Startups

Eyeo Raises $40 Million Series A To Bring Light-Capturing Nanophotonic Sensor Technology To Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2026

Eyeo has announced a $40 million Series A funding round, bringing the Eindhoven, Netherlands-based company's total funding to $55 million. The round is led by Innovation Industries, with participation from existing investors imec.xpand, Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, QBIC fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Brabant Development Agency. The capital will fund eyeo's drive to bring seven years of proven nanophotonic science to market as production-ready color-splitting sensors.

NanoStruct Raises €2.6 Million To Accelerate Same-Day Food Safety Pathogen Detection

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2026

NanoStruct GmbH has announced the completion of a €2.6 million financing round led by HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital, and the Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund. The German deep-tech startup is developing a rapid pathogen detection solution for the food industry that combines nanotechnology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence to dramatically compress the time required to identify dangerous bacteria such as Listeria and Salmonella.

Dishio: $2.5 Million Seed Funding Raised At $20 Million Valuation To Help Restaurants Turn Guest Data Into Repeat Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 10, 2026

Dishio, an AI growth engine for restaurants, has announced a $2.5 million seed round at a $20 million valuation. The Miami-based company said the funding will support expansion of its platform, which helps restaurant operators capture, own, and activate guest data across the entire customer journey by unifying the fragmented restaurant tech stack into a single customer intelligence and growth layer.

Dandelion Health: $14 Million Series A Raised To Scale Multimodal Clinical AI Platform For Life Sciences

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 9, 2026

Dandelion Health, the clinical intelligence platform for life sciences, has raised a $14 million Series A funding round led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Colle Capital and existing investors Primary Venture Partners, Moxxie Ventures, and Convergent Ventures. The investment will accelerate Dandelion's growth across pharmaceutical drug development, deepening its data infrastructure, expanding pharma partnerships, and bringing its platform to more research and commercial teams across the industry.

Antier Solutions Raises $3 Million To Expand Enterprise Blockchain Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Antier Solutions announced that it has raised $3 million in funding led by venture capital firm GVFL as the company expands its enterprise blockchain infrastructure offerings for government, financial services, and institutional markets. The investment marks the company’s first institutional financing after more than a decade of operating as a bootstrapped business.

Basata Raises $21 Million Series A To Automate Healthcare Administrative Workflows With AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Basata announced that it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, PHX Ventures, Zenda Capital, and Victoria Treyger. The financing brings the company’s total funding to $24.5 million.

Fazeshift Raises $17 Million Series A To Automate Accounts Receivable Workflows With AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Fazeshift announced that it has raised $17 million in Series A funding led by F-Prime, bringing the company’s total funding to $22 million. Investors in the round also included Gradient, Y Combinator, Wayfinder, Pioneer Fund, Ritual Capital, and additional angel investors.

New North Ventures Leads Pre-Seed Investment In M2 Foundry To Expand Dual-Use Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

New North Ventures announced that it led a pre-seed funding round for M2 Foundry, a dual-use software company developing technology platforms focused on national security, economic resilience, and complex systems infrastructure. The financing round also included participation from an angel syndicate organized by EnFi co-founder Scott Weller, bringing together investors and operators from defense, intelligence, enterprise software, fintech, and technology sectors. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Nova Intelligence Raises $40 Million To Build AI Platform For SAP Enterprise Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Nova Intelligence announced that it has raised $40 million across seed and Series A financing rounds to expand its AI platform focused on SAP enterprise environments. The Series A round was led by Chemistry with participation from Accel, Conviction, and SAP.iO. The company’s earlier seed financing was led by Accel with participation from Conviction and SAP.iO.

Mother Ventures Closes $10 Million Debut Fund Focused On The Mom Consumer Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Mother Ventures announced the closing of its inaugural $10 million early-stage venture capital fund focused on companies serving mothers as the primary consumer.

ROBOTERA Raises Over $200 Million To Scale Humanoid Robotics Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

ROBOTERA announced it has raised more than $200 million in a new financing round led by SF Group as the robotics company accelerates commercialization of its humanoid robotics platforms and embodied intelligence systems.

Balcony Raises $14 Million To Build Digital Infrastructure For U.S. Property Records Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Balcony announced it has raised a $12.7 million seed financing round led by Blockchange Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $14 million as it expands infrastructure designed to modernize property records across the United States.

Crown Affair Announces Series C Investment Led By Stride Consumer Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Crown Affair announced a Series C investment led by Stride Consumer Partners as the haircare brand continues expanding its retail presence and scaling its business.

Cubit Diagnostics Raises SAFE Financing To Advance Molecular And Immunoassay Platform Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Cubit Diagnostics announced the closing of its latest SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) financing round as the company advances development of its integrated molecular and immunoassay diagnostic platform.

OpsMill: $14 Million Series A Raised To Expand Infrastructure Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

OpsMill announced it raised $14 million in Series A financing to accelerate development of its infrastructure automation and AIOps platform, Infrahub.

Sedivention: €2.9 Million Seed Financing Raised To Advance Outpatient Obesity Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Sedivention announced it secured €2.9 million in seed financing to continue development of its outpatient obesity treatment platform and generate initial clinical data ahead of market entry.

Tekst: $13.5 Million Series A Raised For Process Intelligence And AI Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Tekst announced the closing of a $13.5 million Series A financing round led by Elephant, with existing investor Entourage VC also increasing its investment in the company.

Asterix Health: £2.1 Million Pre-Seed Raised To Expand Remote GP Workforce Model Across NHS Primary Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Asterix Health announced it raised £2.1 million in pre-seed financing to expand its remote general practitioner workforce model across NHS primary care practices in the United Kingdom. The funding round was led by Triple Point and included participation from D2, Entrepreneurs First, Basis Capital, DLB Ventures, and a group of angel investors.

Pit: $16 Million Raised To Build AI-Native Enterprise Operations Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Pit announced its public launch alongside a $16 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz to support development of its AI-native enterprise operations software platform.

Avendar: €2.2 Million Seed Funding Raised To Expand AI Platform For Fraud And Crime Investigations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Avendar announced it raised €2.2 million in seed financing to accelerate development and deployment of its AI platform designed for public-sector investigations, intelligence analysis, and fraud detection.

Kalshi: $1 Billion Series F Raised At $22 Billion Valuation For Prediction Market Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Kalshi announced the closing of a $1 billion Series F financing round, valuing the prediction market platform at $22 billion. The funding round was led by Coatue, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, Paradigm, Morgan Stanley, and ARK Invest.

Another Nine Closes $2 Million Funding Round Backed Entirely By Existing Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Another Nine announced the closing of a $2 million investment round funded entirely by existing investors as the indoor golf simulator franchise continues expanding its national footprint.

Jesse & Ben’s Raises $10 Million Series A As Clean-Label Fry Brand Expands Nationally

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Jesse & Ben’s announced the close of an oversubscribed $10 million Series A financing round led by Greycroft as the frozen french fry brand accelerates national retail expansion. The round included participation from Rich Products Ventures along with existing investors Willow Growth Partners, Sling Ventures, Midnight Venture Partners, and grt sht ventures. Additional investors included consumer founders and operators from brands including Orgain, Freshly, Poppi, Sweetgreen, and Hu Chocolate.

CodeWords: $9 Million Seed Round Raised For Conversational AI Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

CodeWords announced a $9 million seed financing round led by Visionaries, with participation from firstminute capital, Sequel, Illusian, and a group of angel investors including executives and founders from companies such as ElevenLabs, Personio, Miro, Supercell, HubSpot, and others.

Cartography Biosciences: Strategic Investment From Samsung Ventures To Advance Oncology Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Cartography Biosciences and Samsung Ventures announced a strategic investment designed to support advancement of Cartography’s oncology pipeline and expansion of its proprietary drug discovery platform.

MOSH: $13 Million Series A Raised To Expand Brain Health Nutrition Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

MOSH announced it raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by Main Street Advisors to support national grocery expansion, new product launches, and continued growth of its brain health nutrition platform. The round included participation from Great Circle Ventures, Rogers Healy and Morrison Seger, PCG, and Tonic Ventures. The company said the financing will support an upcoming nationwide Target rollout, expansion across national grocery retailers, and launch of MOSH High Protein, a new protein bar featuring 20 grams of protein, creatine, and the company’s MOSH Signature Brain Blend.

Modicus Prime: $8 Million Raised To Expand AI Compliance Infrastructure For Pharma

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Modicus Prime announced it raised a total of $8 million in funding following an additional $4.5 million investment led by Frist Cressey Ventures, with participation from Silverton Partners and Oncology Ventures.

Jetty: Over $2 Million Raised For Agentic AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Jetty announced it raised more than $2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of infrastructure designed to support reliable deployment of autonomous AI agents in production environments. The financing round was led by AQC Capital and Hidden Layers Capital, with participation from Mila Ventures, Akinox, and angel investors with experience scaling AI systems at companies including Google and Meta AI.

Corgi: $160 Million Series B Raised To Expand AI-Native Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Corgi announced it raised $160 million in Series B financing at a $1.3 billion valuation to support the expansion of its AI-native, full-stack insurance platform into additional industry verticals. The financing round was led by TCV and included participation from existing and new investors, including Oliver Jung, Leblon Capital, Kindred Ventures, Repeat VC, Zone 2 Ventures, Audeo Ventures, Quadri Ventures, First Order Fund, Vocal Ventures, Maiora Ventures, Nordstar, Seven Stars Ventures, Hexa Capital, Alpha Square Group, GSBackers, OurCrowd, Alumni Ventures, Global Growth Fund, and other strategic investors.

FotoNation: Pre-A Funding Raised To Advance TriSilica AI Chip Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

FotoNation announced the completion of a Pre-A financing round led by Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Gardens to support development of its TriSilica ultra-low-power perception AI chip platform. The financing round also included participation from additional angel investors. The company said the new capital will accelerate development of its TriSilica product line and fund completion of its MPW prototype chip, TS-210.