Startups

Lyric Bio: $6.6 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Donor-Derived Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Lyric Bio, a San Carlos–based biomanufacturing startup spun out of Prellis Biologics, has raised $6.6 million in oversubscribed seed financing to scale its next-generation production platform for donor-derived therapeutics. The round was led by The Venture Collective, with participation from Black Diamond Ventures, Draper Associates, Lucas Venture Group, Meiji Seika Pharma, SOSV, and other investors.

Nada: $10 Million Series A Raised To Scale Its Home Equity Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Nada has raised $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate the expansion of its home equity investment platform. The round was led by Interlock Partners, with participation from LiveOak Ventures and Riverwalk Capital Partners, alongside an expanded venture debt facility from Nomura Strategic Ventures.

LizzyAI: $5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform AI-Driven Job Interviews

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

LizzyAI, a New York-based AI-native interviewing platform, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by NEA, with participation from Speedinvest and Zero Prime Ventures. The company plans to use the capital to expand engineering and go-to-market teams, deepen product integrations, and advance its adaptive interview engine.

Curi Bio: $10 Million Series B Closed To Scale Human-Relevant Preclinical Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2025

Curi Bio has secured a $10 million Series B round led by Seoul-based contract research organization DreamCIS, funding that will accelerate the expansion of the company’s integrated human-relevant preclinical discovery platform. The investment deepens a strategic partnership aimed at improving the predictiveness of early-stage drug development and reducing clinical trial failure rates.

Pine: $25 Million Series Raised A To Expand AI Agent For Consumer Digital Chores

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Pine has raised $25 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-powered agent designed to handle consumers’ digital chores, from negotiating bills to resolving service issues. The round was led by Fortwest Capital and will support the company’s push to advance its autonomous “ask-and-it’s-done” agent, which makes calls, handles emails and interacts with software on behalf of users.

Volve Capital: €9 Million Fund Closed To Back Day-Zero Tech Founders Across Benelux And DACH

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Amsterdam-based Volve Capital has closed its first fund at €9 million, targeting pre-seed startups across the Benelux and DACH regions. Founded in 2024 by Dutch entrepreneurs Joost Bijlsma and Maurits Hovius, the firm focuses on “day-zero” founders and provides both capital and hands-on operational support across tech, data, GTM, marketing, operations, and finance.

Saporo: €7 Million Series A Raised To Scale Graph-Native Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Saporo has raised €7 million in Series A funding to accelerate the expansion of its graph-native identity security platform as demand for hybrid identity hardening continues to surge. The round was led by TIN Capital with participation from G+D Ventures, CDP Venture Capital’s Corporate Partners I – ServiceTech fund, XAnge, Lightbird VC, and Session VC, with Trachet advising on the transaction.

Axoltis Pharma: €18 Million Closed To Advance Phase 2 ALS Candidate NX210c

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Axoltis Pharma has closed an €18 million Series A round to accelerate development of NX210c, its Phase 2 neurodegenerative-disease candidate for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The raise will be deployed in two tranches, with the second contingent on Phase 2 SEALS trial results expected in Q2 2026.

Mirror Security: $2.5 Million In Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Advance AI Encryption Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Mirror Security has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Sure Valley Ventures and Atlantic Bridge, marking a significant milestone in the company’s push to expand its encrypted AI security platform. The Dublin-based startup is developing technology to protect sensitive data and secure large-scale artificial intelligence systems, as organizations face rising pressure to adopt AI responsibly and mitigate risks associated with data exposure and model manipulation.

Castik Capital To Buy Majority Stake In Interact Software To Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Funds managed by Castik Capital have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Interact Software from Unicorn Asset Management, Octopus Ventures, Perwyn Advisors, the former Chairman, the Executive management, and other minority shareholders. The investment is designed to accelerate Interact’s push to become the core operating system for the enterprise employee experience, with a focus on product expansion and targeted M&A.

Kalshi Hits $11 Billion Valuation With $1 Billion Series E As Prediction Markets Go Mainstream

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Kalshi, a regulated prediction-market exchange turning real-world events into a new financial asset class, has raised $1 billion in Series E funding at an $11 billion valuation. The round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech Capital, IVP, ARK Invest, Anthos Capital, CapitalG, and Y Combinator.