Startups

Gushwork: $9 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build AI-Native Lead Generation Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Gushwork announced it has raised $9 million in seed funding in a round led by Susquehanna Asia VC, with participation from Lightspeed, B Capital, Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital, and 2.2 Club. The investment will accelerate development of AI Feeds, the company’s AI-native content management system designed to help B2B businesses dominate discovery in AI search engines and generate real qualified leads rather than just traffic or impressions.

Flux: $37 Million Raised For AI Hardware Design Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Flux, an AI-powered hardware design platform, announced $37 million in new investment, including a $27 million Series B round led by 8VC with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Outsiders Fund. The company also disclosed a previously unannounced $10 million Series A led by Outsiders Fund and co-led by Bain Capital Ventures.

RLWRLD: $26 Million Seed 2 Raised To Develop Robotics Foundation Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

RLWRLD, a physical AI company developing robotics foundation models trained directly in real industrial environments, announced it has closed a $26 million Seed 2 funding round, bringing its total seed investment to approximately $41 million. The latest raise follows a $15 million Seed 1 round and was structured not only to secure capital but also to expand the company’s coalition of industry-based strategic investors as demand for collaborative robotics deployments accelerates.

STS Digital: $30 Million Raised By Digital Asset Derivatives Trading Firm To Scale Crypto Options Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

STS Digital, a regulated principal trading firm specializing in digital asset derivatives and institutional market access, announced it has closed a $30 million strategic funding round to accelerate the growth of its crypto options trading platform. The round was led by CMT Digital, with participation from Payward, Strobe Ventures, Arrington Capital, F-Prime and BitRock Capital. The new capital will be used to rapidly scale the company’s institutional-grade spot and options platform, expand its market-making capabilities, and strengthen its balance sheet and liquidity position as it seeks to deepen its presence in core markets.

RenoFi: $22 Million Raised By Renovation Financing Platform In Series B Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

RenoFi, an AI-enabled renovation financing platform, announced it has closed a $22 million series b funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $65 million to date. The round was led by Fifth Wall, with meaningful participation from Progressive Insurance and support from HighSage Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Flintlock Capital and Gaingels. Existing investors including Canaan, First Round Capital, Curql, TruStage Ventures and a network of credit union partners also participated.

Antiverse: $9.3 Million Raised For AI-Driven Antibody Development Targeting Undruggable Disease Targets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Antiverse, an AI-driven techbio company specializing in de novo antibody design for challenging drug targets, has raised $9.3 million in Series A financing to accelerate the development of therapeutic antibodies aimed at historically undruggable disease targets. The round was led by Soulmates Ventures with participation from Innovation Investment Capital, DOMiNO Ventures, and existing investors DBW, Kadmos Capital, and i&i Biotech Fund, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $20 million since inception.

Poplar Therapeutics: $45 Million Series A Extension Raised By Immunology Company To Advance Anti-IgE Therapy PHB-050

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Poplar Therapeutics, a clinical-stage immunology company developing a new class of anti-IgE therapy for food allergy and other atopic conditions, has closed a $45 million Series A extension, bringing its total Series A financing to $95 million.

CIBC Innovation Banking: Growth Capital Financing For Insurance AI Software Provider Gradient AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

CIBC Innovation Banking has provided growth capital financing to Gradient AI, a Boston-based enterprise software company delivering artificial intelligence solutions to the insurance industry. The financing will support Gradient AI’s continued expansion, product development, and efforts to address evolving challenges across the insurance sector.

Xsensio: $7 Million Raised In Series A To Advance Continuous Biochemical Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Xsensio SA, a Swiss deep-tech company focused on near-real-time continuous biochemical monitoring, announced the closing of a $7 million oversubscribed Series A financing round to accelerate the clinical deployment of its wearable biosensing technology.

Dyna.Ai: Eight-Figure Series A Raised To Scale Agentic AI For Enterprise Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Dyna.Ai, a Singapore-headquartered AI-as-a-Service company, announced the close of an undisclosed eight-figure multimillion-dollar Series A round to accelerate the deployment of its agentic AI solutions for enterprises. The round was led by Lion X Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital fund advised by OCBC Bank’s Mezzanine Capital Unit, with participation from ADATA, a Taiwan-listed technology company, a Korean financial institution, and a group of finance veterans with decades of industry experience.

PlasmaLeap Technologies: A$30 Million Raised To Accelerate Zero-Emissions Fertilizer And Fuel Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

PlasmaLeap Technologies, an Australian clean-chemical technology company developing zero-emissions ammonia and nitric acid production systems, has secured almost A$30 million (US$20 million) in Series A funding to advance its decentralized fertilizer and sustainable-fuels platform. The round was led by the Gates Foundation, Investible, and Yara Growth Ventures, the venture arm of Yara International, alongside investors including Twynam, GrainCorp Ventures, Uniseed/UniSuper, Artesian, SVG Ventures, and Agnition Ventures, part of Ravensdown.

SubcontractorHub: Eight-Figure Growth Investment Secured To Scale AI-Driven Residential Construction Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

SubcontractorHub, an AI-driven operating system for residential construction and home-services businesses, has secured a strategic eight-figure growth investment from Curve Partners to accelerate national expansion and advance development of its unified technology platform.

Alveus Therapeutics: $197 Million Series A Raised To Advance Next-Generation Obesity And Metabolic Disease Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Alveus Therapeutics announced the second and final closing of its oversubscribed Series A financing, increasing the total round size to $197 million. The clinical-stage biotechnology company, which is developing next-generation therapies for obesity and metabolic diseases, said the extension includes participation from Jeito Capital, Novo Holdings, and additional healthcare-focused funds.

Noxon: Multi-Million-Euro Seed Round Raised For Muscle-Computer Interface Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Noxon, a Munich-based medtech spin-off from three leading universities, has closed a multi-million-euro seed funding round to accelerate development of its non-invasive, wearable Muscle-Computer Interface. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital, with participation from Auxxo and another institutional investor.