group and VCR Group (Gary...

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Chatfuel Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Chatfuel Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding

San Francisco-based communication automation startup Chatfuel has raised $1.5 million in a seed round led by the Pre-Seed to Succeed program, which is backed by AltaIR Capital, Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital and I2BF Ventures. The round also included participation...

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Finster AI Raises $15M in Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Finster AI Raises $15M in Funding

Finster AI, a London-based AI-native platform serving investment banks and asset managers, has raised $15 million in combined Series A and Seed funding—Series A led by FinTech Collective and the Seed by Peak XV, with continued participation from Hoxton Ventures....

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Adaptyx Raises $14M in Seed Financing
NewsOct 20, 2025

Adaptyx Raises $14M in Seed Financing

Adaptyx Biosciences, a Menlo Park biowearables startup building a platform for continuous multi-analyte molecular monitoring, secured $14 million in seed financing—raising its total capital to $23 million since founding. The round was led by Interlagos Capital with participation from Overwater...

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CoMind Raises $60M in Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

CoMind Raises $60M in Funding

London neurotechnology firm CoMind raised $60 million in a funding round led by Plural, with participation from existing backers Angelini Ventures, Octopus Ventures and LocalGlobe, bringing total capital raised to $102.5 million. The startup is developing optical sensing technology aimed...

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Golpo Raises $4.1M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Golpo Raises $4.1M in Seed Funding

Golpo, a San Francisco AI startup that converts documents and prompts into interactive explainer videos, has raised $4.1 million in seed funding led by BNVT Capital with participation from Emergence Capital, Y Combinator and Afore Capital. The financing will be...

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Kojo Receives $10M Investment From Wesco International
NewsOct 20, 2025

Kojo Receives $10M Investment From Wesco International

Kojo, a San Francisco-based construction procurement platform, received a $10 million Series C extension from Wesco International, adding to a round led by Battery Ventures with participation from investors including 8VC and Schneider Electric. The capital and Wesco’s distribution and...

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Valink Therapeutics Closes $11.8M Pre-A Financing Round
NewsOct 20, 2025

Valink Therapeutics Closes $11.8M Pre-A Financing Round

Valink Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech developing next-generation oncology therapies—particularly bispecific antibody-drug conjugates (bsADCs)—has closed an $11.8 million pre-Series A financing led by redalpine, with new backers LongeVC and Oxford Science Enterprises and participation from existing investors including RV Invest...

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Milvus Advanced Closes $6.9M Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Milvus Advanced Closes $6.9M Seed Funding

Milvus Advanced, an Oxford-based startup developing lab-grown alternatives to rare metals, has closed a $6.9 million seed round led by Hoxton Ventures with participation from LQD Ventures, Übermorgen, Tuesday Capital, Mark Leslie Enterprises, van Den Bosch Dynasty Fund, Bluebirds, Md...

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Entry Raises $1M in Pre-Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Entry Raises $1M in Pre-Seed Funding

Toronto-based Entry, a compliance-native infrastructure firm that bridges institutions and decentralized finance, raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by Modern Niagara with participation from Qrecendo and Perrfin. The financing combines equity and SAFT components at an implied seed...

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Cyclana Bio Raises £5M in Pre-Seed Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Cyclana Bio Raises £5M in Pre-Seed Funding

Cyclana Bio, a Cambridge-based biotech focused on tissue-level approaches to women’s health, has closed a £5 million pre-seed round co-led by NfX and Eka VC with participation from Cocoa VC, Wilbe and angel investors. The funding will be used to...

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Creditstar Group Secures Additional $10M Facility From Kilde
NewsOct 20, 2025

Creditstar Group Secures Additional $10M Facility From Kilde

Creditstar Group, an Estonia-based fintech offering digital consumer credit across eight markets and fixed-return investment products in 31 countries, has secured an additional $10 million funding facility from Singapore-based Kilde, bringing the total commitment to $20 million. The follow-on capital...

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Hyperlayer Raises £30M in Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Hyperlayer Raises £30M in Funding

London-based fintech Hyperlayer raised £30 million (about $41 million) in a funding round led by CDAM with participation from new backers Mouro Capital, Iona Star and Flintlock Capital and continued support from existing investors including Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. The...

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Crown Raises $8.1M in Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Crown Raises $8.1M in Funding

São Paulo-based fintech Crown said it raised $8.1 million in a funding round led by Framework Ventures with participation from Valor Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Norte Ventures, Paxos and Nubank co‑founder Ed Wible, who has joined Crown’s board. The capital...

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Baghdadi Capital Invests in Teybridge Capital Europe
NewsOct 20, 2025

Baghdadi Capital Invests in Teybridge Capital Europe

Madrid-based family office Baghdadi Capital has made a strategic equity investment in Dublin-headquartered Teybridge Capital Europe, a specialist in working-capital solutions and trade finance, and will arrange an initial £50 million funding line for the firm. The equity amount was...

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LuxQuanta Raises €8M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

LuxQuanta Raises €8M in Series A Funding

Barcelona-based quantum cybersecurity firm LuxQuanta closed an €8 million Series A round led by Big Sur Ventures with main support from A&G and participation from new backers GMV, Wayra and the EIC Fund alongside existing investors Corning and GTD. The...

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Triplemoon Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Triplemoon Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding

Triplemoon, a Dallas-based digital health platform focused on pediatric mental health, closed a $3.5 million seed round led by Activate Venture Partners and LiveOak Ventures. The company said it will use the proceeds to accelerate expansion into priority markets by...

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Space Quarters Raises USD5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Space Quarters Raises USD5M in Seed Funding

Tokyo-based spacetech startup Space Quarters Inc., spun out of Tohoku University, has closed a $5.0 million seed round led by Frontier Innovations with participation from Keio Innovation Initiative, Global Brain’s Tokyu Construction–GB Innovation Fund, XTech Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital and...

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Vega Health Raises USD4M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Vega Health Raises USD4M in Seed Funding

Vega Health, a Durham-based healthcare AI startup led by CEO Mark Sendak, raised $4 million in seed funding from Bessemer Venture Partners. The company will use the proceeds to expand operations and accelerate development of its curated marketplace, proprietary integration...

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Weave Bio Raises $20M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Weave Bio Raises $20M in Series A Funding

Weave Bio, a San Francisco–based provider of AI-native regulatory automation management solutions, raised $20 million in a Series A round led by USVP — bringing total funding to $36 million — with participation from Innovation Endeavors, Magnetic Ventures, Character, TMV...

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Counsel Health Raises $25M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Counsel Health Raises $25M in Series A Funding

Counsel Health, a New York City–based AI care platform led by CEO Muthu Alagappan, raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and GV. The financing will fund expanded operations, product development and commercial growth as...

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MGT Insurance Closes $21.6M Series B Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

MGT Insurance Closes $21.6M Series B Funding

MGT Insurance, an AI-native neo-insurer focused on modernizing commercial P&C for small businesses and agents, closed a $21.6 million Series B led by Mubadala Capital with participation from Clocktower Ventures, Tacora Capital and existing backers. The financing will fund expanded...

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Aboon Raises $17.5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Aboon Raises $17.5M in Seed Funding

Aboon, a New York–based AI platform that helps financial advisors launch and manage 401(k) plans for business-owner clients, has raised $17.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and included Altai Ventures, Runyon, Edward Jones...

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HistoSonics Closes $250M Financing
NewsOct 16, 2025

HistoSonics Closes $250M Financing

HistoSonics said it closed a $250 million financing round led by its new ownership group and joined by investors including Thiel Bio and Founders Fund to accelerate commercialization of its Edison® Histotripsy System and broader histotripsy therapy platform. The capital...

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Codis Receives Growth Capital
NewsOct 16, 2025

Codis Receives Growth Capital

Codis, a St. Louis-based contract development and manufacturing organization specializing in commercial spray drying, amorphous solid dispersions, particle engineering and finished-dose manufacturing, secured growth capital from 1315 Capital with participation from existing investors BroadOak Capital Partners and Research Corporation Technologies....

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ExaCare AI Raises $30M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

ExaCare AI Raises $30M in Series A Funding

ExaCare AI, a New York–based provider of automation tools for operations teams in post-acute care facilities, raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners with participation from Foundation Capital, Bienville Capital and select post-acute operators. The...

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Peptilogics Raises $78M in Series B2 Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Peptilogics Raises $78M in Series B2 Funding

Peptilogics, a Pittsburgh-based clinical-stage biotech developing surgical therapeutics to treat and prevent serious medical device infections, closed a $78 million Series B2 financing. The round was led by Presight Capital, Thiel Bio and Founders Fund, with new participation from AMR...

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Upgrade Raises $165M in Series G Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Upgrade Raises $165M in Series G Funding

Upgrade, a San Francisco fintech offering consumer credit and banking products, raised $165 million in a Series G equity round led by Neuberger Berman with participation from LuminArx, DST Global, Ribbit Capital and others. The infusion bolsters Upgrade’s balance sheet...

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OneLayer Raises $28M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

OneLayer Raises $28M in Series A Funding

OneLayer, a Tel Aviv-based specialist in private LTE/5G operational technology management and Zero Trust security, closed a $28 million Series A round—bringing its total financing to over $43 million. The round was led by Maor Investments with participation from McRock...

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Stand Raises $35M in Series B Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Stand Raises $35M in Series B Funding

Stand, a San Francisco insurtech specializing in catastrophe-exposed properties, raised $35 million in a Series B round led by Eclipse with participation from Inspired Capital, Lowercarbon Capital and Equal Ventures. The funding will be used to expand the company’s insurance...

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Second Nature Raises $22M in Series B Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Second Nature Raises $22M in Series B Funding

Second Nature, a New York City–based AI roleplay platform for sales and service teams, raised $22 million in a Series B round led by Sienna Venture Capital with participation from Bright Pixel, StageOne Ventures, Cardumen Capital, Signals VC and strategic...

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Brook.ai Raises $28M in Series B Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Brook.ai Raises $28M in Series B Funding

Brook.ai, a Seattle-based remote patient care platform, raised $28 million in a Series B round led by UMass Memorial Health and Morningside. The company, led by CEO Oren Nissim, combines remote clinical teams with AI to support health systems and...

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BridGene Biosciences Raises $28M in Series B+ Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

BridGene Biosciences Raises $28M in Series B+ Funding

BridGene Biosciences, a San Jose-based developer of small-molecule drugs targeting traditionally “hard-to-drug” targets, closed a $28 million Series B+ financing led by Bayland Capital with participation from GTJA Investment Group, Proxima Ventures and existing backers Lapam Capital and Grains Valley...

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Temple Digital Group Raises $5M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Temple Digital Group Raises $5M in Seed Funding

Temple Digital Group, a New York-based developer of a privacy-focused trading platform for digital assets on the Canton Network, has raised $5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Paper Ventures and included participation from a broad set...

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ATDev Raises $3M in Seed Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

ATDev Raises $3M in Seed Funding

Assistive Technology Development (ATDev), an Orange, California developer of AI-enabled rehabilitation and personal mobility devices, raised $3 million in a Seed round led by Dobrzelecki Legacy Ventures with participation from Uphonest Capital, The Life Science Angels and industry angels. The...

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Strella Raises $14M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Strella Raises $14M in Series A Funding

Strella, a New York City AI-powered customer research platform, raised $14 million in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Decibel Partners, Future Backed Ventures, MVP Ventures and 645 Ventures. The funding will be used...

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Deel Raises $300M in Series E Funding at $17.3 Billion Valuation
NewsOct 16, 2025

Deel Raises $300M in Series E Funding at $17.3 Billion Valuation

Deel raised $300 million in a Series E round at a $17.3 billion valuation, led by new investor Ribbit Capital alongside existing backers Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue Management, with participation from General Catalyst, Green Bay Ventures and others. The NYC-based...

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Upciti Raises $20M in Series A Funding
NewsOct 16, 2025

Upciti Raises $20M in Series A Funding

Paris-based Upciti has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Notion Capital, with participation from Point Nine and Chalfen Ventures. The funding backs the company’s integrated software and hardware platform for managing critical city operations, led by...

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