Startups

Litmus: New Strategic Funding Raised To Advance Expansion Of Industrial Edge Data And AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Litmus has secured a new round of strategic investment led by Insight Partners, with additional participation from Munich Re Ventures, marking a significant step forward for the industrial data platform as it continues expanding its edge and AI capabilities.

American South Capital Partners: $60 Million First Close Secured For Third Affordable Housing Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

American South Capital Partners has reached a significant milestone with the first close of its newest affordable housing investment vehicle, American South Real Estate Fund III, raising $60 million toward its $500 million target. The firm, a joint venture between SDS Capital Group and Vintage Realty Company, continues to accelerate its mission of expanding affordable and workforce housing across the Southern United States.

Boompop: $41 Million Secured To Advance Adoption Of AI-Based Corporate Events Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

BoomPop has raised $41 million in new funding to expand its AI-powered platform, which helps companies design, book, and manage in-person events at scale. Wing VC led the round with participation from Atomic, Acme, Four Rivers, Thayer Investment Partners, the Fund of Operators Guild, Gaingels, and individual backers including Alex Rodriguez, Brian O’Malley, Dane Glasgow, Christopher Payne, and several Silicon Valley founders. The funding package includes sixteen million dollars in debt and credit provided by Silicon Valley Bank.

Lative: $7.5 Million Raised To Advance AI-Driven Sales Planning Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Lative has secured $7.5 million in new funding as the company accelerates development of its AI-powered sales planning and decision intelligence platform while expanding its go-to-market presence. The round was co-led by Act Venture Capital and Senovo VC with participation from Elkstone, Enterprise Ireland, WestWave Capital, Handshake Ventures, and Shuttle. Companies such as Seismic, Intercom, Aiven, Avalara, and Version 1 are already using Lative to replace fragmented spreadsheets and outdated planning models with a unified, real-time intelligence platform.

Backflip Secures $10 Million Corporate Equity Investment And Launches Tech-Enabled Asset Manager

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Backflip announced a significant corporate milestone with the formation of its tech-enabled asset management subsidiary and the completion of a $10 million corporate equity raise as the real estate FinTech platform moves to expand its presence across the residential investment landscape. The Austin-based company, which provides technology and capital solutions to residential real estate investors, said its new subsidiary, Backflip Asset Management, now manages approximately $175 million in assets under management.

ElectronX: $30 Million Series A Raised To Launch First U.S. Regulated Direct-Access Power Derivatives Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

ElectronX has secured a $30 million Series A round to accelerate the launch of its U.S.-regulated direct-access power derivatives market, advancing its goal of providing more precise financial tools for managing increasingly volatile electricity markets. The round was led by returning seed investor DCVC, with participation from XTX Markets, Five Rings, NGP, GTS, and JACS Capital. Previous investors, including Innovation Endeavors, Systemiq Capital, Equinor Ventures, and Shell Ventures, also joined the funding.

Medicxi Closes €500 Million Fund To Advance Asset-Centric Biotech Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Medicxi announced the close of its €500 million Medicxi V vehicle, reinforcing the firm’s position as a major European life sciences investor and adding significant capital to expand its long-standing asset-centric company creation strategy.

Allegiance Group + Pursuant Secures New Strategic Investment From Eagle Private Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Allegiance Group + Pursuant has received a significant strategic investment from Eagle Private Capital, marking a new chapter in the company’s expansion as it strengthens its position as a leading technology-enabled partner for nonprofit fundraising, marketing, and donor engagement. Eagle Private Capital now joins existing investor 424 Capital as a co-investor, creating a deeper capital base for AGP to accelerate its innovation agenda and broaden its impact across the nonprofit sector.

Muse Software: $4.5 Million Seed Raised To Accelerate Modern Museum Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Muse Software has closed a $4.5 million seed round that will fuel the expansion of its unified operations management platform for museums and cultural attractions. The funding represents a significant milestone for the Miami-based company as it works to modernize a sector that has historically relied on fragmented legacy systems. Roo Capital led the round, with additional participation from Banter Capital and FJ Labs.

TandemAI: $22 Million Series A Extension Raised To Accelerate AI-Driven Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

TandemAI has closed a $22 million Series A extension that will enable the company to advance its AI-driven drug discovery platform and expand its ability to serve a growing global client base. The financing includes participation from both new and existing investors and brings the company’s total capital raised since its October 2021 founding to more than $80 million.

Parallel Raises $100 Million Series A At $740 Million Valuation Raised To Build Web Infrastructure For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Parallel has secured a $100 million Series A round at a $740 million valuation, marking one of the largest early-stage financings in the emerging market for AI-native web infrastructure. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures, with participation from Spark Capital and continued support from existing backers Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, and Terrain. As part of the investment, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid will join the company’s board alongside Vinod Khosla, Shardul Shah, and Josh Kopelman.

Vendep Capital: €80 Million Fund IV Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Helsinki-based venture capital firm Vendep Capital has raised €80 million for its fourth fund, marking the firm’s largest vehicle to date as it aims to accelerate the next generation of early-stage B2B SaaS companies in the Nordics and Baltics.

CommerceClarity: €2.7 Million Pre-Seed Raised To Build Intelligent Infrastructure For AI-Driven Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

CommerceClarity has secured an oversubscribed €2.7 million ($3.1 million) pre-seed round to accelerate its AI-powered automation platform and support its expansion across Europe, marking a significant step in its push to build core infrastructure for the agentic era of commerce. The round was led by IFF (Italian Founders Fund) and Entourage, with additional participation from Euregio+ (Alpine VC), Redstone, Vento (Exor), Ithaca Investment, and Vesper Holding.

Skycore Semiconductors: €5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance High Voltage Power ICs For AI Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Skycore Semiconductors has secured €5 million in new seed financing to accelerate the commercial rollout of its Power Integrated Circuit technology, designed to address some of the most pressing power density and efficiency challenges in next-generation AI data centers. The round was led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund, with participation from First Momentum, Mätch VC, and Balnord. With this latest injection of capital, the company has now raised approximately €7.5 million, including €2.5 million from previous funding and grants.

Dealism: $15 Million Angel Funding Closed To Advance Intelligent Sales Communication

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Dealism has raised $15 million in an angel financing round led by GL Ventures with participation from HSG, Linear Capital, and several angel investors. The new capital will support the company’s expansion into global markets, the advancement of product intelligence, and further development of its AI-driven sales agent designed to help businesses communicate more persuasively across conversational channels.

Sim.ai: $7 Million Series A Closed To Advance Development Of Its Agentic AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Sim.ai has raised a $7 million Series A round led by Standard Capital, marking a significant step forward for the Y Combinator–backed startup as it scales its agentic AI platform. The latest financing round underscores growing investor confidence in the agentic-AI category. Alongside Standard Capital, the round drew participation from a group of influential backers, including Paul Graham, Perplexity, SV Angel, Ali Rowghani, Liquid 2 Ventures, Kulveer Taggar, Twenty Two Ventures, Kaz Nejatian, Chris Howard, Y Combinator, and additional supporters from the startup and AI ecosystem.

Adclear Raises £2.1 Million To Accelerate AI Compliance For Financial Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Adclear has raised £2.1 million in new seed funding to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered financial-marketing compliance platform, marking a significant milestone for the London-based regtech startup. The round was led by Outward VC, with participation from AFG Partners, Tenity, and angel investors, including Dan Cobley, former Managing Director of Google UK and founder of ClearScore, as well as Keith Grose, Managing Director at Coinbase UK, through the a16z Scout Fund and the Ventures Together community.

Sensetics: $1.75 Million In Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Advance Digital Touch Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Sensetics, a Princeton-based haptics and touch data startup that develops technology to bring realistic tactile experiences into the digital realm, has raised $1.75 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development across its integrated hardware and software platform. The round, completed mainly in the Spring, was co-led by MetaVC Partners and Fitz Gate Ventures, with additional participation from Blue Sky Capital and AIC Ventures.

Milestone: $10 Million Closed To Build A Measurable AI Culture Inside Global Engineering Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Milestone announced a $10 million seed round as enterprises race to quantify the impact of AI on software development. The Tel Aviv-based startup, which provides an enterprise platform that measures the adoption and effectiveness of AI coding tools, secured the funding from Heavybit and Hanaco Ventures, with additional participation from Atlassian Ventures and angel investors including John Donovan, Tom Preston Warner, Paul Daugherty, and Amit Agrawal.

Confidein: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised As It Prepares Nationwide Distribution Of AI-Powered Prayer Rings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Confidein, a Los Angeles-based faith and technology company, has raised $6 million in seed funding as it prepares to launch one of the largest faith-driven technology giveaways in the United States. Supported by a group of prominent Christian leaders and venture capital firms, the company will begin distributing 77,700 of its AI-powered Prayer Rings at no cost to churches, pastors, independent faith leaders, and individual believers nationwide starting November 15, 2025. The initiative reflects the company’s founding mission to use technology to strengthen spiritual connection and support Christian communities.

Anzen: $16 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI Platform For Commercial Insurance Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Anzen has secured a $16 million Series A round that will accelerate its efforts to modernize the distribution of commercial insurance across the United States. The funding was led by Madrona with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz, and several additional investors, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $26 million. The new investment reflects growing confidence in Anzen’s AI-powered approach to solving long-standing workflow inefficiencies in the insurance market.

Mulilo Raises $75 Million From Norfund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Norfund have entered a new partnership following Norfund’s $75 million investment in Mulilo Energy Holdings, one of South Africa’s leading renewable energy developers and Independent Power Producers. The investment provides positions Norfund as a minority shareholder, marking a pivotal moment for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and its New Markets Fund I, which remains a key investor in the company.

REBEL: $25 Million Series B Raised To Accelerate Retail Returns Recommerce Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

REBEL has secured a $25 million Series B funding round led by MarcyPen Capital Partners, marking a major milestone in the company’s effort to reshape the one trillion dollar returns market. The round was oversubscribed and closed less than one year after REBEL's Series A, reflecting strong investor confidence and reinforcing the company’s position as a market leader in returns recommerce technology. Maveron Ventures, the prior Series A lead investor, also participated.

WisdomAI: $50 Million Closed To Advance Autonomous AI Analytics For The Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

WisdomAI announced that it has raised $50 million in Series A financing led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from new investor NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, as well as returning investors Coatue, Latitude Capital, Madrona, GTM Capital, Menlo Ventures, and U First Capital. The round brings the company’s total funding to $73 million, occurring less than a year after the company’s launch.

BroadOak Capital Partners Announces New Investments Across Life Sciences Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

BroadOak Capital Partners has announced a series of new growth investments that expand its life sciences platform and reinforce its position as a long-term partner to emerging industry leaders. The activity includes the first investment from BroadOak Fund VI, a growth equity financing in Azure Biosystems, marking the third time in twenty years that BroadOak has partnered with the company’s founders.

Code Metal: $36.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance Verifiable AI Code Translation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Code Metal has secured $36.5 million in Series A financing. This milestone positions the Boston-based company for its next phase of growth as it accelerates the adoption of verifiable AI-powered code translation across mission-critical industries. Accel led the round, valuing the company at $250 million.

ActivTrak: Strategic Investment Raised From Francisco Partners To Accelerate AI-Driven Workforce Intelligence Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

ActivTrak announced that it has received a strategic investment from Francisco Partners, a global investment firm known for its focus on technology businesses. The investment marks a significant milestone for the Austin-based company as it works to expand its position in the fast-growing workforce intelligence sector and strengthen initiatives across product development, go-to-market expansion, and enterprise partnerships.

Gopuff: $250 Million Funding Secured And New Chief Financial Officer Named

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Gopuff has raised $250 million in new funding, led by Eldridge Industries and Valor Equity Partners, as the instant commerce company reports its strongest financial performance to date. The round, which also included participation from Baillie Gifford, Robinhood, Equalis Capital, George Ruan, Yakir Gabay, and the company’s co-founders, among others, follows a period of record revenue, contribution profit, and sustained momentum across its core business.

Cursor: $2.3 Billion Series D At $29.3 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance AI-Driven Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Cursor has raised $2.3 billion in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $29.3 billion, marking one of the largest private financings in the AI developer tools sector. The round included continued support from existing investors, including Thrive, a16z, Accel, and DST, as well as new backers Coatue, NVIDIA, and Google. The investment positions Cursor to scale its AI development platform amid soaring demand from enterprises and record revenue growth.

Exowatt: $50 Million Closed To Advance U.S. Rollout Of Dispatchable Solar For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2025

Exowatt has secured an additional $50 million to expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint and accelerate deployments of its Exowatt P3 systems to the rapidly growing network of AI data centers and industrial facilities nationwide. MVP Ventures and 8090 Industries led the financing as an extension of Exowatt’s $70 million Series A round, which was announced in April 2025 and spearheaded by Felicis. Additional participation came from The Florida Opportunity Fund, DeepWork Capital, Dragon Global, Massive VC, New Atlas Capital, BAM, Overmatch, Protagonist, StepStone, Atomic, and Bay Bridge Ventures. Felicis also took part in this extension. The company’s earlier $20 million seed round attracted prominent angel investors, including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio.