Startups

Goodfire: $50 Million (Series A) Closed For Advancing AI Interpretability Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Goodfire, a leading AI interpretability research company, announced a $50 million Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Anthropic, B Capital, Work-Bench, Wing, South Park Commons, and other investors.

Cy4Data Labs: $10 Million Funding Raised For Data Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Cy4Data Labs, a leader in next-generation data protection, announced the closing of its funding round, led by Pelion Venture Partners. This strategic deal will advance Cy4Data Labs' growth in sales and marketing, enabling more organizations to access its breakthrough solution. And with Cy4Data Labs, data remains encrypted and protected—not only at rest and in motion, but for the first time while in use.

Go To Green: Investment Raised From O’Leary Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

O'Leary Ventures, which is Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary's investment firm, announced that it invested in Go To Green, a directional evacuation system that uses sensors and overhead lighting to quickly get people away from an active shooter, environmental event, or weather issue.

Toku: $48 Million (Series A) Closed For Accounts Receivable SaaS Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Toku, an accounts receivable SaaS platform, announced that it has raised $48 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $55 million. With this funding, Toku and CEO Cristina Etcheberry have raised the largest Series A by a female founder in Latin America. The funding round was led by Oak HC/FT, representing its fourth fintech investment in LatAm in the past three years. Existing investors, including Gradient Ventures, F-Prime, Clocktower, Y Combinator, and Honey Island by 4UM, participated.

Glider: $4 Million Raised For Advancing Crypto Portfolio Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Glider, a financial orchestration layer for building automated on-chain investment portfolios, announced a $4 million strategic funding round led by a16z CSX. Participants included Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Ventures, First Commit, Selini Capital, GSR, Generative Ventures, Pivot Global, and MoonPay Ventures. In connection with this funding, Glider is also announcing its participation in the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) 04 Spring Cohort in San Francisco.

Assort Health: $26 Million Secured For Specialty-Specific GenAI Platform For Managing Patient Phone Calls

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Assort Health, which is a specialty-specific AI platform for managing patient phone calls, announced a new round of institutional financing co-led by First Round Capital and Chemistry, with participation from existing investor Quiet Capital. This funding Assort Health’s total capital raised to $26 million. These investors join Assort Health’s existing backers, Four Acres, Tau Ventures, and several notable angel investors, including senior executives and founders from Athena Health, Astrana Health, Flatiron Health, Infinitus, Mammoth Biosciences, Mercury, PathAI, and Presto.

BreachBits: Investment Raised From Lloyd’s For Enhancing Cyber Insurance Performance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

BreachBits announced it has received investment from Lloyd’s through its central fund. This is Lloyd’s third strategic innovation investment from among over 150 alumni of the Lloyd’s Lab. This funding follows BreachBits' successful co-development project in Lloyd's Lab cohort 13, which ran from September to December 2024.

Crux: $50 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Clean Energy And Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Crux, a capital markets technology company for the clean economy, announced that it has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Lowercarbon Capital. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Ardent Venture Partners, CIV, New System Ventures, and The Three Cairns Group joined the round. These investors were joined by new investors Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures. Venture capital firms Acrew Capital and Giant Ventures also joined the round.

Meadow: $14 Million Raised For Expanding Student Financial Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Meadow – a company that powers modern student financial services for universities that clarify and simplify the financial experience for students to improve economic mobility in the US through higher education – announced it raised $14 million in Series A funding. The $14 million Series A will advance the expansion of their student financial services platform for colleges and universities. This round was led by Matrix Partners, with participation from existing backers including Susa Ventures, Giant Ventures, Treble Capital, and GoGlobal Ventures. This funding round brings Meadow's total funding to over $20 million.

AMT Medical: $25 Million (Series B) Closed To Transform Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

AMT Medical, a clinical-stage medtech innovator, announced a $25 million Series B financing round led by Bender Analytical Holding B.V. (BAH). New investors Invest-NL and the European Innovation Council (EIC) joined existing backers Oost NL and several angels in the round.

CYBER Express Wash: Strategic Investment Raised From FTW Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

CYBER Express Wash, which is one of the most forward-thinking car wash brands, announced it has secured a strategic investment from FTW Capital, a New York-based investment firm focused on underappreciated themes, with a current emphasis on the automotive services ecosystem.

Feldan Therapeutics: Investment Raised From Zynext Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Zynext Ventures, the VC arm of Zydus Lifesciences, announced its investment in Feldan Therapeutics (Feldan), a Canada-based early clinical-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering the development of treatments based on intracellular delivery of therapeutics.

SmarterDx: Funding Raised From New Mountain Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SmarterDx - a leader in clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality - announced a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over $55 billion in assets under management. This funding will support SmarterDx’s next phase of growth and product innovation, which is focused on creating value for health systems and enabling them to deliver the best patient care.

Poolhouse: $34 Million (Seed) Raised For To Enhance Pool Entertainment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Poolhouse, a new tech-enabled pool entertainment business from the founders of Topgolf, has raised $34m in its seed round. The funding round was led by Sharp Alpha and dmg ventures. The participants across the globe include David Blitzer, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils; Simon Sports, co-owner of Ipswich Town F.C.; Active Partners, early investors in Soho House; and Emerging Fund, investor in F1 Arcade. Signature Hospitality Group has taken an equity stake and signed a franchise agreement.

Edge Focus: $150 Million In ABS Funding Raised To Launch Credit Platform Into Capital Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Edge Focus, a private credit firm focused on consumer assets, announced the closing of its inaugural asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction EDGEX 2025-1NN while securing funding for $150 million in collateral. This deal marks a significant milestone in the company’s capital markets strategy and establishes the foundation for its ABS issuance program EDGEX.

ZND: $20 Million Raised From Rollman Management Digital For Digital Asset Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

ZND, a digital finance platform operated by regulated European digital asset exchange zondacrypto, announced it has secured a $20 million token investment commitment from Rollman Management Digital for supporting the continued development of its technology and business operations. And ZND's goal is to provide a streamlined one-stop shop to earn, trade, and borrow digital assets.

t’order: Series C Round Launched With $50 Million Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

t'order, a leader in the Korean restaurant technology space, has officially launched its Series C fundraising round, targeting $50 million from domestic and global investors.

Cofertility: $7.25 Million (Series A) Raised To Make Egg Freezing More Accessible

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Cofertility, a human-centered fertility ecosystem that helps women freeze their eggs for free when donating half, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures, with additional support from Initialized Capital, Arkitekt Ventures, Foreground Capital, Gratitude Railroad, How Women Invest, Gaingels and Everywhere Ventures, leading investors with deep experience in the healthcare and technology sectors.

Trellis Health: $1.8 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Provide Women With Personalized And Proactive Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Trellis Health, a digital health platform designed to empower women with personalized, proactive care, today emerged from stealth. The company is launching with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding from Palette Ventures, Swizzle Ventures, NEXTBLUE, Suncoast Ventures, and Sundial Foundation, along with high-profile healthcare individuals like Care.com founder Sheila Marcelo, the co-founders of Flo Health, Yuri Gurski and Andrei Kouzel, Mike Prytkov - the founder and CEO of Simple, Naseem Sayani, angels and executives from ARM, Microsoft AI and others.

Exaforce: $75 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Security With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Exaforce announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series A funding led by marquee investors Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, and Thomvest to develop an Agentic SOC Platform that provides AI agents (called Exabots) and advanced data exploration that gives customers a tenfold reduction in human-led SOC work, while dramatically improving security outcomes.

Decision Logic: Growth Investment Raised From Clovis Point Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Decision Logic, a provider of back-office management software for restaurants, announced a significant growth investment from Clovis Point Capital, a Houston-based growth equity firm. This partnership will advance Decision Logic's roadmap, drive team expansion, and strengthen its ability to deliver transformative outcomes for restaurant operators.

Luma Financial: $63 Million (Series C) Raised For Structured Products And Insurance Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Luma Financial Technologies, a leader in structured products and insurance solutions, announced that it has closed a $63 million Series C financing led by Sixth Street Growth. And existing strategic investors including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and TD Bank Group participated in the round.

PolicyMe: C$30 Million Raised For Canada-Based Digital Insurance Provider Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

PolicyMe, which is known as Canada’s leading digital insurance provider, announced C$30 million in additional funding. The funding was secured through multiple tranches of equity and debt financing between 2023 and 2025 from strategic partners, including Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada (Blue Cross Life) and Securian Canada.

GoUpscale: Investment Raised From Accenture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Accenture announced it has invested through Accenture Ventures in GoUpscale, a content engagement technology company that helps wealth management companies across Asia reinvent client engagement strategies and elevate digital communications.

Blue Onion: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Financial Data Infrastructure Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Blue Onion, a subledger trusted by leading retail and ecommerce brands, announced a $10 million Series A funding led by Viola FinTech. The funding round included participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Entrée Capital, Green Visor, and Vinyl Capital. This round brings the company's total funding to $17.6 million.

AdvanCell: $18 Million In Federal Funding From MRFF

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

AdvanCell, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapeutics, announced $18 million in Australian Federal Government Funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontiers Initiative for ‘Defeating Prostate Cancer with Targeted Alpha Therapy.’

Elm AI: Cornell University Spinout Raises $2 Million For Supply Chain Sustainability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Elm AI, a Cornell University spinout and an AI-based platform helping enterprises improve sustainability and operational performance across their supply chains, announced it has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed funding round. The funding round was led by Beta Boom Fund and Working Capital Fund, with participation from Boro Capital Partners, Very Serious Ventures, Gorges Ventures, The Bond Collective, and Textbook Ventures.

Volektra: Funding Raised To Commercialize Virtual Magnet Motor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Electric drivetrain company Volektra announced it has secured a new funding round to commercialize its proprietary Virtual Magnet motor technology. Chakra Growth Capital led the funding round, which included strategic investors specializing in deep tech, manufacturing resilience, and energy independence.

Blue Water: $14 Million Raised For Building Autonomous Ships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Blue Water Autonomy - a technology company building autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy - announced it emerged from stealth and raised $14 million in seed funding from Eclipse, Riot, and Impatient Ventures.

Collide: $5 Million Raised To Scale GenAI Platform For Energy Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Collide, a GenAI Platform for the energy sector, announced the closing of its $5 million seed round, led by Mercury Fund and with participation from Bryan Sheffield, Billy Quinn, David Albin, and several other oil and gas leaders.