Startups

‘Ôrəbella: Series A Investment And Anish Agarwal Named CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

'Ôrəbella, the fragrance brand founded by Bella Hadid, announced the closing of a Series A financing round led by Silas Capital, with participation from existing investor Celebrands. The company said the financing will support accelerated growth initiatives, including product innovation, international retail expansion, and broader global distribution.

Reactor: $59 Million Raised To Build Platform For Real-Time AI Worlds

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Reactor, a developer platform for real-time generative video, emerged from stealth with $59 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, FPV Ventures, and additional investors.

Opto Investments: AI Fund Closed To Back Next-Generation Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Opto Investments announced the close of its AI-focused venture fund, designed to provide RIAs and family offices with differentiated access to private market opportunities tied to next-generation artificial intelligence innovation. The fund uses a multi-strategy approach focused on foundational AI technologies, including infrastructure, developer tools, specialized frameworks, energy systems, and enterprise applications.

Focused Energy: $240 Million Raised For Laser Fusion Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Focused Energy, a laser fusion company focused on developing clean fusion energy systems, announced it has raised $240 million in Series A financing. The company said the round is the largest fully secured Series A financing in the global fusion industry to date.

Go Swag: $5 Million Raised For Corporate Gifting Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Go Swag announced that it has raised $5 million in funding as the company looks to expand its corporate gifting platform globally.

Saris: $28.8 Million Raised To Scale Agentic Workflow Automation For Financial Institutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Saris, an AI-powered workflow automation platform built for banks and credit unions, announced it has raised $28.8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by 8VC, with participation from Audacious Ventures, Homebrew, Btech Consortium, and Service Ventures.

Goshe Energy Storage: $40 Million Financing Facility Secured From S2G Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Goshe Energy Storage announced it secured a strategic HoldCo debt facility of up to $40 million from S2G Investments to accelerate the acquisition and construction of late-stage battery energy storage projects across U.S. markets.

NavigateAI: $25 Million Raised To Build AI Copilot For The Physical World

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

NavigateAI officially launched with $25 million in seed funding to build AI copilots for field workers, aiming to improve how physical spaces are built and maintained. The company was founded by former Eric Wu co-founder Eric Wu and is focused on helping reskill and upskill workers across the trillion-dollar trades economy.

Perceptic: $12 Million Raised For AI Operating System For Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Perceptic, an AI-first operating system for biopharma, officially emerged from stealth and announced $12 million in funding backed by investors including Accel, Air Street Capital, and Elder Gull, as reported by Fortune.

Countable Labs Raises $26 Million To Accelerate Countable PCR Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Countable Labs announced it has raised $26 million in an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate clinical product development and global commercialization of its Countable PCR technology.

Payslip: Growth Financing Secured To Scale AI-Powered Global Payroll Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Payslip announced that it has secured new growth financing to support international expansion and continued investment in its AI-powered payroll platform.

Human Archive: $8.2 Million Raised To Build Training Data Infrastructure For Physical AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Human Archive, a Silicon Valley-based startup founded by researchers from University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, announced it has raised $8.2 million in funding to build infrastructure for collecting real-world training data for robots and physical AI systems, according to TechCrunch. The funding round included backing from Wing Venture Capital, NVP Capital, Y Combinator, and angel investors associated with OpenAI, Nvidia, Google, Meta, Mercor, AfterQuery, BAIR, SAIL, and Brad Boa.

Otomato: $2 Million Raised From Improbable For Portfolio-Aware DeFi Intelligence Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Otomato announced a $2 million investment from Improbable to accelerate development of its portfolio-aware intelligence layer for decentralized finance users.

Didit: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Identity Infrastructure For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Didit announced it has closed an additional $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total seed financing to $7.5 million as the company builds identity infrastructure designed for the AI era. The funding will support global go-to-market expansion, product development, broader programmable identity and fraud coverage, and hiring across product, sales, and customer success teams.

ReVision Implant: €4 Million Raised To Advance Brain Implant Vision Restoration Technology Into Clinical Testing

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

ReVision Implant announced that it closed an oversubscribed €4 million capital round as the company advances its neurotechnology platform designed to restore vision in blind individuals. The funding will support scaling operations and moving the company’s preclinical research into clinical testing.

bitBiome: Seed Extension Round Closed To Advance AI-Driven Enzyme Discovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

bitBiome announced it has closed an oversubscribed seed extension round, reinforcing investor confidence in the company’s position within the engineering biology and biomanufacturing sectors. The company said the funding brings its combined equity and non-dilutive funding, including grants, to more than $45 million.

BNB Plus: $4.1 Million Strategic Financing To Support Digital Asset And Biotech Review

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

BNB Plus Corp. announced that it secured initial commitments for $4.1 million in convertible preferred stock financing, with the company expecting total proceeds to reach approximately $5 million. The financing is intended to strengthen the company’s digital asset treasury and provide working capital to support a broad strategic review of its operations and assets.

ClearNote Health: $52 Million Series D Raised To Accelerate Early Cancer Detection Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

ClearNote Health announced it has secured $52 million in Series D financing and appointed clinical oncology diagnostics veteran Kevin Keegan as president and chief operating officer. The company said the funding and leadership expansion will support its continued growth as demand increases for noninvasive early cancer detection tools.

Protuoso Biosciences: $9.5 Million Seed Raised For Multifunctional MUXBODY Biologics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Protuoso Biosciences announced the close of an oversubscribed $9.5 million seed financing round to advance its AI-driven protein synthetic biology platform and multifunctional biologics pipeline targeting cardiometabolic, oncology, and autoimmune diseases.

Pace: $46 Million Series B Raised For AI Insurance Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Pace, an AI operations partner for insurers, announced it has raised $46 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by Thrive Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Emergence Capital and Pruven Capital.

OpenRouter: $113 Million Raised For AI Model Exchange Platform As Weekly Volume Reaches 25 Trillion Tokens

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

OpenRouter announced it has raised $113 million in Series B funding, led by CapitalG, with participation from NVentures, ServiceNow Ventures, MongoDB Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Databricks Ventures, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures.

CasaPerks Technologies Secures $15.8 Million In Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

CasaPerks Technologies announced it has closed a $15.8 million seed funding round to accelerate expansion across real estate and workplace rewards while scaling its consumer loyalty platform. The company said the round was backed by Longevity Equity, alongside institutional investors and leading real estate operators.

Phytolon: $23.6 Million Series B Closed To Commercialize Natural Food Colors

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

Phytolon announced it has closed a $23.6 million Series B financing round to support the commercialization of its fermentation-based natural food colors in the U.S. The company said the three-stage financing round was led by an undisclosed strategic investor as demand for sustainable and high-performing natural food color alternatives continues to rise globally.

GEEIQ: $6.8 Million Raised To Expand Gaming And Virtual Worlds Analytics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

GEEIQ announced it has raised $6.8 million in new funding led by YFM Equity Partners, with participation from GFR Fund, Haymarket Ventures, and existing angel investors. The company said the funding will support the next phase of growth for its analytics and measurement platform focused on gaming and virtual worlds.

v4c.ai: Databricks Ventures Invests In Data And AI Services Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

v4c.ai, a strategic boutique pure-play Databricks services partner, announced a Series A investment from Databricks Ventures and Tquila. The investment positions v4c.ai within the Databricks Ventures portfolio and strengthens the relationship between the companies as demand for enterprise data and AI modernization continues to accelerate.

Stord: $250 Million Series F Raised At $3 Billion Valuation To Advance Physical Intelligence Layer For Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

Stord announced a $250 million Series F funding round at a $3 billion valuation as the company accelerates its investment in AI, robotics, and fulfillment infrastructure for commerce brands. The round was led by existing investors and included participation from Strike Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton, Baillie Gifford, G Squared, Bond, and Lux, among others.

P2 Science Raises $23 Million To Expand Green Chemistry Platform Into New Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

P2 Science announced it has closed an oversubscribed $23 million funding round led by Sofinnova Partners to accelerate commercial growth and expand its green chemistry platform into new markets. The company said the financing will support the continued expansion of its beauty and personal care ingredients business while also driving growth into aroma technologies, performance polymers, home care, coatings, and crop care.

Lucis Raises $20 Million In Series A To Expand Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

Lucis announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Singular, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and angel investors including Céline Lazorthes and Manu Lecomte. The company said the funding will support the expansion of its AI-powered preventive health platform across Europe and further development of its health companion application.

Quanscient Raises €10 Million To Advance Quantum- And AI-Native Hardware Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

Quanscient announced it has raised €10 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate international expansion and strengthen its position in multiphysics simulations, quantum algorithms, and AI-native hardware engineering.

Tequipy: €3.06 Million Raised For Global IT Operations Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2026

Tequipy announced it has raised €3.06 million in funding led by Smedvig Ventures, with participation from Manta Ray and Unfold.vc. The company said the funding will support its next phase of growth as it continues scaling automation tools for global IT operations and distributed workforce management.