Startups

Burst: $3 Million Raised For HSA/FSA Reimbursement Platform And Rebrand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Burst, a company focused on simplifying how consumers use health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA) funds, announced that it has raised $3 million and rebranded from its previous name, Float. The company also disclosed a $2.1 million seed round led by Pear VC, with participation from Rock Health Capital, Meridian Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and a group of additional funds and angel investors.

Vast Coworking Group Acquired By Flexible Workspace Platform Investor New State Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

New State Capital Partners announced it has acquired Vast Coworking Group, one of the largest coworking platforms in the world, in a carve-out transaction from United Franchise Group. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Skema: Seed Funding Raised For AEC Design Data Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Skema announced it has closed a strategic seed funding round to accelerate development of its platform designed for architecture, engineering, and construction professionals. The company said the capital will be used to expand its platform capabilities, deepen integrations with AEC workflows, and extend its tools across the full spectrum of design and construction phases. The round was led by Robin Bienfait, a board member of Skema and CEO of Atlanta Tech Park and Emnovate. The investor base includes strategic industry partners, venture investors, and family offices.

Lotus Domaine: Strategic Investment Relationship With OPENVC Unicorn Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Lotus Domaine Fund III, LP, a private equity fund focused on founder-led enterprise technology companies, announced that it has entered into a finalized strategic investment relationship with OPENVC Unicorn Fund I, LP, a platform providing institutional-grade access to late-stage private technology companies.

Crossover Markets: $31 Million Raised For Institutional Crypto Trading Platform At $200 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Crossover Markets, a digital asset trading technology firm focused on institutional crypto liquidity, announced it has raised $31 million in a Series B financing round, valuing the company at $200 million.

Artemis: $6 Million Raised For Distributed Energy Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Artemis, formerly known as Monalee, announced that it has raised $6 million in financing to expand its AI-powered platform designed to streamline distributed energy deployment. The round was co-led by Long Journey Ventures and Copec WIND Ventures, with participation from Ludlow Ventures, Shrug Capital, Coalition Operators, Plug and Play Ventures, FJ Labs, Tribeca Ventures, Palm Tree Crew, and Scott Banister.

NextWork: $4.45 Million Seed Round Raised For AI Skill Verification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

NextWork, a platform designed to help people learn practical artificial intelligence skills by building real-world projects and publishing proof-of-work portfolios, announced it has raised $4.45 million in a seed funding round led by Shakti VC. The round also included participation from Cake Ventures, along with repeat investors GD1 VC, Blackbird Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, Phase One Ventures and a group of angel investors.

Alithea Genomics: $8.9 Million Seed Round Closed To Scale RNA-Seq For Drug Screening And Toxicology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Alithea Genomics announced the closing of a CHF 6.9 million ($8.9 million) seed financing round aimed at accelerating the commercialization of its large-scale RNA sequencing technologies and expanding their use in drug discovery and toxicology research.

Inhouse: $5 Million Raised For AI Legal Platform For Business Owners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Inhouse announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform designed to help business owners handle legal work more efficiently. The round was backed by Run Ventures, Royal Street Ventures, Switch, and Brian Liu, the cofounder and former CEO of LegalZoom.

MeltPlan: $10 Million Seed Round Raised To Build AI Planning Engine For Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

MeltPlan announced that it has raised $14 million to date, including a $10 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The round also included participation from noa, with earlier backing from WND Ventures and several angel investors.

Procode AI: $4 Million Raised And The Auctus Group Acquired To Build AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Platform For Surgeons

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Procode AI, an AI-powered revenue cycle management (RCM) company focused on surgeons in private practice, has launched from stealth with $4 million in funding and the acquisition of The Auctus Group, a medical billing company serving plastic surgery and dermatology practices.

ImmunoScape Signs Clinical Trial MOU With U.S. Cancer Center And Secures Strategic Investment From Leonardo DiCaprio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

ImmunoScape, a Singapore headquartered biotechnology company developing next generation T cell receptor (TCR) based cancer immunotherapies, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with a leading National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the United States to advance a clinical trial for its “Seed and Boost” therapeutic platform. The company also revealed a strategic investment from actor and environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio.

Traversal: AI Site Reliability Engineering Platform Receives Strategic Investment From Amex Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Traversal, an AI platform focused on enterprise site reliability engineering, announced a strategic investment from Amex Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of American Express.

Otovo: $16.6 Million Secured To Fund EnergyAid Acquisition And Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Otovo announced it has secured approximately $16.6 million through a private placement as the company moves forward with plans to acquire EnergyAid and expand its home energy services platform across North America and Europe.

Circadence: $16.4 Million Closed For AI-Driven Cyber Readiness Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Circadence announced it has closed a $16.4 million investment round led by Seneca Partners as the company continues to expand its AI-driven cyber readiness and resilience platform across defense and enterprise markets.

Unleash: $35 Million Raised For AI-Era Feature Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Unleash, an enterprise FeatureOps platform designed to help organizations control software releases in the era of AI-generated code, announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The round was led by One Peak, with participation from existing investors Spark Capital, Frontline Ventures, and Firstminute Capital.

Spellbook: $40 Million Debt Financing Secured To Fund Legal AI Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Spellbook, an AI copilot platform for contracts, announced it has secured $40 million in debt financing from RBCx, the technology and innovation banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, to support strategic acquisitions as the legal AI sector undergoes consolidation.

Eight Sleep: Funding Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For AI-Driven Predictive Health Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Eight Sleep announced a new strategic funding round led by Tether Investments, valuing the company at $1.5 billion, supporting its expansion from sleep optimization into a predictive AI-driven health platform.

proteanTecs: Strategic Investment From TGVP To Expand Semiconductor Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

proteanTecs, a provider of health and performance monitoring solutions for advanced electronics, announced that it has secured a strategic investment from TGVP, the U.S.-based corporate venture capital arm of TOPPAN Group. The investment brings the company’s total funding to more than $250 million.

Cyclops: $8 Million Raised For Stablecoin And Crypto Infrastructure Platform For Payments Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Cyclops announced it has raised $8 million in a strategic investment round backed by Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime, and Shift4 Payments. The funding will support the development of a stablecoin and crypto infrastructure platform built specifically for the payments industry.

HawkEye 360: $23 Million Raised In Additional Series E Financing To Support Signals Intelligence Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

HawkEye 360 announced an additional close of its Series E financing, raising approximately $23 million in new capital to support the company’s continued expansion in signals intelligence data and analytics. The latest funding round includes participation from new investors Ghisallo, Principia Growth, and Sixty Degree Capital, along with continued participation from existing investor Strategic Development Fund (SDF). The company said the additional capital will strengthen its balance sheet while enabling it to continue executing strategic growth priorities.

Vivox AI: £1.3 Million Raised For Financial Crime Compliance AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Vivox AI, a London-based technology company developing AI agents for financial crime compliance, has raised £1.3 million in its first funding round to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform. The round includes backing from Axel Weber, former president of Germany’s central bank and chairman of UBS Group, along with Dan Cobley, former managing director at Google UK. Additional investors include senior executives from Barclays, Onfido co-founder Kos Stiskin, Finom co-founder Kos Stiskin, Startup Wise Guys, Printify and Printful founder and executive chairman James Janis Berdigans, Venture Together, and other fintech and technology investors.

Halogen Ventures: $10 Million Alabama Initiative Backs First Nine Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Halogen Ventures announced its first nine investments in Alabama one year after partnering with Innovate Alabama to deploy $10 million aimed at expanding the state’s startup ecosystem and supporting companies with at least one female founder.

Breezeway: Strategic Growth Investment To Accelerate AI Innovation And Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Breezeway, a vacation rental operations platform, announced a strategic growth investment led by Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm. The investment is aimed at accelerating Breezeway’s product development, expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities, and supporting the company’s continued global expansion.

Minit Games: $2 Million Raised For Feed-First Short-Form Gaming Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Hamburg-based mobile gaming startup Minit Games has emerged from stealth with $2 million in pre-seed funding to develop a feed-first platform for short-form gaming. The round was led by LVP and Sony Innovation Fund, with participation from industry angels Stefan Klemm, Timo Soininen, and Klaas Kersting.

RIFT: €114 Million Raised To Scale Iron Fuel Technology For Industrial Decarbonization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

RIFT, a Netherlands-based cleantech company developing iron fuel technology, announced it has secured €113.8 million in financing to scale its circular iron fuel system and advance toward commercial deployment for industrial heat applications.

Mycoverse: €2.4 Million Raised For Fungal-Based Biological Crop Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Mycoverse, a Denmark-based agri-tech startup developing fungal-based biological crop protection, announced that it has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed equity funding to accelerate development of solutions targeting potato late blight, one of Europe’s most destructive crop diseases.

LUMO Labs: €6 Million Investment From SETT To Support Deeptech Startups Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

LUMO Labs announced that its LUMO Fund has received a €6 million investment from Spain’s Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), a public entity under the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service. The capital will be used to invest in startups across Spain and other European countries, with a focus on early-stage companies building digital deeptech technologies.

baCta: €7 Million Raised To Use Microorganisms As Programmable Molecular Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Paris-based biotechnology company baCta announced it has raised €7 million in seed funding to advance its approach to producing industrial ingredients using engineered microorganisms. The round was led by LocalGlobe and Daphni, with participation from OVNI Capital and several business angels including founders of Phagos, Genomines, and MistralAI.

Portfolio BI: Multi-Million-Dollar Growth Investment To Advance AI Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Portfolio BI, a New York City-based provider of data solutions for alternative investment managers, has secured a multi-million-dollar growth investment from Decathlon Capital Partners to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence capabilities within its platform and expand customer support operations.