Startups

Cyclic Materials: $25 Million Raised For Advanced Recycling Of REEs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Cyclic Materials, an advanced recycling company building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements (REEs), announced a $25 million investment to launch North America’s first Centre of Excellence for rare earth recycling in Kingston, Ontario, which will result in 45 new skilled jobs in the region.

FERMÀT: $45 Million Series B Raised For AI-Native Commerce Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

FERMÀT, an AI-native commerce platform generating brands' shopping experiences for stronger engagement and conversion, announced it has raised $45 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by commerce enablement and brand investor VMG Partners with participation from existing investors QED Investors, Greylock, Bain Capital Ventures, and Courtside Ventures.

Coco Robotics: $80 Million Raised For Expanding Autonomous Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Coco Robotics, a leading autonomous vehicles company for delivery, announced $80 million in strategic financing to advance its AI platform further, scale its fleet, and grow enterprise partnerships. The funding round includes returning investors Sam and Max Altman, Pelion, Outlander, and SNR, as well as new participation from Offline, DeepWater, and Ryan Graves, formerly Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Uber and now CEO of Saltwater.

Stackup: $4.2 Million Raised For Streamlining Crypto Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Stackup, a digital asset management platform designed to streamline crypto operations for crypto businesses, announced that it has secured $4.2 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by 1kx, with participation from Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Soma Capital, Amino Capital, and Digital Currency Group (DCG).

Profound: $20 Million Raised For AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Profound, a platform relied on by marketers to understand and control how they show up in AI responses, announced a $20 million Series A round led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm), Khosla Ventures, Saga VC, South Park Commons, and SV Angel. Some notable angels joining the round include Guillermo Rauch (Founder, Vercel), Andrew Karam (Co-founder, AppLovin), Jordan Singer (CEO, Mainframe), Jordi Hays (TBPN), David Senra (Founder, Founders Podcast), and Kevin Wang (CPO, Braze).

Payabli: $28 Million Series B Secured For Accelerating Payments Infrastructure Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Payabli, the payments infrastructure platform for software companies, announced the closing of a $28 million Series B funding round. This funding round comes just nine months after Payabli raised its Series A, led by QED Investors, bringing the total capital in the company to date to $60 million. The Series B funding round was led by Fika Ventures and QED Investors, with participation from existing investors TTV Capital and Bling Capital.

HydroBlok: $6 Million Series A Extended Raised For Lightweight Construction Panels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

HydroBlok, an innovator in lightweight and 100% waterproof construction panels for interior and exterior applications, announced it has secured $6 million in an extended Series A round led by Pier 88 Investment Partners and Andina Capital Partners, the captive investment arm of the Utah-based Andina multi-family office.

Insight M: Morgan Stanley’s 1GT Invests $30 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced that the 1GT climate private equity strategy (1GT) invested $30 million to lead a growth equity funding round in Insight M, which is a leader in cost-effective methane management solutions for the energy sector. The initial closing includes participation from existing investors DCVC, Climate Investment and Energy Innovation Capital.

All In Food: $4 Million Raised For Snack Bar Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

All In Food has announced its debut with the launch of its Madagascar Vanilla snack bar in retail stores across the U.S. The brand unveiled its name, mission, and look, marking a significant evolution in its impact model and consumer focus. This launch is backed by a $4 million funding round led by Obvious Ventures, which will fuel the company's next stage of growth.

Tensec: $12 Million Raised For Cross-Border Payments Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Tensec, a fintech innovator transforming cross-border financial services, announced it has secured $12 million in seed funding to provide real-time, seamless payments. and financial services for global companies operating in the $190 trillion cross-border payments market. The round was led by Costanoa Ventures, the round also includes investments from Quiet Capital, WillowTree Investments, Cambrian VC, Ignia Partners, Montage Ventures, Renegade Partners, and Endeavor Scale Up Ventures.

Typedef: $5.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Turning Prototypes Into Production-Ready Workloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Typedef is a company that turns AI prototypes into scalable and production-ready workloads, generating immediate business value. The company has emerged from stealth mode with $5.5 million in seed funding, led by early-stage investors Pear VC, with participation from Verissimo Ventures, Monochrome Ventures, Tokyo Black, and several angel investors.

Grifin: $11 Million Series A Secured For Advancing Investment App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Grifin, an innovative investment app that reimagines investing by linking it to daily spending, announced an $11 million Series A investment funding round led by Nava Ventures, with participation from TTV, Draper Associates, Gaingels, Nevcaut Ventures, Alloy Labs, etc.

Tracksuit: $25 Million Series B Closed For Scaling Brand Tracking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Tracksuit, a modern and always-on brand tracking platform that helps marketers and agencies measure and communicate the value of brand-building, announced a $25 million Series B funding round. The round was led by commerce enablement and consumer brand investor VMG Partners, with participation from existing backers Altos Ventures, Footwork, Blackbird, and Icehouse Ventures.

Browserbase: Director Launch And $40 Million Series B Raised For Automating Web Browsing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Browserbase, an infrastructure platform that powers web browsing capabilities for AI agents announced the launch of Director, a new no-code application that brings browser automation to non-developers. This product release coincides with a $40 million Series B financing round led by Notable Capital, with participation from existing investors CRV and Kleiner Perkins. Glenn Solomon, managing partner from Notable Capital, will also join the board of directors.

Biobot Analytics: New Funding Raised For Wastewater Intelligent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Biobot Analytics, a leader in wastewater intelligence, announced a new funding round led by Valor Equity Partners. Along with Valor, Biobot is also welcoming new investor Atreides Management, as well as participation from existing investors, including Hyperplane.

ZeroRISC: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For Supply Chain Integrity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

ZeroRISC, a leading provider of silicon supply chain integrity solutions utilizing open-source silicon, has announced the closing of its oversubscribed seed round, raising $10 million in new funding led by Fontinalis Partners. And additional participants include Fundomo, Analog Devices co-founder Ray Stata, SemiAnalysis founder Dylan Patel, SBXi, Chelpis, Bond Street, and existing angel investors.

SportsVisio: $3.2 Million Raised For Scaling AI Sports Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

SportsVisio, a company that is putting the power of advanced AI technology into the hands of every athlete, coach, and fan, announced $3.2 million in incremental funding, bringing its total capital raised to $9 million. The funding round includes continued support from existing investors Sapphire Sport, Hyperplane, and Sovereign's Capital, as well as the addition of Mighty Capital, Sony Innovation Fund, Alumni Ventures, Waterstone Impact Fund, and new strategic angels.

Sauz: $12 Million Raised For Creating New Generation Of Tomato Sauce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Sauz, a brand known for developing a new generation of tomato sauce, announced that the company has closed a $12 million funding round led by CAVU Consumer Partners, a leading growth equity fund widely known for backing and building iconic consumer brands. The funding round also included investment from existing partners such as Coefficient Capital, Palm Tree Crew and Strand Equity.

CloudQuery: $16 Million Raised For Advancing Enterprise Cloud Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

CloudQuery, a developer-first cloud governance platform, announced four times year-over-year growth metrics, which have resulted in a $16 million funding round led by Partech. This funding round includes continued support from Boldstart, Tiger Global, and Work-Bench.

SaturnX: $3 Million Raised For Stablecoin-Based Payment Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

SaturnX, an infrastructure provider for stablecoin-based cross-border payments, announced the closing of a $3 million seed round. The funding round was led by White Star Capital, with participation from strategic institutional investors.

Sifflet: $18 Million Raised For Data Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

32 Biosciences: $6 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Gut Microbiome Platform Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

32 Biosciences, a leader in the field of gut microbiome medicine, announced it has received $6 million in funding to support the continued development of its lead assets.

Finofo: $3.3 Million Raised For Transforming Cross-Border Financial Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Finofo, a financial operations platform helping businesses manage global payments, international receivables, FX, and AP workflows, announced a $3.3 million seed funding round led by Watertower Ventures, with continued support from Motivate Venture Capital, SaaS Ventures, and Alberta-based private investors.

Cyera: $540 Million Series E Raised At $6 Billion Valuation For Data Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Cyera, which is one of the fastest-growing data security companies, announced a $540 million Series E funding round, bringing the total funding to over $1.3 billion. This funding round comes just six months after the previous round, and doubles the company’s valuation to $6 billion. The funding round was led by Georgian, Greenoaks, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with existing investors Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

RevelAi Health: $3.1 Million Seed Funding Raised For Scaling AI Care Coordination

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

RevelAi Health, a conversational AI-based platform built for musculoskeletal care, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $3.1 million seed round led by Ulu Ventures and Symphonic Capital, with participation from Orthopedic VC, Sand Hill Angels, and a consortium of nationally recognized orthopedic surgeons.

Corvia Medical: $55 Million Raised For Treating Heart Failure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Corvia Medical, a company dedicated to transforming the treatment of heart failure, announced the closing of a $55 million funding round from its existing investment syndicate, which includes Third Rock Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, AccelMed, Lumira Ventures, and two strategic investors.

Proxima Fusion: €130 Million Series A Raised For Energy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Proxima Fusion, which is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion energy company, announced the closing of its €130 million ($150 million) Series A financing. The Series A funding was co-led by Cherry Ventures and Balderton Capital. Significant participation also came from UVC Partners, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), Plural, Leitmotif, Lightspeed, Bayern Kapital, HTGF, Club degli Investitori, Omnes Capital, Elaia Partners, Visionaries Tomorrow, Wilbe, and redalpine.

Glytec: $36 Million Growth Investment Raised For AI-Based Diabetes Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Glytec, a leading provider of an AI-based technology platform for diabetes and related conditions, announced it has closed a $36 million growth investment led by Savitr Capital and Hayfin Capital Management.

AIM: $50 Million Raised For Advancing AI Platform For Earthmoving Machinery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

AIM, an embodied AI platform for earthmoving machinery, announced it has raised $50 million to transform the global construction and mining industries. And AIM’s investors include Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Human Capital, Ironspring Ventures, Mantis, and DCVC, among other great allies.

Zoot: $6 Million Raised For Advancing Stablecoin Gaming Integration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

ZOOT, a sweepstakes gaming platform bringing video game sensibilities to iGaming entertainment, announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding led by CoinFund (one of the world's first cryptonative investment firms) with participation from Griffin Gaming Partners to expand the current US-focused business to a global-facing and stablecoin-driven one.