Startups

Crstl: Series A Funding Raised For Accelerating AI-Based B2B Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 31, 2025

Crstl, a platform transforming retail EDI and B2B commerce, announced an investment led by Mosaic General Partnership and Cohen Circle Fintech Ventures with participation from Shopify Ventures, the investment arm of Shopify. This funding marks a pivotal milestone in Crstl's mission to build next-generation digital infrastructure that powers seamless and scalable B2B transactions.

Hubble Therapeutics: $7.3 Million (Series A) Raised For Developing Gene Therapy Cure For LCA16

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 31, 2025

Hubble Therapeutics, a patient-focused biotechnology company developing a gene therapy to cure pediatric blindness, announced the closing of a $7.3 million Series A funding round, which will advance its lead candidate, HUB-101, into human clinical trials.

Align Capital Partners: Oversubscribed Fund I Closed At $233 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Align Capital Partners announced the closing of its inaugural independent sponsor-focused investment fund, Align Collaborate Fund I, LP. The strategy, which launched in late 2023, provides equity capital to the industry’s growing number of deal-by-deal investors. Collaborate I had its final close on March 26 at $233 million, well above its $150 million target.

Silicon Data: $4.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Expanding Computing Industry Data Product Suite

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Silicon Data, a leader in advancing data transparency and efficiency in the computing industry, announced the closing of a $4.7 million seed funding round, co-led by DRW and Jump Trading Group with participation from other strategic investors.

Infinite Uptime: $35 Million Raised For Enhancing Manufacturing Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Infinite Uptime, a predictive maintenance and energy efficiency leader for process industries, announced it has secured a $35 million investment led by Avataar Ventures, with participation from StepStone Group and LGVP (New York). And existing investors Tiger Global and GSR Ventures also participated in the round.

Worth: $25 Million Raised For Underwriting Workflow Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Worth, an all-in-one fintech platform for onboarding and underwriting workflow automation, announced it celebrated its leading position in the industry with a $25 million investment led by TTV Capital and the rapid adoption of its AI-based solutions by leading enterprises.

Knocknoc: Seed Funding Raised For JIT Network Access Control Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Sydney-based cybersecurity software company Knocknoc announced it has raised a seed round from US-based venture capital firm Decibel Partners with support from CoAct and SomethingReal.

Aligned Climate Capital: Second Venture Fund Closed At $85 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

With global investment in the clean energy transition hitting multiple trillions this year, Aligned Climate Capital completed the final closing of its second venture fund, Aligned Climate Fund 2 LP (ACF2), at $85 million.

Uresta: $3 Million Raised For Bladder Leak Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Uresta is a transformative and non-invasive solution for bladder leaks that officially launched in the United States. To support the expansion, Uresta recently secured $3 million in funding, including $1.5 million from BDC Capital. And this investment will advance the company’s U.S. launch and increase awareness of its innovative approach to bladder leakage.

Epicrispr Biotechnologies: $68 Million (Series B) Raised For Developing Curative Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Epicrispr Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company focused on developing curative therapies, announced it has secured $68 million in the first close of its Series B financing. The proceeds from the funding will support the clinical development of EPI-321, a first-in-class, disease-modifying therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a genetic neuromuscular disease.

Island: $250 Million (Series E) Raised At Nearly $5 Billion Valuation For Enterprise Browser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Enterprise browser company Island announced a $250 million Series E funding round. This brings Island’s valuation to $4.8 billion in under five years since its 2020 founding. Coatue Management led the new funding, with several existing investors participating. And Island has secured about $730 million in outside investment to date.

Inspiren: $35 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Senior Living Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Inspiren, a leader in AI-based solutions redefining senior living, recently announced the addition of its emergency call system, which makes it the market's first and only senior living ecosystem to integrate care planning, resident safety, staff efficiency, and emergency call into one seamless solution. This follows Inspiren's $35 million Series A funding led by Avenir with participation from Primary Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Third Prime, and Studio VC. The funding will support the growth of Inspiren's clinical consulting and internal teams and further scale its senior living ecosystem.

Novarc: $50 Million (Series B) Closed For AI-Based Welding Solutions Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Novarc Technologies - a full-stack AI robotics company specializing in the design and manufacturing of automated welding solutions - announced the company has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s export credit agency, with participation from private investment firm Graham Partners, Seaspan (one of Canada’s leading shipbuilders), and InBC Investment.

Mission Clean Energy: Strategic Investment From Ørsted Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Mission Clean Energy announced a strategic investment from Ørsted, a leader in clean energy. This partnership marks a major milestone in Mission's development of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects across the US.

OpusClip: $20 Million Raised For AI-Based Video Editing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

OpusClip, a generative AI-based video editing platform, recently announced a $20 million funding round by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and others. This strategic round comes after a record year for OpusClip in which the company surpassed 10 million creators using its platform, creating more than 172 million clips. The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and roll out new AI-powered products.

2X: Marketing-As-A-Service Company Raises Strategic Investment From Insight Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

2X, a leader in subscription-based marketing as a service (MaaS), announced a strategic secondary investment from Insight Partners, a global software investor. This funding comes less than two years after 2X's initial backing from Recognize. It further validates the company's approach to transforming how B2B organizations scale their marketing and revenue operations to accelerate sustainable growth.

Scimplify: $40 Million Secured For Transforming The Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 30, 2025

Scimplify recently announced a $40 million Series B funding round to scale its revolutionary platform, which is transforming how specialty chemicals are developed, manufactured, and distributed worldwide. Accel and Bertelsmann co-led the round, which included participation from UMI and existing investors, including Omnivore and 3one4 Capital.

Sohar Health: $3.8 Million (Seed) Secured For AI-Based Eligibility Determination And Verification Of Benefits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

Sohar Health, an AI-based eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) provider, announced a $3.8 million seed funding round led by Kindred Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, and Concept Ventures.

Zolve: $251 Million Raised For Helping Citizens Working Abroad With Financial Mobility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

Zolve—a company aiming to solve the problem of international students lacking financial history when abroad—announced it secured $251 million in equity and debt to scale its solution to making financial borders as seamless as geographic ones.

Recess: $1.75 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Help Parents Find Class Enrichments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 29, 2025

Recess, a marketplace platform for parents to find and book enrichment classes, after-school care, and camps, has secured $1.75 million in pre-seed funding. Baukunst led this oversubscribed round.

Kay.ai: $3 Million Secured For Eliminating Data Entry Work In Insurance Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Kay.ai, an AI co-worker designed to eliminate manual data entry work for insurance brokers and agencies, announced it has raised $3 million in funding. Wing VC led the round, including South Park Commons, 101 Weston Labs, and several angel investors.

Ampersand Biomedicines: Series B Raised For Developing Smarter Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Ampersand Biomedicines, a multi-product platform company developing smarter medicines that act specifically at the site of disease and nowhere else, announced it has secured $65 million in Series B funding from investors including Ampersand’s founder, Flagship Pioneering, Eli Lilly & Company, and several additional new investors. And the company announced the advancement of two lead programs and a second discovery partnership in obesity.

Tera AI: $7.8 Million Secured For Spatial Reasoning System Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Tera AI, a company that has been working stealthily on its spatial reasoning AI for the past year, announced it has raised a $7.8 million seed round co-led by Felicis and Inovia Capital, with participation from Caltech + Wilson Hill and Naval Ravikant. The company is developing a unique software-only solution to solve general-purpose navigation for autonomous hardware like robots.

Tabit Insurance: $40 Million In Bitcoin Facility Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Tabit Insurance announced the capitalization of its $40 million insurance facility, funded 100% by bitcoin (BTC), in an industry first. And the company’s regulators and auditors can verify the funding in real time, marking a distinctive and novel approach to transparency for the insurance industry.

Hakimo: $10.5 Million Raised For Building Physical Security Monitoring AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Hakimo - a leader in AI-powered physical security monitoring - announced a $10.5 million funding round and the launch of AI Operator, an autonomous security agent that monitors existing security hardware, detects threats in real time, and executes response protocols just like a human security professional. Vertex Ventures and Zigg Capital led the Series A funding round with participation from RXR Arden Digital Ventures and existing investors Defy.vc and Gokul Rajaram. And Hakimo has now raised $20.5 million, including prior funding rounds led by Neotribe Ventures and Rocketship.vc.

Supira Medical: $120 Million (Series E) Raised For Transforming The Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Supira Medical - a clinical-stage Shifamed portfolio company - announced the completion of an oversubscribed Series E financing round, raising $120 million to accelerate the company's mission of transforming the percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) market. The funding round was led by new investors Novo Holdings and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), along with participation from two undisclosed strategic investors. Existing investors participated, including Cormorant Asset Management and The Capital Partnership (TCP), 415 Capital, AMED Ventures, PA MedTech VC fund, and Unorthodox Ventures.

Hunted Labs: $3 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For Securing Software Supply Chains

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing transformative advancements to market in cyber, national security, and healthcare, today announced the public launch of Hunted Labs.

PULSETRAIN: €6.1 Million Raised For Improving EV Battery Performance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

PULSETRAIN announced it has raised €6.1 million in seed financing to drive a shift in electromobility through innovation. This funding, led by Vsquared Ventures and Planet A, with participation from Climate Club, will accelerate product development as the company prepares to industrialise and scale.

Multiply Mortgage: $23.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Providing Lower-Rate Mortgages As Employee Benefits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Multiply Mortgage, a financial technology company making homeownership more accessible through employer benefits, announced it has raised a $23.5 million Series A funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins. A, Box Group, Mischief, and Workshop also participated, bringing the company’s total funding to $27 million.

Arcade: $25 Million Raised For AI Physical Product Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Arcade, a generative AI (GenAI) marketplace where what can be dreamed can be made, today announced a $25 million Series A fundraising, bringing the total fundraise to $42 million. The Series A was raised from Laura Chau of Canaan Partners and Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, with April Underwood of Adverb Ventures and Sol Bier of Factorial Funds participating. The current investors Reid Hoffman, Offline Ventures (Brit Morin), Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), Inspired Capital (Alexa von Tobel), and Torch Capital (Jonathan Keidan) made new investments in this round. New angel investors Sara Beykpour, Kayvon Beykpour, Anna Veronika Dorogush, Eugenia Kuyda and Marissa Mayer joined existing angel investors Christy Turlington Burns, Colin Kaepernick, Karlie Kloss, David Luan, and Jeff Wilke.