Startups

Travis Kalanick’s Atoms Raises $1.7 Billion In Equity Funding Led By Andreessen Horowitz

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Atoms, the industrial AI and robotics company founded by Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, has secured a $1.7 billion equity investment led by Andreessen Horowitz. The round also included Bain Capital Ventures, Uber, Fifth Wall, A*, Chemistry, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel and Alpha Square Group. Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz will join the Atoms board.

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand Platform For Deploying AI Agents Across Industrial Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Arrakis has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its platform for deploying artificial intelligence agents across industrial operations. Blossom Capital led the round, with participation from existing investor Accel. The financing brings Arrakis’ total funding to approximately $38 million. Accel previously led the company’s $7.5 million seed round. Individual investors include Datadog Founder and CEO Olivier Pomel, OpenAI Head of Business Products Olivier Godement and Cambridge Aerospace Founder Junaid Hussein.

PathFinder Raises Multi-Million-Dollar Angel Round To Launch BirdieSense Golf AI Agent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

PathFinder has raised a multi-million-dollar angel financing round to accelerate development and manufacturing of BirdieSense, its vision-based artificial intelligence training device for golfers. Jinqiu Capital exclusively led the round. PathFinder did not disclose the precise amount raised or the company’s valuation.

N-Zyme Biomedical Raises $4.6 Million Series A To Advance Reflux Disease Treatments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

N-Zyme Biomedical has raised approximately $4.6 million in Series A funding to advance Phase 2 clinical programs evaluating its pepsin inhibitor platform for reflux disease. The financing is expected to fully fund the company’s planned Phase 2 work in laryngopharyngeal reflux and proton pump inhibitor-refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Petra Labs Raises $5.2 Million Seed Round To Connect AI Search Visibility With Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Petra Labs has raised $5.2 million in seed funding to expand its answer engine optimization platform for enterprise brands. Work-Bench led the round, with participation from Afore, Pathlight and strategic angel investors.

Transcripta Bio Raises $24 Million To Advance AI-Powered Neurological Drug Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Transcripta Bio has raised $24 million since its Series A financing to advance an AI-powered drug discovery platform focused on neurological and neuromuscular diseases. New investors Mayo Clinic and Omnimed joined existing backers JAZZ Venture Partners, BlueYard Capital and several life sciences-focused family offices.

Karoo Health Raises $16.2 Million Series A To Expand Cardiovascular Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Karoo Health has raised $16.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round to expand its AI-native technology platform for cardiovascular care. The round was co-led by 7wire Ventures and Allumia Ventures. First Trust Capital Partners, SpringRock Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and other investors also participated. As part of the financing, 7wire Ventures Managing Partner Lee Shapiro and Allumia Ventures Managing Partner Jeff Stolte will join Karoo Health’s board of directors.

Hilo Launches Blood Pressure Monitoring System In The U.S. Following $19 Million Funding Extension

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Hilo, a health technology brand developed by Aktiia, has launched Hilo Core in the United States. The system is designed to provide long-term blood pressure trends rather than relying exclusively on occasional cuff-based measurements.

Cascade Raises $3.5 Million To Help Construction Firms Predict And Win Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Cascade has raised $3.5 million to expand its artificial intelligence platform for architecture, engineering and construction firms. The financing included Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, Indico Capital, shuckerVC, G2C Ventures and Snowball VC.

Humanoid Raises $152 Million Series A At $1.35 Billion Valuation To Scale Industrial Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Humanoid has raised $152 million in Series A funding at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation to accelerate the development and commercial deployment of its industrial humanoid robots. The financing brings the UK-based company’s total funding to $270 million.

Alocity Raises Series A To Expand AI Operating System For Physical Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Alocity has completed a Series A financing round to expand its artificial intelligence platform for managing physical spaces. The round was led by a private investor group alongside founder and CEO Marco Quintero.

Augustus Raises $180 Million Series B At $1 Billion Valuation To Expand Global Dollar Banking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Augustus has raised $180 million in a Series B financing round at a $1 billion valuation to expand its banking infrastructure for international financial institutions. The round was led by Tiger Global and brought the company’s total funding to $210 million.

MyDecisive Raises $12 Million And Exits Stealth With Open-Source AI DevOps Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MyDecisive has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding and the launch of SmartHub, its open-source foundation for enterprise IT operations. The company also announced the general availability of Octant, a commercial product suite built on the SmartHub platform.

Photon Queue Raises $4 Million Seed Round To Scale Quantum Memory Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Photon Queue has raised $4 million in an oversubscribed seed financing round to expand its quantum memory technology. Playground Global led the investment.

TYBR Health Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand B3 GEL System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

TYBR Health has raised $30 million in Series A financing to expand commercial access to its B3 GEL System, pursue additional product indications and conduct clinical studies involving tissue protection following orthopedic surgery.

ChatFeatured Raises $2 Million Pre-Seed Round To Build Autonomous AI Search Agent For Marketing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

ChatFeatured has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to develop an autonomous AI search optimization agent for marketing teams. Storytime Capital led the round, with participation from Garage Capital and BY Venture Partners.

Inner Logic Raises $11.5 Million Seed Round To Build Simulation Infrastructure For Procedural Devices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Inner Logic has raised $11.5 million in seed funding to develop simulation and data infrastructure for designing, testing and validating procedural medical devices. General Catalyst and Bison Ventures co-led the round. J2VP, Defined, PTX, Valia Ventures, Page One, Alumni Ventures and Flare also participated. Inner Logic was previously known as Semaphor.

Candid Health Raises $120 Million Series D To Expand Autonomous Healthcare Revenue Cycle Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Candid Health has raised $120 million in Series D funding to expand its autonomous healthcare revenue cycle management platform. Sixth Street Growth led the round, with participation from Oak HC/FT, 8VC and Y Combinator.

Level99 Secures Additional $50 Million From Act III Holdings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Level99 has secured an additional $50 million growth equity commitment from Act III Holdings to accelerate its national expansion. The new capital doubles Act III’s follow-on investment commitment to $100 million following an initial $50 million commitment made at the end of 2025.

Hey Seven Reveals Bettor Capital As Seed Investor In AI-Native Gaming Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Hey Seven has identified Bettor Capital as its seed investor and first institutional backer. The investment funded development of Hey Seven’s AI-native player development platform for casinos, online gaming businesses and omnichannel operators.

Estrigenix Therapeutics Raises $2 Million Series Seed To Advance ERβ Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Estrigenix Therapeutics has completed the first closing of a $2 million Series Seed financing to advance its selective estrogen receptor-beta platform. Talents Fund I led the round.

Cordant Raises $8 Million Seed Round To Build Command Center For Financial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Cordant has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding to develop a command center for payments companies, fintechs and banks operating across fragmented financial infrastructure. Motive Partners and Oak HC/FT co-led the round.

Sila Raises $300 Million To Expand U.S. Silicon Anode Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Sila has raised $300 million in private funding to expand U.S. production of its silicon-carbon battery anode technology. Atreides Management and Sutter Hill Ventures led the round. The financing also included participation from 8VC, Bessemer Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, and other new and existing investors.

Modo Energy Secures $17 Million In Growth Funding From CIBC Innovation Banking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Modo Energy has secured a $17 million growth funding package from CIBC Innovation Banking to expand its AI-powered energy data and valuation platform. The financing brings the London-based company’s total capital raised to $52 million.

SkyPilot Raises $20 Million Seed Round To Unify AI Compute Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

SkyPilot has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding to expand its platform for managing artificial intelligence computing infrastructure across multiple clouds, clusters and accelerator types. Lux Capital led the round. Additional investors included Amplify Partners, Coatue Management, Foundation Capital, Race Capital and The House Fund. Technology executives participating in the financing included Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi, Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch, Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue and dbt Labs CEO Tristan Handy.

Digital Asset Raises $355 Million As Shinhan Financial And Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures Join Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Digital Asset has expanded its previously announced $355 million funding round with the addition of Shinhan Financial Group and SC Ventures by Standard Chartered. The oversubscribed round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto fund and included investors from traditional and decentralized finance.

Rege Nephro Raises $10.6 Million To Advance RN-014 And Kidney Regeneration Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Rege Nephro has raised approximately $10.6 million to advance its kidney disease programs, including lead candidate RN-014 and regenerative medicine program RN-032. The clinical-stage biotechnology company completed the financing through the issuance of Japan-Keep It Simple Security share acquisition rights, commonly known as J-KISS securities.

Sofab Inks Raises $6 Million Seed Round To Scale Perovskite Solar Materials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Sofab Inks has raised $6 million in seed funding to scale production of specialty materials designed to improve the reliability of perovskite solar cells. Cloudberry Ventures led the round as a strategic investor.

Twenty Raises Additional $30 Million From Khosla Ventures At $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Twenty has raised an additional $30 million from Khosla Ventures at a $1.2 billion valuation. The investment follows the cyber defense company’s recently announced $100 million Series B, which was led by Accel at a $1 billion valuation.

deltaVision Raises €10.2 Million Seed Round To Scale Spacecraft Fluid-Control Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

deltaVision has raised €10.2 million in seed funding to expand production of fluid-control systems for space applications. The round was led by KT Ventures and Valemount Capital, with participation from Futury Capital.