Startups

Hauler Hero: $10 Million (Seed) Funding Raised To Help Waste Management Companies Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Hauler Hero - an all-in-one tech platform helping waste management companies scale their businesses - announced $10 million seed funding led by I2BF Global Ventures, K5 Global, Somersault Ventures, Recall Capital, and executives from ServiceTitan.

Infinant: Bank Platform Company Raises $15 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 5, 2025

Infinant, a Charlotte-based leading bank platform provider, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by FINTOP Capital and partner JAM FINTOP BankTech, with participation from Raido Capital Partners, Woodforest Financial Group, and Bankers Helping Bankers.

General Proximity: $16 Million (Seed) Raised To Innovate Induced Proximity Medicines For Undruggable Targets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

General Proximity, a biotech platform company, announced its emergence from stealth and unveiled its proprietary OmniTAC platform designed to pioneer the next generation of induced proximity medicines. The company raised $16 million to accelerate the development of treatments targeting undruggable proteins associated with cancer, cardiometabolic disease, neurodegeneration, and longevity.

Corsmed: $3.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Advancing MRI Scanning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Corsmed, a Swedish Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) software company, announced it has secured $3.5 million in seed funding, bringing the total investment in the company to $10 million. The funding round was co-led by Luminar Ventures and Big Pi Ventures, with participation from previous investors.

Cimulate: $28 Million (Series A) Raised To Help Brands Meet The Demands Of Consumers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Cimulate - a leader in enterprise AI for commerce - announced it has raised $28 million in Series A funding led by Spark Capital with participation from its seed stage investors Sierra Ventures and Pillar VC, with additional participation from LFX Venture Partners and Commerce Ventures. This funding round will accelerate Cimulate’s mission to revolutionize commerce by offering transformative customer experiences through scalable personalization, with a foundation in generative-AI-based search.

Swave Photonics: Holographic Display Company Raises €27 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Holographic display company Swave Photonics announced the closing of its €27 million ($28.27 million) Series A funding round. This investment in Swave will catalyze the advancement of its Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR) platform, enabling a reality-first user experience for AI-based augmented reality (AR) smartglasses and heads-up displays.

Jolt: Sustainable Energy Storage Materials Company Raises $4 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Jolt Energy Storage Technologies, a pioneer in sustainable organic energy storage materials, announced it raised $4 million in its Series A offering. This funding will accelerate prototype development, field testing, design, and manufacturing processes to pave the way for commercial scalability of its organic flow battery design.

SkyVisor: €1.2 Million Raised For Enhancing Drone-Based Inspection Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

SkyVisor - a leading innovator of automatic drone-based inspection and asset management software for renewables - announced it has raised €1.2 million in a funding round backed by Tomcat, the French public investment bank BPIfrance, Région Île-de-France, and industry leading investors. This investment will drive SkyVisor’s international expansion, accelerate product development, and strengthen its wind and solar market role.

Apheris: Series A Funding Raised For Powering Life Sciences Data Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Apheris, a leading federated computing company powering data networks for the life sciences sector, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, bringing total funding to $20.8 million. The funding round was led by leading European DeepTech VC firms, OTB Ventures and eCAPITAL, followed by existing investors, including Octopus Ventures and Heal Capital.

Culina Health: Clinical Nutrition Care Company Raises $7.9 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Culina Health - a digital platform that makes clinical nutrition care inclusive and accessible for everyone - announced that it has raised a $7.9 million Series A funding round. The funding round, which raised Culina Health’s total capital to $20 million, was led by Healthworx (the investment arm of CareFirst). And additional participation in the round includes Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures, and GW Ventures.

KoBold Metals: AI-Based Mining Company Raises $537 Million (Series C) At $2.96 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

AI-based mining company KoBold Metals announced it raised $537 million in Series C funding at a $2.96 billion valuation. The lead investors in this round were Durable Capital Partners LP and T. Rowe Price. There was also participation by Andreessen Horowitz Growth, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi, StepStone Group, and WCM Investment Management.

Rembrand: In-Scene Media And Virtual Product Placement Raises $23 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Rembrand, a leading innovator in In-Scene Media and Virtual Product Placement technology, announced it raised $23 million in Series A funding to expand and drive the company's already rapid growth. The funding round was led by super{set}. It included participation from The Trade Desk and Naver D2SF plus existing investors such as BOLD, the corporate venture capital fund of L'Oréal, Greycroft, and others.

Accel Raises $650 Million For Eighth India Fund, Says Reports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 1, 2025

Accel announced it has secured $650 million for its eighth India-focused fund, according to several reports. This brings Accel’s total commitments for India-focused companies to nearly $3 billion. Accel India has been an early-stage investor in successful companies such as Blackbuck, Bluestone, Flipkart, Freshworks, and Swiggy.

Samsung Invests Over $180 Million To Become Largest Rainbow Robotics Shareholder

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 31, 2024

Samsung Electronics announced that it will become the largest shareholder in Rainbow Robotics and accelerate future robot development like humanoid robots. Samsung first acquired a 14.7% stake in the Korean firm in 2023 with an investment of KRW 86.8 billion and has exercised a call option to increase its stake to 35%. Rainbow Robotics will be incorporated as a subsidiary under Samsung Electronics’ consolidated financial statements. To increase the stake in Rainbow, it appears that Samsung spent over 267 billion won (over $180 million), as revealed in a regulatory filing.

Qolab: Superconducting Quantum Computing Company Raises $16 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 30, 2024

Qolab - a leader in superconducting quantum computing - announced today that it secured over $16 million to date in its Series A financing round, led by Octave Ventures with co-investment from the Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ), Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), and Phoenix Venture Partners.

Mantis: $5 Million Raised For Advancing Human-Centric Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Mantis Robotics, a company focused on Physical AI for robotic automation, announced it has secured $5 million in new investments led by Emerald Technology Ventures with participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. This funding will enable Mantis Robotics to scale its operations, enhance its product portfolio, and expand its presence in the rapidly growing industrial robotics market.

Proton Intelligence: Continuous Potassium Monitoring Company Raises $6.95 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

Proton Intelligence, a company developing the first-ever Continuous Potassium Monitoring (CKM) platform, announced the closing of its $6.95 million Seed Financing round joined by SOSV, We Venture Capital, Tenmile, LongeVC, 15th Rock, Exor, and Trampoline Venture Partners.

Nodepay: Decentralized AI Platform Company Raises $7 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

Nodepay, a decentralized AI platform transforming unused internet bandwidth into real-time data pipelines for AI training, announced it has raised a second round of funding, bringing the total to $7 million.

AusperBio: $73 Million (Series B) Raised To Advance Targeted Oligonucleotide Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

AusperBio, a privately held clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to advancing targeted oligonucleotide therapies to achieve a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B (CHB), announced the completion of a $73 million Series B funding.

Leap: $3.5 Million (Seed) Raised To Transform Financial Service Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

Leap Financial announced a $3.5 million seed raise led by Fuel Venture Capital, with investment from Ascendo Venture Capital.

Bluenote: AI-Based Life Sciences Company Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

bolttech: Insurtech Company Raises Series C Funding At $2.1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

Global insurtech company bolttech announced Dragon Fund, by Liquidity and MUFG, is leading bolttech's Series C funding round along with investors Baillie Gifford, Generali – through Lion River, the Group's company dedicated to Private Equity, and others.

BILT: 3D Intelligent Instruction Company Raises $21 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

BILT - a leader in 3D Intelligent Instructions - announced it closed a $21 million funding round led by Austin-based Silverton Partners with Amex Ventures, Fifth Growth Fund, and Silicon Valley Bank participation. This funding will expand operations as demand for 3D interactive and extended reality (XR) immersive instructions increases.