Startups

OatFi: $24 Million Raised For Transforming Modern Credit Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2025

OatFi, an API-first fintech infrastructure company modernizing how B2B payments are financed, announced it has raised a $24 million Series A led by White Star Capital, with continued participation from existing investors Portage and QED.

Anduril: $2.5 Billion Raised At $30.5 Billion Valuation For Defense Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2025

Defense technology company Anduril Industries announced it has raised $2.5 billion in funding at a valuation of $30.5 billion post-money. This funding round more than doubled the valuation from last year ($14 billion) after Anduril raised $1.5 billion.

Clara Home Care: $3.1 Million Seed Funding Round Raised To Make Senior Caregivers More Accessible

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2025

Clara Home Care, a technology platform that makes the direct hiring of professional, in-home senior caregivers more accessible and affordable for families, announced it closed a $3.1 million seed round led by Torch Capital, Virtue, and Y Combinator, with participation from several prominent angel investors. Launched last year with deep roots in Northern California, Clara recently announced plans to expand its services nationwide soon.

Wordsmith AI: $25 Million Series A Raised For Scaling Legal AI Agent Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Wordsmith AI announced it has secured a $25 million Series A led by Index Ventures to scale its AI infrastructure that deploys legal agents across organisations to guide them to outcomes faster.

Peter Park: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Great Hill

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, announced that it has agreed to make a majority investment in Peter Park System, a leading provider of digital parking solutions.

SurePay: Funding Raised From Carlyle And Rabo Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP), in partnership with Rabobank’s investment arm Rabo Investments, announced a strategic growth investment in SurePay, a European leader in payment verification software.

CareLineLive: Majority Investment Raised From Accel-KKR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

CareLineLive, an all-in-one home care management software company, announced that it has secured a majority investment from Accel-KKR.

Trustifi: $25 Million Series A Raised For Scaling AI Email Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Trustifi, a leading cybersecurity software platform specializing in email security, data loss prevention, and security awareness training, announced the closing of its $25 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by Camber Partners.

GridFree AI: $5 Million Raised For Data Center Infrastructure Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

GridFree AI, a company incubated by Montauk Climate, emerged with a novel end-to-end data center infrastructure solution that dramatically reduces development timelines. And the company announced it has raised $5 million in funding led by Giant Ventures, with participation from Amplo. GridFree AI is headed by a former BP executive and a senior global leader from Microsoft.

GC AI: Series A Funding Raised To Help Legal Teams Find AI To Automate Tasks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

GC AI, a legal AI platform built for in-house counsel, announced nearly 3 times the revenue growth this year. And GC AI has grown an average of 21% month-over-month (MoM) in revenue in 2025, now serving more than 350 enterprise customers and thousands of users across 53 countries. The company also recently closed a Series A led by Sound Ventures, alongside Fellows Fund, Guillermo Rauch, Gokul Rajaram, TipTop VC, and more than 30 general counsel and legal leaders.

Prepared: $80 Million Series C Raised For Emergency Response AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Prepared, a leading assistive AI platform for emergency response, announced a Series C funding round of $80 million led by General Catalyst, with participation from returning investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and First Round Capital. And joining General Catalyst as a new investor is Radical Ventures, a fund focused on investing in transformative AI. This funding round brings Prepared’s total investments to over $130 million.

Literal Labs: £4.6 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Developing Energy-efficient Logic-Based AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Literal Labs, a logic-based AI algorithm company led by former Arm VP Noel Hurley, announced that it has raised £4.6 million ($6.2 million) in pre-seed funding. The funding round was led by Northern Gritstone (a science and tech-focused investment firm from Northern England) and co-led by Mercuri (a London-based fund focused on companies at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology sectors), with participation from Sure Valley Ventures, Cambridge Future Tech SPV, and several angel investors.