Startups

Daybreak: $15 Million Raised For Supply Chain Planning Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

Daybreak, an AI-native supply chain planning platform, announced a $15 million Series A investment round from TPG Growth and Dell Technologies Capital to advance its mission of eliminating global inventory waste. The company also revealed the appointment of veteran AI executive Waleed Ayoub as Chief Technology Officer.

Ramp: $200 Million Series E Raised At $16 Billion Valuation For AI-Based Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

Ramp, a leading financial operations platform, announced a Series E funding round, bringing the valuation to $16 billion. And for the fifth time, a Ramp funding round was led by Founders Fund – the company's first and largest investor. It also included participation from Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, General Catalyst, GIC, ICONIQ Growth, Khosla Ventures, Sands Capital, 8VC, Lux Capital, Stripes, 137 Ventures, Avenir Growth, and Definition Capital. With this round, Ramp has raised $1.4 billion in total equity financing.

ai.work: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Worker Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

ai.work announced it exited stealth and raised $10 million in seed funding led by A* and lool ventures with participation from Firstminute Capital, FirsthandVC, Timeless Partners, SV Angel, Eckstein Capital, Liquid2, Crossover VC, and other strategic angel investors.

Antares Therapeutics: $177 Million Raised To Develop Precision Medicines For Cancer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

Antares Therapeutics - a biotechnology company developing first-in-class precision medicines for cancer and other serious diseases - launched with $177 million in Series A financing. The funding was co-led by Omega Funds, Atlas Venture, Lightspeed Venture Partners, BVF Partners, and Cormorant Asset Management, with participation from Vinyanshu Ventures, Abingworth, Invus, Tenmile, Vida Ventures, and Willett Advisors.

Onebrief: $20 Million Series C Extension Raised For Military Staff Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Onebrief, a leading software for military staff collaboration and operational planning, announced a $20 million Series C extension led by Battery Ventures. This funding round scales the company’s valuation to $1.1 billion, an increase from the $650 million valuation achieved three months prior in Onebrief’s Series C funding round.

Button: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Button, a leader in mobile commerce optimization and retail media, announced a strategic growth investment from PSG. PSG joins existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Norwest Ventures, and Icon Ventures.

Sedai: $20 Million Series B Raised For Self-Driving Cloud Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Sedai, a self-driving cloud, announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding to bring autonomous operations to cloud infrastructure. The round was led by AVP (Atlantic Vantage Point), with participation from Norwest, Sierra Ventures, and Uncorrelated Ventures.

IOST: $21 Million Secured For Leading Tokenized Asset Infrastructure Across Regulated Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

IOST, which is a high-performance modular blockchain platform for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), announced it has secured $21 million in strategic funding to accelerate the global rollout of its compliant RWA infrastructure. The funding round includes participation from institutional investors such as DWF Labs, Presto, and Rollman Management Group.

Horizon3.ai: $100 Million Raised For Autonomous Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Horizon3.ai, which is the company behind the NodeZero Autonomous Security Platform, announced a $100 million Series D funding round led by NEA, with participation from SignalFire, Craft Ventures, and 9Yards Capital.

Definely: $30 Million Series B Raised For Legal Tech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

AI-based legal tech company Definely announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to accelerate its global expansion and AI product roadmap. The funding round includes investors from Europe and North America, and it is led by growth investor Revaia, alongside Alumni Ventures, Beacon Capital, and legal tech company Clio. And early investors, including Octopus Ventures, Zrosk Investment Management, The Raine Group, and Cornerstone VC, have also participated in the round. This additional funding brings the total raised by Definely since its founding to $40 million.

Swimlane: $45 Million Secured For AI Hyperautomation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Swimlane, an AI hyperautomation for the whole security organization, announced a $45 million growth funding round led by Energy Impact Partners and Activate Capital, along with Trinity Capital.

Maze: $31 Million Raised For Resolve Cloud Security Vulnerabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Maze, a platform that utilizes AI agents to investigate and resolve cloud security vulnerabilities, announced a $25 million Series A round led by Theory Ventures, with participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures and Tapestry VC.

Octaura: $46.5 Million Secured For Advancing Growth In The CLO And Leveraged Loan Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Octaura Holdings announced it has raised $46.5 million in an oversubscribed round of funding from existing and new strategic financial investors. This funding round was backed by continued support from Octaura’s founding investors, including Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, and Moody’s. Octaura also welcomed six new investors: Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Apollo and Motive Partners, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.

Lumion: $10.7 Million Raised For Building An OS For Career And Trade Schools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Lumion, a company building the most comprehensive operating system for career and trade schools, announced it has raised a total of $10.7 million in seed funding led by TTV capital with recent participation from Tusk Venture Partners. The funding round also included existing investors from TTV Capital, CreativeCo Capital, Nine Four Ventures, Innovating Capital, and the State of Wyoming.

Dilon Technologies: $9 Million Growth Financing Raised For Biosurgery Treatment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Dilon Technologies, a leader in medical devices for biosurgery, breast cancer treatment, and diagnosis, announced a $9 million growth capital investment from JGB Management. This investment will support Dilon's continued growth in double digits and operational scaling.

FinanceKey: €3 Million Seed Raised To Automate Enterprise Treasury Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

FinanceKey has raised a new €3 million seed funding round to scale its client base, expand into new markets, and accelerate the shift to fully automated enterprise treasury systems. The funding round was led by Maki.vc, with participation from existing investor First Fellow Partners.

Parlay Finance: $2 Million Seed Raised For AI-Based Loan Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 14, 2025

Parlay Finance, an AI-based Loan Intelligence System, announced a $2 million seed funding round led by JAM FINTOP.

Coral Vita: $8+ Million Series A Raised For Scaling Coral Reef Restoration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Coral Vita, a company pioneering ecosystem-scale coral reef restoration, announced it has raised over $8 million in Series A funding, a major milestone for the ecological regeneration industry. The funding round was led by Builders Vision, with participation from Katapult Ocean, iAlumbra, BDT & MSD, 2050, Rypples, Colorado Coral, Rising Tide, Aureolis Ventures, Wilson Sonsini, Kate James, Mariano Battan, Olavo Mutarelli, Jim Salem, and Christian Nielsen.

Hirundo: $8 Million Seed Raised To Help AI Models Forget Problematic Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Hirundo, a specialist in machine unlearning, announced that it has raised an $8 million seed funding round, led by Maverick Ventures Israel, with participation from SuperSeed, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Tachles VC, and AI.FUND and Plug and Play Tech Center.

Liongard Buying Darklight’s Vulnerability Prioritization Platform Cyio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Liongard, a leader in Attack Surface Management (ASM), announced the acquisition of the Darklight Cyio platform, an AI-based cyber risk solution that applies real-time threat intelligence and business context to risk prioritization.

Kargo: $18 Million Raised To Transform Inventory Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Kargo, a leader in industrial AI technology, announced an $18.4 million investment led by Matter Venture Partners, with participation from previous investors Sozo Ventures and Founders Fund, and existing customers and new strategic investors Lineage and Armada Supply Chain Solutions.

Shield Technology Partners Launches With Over $100 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Shield Technology Partners (STP) announced its launch, with initial funding of over $100 million from Thrive Holdings and ZBS Partners. STP is an AI-based managed IT service platform that transforms technology services through investment in innovation and a commitment to exceptional customer service.

bolttech: $147 Million Series C Closed At $2.1 Billion Valuation For Insurance Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

bolttech, which is one of the fast-growing global insurtech companies, announced the addition of Sumitomo Corporation (one of Japan’s largest trading houses) and Iberis Capital (a leading private equity and venture capital manager in Portugal) as strategic investors.

Signify Bio: $15 Million Raised For Creating Personalized Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Signify Bio, which is a pioneering biotechnology company harnessing the human body for the production of in situ protein therapeutics, announced an oversubscribed $15 million initial financing.

Muon Space: $146 Million Series B Raised For Scaling Satellite Constellations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Muon Space, a provider of end-to-end space systems specializing in mission-optimized satellite constellations, announced the closing of its oversubscribed $89.5 million Series B1 round, bringing total Series B funding to $146 million. The new funding round features $44.5 million in equity and $45 million in credit facilities, following the company's initial Series B close in August 2024. The B1 round was led by Congruent Ventures and included existing investors Activate Capital, Acme Capital, Costanoa Ventures, and Radical Ventures. Plus, Muon also welcomed new investor ArcTern Ventures to the syndicate.

Autonomize AI: $28 Million Series A Raised For Healthcare And Life Sciences Agentic Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Autonomize AI, a pioneer in AI-driven healthcare solutions, announced that it raised $28 million in Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to $32 million to date. Valtruis, The Cigna Group Ventures, Tau Ventures, and other strategic investors led the round. Plus, Asset Management Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, and Capital Factory are some of the company’s existing investors who also participated.

Vine Financial: Seed Funding Secured To Make Commercial Lending More Efficient

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Vine Financial, a commercial lending accelerator for banks and credit unions, has secured seed funding and assembled its board of directors.

Meter: $170 Million Series C Raised For Enterprise Internet Infrastructure Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Meter, a provider of internet infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, today announced it raised $170 million in a Series C funding round led by Hemant Taneja at General Catalyst, with new and existing investors like Baillie Gifford, Lachy Groom, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Tishman Speyer, WndrCo, and 53 Stations.

Landbase: $30 Million Secured For Helping Businesses Find Customers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Landbase, an agentic AI company transforming how businesses grow, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The funding round was co-led by Sound Ventures (the AI-focused fund co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary) and returning investor Picus Capital. The funding round also included strong participation from other existing backers, including 8VC, A*, Firstminute Capital, and TheGP.

Volantis: $9 Million Seed Funding Raised For Advancing Photonically Integrated Computers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Volantis, a semiconductor startup developing photonically integrated computers for the AI era, today emerged from stealth and announced a $9 million seed funding round. The round includes backing from Alex Wang (Scale AI) and Trevor Blackwell (Y Combinator). Sam Altman backed Volantis in April 2022, betting on the need for foundational breakthroughs in computing long before today’s AI infrastructure limitations became apparent.