Startups

H.I.G. Capital: Strategic Investment In Avanta Salud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with a portfolio of $70 billion in capital under management, announced that one of its affiliates has finalized a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Avanta Salud Integral.

Nullspace: $2.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Electromagnetic Simulation Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Nullspace, a deep tech company dedicated to developing advanced electromagnetic simulation software, has announced the successful completion of a $2.5 million seed funding round. Fathom Fund led this funding round, with participation from Golden Seeds LLC and several strategic angel investors.

Upstage: $45 Million Series B Secured To Advance Enterprise-Grade GenAI and Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Upstage is a company that is making waves with its innovative focus on enterprise-grade generative AI solutions. Recently, the company unveiled a $45 million Series B bridge funding round, primarily backed by notable entities including the Korea Development Bank (KDB), Amazon, and AMD.

ShiftUp: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Sales Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

ShiftUp, an innovative company dedicated to revolutionizing the operations of enterprise sales teams through advanced AI-powered sales intelligence, has announced a successful seed funding round, securing $3 million. This funding round attracted the backing of prominent investors, including seasoned investment veteran Phil Reed. The round also includes a diverse group of former venture capitalists, seasoned sales executives, chief financial officers, and chief technology officers from esteemed Fortune 500 companies, all of whom recognize the transformative potential of ShiftUp's approach.

Three Space Lab: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform Real Estate With VR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Three Space Lab (3SL), a company specializing in ultra-realistic virtual reality (VR) real estate visualization, has raised $3 million in seed funding. This significant financial backing aims to transform the luxury homebuying experience, making it more interactive and engaging for prospective buyers. The funding round was led by Arminius Verwaltung, an investment firm based in Switzerland, which will enable 3SL to expand its global sales team significantly and utilize AI in transformative ways.

Casca: $29 Million Series A Secured For Replacing Legacy Lending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Casca, a leading AI-native loan origination platform, recently announced the completion of its Series A funding round, during which it raised $29 million. This investment propels Casca's total funding to an impressive $33 million since its inception. The funding round was led by Canapi Ventures, a growth equity firm that boasts backing from over 70 financial institutions. Existing investors Bankwell, Y Combinator, and Peterson Ventures, known for their focus on vertical SaaS investments, have all increased their stakes from the prior pre-seed funding round. In addition to these major investors, Alliance Funding Group actively participated in this latest funding round.

Keychain: $30 Million Series B Secured For AI-Based Manufacturing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Keychain, an AI-based manufacturing platform tailored for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, has recently announced a substantial $30 million Series B funding round. This round was led by Wellington Management, with significant contributions from existing investor BoxGroup and other notable returning financiers.

ChemFinity: $7 Million Secured For Pursuing Domestic Critical Mineral Recovery At Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

ChemFinity Technologies, a leader in high-performance recovery systems for critical minerals, has recently announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed Seed funding round, raising $7 million. This funding round was co-led by At One Ventures and Overture Ventures, with significant participation from Closed Loop Ventures Group, Pace Ventures, WovenEarth Ventures, and Climate Capital.

Yourway Learning: $9 Million Raised For Advancing Purpose-Built AI for K-12 Education

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Yourway Learning, a distinguished leader in AI-based K-12 education, has recently completed a significant $9 million equity funding round. This capital injection is designed to accelerate the company's growth trajectory and advance its mission to revolutionize teaching and learning by developing trusted, educator-centric technology solutions.

Midas: $80 Million Series B Secured For Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Midas, the leading investment platform in Turkey, has successfully completed a significant milestone by raising $80 million in its Series B funding round. The Series B funding round was led by QED Investors, a highly regarded fintech investment fund known for its successful backing of disruptive financial technologies. Several new stakeholders have joined this round, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC)—a member of the World Bank Group focused on promoting investment in developing countries—HSG (which rebranded from Sequoia China), QuantumLight founded by Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky, Spice Expeditions LP, and George Rzepecki. Prominent existing backers, such as Spark Capital, Portage Ventures, Bek Ventures, and Nigel Morris, have continued their support by participating in this latest funding effort, signaling their strong belief in Midas' potential.

Convoke: $8.6 Million Secured For Building AI Operating System For Biopharma

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Convoke, an innovative AI-native operating system tailored specifically for the biopharma sector, has successfully secured $8.6 million in seed capital to accelerate its growth and technological development. This financing round was led by the well-established venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins and Dimension Capital, with additional investments from various other firms, including ACME, Comma Capital, Liquid2, Not Boring Capital, Audacious, and Lux Capital. Noteworthy angel investors include prominent figures such as Qasar Younis and Erik Torenberg, alongside other influential leaders in both artificial intelligence and biotechnology.

Group14: $463 Million Series D Raised To Scale Silicon Battery Material

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Group14 Technologies has successfully finalized a substantial funding round, securing US$463 million, primarily led by SK, Inc. This financing round saw robust participation from a distinguished group of existing investors, including notable names such as Porsche Investments, ATL, OMERS, Decarbonization Partners, Lightrock Climate Impact Fund, and the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

Aircards: £3 Million Growth Investment Raised For Advancing Immersive Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Aircards, a global immersive studio, has secured a £3 million growth capital investment from Foresight Group to fuel its international expansion. The funding will enhance Aircards’ offerings, including immersive content, interactive displays, and analytics, enabling deeper engagement for brands and consumers worldwide.

Cascala Health: $8.6 Million Seed Funding Secured For Advancing AI-Based Clinical Intelligence Platform For Post-Acute Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Cascala Health, a healthcare technology company specializing in AI solutions for care teams and post-acute care operators, has raised $8.6 million in seed financing. The funding round was co-led by Flare Capital Partners and Eniac Ventures, along with contributions from other investors, bringing total funding to $11.23 million since its launch in mid-2024.

Zed: $32 Million Series B Raised For Scaling Collaborative AI Coding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Zed Industries has raised $32 million in Series B funding, led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total funding to over $42 million. The new funds will help enhance real-time collaboration between developers and AI agents within the code.

Functionize: $41 Million Series B Raised For Advancing AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

Functionize, an AI platform for creating software test cases, has completed a $41 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to over $67 million since its inception in 2015. Led by Mumford Investments and LHH Investments, with support from Canvas Ventures and Wipro Ventures, this funding will help accelerate Functionize's mission to enhance enterprise innovation by reducing repetitive tasks through self-correcting automation.

TensorZero: $7.3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Building Stack For Industrial-Grade LLM Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2025

TensorZero, a startup developing an open-source stack for industrial-grade large language model (LLM) applications, has secured $7.3 million in seed funding. Led by FirstMark, the round also includes Bessemer Venture Partners, Bedrock, DRW, Coalition, and several angel investors.

Basic Capital: $25 Million Series A Raised For Helping Workers Achieve Retirement Goals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

Basic Capital, a 401(k) platform that helps workers achieve retirement goals, has closed a $25 million Series A funding round led by Forerunner and Lux Capital. Existing investors SV Angel, Box Group, and financial leader Henry Kravis participated, along with new investors HOF Capital and Inspired Capital.

SpinLaunch: $30 Million Closed To Advance Development Of Meridian Space Constellation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

SpinLaunch has secured $30 million in funding to advance its Meridian Space low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband constellation. This investment includes contributions from existing investors, led by ATW Partners, as well as Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.

Space Kinetic: Investment Raised From CerraCap Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

CerraCap Ventures, a prominent early-stage venture capital firm, has invested in Space Kinetic Corp., a U.S. national security innovator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This investment supports CerraCap's goal of enhancing solutions in space defense and strengthening America's strategic edge in a competitive global landscape.

Databricks: Series K Funding Round At Over $100 Billion Valuation Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

Databricks, a prominent player in the fields of Data and AI, has recently announced a significant development: the signing of a term sheet for its Series K funding round. This round, which is anticipated to close shortly, has garnered enthusiastic backing from existing investors and is poised to elevate the company's valuation to $100 billion or more.

Arintra: $21 Million Series A Raised For Expanding Beyond Autonomous Medical Coding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

Arintra, a leading GenAI-native autonomous medical coding platform for healthcare providers, has secured $21 million in Series A funding led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Endeavor Health Ventures, Y Combinator, Counterpart Ventures, Spider Capital, Ten13, and other strategics.

Refold AI: $6.5 MIllion Seed Funding Secured For Automating Complex Processes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

Refold AI, a company focused on streamlining enterprise integrations, has emerged from stealth mode with $6.5 million in seed funding. This investment will help expand its engineering team and enhance its product offerings.

Facility Grid: Growth Investment Raised From Nexa Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

Facility Grid, a leading provider of cloud-based commissioning (Cx) and operational readiness (OR) software for the construction industry, has received a strategic investment from Nexa Equity, a private equity firm focused on scaling B2B software businesses.

SoftBank To Invest $2 Billion In Intel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2025

SoftBank Group has announced a partnership with Intel through a definitive securities purchase agreement. As part of this agreement, SoftBank will invest a substantial $2 billion in Intel common stock.

Polestar Analytics: $12.5 Million Raised For Advancing AI Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2025

Polestar Analytics, a leader in AI-driven data analytics and planning, has raised $12.5 million in growth capital from a consortium of US-based family offices and institutional investors. This funding will enhance its AI capabilities and further develop its 1Platform, a top-tier solution for enterprise-scale analytics.

IVIX: $60 Million Series B Raised To Help Governments Combat Financial Crime

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2025

IVIX, an AI-based platform designed to assist governments in combating financial crime, has completed a $60 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $85 million. The round was led by O.G. Venture Partners (OGVP) and included participation from several other investors.

Continua: $8 Million Seed Funding Raised For Social AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2025

Continua, a leader in Social AI, has raised $8 million in seed funding to enhance group chat dynamics and allow artificial intelligence to actively engage in conversations. The round was led by GV, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and angel investors like Jeff Dean and Adam Ghetti.

Medallion: $43 Million Raised For Enhancing Healthcare Back-Office Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2025

Medallion, a leader in AI-based provider network infrastructure, announced it has raised $43 million in new funding. Acrew Capital led the round, with participation from Washington Harbour Partners and insiders, including Sequoia Capital, GV, Spark Capital, NFDG, and others. This funding brings Medallion's total to $130 million.

HolmesAI: Seed+ Funding Raised For Advancing Personalized AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2025

HolmesAI, a platform for Persona-based AI agents, has completed its Seed+ funding round, raising a total of $3 million with support from investors including Bitrise Capital, Waterdrip Capital, and CGV Fund. The project received early-stage incubation from HashKey Group and a major cloud computing company.