Startups

Paraform: $20 Million Series A Raised For Hiring Marketplace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Paraform, a hiring marketplace built for elite recruiters, announced its $20 million in Series A funding led by Felicis, with participation from A*, BOND, DST Global, Liquid 2, and notable angels including the co-founders of Canva, Instacart, YouTube, and xAI, along with Shyam Sankar, Harley Finklestein, Mark Pincus, and others. The funding follows a 40 times revenue growth since Paraform’s 2024 seed round, bringing the company’s total funding to $25 million.

Waltz: $50 Million Secured For All-In-One Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Waltz, an all-in-one platform that streamlines U.S. residential real estate financing for foreign national investors, announced it has raised a total of $50 million in equity and debt funding to date, including a new $25 million line of credit.

ForSight Robotics: $125 Million Series B Secured For Eye Surgical Robotics Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

ForSight Robotics, a pioneer in ophthalmic robotic surgery, announced it completed a $125 million Series B round led by Eclipse. Along with Eclipse, the funding round included significant participation from an undisclosed strategic investor, Dr. Fred Moll, the Adani Group, Reiya Ventures, and other existing investors. This round brings ForSight Robotics’ total funding to $195 million.

Neuron23: $96.5 Million Series D Raised For Advancing Neurological And Immunological Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2025

Neuron23 - a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing precision medicines for genetically defined neurological and immunological diseases - announced the closing of a $96.5 million Series D funding round led by a healthcare investor, with significant support from existing investors Westlake Village BioPartners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Redmile Group, Blue Owl, Kleiner Perkins, HBM Healthcare Investments, and Acorn Bioventures.

Decagon: $131 Million Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For Conversational AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Decagon, a leader in conversational AI agents for customer experience, announced $131 million in series C funding, pushing its total funding to $231 million just one year after emerging from stealth. The funding round valued the company at $1.5 billion and drew five times more investor demand than capacity, underscoring Decagon’s momentum and market leadership. This funding round was co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz (Growth Fund), with participation from existing investors A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and BOND, and new investors Avra, Forerunner, and Ribbit Capital.

VoiceCare AI: $4.54 Million Raised For Healthcare Administration General Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Voicecare AI, a healthcare administration general intelligence (HAGI) company, announced that it has closed a seed funding round of $4.54 million to automate back-office conversations and supercharge the workforce through the application of generative AI. With $4.54 million in funding led by Caduceus Capital Partners, and participation from Bread and Butter Ventures, Mayo Clinic, and a strategic revenue cycle management (RCM) company, VoiceCare AI looks to improve access, adherence, and outcomes for patients and the healthcare workforce, putting the focus back on patient engagement.

Wandercraft: $75 Million Series D Raised For Robotic Mobility Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Wandercraft, a leader in self-balancing robotic mobility systems, today announced that it has secured $75 million funding and financing as part of its Series D round, with significant contributions from Renault Group, PSIM fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance as part of the France 2030 plan, Teampact Ventures and Quadrant Management. Other participants in the Series D round include LBO France, Mutuelles Impact – Managed by XAnge, Cemag Invest, Martagon Capital, and AG2R LA MONDIALE.

Tastewise: $50 Million Raised For Scaling GenAI Tools For The Food Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Tastewise is a GenAI platform powering execution for the food and beverage industry that announced a $50 million Series B to scale its generative AI-based marketing and sales tools for global brands. The funding round was led by TELUS Global Ventures, with participation from Duo Partners, Peakbridge, Disruptive AI, and PICO, bringing Tastewise's total funding to date to $72 million.

Zorro: $20 Million Series A Raised For Benefits Administration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Zorro, a next-generation benefits administration platform using advanced technology and big data to transform how America's workers plan, pay, and save for healthcare, announced that it has secured $20 million in a Series A round led by Entrée Capital, with participation from existing investors 10D and Pitango.

Payrails: $32 Million Series A Raised For Helping Enterprises Maximize Payment Performance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Payrails, a payment software company, announced it has raised $32 million in Series A funding to further its mission of enabling enterprises to take control of their payment operations. The funding round was led by HV Capital’s Growth Fund, with strong participation from all existing investors, including EQT Ventures, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz, bringing the total funding raised to over $52.8 million.

Parallel Bio: $21 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Human-First Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Parallel Bio, a company pioneering human-first drug discovery, announced it has raised $21 million in Series A funding, led by AIX Ventures. The funding round attracted prominent leaders in AI and biotech, including new investors Amplo and Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce, as well as existing investors Metaplanet, Humba Ventures, Atypical Ventures, Undeterred Capital, and Jeff Dean.

Multiverse Computing: $215 Million Secured For Scaling Quantum AI Model Compression

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Multiverse Computing, a quantum-inspired AI model compression company, has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology capable of reducing the size of LLMs (Large Language Models) by up to 95% while maintaining model performance. Having spent last year developing the technology and rolling it out to initial customers, the company also recently announced a €189 million ($215 million) investment round. The Series B funding round will be led by Bullhound Capital with the support of HP Tech Ventures, SETT, Forgepoint Capital International, CDP Venture Capital, Santander Climate VC, Quantonation, Toshiba and Capital Riesgo de Euskadi - Grupo SPRI.

Volantis: $9 Million Secured For Photonic Compute Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Volantis, a semiconductor startup building photonically integrated computers for the AI era, has announced its emergence from stealth and a $9 million seed round of funding. The funding round includes backing from Alex Wang (Scale AI) and Trevor Blackwell (Y Combinator). Sam Altman backed Volantis in April 2022, betting on the need for foundational breakthroughs in computing long before today’s AI infrastructure limitations became apparent.

Meter: $170 Million Raised For Internet Infrastructure Solutions Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Meter, a leading provider of internet infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, announced it raised $170 million in a Series C funding round led by Hemant Taneja at General Catalyst, with new and existing investors such as Baillie Gifford, Lachy Groom, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Tishman Speyer, WndrCo, and 53 Stations.

Nominal: $75 Million Raised For Real-Time Test Stack For Physical Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Rebel Medicine: $6 Million Series A Secured For Advancing Non‑Opioid Pain Therapeutic Into Clinical Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Rebel Medicine, a clinical‑stage biotechnology company developing innovative drug delivery systems and non‑opioid pain therapeutics for acute and post-operative pain, announced the closing of its $6 million Series A funding.

Enterome: $19 Million Secured To Fund Development Of OncoMimics Immunotherapy To Treat Follicular Lymphoma

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Commons Clinic: $26 Million Series B Raised For Wholebody Multi-Specialty Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Commons Clinic announced a $26 million Series B financing, bringing the total funding to over $60 million. The funding round was led by RA Capital, with participation from Floating Point, SteelSky Ventures, Time BioVentures, Courtside Ventures, and physicians from Commons Clinic.

Tadaweb: $20 Million Secured For Scaling Small Data PAI And OSINT Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Tadaweb announced it has secured $20 million to scale its Small Data Operating System for publicly available information (PAI) and open-source intelligence (OSINT). Arsenal Growth and Forgepoint Capital International led the investment, with participation from existing investor Wendel.

Infinity Bio: $8 Million Series A Raised For Mapping Immune Responses At Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Infinity Bio, a biotechnology company pioneering technologies to map immune responses at scale, announced the successful closing of an $8 million Series A financing round. The funding round was led by Illumina Ventures, with participation from PTX Capital, Blackbird BioVentures, and Propel Baltimore Fund.

Lioncrest Ventures: $100 Million Multi-Strategy Platform Debuted

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Lioncrest Ventures, a new purpose-built venture, announced its debut and initial raise of $30 million toward its $100 million multi-strategy platform spanning both equity and credit funds.

Uncountable: $27 Million Series A Raised For Advancing AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Uncountable, a platform for digital transformation in industrial research and development, announced it has raised $27 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Sageview Capital with participation from SE Ventures, the specialist venture fund backed by Schneider Electric, and all existing investors, Teamworthy, 8VC, and MK Capital.

Qualytics: $10 Million Series A Raised For Augmented Data Quality Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Qualytics, an enterprise platform for augmented data quality, announced an oversubscribed $10 million Series A funding round, led by BMW i Ventures. Conductive Ventures and The Hill Fund, backed by Firebrand Ventures, joined the round, along with existing investors Tech Square Ventures, Knoll Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, SaaS Venture Capital, and Rich Family Ventures.

Spinwheel: $30 Million Series A Raised For Changing How Consumer Credit Data Is Accessed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Spinwheel is a company that is transforming how consumer credit data is accessed, activated, and embedded into financial workflows. The company announced the closing of a $30 million Series A funding round, led by F-Prime with participation from QED Investors, Foundation Capital, and Fika Ventures.

New Iridium: $2.65 Million Seed Raised For Advancing Sustainable Chemical Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

New Iridium, a sustainable chemical innovation company pioneering low-carbon and clean chemistry technologies, announced it has raised $2.65 million in seed financing. This funding round builds on support from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), including a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and ENERGYWERX Vouchers awarded through the DOE’s Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC).

Outset: $17 Million Series A Raised For Helping Enterprises Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Outset, an AI-moderated research platform that provides the scale and speed of a survey with the depth of a one-to-one interview, announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A round to bring AI-based research to Fortune 500 enterprises. The funding round was led by 8VC, with participation from new investor Future Back Ventures, a venture arm of Bain & Company, and existing investors Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Rebel Fund, Genius Ventures, Ritual Capital, and Alt Capital.

GrailPay: $6.7 Million Raised For Risk And Data Banking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

GrailPay, a risk and data platform for bank payments, announced $6.7 million in funding to expand its suite of tools that make ACH transactions safer, smarter, and faster. The funding was led by Construct Capital, with participation from Commerce Ventures, Broadhaven Ventures, Soma Capital, Grasshopper Bank, and a network of experienced fintech operators and angel investors. This round follows an initial fundraise led by Noemis Ventures.

Ubyx: $10 Million Seed Funding Closed For Stablecoin Clearing System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Ubyx, a stablecoin clearing system that enables regulated banks and fintechs to redeem stablecoins at face value, announced a $10 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Founders Fund, VanEck, Mirana Ventures, LayerZero, Paxos, Boku, Payoneer, and Monerium.

Other Half: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Transforming Pet Wellness

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

AJ Patel (a founder who helped build Zesty Paws into one of the most recognized names in pet wellness), along with co-founder Mike Watts, announced a $3 million seed round for their new company, Other Half, a science-first pet wellness brand built for ingredient-savvy and results-driven pet parents. The funding round was led by Willow Growth, with participation from Habitat Partners and Off Leash Capital (a division of Chicago Pacific Founders).

ABM Respiratory Care: $14.8 Million Series B Raised For Advancing BiWaze Clear

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

ABM Respiratory Care (ABMRC), a medical technology company focused on developing and globally commercializing novel airway clearance and ventilation solutions, announced the closing of its Series B financing round, raising $14.8 million—well above its $12 million target. This oversubscribed round was led by Peter Soderberg, ABMRC's Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner of Worthy Venture Resources, who more than doubled his investment in the company.