Deals•Oct 27, 2025
PodPlay Technologies Closes $8M Series A Led by Frontier Growth
PodPlay Technologies, a NYC-based vertical SaaS for participatory sports venues and spin-off from PingPod, closed an $8M Series A round led by Frontier Growth. Frontier partner Dave Pandullo will join PodPlay’s board; proceeds will fund engineering, sales and customer-success expansion.
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Deals•Oct 27, 2025
Onfire Raises $20M Seed Round to Scale Vertical AI for IT Revenue Teams
Onfire, a Tel Aviv-based vertical AI platform for IT revenue teams, raised $20M in an initial funding round co-led by Grove Ventures and TLV Partners, with participation from IN Venture and Leumi Tech 77 By Bank Leumi. The company will...
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Deals•Oct 27, 2025
Pave Bank Raises $39M Led by Accel to Expand Onchain Commercial Banking
Singapore-based Pave Bank raised over $39M in a funding round led by Accel, bringing total funding to more than $44M. Participants included Tether Investments, Quona Capital, Wintermute Ventures, Helios Digital Ventures, Yolo Investments, Kazea Fund and GC&H Investments.
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Deals•Oct 27, 2025
Augmentus Secures Strategic Investment From Applied Ventures
Singapore-based AI-robotics firm Augmentus has received a strategic investment from Applied Ventures, the VC arm of Applied Materials. The funding will support Augmentus’ no-code AI-powered robotics and automation platform; financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Oct 26, 2025
Accel and Prosus Launch Co-Investment Partnership to Back Early-Stage Indian Startups
Accel and Prosus announced a new co-investment partnership to back Indian startups from formation, with Prosus matching Accel’s initial checks. The program will co-invest checks ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000 targeting founders building large-scale solutions across sectors including automation, energy...
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Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Overfuel Secures Growth Investment From Recurring Capital Partners
Overfuel, a high-performance website platform for auto dealerships, announced a strategic growth investment from Recurring Capital Partners to accelerate AI-driven product innovation, pursue strategic acquisitions, and scale its leadership team.
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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);...
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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,...
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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.
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Veritas Prime Secures $31.5M Minority Investment From Carrick Capital Partners
Veritas Prime, a provider of SAP SuccessFactors and payroll technology solutions, received a $31.5M minority investment from Carrick Capital Partners to accelerate its BPaaS offerings and strengthen its SAP S/4 Finance practice.
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Deals•Oct 24, 2025
SecondWave Systems Expands Series A with New Investment From Sectoral Asset Management
SecondWave Systems, a clinical-stage medical device company developing ultrasound-based treatments for inflammatory disorders, expanded its Series A financing with a new investment led by Sectoral Asset Management joining existing backers. The syndicate includes Treo Ventures, Scientific Health Development, and the...
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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...
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Deals•Oct 24, 2025
FFL Partners Invests in Janus RX to Support Expansion
Janus RX, a behavioral pharmacy based in Montgomery, Ala., received an undisclosed investment from private equity firm FFL Partners to expand operations and development efforts. The funding will support the company’s growth initiatives under CEO Daniel Mims.
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Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Polyembo Closes New Funding Round Led by Multinational Strategic Investor
Polyembo, a private medical device company developing vascular embolization technologies, closed a new funding round led by a multinational strategic investor to advance product development and regulatory clearances. Financial terms and investor identity were not disclosed.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Janta Power Raises $5.5M Seed Round Led by MaC Venture Capital
Janta Power, a Dallas-based developer of 3D photovoltaic tower systems, closed a $5.5M seed financing to commercialize and scale its high-density solar tower technology. The round was led by MaC Venture Capital with participation from Collab Capital.
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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.
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
GammaTime Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Vgames and Pitango
GammaTime, a Los Angeles-based premium micro-drama streaming platform, raised $14M in a Seed round led by vgames and Pitango with participation from Alexis Ohanian, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Traverse Ventures. The funding will support the platform's growth and content...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Elevara Medicines Raises $70M Series A to Advance RA and Inflammatory Disease Program
Elevara Medicines, a London-based clinical-stage biotech focused on rheumatoid arthritis and chronic inflammatory diseases, closed a $70M Series A financing co-led by Forbion and Sofinnova Partners with participation from Monograph Capital. The company will use the proceeds to fund its...
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Moberg Analytics Raises $600K Seed Round Led by Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Moberg Analytics, a Philadelphia-based advanced brain monitoring and critical care informatics startup, raised $600K in a seed round led by Ben Franklin Technology Partners ($250K). The round included participation from Overbrook Capital, MVP Capital Partners and other private investors and...
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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;...
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Generation Lab Raises $11M Seed Round Led by Accel
Generation Lab, a San Francisco-based longevity science company, closed an $11M seed round led by Accel with participation from Samsung Next, Zone2, Aoki Labs, BYL Ventures, and Markham Valley Ventures, bringing total funding to $15M.
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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...
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
CipherOwl Raises $15M Seed Round to Scale AI-Native Crypto Compliance
CipherOwl, an AI-native intelligence layer for institutional cryptocurrency compliance, raised $15M in a seed financing round co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate engineering hires, expand blockchain network coverage, and deepen partnerships.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Lockheed Martin Ventures Makes Strategic Investment in Venus Aerospace
Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based rocket engine propulsion startup, received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin via Lockheed Martin Ventures. The amount was not disclosed; the deal is a corporate strategic venture investment to support Venus Aerospace's next-generation propulsion technology.
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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.
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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...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Electra Therapeutics Raises $183M in Series C Led by Nextech and EQT Life Sciences
Electra Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech focused on immunology and cancer therapies, raised $183M in a Series C round co-led by Nextech and EQT Life Sciences. New investors Sanofi, HBM Healthcare Investments and Mubadala Capital participated alongside existing backers.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
VitriVax Raises $17.25M Series B to Advance Thermostable Vaccine Technology
VitriVax, a Boulder-based vaccine formulation technology company, raised $17.25M in a Series B round co-led by Adjuvant Capital and RA Capital Management to fund development and commercialization of its ALTA® thermostable antigen and adjuvant technology. Proceeds will support continued product...
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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
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
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...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Syntracts Raises $5.3M Seed Round Led by Hyperplane
Syntracts, an API-first contract intelligence platform based in Washington, DC, raised $5.3M in a seed funding round led by Hyperplane with participation from Khosla Ventures, Top Harvest Capital, Fortitude Ventures and continued support from Myriad Venture Partners and Point72 Ventures....
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
ShopMy Raises $70M at $1.5B Valuation to Expand Curated Commerce Infrastructure
Shop My Shelf, Inc. (dba ShopMy) raised $70M in a growth-stage funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation. The round was led by Avenir with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and several strategic and angel...
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