Startups

Queen One: Over $5.5 Million Raised For Enhancing Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Queen One, a brand technology platform that enhances websites and communication portals, has raised over $5.5 million in a friends and family funding round. The round was led by operator-backed funds including Charge VC, Inspired Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and Prospeq, along with a group of entrepreneurs and supporters.

Armada: $131 Million Raised To Advance Hyperscaler For The Edge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Armada, a leader in edge computing, has raised $131 million in a funding round featuring new investors Pinegrove, Veriten, and Glade Brook, alongside existing backers like Founders Fund and Microsoft's M12.

Glīd: $3.1 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Autonomous Road-To-Rail Freight Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Glīd Technologies, a leader in autonomous road-to-rail solutions, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, raising $3.1 million, led by Outlander VC. Founded in 2022 by Kevin A. Damoa, a former logistics leader at SpaceX and the U.S. military, Glīd is dedicated to improving freight logistics through innovation.

Poseidon: $15 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Data Licensing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Poseidon, a company focused on the decentralized data layer for AI training workflows, has secured $15 million in seed funding, led by a16z crypto, the cryptocurrency fund of Andreessen Horowitz. This funding underscores the rising interest in blockchain solutions for artificial intelligence.

Phlow: $37 Million Series C Raised For Advancing Modern Medicine Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Phlow, a leading American pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has raised $37 million in its Series C funding round, led by Align Private Capital with contributions from new and existing investors.

xLight: $40 Million Series B Raised For Transforming Semiconductor Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

xLight, an American company specializing in advanced laser technology, has secured $40 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round, led by Playground Global with support from Boardman Bay Capital Management and Morpheus Ventures.

Makersite: €60 Million Raised For Product Lifecycle Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Makersite, a leading AI startup in Germany focused on product lifecycle intelligence, has raised €60 million ($70.2 million USD) in a Series B funding round. This funding will help the company assist manufacturers in creating more affordable, safer, and sustainable products through intelligent automation and supply chain insights.

Asylon Robotics: $24 Million Series B Raised For Advancing Automated Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Asylon, a leader in robotic perimeter security technology, announced it has raised $24 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners, with participation from Veteran Ventures Capital, Allegion Ventures, and the GO PA Fund.

Flend: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Egypt-Based Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Flend, an Egyptian fintech company, has secured $3 million in seed funding to expand its digital lending operations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt. This funding, comprising both equity and debt, was led by Egypt Ventures and included contributions from Camel Ventures, Sukna Ventures, Plus VC, and Banque Misr, along with support from regional family offices like El Sewedy and Baalbaki.

CandorIQ: $4.8 Million Seed Funding Raised For Helping People Manage Spend

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

CandorIQ, an AI-based platform for managing organizational people spend, secured $4.8 million in seed funding led by Array Ventures, with contributions from Y Combinator, CRV, and Switch Ventures.

BetterComp: $33 Million Series A Raised For Compensation Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

BetterComp, a leading provider of compensation management software, has secured $33 million in Series A funding, led by Ten Coves Capital. This investment will drive BetterComp's growth, enhance its AI-based capabilities, and expand into new product areas.

Yieldstreet: $77 Million Raised For Helping Investors Diversify Portfolios

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Leading private markets investment platform Yieldstreet announced it has raised $77 million in new capital from a mix of new and existing investors, led by Tarsadia Investments. Other participants include Mayfair Equity Partners, Edison Partners, Cordoba Advisory Partners (CAP), Kingfisher Investment Advisors, and new investor RedBird Capital Partners.

Octup: $12 Million Seed Funding Raised For 3PL Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Octup, a real-time AI operations platform for third-party logistics providers (3PLs), has raised $12 million in a Seed round co-led by Shine Capital and JAL Ventures, with contributions from Stone Capital, Tal Ventures, and HCS Capital.

ValGenesis: $16 Million Raised For Advancing Validation Lifecycle Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

ValGenesis, a leader in digital validation lifecycle management backed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, has secured up to $16 million in strategic financing from the Innovation Banking Group at Bridge Bank. This funding will aid ValGenesis’ global expansion and accelerate innovation in artificial intelligence-powered validation solutions.

Acre Security: Interview With CEO Kumar Sokka About The Security Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Acre Security is a leader in providing comprehensive digital and physical security solutions for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises to large, complex organizations across various industries. The company’s mission is to protect people, premises, and data in an increasingly complex and evolving security landscape. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Acre Security CEO Kumar Sokka to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Vanta: $150 Million Series D Funding Raised At $4.15 Billion Valuation For AI-Based Trust Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Vanta, a leading AI-driven trust management platform, announced that it has secured $150 million in Series D funding, valuing the company at $4.15 billion. Wellington Management led this round, which also included contributions from existing investors such as Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Sequoia, J.P. Morgan, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Atlassian Ventures, and CrowdStrike Ventures. The total funds raised by Vanta now amount to $504 million.

Magentic: $5.5 Million Raised For AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Magentic, an AI Agent Platform that hunts and delivers savings in manufacturing supply chains, announced a $5.5 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The raise, including participation from The Westly Group, First Momentum Ventures, and angel investors from SAP, Airbus, McKinsey & Company, Hugging Face, Ironclad, and Rosberg Ventures, will boost growth.

RA Capital Management: $120 Million Planetary Health Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

RA Capital Management closed its inaugural Planetary Health Fund (PHF) with $120 million to invest in high-growth companies that improve resource availability, energy innovation, and industrial productivity. The fund supports scalable solutions that enhance planetary health, leveraging RA Capital's two decades of evidence-based investing and company-building expertise.

AbsoluteCare: $135 Million Investment Raised For Integrated Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

AbsoluteCare, a leader in value-based healthcare, has secured $135 million from investors, including Kinderhook Industries, CVS Health Ventures, Pacific Life, and Lexington Partners, to expand and improve its operations.

Delve: $32 Million Series A Raised For Building AI Agents For Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Delve revealed a $32 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners, with participation from CISOs at Fortune 500 firms. This investment supports Delve's goal of eliminating compliance busywork by utilizing AI agents that handle compliance tasks behind the scenes.

Composio: $29 Million Raised For Learning Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Composio announced $25 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to address a key AI limitation: their inability to learn from experience. Industry leaders like Guillermo Rauch, Dharmesh Shah, Gokul Rajaram, and Soham Mazumdar participated, along with investors SV Angel, Blitzscaling Ventures, Operator Partners, and Agent Fund. Existing investors Elevation Capital and Together Fund also contributed, totaling $29 million.

Lumotive: Investment Raised From Amazon And ITHCA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Lumotive, a pioneer in programmable optical semiconductor tech, announced investments from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group.

Dash Bio: $11 Million Closed To Advance Bioanalysis Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

Dash Bio, a bioanalysis company specializing in rapid and scalable drug development, has announced an additional $11 million in funding, bringing its total to $17.5 million. Led by The Aligned Fund, investors include Freestyle Capital, Cybernetix Ventures, Swift Ventures, LifeX Ventures, Drive Capital, and other notable investors.

Gupshup: Over $60 Million Raised For Advancing Conversational Engagement Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

Gupshup, a leader in Conversational AI, announced that it has raised over $60 million in a funding round combining equity and debt financing from Globespan Capital Partners and EvolutionX Debt Capital. The funding will fuel the expansion of its Conversational AI and messaging platform as well as accelerate go-to-market execution across high-growth markets, including India, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Nevoya: $9.3 Million Seed Raised For Transforming American Trucking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

ArcSpan: $5.2 Million Secured For Advancing Publisher Audience Data Monetization With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

ArcSpan, a leading publisher-first audience monetization platform, announced it has raised $5.2 million in a Seed Extension round. This funding underscores the growing demand for publisher-centric data platforms that offer actionable audience segmentation, content intelligence, and direct monetization tools as the industry transitions beyond third-party cookies.

Propel People: $3 Million Seed Raised To Help Contractors Hire Skilled Tradespeople

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

1848 Ventures, an AI-focused venture studio that creates SaaS solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the US, announced leading a $3 million seed funding round for Propel People, a mobile-first hiring platform designed to help contractors find skilled tradespeople more quickly.

The University Of Chicago Collaborating With Alchemist For New Accelerator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

Alchemist Accelerator, an enterprise-focused startup accelerator, has teamed up with the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to launch Alchemist Chicago. This new accelerator aims to bring scientific breakthroughs from the lab to market.

Cooler Heads: $11 Million Series A Raised For Scalp Cooling Technology To Help Chemotherapy Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2025

Cooler Heads, a medical device company, has raised $11 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to expand the manufacturing of Amma, the only FDA-cleared Portable Scalp Cooling System. Led by Mutual Capital Partners, the round also included participation from SHD Partners, Crescent Ridge VC, and others.

Scrunch AI: $15 Million Raised For Improving AI Search

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2025

Scrunch AI, a company dedicated to helping brands understand and improve their presence in AI search, has announced a $15 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Decibel, with participation from Mayfield, Homebrew, and other strategic investors.