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Rogo Announces $160 Million Series D Round
Rogo, building the best AI analyst on Wall Street, led by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett and Tumas Rackaitis, has raised $160M in new financing, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive Sum. Rogo is now deployed across many of the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and private equity firms, reflecting strong early adoption
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Flowwow Becomes Udora, Raising $10 Million To Accelerate Growth Across Europe
Udora (Previously Flowwow), a global gifting marketplace formerly known as Flowwow, led by Slava Bogdan, Modenova Vera, and others, has closed a $10 million private investment round and relaunched under a new brand. This marks a new phase in the company’s global strategy, focused on strengthening its presence across Europe, expanding its product catalogue, and advancing AI-driven personalisation. Founded in 2014, Udora connects customers with local florists, confectioners, an
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Featherless Raises $20M Series A to Power Open-Source AI Infrastructure
Featherless AI, enabling serverless inference via GPU orchestration and a model load-balancing system, led by Eugene Cheah and the team, has raised a $20 million Series A financing round co-led by AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures, with participation from BMW i Ventures, Kickstart Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Wavemaker Ventures. AI is entering a new phase focused less on capability and more on control, how models are run, where they are deployed, and who governs them. Today
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York Space Systems to Acquire ALL.SPACE, Strengthening Assured, Multi-Domain Communications for Critical Missions
York Space Systems, a leading U.S.-based space and defense prime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national security, government, and commercial customers, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ALL.SPACE, a leading provider of advanced satellite communications terminals and multi-network connectivity solutions, led by Paul McCarter and the team. Upon closing of the transaction, ALL.SPACE will operate as a wholly owned
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Rocsys Unveils World’s First Multi-Bay Hands-Free Charging Solution to Help Robotaxi Fleets Scale
Rocsys, a hands-free charging automation platform, led by Crijn Bouman, Joost van de Weijde, Kanter van Deurzen, and the team, has announced the Rocsys M1, the world’s first hands-free charging solution capable of serving multiple bays in robotaxi operations. To support this expansion, Rocsys also announced a $13M Series A extension led by Capricorn Partners, with participation from Scania Invest, Forward.One, SEB Greentech Venture Capital, and Graduate Ventures, bringing tot
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Rogo Announces $160 Million Series D Round
Rogo, building the best AI analyst on Wall Street, led by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett and Tumas Rackaitis, has raised $160M in new financing, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive Sum. Rogo is now deployed across many of the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and private equity firms, reflecting strong early adoption
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Featherless Raises $20M Series A to Power Open-Source AI Infrastructure
Featherless AI, enabling serverless inference via GPU orchestration and a model load-balancing system, led by Eugene Cheah and the team, has raised a $20 million Series A financing round co-led by AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures, with participation from BMW i Ventures, Kickstart Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Wavemaker Ventures. AI is entering a new phase focused less on capability and more on control, how models are run, where they are deployed, and who governs them. Today
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Featherless Raises $20M Series A to Power Open-Source AI Infrastructure
Featherless AI, enabling serverless inference via GPU orchestration and a model load-balancing system, led by Eugene Cheah and the team, has raised a $20 million Series A financing round co-led by AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures, with participation from BMW i Ventures, Kickstart Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Wavemaker Ventures. AI is entering a new phase focused less on capability and more on control, how models are run, where they are deployed, and who governs them. Today
Encord Announces $60 Million in Series C Funding
Encord, the data layer behind the world's leading AI, led by Eric Landau and Ulrik Stig Hansen, has raised $60 million in Series C funding led by Wellington Management to scale its AI-native data infrastructure as physical AI hits an inflection point. The round also included participation from existing investors Y Combinator, CRV, N47, and Crane Venture Partners, and new investors Bright Pixel and Isomer Capital, bringing the total funding to $110 Million. In the coming years
DVC Launches Live State of AI Report — A Continuously Updated View of the AI Economy
DVC, a San Francisco–based VC focused on AI startups, led by Marina Davidova, Nick Davidov, and the team, has released its State of AI Report — a living, continuously updated analysis of the artificial intelligence landscape. According to the report, the market is mispricing AI. The State of AI report is based on a framework developed by DVC co-founders Nick Davidov and Marina Davidova over more than a decade of AI investing. It combines meta-analysis of leading industry rese
Hightouch Raises $150 Million to Build the AI Platform for Marketers
Hightouch, reinventing marketing with AI, led by Tejas Manohar, Josh Curl, and Kashish Gupta, has raised $150M at a $2.75B valuation, led by Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Amplify Partners, ICONIQ Capital, Sapphire Ventures, and TD7, the venture capital arm of The Trade Desk. While the funding marks an important milestone, the primary focus remains on building products that solve real customer problems. At its core, the plan is straightforwar
Windmill Secures $12 Million to Fix How Companies Track People
Windmill, building the context graph for your people, led by Brian Distelburger, Mark Tanner, Max Shaw, and the team, has announced a $12M fundraise led by Inspired Capital, with participation from Primary Venture Partners, Founder Collective, and Oceans Ventures. The company has grown to over 100 customers, including Kalshi, Rho, and Merge, since launching its performance reviews product in November 2025. “There’s no question that AI tools will transform how work gets done,”
Haladir Raises $4.3M to Date to Build Operational Superintelligence
Haladir, the operational AI layer for logistics, led by Jibran Hutchins, Quan Huynh, Preston Schmittou, and Joseph Tso, has raised seed round, bringing the total funding to $4.3M, led by BoxGroup and Susa Ventures, with participation from Sunflower Capital, Valkyrie Ventures, XPRESS Ventures, and various angel investors, following earlier backing from Y Combinator, SV Angel, and Josh Browder. Building Operational Superintelligence “Superintelligence” in logistics and supply c
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Rogo Announces $160 Million Series D Round
Rogo, building the best AI analyst on Wall Street, led by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett and Tumas Rackaitis, has raised $160M in new financing, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive Sum. Rogo is now deployed across many of the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and private equity firms, reflecting strong early adoption
Rogo Announces $160 Million Series D Round
Rogo, building the best AI analyst on Wall Street, led by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett and Tumas Rackaitis, has raised $160M in new financing, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive Sum. Rogo is now deployed across many of the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and private equity firms, reflecting strong early adoption
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Fixed Income’s $140 Trillion Plumbing Problem
(A Guest Post by Marius Jurgilas, CEO of Axiology) Fixed income is the quiet giant of capital markets. With more than $140 trillion outstanding globally, it dwarfs listed equities and funds, governments, banks, and corporates. And yet the machinery that moves it has not meaningfully changed in a generation. The whole bond lifecycle (issuance, custody, trading, settlement) still runs on siloed systems stitched together by intermediaries, message queues, and overnight batch pro
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Marloo has Raised a $10 Million USD Seed Round Led by Blackbird Ventures
Marloo, building AI for financial advisers, led by Hardy Michel, Shakeel Lala, and Ben Robertson, has raised a $10 M USD seed round led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Icehouse Ventures. Blackbird is doubling down on its pre-seed investment from six months ago, bringing the total funding to $12.7 M USD in twelve months. “Every advisory firm stands to benefit from a partner like Marloo. Early adoption is already translating into greater capacity, stronger compli
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How Agentic AI Is Transforming Private Credit - From Manual Servicing to Autonomous Operations
This is a guest post by Daniel Liechtenstein, Co-Founder & CEO @ Hypercore. Private credit has grown into a $2+ trillion asset class. The capital is there. The deals are there. What hasn't kept pace is how firms actually run their operations once the money is deployed. That gap is becoming harder to ignore. The Hidden Operational Problem. Most private credit firms run loan servicing through a combination of spreadsheets, legacy systems, and manual workflows. Payment waterfall
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spektr Raises $20M Series A to Eliminate Manual Compliance Work Across Financial Services
spektr , building AI agents that handle the manual work behind compliance, led by Mikkel Skarnager , Ciprian Florescu , Jan-Erik Wagner , and Jeremy Joly , has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by NEA , with continued participation from Northzone , Seedcamp , and PreSeed Ventures . The new capital will go toward expanding our AI platform and accelerating adoption across financial institutions globally. The Problem Being Solved Compliance teams at banks and finan
Apr 17
How Juno is Scaling an AI Tax Preparation Platform that Automates 90% of Busy Work
Juno , the tax prep automation platform built by CPAs for tax professionals, led by Dave Hasse, has announced $12 million in seed funding led by Bonfire Ventures , along with Impression Ventures and X Fund . Juno automates tax return preparation, review, and advisory workflows, reducing time spent per return by up to 50% while keeping humans actively involved in the process. Tax preparation remains highly manual, while opaque AI tools introduce unacceptable risk in regula
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DVC Launches Live State of AI Report — A Continuously Updated View of the AI Economy
DVC, a San Francisco–based VC focused on AI startups, led by Marina Davidova, Nick Davidov, and the team, has released its State of AI Report — a living, continuously updated analysis of the artificial intelligence landscape. According to the report, the market is mispricing AI. The State of AI report is based on a framework developed by DVC co-founders Nick Davidov and Marina Davidova over more than a decade of AI investing. It combines meta-analysis of leading industry rese
DVC Launches Live State of AI Report — A Continuously Updated View of the AI Economy
DVC, a San Francisco–based VC focused on AI startups, led by Marina Davidova, Nick Davidov, and the team, has released its State of AI Report — a living, continuously updated analysis of the artificial intelligence landscape. According to the report, the market is mispricing AI. The State of AI report is based on a framework developed by DVC co-founders Nick Davidov and Marina Davidova over more than a decade of AI investing. It combines meta-analysis of leading industry rese
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Eka Ventures Announces Fund II
Eka Ventures , investing in founders creating positive system change, led by Camilla Dolan, Jon Coker, and the team, has announced the final close of its second fund at $107m (£80m), making Eka the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC investing across health, wellbeing, and sustainability. Why These Sectors, and Why Now Eka’s thesis is that the biggest opportunities lie in reshaping core systems, health, consumption, and access, where impact and returns align. Three shifts dri
Apr 13
London-Based Venture Capital Firm SuperSeed has Launched Fund III to Support “Physical AI” Startups
SuperSeed , backing technical founders bringing AI to the physical world, led by Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer, has launched Fund III, a seed-stage fund focused on Physical AI startups. The fund has secured a cornerstone commitment of up to £50 million from the British Business Bank , which invested through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme. Christine Hockley of British Business Bank said SuperSeed’s backing will attract private capital to support applied physical AI comp
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Breakout Ventures is Building the Future Powered by Science with the Launch of Fund III
Breakout Ventures , partnering with exceptional founders scaling scientific innovation to build the breakout companies powering our future, led by Managing Partners Lindy Fishburne and Julia Moore, has announced the close of its $114M Fund III. Given Breakout’s ongoing success, the new fund received strong support from returning investors, including Cortes Capital , S-Cubed Capital , The Kraft Group, Pinegrove Venture Partners , and an affiliate of LH Capital, and is pleased
Mar 13
Elaia is Backing Europe's Deep Tech Future with Deep Tech Seed Fund 3
Elaia , backing ambitious tech entrepreneurs with capital and care, has closed its third deep tech seed fund (DTS3) at €134 million, double the size of its previous deep tech seed funds. Developed in partnership with leading European research institutions, including PSL , INRIA , CNRS , the Barcelona Supercomputing Center , and also the Max Planck Foundation , DTS3 reflects strong investor confidence in Europe's growing deep tech ecosystem. Since its first close of €60 mi
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Techstars and Global Brain Formalize Strategic Partnership for Capital and Combined Networks
Techstars , the original mentorship-driven accelerator, led by David Cohen and the team, has announced a strategic partnership with Global Brain , Japan's leading independent venture capital firm, led by Yasuhiko Yurimoto and others. The collaboration brings together two organizations that have long admired each other’s work and share a remarkably similar philosophy on supporting founders. The partnership allows Global Brain and Techstars to explore joint investment opportun
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Rocsys Unveils World’s First Multi-Bay Hands-Free Charging Solution to Help Robotaxi Fleets Scale
Rocsys, a hands-free charging automation platform, led by Crijn Bouman, Joost van de Weijde, Kanter van Deurzen, and the team, has announced the Rocsys M1, the world’s first hands-free charging solution capable of serving multiple bays in robotaxi operations. To support this expansion, Rocsys also announced a $13M Series A extension led by Capricorn Partners, with participation from Scania Invest, Forward.One, SEB Greentech Venture Capital, and Graduate Ventures, bringing tot
York Space Systems to Acquire ALL.SPACE, Strengthening Assured, Multi-Domain Communications for Critical Missions
York Space Systems, a leading U.S.-based space and defense prime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national security, government, and commercial customers, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ALL.SPACE, a leading provider of advanced satellite communications terminals and multi-network connectivity solutions, led by Paul McCarter and the team. Upon closing of the transaction, ALL.SPACE will operate as a wholly owned
Rocsys Unveils World’s First Multi-Bay Hands-Free Charging Solution to Help Robotaxi Fleets Scale
Rocsys, a hands-free charging automation platform, led by Crijn Bouman, Joost van de Weijde, Kanter van Deurzen, and the team, has announced the Rocsys M1, the world’s first hands-free charging solution capable of serving multiple bays in robotaxi operations. To support this expansion, Rocsys also announced a $13M Series A extension led by Capricorn Partners, with participation from Scania Invest, Forward.One, SEB Greentech Venture Capital, and Graduate Ventures, bringing tot
Scout AI Raises $100 Million Series A to Build the AI Brain for Unmanned Warfare
Scout AI, building the robotic foundation model for defense, led by Colby Adcock and Collin Otis, has raised $100 million in Series A financing to accelerate development of Fury, its foundation model for unmanned warfare. The round was co-led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates. The round also included participation from Decisive Point, Booz Allen Ventures, BVVC, Neman Ventures, Evolution VC Partners, Heraclitus Capital Management, Sigmas Group, Disruptive Founders Fund,
How True Anomaly is Accelerating Space Superiority at Scale
True Anomaly, delivering decisive capabilities for space superiority, led by Even Rogers, Kyle Zakrzewski, and the team, has raised $650 million Series D financing co-led by Eclipse and Riot Ventures, with support from new investors Paradigm, Atreides, G Squared, The Private Shares Fund, VanEck, and others, alongside existing investors Accel, Menlo Ventures, ACME Capital, Space VC, Meritech Capital, Narya, and 645 Ventures. It includes $50 million in debt provided by Stifel B
OTee Raises €5.3M as Software-Defined Control Enables Industrial AI
OTee, redefining industrial automation with a Virtual PLC platform that makes control systems software-defined, open, and ready for the industrial AI era, led by Henrik Pedersen, Radek Janik, and the team, has raised a €5.3 million seed round led by North Ventures, with participation from Atlas SGR and existing investors RunwayFBU, Superangel, and Antler. The funding will accelerate product development and international expansion as OTee scales its platform. Industrial contro
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General Analysis is Building the Security Arsenal for the Agentic Era
General Analysis, providing a comprehensive suite of AI safety tools, including run-time guardrails, red-teaming frameworks, interpretability techniques, observability, and more, led by Rez Havaei, Maximilian Li, and Rex Liu, has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Altos Ventures with participation from 645 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator, Leonis Capital, & strategic funds & angels. Agent Security Is an Empirical Problem Traditional software is deterministic and
General Analysis is Building the Security Arsenal for the Agentic Era
General Analysis, providing a comprehensive suite of AI safety tools, including run-time guardrails, red-teaming frameworks, interpretability techniques, observability, and more, led by Rez Havaei, Maximilian Li, and Rex Liu, has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Altos Ventures with participation from 645 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator, Leonis Capital, & strategic funds & angels. Agent Security Is an Empirical Problem Traditional software is deterministic and
How MindFort is Securing the World's Software in the AI Era
MindFort, building the security agent company, led by Brandon Veiseh and Akul Gupta, has raised a $3M+ seed round, led by Soma Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, CRV, Sandwith Ventures, and Blast. The raise comes as Anthropic showcases AI systems capable of uncovering thousands of hidden vulnerabilities, highlighting the limits of traditional security approaches. MindFort addresses this shift with an autonomous security engineer built for continuous,
TENEX.AI Announces $250M in Series B
TENEX.AI , the first leading AI-native, human-led SOC that triages every alert, investigates every threat, and frees your team for strategic work, led by Eric Foster, Venkata Koppaka, Ryan Shreve, Edwin Solis, Jan Grzymala-Busse, Elias “Lou” Manousos, and the team, has raised $250M in Series B funding led by Crosspoint Capital Partners . Nearly one year since entering the market, TENEX has achieved rapid growth, generating $25M+ in contracted revenue, scaling headcount by 3
XBOW Accelerates the Expansion of its Autonomous Hacker Platform
XBOW , transforming application security with AI-powered continuous offense, led by Oege de Moor, Nico Waisman, Niroshan Rajadurai, Jonaki Egenolf, and others, has raised $120 million in Series C financing led by DFJ Growth and Northzone , valuing the company at over $1 Billion. As part of DFJ Growth’s investment, Ramin Sayar will join XBOW’s board, bringing experience to scale enterprise growth. The round also includes Sofina , Alkeon Capital , and existing investors Alt
How Manifold is Securing AI Agents on Endpoints
Manifold , building runtime security for AI agents on endpoints, led by Oleksandr Yaremchuk, Neal Swaelens, and Michael McKenna, has announced the close of an $8 million seed funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Cherry Ventures , Rain Capital , and Modern Technical Fund , and notable angel investors including former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan and former Google DeepMind CISO Vijay Bolina. The funding will accelerate development of Manifold’s agentic AI D
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