Startups

Shoulder Innovations: $40 Million (Series E) Raised For Shoulder Replacement Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Shoulder Innovations, a leader in shoulder replacement technology, announced the closing of a $40 million Series E equity financing round. The funding was led by existing investor U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), with support from additional existing investors, including Gilde Healthcare Partners, Gilmartin Capital, and Aperture Venture Partners. New investors Arboretum Ventures and Sectoral Asset Management also participated.

Patlytics: $14 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Patent Workflow Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Patlytics, an AI-based patent workflow platform, recently announced the closing of a $14 million Series A round led by global venture firm Next47. And existing investors, including Google's AI-focused venture fund Gradient, 8VC, Alumni Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Myriad Venture Partners also participated in the round.

Tandem: $10 Million (Pre-Seed) Closed For Transforming Pet Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Tandem - a pet healthcare startup on a mission to deliver affordable healthcare to every pet - recently announced that it has secured $10 million in pre-seed funding to redefine veterinary care. And building on its mobile clinics and telemedicine services, Tandem will launch a 5,000 sq ft AI-based health hub this summer.

Breakout: $3.25 Million (Seed) Raised For Developing AI Sales Reps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Breakout, a company developing AI sales reps, announced its launch from stealth and $3.25 million seed funding led by Village Global, with participation from Recall Capital, Z21 Ventures, and leading angels. And the company’s AI rep engages with customers at their highest point of intent and conducts an instant demo and discovery call.

Faireez: $7.5 Million Raised For Turning Residential Buildings Into High-End Hotel Experiences

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Faireez announced it is officially launching with $7.5 million in funding from leading investors including Aristagora VC, Longevity Venture Partners, Hetz Ventures, Secret Chord Ventures, including Gigi Levy-Weiss, RE Angels and other investors from the tech and real estate space. And Faireez's housekeeping platform brings 5-star hotel-quality service to residential buildings by combining dedicated professionals with AI technology.

Flex: $225 Million Raised For Building Personal Financial Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Flex, a fintech company that enables business owners to automate their back offices and grow, announced it has raised $225 million in equity and debt funding to accelerate the buildout of its payments infrastructure and personal finance software for business owners. And the capital raise includes a $25 million equity round led by Titanium Ventures, with participation from Companyon Ventures, Florida Funders, MS&AD Ventures, AAF Management and First Look Partners, and a $200 million credit facility from Victory Park Capital. And Yash Patel, General Partner at Titanium Ventures, will join Flex’s Board of Directors.

ResilienceVC: Debut Fund Launched At Over $56 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

ResilienceVC, a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in fintech startups driving financial resilience for all Americans, announced the closing of its debut and oversubscribed fund. With its inaugural fund attracting a diverse range of strategic investors and its management of early-stage investments for the Discover Financial Health Improvement Fund, the firm’s total assets under management stand at over $56 million.

Outmarket AI: $4.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming Insurance With AI-Based Insights

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Outmarket AI, an intelligence platform purpose-built for transforming commercial insurance, has launched with $4.7 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by Fika Ventures, with participation from TTV and Dash Fund. This funding will accelerate Outmarket’s platform innovation, team expansion and strategic partnerships with leading brokers and carriers.

Quantum Machines: $170 Million (Series C) Secured For Advanced Quantum Control Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Quantum Machines (QM), a leading provider of advanced quantum control solutions, announced it has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing the company's total funding to date to $280 million. The highly oversubscribed round was led by PSG Equity with participation from Intel Capital, Red Dot Capital Partners, and existing investors.

Actual Veggies: $7 Million (Series A) Closed For Veggie-Forward Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Actual Veggies, a CPG leader known for its chef-crafted veggie burgers and vegetable-forward products, announced its $7 million Series A round of funding led by Relentless Consumer Partners with participation from New Fare Partners and industry leaders Todd Lachman, Sovos Brands founder and Sauer Brands Chairman, and Ben Rawitz.

Shield AI: $240 Million (F-1) Raised At $5.3 Billion Valuation For Defense Autonomy Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

Shield AI - a deep-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software products and defense aircraft - announced it has completed a $240 million F-1 strategic funding round, raising its valuation to $5.3 billion. The funding was completed with major participation from strategic investors L3Harris and Hanwha Aerospace and participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. Innovative Technology, and Washington Harbour. The funds will enable Shield AI to expand the deployment of Hivemind Enterprise to OEMs, governments, and companies to empower the more significant robotics and drone industrial base to build autonomy products.

Bluebird Kids Health: $31.5 Million Raised For Delivering Value-Based Pediatric Primary Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

Bluebird Kids Health, a new healthcare services company designed to deliver value-based pediatric primary care, announced the closing of a $31.5 million capital raise co-led by F Prime and .406 Ventures, with participation from AIF and founding partner Juxtapose.

SimCare AI: $2 Million (Seed) Raised For Scaling Clinical Training

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

SimCare AI has announced $2 million in seed funding to rethink clinical training from first principles: using AI patients to bypass regulatory constraints and certify clinical skills with far fewer patient interactions. The funding round was led by Y Combinator and Drive Capital, with participation from Harper Court Ventures Fund, Singularity Capital, Triple S Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Asymmetry Ventures, Sand Hill North, and Transpose Platform.

Needle: $2.2 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Agent Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

Needle, an AI-based search and agent development platform, announced it has raised $2.2 million seed funding in a round led by 468 Capital and Presight Capital . This funding will expand Needle’s engineering team, strengthen its core technology, and accelerate its go-to-market initiatives.

TECHCOOP: $70 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Vietnam’s Agriculture Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

TECHCOOP, which is Vietnam’s integrated agritech platform, announced it has closed a $70 million Series A funding round, comprising equity and debt funding. This funding round was co-led by Southeast Asia-focused venture capital firms TNB Aura and AVV, with new equity investors Capria Ventures, AppWorks, FMO (Dutch entrepreneurial development bank) and BlueOrchard (an impact investment manager under Schroders Group) joining. And debt financing was supported by major Vietnamese banks and international debt funds.

Vayu: Revenue Management Software Company Raises $7 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

Vayu, a company transforming billing and revenue management for B2B tech companies, announced it has raised $7 million in a seed funding round co-led by Flint Capital and The Garage. Previous investors Fresh.Fund, Secret Chord Ventures, and angel investors, including former Melio and Softbank executives, also participated.