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Mercor Lands $350M Series C
NewsNov 1, 2025

Mercor Lands $350M Series C

Mercor announced a $350 million Series C financing round anchored by Felicis, with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures. The new capital values the San Francisco‑based company at roughly $10 billion, a five‑fold increase over its Series B valuation. The infusion is intended...

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Kaizen Receives $21M Series A Financing
NewsOct 30, 2025

Kaizen Receives $21M Series A Financing

Kaizen announced a $21 million Series A round led by NEA, with participation from 776, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz and Carpenter Capital, bringing its total capital raised to $35 million. The funding will be used to expand its AI‑native SaaS platform that modernizes...

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Lyzr Raises $8M Series A Financing Round
NewsOct 30, 2025

Lyzr Raises $8M Series A Financing Round

Lyzr announced an $8 million Series A financing round led by Rocketship.vc, with participation from strategic investors including Accenture, Firstsource, Plug and Play Tech Center, GFT Ventures, BGV and PFNYC. The company also added Henry Ford III, a Ford Motor Company board member, to...

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VeroSkills Closes $5.3M Funding Round
NewsOct 29, 2025

VeroSkills Closes $5.3M Funding Round

VeroSkills, an AI hiring platform targeting the $1 trillion blue‑collar labor shortage, announced the close of a $5.3 million funding round led by Yonder Ventures with participation from Circadian Ventures, Motivate Ventures, Colchuck and Fleetio founder Tony Summerville. The capital will be...

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Hercle Banks $60M Funding
NewsOct 29, 2025

Hercle Banks $60M Funding

Milan‑based Hercle, an institutional crypto‑infrastructure platform, secured $60 million in new capital comprising a $10 million equity round led by F‑Prime with participation from Fulgur Ventures and Exponential Science, plus a $50 million credit line. The platform, which has processed over $20 billion in...

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Fruitist Closes $150M in Funding
NewsOct 29, 2025

Fruitist Closes $150M in Funding

Fruitist, the Los Angeles‑based global superfruit brand, announced it has closed a $150 million equity financing round. The capital will be deployed to accelerate product development, broaden distribution channels, and pursue strategic acquisitions. The financing signals strong investor confidence in the...

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IOrganBio Emerges with $2M
NewsOct 29, 2025

IOrganBio Emerges with $2M

iOrganBio announced its emergence from stealth on Oct. 29, 2025, securing $2 million in seed funding to advance technologies for manufacturing human cells. The round was led by First Star Ventures and included investors IndieBio, Cape Fear BioCapital, 2ndF, the Terasaki...

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Ridepanda Secures $12.6M Funding
NewsOct 29, 2025

Ridepanda Secures $12.6M Funding

Ridepanda, an e‑bikes‑as‑an‑employee‑benefit platform founded by veterans of Lime, Bird and Scoot, announced a $12.6 million financing that blends a growth‑equity round with strategic debt. The round was anchored by Bikeleasing Group, one of Europe’s largest corporate‑sponsored bike‑leasing firms, and included...

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Rarity Lands $4.6M Seed Financing
NewsOct 29, 2025

Rarity Lands $4.6M Seed Financing

Rarity PBC announced the closing of a $4.6 million seed financing led by biotech investor Steve Oliveira, head of Nemean Asset Management. The Los Angeles‑based public benefit corporation focuses on expanding access to transformative gene therapies for rare diseases. Proceeds will...

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LeanDNA Inks Growth Investment
NewsOct 29, 2025

LeanDNA Inks Growth Investment

Accel‑KKR announced a strategic growth investment in LeanDNA, a Austin‑based provider of supply planning and inventory‑optimization software for discrete manufacturers. The financing will accelerate LeanDNA’s platform innovation and support expansion into new global markets. The deal highlights Accel‑KKR’s focus on...

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Curve Biosciences Raises $40M
NewsOct 29, 2025

Curve Biosciences Raises $40M

Curve Biosciences, a Whole-Body Intelligence platform based in San Mateo, announced a $40 million financing round on Oct. 29, 2025. The round was led by Luma Group and included investors such as First Spark Ventures, Techas Capital, Micah Spear, Civilization Ventures, LifeX Ventures,...

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SimSpace Receives $39M Financing Round
NewsOct 28, 2025

SimSpace Receives $39M Financing Round

SimSpace announced a $39 million financing round composed of debt and equity, attracting new investors BTG Pactual U.S. Private Credit Investments and Communitas Capital alongside existing backer L2 Point Management. The capital will be used to accelerate development and deployment of its realistic, intelligent cyber range...

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ConductorOne Grabs $79M Series B Round
NewsOct 28, 2025

ConductorOne Grabs $79M Series B Round

ConductorOne announced a $79 million Series B round, bringing its total funding to over $100 million. The round was led by Greycroft with participation from CrowdStrike Falcon Fund and existing backers such as Accel and Felicis Ventures. The AI‑native identity‑security platform protects human,...

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Redwood Materials Banks $350 Million Series E Funding
NewsOct 27, 2025

Redwood Materials Banks $350 Million Series E Funding

Redwood Materials announced a $350 million Series E financing round on Oct. 27, 2025, led by Eclipse with new strategic investors including NVentures. The capital will be used to scale the company’s energy‑storage deployments, expand its refining and materials production capacity, and bolster...

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PoobahAI Inks $2 Million Seed Round
NewsOct 27, 2025

PoobahAI Inks $2 Million Seed Round

PoobahAI, an AI‑powered no‑code platform that enables creators to launch decentralized Web3 applications, tokenized ecosystems, and AI agents without technical expertise, announced a $2 million seed round. The financing was led by FourTwoAlpha Ltd, a British Virgin Islands‑based investor with prior...

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Crusoe Lands $1.375 Billion Series E Round
NewsOct 24, 2025

Crusoe Lands $1.375 Billion Series E Round

Crusoe announced the initial closing of a $1.375 billion Series E round that lifts the AI factory company toward a valuation exceeding $10 billion. The oversubscribed financing was co‑led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital and drew a broad...

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Polyembo Closes Funding
NewsOct 24, 2025

Polyembo Closes Funding

Polyembo said on Oct. 24 that it has closed a new funding round led by a multinational strategic investor to advance development and regulatory clearances for its Scrunchy, Sphere, PuffyCoil and other vascular embolization technologies. The infusion—details of which the...

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Overfuel Secures Growth Investment
NewsOct 24, 2025

Overfuel Secures Growth Investment

Overfuel, a high-performance website platform for auto dealerships, announced a strategic growth investment from Recurring Capital Partners to accelerate AI-driven product development, pursue strategic acquisitions and bolster its leadership team. The funding is aimed at scaling Overfuel’s platform to deepen...

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FieldFlo Secures $35M Growth Investment
NewsOct 24, 2025

FieldFlo Secures $35M Growth Investment

FieldFlo, a Denver-based provider of project and safety management software for specialty subcontractors, has raised $35 million in growth capital from Mainsail Partners. The funding is earmarked to accelerate product innovation and expand support for operational, safety and compliance needs...

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Darwin Secures $15M Series A Round
NewsOct 23, 2025

Darwin Secures $15M Series A Round

Darwin AI announced a $15 million Series A led by Insight Partners, with participation from UpWest and Resolute Ventures, and added former IBM public sector GM Brenda Harvey to its board. The company provides AI governance and deployment tools for...

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Wolf Games Announces $9M Series A
NewsOct 22, 2025

Wolf Games Announces $9M Series A

Los Angeles-based generative entertainment startup Wolf Games has closed a $9 million Series A round led by Main Street Advisors. The financing drew participation from media and creative figures Maverick Carter, Tom Werner and artist Rashid Johnson, as well as...

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Peregrine Energy Solutions Nabs $130 Million in New Capital
NewsOct 22, 2025

Peregrine Energy Solutions Nabs $130 Million in New Capital

Peregrine Energy Solutions said it has secured $130 million in new capital from a consortium including South Korea’s Ministry of Environment, IMM Investment, Woori Private Equity Asset Management and funds managed by AB CarVal. The funding will be deployed to...

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Moberg Analytics Lands $600,000 Seed Funding
NewsOct 22, 2025

Moberg Analytics Lands $600,000 Seed Funding

Moberg Analytics said it raised $600,000 in a seed round to accelerate commercialization of its Moberg Clinical Platform (MCP), a software system that integrates multimodal brain data and analytics to guide ICU treatment. The round was led by Ben Franklin...

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Avride Secures Strategic Investment of up to $375M
NewsOct 22, 2025

Avride Secures Strategic Investment of up to $375M

Avride has secured up to $375 million in strategic investment and commercial commitments from Uber Technologies and Nebius Group, building on a multi‑year strategic agreement signed in 2024. The funding supports scaling Avride’s robotaxi and delivery fleets, AI‑driven product development,...

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Throne Labs Nabs $15M Series B Round
NewsOct 21, 2025

Throne Labs Nabs $15M Series B Round

Throne Labs raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Brentwood Associates with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures, Dipalo Ventures, Rabil Ventures and Arpinine Management to accelerate national expansion after strong adoption in Washington, the Bay Area, Los Angeles...

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Faeth Therapeutics Lands $25 Million
NewsOct 20, 2025

Faeth Therapeutics Lands $25 Million

Faeth Therapeutics raised $25 million in a strategic financing round led by S2G Ventures to advance its lead metabolism‑based cancer program, PIKTOR, in endometrial cancer. The round, which included participation from Khosla Ventures, Future Ventures, Digitalis, KdT, Cantos, and new...

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Magma Math Secures $10 Million in Funding
NewsOct 20, 2025

Magma Math Secures $10 Million in Funding

Magma Math, an AI-driven K–12 instructional platform, has closed an additional $10 million funding round led by existing investor Five Elms Capital. The fresh capital will be used to expand the company’s suite of teacher-facing intelligent tools aimed at boosting...

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Stoke Space Scores $510M Series D
NewsOct 17, 2025

Stoke Space Scores $510M Series D

Stoke Space raised $510 million in a Series D round led by Thomas Tull’s USIT to fund the first launch of its reusable Nova rocket, alongside a $100 million debt facility led by Silicon Valley Bank. Participating investors include Washington...

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Moonlight Therapeutics Lands $3M Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Moonlight Therapeutics Lands $3M Funding

Moonlight Therapeutics said the FDA has cleared its IND for MOON101, allowing the company to launch the SURVEYOR safety trial in peanut‑allergic adults and children. The company secured a $3 million cooperative grant from the National Institute of Allergy and...

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Harvey Banks $300M Series E
NewsOct 17, 2025

Harvey Banks $300M Series E

Harvey raised a $300 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation in a round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, with participation from Sequoia, GV, DST Global, Conviction, Elad Gil, OpenAI Startup Fund, Elemental, SV Angel, Kris Fredrickson and...

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Fourier Health Announces $8.4M Funding Round
NewsOct 17, 2025

Fourier Health Announces $8.4M Funding Round

Fourier Health, a clinician-in-the-loop AI startup that consolidates patient clinical data into use-case specific summaries to cut administrative burden, has closed an $8.4 million seed round led by Yosemite. The financing included participation from Innospark Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners and...

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TORL BioTherapeutics Secures $96M Series C Financing
NewsOct 17, 2025

TORL BioTherapeutics Secures $96M Series C Financing

TORL BioTherapeutics closed a $96 million Series C to advance its clinical-stage antibody-based immunotherapy pipeline. The company will present updated Phase 1 data for its CLDN6-targeted ADC TORL-1-23 at ESMO 2025, signaling progress toward proof-of-concept. The financing should accelerate clinical...

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NEP Group Nets $700M Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

NEP Group Nets $700M Funding

NEP Group secured a $700 million equity investment led by 26North Partners with participation from existing sponsor Carlyle, which will remain the company’s largest shareholder. The deal brings a new strategic investor—26North, founded by Josh Harris—alongside Carlyle and co‑investors, signaling...

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Dialogue AI Closes $6M Seed Round
NewsOct 17, 2025

Dialogue AI Closes $6M Seed Round

Dialogue AI launched an AI-native market research platform featuring a live conversational AI interviewer and closed a $6 million seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Seven Stars, Uncommon Projects, the Tornante Company and prominent angel investors...

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DUOS Snags $130M Equity Investment
NewsOct 17, 2025

DUOS Snags $130M Equity Investment

DUOS, a Minneapolis-based digital health company focused on seniors, secured a $130 million strategic growth equity round led by FTV Capital with participation from Forerunner Ventures. The financing will fund AI development and scale go-to-market operations targeted at Medicare Advantage,...

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Nilo Therapeutics Launches With $101M Series A Financing
NewsOct 17, 2025

Nilo Therapeutics Launches With $101M Series A Financing

Nilo Therapeutics launched with a $101 million Series A led by The Column Group, DCVC Bio and Lux Capital, with participation from the Gates Foundation and Alexandria Venture Investments. The biotech aims to restore immune homeostasis by leveraging neural circuits,...

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Sage Care Emerges From Stealth with $20M in Funding
NewsOct 17, 2025

Sage Care Emerges From Stealth with $20M in Funding

Sage Care publicly launched from stealth with a $20 million funding round led by Yosemite and participation from backers including General Catalyst, Metrodora (Chelsea Clinton), OVTR.VC, SV Angel and others. The Palo Alto startup says its platform pairs clinically intelligent...

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Daylight Energy Raises $75M
NewsOct 17, 2025

Daylight Energy Raises $75M

Daylight Energy said it raised $75 million to scale a crypto-powered network for distributed energy, including $15 million in equity led by Framework Ventures with participation from a16z Crypto, Lerer Hippeau, M13, Coinbase Ventures and others, plus a $60 million...

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Conceal Grabs $26M Series B Round
NewsOct 16, 2025

Conceal Grabs $26M Series B Round

Conceal raised $26 million in a Series B round led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Allegis Cyber and Gula Tech Adventures. The Augusta, GA-based startup provides a browser-native Security Service Edge (SSE) and proxy-less Zero Trust Network Access...

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Solmetex Lands $200M Minority Investment
NewsOct 15, 2025

Solmetex Lands $200M Minority Investment

Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR has signed and closed a strategic, structured $200 million minority investment in Solmetex, a provider of dental products and consumables including amalgam separation, waterline safety, isolation technology and regenerative biomaterials. The capital infusion is aimed...

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Vertical Semiconductor Announces $11M Seed Round
NewsOct 15, 2025

Vertical Semiconductor Announces $11M Seed Round

Vertical Semiconductor, an MIT spinout, raised an $11 million seed round led by Playground Global to accelerate development of vertical GaN transistors aimed at powering next-generation AI chips in data centers. The financing, which also included JIMCO Technology Ventures, milemark...

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Shift Naturals Announces New Funding Wave
NewsOct 15, 2025

Shift Naturals Announces New Funding Wave

Shift Naturals, a Bend, Oregon-based maker of hemp-infused beverages and functional gummies, announced that NBA champion Kevin Love has joined as an investor and co-owner, with The Angel Group (TAG) also backing the company. TAG—known for early support of consumer...

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Aragorn AI Secures $4.3M Seed Round
NewsOct 15, 2025

Aragorn AI Secures $4.3M Seed Round

Dallas-based Aragorn AI raised a $4.3 million seed round led by LiveOak Ventures with participation from Dallas Venture Capital, bringing total funding to $5.5 million. The startup is building a People Ops Operating System that consolidates HR data, analytics and...

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Viven Emerges with $35M in Funding
NewsOct 15, 2025

Viven Emerges with $35M in Funding

Viven emerged from stealth with $35 million in seed financing from Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures, Operator Collective and leading angels to commercialize AI-powered “digital twins” that create personalized digital counterparts of employees capturing knowledge, decisions and context. The...

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Pelage Pharmaceuticals Announces $120 Million Series B
NewsOct 15, 2025

Pelage Pharmaceuticals Announces $120 Million Series B

Pelage Pharmaceuticals closed a $120 million Series B co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and GV, with participation from Main Street Advisors, Visionary Ventures and YK Bioventures. The proceeds will fund advancement of its lead program, PP405, a topical small molecule...

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Starship Technologies Raises $50M Series C
NewsOct 15, 2025

Starship Technologies Raises $50M Series C

Starship Technologies, founded by Skype co‑founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, closed a $50 million Series C led by Plural as it seeks to scale its autonomous delivery network. The company says it has completed over 9 million deliveries across...

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Glide Identity Raises Over $20M Series A
NewsOct 13, 2025

Glide Identity Raises Over $20M Series A

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Glide Identity, a digital identity security company, has raised an over $20 million Series A funding round led by Crosspoint Capital Partners.

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Planera Scores $8M Funding
NewsOct 13, 2025

Planera Scores $8M Funding

SAN JOSE, CA, Planera, the leader in visual collaborative scheduling for construction, announced significant momentum in the data center market, supported by $8 million in additional funding.

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Pimly Secures $2.25M
NewsOct 10, 2025

Pimly Secures $2.25M

Pimly has successfully raised $2.25 million in a funding round led by High Alpha, aimed at enhancing its innovative Product Cloud integrated with Salesforce. This investment will accelerate the company's mission to transform product management and delivery for enterprises, particularly...

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