Startups

Intangible: $4 Million Raised For Advanced 3D Creative Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

Intangible announced it has raised $4 million in funding from a16z Speedrun, Crosslink Capital, Karman Ventures, and industry angels to launch the world’s simplest 3D creative tool.

Numeral: $18 Million (Series A) Secured For Helping Companies With Sales Tax Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Numeral, a company handling the intricacies of sales tax compliance for e-commerce and SaaS companies, has secured $18 million in Series A funding led by Benchmark Capital with participation from existing seed investors Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, and FundersClub.

TRIMTECH Therapeutics: $31 Million (Seed) Raised For Advancing Targeted Protein Degradation For Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

TRIMTECH Therapeutics, a biotechnology company harnessing targeted protein degradation (TPD) for treating neurodegenerative diseases, announced the closing of its $31 million (£25 million) seed funding round. Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) and SV Health Investors’ Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) led the funding, with M Ventures and Pfizer Ventures joining. Additional investors also include Eli Lilly and Company, MP Healthcare Venture Management (MPH), Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, and Start Codon.

MaxIQ: $7.8 Million Secured For Customer Journey Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

MaxIQ, an AI-based Customer Journey Management platform designed to maximize customer lifetime value, announced it has raised $7.8 million in funding. The company’s Seed round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from Intel Capital.

Lumata Health: $23 Million (Series B) Closed For Expanding Access To Vision-Saving Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Lumata Health, a leader in personalized support for patients with vision-threatening chronic eye diseases, announced that it has raised $23 million in Series B funding to accelerate its mission of eliminating preventable vision loss, bringing its total raised since inception to $36 million. This funding round was co-led by LRVHealth, McKesson Ventures, and Cencora Ventures, with participation from existing investors, including Cortado Ventures. And the funding will enable Lumata to meet growing demand and further enhance the data-driven technology powering its patient adherence solutions.

Auxia: $23.5 Million Raised For Transforming Enterprise Personalization With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Auxia, an Agentic Customer Journey Orchestration Platform, announced $23.5 million in Series A and seed funding to help companies transform how they engage with customers and drive additional revenue. The latest funding round was led by VMG Technology Partners, with participation from MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), Incubate Fund, Vela Partners, Stage 2 Capital, and over 50 industry leaders, such as current Google CMO Lorraine Twohill, Booking.com CMO Arjan Dijk, and former Meta Chief Business Officer David Fischer.

Darwinbox: $140 Million Raised For HR Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Darwinbox, a leading global human resource (HR) technology platform, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, and funds managed by KKR, will co-lead an investment of $140 million in the company, with additional participation from Gravity Holdings. The investment positions Darwinbox well to deepen its technology leadership and accelerate its international expansion plans.

Zeitview: $60 Million Secured For Advancing AI-Based Inspections Of Critical Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Zeitview, a leader in visual AI for critical infrastructure, announced a capital raise of $60 million led by Climate Investment, with participation from current investors Valor Equity Partners, Union Square Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Euclidean Capital, Energy Transition Ventures, Hearst Ventures and Y Combinator.

Tiga.ai: $2 Million Closed For Launching AI Agent For Custom Buying Signals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Tiga.ai, a leader in signal-based prospecting, announced that it has raised $2 million in funding. Bull City Venture Partners led the round, which also included Cascade Seed Fund and Virginia Venture Partners.

AidKit: $8.5 Million (Series A) Closed For Expanding Aid Administration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

AidKit, a Public Benefit Corporation helping government agencies and nonprofits administer aid programs efficiently and transparently, announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A growth equity financing led by Blueprint Equity. The new funding round will support AidKit’s expansion of its platform and enhance its technological capabilities to transform aid delivery into an empowering act of community care.

Origence: $53 Billion In 2024 Funding Closed For 2 Million Members

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Origence, a leading lending technology solutions provider for credit unions, announced it closed 2024 with $53 billion in funding and serving 2 million members.

Disrupt.com Investing $100 Million Into AI Startups From The UAE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Even though venture capital funding contracted globally last year, three founders who turned their bootstrapped startup into a $350 million exit are taking a contrarian approach. UAE-based venture builder Disrupt.com announced a $100 million commitment to build and back AI-first technology ventures globally.

Bridgetown Research: $19 Million (Series A) Raised For Building AI Agents Focused On Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

AI decision science company Bridgetown Research announced $19 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed and Accel, with participation from a leading research university.

SpyneAI: $16 Million (Series A) Secured For AI-Based Visual Merchandising Platform For Auto Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

SpyneAI, a leading AI-based visual merchandising platform for the automotive industry, announced it has secured $16 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures. Existing investors, including Accel and Storm Ventures, doubled their investment in this round. This funding round will accelerate SpyneAI's U.S. expansion and innovation in its GenAI-driven automotive retail suite.

Vermillio: $16 Million (Series A) Closed For AI Licensing And Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Vermillio, an AI licensing and protection platform, announced that it has raised $16 million in Series A funding, led by Sony Music Entertainment and DNS Capital.

Sanas: $65 Million (Series B) Secured To Accelerate Real-Time Speech Understanding Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Sanas, a Real-Time Speech Understanding Platform provider, recently announced a $65 million Series B funding round, advancing the company’s momentum and customer growth. Quadrille Capital led the round with strong participation from existing investors, including Insight Partners, Quiet Capital, and DN Capital.

Loxo: Growth Investment Raised In $115 Million Deal For Advancing AI & Product Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Loxo, a talent intelligence platform and recruiting software company, announced the closing of a growth investment led by Tritium Partners, a private equity firm focused on partnering with talented founders with the goal of building market leading companies. And this investment will enable Loxo to expand its market reach and further its advantage as an AI-based recruiting platform.

SpecterOps: $75 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Identity Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions with targeted insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, announced it has raised a $75 million Series B funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from additional investors including Ansa Capital, M12, Ballistic Ventures, Decibel and Cisco Investments. This funding round will support SpecterOps’ scaling of BloodHound Enterprise (BHE), the industry’s first platform for comprehensively removing Identity-based Attack Paths.