Startups

David: $75 Million Series A Raised To Build Tools For Increasing Muscle

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2025

David, a brand that designs tools to increase muscle and decrease fat, announced it closed a $75 million Series A funding round, led by Greenoaks with the participation of Valor Equity Partners.

Empathy: $72 Million Series C Raised For Transforming How The World Manages Tough Moments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2025

Empathy, a leading technology company transforming how the world plans for and manages life’s toughest moments, announced a $72 million Series C fundraise led by Adams Street Partners with participation from General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Entrée Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures, SemperVirens, Latitude, and LionTree, bringing total capital raised to $162 million.

Flip: $28 Million Series A Extension Secured For Helping Deskless Workers

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2025

Flip announced a $28 million Series A extension. Existing investors, including LEA Partners, HV Capital, Notion Capital, and Roland Berger, led the round.

Rhizome: $6.5 Million Seed Round Closed For Climate Resilience Planning Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2025

Rhizome, a leading climate resilience planning platform for the power grid, announced the closing of a $6.5 million oversubscribed seed funding round led by Base10 Partners. Base10 is joined in the Seed round by first-time Rhizome investors in MCJ and CLAI. And they join Convective Capital, El Cap, Streetlife Ventures, Stepchange, and Everywhere in closing out the oversubscribed round, all of whom also participated in prior Rhizome fundraises.

Rivan: £10 Million Raised To Build Energy Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2025

Rivan, a company enabling energy security through synthetic fuels, announced it has raised £10 million in funding led by Plural, with participation from 20VC, NFDG (Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross), and prominent angel investors Patrick and John Collison (Stripe).

Attensi: Over $25 Million Secured For Game-Based Solutions For Skills

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Attensi, which is a leading provider of game-based solutions for skills and people development, announced it has secured more than $25 million in non-dilutive growth funding. This follows a remarkable period of growth for the company, driven by AI innovation and strategic product development.

Meibel: $7 Million Seed Raised For Building Confident AI Runtime Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Meibel, a runtime platform for confident AI, announced it has raised $7 million in seed funding to accelerate adoption across industries. The funding round was led by Mosaic General Partnership with participation from Array Ventures, Denver Ventures, Cofounders Capital, and Service Provider Capital.

Greenlite AI: $15 Million Series A Closed To Help Banks Fight Financial Crime

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Greenlite AI, a leading AI agent platform for financial services, announced a $15 million Series A funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $20 million.

Pay-i: $4.9 Million Raised For Value-Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Pay-i, a new value-intelligence platform for GenAI, has recently emerged from stealth with $4.9 million in seed funding to address this issue. The funding round was co-led by Fuse Partners and Tola Capital, with participation from Firestreak, Pear VC, Gaia Capital, and angel investors from Fortune 100 companies.

Flo: Series A Raised For Expanding Legal Recruiting Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Flo Recruit, a connected suite of legal talent software, announced it has closed a Series A round led by LiveOak Ventures and Moneta Ventures with participation from The LegalTech Fund, Y Combinator, and Teamworthy Ventures.

Zoca: $6 Million Raised For Transforming Local Businesses With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Zoca announced a $6 million round to build an AI-based growth platform to help hyperlocal service businesses get discovered, booked, and rebooked, promising one outcome: more paying clients, guaranteed. The funding round was led by Accel with participation from GTMfund, Elevation Capital, and Better Capital.

REplace: $2.1 Million Secured For Advancing AI-Based Energy Site Selection

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

REplace, an AI-based platform streamlining renewable energy and data center development, announced a $2.1 million funding round. The funding round was led by Gravity Climate, whose founding team includes Dr. Bracha Halaf, former Chief Scientist of Israel's Ministry of Energy, and Zafrir Yoeli, Co-Founder of Enlight.

Outcomes4Me: $21 Million Secured For Advancing AI-Based Cancer Care Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Outcomes4Me - a developer of the leading direct-to-patient and AI-based platform transforming the cancer care experience - announced the closing of a $21 million funding round. With this round, Outcomes4Me welcomes a new investor, London-based Salica Investments, alongside all existing investors: Labcorp Venture Fund, Forecast Labs, Northpond Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Asset Management Ventures, IRA Capital, and Merstal LTD. This brings Outcomes4Me's total capital raised to date to $38 million.

Uplinq: $10 Million Series A Closed For Transforming AI-Based Bookkeeping And Tax Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Uplinq, a leading provider of AI-based bookkeeping and tax solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Next Coast Ventures, with participation from AZ-VC, Live Oak Ventures, and existing investors.

Vima Therapeutics: $60 Million Series A Secured For Advancing Oral Therapy For People With Dystonia And Movement Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Vima Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on oral therapies for movement disorders, has launched with a $60 million Series A financing led by Atlas Venture, with participation from Access Industries and Canaan.

Snorkel AI: $100 Million Series D Raised For Data Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Snorkel AI recently announced a few major milestones. For example, Snorkel AI announced it has raised $100 million in Series D funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, led by Addition. There was also participation from Prosperity 7 Ventures, existing investors Greylock and Lightspeed, and existing strategic investors including BNY and QBE Ventures.

Volteras: $11.1 Million Raised For Energy And Mobility Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Volteras, a leading data streaming platform for the energy ecosystem, announced the close of its $11.1 million oversubscribed Series A funding round. This funding was spearheaded by Union Square Ventures and included participation from fleet card providers Wex and Edenred, along with existing investors, Exor and Long Journey Ventures. Wex and Edenred collectively service 24 million vehicles. And they see Volteras as a vital part of their transition to electric vehicles.

sensmore: $7.3 Million Raised For Turning Machines Into Intelligent Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

sensmore, a Berlin/Potsdam-based robotics startup, announced it has secured $7.3 million in funding to bring physical AI to the world’s largest mobile machinery. The funding was secured from a cohort of investors led by Point Nine Capital, and joined by international backers from the US and UK, including Acequia Capital, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, Prototype Capital, and Entrepreneur First.

Siro: $50 Million Series B Raised For AI-Based Conversation Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Siro, an AI-based conversation intelligence platform for in-person sales, announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by SignalFire, with participation from 01 Advisors, StepStone Group, and existing investors CRV, Fika Ventures, and Index Ventures.

Wirespeed: Seed Funding Raised For MDR Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Cybersecurity company Wirespeed announced the completion of its seed funding round, backed by cybersecurity legends. The funding group, led by Mairs & Power Venture Capital, is closely tied to Wirespeed’s founders, Tim MalcomVetter and Jake Reynolds, and includes cybersecurity veterans: Gary Fish, founder/CEO of several companies including FishNet Security (now Optiv), Firemon, Fishtech (now Cyderes), Secure Passage, et al; Deke George, co-founder of the world’s largest penetration testing company, NetSPI, where MalcomVetter and Reynolds first worked together; Grossman Ventures, headed by serial cybersecurity luminary Jeremiah Grossman (WhiteHat Security, Bit Discovery); RNP Capital Advisors, led by tech entrepreneurs Alan Dumas and David Bates; and Daren Cotter, successful SaaS entrepreneur turned serial investor.

Converge: $22 Million Raised For Decarbonizing Concrete

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund (SIF) announced that it has led a $22 million investment round in Converge, a UK-based leader in AI-based concrete management and decarbonization technologies. The funding round included participation from existing investors, including Climate Investment (CI), a specialist decarbonization investor, as well as new investors Move Energy, PI Impact, J-Impact, and existing investors TO Ventures, Force Over Mass Capital, and others.

Palla: $14.5 Million Series A Raised For Cross-Border Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Palla, an international payments platform enabling instant cross-border payments for global financial institutions and fintech firms, announced that it has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Revolution Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Ardent, Cowboy Ventures, Dash Fund, Uncommon Capital, Meta Fund, Evolution VC, First Check Ventures, Vitalize, and DeepWork Capital.

Superblocks: $23 Million Series A Raised For Enterprise App Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Superblocks, a leader in secure enterprise app development, announced it has raised $23 million as part of its Series A. This funding brings the total funding to $60 million. The investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Greenoaks, Meritech Capital, and tech leaders like Box CEO Aaron Levie and Workday founder Aneel Bhusri.

RollKall: Growth Investment Raised From Vista

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

RollKall, a provider of extra-duty management software for public safety agencies, announced a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners.

Portal Access: $7 Million Series A Raised For Supporting FDA Approval

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Portal Access - a medical device startup company pioneering next-generation advanced vascular access solutions for oncology - announced the closing of a $7 million Series A financing round today. The funding round was fully subscribed, highlighting strong investor support for the company's vision and technology. Over 80% of the round was led by U.S physician investors including oncologists, interventional radiologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons and others, along with a partnership from a U.S based venture capital fund.

Bito: $5.7 Million Seed Extension Raised For Expanding AI Code Review Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Bito, an AI-based developer platform that transforms how developers review and improve code by deeply understanding their codebase, announced a $5.7 million seed extension round, led by Vela Partners, with participation from NextView Ventures, Maxitech Ventures, Eniac Ventures, and other investors. And this brings the company's total seed stage funding to $8.8 million.

Pillar Biosciences: $34.5 Million Raised For Decision Medicine Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Pillar Biosciences, a leader in Decision Medicine, announced they have finalized $34.5 million in funding, including a strategic investment from Illumina, structured financing from Soleus Capital, and investments from existing investors.

Frinks AI: Manufacturing Tech Company Raises $5.4 Million Pre-Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Frinks AI, a startup founded by IIT Hyderabad alumni, announced it has raised $5.4 million in a Pre-Series A round led by Prime Venture Partners. This brings its total funding to $6.25 million. This funding round also saw participation from existing investor Chiratae Ventures, along with Navam Capital and Ashok Atluri, Founder of Zen Technologies. And Frinks AI is additionally backed by industry leaders including S Ramadorai (former MD & CEO, TCS), Dr. V Sumantran (former Executive Director, Tata Motors), Dr. Tarun Ramadorai (Prof. Imperial College of London), and Dr. Gopichand Katragadda (former Group CTO, Tata Sons), who continue to support the company as strategic investors and advisors.

Neuron Factory: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised For Transforming The Construction Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Neuron Factory, a company dedicated to transforming the construction industry through AI software, announced its seed funding round and a strategic partnership with Cordeel Group. The company also raised $6 million in seed funding in an over-subscribed round, from Activant Capital, Colle Capital, Karman Ventures, Punch Capital and strategic investors including Filip Cordeel, Chairman of Cordeel Group.

Tradeverifyd: $4 Million In Additional Series A Raised For Addressing Supply Chain Risks

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Tradeverifyd, a supply chain risk management platform designed to help enterprises identify, assess, and mitigate risks before they impact operations, announced the company raised $4 million in new funding from SJF Ventures.