Deals•Oct 20, 2025
AdsGency Raises $12M Seed to Scale LLM Advertising Platform
AdsGency, an LLM advertising platform that enables AI agents to run paid marketing workflows, raised $12 million in a seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from Streamlined Ventures, HF0, Hat-Trick Capital and others. The funding will support hiring an engineering team to accelerate product development and meet market demand.
VC News Daily
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...
VC News Daily
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;...
TechCrunch Enterprise
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Adaptyx Biosciences Raises $14M Seed Round to Advance Continuous Multi‑Analyte Biowearable
Adaptyx Biosciences raised $14M in a seed financing round led by Interlagos with significant participation from Overwater Ventures and several strategic investors. The funding will advance its continuous multi‑analyte biowearable platform that pairs molecular sensing with AI analytics to monitor...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
OpenEvidence Raises $200M at $6B Valuation for AI Medical Assistant
OpenEvidence, the ‘ChatGPT for doctors’, raised $200M in a growth-stage funding round that values the company at $6B. The round comes three months after a prior raise and follows rapid user growth to 15M monthly consults.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Golpo Raises $4.1M Seed Round Led by BNVT Capital to Build AI Video Explainer Platform
Golpo, an AI-powered platform that turns documents and prompts into interactive explainer videos, raised $4.1M in a seed round led by BNVT Capital with participation from Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, Afore Capital and others. The company will use the proceeds...
FinSMEs
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...
TechCrunch AI
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,...
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Chatfuel Raises $1.5M Seed Round Led by Pre-Seed to Succeed
Chatfuel, a San Francisco-based communication automation startup, raised $1.5M in a seed round led by Pre-Seed to Succeed (backed by AltaIR Capital) with participation from Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital, I2BF Ventures, Alber Blanc fund and angel investors including Ershad...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
OpenEvidence Raises $200M at $6B Valuation to Scale Medical AI
OpenEvidence raised $200 million at a $6 billion valuation in a growth-stage funding round led by Google Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Blackstone, Thrive Capital, Coatue Management, Bond and Craft. The startup, founded in 2022, provides an...
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Oct 19, 2025
Flint Raises $5M Seed Led by Accel to Build Autonomous AI-Driven Websites
Flint announced a $5 million seed round led by Accel, joined by Sheryl Sandberg’s venture fund (Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners) and Neo to develop self-updating, AI-driven websites that generate and optimize content without human input.
TechRadar
Deals•Oct 19, 2025
Sage Care Raises $20M Led by Yosemite to Expand Healthcare Navigation Platform
Sage Care, a Palo Alto-based healthcare navigation management platform, raised $20M in a funding round led by Yosemite with participation from General Catalyst, Metrodora (Chelsea Clinton), OVTR.VC, SV Angel, Liquid 2, Seven Stars, Refract Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures and Apollo...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 18, 2025
A* Capital Backs AI Prediction Startup Aaru in Early-Stage Check
Kevin Hartz's A* Capital recently invested in Aaru, an AI-powered prediction engine founded by a teenager. The article notes the firm 'cut a check' to Aaru but does not disclose round size or terms; the investment reflects A* Capital's broader...
TechCrunch Venture Feed
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
General Intuition Raises $134M Seed Round to Advance AGI Research
General Intuition, a startup spun out of Medal focused on training agents via video-game clips for spatial-temporal reasoning, raised $134M in a seed round to accelerate AGI-related research and agent capabilities. The funding will support training on large-scale game clip...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Counsel Health Raises $25M Series A Led by A16z and GV
Counsel Health, an AI-enabled virtual care company, raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and GV to scale its AI-plus-physician care platform for payers, employers, and health systems. The funding follows an $11M seed...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Dialogue AI Raises $6M Seed Round Led by Lightspeed to Scale AI-Led Customer Research
Dialogue AI, an AI-native market research platform, closed a $6M seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Seven Stars, Uncommon Projects, Tornante Company and angel investors. The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts for Dialogue's...
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
DUOS Raises $130M Growth Equity to Scale AI-Powered Senior Care
DUOS, a Minneapolis-based digital health company serving seniors, secured a $130M strategic growth equity round led by FTV Capital with participation from Forerunner Ventures. The capital will be used to enhance AI capabilities and expand go-to-market efforts across Medicare Advantage,...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Ex-Luminar CEO Austin Russell Seeks to Buy Luminar Through Russell AI Labs
Austin Russell filed a Schedule 13D indicating he seeks to acquire 100% of Luminar's Class A common stock via his new Russell AI Labs, effectively proposing to take control of the publicly traded lidar maker. The move follows Russell's recent...
The Verge
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Conceal Raises $26M Series B to Advance SSE and ZTNA Platform
Conceal, a developer of browser-native Security Service Edge and proxy-less Zero Trust Network Access technology, closed a $26M Series B led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Allegis Cyber and Gula Tech Adventures. The company will use the proceeds...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
MGT Insurance Raises $21.6M Series B Led by Mubadala Capital
MGT Insurance, an AI-native neo-insurer modernizing commercial P&C for small businesses, closed a $21.6M Series B round led by Mubadala Capital with participation from Clocktower Ventures, Tacora Capital and existing investors. Proceeds will fund R&D and product expansion.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Fourier Health Raises $8.4M Seed Round Led by Yosemite
Fourier Health, a clinician-in-the-loop AI platform that consolidates patient clinical data into use-case specific summaries, 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 support...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Dialogue AI Raises $6M Seed Round Led by Lightspeed
Dialogue AI, an AI-native market research platform based in Los Angeles, closed a $6M seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Seven Stars, Uncommon Projects, The Tornante Company and angel investors. The funding will support the company's...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Harvey Raises $300M Series E at $5B Valuation
Harvey announced a $300M Series E round at a $5 billion valuation on 2025-10-17. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue and included Sequoia, GV, DST Global, Conviction, Elad Gil, OpenAI Startup Fund, Elemental, SV Angel, Kris Fredrickson,...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Sage Care Emerges From Stealth with $20M Seed Round Led by Yosemite
Sage Care, a Palo Alto startup using clinically intelligent AI agents and optimization algorithms to streamline healthcare navigation, announced a $20M funding round led by Yosemite with participation from multiple investors. The company is launching publicly to commercialize its AI-driven...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Vega Health Raises $4M Seed Round From Bessemer Venture Partners
Durham-based healthcare AI startup Vega Health raised $4M in a seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners to expand operations and accelerate development of its curated AI marketplace, integration platform, and monitoring tools for health systems.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Counsel Health Raises $25M Series A Led by A16z and GV
Counsel Health, an NYC-based AI care platform, raised $25M in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and GV. The company will use the capital to expand operations, product development, and business reach.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
General Intuition Raises $133.7M Seed to Build World Models From Gaming Data
Medal co-founder Pim de Witte spun out AI lab General Intuition and raised a $133.7M seed round to train world models using gaming video data. Lead investor is Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), with participation from General Catalyst and the Raine...
The Verge AI
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Triplemoon Raises $3.5M Seed Round Led by Activate Venture Partners and LiveOak Ventures
Triplemoon, a Dallas-based digital health platform serving pediatric mental health, closed a $3.5M seed round led by Activate Venture Partners and LiveOak Ventures. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate expansion into priority markets through partnerships with primary care...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
NEP Group Secures $700M Equity Investment Led by 26North Partners
NEP Group announced a $700M equity investment led by 26North Partners with participation from existing sponsor Carlyle and other co-investors. Carlyle remains the company's largest shareholder and will continue its long-term commitment.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Moments Lab Raised $24M in Mid-Year Fundraising to Accelerate AI Video Discovery Growth
Moments Lab, an AI-driven video discovery company, completed a $24 million mid-year fundraising to support expansion into North American media, entertainment and brand markets and deepen product development for its Discovery Agent. The company appointed JP Maheu as board chairman...
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Canva Acquired Affinity (Serif) in 2024
The article references Canva's 2024 acquisition of Affinity (the Serif creative apps maker). No financial terms are disclosed and the piece focuses on Affinity making its iPad apps free ahead of a planned Oct 30 announcement.
TechRadar
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Weave Bio Raises $20M Series A Led by USVP
Weave Bio, an AI-native regulatory automation management provider based in San Francisco, raised $20M in a Series A round led by USVP with participation from Innovation Endeavors, Magnetic Ventures, Character, TMV and Serrado Capital. The funding will be used to...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners Take Smartsheet Private in $8.4B Deal
Smartsheet was acquired and taken private by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners in a deal valued at $8.4 billion. The enterprise SaaS company, which grew to over 3,300 employees, was taken private earlier in 2025.
TechCrunch Venture Feed
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
CoreWeave Announces Pending Acquisition of Monolith AI
CoreWeave disclosed a pending acquisition of Monolith AI as part of its ongoing expansion of AI-focused capabilities. The announcement was made alongside a product launch and references prior strategic acquisitions including OpenPipe and Weights & Biases.
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Deel Raises $300M Strategic Round at $17.3B Valuation
Deel announced a $300 million strategic investment led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, General Catalyst, Green Bay Ventures and others, valuing the company at $17.3 billion. The funding will support Deel's global HR and payroll...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Graph AI Raises $3M Seed Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Graph AI, a San Francisco–based patient safety and pharmacovigilance startup, raised $3M in a Seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners to accelerate product innovation, expand engineering, and drive global adoption. The company was founded in 2024 and is led...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Deel Raises $300M Series E at $17.3B Valuation Led by Ribbit and A16z
Deel raised $300 million in a Series E round co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Coatue Management and General Catalyst, valuing the HR platform at $17.3 billion. The company says it is profitable, surpassed $1B ARR...
TechCrunch Venture Feed
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
ExaCare AI Raises $30M Series A Led by Insight Partners
ExaCare AI, a NYC-based provider of AI automation for post-acute care operations, raised $30M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners with participation from Foundation Capital, Bienville Capital and select post-acute operators. The company will use the proceeds...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Brook.ai Raises $28M Series B to Scale AI-Driven Remote Patient Care
Brook.ai, a Seattle-based remote patient care platform combining remote clinical teams with AI, raised $28M in a Series B round led by UMass Memorial Health and Morningside. The company will use proceeds to expand its platform and services for health...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Mod Op Acquires Ascend Marketing to Expand Marketing Automation and ABM Capabilities
Mod Op has acquired Ascend Marketing to deepen its marketing automation, customer engagement, and account-based marketing capabilities, integrating Ascend’s data, martech, and ABM expertise into Mod Op’s end-to-end B2B service offering. Ascend’s leadership will join Mod Op’s executive team as...
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Ego AI Raises $6.7M Seed Round Led by Patron and Top VCs
ego AI, a San Francisco-based AI-driven character technology startup, raised $6.7M in a seed funding round. Backers include Patron, Y Combinator, Accel, Boost VC and several prominent angels and technical leaders from OpenAI, Google Gemini and Anthropic.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Accel-KKR Takes Majority Stake in Phocas Software
Accel-KKR has acquired a majority equity stake in Phocas Software, a Sydney-based BI and FP&A SaaS provider for the middle market. Terms were not disclosed; Phocas will use the investment to accelerate global expansion, product development and customer success.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Stand Raises $35M Series B to Scale Catastrophe-Focused Insurance
Stand closed a $35 million Series B on 2025-10-16 to expand its insurance product for catastrophe-exposed properties, linking coverage to mitigation upgrades and using physics-based underwriting models. The round was led by Eclipse with participation from Inspired Capital, Lowercarbon Capital,...
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Figma Completes IPO After Adobe Acquisition Fell Through
Figma, the collaborative design platform, completed a successful IPO in 2025 after a proposed $20 billion acquisition by Adobe was blocked by regulators. The article references Figma's post-acquisition trajectory and its 2025 public offering.
Lenny Rachitsky
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
ATDev Raises $3M Seed Round to Commercialize AI-Enabled Rehab and Mobility Solutions
Assistive Technology Development, Inc. (ATDev) raised $3M in a Seed financing to commercialize its AI-enabled rehabilitation and personal mobility products. The round was led by Dobrzelecki Legacy Ventures with participation from Uphonest Capital, The Life Science Angels and other angel...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Uber Acquires Belgian Data-Labeling Startup Segments.ai to Bolster AI Services
Uber has acquired Belgian startup Segments.ai to expand its data-labeling and AI services business, supporting its push into human-in-the-loop and data annotation offerings. The purchase aligns with Uber’s broader strategy to turn its platform and driver network into sources of...
The Verge AI
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Epiminds Raises $6.6M Seed Round Led by Lightspeed to Build AI Marketing Teams
Epiminds, a Sweden-founded startup building multi-agent AI marketing systems, announced a $6.6M seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from EWOR, Entourage and angel investors. The funding accompanies the company's public launch and will be used to expand...
MarTech Series
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Upciti Raises $20M Series A Led by Notion Capital
Paris-based Upciti closed a $20M Series A round led by Notion Capital with participation from Point Nine and Chalfen Ventures. The company provides integrated software and hardware solutions to help cities manage critical operations more efficiently.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Bees & Bears Raises €5M Seed to Finance Renewable-Energy Installations
Bees & Bears, a Berlin-based renewable energy financing startup, raised €5M in an additional seed round to enable installation companies to offer customers flexible financing via real-time credit checks. Backers include Extantia Capital and Contrarian Ventures.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
Deel Raises $300M Series E at $17.3B Valuation
Deel, a New York City-based global HR and payroll SaaS platform, raised $300M in a Series E round at a $17.3 billion valuation. Lead/new backers include Ribbit Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, General Catalyst, Green Bay Ventures...
FinSMEs