Startups

ChemLex: $45 Million Raised To Open Singapore Headquarters And Self-Driving Lab For Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

ChemLex, an AI-for-science company focused on accelerating chemical discovery for the pharmaceutical industry, said it has established its global headquarters and a self-driving laboratory in Singapore and closed a $45 million funding round led by Granite Asia.

Phia: $30 Million In Funding At $180 Million Valuation Raised To Expand AI Shopping App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Phia, an AI-powered shopping app co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, has raised $30 million in new financing that values the company at about $180 million, according to Bloomberg. A Phia spokesperson confirmed the round. The funding round was led by Notable Capital. Kleiner Perkins and Khosla Ventures also reportedly participated in the round along with several celebrity backers, including Hailey Bieber, Kris Jenner, Sheryl Sandberg, and Sara Blakely .

Outset: $30 Million Series B Raised To Advance AI-Native Customer Experience Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Outset has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Radical Ventures as the company moves beyond AI-moderated research studies into what it calls the world’s first AI-native Customer Experience Management platform. The San Francisco-based company said the financing brings its total funding to $51 million and follows its Series A by six months. The round included participation from M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, along with returning investors Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, and 8VC. Outset said the new capital will support continued development of its AI-moderated research technology while extending that capability across the entire customer journey through a new CXM category.

Esusu: $50 Million Series C At $1.2 Billion Valuation Raised To Expand Rent Reporting And Rental Data Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Esusu announced it has raised $50 million in Series C financing at a $1.2 billion valuation as it expands its platform for credit building and economic mobility, with a focus on scaling rent reporting and using verified rental data more broadly across financial services. The New York-based fintech said the financing brings its total capital raised to more than $200 million.

InduPro Therapeutics Secures Sanofi Strategic Equity Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

InduPro, a biotechnology company developing therapeutics that leverage membrane protein spatial relationships, has entered into a strategic equity investment and research collaboration with Sanofi to advance a novel bispecific PD-1 agonist program for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. The Seattle and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said the program is currently in preclinical development and that Sanofi will fund preclinical and IND-enabling research activities as part of the collaboration.

ECP: Major Level Equity Growth Investment Raised To Advance AI Development For Assisted Living Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

ECP, a software platform built specifically for assisted living communities, has secured a significant growth investment led by Level Equity, with participation from existing investors and the company’s management team. The Milwaukee-based company said it will use what it described as the largest growth investment in assisted living software history to accelerate product development, with a focus on AI, value-based care, and ease of use.

Melt&Marble: €7.3 Million Series A Closed To Commercialize Precision-Fermented Designer Fats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Melt&Marble, a Gothenburg-based biotech company developing designer fats using precision fermentation, has raised €7.3 million (80 MSEK) in a Series A round to scale production and bring its first ingredients to market for personal care and food applications. The financing was led by Swedish deeptech investor Industrifonden and included participation from the European Commission’s European Innovation Council Fund, as well as strategic investments from Beiersdorf and Valio. Chalmers Ventures, Catalyze Capital, and other backers also participated. The company said the EIC Accelerator supported the effort with an additional €2.5 million grant last year, bringing the latest funding total to €10 million over the past year, including €2.76 million in EU grants.

Solve Intelligence: $40 Million Series B Raised To Expand AI Platform For Patent Claims

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Solve Intelligence has raised $40 million in Series B financing to expand its AI platform for patent work and to support the launch of Charts, a new product aimed at claim charting and large-scale patent analysis. The round was co-led by Visionaries and existing investor 20VC, with Thomson Reuters and Y Combinator increasing their ownership. Operator Collective, led by former Cisco IP executive Mallun Yen, also participated, alongside other backers and a group of angel investors that includes founders of several high-profile technology companies, according to the company and third-party coverage. The angel investors include the founders of Tinder, Canva, Deel, Ironclad, Base44, Cleo, Hugging Face, Pigment, Higgsfield, Trouva, and many others, as well as Kevin Johnson, who founded Quinn Emanuel's IP litigation practice.

Algori: €3.6 Million Raised To Expand AI Shopper Insights Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Algori, a purchase and behavioural data platform built for the FMCG industry, has raised €3.6 million in additional growth capital to support international expansion and broaden its data capabilities. The round included new investors Red Bull Ventures, Tech Transfer Agrifood (Clave capital), Co-Invest Capital, AttaPoll, and Firstpick, alongside participation from existing backers Shilling, Flashpoint, and Change Ventures.

KBC Group: €100 Million Committed To Start It @KBC Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

KBC Group said it is investing €100 million through Start it @KBC to strengthen Belgium’s startup ecosystem, pairing the accelerator’s equity-free program with a new funding track that includes early-stage checks and the potential for later-stage follow-on financing via KBC Securities.

Unconventional AI: $475 Million At $4.5 Billion Valuation Seed Funding Closed To Develop Probabilistic Chips For AI Workloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Unconventional AI announced it has raised $475 million in seed funding. The round was led by Lightspeed and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Sequoia, Lux Capital, DCVC, Future Ventures, Jeff Bezos, and many other investing partners. Naveen Rao, cofounder and CEO, will personally be investing $10 million alongside others.

Cloverleaf Networks: Strategic Venture Investment Raised From Super K Ventures To Expand Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Cloverleaf Networks said it has raised a strategic venture capital investment from Super K Ventures to accelerate growth and product development across its business connectivity, cybersecurity, and collaboration portfolio.

TomNext: Investment Secured To Launch AI Platform For LP Due Diligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

TomNext, a London-based company building an intelligence and infrastructure layer for limited partners in private markets, has raised new funding led by Panghea Capital Partners, with participation from Consello, Blizzard, the Avalanche Fund, Altea Partners, and additional strategic backers and angel investors spanning wealth management, fintech, and digital assets.

Mindtrip: New Strategic Investments Raised From Capital One Ventures And United Airlines Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2025

Mindtrip, an AI-powered travel platform, said it has secured new investments from Capital One Ventures and United Airlines Ventures as it rolls out new product capabilities that broaden its focus from trip planning into local experiences and hospitality workflows.