Startups

REPUBLIK: $6 Million Closed To Connect Creators To Their Communities

By Annie Baker ● Oct 16, 2023

REPUBLIK, a global technology company building new ways for people to interact, recently announced the successful conclusion of its $6 million seed funding round. The funding round also saw participation from leading investors, including OKX Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Arcane Ventures, CMS Holdings, Comma3 Ventures, Define Ventures, Enjin, FBG Capital, HTX Ventures, Mirana Ventures, Oracles Investment Group, Signum Capital, Sora Ventures, and UOB Venture Management.

Plan Forward: Dental Software Company Lands $2 Million In Series B

By Noah Long ● Oct 16, 2023

Plan Forward - a leading dental software company enabling dental practices to offer an alternative payment method to their uninsured patients - recently announced it has raised $2 million in Seed B financing led by Elevate Ventures, with IU Ventures and Revere Partners participation.

Optimize Health: Remote Healthcare Platform Company Closes $18 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 16, 2023

Optimize Health - one of the most trusted remote healthcare platforms in the U.S. - recently announced the completion of its latest funding round, raising more than $18 million. The Series B funding round was led by Foundry and Escalate Capital Partners, with participation from Bonfire Ventures, Daher Capital, Navigate Ventures, Attento Capital, OpenView, 500 Global, SOSV, and Jumpstart Capital.

Azul 3D: 3D Printing Company Raises $15 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 16, 2023

Azul 3D - a leading-edge 3D printing startup - recently announced that it has closed a Series A transaction of $15 million from existing and new investors. The investment in the company comes from around the globe, including from DuPont (a lead investor in the Series A transaction). And other investors from the EMEA and Asia regions include Beta Lab and GS Futures.

Urban Sky: Stratospheric Technology And Remote Sensing Company Secures $9.75 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 16, 2023

Urban Sky - a stratospheric technology and remote sensing company - today announced an over-subscribed $9.75 million Series A financing round co-led by New Legacy Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Lavrock Ventures, with participation from Catapult Ventures, Union Labs VC, DA Ventures (a Denver Angels Affiliate), and TenOneTen Ventures.

minds.ai: $5.3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Optimizing Semiconductor Manufacturing Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2023

minds.ai recently announced that it has raised $5.3 million in seed funding to drive innovation in the application of AI in semiconductor manufacturing. This funding round was led by Monta Vista Capital, with other investors, including Momenta, joining the round. In connection with the funding round, minds.ai welcomes Venkatesh Shukla from Monta Vista Capital and Michael Dolbec from Momenta to its board of directors.

Korio: Randomization & Trial Supply Management (RTSM) Company Secures $6.8 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 16, 2023

Korio - a pioneering technology-first Randomization & Trial Supply Management (RTSM) company - recently announced the successful conclusion of a $6.8 million funding round, which is aimed at catalyzing the widespread adoption of the company's cutting-edge clinical trial software platform.

Harmony Receives Investment From Connetic Ventures

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 16, 2023

Connetic Ventures - an early-stage venture capital firm that utilizes data and AI to invest in the highest potential founders - recently announced a new investment in Harmony. This digital platform uses AI to personalize communication in the workplace. Connetic is investing pre-revenue.

Gutsy: $51 Million Closed To Use Process Mining For Helping Companies Visualize Complex Security Processes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2023

Gutsy - a company that uses process mining to help organizations visualize and analyze their complex security processes to understand how they actually run, based on observable event data - was recently launched by cybersecurity veterans and serial entrepreneurs Ben Bernstein (Co-founder and CEO), Dima Stopel (Co-founder and VP R&D), and John Morello (Co-founder and CTO). Gutsy's founders were the founding team of Twistlock, which is a cloud-native security pioneer acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2019. The company also raised $51 million in a seed round of funding led by YL Ventures and Mayfield.

Cleanlab: Automated Data Curation Solution Company Secures $25 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 16, 2023

Cleanlab - the company behind the automated data curation solution used to increase the dollar value of every data point in enterprise AI, LLM, and analytics solutions - announced it had raised $25 million in Series A funding. This funding round was co-led by Menlo Ventures and TQ Ventures; Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy and TQ’s Schuster Tanger will join the board. Existing investor Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) and new investor Databricks Ventures also joined in this funding round, which brings Cleanlab’s total funding to $30 million.

Arctop: $10 Million Raised For Brain Decoding Technology

By Noah Long ● Oct 16, 2023

Arctop - a software platform for brain decoding - recently announced $10 million in Series A funding co-led by Fifth Growth Fund (FGF) and Supermoon Capital. This funding round will accelerate the commercialization of Arctop's pioneering technology that translates brain activity into real-time information for third-party applications.

Grand Ventures: $50 Million Second Fund Closed To Invest In Early-Stage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2023

Grand Ventures recently announced the closing of a $50 million second fund to invest in early-stage companies. This Fund II received significant support from its existing investor base while adding new limited partners, including family offices. General Partners Tim Streit, Camila Noordeloos, and Nathan Owen will manage this fund.

Ostium Labs: $3.5 Million Secured To Help Users Trade Assets On-Chain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2023

Ostium - a company that enables users to trade off their assets directly on-chain - recently announced it raised $3.5 million in funding from General Catalyst and LocalGlobe, with participation from Susquehanna International Group (SIG), DeFi Alliance, Balaji Srinivasan, Shiliang Tang (LedgerPrime), and nearly 20 additional founders, investors, and advisors. This funding round will facilitate the launch of our flagship protocol, the first decentralized, non-custodial perpetual exchange for Real World Assets.

Precede Biosciences: $57 Million Raised To Develop Disease-Defining Transcriptional Biology Platform

By Noah Long ● Oct 14, 2023

Precede Biosciences recently emerged from stealth with a breakthrough, comprehensive, blood-based approach to revealing disease-defining transcriptional biology. The company has raised $57 million.

HiringBranch: $2.5 Million Raised To Improve Hiring Processes

By Annie Baker ● Oct 14, 2023

HiringBranch recently announced that it has secured $2.5 million in non-dilutive funds from BDC Capital's Growth & Transition Capital division. BDC (Canada's bank for entrepreneurs) is investing in HiringBranch's mission to modernize legacy hiring processes with soft skill AI assessments that could replace interviews at scale.

Osmoses: Industrial Separations Technology Closes $11 Million To Purify Gases

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

Osmoses - an industrial separations technology company that purifies gases, the world’s smallest molecules - recently announced it has raised an oversubscribed $11 million seed round led by Energy Capital Ventures.

Amalgam Rx Receives Strategic Investment From CVS Health Ventures

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

Amalgam - a leader in enabling data-driven healthcare decision-making - recently announced the participation of CVS Health Ventures in its Series B investment round.

Stoke Space: Reusable Rocket Company Raises $100 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2023

Stoke Space recently announced it raised $100 million in Series B funding to drive continued growth and innovation. This funding round more than doubled the company’s total funding, which is now at $175 million. The company also shared the official name of our first rocket: Nova.

Diana Health: $34 Million Secured To Improve Outcomes In Women’s Health

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

Diana Health - a network of modern women's health practices that partner with hospitals to reimagine the way women's healthcare is delivered - recently announced that it has closed $34 million in Series B financing led by Norwest Venture Partners. The company’s existing investors .406 Ventures, LRVHealth and AlleyCorp joined the round, bringing the total raised to $46 million.

Velostics: Unified Scheduling Company Secures $1.95 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2023

Velostics - a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company specializing in unified scheduling - recently announced it raised $1.95 million in a seed+ round to expand its platform and reach even further with shippers across the supply chain. The company defines unified scheduling as the orchestration of inbound and outbound truck scheduling for shippers across their supply chain from vendors to end customers.

SuperOrdinary: $58 Million Funding And Over $800 Million Valuation

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

SuperOrdinary - the fast-growing global brand accelerator and expert in establishing and scaling brands in international and domestic channels - recently announced the completion of a $58 million Series B fundraising, bringing the company’s valuation to over $800 million. The investors in Series B included Manzanita, Puig, Demira Gate, Upper90, and SuperOrdinary founder and CEO Julian Reis.

Iambic Therapeutics: $100 Million Oversubscribed Series B Funding Raised

By Annie Baker ● Oct 13, 2023

RQD Clearing: Correspondent Clearing Services Company Secures Series A Funding Round

By Annie Baker ● Oct 13, 2023

RQD Clearing, LLC (RQD) - a leading provider of correspondent clearing services - recently announced its Series A financing round, led by Nyca Partners and ABN AMRO Clearing Investments B.V. This strategic funding round will enable RQD to more rapidly expand its service offering, global reach, and onboard larger, more demanding clients.

Connections Health Solutions: Immediate-Access Behavioral Health Crisis Care Company Raises $28 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

Connections Health Solutions - the leading innovator in immediate-access behavioral health crisis care - recently announced the closing of a $28 million growth financing raise led by Town Hall Ventures, a firm that invests in healthcare solutions for underserved communities, with participation from existing investor, Heritage Group. The company will use the funding to accelerate new market entry, meeting community demand for value-based mental health crisis services.

Electric Era: EV Fast Charging Infrastructure Secures Funding From Chevron

By Annie Baker ● Oct 13, 2023

Electric Era Technologies - a leader in revolutionizing the world’s EV fast charging infrastructure with its proprietary PowerNode EV high-speed charging stations - recently announced an investment from Chevron Technology Ventures.

REGENT Craft: All-Electric Seaglider Company Secures $60 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

REGENT Craft - a Rhode Island-based manufacturer of all-electric seagliders - recently announced today it has raised $60 million in Series A funding co-led by 8090 Industries and Founders Fund. The funding round includes previously announced strategic investments by Japan Airlines Innovation Fund, Lockheed Martin, and Yamato Holdings.

Class Companion: $4 Million Raised To Empower Teachers And Support Students

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 13, 2023

Glydways: On-Demand Personal Rapid Transit Raises $56 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 13, 2023

Glydways - a leader in developing on-demand Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) - recently announced a $56 million Series B round, including the conversion of notes valued at more than $28 million and led by New Science Ventures with participation from The ACS Group and Gates Frontier. Khosla Ventures, Glydways first investor, is also participating in this latest round. The company raised over $70 million to date.

CAZ Investments: $200 Million Commitment Received From Grafine Partners

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 13, 2023

CAZ Investments (a Houston-based investment manager) and Grafine Partners (an investment management firm that identifies differentiated sources of alpha by investing in new firms led by experienced private equity investors) recently announced that CAZ has made a $200 million commitment to Grafine.

Atalan Tech: Funding Raised To Transform The Future Of Healthcare Workforce

By Noah Long ● Oct 13, 2023

Atalan Tech - a women-led and mission-driven company at the forefront of AI technology for predicting and preventing clinician burnout and turnover in healthcare systems - recently announced the successful completion of its growth financing. This funding round was led by Excelerate Health Ventures and OCA Ventures, and other notable investors.