Startups

Restore Medical: $23 Million Series B Raised For Advancing Medical Device For Heart Failure Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Restore Medical - a clinical-stage MedTech company developing transcatheter therapies for heart failure - announced the closing of a $23 million Series B financing round. The funding round is co-led by Pitango HealthTech and a global strategic healthcare partner, along with the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, and continues to receive support from existing investors, such as Peregrine Ventures as well as another strategic partner.

Parter: $5.5 Million Raised For Helping Hardware Teams With Data Consolidation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Parter, an AI-based company helping hardware teams from engineering and supply chain to R&D manage complexity and stay ahead of disruption, announced $5.5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by StageOne Ventures, with participation from Zenda Capital, Mercer Ventures, and notable angel investors including former Sequoia partner Shmil Levy, executives from Cisco, Ariel Maislos, and founders of Avalor, Datorama, Epsagon, and Innoviz.

Chloris Geospatial: $8.5 Million Series A Raised For Satellite-Based Forest Carbon Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2025

Chloris Geospatial - a climate-tech company advancing satellite-based measurement of forest carbon and ecosystem change - announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Future Energy Ventures, with participation from existing investors AXA IM Alts, At One Ventures, Cisco Foundation, Counteract, and Orbia Ventures.

SkyDrive: ¥8.3 Billion Pre-Series D Funding Raised For eVTOL Aircraft Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

SkyDrive - a leading eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan - announced that it has raised ¥8.3 billion in Pre-Series D funding through a third-party allotment. This funding round was led by MUFG Bank, with investments from Suzuki Motor, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and seven other companies. The returning investors include ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Obayashi, The Kansai Electric Power Company, Suzuki Motor, SuMi TRUST Innovation Investment, Toyoda Iron Works, NHK Spring, and MUFG.

QEDMA: $26 Million Raised For Quantum Noise Resilience Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2025

QEDMA, a developer of quantum noise resilience solutions, announced $26 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Glilot Capital Partners through its early growth fund, Glilot+, with new participation from IBM, Korean Investment Partners, and others, along with existing investors including TPY Capital.

Argon AI: $5.5 Raised For AI Workspace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Argon AI, which is an AI-native workspace purpose-built for life sciences, announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. Crosslink Capital and Wireframe Ventures co-led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, and other leading investors in AI and digital health.

Arine: $30 Million Series C Raised For AI-Based Medication Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Arine, a leader in AI-based medication intelligence, announced a Series C funding round. Town Hall Ventures led the round with participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures and other existing investors.

Halogen Ventures: $30 Million Fund Closed To Invest In Family-Focused Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Halogen Ventures, which is Jesse Draper's venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups, announced the closing of a third fund at $30 million.

Savvy Wealth: $72 Million Raised For Financial Advisor Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2025

Savvy Wealth - a digital-first platform for financial advisors centered around modernizing human financial advice, announced the closing of a $72 million Series B funding round, led by Industry Ventures. The funding round attracted new investors Vestigo Ventures (a venture capital firm founded by former LPL Financial CEO and Chairman Mark Casady, who joins Savvy’s Board of Directors) and Euclidean Capital. Existing investors Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, The House Fund, Brewer Lane Ventures and former Focus Financial executive Vamsi Yadlapati also participated. This latest funding round brings Savvy to over $100 million in total funding.