Deals•Oct 9, 2025
Focal Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Distributed Ventures
Focal, a San Francisco-based AI-powered productivity platform for financial advisors, raised $5M to accelerate development of meeting automation, performance coaching and back-office workflow tools. The round was led by Distributed Ventures with participation from Wischoff Ventures and others.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 9, 2025
Mentium Raises $3.2M Seed Round Led by Lerer Hippeau
Mentium, an Austin-based AI-native platform building digital workers for freight brokerages and logistics, raised $3.2M in a Seed round led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from Matchstick Ventures, Tower Research Capital, Antler, MBA Ventures, and angel Michael Witte. The funding...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 9, 2025
Knapsack Raises $10M Series A Led by Builders VC to Fuel AI-Native Product Engine
Knapsack, a Portland-based intelligent product engine for AI-native digital product creation, raised $10M in a Series A round led by Builders VC with participation from Crosslink Capital, Epic Ventures, Mana Venture, and Lorimer Ventures. The company will use the proceeds...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 9, 2025
AirStrip Secures $50M Growth Credit Commitment From OrbiMed, Plus Additional Preferred Stock Investment
AirStrip, an enterprise AI healthcare technology company, secured a $50M growth credit facility from OrbiMed, which also made an additional preferred stock (equity) investment in the company. The equity amount was not disclosed; funds will be used to accelerate AirStrip's...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 9, 2025
Routefusion Secures $26.5M Series A Led by PeakSpan Capital
Routefusion, an Austin-based financial infrastructure provider, closed a $26.5M Series A round led by PeakSpan Capital with participation from Silverton Partners, bringing total funding to $40.7M. PeakSpan’s Justin Kelly will join Routefusion’s board; proceeds will support the company’s growth and...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 9, 2025
Echelon Raises $4.75M Seed Round Led by Bain Capital Ventures
Echelon, a San Francisco-based AI platform automating enterprise IT implementations and managed services, raised $4.75M in a Seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Additional participants included angels and executives from Anthropic, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Meta, Atlassian and PagerDuty. Funds will...
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
HiOctave Launches with $15M Seed Round Led by Vinod Khosla
HiOctave, an AI software company based in San Francisco, announced its launch and a $15M financing round led by investor Vinod Khosla. The funding will support product development and go-to-market activities.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
QuoteWell Raises Additional $12M to Expand Tech-Driven Wholesale Insurance Brokerage
QuoteWell, an Austin-based tech-driven wholesale insurance brokerage, announced an additional $12 million in financing to support growth. The round is described as follow-on/additional financing; investor details were not provided in the report.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Coinflow Raises $25M Series A to Scale Next-Gen Payment Services
Chicago-based payment service provider Coinflow closed a $25 million Series A to advance its next-generation PSP offerings. The round will support product development and go-to-market expansion.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
SoftBank to Acquire ABB’s Robotics Division for $5.4B
SoftBank agreed to acquire ABB's robotics division for $5.4 billion to bolster its robotics and AI ambitions. The deal, pending regulatory approvals, strengthens SoftBank's position in physical AI and complements its existing robotics investments.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
BlastPoint Raises $10.6M in Growth Funding for AI Customer Intelligence Platform
BlastPoint, an AI-driven customer intelligence platform based in Pittsburgh, secured $10.6 million in growth-stage funding to expand its offering and scale operations. The announcement did not disclose participating investors or specific use of proceeds beyond growth initiatives.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
SoftBank Acquires ABB Group’s Robotics Unit to Expand in Physical AI
SoftBank has agreed to acquire ABB Group’s robotics unit to deepen its robotics capabilities and pursue opportunities in physical AI. The deal expands SoftBank’s industrial robotics footprint and complements its existing portfolio in automation and AI-driven hardware.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Realm.Security Raises $15M Series A to Fund AI-Native Security Data Pipeline
Realm.Security, an AI-native Security Data Pipeline Platform (SDPP) based in Boston, announced a $15 million Series A funding round to advance its security data and AI capabilities. The round will support product development and go-to-market expansion.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
AiPrise Raises $12.5M Series A to Build Global Compliance OS
AiPrise, a San Francisco-based company building an operating system for global compliance, has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round to accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts. No lead investors were disclosed in the announcement.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Everyset Raises $9M to Scale Background-Performer Management Platform
Everyset, a vertically integrated platform for managing background performers in the entertainment industry, raised $9M in fresh capital to expand its operations and product. The raise was announced from Los Angeles on 2025-10-08.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Quilter Raises $25M Series B Led by Index Ventures to Scale Autonomous PCB Layout AI
Quilter, which demonstrated fully autonomous PCB layout using physics-driven AI, raised $25 million in a Series B round led by Index Ventures. The funding will support product development and commercialization of its AI-driven PCB layout technology.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Glue Raises $20M Series A for Agentic Team Chat Platform
Glue, a San Francisco-based platform for agentic team chat, announced a $20M Series A funding round to scale its product and go-to-market. The round was disclosed on 2025-10-08; investor details were not provided in the article.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive’s Hardware Startup Io for $6.5B
OpenAI completed a $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive’s hardware startup Io, announced in May and referenced during OpenAI’s Dev Day. The deal brings Ive’s design expertise into OpenAI’s effort to build a family of AI-powered devices.
VentureBeat AI
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
Attuned Intelligence Emerges From Stealth with $13M Seed to Commercialize Healthcare AI
Attuned Intelligence, a healthcare AI startup based in Orlando, announced a $13 million seed funding round as it emerges from stealth. The capital will support development and go-to-market efforts for its AI-driven healthcare solutions.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
EvenUp Raises $150M Series E to Scale AI for Personal Injury Law
EvenUp, a San Francisco-based leader in AI for personal injury law, raised $150 million in a Series E financing to accelerate product development and market expansion. The round was announced on 2025-10-07; investors were not disclosed in the article.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
Xcellerant Ventures Invests in Mindset Medical to Advance Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring
Xcellerant Ventures has invested in Mindset Medical, a digital health company developing software-only, contactless vital sign monitoring solutions. The funding supports Mindset Medical's continued product development and commercialization efforts.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
Membrion Raises $20M in Series B1 to Advance Ceramic Desalination Membranes
Seattle-based Membrion completed a $20 million Series B1 financing to support development and commercialization of its ceramic desalination membrane technology. The round aims to accelerate scaling and deployment for industrial and municipal water treatment applications.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
Peer AI Raises $12.1M to Advance Agentic AI for Life Sciences Regulatory Docs
Peer AI, an agentic AI platform focused on life sciences regulatory documentation, announced $12.1M in total funding to support product and commercial growth. The round details and investors were not disclosed in the announcement.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
ConCntric Raises $10M Series A for AI-Powered Preconstruction Platform
ConCntric, an AI-powered preconstruction platform based in San Francisco, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round announced on 2025-10-07. The round will support growth of its AI-driven construction preconstruction tools.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 7, 2025
Zingage Raises $12.5M Seed to Scale AI Home Care Platform
Zingage, an AI care delivery platform for home care, announced a $12.5M seed funding round to expand its technology and operations. The round was disclosed on 2025-10-07; specific investors were not listed in the report.
VC News Daily
Deals•Oct 6, 2025
Heidi Health Raises $65M Series B Led by Steve Cohen’s Point72
Heidi Health raised $65 million in a Series B round led by Steven Cohen’s Point72. The funding will support the company’s growth and expansion of its digital health offerings.
TechCrunch Venture Feed
Deals•Oct 6, 2025
19-Year-Old Founder Raises Seed Backing From Google Executives for AI Memory Startup Supermemory
Supermemory, an AI memory-layer startup founded by 19-year-old Dhravya Shah, has secured backing from Google executives (including Google's AI chief). The capital appears to be early-stage/angel/seed support to develop its memory layer for AI applications.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 6, 2025
OpenAI Acquired Jony Ive’s Startup Earlier in 2025; Hardware Project Now Reportedly Delayed
The article reports that OpenAI acquired Jony Ive’s startup earlier in 2025 and that the joint effort on AI hardware is facing delays due to software and compute issues. The acquisition is referenced as having occurred "earlier this year," but...
Mashable AI
Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Nvidia Commits $100B to OpenAI in Milestone‑tied Vendor Financing Program
Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment commitment to OpenAI structured as 10 tranches of $10B tied to infrastructure deployment milestones, delivered via lease arrangements rather than upfront hardware purchases. The broader vendor financing program totals roughly $110B in direct investments...
Pulse
Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Supabase Raises New Round at $5B Valuation
Open-source backend platform Supabase has secured new funding that values the company at $5 billion, up from a $2 billion valuation four months prior. The raise marks continued rapid growth for the developer-focused database platform amid strong investor interest.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 3, 2025
OpenAI Acqui-Hires CEO and Team From AI Financial Companion Roi
OpenAI is acquiring the CEO and team from Roi, an AI financial companion, in an acqui-hire that will see Roi sunset its service as the staff transition to OpenAI to support personalized consumer AI and revenue initiatives.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Naveen Rao's New AI Hardware Startup Raising $1B with Backing From A16z, Targeting $5B Valuation
Naveen Rao, former Databricks AI chief, is raising $1 billion to build an AI hardware company aimed at competing with Nvidia, with backing from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The startup is targeting a $5 billion valuation in the raise and plans...
Pulse
Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Omni Secures Strategic Investments From Snowflake and Databricks
Omni has received strategic funding from ecosystem players Snowflake and Databricks to accelerate go-to-market and partnership credibility. The investment is described as a strategic alignment to speed up integrations and market entry; financial terms were not disclosed.
Jason Lemkin
Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Wix's $80M Acquisition of Base44 Delivered Rapid MRR Boost
The article cites Wix's acquisition of Base44 for $80 million, noting Base44 has contributed approximately $1M in new monthly recurring revenue post-acquisition. The mention illustrates rapid payback and the impact of AI-related acquisitions within the SaaS sector.
SaaS Capital
Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Perplexity Acquires Sequoia-Backed AI Design Startup Visual Electric
Perplexity has acquired Visual Electric, an AI design tool and former Sequoia-backed startup. The Visual Electric team will lead a new agents experience group at Perplexity following the acquisition.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
OpenAI Acquires Sky, Expanding AI Desktop Control Capabilities
OpenAI announced the acquisition of Sky, an AI startup that enables natural‑language control of personal computers. The deal, highlighted in a recent podcast episode, broadens OpenAI’s product suite and brings new human‑computer interaction capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.
AI Chat
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
HIG Capital Completes Acquisition of France Workwear From Rentokil Initial
HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of France Workwear from Rentokil Initial, finalizing the carve-out on 2025-10-01. The France-based textile service provider will be rebranded in early 2026 and becomes part of HIG’s expanding European portfolio.
FinSMEs
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Gusto Acquires Guideline for $600M, Plans to Divest Rival-Linked Customers
Gusto has acquired HR tech company Guideline for $600M, according to sources. The purchase—below Guideline's prior $1.15B valuation—may yield profits for many investors; Gusto reportedly plans to divest customers tied to rival providers.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Kevin Hart’s VC Firm Leads $35M Series B for AI Weight-Loss App Simple
Simple, an AI-powered health coaching app for weight loss, raised $35M in a Series B round led by Kevin Hart’s VC firm. The funding will be used to scale the product and growth efforts for the consumer health app.
Pulse
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M to Pursue AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
Periodic Labs, a new AI startup founded by ChatGPT co-creator Liam Fedus and former DeepMind researcher Ekin Doğuş Çubuk, has attracted over 20 researchers from major labs and secured $300 million in funding to focus on AI-driven scientific and physical-science...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Apiiro Secures $135M Funding From Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and General Catalyst
Application security platform Apiiro announced a $135 million venture funding round, with participation from Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and General Catalyst. The capital will accelerate the company's AI-era security solutions and product development. The announcement was made on September 30, 2025.
Infinite Curiosity
Deals•Sep 30, 2025
AI Billing Startup Paid Raises $21M to Monetize Enterprise AI Agents
Paid, an AI billing startup helping companies monetize AI agents and move away from seat-based pricing, secured $21 million in a funding round to scale its solution for enterprises.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Notion Capital Raises $130M Growth Opps III Fund to Close Europe’s Follow-On Gap
London-based VC Notion Capital has raised a $130M Growth Opps III fund aimed at providing follow-on capital to European growth-stage companies, including those in defense and supply-chain logistics. The fund targets later-stage B2B opportunities to address a gap in follow-on...
Pulse
Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M Seed Round to Automate Scientific Discovery
Periodic Labs, founded by former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers, raised a $300M seed round from a group of prominent tech investors to build AI-driven automation for science. Lead/backing investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Eric Schmidt, and...
Pulse
Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Cerebras Systems Raises $1.1B in Growth-Stage Funding While Remaining Private
Cerebras Systems, the AI chipmaker that filed to go public in September 2024, has raised $1.1 billion in a growth-stage funding round while remaining private amid regulatory delays. The capital infusion comes a year after its IPO filing and aims...
TechCrunch Enterprise
Deals•Sep 29, 2025
Startup Behind Open-Source Data Tool Polars Raises $21M From Accel
The startup behind the open-source data processing tool Polars has raised $21M in a funding round led by Accel. The capital will support product development and growth for the company building on the Polars project.
Pulse
Deals•Sep 29, 2025
Polars Raises €18M Series A Led by Accel
Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open source Polars data project, raised an €18 million Series A round led by Accel to accelerate product development and commercial growth. The funding will support the company's expansion of its commercial offerings around...
Pulse
Deals•Sep 29, 2025
AI Recruiter Alex Raises $17M Series A to Automate Initial Job Interviews
Y Combinator‑backed startup Alex raised $17M in a Series A round led by Peak XV Partners to expand its AI-driven platform that automates initial job interviews and candidate screening. The capital will be used to scale product and go-to-market efforts.
Pulse
Deals•Sep 29, 2025
AutogenAI Raises Nearly $40M in Series B Led by Salesforce Ventures
AutogenAI, the AI-powered proposal-writing platform, announced the close of a nearly $40 million Series B round led by Salesforce Ventures. The funding will accelerate product development and expand its enterprise client base.
AI and the Future of Work
Deals•Sep 26, 2025
Databricks Makes $100M Strategic Investment in OpenAI
Databricks has committed $100 million to OpenAI in a corporate strategic investment, reinforcing a partnership between the analytics platform and the AI research company. The deal underscores continued industry support for OpenAI's AI development and enterprise deployments.
Matthew Berman