Startups

Terra Security: $8 Million (Seed) Secured For Agentic AI Pen Testing Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Terra Security, an Agentic AI-native penetration testing service-as-software platform, announced it has raised $7.5 million in a seed round led by SYN Ventures and FXP Ventures with participation from Underscore VC and notable angel investors, including former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelback and Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov, founders of Talon Security.

Chapter: $75 Million (Series D) Raised For Medicare Navigation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Chapter, a Medicare navigation platform, announced that it raised $75 million in Series D funding led by Stripes, with participation from all major investors: XYZ Venture Capital, Susa Ventures, Addition, Narya Capital, and Maverick Ventures. This funding raise comes less than one year after Chapter’s Series C.

Attovia Therapeutics: $90 Million (Series C) Raised For Developing Treatments For Immune-Mediated Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Attovia Therapeutics, a privately-held, clinical-stage biopharma company developing treatments for immune-mediated diseases with high unmet patient need, announced the closing of a $90 million Series C funding. Deep Track Capital led this funding round with participation from new investors including Vida Ventures, Sanofi Ventures, and Mirae Asset Capital Life Science, and ongoing support from existing investors including Frazier Life Sciences, venBio, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Nextech Ventures, Cormorant Asset Management, EcoR1 Capital, Marshall Wace, and Illumina Ventures.

Caban: $50 Million Raised For Advancing Energy-As-A-Service Deployments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Caban, a leader in alternative energy solutions for critical infrastructure, announced that it has raised $50 million in new equity funding from existing investors. The funds managed by Ember Infrastructure Management (Caban’s majority shareholder) led the round. Ember is a private equity firm focused on investing in sustainable infrastructure solutions. And Ember has $1.25 billion in assets under management.

Electra: $115 Million (Series B) Raised For Building First Ultra Short Aircrafts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Electra.aero announced it has secured $115 million in Series B funding to enter the pre-production and certification phase of the EL9, the first-ever Ultra Short aircraft, which can take off and land in 150 feet, which is roughly 10% of the footprint required for similarly-sized legacy airplanes. Prysm Capital led the funding round. Lockheed Martin Ventures, Honeywell, and Safran are among Electra's strategic investors, Prysm Capital, Statkraft Ventures, the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), and other private investors.

Hammerspace: $100 Million Raised For Data Platform For AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Hammerspace, a high-performance Data Platform for AI, announced that several strategic venture investors have invested $100 million in new strategic growth capital in Hammerspace. The rest of the funding round was completed by a combination of new and existing investors.

Glycomine: $115 Million (Series C) Raised To Advance GLM101 Drug Candidate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Glycomine - a biotechnology company focused on developing transformative new therapies for orphan diseases - announced a $115 million Series C financing to advance its lead candidate GLM101, into a Phase 2b clinical trial. This funding was led by CTI Life Sciences Fund, funds managed by abrdn, and Advent Life Sciences, along with continued investment from existing investors, Novo Holdings, Sanofi Ventures, Abingworth, RiverVest Venture Partners, Sanderling Ventures, Chiesi Ventures, Remiges Ventures, and Asahi Kasei Ventures.

Auradine: $153 Million (Series C) Raised For Advancing Future Of Blockchain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Auradine - a leader in energy-efficient blockchain and AI infrastructure solutions - announced the closing of an additional $153 million in connection with its Series C funding round. This funding round was led by StepStone Group and included participation from Maverick Silicon, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, Mayfield, MARA Holdings, GSBackers, and other existing investors.

ROH: $9.2 Million Raised For Hospitality-Focused Payments Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

ROH, which is the hospitality industry’s first payments management platform, announced it completed a $9.2 million funding round, led by Highgate Technology Ventures (HTV) and Acrew Capital.

Kenzo: $4.5 Million Raised For Transforming Security Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Kenzo Security announced it emerged from stealth after 18 months with $4.5 million in funding from The General Partnership and Michael Coates (former CISO of Mozilla and Twitter). And its Agentic AI Security Operations Platform is purpose-built to help CISOs and security teams do more with less while reducing risk.

Bauplan: $7.5 Million (Seed) Secured For AI And Data Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Bauplan, a Python-first serverless data platform that transforms complex infrastructure processes into a few lines of code over data lakes, announced its launch with $7.5 million seed funding. Innovation Endeavors led this funding round, which included experienced operators Wes McKinney, Aditya Agarwal, and Chris Re.

Loti AI: $16.2 Million (Series A) Raised For Likeness Protection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Loti AI, a leader in likeness protection technology, announced closing a $16.2 million Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures with additional investments from FUSE, Bling Capital, and Ensemble.

Liminal: $8.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Real-Time Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Liminal, a real-time intelligence platform for complex markets and regulated industries, announced that it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. This funding round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners, with continued participation from early backers and strategic customers who have supported the company's vision from the outset.

Friday Harbor: $6 Million (Seed) Closed To Help Loan Officers Assemble Files In Real-Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Friday Harbor, an AI-based platform helping loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, announced the completion of a $6 million seed round. Abstract Ventures led the funding round. Also joining the round were Wischoff Ventures, a VC firm founded by Blend alum Nichole Wischoff, and the AI2 Incubator, a technical incubator created from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2).

Healthera: £2 Million Raised For Advancing Digital Pharmacy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Patient experience platform Healthera announced it has raised £2 million in strategic investment from a consortium of private and health-tech investors. This boosts the current Series A round to £5.6 million and advances Healthera's mission to transform digital pharmacy services. This funding round was completed by private investors via the network of Committed Capital, which led the investment. Previous investors in Healthera include Cambridge Enterprise, Accelerated Digital Ventures (Legal and General), NHS England, and Innovate UK.

Cellid: Over $7.5 Million (Series C) Closed To Enhance Development Of Displays For AR Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Cellid - a leading developer of AR display technology and spatial recognition engines - announced it has raised over $7.5 million (approximately 1.1 billion yen) in a Series C Extension funding round.

Onfly: $40 Million (Series B) Secured For Digitizing Corporate Travel In Latin America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Onfly, a travel tech company in Latin America, announced it has secured $40 million in Series B funding led by Tidemark. This funding round also included participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Left Lane Capital, which previously co-led Onfly's Series A round with the Brazilian fund Cloud9 Capital.

Well: $30 Million Raised For AI-Based Health Engagement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Well, an innovator in AI-driven health engagement, announced it has secured $30 million in additional funding. This funding increased the total to over $150 million to help fuel the expansion of Well's AI platform, enhance operational capabilities, and further enable the company to proactively predict and address emerging health risks within employee populations.

Ideem: $2.4 Million (Seed) Funding Closed To Transform How Payments Are Completed Online

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Ideem, a company changing how users complete payments online, announced a $2.4 million seed funding round backed by Sovereigns Capital, Quona Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, Hustle Fund, Oread Angels, Network KS, and a group of strategic angel investors. This funding will advance Ideem's goal of removing friction, fraud, and costs in mobile payment flows to deliver fast, secure one-click experiences.

Traction Complete: Debt Financing Facility Raised From CIBC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

CIBC Innovation Banking announced that it has provided a debt financing facility to Vancouver-based Traction Complete. And Traction Complete’s suite of Revenue Operations Data Management apps was designed to help organizations automate critical business processes to streamline sales, improve data quality, and optimize go-to-market strategies.

Doss: $18 Million (Series A) Raised From Theory Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

Doss, an AI-based ERP and data platform, announced an $18 million Series A funding round led by Theory Ventures. Tomasz Tunguz, founder of Theory Ventures, will join the Board as part of the investment. Doss will use this new funding to expand its team, expand outside of the US market, and continue building out its core platform.

LightSource: $33 Million Raised At $130 Million Valuation For Modernizing Sourcing And Procurement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2025

LightSource Labs, an AI-based enterprise procurement platform, announced it emerged from stealth with $33 million in seed and Series A funding at a $130 million valuation to scale the company’s platform.

Phantom Neuro: $19 Million (Series A) Closed To Advance Neural Interface For Prosthetics and Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Phantom Neuro, a neurotech company advancing human-machine interfaces, announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Ottobock, a leader in prosthetics, orthotics, and exoskeleton technology. This funding round includes participation from existing investors, including Breakout Ventures, Draper Associates, LionBird Ventures, Time BioVentures, and Risk and Return, and new investors Actual VC, METIS Innovative, e1 Ventures, Jumpspace, MainSheet Ventures, and Brown Advisory.

Virtue AI: $30 Million Secured For AI Safety And Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Virtue AI, a company founded by world-leading experts in AI safety and security, announced $30 million in seed and Series A funding by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, and joined by Prosperity7 and other existing investors, including Factory, Osage University Partners, Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill, and Chris Re.

hellocare.ai: $47 Million Raised For AI-Based Virtual Care Delivery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

hellocare.ai, a leading AI-assisted virtual care delivery platform transforming hospital care models and operations, announced it has raised $47 million in an oversubscribed funding growth round. This funding round was led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from a strategic coalition of health systems and digital health investors, including Bon Secours Mercy Health, UCHealth, OSF Ventures, and LRVHealth.

NetRise: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Software Supply Chain Visibility And Risk Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

NetRise, a leader in software supply chain security helping companies inventory software assets and identify and respond to software risk announced a $10 millino growth funding led by DNX Ventures with participation by existing investors Miramar Digital Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Squadra Ventures, and Talons Ventures.

Homemove: $5 Million Secured For Proptech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Homemove, a proptech brand that enables users to manage their complete home move process from an easy-to-use platform, announced the completion of a $5 million funding round led by Fuel Ventures with co-investors including the Blandford Family Office and Oxford Innovation.

Corvic AI: $12 Million (Seed) Secured For AI Cognitive Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

Corvic AI, a company transforming secure and scalable GenAI adoption for enterprises, announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding led by M Ventures and Bosch Ventures, with participation from Foothill Ventures, Lam Capital, LDV Partners, K2 Access Fund and Brian Long (Atlantic Bridge).

IUNU: $20 Million Raised For AI-Driven Greenhouse Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 19, 2025

IUNU (pronounced "you-knew"), an innovator in AI and machine vision technologies transforming agriculture, announced the closing of its $20 million funding round led by S2G Investments, with participation from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Lewis and Clark Partners.

Mindset: AI Agent Platform Company Secures £4.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

AI agent platform company Mindset AI announced it has raised £4.3 million in funding to expand its operations in the UK and open an office in Chicago, U.S. This funding round was jointly led by Edge VC and Pembroke VCT, with participation from existing investors and Mountside Ventures advising the raise.