Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Linen Cloud Secures Strategic Investment From Enterprise Tech Leaders
Linen Cloud, an intelligent sales planning platform for enterprise revenue teams, raised a strategic investment round led by a network of CIOs, CTOs and enterprise technology leaders. Backers include Steven Birdsall (CRO, Alteryx) and Lenin Gali (Chief Business Officer, Atomicwork); funds will be used to accelerate growth.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Chainguard Raises $280M Growth Round From General Catalyst’s CVF
Chainguard secured $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund to accelerate its open-source security offerings and meet rising enterprise demand. The round follows a Series D earlier in April and brings Chainguard's fundraising over the past...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Natural Raises $9.8M Seed Round to Build Agentic Payments Infrastructure
San Francisco-based fintech Natural raised $9.8M in a seed round to build infrastructure for agentic payments. The round was co-led by Abstract and Human Capital with participation from Forerunner Ventures, Terrain, Restive Ventures, Genius Ventures and several prominent tech founders...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Neolix Raises Over $600M in Series D Led by Stone Venture
Neolix, a Beijing-based provider of L4 autonomous delivery (RoboVan) solutions, raised over USD 600 million in a Series D round led by UAE-based Stone Venture with participation from Gaocheng Capital, CITIC Capital, CDH, Sparkedge Capital, Beijing AI Fund, Legend Capital,...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Banks Arrange Record $38B Debt Financing for Oracle-Tied AI Data Centers
Banks are preparing a $38 billion senior secured debt financing to fund two Oracle-related AI data center projects developed by Vantage Data Centers for Oracle’s partnership with OpenAI under the Stargate initiative. The facilities — $23.25B for Texas and $14.75B...
CoinDesk
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Shuttle Raises $6M Seed to Accelerate AI-Enabled Cloud Infrastructure
Shuttle, a San Francisco-based AI-enabled cloud infrastructure platform, raised $6M to support its code-to-cloud developer platform. The round was backed by Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Thomas Dohmke, Calvin French‑Owen and senior leaders from OpenAI, Deel and Confluent.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
VitVio Raises $8M Seed Round Led by Bek Ventures
VitVio, a Boston-based AI platform that coordinates operating room staff and reduces surgical administrative load, closed an $8M seed funding round led by Bek Ventures with participation from LDV Capital and other early backers. The round brings VitVio’s total funding...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Paygentic Raises $2M Pre-Seed to Scale AI Billing and Payments Infrastructure
San Francisco-based Paygentic, an AI-powered billing and payments infrastructure startup, raised $2M in a pre-seed round led by MiddleGame Ventures with participation from Anamcara Capital, Aperture Capital and Tech Operators. The company will use the funding to expand operations and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
FieldFlo Raises $35M Growth Round From Mainsail Partners
FieldFlo, a provider of project and safety management software for specialty subcontractors, raised $35 million in growth capital from Mainsail Partners to accelerate product innovation and support operational, safety, and compliance needs across North America.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Crusoe Raises $1.375B in Series E Led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital
Crusoe announced the initial closing of a $1.375 billion Series E round at a valuation north of $10B. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital, with participation from a broad syndicate including Fidelity, Founders Fund,...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
CourtReserve Secures $54M Growth Investment From Mainsail Partners
CourtReserve, a club management SaaS platform, received a $54M strategic growth investment from Mainsail Partners to accelerate product development, expand integrations, enhance customer support, and grow its North American market presence. The funding will be used to scale the company’s...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Chipmind Raises $2.5M Seed Round Led by Founderful to Build AI Chip Design Agents
Zurich-based Chipmind raised $2.5M in a seed funding round led by Founderful with participation from semiconductor industry angels. The startup will use the proceeds to expand engineering, accelerate product development, and deepen industry engagements.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Wolf Games Raises $9M Series A Led by Main Street Advisors
Wolf Games, a Los Angeles-based generative entertainment company, closed a $9M Series A round led by Main Street Advisors with participation from executives Maverick Carter and Tom Werner, artist Rashid Johnson, and existing backers Dick Wolf, Jimmy Iovine and Paul...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Tensormesh Raises $4.5M Seed Round Led by Laude Ventures
Tensormesh, an AI infrastructure optimization company based in San Francisco, emerged from stealth with a $4.5M seed round led by Laude Ventures. The company will use the funding to expand operations and advance development of its distributed AI infrastructure solutions.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Clerq Raises $21M, Closes $12M Series A Led by 645 Ventures
Clerq, a New York City-based payments platform for high-ticket transactions, raised $21M in funding, including a $12M Series A round led by 645 Ventures. Existing investors FirstMark Capital, Fika Ventures, Commerce Ventures and Dash Fund participated alongside new strategic backers...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Roller Raises $50M Growth Round Led by Insight Partners with J.P. Morgan Participating
Roller, an Austin-based venue management platform, raised US$50M in a growth funding round led by existing investor Insight Partners with participation from J.P. Morgan. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate AI innovation, expand its financial services suite and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Darwin AI Raises $15M Series A Led by Insight Partners
Tel Aviv-based Darwin AI raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors UpWest and Resolute Ventures. The funding will support the company's mission to help governments deploy AI safely and at scale;...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Apriority Raises $2.3M Seed Round Led by Techstars and Multiple Investors
Apriority, an AI-powered borrower-first debt fintech based in San Francisco, raised $2.3M in a seed funding round led by Techstars, Valhalla, Bridge, CAN, Illini Angels and Keiretsu. The company will use proceeds to expand operations and product development.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Wonder Studios Raises $12M Seed to Scale AI-Driven Content Production
London-based AI creative studio Wonder Studios raised $12M in a seed round led by Atomico with participation from LocalGlobe, Blackbird and other investors. The funds will be used to grow engineering, pursue IP ownership and accelerate original and commercial AI-generated...
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Keycard Raises $38M Across Seed and Series A to Secure Identity for AI Agents
Keycard, a San Francisco-based identity and access platform for AI agents, raised $38M in combined Seed and Series A financing. Andreessen Horowitz and Boldstart Ventures co-led an $8M seed round, while Acrew Capital led a $30M Series A, with participation...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Mondra Raises £10M Series A to Expand AI Supply-Chain Platform in Europe
London-based Mondra raised £10M in a Series A round led by AlbionVC and Planet A Ventures, with participation from Swisscom, PeakBridge, Ponderosa Ventures and Green Circle Foodtech Ventures. The AI-powered product-intelligence platform will use the funds to accelerate expansion into...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Google Invests $450M in ADT to Deepen Nest Integration
The article notes Google made a $450 million strategic investment in ADT to enable deep integration between ADT Plus and Google Nest products, underpinning the new ADT Plus offering and product partnership. The investment is described as having occurred prior...
The Verge
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Redwood Materials Raises $350M Series E to Expand Energy Storage Business
Redwood Materials raised $350 million in a Series E round led by Eclipse with a strategic investment from Nvidia’s NVentures to grow its energy storage business and expand refining and materials production. The round values the company at about $6...
TechCrunch Fundraising
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
A16z Seeks to Raise ~$10B for New AI, Defense and Growth Funds
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is reportedly aiming to raise about $10 billion across new funds including $6B for investments in more mature companies, $1.5B each for AI applications and AI infrastructure funds, and over $1B for a defense and manufacturing vehicle....
Cointelegraph
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
OneAM Raises $4.7M Seed Round Led by TTV Capital
OneAM, a New York City-based early-pay solution provider, raised $4.7M in a seed round led by TTV Capital with participation from Correlation Ventures, ThirdStream Partners and other early-stage investors. The company will use the funds to expand into new verticals...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Pila Energy Raises $4M Seed Round Led by R7 Partners
Pila Energy, a San Francisco maker of plug-in mesh home batteries, raised $4M in a seed round led by R7 Partners with participation from Toyota Ventures, Refactor Capital, GS Futures and other strategic backers. The company will use the funds...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Rightcharge Raises £1.6M Seed Round Led by Soulmates Ventures
London-based Rightcharge, which simplifies fleet EV charging payments, raised £1.6M in a seed round led by Soulmates Ventures with participation from Blackwood Ventures, Unruly Capital and Purple Ventures. The funding will support European expansion and a partnership with Octopus Electroverse.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Caylent Acquires Trek10 to Expand AWS Managed Services Capabilities
Caylent, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, has acquired Trek10 Inc., another AWS Premier Tier partner, to extend Caylent’s portfolio into managed services and strengthen end-to-end AWS offerings. The strategic acquisition aims to deepen AWS expertise and broaden customer managed-service...
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Vermeer Raises $10M Series A to Advance Vision Navigation and Autonomy Tech
Vermeer, a NYC-based vision navigation and autonomy defense startup, closed a $10M Series A round led by Draper Associates with participation from AeroX Ventures, Boscolo Intervest, High Point Ventures, Rockaway Ventures and the U.S. Air Force Tech Stars. The company...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
OpenAI Acquires Software Applications, Makers of Sky AI Interface for Mac
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications, Inc., the startup behind Sky, an unreleased AI-powered natural language interface for Mac. Deal terms were not disclosed; the startup had previously raised $6.5M from investors including Sam Altman and Dylan Field.
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Tensormesh Raises $4.5M Seed to Commercialize LMCache for AI Inference
Tensormesh launched from stealth with a $4.5M seed round led by Laude Ventures and additional angel funding from Michael Franklin to build a commercial version of the LMCache utility, aiming to reduce AI inference costs and optimize GPU usage for...
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Turbo AI Raised $750,000 Seed Round
Turbo AI, an AI note‑taking startup founded by Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, raised $750,000 last year in an early financing. The company remains profitable and is cautious about raising more despite strong user growth and inbound interest.
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Cluely Raises $15M Series A From Andreessen Horowitz
Cluely, an AI meeting assistant startup, raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz earlier in 2025. The funding has been used for marketing, staffing and office expansion as the company scales.
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Chainguard Raises $280M Growth Financing From General Catalyst CVF
Chainguard, an open source software provider based in Kirkland, WA, raised $280M in growth financing led by General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund. The company will use proceeds to scale go-to-market efforts and invest in product and engineering for long-term growth.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Granicus Acquires Indigov to Bolster Government Experience Cloud
Granicus has acquired Indigov, a provider of constituent relationship solutions for government agencies and elected offices, to expand its Government Experience Cloud and enhance constituent management capabilities. The deal combines both companies' technologies and expertise to strengthen civic engagement and...
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Fal.ai Closes $1.5B Series C, Valued at $4B+
Multimodal AI platform Fal.ai closed a $1.5B Series C round that pushed its valuation above $4 billion. The company serves over 2 million developers building with images, video, audio, and 3D models.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Riff Raises $16M Series A Led by Northzone
Riff (formerly Databutton), an Oslo-based platform enabling operators to build and launch high-impact applications, raised $16M in a Series A round led by Northzone. Existing investors Skyfall Ventures, Maki.vc, Sondo Capital and Global Founders Capital also participated, bringing total funding...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
OpenAI Acquires Software Applications Incorporated to Deepen OS Integration
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated (SAI), the team behind Apple’s Shortcuts and the Sky macOS AI interface; all SAI team members will join OpenAI. Financial terms were not disclosed; OpenAI plans to integrate Sky’s macOS expertise into ChatGPT and...
Ars Technica AI
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Ceres AI Secures Growth Financing From Decathlon Capital Partners
Ceres AI, an Oakland-based AI agricultural risk analytics firm, received a multi-million-dollar growth financing package led by Decathlon Capital Partners to accelerate enterprise adoption in the agricultural sector. The exact amount was not disclosed.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Darwin AI Raises $15M Series A Led by Insight Partners
Darwin AI announced a $15 million Series A round led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors UpWest and Resolute Ventures. The funding will support Darwin's public-sector AI governance and deployment products; Brenda Harvey will join the company's board.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Throne Labs Raises $15M in Series B Initial Close Led by Brentwood Associates
Throne Labs, a Washington, DC-based smart infrastructure operator of connected public restrooms, held the initial close of a $15M Series B led by Brentwood Associates with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures, Dipalo Ventures, Rabil Ventures, and Arpinine Management. The company will...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Adaption Labs Closes Seed Round to Pursue Adaptive AI
Adaption Labs, a startup co-founded by former Cohere VP of AI Research Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy, has closed a seed funding round after talks to raise $20M–$40M earlier this fall; the final amount was not disclosed. The company will...
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Sumble Raises $38.5M in Seed + Series A to Bring AI Context to Sales Intelligence
San Francisco‑based Sumble emerged from stealth announcing $38.5M in funding — an $8.5M seed led by Coatue and a $30M Series A led by Canaan Partners — to build AI‑powered sales intelligence and a knowledge graph for technographic context. The...
TechCrunch Enterprise
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
CurbWaste Raises $28M Series B to Scale Operating System for Independent Haulers
CurbWaste, a NYC-based operating system for independent waste haulers, raised $28M in a Series B round led by Socium Ventures with participation from Flourish Ventures, TTV Capital, B Capital Group and Squarepoint. The funding brings total capital to $50M and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
OpenAI Acquires Sky, AI-Powered Computer Control Platform
OpenAI announced the acquisition of Sky, an artificial-intelligence startup that enables natural-language control of computers. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will allow OpenAI to integrate Sky’s technology into its suite of AI tools, enhancing user...
AI Chat
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Craft Ventures Leads $42 Million Series A for Govtech Startup Starbridge
Starbridge, a govtech platform that aggregates public-sector buying data and adds AI workflows for sales teams, raised $42 million in a Series A led by Craft Ventures. Other investors include Owl Ventures, CommonWeal Ventures and Autotech Ventures; the company has...
TechCrunch Venture Feed
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
CurbWaste Raises $28M Series B to Scale Operating System for Independent Haulers
CurbWaste announced a $28M Series B led by Socium Ventures with participation from Flourish Ventures, TTV Capital, B Capital Group and Squarepoint. The round brings CurbWaste's total funding to $50M to expand its operating system for independent waste haulers.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Sumble Raises $38.5M in Seed and Series A Round Led by Canaan Partners and Coatue
Sumble, a San Francisco-based provider of a platform delivering actionable data to GTM teams, raised $38.5M across Seed and Series A financing. The round was led by Canaan Partners and Coatue with participation from Square Peg Capital, Zetta Venture Partners,...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Catalyst OrthoScience Raises $15M Growth Financing Led by RC Capital
Catalyst OrthoScience closed $15M in combined equity and debt financing to advance its shoulder arthroplasty product development and commercialization. The round was led by RC Capital with participation from Mutual Capital Partners, Dr. Derace Schaffer and Western Alliance Bank.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
ShopMy Raises $70M at $1.5B Valuation Led by Avenir
Shop My Shelf, Inc. (ShopMy) has raised $70M in a growth-stage funding round at a $1.5B valuation. The round was led by Avenir with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and several strategic individuals and firms.
VC News Daily