Startups

Colossal: $200 Million (Series C) Raised At $10.2 Billion Valuation For De-Extinction Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2025

De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences announced $200 million in a Series C funding round by TWG Global, jointly led by Mark Walter and Thomas Tull. And Colossal’s additional strategic investors include funds such as USIT, Animal Capital, Breyer Capital, At One Ventures, In-Q-Tel, BOLD Capital, Peak 6, and Draper Associates, and others and private investors including Robert Nelsen, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Ric Edelman, Brandon Fugal, Paul Tudor Jones, Richard Garriott, Giammaria Giuliani, Sven-Olof Lindblad, Victor Vescovo, and Jeff Wilke.

Ubiety Technologies: $10 Million (Series A-1) Secured At $90 Million Valuation For Home Insights Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2025

Ubiety Technologies announced that it has completed a $10 million Series A-1 financing. This funding will be used to enhance its product, accelerate the development of its proprietary AI engine, and expand go-to-market capabilities to meet the needs of its rapidly growing customer base.

Esphera SynBio: $2 Million (Seed) Funding Raised For Developing Nanomedicine Vaccines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2025

Synthetic biology company Esphera SynBio announced the closing of a $2 million seed financing round. The funding builds on the company's advanced R&D activities and proceeds are directed at identifying an initial cancer vaccine clinical candidate and general corporate purposes. And seed investors GKCC and FACIT supported the financing.

Twentyeight Health: $10 Million (Series A) Secured To Advance Women’s Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2025

Twentyeight Health, a leading digital-first women's healthcare platform delivering convenient, affordable, and stigma-free reproductive and sexual care in 43 states, announced $10 million in Series A funding led by Seae Ventures, with participation from Impact America Fund, The Social Entrepreneurs' Fund, RH Capital, Impact Engine, Gratitude Railroad, and Townhall Ventures. And this brings the company's total funding to $25 million.

Jotit: Education Technology Company Raises $10 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2025

Jotit, a platform designed to simplify and streamline learning in the digital age, announced the closing of its $10 million seed funding round led by Owl Ventures. Other key investors include Good Company VC, Cresson Management, Two Lanterns VC, One Line VC, Paul Volosov, Guy Gamzu, Amit Gilon, and MindCET Capital.

Aerin Medical: $32.5 Million Raised To Advance Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2025

Aerin Medical - a high-growth medical device company focused on expanding access to meaningful relief for millions of patients suffering from chronic ENT conditions - announced the completion of two significant financial transactions.

Pipe17: AI-Based Order Operations Solutions Company Raises $15.5 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2025

Pipe17, a leading provider of AI-based composable order operations, announced a $15.5 million funding round, highlighting the company's rapid growth and strategic vision to transform commerce operations. And the company recently hired its first Chief Operating Officer, Kelly Goetsch, a recognized industry pioneer who joined Pipe17 from commercetools, where he helped scale the company to over $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR).