Startups

PHȲND: $10 Million (Seed) Raised For Advancing Smart TV Gaming Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2025

PHȲND, a subscription-free cloud gaming platform, announced it has secured a $10 million seed round led by Wellington Management. The oversubscribed round also saw participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations Fund, and Jozy Altidore.

VoiceCare AI: $3.85 Million (Seed) Raised To Automate Healthcare Back Offices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2025

VoiceCare AI, a healthcare administration general intelligence (HAGI) company, announced plans for automating back-office conversations and super-staffing the workforce through the application of generative AI. With $3.85 million in funding led by Caduceus Capital Partners and participation from Bread and Butter Ventures, VoiceCare AI aims to improve access, adherence, and outcomes for patients and the healthcare workforce, putting the focus back on patient engagement.

BEKhealth: $4 Million Raised For Chart Abstraction And Patient-Matching Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2025

BEKhealth, an AI-based chart abstraction and patient-matching platform company, announced it raised $4 million to support its continued growth. This latest funding round was co-led by Hatteras Venture Partners and Boston Millennia Partners with participation from existing investors Excelerate Health Ventures, Martin Ventures; and new investors RTI International and WakeMed Innovation Fund.

Apptronik: $350 Million Raised For Scaling AI-Based Humanoid Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2025

Apptronik, an AI-based humanoid robotics company, announced the closing of a $350 million Series A funding round co-led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Google.

Rocket Youth: Over $100 Million Raised For Enrichment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Rocket Youth—one of the fast-growing youth enrichment platforms that partners with local educators, coaches, and child development professionals to scale their businesses—announced that it had raised over $100 million in backing, led by sports industry veterans Maverick Carter and Daniel Sillman and partner and build-focused investment vehicle ZBS Partners.

Fifteenth: $8.25 Million (Seed) Raised To Help Professionals With Complex Taxes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Fifteenth, a tax solution created to serve the unique needs of founders, investors, executives, and tech professionals with complex financial situations, announced it has raised $8.25 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by A* and General Catalyst with participation from SV Angel and angel investors including Swapnil Jain (Co-Founder and CEO of Observe.AI), Ryan Eisenman (co-founder and CEO at Arch), and Akash Garg (advisor at Electric Capital).

Greyson Clothiers: $20 Million Strategic Growth Capital Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Greyson Clothiers, a Detroit-based premium performance apparel brand at the forefront of the sport, announced the completion of a $20 million Series A strategic growth capital raise. This funding round was led by NewBound Ventures and Chris Koch, CEO of NewEra, with participation from Tom Nolan, CEO of Kendra Scott, and David Chu, Founder of Nautica, and ongoing support from existing investors.

Exoticca: €25 Million Venture Debt Facility Raised From BBVA Spark

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Exoticca, a leading travel tech platform for multi-day tour packages, announced that it secured a €25 million venture debt facility from BBVA Spark. This new funding round complements the company's recent €60 million Series D equity round led by Quadrille Capital, bringing the total funding from this round to €85 million.

HALO: Strategic Refinancing Raised For Advancing Growth From TPG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

HALO, a leader in branded merchandise, corporate apparel, and recognition solutions, and its investment partner TPG announced the completion of a strategic refinancing. This funding strengthens HALO's financial structure, paves the way for the company’s accelerated growth, and reinforces the strong partnership between HALO and TPG.

Validus: $45 Million Growth Equity Investment Raised From FTV Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Validus Risk Management, a software and tech-enabled services platform for financial risk management, announced that it has secured a $45 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity firm with a track record of investing in enterprise and financial technology. This minority investment will enable Validus to accelerate its go-to-market efforts and further expand into the US and APAC while continuing to penetrate the European market and invest in technology and product innovation.

CarbonZero.Eco: $3.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Addressing Regenerative Agriculture And CO2 Removal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

CarbonZero.Eco, a startup tackling regenerative agriculture and CO2 removal through Biochar, emerged from stealth and announced a $3.5 million seed round that includes investments from managers and executives at Google, Meta, Amazon and the CEOs of several late-stage startups.

Newleos Therapeutics: $93.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Treatment Of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Newleos Therapeutics - a clinical-stage neuroscience company co-founded by Longwood Fund and seasoned leaders in CNS drug development - announced the closing of an oversubscribed $93.5 million Series A financing. Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the funding with participation from Novo Holdings A/S, Longwood Fund, DCVC Bio, and Arkin Bio Capital.

Prenuvo: $120 Million Raised For MRI Screening Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Prenuvo, a leader in proactive whole-body MRI screening, disclosed that it quietly raised $120 million as part of Series B fundraising this year, demonstrating its category leadership in preventative health. The company has identified over 1.4 million personalized health insights across its member base, highlighting the critical role of early detection. This milestone comes as Prenuvo surpassed 110,000 members and secured FDA clearance for its AI-powered Prenuvo Body Composition report.

Uscreen: Video Monetization Company Raises $150 Million From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Uscreen, a video monetization platform for the creator economy, announced a $150 million investment with PSG, a leading growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to capitalize on transformational growth. And PSG’s funding will help reinforce and strengthen Uscreen’s leading position in shaping the future of the creator economy by bringing together content, community, and experiences in ways that delight consumers.

Junevity: $10 Million (Seed) Raised For Developing Cell Reset Therapeutics For Longevity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Junevity, a biotechnology company that aims to extend lifespan and health by resetting cell damage from age-related diseases, announced $10 million in seed funding led by Goldcrest Capital and Godfrey Capital.

IBI Ag: $6.1 Million Raised For Crop Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

IBI Ag, a pioneering crop protection company developing a wide array of bio-insecticides with a lower ecological footprint, announced it has closed the first part of its Series A funding round with a $6.1 million investment. This funding round — led by Corteva (through its Corteva Catalyst platform) with the participation of The Trendlines Group, Iron Nation, Consensus Business Group (CBG), and a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority — validates the strategic importance of IBI Ag's innovative biological and naturally-inspired solutions in the global agricultural sector to assist farmers in producing more food by protecting their crops and the global food chain.

Latent Labs: $50 Million Raised For Making Biology Programmable

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Latent Labs, a company building AI foundation models to make biology programmable, announced it emerged from stealth with $50 million in total funding to accelerate its progress and partnerships. This funding includes a $40 million Series A co-led by Radical Ventures and Sofinnova Partners, with the participation of Flying Fish and Isomer and existing investors 8VC, Kindred Capital, and Pillar VC. Notable angel investors who participated include Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, Transformer architecture inventor and Cohere founder Aidan Gomez, and ElevenLabs founder Mati Staniszewski.

Revving: £107 Million Raised For Transforming Access To Working Capital Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Revving, a company that is transforming the digital media payment landscape with a completely new take on traditional invoice factoring set to transform UK competitiveness in the global adtech market, announced a landmark investment of £107 million led by one of the world’s largest asset managers DWS.

Eudia: $105 Million (Series A) Raised To Enhance Legal Work With Augmented Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

Eudia, an Augmented Intelligence platform for Fortune 500 legal teams, announced the closing of its Series A funding round for up to $105 million, led by General Catalyst with participation from Floodgate, Sierra Ventures, Hakluyt Capital, Defy, Everywhere Ventures, B3 Capital, Backbone, Firsthand, and renowned angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Chris Re, Andrew Sieja, Mike Gamson, and Scott Belsky.

Enhanced Games: 1789 Capital Co-Leads Series B Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

Omeed Malik, Chris Buskirk, and Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital announced it co-led a multi-million-dollar Series B round for the Enhanced Games, along with significant contributions from Karatage, Christian Angermayer's Apeiron Investment Group, and other blue chip investors. This new funding round will drive the Enhanced Games towards hosting its upcoming inaugural record-breaking event.

Newronika: €13.6 Million (Series B) Closed For Advanced Deep Brain Stimulation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

Newronika, a leader in advanced deep brain stimulation, announced the closing of its €13.6 million Series B funding round. This funding was led by new investor Fondazione ENEA Tech e Biomedical, with additional participation from existing investors Indaco Venture Partners SGR, Innogest SGR, Wille Finance, TNBT Capital, and F3F.

EnCharge AI: $100 Million (Series B) Raised For Developing Analog In-Memory-Computing AI Chips

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

EnCharge AI, a company developing first-of-its-kind analog in-memory-computing AI chips, announced it has raised over $100 million in Series B funding. Tiger Global led this round and the new financial investors included Maverick Silicon, Capital TEN, SIP Global Partners, Zero Infinity Partners, CTBC VC, Vanderbilt University, Morgan Creek Digital, and others. Previous investors participating in the Series B round include RTX Ventures, Anzu Partners, Scout Ventures, AlleyCorp, ACVC, and S5V.

Helicore Biopharma: $65 Million (Series A) Raised For Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Peptide Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

Helicore Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing first-in-class glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) antagonists for obesity and related conditions, announced its emergence from stealth mode with $65 million in Series A financing. This funding round was co-led by founding investor Versant Ventures and by OrbiMed, with participation from Longitude Capital and Wellington Management.

Stellaromics: $80 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing 3D Spatial Biology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Stellaromics, a pioneer in 3D spatial biology that spun out of the laboratories of Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University) and Xiao Wang (MIT and Broad Institute), announced today the completion of a Series B funding round at $80 million. This round, led by Catalyst4 with participation from Stanford University Ventures, will support the development and commercialization of Pyxa, Stellaromics’ groundbreaking 3D spatial biology platform.

iVeena: $3 Million (Series B-2) Raised For Accelerating Development Of IVMED-85 For Myopia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

iVeena Delivery Systems - a biopharmaceutical company advancing IVMED-85 to treat pediatric myopia - announced that it has closed its fully subscribed Series B-2 financing of $3 million.

Miist Therapeutics: $7 Million (Seed) Raised For Creating Instant-Acting Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Miist Therapeutics, a physics-based developer of inhaled medicines, announced $7 million in seed funding from investors including Refactor Capital, 1517 Fund, Freeflow Ventures, Entrepreneur First, and California Innovation Fund. And Miist has clinically validated its approach and is currently advancing two assets: MST-01 for the treatment of smoking addiction and MST-02 for the treatment of migraine. The Phase 1 results for MST-01 demonstrate the speed of Miist’s therapies, with patients achieving 92% symptom relief in only 2 minutes post-dosing.

RepScrubs Raises Funding From Pittco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Pittco Management announced an equity investment in Prescient Logistics (doing business as RepScrubs) through a special purpose entity formed and managed by Rockmont Partners Management.

GetWhys: $2.75 Million (Seed) To Advance AI-Based Customer Insights Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

GetWhys announced $2.75 million in seed funding to accelerate the growth of its AI-based customer insights platform. The funding round was led by Next Frontier Capital, with participation from Tuesday Capital and Capital Eleven. This funding brings GetWhys' total funding to $3.5 million and will expand the engineering team, fuel product development, and support customer growth.

Digital Harmonic Raises Investment from Caladan Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Digital Harmonic, a leader in advanced video, signal, and image processing technologies, announced a strategic investment from Caladan Capital, led by Victor L. Vescovo, who is an accomplished private investor with over 30 years of experience in defense, aerospace, and electronics industries. This funding will accelerate Digital Harmonic’s growth and innovation across several vertical industries, including Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, and National Security.

Fay: $50 Million (Series B) Raised At $500 Million Valuation For Nutritional Therapy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Fay, a leader in digital nutritional therapy, announced a $50 million Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs at a $500 million valuation. And existing investors General Catalyst and Forerunner also participated in the round.