Startups

qbiq: Automated Architectural Solutions Company Raises $16 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

qbiq, one of the largest and first AI companies focused on automating architectural planning, announced the closing of a $16 million Series A round led by global software investor Insight Partners. The funding round included participation from JLL Spark, 10D, Ocean Azul, Random Forest and M-Fund.

Solera Health: $40 Million (Series E) Raised To Streamline Digital Healthcare Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Solera Health, a technology platform for connecting people seamlessly and easily to health solutions that work, announced $40 million in new funding. The insider funding round was co-led by Health Care Service Corporation and includes Adams Street, Cobalt Ventures, and Horizon Mutual Holdings.

Allara Health: Virtual Care Platform Company Raises $26 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Allara Health – a virtual care platform bridging the care divide for women battling chronic hormonal conditions - announced a $26 million Series B funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $38.5 million. Index Ventures led the funding round, and partner Martin Mignot will join Allara's board. And existing investor GV (Google Ventures) also participated in the round. This Series B funding will enable Allara to bring specialized care to women nationwide struggling with hormonal conditions.

Komainu: Digital Assets Service Provider Raises $75 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Komainu, a regulated digital asset services provider and custodian backed by Laser Digital (a Nomura company), announced it has raised $75 million in strategic funding from Blockstream Capital Partners, subject to relevant regulatory approvals. This funding round enables Komainu to accelerate its international strategic growth plans whilst adopting and integrating class-leading technologies developed by Blockstream Corporation to maximize efficiencies and enhance client services in collateral management and tokenization.

Xuron Raises Funding From 3LS Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

3LS Ventures, an early-stage investor specializing in behavioral health solutions, announced a strategic investment in Xuron. This innovative healthcare technology company offers virtual and intelligent provider training to simulate the patient experience. And this partnership demonstrates 3LS Ventures' unwavering commitment to accelerating advancements in healthcare through technology and innovation.

1Money: Over $20 Million Raised To Develop Stablecoin Payments Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

1Money, a company developing the world's first purpose-built Layer 1 exclusively designed for stablecoins payments, emerged from stealth and announced over $20 million in funding. This seed funding round includes participation from financial institutions, venture capital firms and strategic investors including F-Prime Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Hack VC, Tribe Capital, Portage, Ethereal Ventures, CMT Digital, Kraken Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, BitGo Ventures, Bing Ventures, MoonPay Ventures, CoinFlip, Bankless Ventures, Perry Creek Capital, A100x Ventures, VARIV, Anagram, Generative Ventures, Lvna Capital, Ambush Capital, Borderless Capital, Pharsalus Capital, Protagonist, gumi Cryptos Capital, Hexa Capital, Karman Ventures, and R3D3 Ventures.

Hyperline: Monetization Platform Company Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Next-generation monetization platform HYPERLINE announced it has raised $10 million in a seed extension round led by Index Ventures to help small and medium-sized businesses transform revenue management.‍

Indigo: AI-Based Home Negotiation Company Raises $8 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2025

Indigo, an AI-based platform for home negotiations, announced it secured $8 million to offer insight, collaboration, and transparency to real estate teams, buyers, and sellers nationally. The seed funding round was led by Pete Flint at NFX, Clelia Warburg Peters at Era Ventures, and Paul Irving at GTM Fund. They were joined by 1Sharpe Ventures and Jake Seid. In the three months following the launch, Indigo experienced tremendous growth, exceeding 20% market share of home offers in its initial markets.

Amogy: $56 Million Raised For Supporting Commercialization Of Ammonia-To-Power Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2025

Amogy, a provider of scalable and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, announced that it raised $56 million in venture financing, bringing the total raised since inception to over $270 million. The funding round was co-led by existing investor Aramco Ventures and new investor SV Investment. And additional new investors participating in the round include Samsung Heavy Industries, BHP Ventures, Hanwha Investment & Securities, AFW Partners, Quantum Ventures Korea, Kibo Invest, and Seoul IP, along with existing investors Temasek, MOL Switch, Yanmar Ventures, AP Ventures, and Marunouchi Innovation Partners.

Method: $41.5 Million (Series B) Secured For Expanding Financial Account Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Method Financial, a provider of consumer permissioned financial connectivity, announced it raised $41.5 million in its latest Series B funding round led by Emergence Capital with participation from avra and Samsung Next, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Y-Combinator and Ardent Venture Partners. This most recent funding round brings the total to $60 million.

Clutch: $65 Million (Series B) Closed For Transforming Credit Unions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Clutch announced the completion of a Series B funding round at $65 million to transform how credit unions deliver products and services to their members and communities. Alkeon Capital Management led the Series B funding round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, TruStage Ventures, and Peterson Partners.

Mobly: $4.3 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming Event Marketing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Mobly – a leader in event marketing technology - announced the closing of its $4.3 million seed round. This oversubscribed round was co-led by Jump Capital and Eniac Ventures with participation from Peterson Ventures, which also led Mobly's pre-seed round. And additional support came from existing investors Tenzing.VC, Peak Ventures, and notable angel investors, including Jeron Paul and Francis Santora.

EarnOS: $5 Million Raised For Transforming Brand User Interactions Online

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

EarnOS - a company that delivers global engagements where everyone wins – announced it raised $5 million in funding.

Guidesly: $9.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Outdoor Recreation Guide Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Guidesly, a leading software platform for outdoor recreation guides, announced the closing of its $9.5 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Aspen Capital Group, with participation from YETI Capital, HalfCourt Ventures, and Derive Ventures, and with existing investors, including Elysian Park Ventures and Marquee Ventures, marking a pivotal step in Guidesly's journey.

Botika: $8 Million (Seed) Secured For AI-Generated Fashion Model Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Botika, an innovator in AI-generated fashion models designed to empower online clothing companies of all sizes, announced the launch of its new mobile iOS app. Botika has also closed an $8 million seed funding round, co-led by Stardom and Secret Chord Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp.

Alium: Over $7 Million (Seed) Raised For Fixing Enterprise Software Buying

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Alium announced it officially emerged from stealth mode to fix enterprise software buying, starting with marketing and e-commerce. The company has raised over $7 million from Greycroft and Primary and has a significant revenue pipeline from its vendor clients.