Startups

Trovy Raises $15 Million Series A, Bringing Total Funding To $25 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Trovy announced it raised a $15 million Series A round led by Left Lane Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to $25 million. Existing seed investors Kleiner Perkins, DCM Ventures, and Camber Creek also participated in the round. Trovy plans to use the funding to accelerate national expansion, deepen its product platform, and grow the team, building what it describes as a financial home base for America’s 85 million homeowners.

Valence AI Raises $5 Million And Secures U.S. Patents For Real-Time Emotional Detection From Live Speech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Valence AI announced $5 million in total funding and the issuance of two U.S. patents covering the company’s proprietary audio signal processing pipeline for real-time emotional detection from live speech. The funding includes a seed round led by Differential Ventures, with participation from Difference Partners, Willowtree Ventures, Change Paradox Ventures, and SRI International.

Coval Raises $28 Million Series A To Advance Voice AI Evaluation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Coval announced it raised $28 million in Series A funding to expand its evaluation platform for voice AI. The round was led by Norwest, with participation from Base10 Partners, Twilio Ventures, and Y Combinator. The latest financing brings Coval’s total capital raised to $31 million since its launch in 2024.

Runlayer Raises $30 Million Series A For Helping Enterprises Become AI-Native

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Runlayer announced it raised $30 million in Series A funding to help enterprises become AI-native. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from Khosla Ventures. The latest funding brings Runlayer’s total capital raised to $42 million.

Taktile Raises $110 Million Series C Led By Goldman Sachs Alternatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Taktile announced it raised $110 million in Series C funding to expand its AI transformation platform for financial institutions. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, and Dig Ventures.

TensorX Raises €8 Million Seed Round To Build European Sovereign AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

TensorX announced its launch with an €8 million seed funding round led by Darius Cubed Ventures to build sovereign AI infrastructure for European enterprises.

Hang Ten Systems Raises $32 Million Seed Round To Help Enterprises Adopt AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Hang Ten Systems announced it raised $32 million in seed funding to support team expansion and its work with global enterprise customers. The funding round was led by Mayfield, with a strategic investment from Aramco Ventures and participation from a group of angel investors.

Peregrine Technologies Raises $250 Million Series D At $6.8 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Peregrine Technologies announced that it has raised $250 million in Series D financing at a $6.8 billion valuation. The round was led by existing investors, including Fifth Down Capital, Sequoia Capital, OG Venture Partners, Goldcrest Capital, XYZ Ventures, and Godfrey Capital.

JustAI Raises $17 Million Series A To Build Agentic Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

JustAI announced that it has raised $17 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Y Combinator and Peak XV Partners.

Lys Therapeutics Raises €25+ Million To Advance LYS241 Toward Clinical Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Lys Therapeutics announced that it has raised more than €25 million since its founding in 2021. The financing will support the advancement of the company’s lead candidate, LYS241, toward clinical development in neurology.

NorthLinks Bio Launches With $34 Million Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

NorthLinks Bio announced its launch and the completion of a $34 million financing from RA Capital Management.

Versework Raises $2.7 Million And Joins Roblox Incubator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Versework announced that it has been selected for the official Roblox Incubator 2026 and has raised $2.7 million from Altos Ventures. The investment brings Versework’s total funding to about $7.5 million. Versework is a South Korea-based Roblox user-generated content game developer and accelerator.

TRIMTECH Therapeutics Raises $47 Million Seed Funding To Advance Targeted Protein Degradation Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

TRIMTECH Therapeutics announced that it has raised an additional $14 million in seed funding, bringing the total round to $47 million.

Groq Raises $650 Million To Scale AI Inference Cloud Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Groq announced that it has raised $650 million in new growth capital to accelerate the expansion of its AI inference cloud. The round was led by Disruptive and Infinitum, with participation from investors that chose to reinvest in the company.

CroíValve Raises $27 Million Additional Capital To Advance DUO Adapt System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

CroíValve announced that it has closed $20 million in Series B expansion financing, along with $7 million in European Innovation Council and DTIF grant financing. The additional capital brings CroíValve’s Series B total to $36 million and $43 million, including grant financing.

Mitigata Raises $15 Million Series B To Build AI-Native Cyber Resilience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Mitigata announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding to support its continued investment in product innovation, talent expansion, and market growth. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners India, with participation from Pankaj Mitra. Existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Titan Capital, and WEH Ventures also participated in the round, continuing their support for the company’s long-term vision.

Attention Raises $30 Million Series B To Build AI Platform For Revenue Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Attention announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform for revenue teams. The funding round was led by RTP Global, with participation from returning investors Aglaé Ventures, Eniac, and Alven. New investor Linea Ventures also joined the round, along with a group of angel investors from Attention’s customer base.

Eide Bailly Secures Investment From Reverence Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Eide Bailly announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for funds managed by Reverence Capital Partners to make a significant investment in the firm.

Kyrok Raises €3.1 Million To Build AI Operating System For Pharma And Chemical Supply Chains

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Kyrok announced that it has raised €3.1 million in pre-seed funding to build an AI operating system for supply chain teams at pharmaceutical and chemical SMEs.

Concord Raises $3 Million Seed Funding To Build Agentic Media Buying Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Concord announced that it has raised $3 million in seed funding to build its agentic media buying platform. The round was backed by A16Z Scout, Drysdale, Motier Ventures, Better Angle, and several industry angels. Participating angel investors included Rémi Lemonnier, Co-Founder of Scibids AI, which was acquired by DoubleVerify; Philippe Corrot of Mirakl; Arthur Querou of Vibe.co; and Thomas Zaepffel of Adot.

Timefold Raises $13 Million Series A To Expand Routing And Scheduling APIs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Timefold announced that it has raised $13 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Kompas VC and continued backing from existing investors Lakestar and Smartfin.

fomo Raises $75 Million Series B To Scale Global Consumer Trading App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

fomo announced that it has raised $75 million in Series B funding to scale its social-first trading platform. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures and existing investor Benchmark.

Tsuga Raises $35 Million Series A To Build AI-Native Resilient Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Tsuga announced that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. The round included backing from Singular, General Catalyst, DST Global, QuantumLight, Picus Capital, and Databricks.

SimScale: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO David Heiny About The Engineering Simulation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

SimScale provides an AI-native software platform that enables engineers to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), electromagnetic, and thermal simulations directly through a web browser. David Heiny is the CEO and co-founder of the company, guiding its overarching strategy and technological vision. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SimScale co-founder and CEO David Heiny to learn more.

Quali: Interview With CEO Lior Koriat About Stack Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Stack Automation by Quali is a deployment automation platform developed for Cisco that condenses the manual, time-consuming process of setting up enterprise hardware, software, and AI environments from weeks into just hours. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Quali CEO Lior Koriat to learn more.

Drummond Capital Partners Secures Minority Investment From Kudu

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Kudu Investment Management announced that it has made a minority investment in Drummond Capital Partners, an Australian boutique investment manager.

TurboFlow Raises $6 Million Seed Round To Bring Institutional Trading Infrastructure To Everyday Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

TurboFlow announced that it has raised $6 million in seed funding to expand its on-chain trading ecosystem. The round was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Susquehanna Crypto and Digital Currency Group.

Sophia Space Raises $7 Million SAFE Financing To Advance AI-Powered Space Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Sophia Space announced that it has finalized a $7 million SAFE financing round, bringing its total funding to $22 million. The round included participation from EverGreen, the NVIDIA Alumni Investment Network, SparkLabs Group, and other strategic investors.

Assort Health Raises $120 Million Series C To Scale AI Agents For Patient Journey

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Assort Health announced that it has raised $120 million in Series C funding to scale its AI agents platform for the patient journey. The round was led by Menlo Ventures at a $1.2 billion valuation.

VARM Raises €17.5 Million Series A To Build European Insulation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

VARM announced that it has raised €17.5 million in Series A funding to continue building its insulation platform across Europe.