Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Hulo Raises €2.3M Seed Round to Scale AI-Driven Water Leak Detection
Dutch WaterTech startup Hulo raised €2.3M in a seed round led by VP Capital and LUMO Labs, with participation from Vanagon, Rabobank, FOM and the Netherlands Enabling Water Technology fund (NEW). The company will use the funding to accelerate deployment of its AI leak-detection solutions.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Moberg Analytics Raises $600,000 Seed to Commercialize ICU Brain-Monitoring Platform
Moberg Analytics secured $600,000 in a seed round to accelerate commercialization of its Moberg Clinical Platform, a multimodal brain data and analytics system for ICUs. The round was led by Ben Franklin Technology Partners and included Overbrook Capital and MVP...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Bricklayer AI Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Tech Square Ventures
Arlington-based Bricklayer AI, an agentic cybersecurity platform for SOCs, raised $5M in a Seed round led by Tech Square Ventures with participation from Sovereign’s Capital, Dreamit Ventures and BlueWing Ventures. The company will use the funding to advance its AI-driven...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
MythWorx Raises $5M Seed at $100M Valuation
MythWorx, a Dallas-based AI/AGI startup, closed a $5M seed round at a $100M valuation. The round was led by Eagle Venture Fund IV, Eagle Freedom Fund I and Eagle Freedom Fund II, with participation from other angel investors.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Uniphore Raises $260M Series F at $2.5B Valuation
Uniphore, a Palo Alto-based Business AI company, closed a $260M Series F round priced at a $2.5B valuation. Lead and participating backers include NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, Databricks Ventures, NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, National Grid Partners and Prosperity7 Ventures. Proceeds...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Uniphore Raises $260M Series F Led by Strategic AI and Data Investors Including NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks
Uniphore closed a $260 million Series F on 2025-10-22 at a $2.5 billion price, with strategic investments from NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks alongside financial and sovereign investors such as NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, National Grid Partners, and Prosperity7...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Chemify Secures Over $50M in Series B to Scale AI-Driven Molecule Discovery
Chemify, a Glasgow-based deep-tech company applying chemistry, robotics, computation and AI to digitize molecule creation, raised over $50M in a Series B round co-led by Wing Venture Capital and Insight Partners, with participation from 8VC, Triatomic Capital, Blueyard, Rockspring and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer to Scale Agentic AI for Chip Design
ChipAgents closed a $21M Series A on 2025-10-21 led by Bessemer Venture Partners with strategic participation from Micron, MediaTek, Ericsson, ScOp Venture Capital, Amino Capital and notable angels. The funding will accelerate product development, customer acquisition, and industry partnerships for...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Moonshot AI Raises $10M Seed Round Led by Mighty Capital
Moonshot AI, an NYC-based AI platform that automates and optimizes websites, raised $10M in a seed round led by Mighty Capital with participation from Oceans Ventures, Uncorrelated, Garuda Ventures and Almaz Capital. The company will use the funds to expand...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Hyro Raises $45M Growth Round Led by Healthier Capital
Hyro, a New York City-based responsible AI agent platform for healthcare, raised $45M in growth financing led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Norwest, Define Ventures, Bon Secours Mercy Health and ServiceNow Ventures. The round will support Hyro's expansion of...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Veeam to Acquire Securiti AI for $1.725B to Boost Data Security and AI Capabilities
Veeam has signed a definitive agreement to acquire data security company Securiti AI for $1.725 billion in a mix of cash and stock. The deal, announced 2025-10-21, is expected to close in the first week of December and will see...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Bronto Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Cercano Management
Bronto, a Dublin-based log data platform, raised $14M in a seed funding round led by Cercano Management with participation from Heavybit Venture Capital and Conviction Capital. The company will use the proceeds to build go-to-market and engineering functions.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Estuary Raises $17M Series A Led by M13
Estuary, a right-time data platform for enterprises addressing AI data bottlenecks, raised $17 million in a Series A round led by M13 with participation from Firstmark and Operator Partners. The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts to simplify...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
LangChain Raises $125M at $1.25B Valuation in Growth Funding Led by IVP
Open‑source AI agent platform LangChain raised $125 million in a growth-stage financing that values the company at $1.25 billion. The round was led by IVP and included new investors CapitalG and Sapphire Ventures alongside existing backers Sequoia, Benchmark and Amplify.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Throne Labs Raises $15M Series B to Expand Smart Public Restroom Network
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. The funding will support national expansion of its data‑driven smart restroom network and open...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Findem Secures $51M Series C to Expand AI Talent Acquisition Platform
Findem, an AI-driven talent acquisition and management platform based in San Francisco, raised $51M in a Series C led by SLW with participation from Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital and Four Rivers Group, plus growth financing from J.P. Morgan. The capital...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Tensec Secures $60M Credit Facility From Upper90 to Scale Cross‑Border Payments
Tensec, a Palo Alto fintech focused on B2B cross‑border financial services, has secured a $60M credit facility from Upper90 Capital Management to expand annual trade volume from $500M to $5B and support growth for import/export clients.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Armstrong Raises $12M to Build AI-Powered Kitchen Robots
Armstrong, a San Francisco-based robotics startup developing AI-powered general-purpose robots for restaurant kitchens, has raised $12M in funding to date from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Bloomberg Beta, Next Play Ventures, Transmedia Capital and WestWave Capital. Founded by Axel Hansen and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Casium Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Maverick Ventures
Casium, a Seattle-based AI-powered immigration and mobility platform for enterprises, raised $5M in a seed financing led by Maverick Ventures with participation from AI2 Incubator, GTMfund, Success Venture Partners, and angel Jake Heller. The company will use the proceeds to...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners
Knack, a student success technology platform for higher education, raised a Series B funding round led by New Markets Venture Partners and appointed Megan Dusenbery as CEO. The round will support scaling peer learning and tutoring programs across partner institutions.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
A16z‑backed Codi Previously Raised $16M Series A
Codi, an a16z‑backed startup building an AI office‑management SaaS, last raised a $16 million Series A in 2022 led by Andreessen Horowitz; the company has raised $23 million to date.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
PortX Raises Strategic Growth Round Backed by Allied Solutions and ABA
PortX, an AI-powered data integration platform for banks and credit unions, closed a strategic growth funding round led by participation from Allied Solutions and the American Bankers Association, with renewed backing from BankTech Ventures, Curql Collective and BTech Consortium. The...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Estuary Raises $17M Series A Led by M13
Estuary, a NYC-based right-time data platform, raised $17M in a Series A round led by M13 with participation from Firstmark and Operator Partners. The company will use the funds to expand engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to scale its platform.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Jump Acquires Mobile Assistant to Expand AI Services for Financial Advisors
Jump, an AI solutions provider for financial advisors, has acquired Mobile Assistant, a specialist in advisor transcription services. The acquisition will transition Mobile Assistant customers onto Jump's platform with dedicated onboarding; financial terms were not disclosed.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Gravwell Raises $15.4M Series A to Expand Data Analytics and Security Platform
Gravwell, a Minneapolis-based full-stack data analytics and security platform provider, closed a $15.4M Series A round led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Gula Tech Adventures, Next Frontier Capital and others. The company will use proceeds to expand its...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Fal.ai Raises ~$250M at $4B+ Valuation in Growth-Stage Funding Led by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia
Multimodal AI startup Fal.ai has closed a new funding round of approximately $250M that values the company at over $4 billion. Major investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia; the raise follows a $125M Series C earlier in...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital
Anrok, a San Francisco-based global sales tax compliance platform, raised $55M in a Series C round led by Spark Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. The financing brings Anrok’s total funding to over...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Diversis Capital Closes $1.2B Fund III to Back Software and Tech-Enabled Services
Diversis Capital Management closed Diversis Capital Partners III, L.P. with over $1.2 billion of total commitments from a global mix of institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, investment advisers and fund-of-funds. The fund will invest in software and technology-enabled services companies.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Lette AI Raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to Scale Agentic AI for Property Teams
Dublin-based Lette AI raised $1.4M in a pre-seed round led by Pitchdrive with participation from Baseline Venture, Lugus Capital and angel investors including Mark Ransford and Conor Sheridan (Nory AI). The company will use proceeds to grow the team and...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners
Knack, a Miami-based student success technology platform that powers peer learning programs for higher education, raised a Series B round led by New Markets Venture Partners. The company will use the undisclosed proceeds to scale higher-education partnerships.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Serval Raises $47M Series A to Deploy Agentic AI for IT Service Management
Serval announced a $47 million Series A led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from First Round, General Catalyst and Box Group to build agentic AI tools for IT service management. The startup uses separate agents to create and execute deterministic...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Acelab Raises $13.5M Series A Led by Navitas Capital
Acelab, a NYC-based developer of an AI-powered platform for researching and documenting building materials, raised $13.5M in a Series A round led by Navitas Capital with participation from JLL Spark, DivcoWest and strategic investors. The round brings Acelab’s total funding...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Sesame Raises $250M Series B to Build Conversational AI Smart Glasses, Opens Beta
Sesame, a conversational-AI startup building lightweight smart glasses and personal AI voices, raised $250 million in a Series B round and has opened an early beta of its iOS app to select testers. Investors include Sequoia and Spark, with other...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Salesforce Acquires Convergence.ai, Bolstering UK AI Engineering and R&D
Salesforce has acquired Convergence.ai, expanding its UK engineering and R&D capability outside North America. The acquisition was referenced in the context of Salesforce's AI strategy at Dreamforce 2025.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Defakto Raises $30.75M Series B to Advance Non-Human Identity Security
Defakto (formerly SPIRL), a Palo Alto-based non-human identity security company, raised $30.75M in a Series B round led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from The General Partnership, Bloomberg Beta, WndrCo, Michael Coates, Adverb Ventures and J.P. Morgan. The company...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Findem Raises $51M Series C to Scale AI-Powered Talent Data Platform
Findem announced a $51M Series C led by SLW with participation from Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital and Four Rivers Group, plus growth financing from J.P. Morgan. The capital will support expansion of its AI-driven Talent Data Cloud for enterprise recruiting.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Moniepoint Raises Over $200M in Series C Led by DPD’s ADP III, Anchored by LeapFrog
Moniepoint Inc., a Nigerian financial platform for businesses and customers across Africa, closed a Series C equity financing round raising over US$200M. The round was led by Development Partners International’s ADP III fund and was anchored by LeapFrog Investments, with...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Gravwell Raises $15.4M Series A Led by Two Bear Capital
Gravwell closed a $15.4M Series A to accelerate its data analytics and security platform, expand product development, and support go-to-market efforts. The round was led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Gula Tech Adventures, Next Frontier Capital and others.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
ChipAgents, an agentic AI platform for chip design and verification, closed a $21M Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $24M. Participants included Micron Ventures, MediaTek, Ericsson and angel investors such as Wally Rhines and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital to Scale AI-Native Tax Compliance
Anrok secured a $55 million Series C round led by Spark Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures. The funding will accelerate Anrok’s AI-native automation for global sales tax compliance across 100+ countries and...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin Miners Raise Billions in Debt and Convertible-Note Financings Amid AI Pivot
Public bitcoin miners collectively raised billions through debt and convertible-note offerings to fund pivots into AI/HPC, highlighted by TerraWulf's $3.2B senior secured note placement, IREN's $1B convertible bond and Bitfarms' $300M convertible note; several other miners also issued debt in...
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Cercli Raises $12M Series A Led by Picus Capital to Build AI-Native HR Stack for MENA
Dubai-based Cercli raised an oversubscribed $12M Series A led by Picus Capital, with participation from Knollwood Investment Advisory, Y Combinator, Afore Capital, and COTU Ventures. The startup will use the funding to expand its AI-native HR, payroll and compliance platform...
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Magma Math Closes $10M Follow-On Round From Five Elms Capital
Magma Math, an AI-powered K-12 instructional platform, closed an additional $10 million funding round led by existing investor Five Elms Capital. The capital will support product development and expansion of its teacher-focused AI tools to deepen student understanding and engagement.
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
1001 AI Raises $9M Seed to Deploy Decision‑making AI for Critical MENA Industries
1001 AI, an AI infrastructure startup for aviation, logistics and oil & gas in the MENA region, raised a $9M seed round led by CIV, General Catalyst and Lux Capital with participation from several angels. The funding will accelerate product...
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Fourier Health Raises $8.4M Seed Round to Expand Clinician-in-the-Loop AI Platform
Miami-based Fourier Health, which consolidates patient clinical data into use-case specific summaries to reduce administrative burden, raised $8.4M in a seed round led by Yosemite with participation from Innospark Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Tau Ventures and others. The funding will...
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Avid Raises $6.5M Seed Round Led by Silverton Partners
Avid, a Dallas-based AI-powered fundraising operating system provider, raised $6.5M in a seed round led by Silverton Partners. The company will use the proceeds to expand its team and accelerate product, AI, and go-to-market initiatives.
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Logic Raises $4.3M Seed to Commercialize AI Decision-Automation Platform
Seattle-based Logic raised $4.3M in a seed round to advance and commercially launch its AI-powered decision automation platform, exiting a year-long beta and removing its waitlist. Investors include Founders' Co-op, Audacious, Ali Partovi's Neo, Brex current/former executives, Convoy co-founder Dan...
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
AdsGency Raises $12M Seed to Scale LLM Advertising Platform
AdsGency, a San Francisco-based LLM advertising platform that enables AI agents to run paid marketing workflows, raised $12M in a seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from Streamlined Ventures, HF0 and Hat-Trick Capital. The company will use...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Nexos.ai Raises €30M (~$35M) Series A to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption
Lithuania‑based Nexos.ai closed a €30 million (approx. $35M) Series A co‑led by Index Ventures and Evantic Capital to scale its AI gateway and workspace for secure enterprise AI adoption. Previous backers Creandum and Dig Ventures plus angel investors also participated;...
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Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M Seed Round Led by Felicis to Build AI-Driven Materials Science Startup
Periodic Labs, founded by former OpenAI and Google Brain researchers Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk, raised a $300M seed round led by Felicis to fund AI‑powered materials science R&D and a wet lab. Other backers include Andreessen Horowitz, DST,...
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