Startups

Navidence: Seed Round Raised To Standardize Real-World Data For Clinical Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Navidence announced it has completed a Series Seed preferred funding round co-led by Grand Ventures of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Nina Capital of Barcelona, Spain, as the company targets a persistent bottleneck in life sciences research: turning ethically obtained real-world data into evidence that regulators, sponsors, and research teams can consistently interpret and reuse across studies.

Antheia: $24 Million In Second Close Of Series C Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Antheia announced it has completed a second close of its Series C financing, raising an additional $24 million and bringing the company’s total capital secured over the past year to more than $175 million, when including additional available capital and non-dilutive funding. The advanced biosynthesis company said the broader funding mix includes multiple project agreements with the U.S. government.

EPG: Nearly $100 Million Series B Secured To Scale Modular AI Data Center Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

EPG has closed a Series B financing round of nearly $100 million as the Singapore headquartered company looks to expand manufacturing capacity and accelerate global delivery of modular data centers designed for high power density AI workloads.

Memcyco: $37 Million Series A Closed To Target Digital Impersonation And Account Takeover Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Memcyco, a real-time digital risk protection platform focused on stopping brand impersonation scams and account takeover attacks, has raised $37 million in Series A funding, bringing total funding to $47 million. The round was led by new investors NAventures, the corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, E. León Jimenes, and PagsGroup, the family office of Steve Pagliuca, with participation from existing investors Capri Ventures and Venture Guides.

Opendate: $14 Million Series A Closed To Build An Operating System For Independent Live Events

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Opendate, an all in one platform that combines booking, ticketing, and marketing for live events, has raised a $14 million Series A round led by High Alpha, with participation from existing investors. The company is positioning its software as a purpose built alternative for independent venues, promoters, festivals, attractions, and other operators navigating higher costs, tighter margins, and continued industry consolidation.

Summize: $50 Million Raised For AI Contract Lifecycle Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Summize, an AI Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software provider, has secured a $50 million investment to fuel its next phase of growth, expand globally, and accelerate product development in AI-powered contract intelligence. The financing included participation from existing investors Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners, alongside new backers Kennet Partners and Federated Hermes Private Equity.

Kore.ai Raises Strategic Growth Investment To Scale Agentic Enterprise AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Kore.ai announced it has secured a strategic growth investment led by AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors, with continued participation from existing investors Vistara Growth, Beedie Capital and Sweetwater Private Equity. The company said the financing will support its next phase of growth by scaling go-to-market initiatives, deepening global customer engagement and accelerating innovation across its agent first enterprise AI platform and agentic solutions.

TRexBio: $50 Million Raised To Advance Tissue-Targeted Treg Immunology Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

TRex Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on precision immunoregulatory medicines derived from tissue regulatory T cell biology, announced it closed an oversubscribed $50 million financing to support clinical and preclinical pipeline development and expand work on its proprietary Deep Biology Platform. The round brought in new investors Janus Henderson Investors, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., and Affinity Asset Advisors, alongside existing backers Alexandria Venture Investments, Avego BioScience Capital, Delos Capital, Eli Lilly and Company, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc, Pfizer Ventures, Polaris Partners, and SV Health Investors.

Gridline: $18.5 Million Series A Raised To Power Private Market Investing For The Wealth Channel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Gridline, a turnkey alternatives management platform for advisory firms managing private market investments, has raised $18.5 million in Series A funding led by FINTOP. The company said the capital will be used to accelerate its effort to replace fragmented systems and manual workflows with a single integrated platform built for the operational demands of private market investing in the wealth channel.

Paraglide AI: $5 Million Raised To Bring AI Agents To Accounts Receivable And Collections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Paraglide AI announced it has raised $5 million to scale a platform that modernizes accounts receivable workflows with AI agents that help companies collect cash faster and reduce the manual workload on finance teams. The company said the round was co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and DN Capital, with participation from The Nordic Web Ventures and Born Capital, and framed the funding as a step toward automating and making more predictable “getting paid on time” for businesses.

SamanTree Medical: €20 Million Financing Raised From EIB

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

SamanTree Medical has secured €20 million in financing from the European Investment Bank to accelerate development and commercialization of its Histolog Scanner, a surgical imaging system designed to deliver rapid, high-resolution, histology-like images of excised tissue while patients remain on the operating table.

GoCanopy: €2.1 Million Seed Funding Closed To Build An AI Operating System For Institutional Real Estate Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

GoCanopy, an AI-based platform positioning itself as a system of record for institutional real estate investment and asset management teams, has raised €2.1m in seed funding. The round was led by ISAI with participation from BNP Paribas Développement and Yellow, alongside angel investors including Andrew Baum, University of Oxford Emeritus Professor in Real Estate Investment, and Ludovic Jacquot, CEO of Batipart Europe and former chairman of EMEA Real Estate Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.