Startups

Nooks: AI Dialing And Prospecting Platform Raises $22 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:51 AM

Nooks, a rapidly growing AI dialing and prospecting platform, announced that it had raised $22 million in Series A funding. This round, led by Lachy Groom and including participation from Tola Capital and Stifel Venture Banking, brought Nooks' total funding to $27 million.

Dripos: Coffee Shop Platform Raises $11 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:24 AM

Dripos, a platform built specifically for coffee shops, announced a $11 million Series A funding round led by Base10. This funding will fuel Dripos' continued goal to transform coffee shops' operations. The company's co-founders have over eight years of experience in building food tech startups, with multiple ventures backed by startup accelerator Y Combinator.

Anon: AI Access And Control Developer Platform Company Secures $6.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:22 AM

Anon, a developer platform empowering secure AI access and control to user accounts online, announced $6.5 million in funding and a powerful toolkit that unlocks the full potential of AI applications. Driven by investment from Union Square Ventures and Abstract Ventures (seed lead investors) and early support from Impatient Ventures and ex/ante (pre-seed lead investors), Anon is prepared to transform how developers build and deploy AI. Strategic angel investors in the round include Ryan Hoover (founder of Product Hunt), Gokul Rajaram (early Google, Square, and Doordash), Scott Belsky (founder of Behance and CPO at Adobe), and Amjad Masad (co-founder/CEO at Replit).

Variantyx: Molecular Diagnostics Company Closes $36 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:20 AM

Variantyx, a molecular diagnostics leader, announced that it had secured an additional $36 million in funding from its portfolio of investors, which includes Peregrine Ventures, Pitango HealthTech, New Era Capital Partners, and Bosch Ventures.

Handl: $2.5 Million Raised To Help Benefits Consultants Deliver Affordable Health Benefits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:18 AM

Handl Health, an AI platform built to help benefits consultants design and deliver affordable health benefits, announced an oversubscribed $2.5 million seed funding round initiated by Mucker Capital and Everywhere VC, with participation from Tau Ventures, Riverfront Ventures, Digital Health Venture Partners (DHVP), Boutique Venture Partners, Plug and Play Ventures and Techstars. This funding round will enable Handl Health to realize its goal of transforming employer-sponsored healthcare through data-driven health plan design and management.

Fairfield University Dolan School Of Business Reveals StartUp Showcase Winning Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2024

Five student teams were selected for this year’s annual Fairfield StartUp Showcase earlier this week at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the Showcase starts at 7 p.m.

Midi Health: Virtual Care Clinic For Women Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2024

Midi Health, a rapidly growing virtual care clinic for women navigating perimenopause and menopause, announced the closing of a $60 million Series B funding round led by Emerson Collective, bringing the company’s total funding raised to date to $100 million.

Nanostics: Funding Raised From The University Of Alberta Innovation Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2024

Nanostics, a precision health company developing diagnostic tests with its ClarityDX platform technology, announced that it received an investment from the University of Alberta Innovation Fund (UAIF) to help drive the adoption of Nanostics' ClarityDX Prostate test in North America.

Xaira Therapeutics: Over $1 Billion Raised To Transform Drug Discovery And Development Processes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2024

Xaira Therapeutics has launched with a mission to help re-engineer the way we discover and develop medicines through the end-to-end application of emerging AI technologies. A joint incubation by ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Labs, Xaira launched with over $1 billion of committed capital from lead investors ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Capital, joined by F-Prime, NEA, Sequoia Capital, Lux Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), Byers Capital, Rsquared, and SV Angel, and others.

Prime Intellect: Open And Decentralized AI Platform Company Raises $5.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2024

Prime Intellect, an open and decentralized AI platform and protocol democratizing access to computing and intelligence, announced a $5.5 million seed funding round co-led by Distributed Global and CoinFund with participation from Compound, Collab+Currency, and Filecoin Creator Juan Benet with Protocol Labs, and renowned angel investors including Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue.

Prophet Security: $11 Million Closed To Transform Security Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 26, 2024

Prophet Security announced it emerged from stealth with $11 million in seed financing led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) with participation from several security leaders and angel investors.

Augment: AI Coding Assistance Company Raises $227 Million At $977 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2024

AI coding assistance startup Augment has emerged from stealth and announced a $227 million Series B funding round at a $977 million post-money valuation with investments from Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Meritech Capital. Including this round of funding, Augment has raised a total of $252 million, including the $25 million Series A funding round led by Sutter Hill Ventures.

Givebutter: Nonprofit Fundraising And CRM Platform Company Raises $50 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2024

Givebutter, an all-in-one nonprofit fundraising and CRM platform, announced that it has closed a $50 million strategic growth investment led by BVP Forge (Bessemer Venture Partners' dedicated investment fund for self-sustaining growing companies) and Ardent Venture Partners.

Pelvital: Women’s Health Company Closes $2.32 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2024

Pelvital, a leading women's health company, announced the successful closing of an additional $2.32 million in its seed-plus funding round, closing the round out $500,000 oversubscribed at $5 million. The seed plus funding will be used to expedite the commercialization of Flyte, which Pelvital's novel FDA-cleared revolutionary, accessible, and clinically proven treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and weakened pelvic floor muscles.

Salesforge: AI-Based Sales Execution Co-Pilot Company Raises Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2024

Salesforge, an AI copilot for sales execution, announced today that it has raised $500K from BADideas.fund, Spring Capital, Fiedler Capital, and super angel Maciej Zawadzinski, accelerating the team's ambition to redefine the landscape of B2B sales.

iVEAcare: Medical Device Company Secures $27.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2024

iVEAcare, a privately-held development stage Roseville, Minnesota-based medical device company, announced the closing of a $27.5 million Series A financing. The financing was led by Vensana Capital, which Treo Ventures, Hatteras Venture Partners, and an undisclosed strategic partner joined.

AccessHope: $33 Million Secured To Transform How Cancer Expertise Is Delivered

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2024

AccessHope, a company transforming the delivery of leading-edge cancer expertise, announced that it had raised $33 million in a Series B round of funding from the City of Hope, one of the US' largest cancer research and treatment organizations.

Auxa Health: AI-Powered Benefit Navigation Technology Company Raises $5.2 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 24, 2024

Auxa Health, an AI-powered benefit navigation technology solution that works with payers and providers to enable consumers to access care more efficiently and effectively, announced a $5.2 million seed round led by Zeal Capital Partners. Participation came from existing investor AlleyCorp and new investors K50 Ventures, Laconia Capital Group, and Chaac Ventures.