Startups

Safqah Capital Raises $15.2 Million Seed Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Riyadh based fintech and proptech company Safqah Capital has raised $15.2 million in an oversubscribed seed round that it describes as one of the largest pure equity seed financings in Saudi Arabia. The round drew participation from more than 12 institutional and venture investors, led by anb Seed Fund, Shorooq, and Rua Growth Fund, with additional participation from Sharaka Capital, COTU Ventures, Sadu Capital, 500 Global, Suhail Ventures, MEVP, Waad Invest, JOA Capital, and others.

Foxtrot: Palantir Foundry Partner Closes Series A After Reporting 9.1x Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Foxtrot Professional Services, a Foundry-native Palantir partner founded by Palantir alumni, announced it delivered 9.1x year-over-year revenue growth as enterprise customers shift from AI experimentation to deploying governed, operator-trusted systems in production.

Texas State University: BobCatalyst Initiative Aims To Accelerate Innovation And Entrepreneurship

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Texas State University announces it is launching BobCatalyst, a university-wide initiative designed to help faculty, staff, and students turn research and ideas into market-ready innovations by leveraging the university’s network of innovation, commercialization, and venture-support programs.

Phylo: $13.5 Million Seed Funding Raised And Biomni Lab Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Phylo announced it has launched Biomni Lab, a new integrated workspace designed to help scientists plan, author, execute, and collaborate on complex biological research tasks using agentic AI. Alongside the product launch, the company announced a $13.5 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund, with Anthropic also participating. Additional investors cited by the company include Zetta, Conviction, SV Angel, and others.

Dono: $6.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Property Records Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Dono, an AI-powered property records platform that turns fragmented county records into usable ownership data, announced it has raised a $6.5 million seed round, bringing total funding to $10.2 million. The round was led by Link Ventures with participation from lool VC and Alumni Ventures.

Uptool: $6 Million Seed Funding Closed for Helping U.S. Shops Quote 10x Faster

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Uptool, an AI manufacturing software startup, has emerged from stealth and introduced its first product aimed at removing a major bottleneck for U.S. small and midsize manufacturers: quoting. The company says its AI quoting software helps machine and fabrication shops cut quoting time from hours to minutes, allowing them to respond faster, win more work, and raise shop utilization as demand and complexity in hardware supply chains continue to rise.

Nitride Raises Funding From Accelerate Venture Partners and eGrowth Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Nitride Global announced it has closed an investment from Wichita-based venture capital firms Accelerate Venture Partners and eGrowth Ventures as part of a convertible note financing round, with the company indicating the closing took place in the fourth quarter of 2025. The company, which describes itself as a global leader in aluminum nitride material technologies, positioned the financing as a step toward expanding capacity and accelerating the commercialization of its advanced materials portfolio.

ILiAD Biotechnologies: $115 Million Series B Closed To Advance Intranasal Pertussis Vaccine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

ILiAD Biotechnologies, an advanced clinical stage biotechnology company focused on preventing and treating disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $115 million Series B financing to advance BPZE1, its next-generation pertussis vaccine candidate.

Bretton AI: $75 Million Series B Secured For Financial Crime Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Bretton AI, formerly Greenlite AI, said it has raised a $75 million Series B funding round and rebranded as Bretton AI as it expands its mission to define how AI is deployed across financial crime operations in regulated financial institutions. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with continued participation from existing investors Greylock, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Canvas Ventures, and Y Combinator. New investors include TIAA Ventures. Sapphire Ventures Partner Rajeev Dham has joined Bretton AI’s board. The company said the financing comes less than one year after its Series A.

Pelgo: $5.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Career Transition Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Pelgo, an AI-based career transition agent, said it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to support product development, expand its AI and engineering teams, and fuel go-to-market efforts ahead of an initial product launch in early February. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from ENIAC Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, and 645 Ventures.

Trener Robotics Raises $32 Million Series A For Agentic Physical AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Trener Robotics, formerly known as T-Robotics, said it has raised a $32 million Series A round to scale Acteris, its agentic AI platform that brings “physical intelligence” to industrial automation by enabling software-defined control of robots. The round was co-led by Engine Ventures and IAG Capital Partners, with participation from strategic investors Cadence and Geodesic Capital through Nikon’s NFocus Fund. Trener said the financing comes on the heels of its seed round and brings total funding to over $38 million.

Solace Health: $130 Million Series C At Over $1 Billion Valuation Raised For Healthcare Advocacy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Solace Health announced it has raised a $130 million in Series C financing to accelerate its effort to make healthcare advocacy a standard part of care for patients across the United States, positioning advocacy as essential infrastructure as costs rise and care delivery becomes more fragmented. The round was led by IVP and included participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, SignalFire, Torch Capital, Inspired Capital, and RiverPark Ventures. Solace said the financing values the company at over $1 billion.

Stoke Space Technologies Extends Series D Financing To $860 Million For Reusable Rockets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Stoke Space Technologies, the rocket company developing fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, said it has extended its previously announced Series D financing, bringing the total raised in the round to $860 million.

4Moving Biotech Closes €12 Million Financing To Push Knee Osteoarthritis Drug Toward Phase 2a Proof Of Concept

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

4Moving Biotech (4MB), a clinical-stage biotechnology company spun out of 4P-Pharma, said it has closed a €12 million financing to advance its lead disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD) program for knee osteoarthritis, a condition the company says represents a major unmet medical need.

BotGauge AI Raises $2 Million Seed Funding For Autonomous QA Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

BotGauge AI, a U.S.-headquartered autonomous quality-assurance-as-a-solution startup, has raised $2 million in funding led by Surface Ventures, with participation from IA Seed Ventures and Saka Ventures.

ArrayPatch: First Close Of €3 Million Funding Raised To Advance Microneedle Patch Treatment For Nail Fungus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

ArrayPatch, a Cork, Ireland-based biotech developing microneedle-based therapeutics, has announced the first close of a €3 million seed funding round to advance its lead program, ITZ-DerMap, a therapeutic designed to treat onychomycosis, commonly known as nail fungus.

Garner Health: $118 Million Series D At $1.35 Billion Valuation Raised For Digital Care Navigation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Garner Health announced it has raised $118 million in Series D funding to scale its provider-ranking and incentive platform, which the company says helps patients find higher-quality doctors while lowering healthcare costs for employers and members. Garner said the round values the company at $1.35 billion and brings total capital raised to approximately $200 million.

Linq: $20 Million Series A Raised For AI Agent Communication Layer Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Linq, a Birmingham, Alabama-based startup building a communications layer for AI agents, has raised a $20 million Series A round led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and angel investors, including a former Apple and Google executive.

Modveon: $10 Million Raised For Verified Operating System For Governments And Citizens

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Modveon, a Palo Alto-based startup building what it calls a verified operating system for governments and citizens, has raised $10 million to modernize how public-sector entities and individuals communicate, coordinate, and transact online. The financing was backed by Coinbase Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, Humla Ventures, Strategic Cyber Ventures, along with additional investors and angels.

Kiwi Charge Launches Autonomous EV Charging Project With $1.7 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Kiwi Charge, a Toronto-based robotics and AI startup, launched an autonomous electric-vehicle charging initiative backed by the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), with additional support from General Motors Canada and Pfaff Automotive.

Gather AI: $40 Million Series B Secured To Scale Logistics Intelligence Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Gather AI, a Pittsburgh-based Physical AI company focused on warehouse and intralogistics operations, has raised $40 million in Series B funding to expand its platform across global logistics and manufacturing networks. The round was led by Smith Point Capital Management, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Bling Capital, Dundee Venture Capital, XRC Ventures, and new investor The Hillman Company. The company said it has raised $74 million to date.

Galux: $29 Million Series B Closed For AI Protein Design In Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Galux, a South Korea-based biotech developing AI-driven protein therapeutics design, said it has closed a $29 million (KRW 42 billion) Series B financing, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $47 million (KRW 68 billion).

Pandorum Technologies Raises $18 Million Series B For Programmable Regenerative Exosome Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Pandorum Technologies, a biotechnology company developing programmable regenerative medicine, said it has closed an $18 million Series B financing to advance the clinical development of its tunable, exosome-based therapies, including its lead program Kuragenx, while scaling manufacturing and expanding operations across the U.S., Japan, and the Middle East.

Zoth: Privacy-First Stablecoin Neobank Raises Strategic Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Zoth announced it has closed an undisclosed strategic funding round as it works to build what it describes as the world’s first privacy-focused stablecoin neobank for both retail users and institutions.

omnispay: UAE Fintech Raises $2 Million Pre-Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

omnispay, a UAE-based fintech focused on payments and cash-flow tools for small and medium-sized enterprises, announced it has closed a $2 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Infinity Value Capital Group.

Supra Elemental Recovery: UT Startup To Recover Rare Earth Minerals From Industrial And E-Waste

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Supra Elemental Recovery, a startup that spun out of engineering and natural sciences labs at The University of Texas at Austin, has launched with a $250,000 investment from Discovery to Impact’s UT Seed Fund as part of its pre-seed funding round.

Qflow: £2 Million Raised From Autodesk To Expand Construction Material Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

London-based construction data platform Qflow has raised a £2 million strategic investment from Autodesk, extending an existing product collaboration to connect on-site construction reality to design intent. The companies say the relationship will deepen integration between Qflow and Autodesk Construction Cloud to help project teams reconcile real-time material quality, quantity, waste, and supply-chain intelligence with design specifications, with the goal of reducing delays, rework, budget overruns, and emissions.

Bound: $24.5 Million Series A Raised For Automating Currency Risk Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Bound, a platform focused on helping businesses manage foreign-exchange exposure, has raised $24.5 million in Series A funding led by AlbionVC as currency volatility continues to pressure companies operating across multiple markets.

QT Sense: €4 Million Raised To Advance Quantum Sensing For Drug Discovery And Spatial Biology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

QT Sense announced it has closed a €4 million investment round to accelerate development and commercialization of its quantum sensing platform, which the company is positioning for drug discovery and spatial biology use cases.

Axiology Raises €5 Million Seed Funding To Expand EU-Regulated Tokenised Securities Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has raised €5 million in seed funding to scale its regulated, distributed-ledger-based system for issuing, holding, trading, and settling securities in Europe. The round was led by Exponential Science, e2vc, and Coinvest Capital, and joined by new investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play. Axiology said the seed round also includes support from prior investors including BSV Ventures and NGL Ventures, bringing total funding raised to date to €7 million.