Startups

Neros: $75 Million Series B Raised To Scale Domestic Drone Manufacturing And Support U.S. Defense Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Neros has secured a $75 million Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Vy Capital US and Interlagos. The funding follows a period of rapid production scaling, increased revenue, and successful deployments across key U.S. defense customers. The company recently fulfilled a significant drone order for the U.S. Marine Corps. And it was selected as a primary supplier of first-person view drones to the U.S. Army through its Purpose-Built Attritable Systems program.

AirOps: $40 Million Series B Raised For Advancing Growth As Brands Adapt To AI Search

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

AirOps announced that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Greylock, with participation from Unusual Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, XFund, Village Global VC, Frontline VC, and more than two dozen growth and marketing leaders. This brings the company’s total funding to $60 million. The new investment follows a period of rapid expansion as brands increasingly look to position themselves within AI-driven search experiences.

Majestic Labs: Over $100 Million Raised To Launch Next Generation AI Server Architecture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Majestic Labs has emerged from stealth with more than $100 million in financing and unveiled a next-generation AI server architecture designed to resolve the growing mismatch between memory capacity and compute power in advanced AI workloads. Founded by former Google and Meta engineering leaders, the company has introduced a system capable of delivering 1000 times the memory capacity of current top-tier GPU servers and consolidating what typically requires multiple racks of equipment into a single server.

Iambic: $100 Million Raised To Advance AI-Discovered Therapeutics And Platform Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Iambic, a clinical-stage life science and technology company headquartered in San Diego, announced that it has raised more than $100 million in an oversubscribed financing round. The round drew participation from a broad group of new and existing investors spanning life sciences, growth equity, technology, and sovereign wealth funds. Participating investors included Abingworth, Alexandria Venture Investments, Alumni Ventures, ARK, Ascenta, Catalio, Everbright Biofund, Freeflow Ventures, Illumina Ventures, Mubadala, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Regeneron Ventures, Sequoia, Tao Capital Partners, Terra Magnum Capital Partners, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and others.

Ventures Platform Secures $64 Million First Close For Pan-African Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Ventures Platform has announced the $64 million first close of its second fund, VP Pan-African Fund II, which aims to expand seed investments, catalyze Series A rounds, and strengthen the firm’s pan-African reach to support the continent’s next wave of technology companies. The fund is targeting a final close of $75 million.

Digitail: $23 Million Series B Closed For Expanding AI Platform For Veterinary Clinics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Digitail has secured $23 million in Series B funding, led by Five Elms Capital, bringing the company’s total investment to over $37 million. The funding will support the company’s expansion efforts and accelerate product development, including enhancements to its artificial intelligence capabilities designed to reduce the administrative workload for veterinary professionals and improve patient outcomes.

1mind Launched With $40 Million To Advance AI-Led Sales With Emotionally Intelligent Digital Superhumans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

1mind announced its public launch with a total of $40 million in funding, including a recently closed $30 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures with participation from Primary Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Operator Collective, Harmonic Growth Partners, Success Venture Partners, and executives from Monday.com, ZoomInfo, Databricks, Box, Gong, Braz,e and Verkada. The company, founded by Amanda Kahlow, is introducing an AI-led growth model that uses digital Superhumans to guide buyers across the entire customer journey.

Scribe: $75 Million Series C At $1.3 Billion Valuation Raised For Workflow AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Scribe has closed a $75 million Series C funding round at a $1.3 billion post-money valuation as the company rolls out Scribe Optimize, a new platform designed to map workflows across entire enterprises and identify where automation and AI will generate measurable returns. According to TechCrunch, the funding round was led by StepStone, with participation from existing investors Amplify Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Tiger Global, Morado Ventures, and New York Life Ventures.

Evidium: $22 Million Series A Raised To Scale Computational Medical Knowledge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Evidium has announced the close of a $22 million Series A funding round as the company expands its healthcare AI platform focused on computational medical knowledge and transparent clinical reasoning. The round was co-led by Health2047, the venture studio founded by the American Medical Association, and WGG Partners, with participation from Interwoven Ventures and Mindset Ventures.

Glasswing Ventures: $200 Million Fund III Closed To Back AI-Native And Frontier Technology Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Glasswing Ventures announced the close of Fund III, with more than $200 million in capital commitments dedicated to pre-seed and seed-stage investments in AI-native and Frontier Technology companies. The fund is the largest in the firm’s history and exceeded its target amount through support from both existing and new Limited Partners. Two investments have already been made from the new fund. The firm has invested in 70 startups since its founding in 2018 and was the first institutional investor in more than 90 percent of those companies.

Gamma: $68 Million At $2.1 Billion Valuation Raised As It Surpasses $100 Million In ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Gamma announced that it has raised $68 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $2.1 billion. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from Accel, Uncork Capital, and other existing investors. The company also revealed that it has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue. This financing includes a secondary component to provide liquidity to early employees, reflecting the founders’ intent to share the company’s success with the team members who helped build it.

Grab Announces Strategic Investment In Vay For Remote Driving Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Grab Holdings announced that it has signed definitive agreements to invest $60 million in Vay Technology, a provider of remote driving technology that enables on-demand car rentals without requiring customers to search for parking.

Forbion Bioeconomy Fund I Reaches €200 Million Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Forbion announced that its Forbion BioEconomy Fund I has closed at its hard cap of €200 million, marking one of the most significant dedicated bioeconomy funds in Europe. The fund focuses on biotechnology-driven solutions that support planetary health and industrial sustainability, building on Forbion’s established expertise in life sciences and its track record of investing in scientific innovation.

MyPhysicianPlan: Seed Round Closed To Expand Affordable Healthcare Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

MyPhysicianPlan, a healthcare technology company based in New Jersey, announced the closing of its Seed Round. The round was backed by private investors along with a matching investment from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority through the Angel Match Program.

Section Partners: $189 Million Raised For Two New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Section Partners announced the final closing of two investment vehicles totaling $189 million in capital commitments, reflecting continued backing from existing investors and interest from new limited partners. The capital was raised across Section Capital V, LP, and Section Ventures II, LP, along with a parallel co-investment vehicle.

Wyndham Wealth Invests $7 Million In Gliding Deer For Accelerating AI Integrated Game Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Wyndham Wealth has signed a $7 million investment term sheet with Gliding Deer, the independent gaming studio known for creating the global hit Bingo Drive. The funding will be used to advance the development of its GamePro Platform, which is deeply integrated with artificial intelligence capabilities as part of the company’s broader Game Factory model. And the funding will also support the rollout of new mobile gaming titles across international markets.

DeepJudge: $41.2 Million Series A Raised To Advance Enterprise Legal AI Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

DeepJudge has raised $41.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Felicis with continued participation from Coatue. The company plans to expand product development and support growing demand in the United States and the United Kingdom. DeepJudge reported more than 500% year-over-year revenue growth as law firms seek systems that enable attorneys to access institutional knowledge securely at scale.

Red Cell Partners: Trase Launched With $10.5 Million Pre-Seed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Red Cell Partners announced the launch of Trase, a new agentic platform designed to deliver and implement autonomous AI agents and specialized language models within regulated industries. The company aims to address the challenge of enterprise AI adoption by providing solutions that automate complex workflows securely and at scale. Alongside the launch, Red Cell appointed Dr. Baskar Sridharan, former Vice President and General Manager of AI and Machine Learning Services and Infrastructure at Amazon Web Services, as President of Trase.

RAAAM Memory: $17.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance On-Chip Memory Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

RAAAM Memory Technologies announced that it has raised $17.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to support the mass production and full qualification of its patented on-chip memory technology, GCRAM. The round was led by NXP Semiconductors and included participation from a leading multinational networking corporation, IAG Capital Partners, EIC Fund, LiFTT, Alumni Ventures, and existing investors J-Ventures, Silicon Catalyst Ventures, and Serpentine Ventures. The new funding brings the company’s total capital raised to over $24 million, combining equity financing with the EIC Accelerator grant.

University Of Georgia: Dan Geller Named Director Of Innovation Gateway Startup Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2025

Innovation Gateway at the University of Georgia has appointed Dan Geller as the new director of its Innovation Gateway Startup Program. Geller assumed the role on October 1 after serving as assistant director since 2020.

CampusKnot: $1.1 Million Raised To Expand AI Teaching Assistant Platform Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

CampusKnot announced that it has raised $1.1 million to expand its AI-powered teaching assistant platform across universities in the United States. The funding round includes investments from Tulane Ventures, Boot 64 Ventures, Invest Mississippi Impact Fund, Momentum Fund, and Greaux Innovation Ventures, as well as private investors from Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arizona. The raise reflects momentum across the Mississippi and Louisiana innovation corridor, where research-driven startups are increasingly commercializing new technologies for higher education.

Balnord: €70 Million Fund Launched To Advance Frontier And Dual Use Technology Across The Baltic Sea Region

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Balnord, an early-stage investor focused on companies in the Baltic Sea region, announced that its first fund has oversubscribed its initial €70 million target and is now moving toward a planned final close of €100 million by mid-2026. The fund focuses on supporting startups that are leading a new phase of European technological reindustrialization, with a particular emphasis on frontier and dual-use technologies across space, healthcare, and industrial resilience.

Ardian Semiconductor Buys Majority Stake In Centrotherm International

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Ardian Semiconductor has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 90% stake in Centrotherm International AG from Solarpark Blautal GmbH. Solarpark Blautal will reinvest a portion of its proceeds and remain an essential shareholder following the transaction. Centrotherm, headquartered in Blaubeuren, Germany, develops and manufactures high-temperature thermal processing equipment, establishing a longstanding global presence in the semiconductor and photovoltaic markets. The Hartung family, which founded Centrotherm in 1948, remains involved in the ownership structure through reinvestment.

Fastbreak AI: $40 Million Series A Closed To Accelerate Growth In Professional And Youth Sports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Fastbreak AI has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its technology across professional leagues and the rapidly growing youth and amateur sports market. The round included Greycroft and GTMfund, along with participation from the NBA, NHL, and TMRW Sports. Additional investors included professional athletes such as PGA Tour golfers Patrick Cantlay and Kurt Kitayama, as well as former NFL players Larry Fitzgerald Jr. and Luke Kuechly, along with other venture capital and growth equity firms.

IndustrialMind.ai: $1.2 Million Pre-Seed Closed For Expanding AI Engineer Deployment In Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

IndustrialMind.ai, a company founded by former Tesla manufacturing AI leaders, announced that it has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to support the broader deployment of its AI Engineer product across global manufacturing environments. The round included participation from Antler, TSVC, Plug and Play, and an angel investor.

Upward: $8 Million Seed+ Funding Raised And Partnership Signed With Mastercard

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Upward announced that it has raised an $8 million Series Seed+ round and entered into a strategic partnership with Mastercard to support the rapid launch of embedded financial products. The funding round was co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater Ventures Fund, with participation from Techstars, Altari Ventures, Cascade Seed Fund, and Outside Ventures.

Spendsafe: Strategic Investment Raised From Malar Group To Advance Youth Financial Literacy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Malar Group has made a strategic investment in Spendsafe, a Canadian financial technology company focused on improving financial literacy among children and teens. Led by CEO Sayan Navaratnam, Malar Group continues to invest in mission-driven organizations creating positive societal outcomes through technology.

The Beans: $5.4 Million Seed Round Raised To Expand Financial Wellness Platform For Caring Professionals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

The Beans, a financial operating system designed for frontline workers in care-based industries, announced that it has closed a $5.4 million seed funding round. Investors in the round include Alloy Alchemist Fund, Commerce Ventures, Impulsum Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Swing Ventures, Techstars, Esther Dyson, TruStage Ventures, Coyote Ventures, and Fabric VC, which participated as a strategic investor.

IDL: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Launch Global Professional Dance League

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

IDL, the International Dance League and the first global professional sports league dedicated to dance, has raised a $7 million Seed round led by Elysian Park Ventures, the private investment arm of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group. Additional participating investors include KB Partners and Apex Group, along with individual investors Nick Tran, Tammy Henault, and Taryn Crouthers. The funding supports the development of IDL’s league infrastructure, technology systems, and event production capabilities ahead of its inaugural 2026 season.

BTRY: $5.7 Million Raised To Industrialize Ultra Thin Solid State Batteries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

BTRY, a deep-tech spin-off from Empa and ETH Zurich, has raised $5.7 million in new funding to advance the industrialization of its ultra-thin solid-state battery technology. The round was led by Redstone VC with participation from Bloomhaus Ventures, Linear Capital, Kickfund, Kick Foundation, and CustomCells founders Leopold König and Torge Thönnessen. Existing investors HTGF and Zürcher Kantonalbank also renewed their support. The financing brings together a group of investors focused on the commercialization of deep tech and industrial-scale production.