Startups

Cypher AI: $2 Million Seed Raised To Build AI-Native Infrastructure For Life Science R&D

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Cypher AI, a company building AI-native digital infrastructure for life science research and development, announced it has raised $2 million in seed funding led by MaC Venture Capital, with participation from Epsilon Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Sparta Group, and LiquidMetal Ventures.

RevEng.AI: $15 Million Raised To Verify The Security And Integrity Of AI-Generated Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

RevEng.AI, a cybersecurity company building a binary-native verification layer for the software supply chain, announced it raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by NATO Innovation Fund with participation from Sands Capital, In-Q-Tel, IQ Capital, and Episode One.

Thea Energy: $100 Million Series B Raised To Build Scalable Fusion Power Plants

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Thea Energy, a fusion energy company advancing stellarator technology for commercial power generation, announced it has raised $100 million in Series B funding. The oversubscribed round was led by US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT) with participation from General Innovation Capital Partners, Linse Capital, Calm Ventures, Climate Capital, Divergent Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, Gaingels, Idemitsu Kosan, Overlay Capital, Timescale Ventures, and Whatif Ventures.

Psilera: $8.8 Million Seed Round Closed To Advance Neuroplastogen PSIL-006 Into Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Psilera announced the closing of an oversubscribed $8.8 million Series Seed extension funding round led by a syndicate of institutional and strategic investors. The company said the capital will be used to advance its lead clinical asset, PSIL-006, toward first-in-human trials targeted for 2027.

Solstice: $21 Million Series A Raised To Accelerate Pharma Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Solstice, an AI-native marketing agency focused on accelerating pharma commercialization, announced it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Transformation Capital with participation from Twelve Below, Virtue Ventures, and others. The funding round brings the company’s total funding to approximately $25 million.

Kubera Health: $6.5 Million Raised To Repair Healthcare Payment Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Kubera Health announced it has raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Company Ventures, Dria Ventures, and SemperVirens. The company is building an AI-native contract-to-payment system of record designed to connect payor-provider agreements directly to healthcare payment operations.

Triomics: $22 Million Raised To Scale AI Infrastructure For Oncology Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Triomics, an oncology AI company helping cancer centers operationalize complex clinical information, announced it has raised $22 million in Series B financing led by Battery Ventures, with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator, alongside strategic backers Oncology Ventures and Precision Health Informatics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas Oncology. The round brings the company’s total funding raised to more than $36 million.

Rep AI: $6.2 Million Raised To Advance AI Platform For Ecommerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Rep AI announced it has raised $6.2 million in strategic follow-on funding to advance its AI platform for ecommerce brands and online retailers. The funding round was led by Silicon Road Ventures, with participation from Osage Venture Partners, Flashpoint Venture Capital, and strategic investor Zendesk.

Garner Health: $100 Million Series E Raised At $2.74 Billion Valuation To Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Garner Health announced it has closed a $100 million Series E funding round at a $2.74 billion valuation. The round was led by Index Ventures with participation from existing investors including Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

Modiqo: $3 Million Pre-Seed Raised For Deterministic AI Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Modiqo, an AI infrastructure company, announced a $3 million pre-seed funding round to help enterprises turn AI experiments into dependable production systems. The round was co-led by Heavybit and Seligman Ventures, with participation from Irregular Expressions and angel investors.

Daloopa: $47 Million Series C Raised To Power The Data Layer Behind AI-Driven Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Daloopa, a company providing data infrastructure for AI and agentic workflows in finance, announced it has raised $47 million in Series C funding led by Brighton Park Capital, with participation from Squarepoint Capital, Touring Capital, and Nexus Venture Partners.

‘Ôrəbella: Series A Investment And Anish Agarwal Named CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

'Ôrəbella, the fragrance brand founded by Bella Hadid, announced the closing of a Series A financing round led by Silas Capital, with participation from existing investor Celebrands. The company said the financing will support accelerated growth initiatives, including product innovation, international retail expansion, and broader global distribution.

Reactor: $59 Million Raised To Build Platform For Real-Time AI Worlds

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Reactor, a developer platform for real-time generative video, emerged from stealth with $59 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from WndrCo, Amplify Partners, Sky9 Capital, FPV Ventures, and additional investors.

Opto Investments: AI Fund Closed To Back Next-Generation Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Opto Investments announced the close of its AI-focused venture fund, designed to provide RIAs and family offices with differentiated access to private market opportunities tied to next-generation artificial intelligence innovation. The fund uses a multi-strategy approach focused on foundational AI technologies, including infrastructure, developer tools, specialized frameworks, energy systems, and enterprise applications.

Focused Energy: $240 Million Raised For Laser Fusion Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Focused Energy, a laser fusion company focused on developing clean fusion energy systems, announced it has raised $240 million in Series A financing. The company said the round is the largest fully secured Series A financing in the global fusion industry to date.

Go Swag: $5 Million Raised For Corporate Gifting Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Go Swag announced that it has raised $5 million in funding as the company looks to expand its corporate gifting platform globally.

Saris: $28.8 Million Raised To Scale Agentic Workflow Automation For Financial Institutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Saris, an AI-powered workflow automation platform built for banks and credit unions, announced it has raised $28.8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by 8VC, with participation from Audacious Ventures, Homebrew, Btech Consortium, and Service Ventures.

Goshe Energy Storage: $40 Million Financing Facility Secured From S2G Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Goshe Energy Storage announced it secured a strategic HoldCo debt facility of up to $40 million from S2G Investments to accelerate the acquisition and construction of late-stage battery energy storage projects across U.S. markets.

NavigateAI: $25 Million Raised To Build AI Copilot For The Physical World

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

NavigateAI officially launched with $25 million in seed funding to build AI copilots for field workers, aiming to improve how physical spaces are built and maintained. The company was founded by former Eric Wu co-founder Eric Wu and is focused on helping reskill and upskill workers across the trillion-dollar trades economy.

Perceptic: $12 Million Raised For AI Operating System For Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Perceptic, an AI-first operating system for biopharma, officially emerged from stealth and announced $12 million in funding backed by investors including Accel, Air Street Capital, and Elder Gull, as reported by Fortune.

Countable Labs Raises $26 Million To Accelerate Countable PCR Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Countable Labs announced it has raised $26 million in an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate clinical product development and global commercialization of its Countable PCR technology.

Payslip: Growth Financing Secured To Scale AI-Powered Global Payroll Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Payslip announced that it has secured new growth financing to support international expansion and continued investment in its AI-powered payroll platform.

Human Archive: $8.2 Million Raised To Build Training Data Infrastructure For Physical AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Human Archive, a Silicon Valley-based startup founded by researchers from University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, announced it has raised $8.2 million in funding to build infrastructure for collecting real-world training data for robots and physical AI systems, according to TechCrunch. The funding round included backing from Wing Venture Capital, NVP Capital, Y Combinator, and angel investors associated with OpenAI, Nvidia, Google, Meta, Mercor, AfterQuery, BAIR, SAIL, and Brad Boa.

Otomato: $2 Million Raised From Improbable For Portfolio-Aware DeFi Intelligence Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Otomato announced a $2 million investment from Improbable to accelerate development of its portfolio-aware intelligence layer for decentralized finance users.

Didit: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Identity Infrastructure For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Didit announced it has closed an additional $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total seed financing to $7.5 million as the company builds identity infrastructure designed for the AI era. The funding will support global go-to-market expansion, product development, broader programmable identity and fraud coverage, and hiring across product, sales, and customer success teams.

ReVision Implant: €4 Million Raised To Advance Brain Implant Vision Restoration Technology Into Clinical Testing

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

ReVision Implant announced that it closed an oversubscribed €4 million capital round as the company advances its neurotechnology platform designed to restore vision in blind individuals. The funding will support scaling operations and moving the company’s preclinical research into clinical testing.

bitBiome: Seed Extension Round Closed To Advance AI-Driven Enzyme Discovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

bitBiome announced it has closed an oversubscribed seed extension round, reinforcing investor confidence in the company’s position within the engineering biology and biomanufacturing sectors. The company said the funding brings its combined equity and non-dilutive funding, including grants, to more than $45 million.

BNB Plus: $4.1 Million Strategic Financing To Support Digital Asset And Biotech Review

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

BNB Plus Corp. announced that it secured initial commitments for $4.1 million in convertible preferred stock financing, with the company expecting total proceeds to reach approximately $5 million. The financing is intended to strengthen the company’s digital asset treasury and provide working capital to support a broad strategic review of its operations and assets.

ClearNote Health: $52 Million Series D Raised To Accelerate Early Cancer Detection Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

ClearNote Health announced it has secured $52 million in Series D financing and appointed clinical oncology diagnostics veteran Kevin Keegan as president and chief operating officer. The company said the funding and leadership expansion will support its continued growth as demand increases for noninvasive early cancer detection tools.

Protuoso Biosciences: $9.5 Million Seed Raised For Multifunctional MUXBODY Biologics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Protuoso Biosciences announced the close of an oversubscribed $9.5 million seed financing round to advance its AI-driven protein synthetic biology platform and multifunctional biologics pipeline targeting cardiometabolic, oncology, and autoimmune diseases.