Startups

Creati Raises $20 Million To Launch Buzzy, An AI-Powered Video Editing Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Creati Gen AI Inc. has raised $20 million led by Redpoint Ventures and launched Buzzy, a conversational AI video-editing product the company describes as the world's first AI Video Photoshop, a new category of video editing that allows users to modify any video simply by describing the changes they want. Instead of relying on complex tools or reshooting footage, creators can describe changes — such as removing background people, fixing eye contact, or adjusting lighting — and have them applied precisely at the pixel level. The announcement comes from the team behind Creati Studio, which has grown to over 20 million users and $15 million in annual recurring revenue within its first year of operation.

Chance Studios Raises $3.2 Million To Build Superapp For Trading Card Collectors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Chance Studios has raised $3.2 million in funding co-led by Makers Fund and Hashed, with participation from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, Gam3Girl Ventures, and Digital Elm, to build what it describes as a superapp purpose-built for trading card game collectors. The TCG market has grown into a multi-billion-dollar category, but Chance's founders argue that the biggest unmet need for collectors is not authenticity, liquidity, or a fragmented buying experience — it's finding enjoyment and community after the point of purchase. Chance is designed to be the first platform built by TCG natives for TCG collectors, combining instant liquidity, transparent transactions, and a vibrant social layer in a single integrated experience.

Standard Intelligence Raises $75 Million From Sequoia And Spark Capital To Scale AGI Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Standard Intelligence, a San Francisco-based AI research company focused on building aligned artificial general intelligence, has raised $75 million in new funding from Sequoia and Spark Capital. The investors joining the round include Sonya Huang and Mikowai Ashwill from Sequoia and Yasmin Razavi from Spark Capital, all of whom the company describes as deeply supportive of its long-term mission. The round also includes a group of prominent angels and advisors, among them Milan Kovac, Stanley Druckenmiller, and Andrej Karpathy, bringing together an exceptional set of backers for what remains a six-person team.

Casa Raises $27 Million To Automate Home Maintenance For Monthly Members

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Casa, a home management start-up founded by veterans of Uber, is formally announcing itself to the world after approximately two years of operating in stealth mode. The company offers a monthly subscription service that includes handymen on call and proactive home maintenance work, using artificial intelligence alongside a curated team of home service professionals to manage members' ongoing home care needs. Co-

Anthropic Reportedly In Talks To Raise Funds At $900 Billion Valuation, Surpassing OpenAI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Anthropic, the AI safety company and developer of the Claude family of models, is in talks with investors to raise funds at a $900 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. No term sheet has been signed and discussions are ongoing. The potential valuation would surpass OpenAI, which was valued at $852 billion in late March after closing a $122 billion funding round with contributions from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank.

Netomi: $110 Million Raised To Scale Agentic Customer Experience Platform For Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Netomi, an enterprise agentic customer experience platform built for the world's most complex and regulated environments, has raised $110 million in new funding led by Accenture Ventures, with participation from Adobe Ventures, WndrCo, SLW, NAVER Ventures, Metis Strategy, and Fin Capital. The round builds on early investments from AI pioneers Greg Brockman, Demis Hassabis, and Mustafa Suleyman.

DISA Technologies: $33 Million Raised To Scale Critical Mineral Processing And Domestic Uranium Remediation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

DISA Technologies, a Casper, Wyoming-based company pioneering solutions for mineral processing, domestic uranium remediation, and resource recovery, has closed a $33 million strategic financing led by Galvanize and supported by BHP Ventures. The raise brings the total funding raised to approximately $83 million. Existing investors, including Evok Innovations, Constellation Energy, Halliburton Labs, Valor Equity Partners, and Veriten, also participated in the round.

Blomma: $5 Million Raised To Launch AI Career Coaching Platform For The Broader Workforce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Blomma, an AI career coaching platform built for the realities of modern work, has launched with more than $5 million in seed funding led by Viviana Faga, general partner at Felicis. The company is founded by former Pinterest and Canva executive Silvia Oviedo López and Button co-founder and engineering leader Siddhartha Dabral, and is designed to extend structured career support to a much broader population than has traditionally had access to it.

ManaMind: $1.5 Million Raised To Build AI-Powered Autonomous Game Testing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

ManaMind, an AI company building autonomous testing agents for game development, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Sure Valley Ventures, EWOR, Ascension, SyndicateRoom, and HEARTFELT. The company was founded by Emil Kostadinov and is developing AI agents that autonomously play games to detect bugs that human testers miss, targeting one of the most persistent and expensive pain points in the game development lifecycle.

Mosaic SoC: $3.8 Million Raised To Bring Real-Time Spatial Intelligence To Energy-Constrained Consumer Devices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Mosaic SoC, a Zurich-based semiconductor startup building dedicated perception chips for AR glasses and other energy-constrained consumer devices, has raised a $3.8 million pre-seed round led by Founderful with participation from Kick Foundation. The company was founded by Moritz Scherer and Alfio Di Mauro, both PhDs from ETH Zurich with deep expertise in system-on-chip architecture.

Versana: $43 Million Raised Led By BNP Paribas To Expand Digital Infrastructure For Global Loan Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Versana, an industry-backed enterprise data and digital infrastructure company modernizing the broadly syndicated loan and private credit markets, has closed a $43 million capital raise led by BNP Paribas, with new strategic investments from Fitch Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Motive Partners, and Apollo. Existing shareholders Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp, and Wells Fargo also made follow-on investments. With this latest financing, Versana has raised more than $125 million across multiple rounds.

Iterative Health: $77 Million Raised To Scale Multispecialty Clinical Research Network Powered By AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Iterative Health, a healthcare technology and services company accelerating clinical research, has closed a $77 million Series C financing round led by Intrepid Growth Partners and GV (Google Ventures), joined by new investors EDBI, an arm of SG Growth Capital, and a prominent family office, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners and Obvious Ventures.

Moleculent: $20 Million Raised To Scale Functional Profiling Platform For Cell-Cell Communication Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Moleculent, a Stockholm-based life sciences technology company pioneering functional profiling to map cell-cell communication at scale in human tissue, has closed a $20 million financing round led by Rubicon Healthcare Partners, with participation from ARCH Venture Partners, Eir Ventures, and other existing investors. The funding will support expansion of the company's Techstart Early Access Program, accelerate U.S. commercial operations, and drive the commercial launch of its instrument platform.

CMBlu Energy: €50 Million Series C Initial Close Pushes Company Past €1 Billion Unicorn Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

CMBlu Energy, a German deep-tech company and sole inventor of the SolidFlow non-lithium long-duration battery, has crossed the €1 billion valuation threshold following a €50 million initial close of its Series C financing with participation from Samsung Ventures. All existing investors, including STRABAG SE, also joined the round. The milestone reflects accelerating commercial validation as data centers and utilities seek dependable, multi-hour energy solutions at scale.

Greatly Health: $4 Million Raised To Scale Evidence-Based Integrative Cancer Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Greatly Health, a healthtech company delivering integrative oncology at scale, has raised a $4 million seed round co-led by Pear VC and Commonweal Ventures, with participation from Flare Capital Partners and strategic investors. The company is building a new category of cancer care by integrating evidence-based supportive therapies, including exercise, nutrition, and mind-body interventions, directly into the cancer treatment journey.

Qover: €10 Million In Growth Financing Secured From CIBC Innovation Banking For Embedded Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Qover, a Brussels-based embedded insurance platform, has secured €10 million in growth financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. The funding will support Qover's continued expansion and growth across Europe.

Groove Quantum: €16 Million Raised After Unveiling World’s Largest Semiconductor Spin-Qubit Processor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Groove Quantum, a quantum computing company spun out of QuTech, has raised €16 million in a seed round and announced the successful demonstration of an 18-qubit semiconductor processor, which the company describes as a new state-of-the-art benchmark for the industry. The round was co-led by Innovation Industries and 55 North, with participation from Verve Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund, which contributed €7.5 million in equity alongside a €2.5 million EIC Accelerator grant awarded through the European Commission's Horizon Europe program.

StudentCrowd: £7 Million Raised To Scale Student Accommodation Data And Insights Platform Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

StudentCrowd, the UK's leading student review platform and property data provider for purpose-built student accommodation, has closed a £7 million Series A funding round led by YFM Equity Partners and backed by the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II through fund manager Mercia Ventures. The raise follows a first round in 2023 and will support international expansion across continental Europe and the United States, as well as continued product development.

Auryx: $2 Million Raised To Build AI-Powered Health Monitoring Platform Using Sound

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Auryx, a Cambridge-based AI health technology company founded by an all-female team of scientists and engineers, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to build a platform that turns everyday consumer devices such as earbuds into continuous health monitors using sound. The round was led by Celero Ventures, with participation from EWOR, Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Vento, PurposeTech, and a syndicate of institutional and angel investors.

Legora: $50 Million Series D Extension At $5.6 Billion Valuation Welcomes Atlassian And NVentures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Legora, a Legal AI platform, has raised a $50 million extension to its Series D financing, bringing the total round to $600 million in equity and valuing the company at $5.6 billion post-money. The extension adds Atlassian and NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm, as corporate investors, alongside new financial investors including Airtree, Barclays, Geodesic, Insight, Liberty Global, and Nikesh Arora.

Rocsys: $13 Million Raised To Scale World’s First Multi-Bay Hands-Free Charging Solution For Robotaxi Fleets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Rocsys, the global leader in hands-free depot solutions for autonomous electric vehicles, has raised a $13 million Series A extension led by Capricorn Partners, with participation from Scania Invest, Forward.One, SEB Greentech Venture Capital, and Graduate Ventures, bringing total funding raised to $56 million. Alongside the raise, the company unveiled the Rocsys M1, the world's first hands-free charging solution capable of serving multiple bays in robotaxi operations.

Squads: $18 Million Raised To Build Business Finance Operating System On Stablecoin Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Squads, a financial infrastructure company building on Solana, has raised $18 million in a strategic round led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1D, Collab+Currency, Electric Capital, Placeholder, Jump Crypto, and Robot Ventures, bringing total funding to $42.9 million. The raise accelerates Altitude, a financial operating system built on stablecoin infrastructure.

Photon: $16 Million Raised To Modernize Prescription Infrastructure And Return Transparency To Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 30, 2026

Photon, an end-to-end prescription infrastructure company, has raised a $16 million Series A led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Notation, Flare Capital, and Evidenced. The funding will support expansion of the engineering and commercial teams, drive health system and platform integrations, and accelerate Photon's mission to become the default infrastructure for modern prescribing and medication access.

Aidoc Raises $150 Million Series E To Scale Clinical AI For Earlier And Safer Diagnoses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Aidoc, a global leader in clinical AI, has raised $150 million in Series E funding to accelerate expansion of its clinical foundation model and enterprise AI platform, bringing total funding to over $500 million less than a year after a growth round led by General Catalyst and Square Peg. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from General Catalyst, SoftBank Investment Advisors, and NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm.

Axoft Raises $55 Million Series A To Advance Clinical Trials For Its Bio-Inspired Brain-Computer Interface

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Axoft, a neurotechnology company building implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces, has raised an oversubscribed $55 million Series A to expand its clinical trials globally and progress U.S. regulatory approval of its iBCI platform, bringing its total funding to more than $60 million. The round was led by C.P. Group Innovation, with participation from Alumni Ventures, the Stanford President's Venture Fund, Hillhouse Investment, and Gaorong Ventures.

Chord Raises $7 Million To Scale Context Platform For Commerce Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Chord, an AI platform powering modern commerce operations, has raised $7 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its agent infrastructure and expand across mid-market and enterprise brands. The round was led by Equal Ventures, with participation from existing investor M13 and new investors Chingona Ventures and CEAS Investments.

OpenObserve Raises $10 Million Series A To Accelerate AI-Native Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

OpenObserve, a modern observability platform delivering 140x lower storage costs with zero database management, has raised $10 million in a Series A financing round to scale its go-to-market operations and support a growing customer base. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital, both of whom participated in the company's seed round and preemptively funded this raise based on strong conviction in the company's momentum and enterprise traction.

Fence Raises $20 Million To Replace Legacy Infrastructure In Asset-Backed Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Fence, a technology platform rebuilding the infrastructure of asset-backed finance, has raised $20 million in new funding to accelerate its expansion into the U.S. market and deepen its product capabilities. The round was led by Galaxy Ventures and was oversubscribed, with participation from seed investors ParaFi Capital and Crane Ventures Partners, both of whom reinvested only months after Fence's seed round.

BMW i Ventures Launches $300 Million Fund III To Back AI Startups Reshaping The Automotive Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

BMW i Ventures, the independent venture capital fund of the BMW Group, has launched its third fund with $300 million to invest in startups applying AI across the automotive industry, manufacturing, and supply chains.

SkyfireAI Raises $11 Million Seed To Advance Autonomous Multi-Ship Drone Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

SkyfireAI, a company building an AI-native platform for autonomous multi-ship drone operations, has closed $11 million in seed financing to accelerate development of its dual-use platform for first responders and defense organizations. The round was led by Mucker Capital, with participation from AI Fund, SaaS Ventures, Halogen, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels, New York Angels, and other investors.