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How Bubble Robotics is Building the Ocean’s Autonomous Workforce, Powering Industries, Ecosystems, and Maritime Security
Bubble Robotics, building ocean robotics and AI for offshore resilience, led by Jean Crosetti, Patricia Apostol, and the team, has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve, following its launch out of Entrepreneurs First. Founded in 2025 by former robotics engineers from NASA and ETH Zürich, Bubble is building an autonomous ocean workforce, robotic systems designed to operate continuously at sea for months without h
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest) 1) Cohesion: Founded by Devon Krapcho, Matthew McBrien, and Matt Munns, Cohesion is building AI agents for hedge funds. Know More At: cohesionplatform.com 2) Ontora: Founded by Maximilian Arnold, Leon Iwanowitsch, and David Korn, Ontora gives C-suite leaders AI agents that interview every employee to uncover process bottlenecks across their organization. Kn
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How Bubble Robotics is Building the Ocean’s Autonomous Workforce, Powering Industries, Ecosystems, and Maritime Security
Bubble Robotics, building ocean robotics and AI for offshore resilience, led by Jean Crosetti, Patricia Apostol, and the team, has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve, following its launch out of Entrepreneurs First. Founded in 2025 by former robotics engineers from NASA and ETH Zürich, Bubble is building an autonomous ocean workforce, robotic systems designed to operate continuously at sea for months without h
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How Realm is Bringing the "Cursor Moment" to Enterprise Sales
Realm, Agents for RFPs and sales deliverables, led by Johan Jern, Miika Huttunen, and Mikko Mäntylä, has raised a $4.5 million Seed round led by Frontline and joined by HubSpot Ventures, Lifeline, the founders of Slack and Deel, and many other incredible angels. Building Toward the “Cursor Moment” in Sales Software development workflows have rapidly evolved, with engineers now managing multiple AI agents simultaneously. A similar transformation is expected in revenue teams. P
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QMatter Raises $1.2M in Funding and Introduces Quantum Compression
QMatter, a Quantum Technology startup, led by Dr. Tim Weaving and Dr. Alexis Ralli, has raised $1.2M in pre-seed funding, led by 55 North, the world’s largest pure-play quantum fund, with participation from XTX Ventures, Bellstate Oy, and the Conception X Angel Syndicate. The company will use the capital to further develop and scale its quantum compression platform. Quantum simulation remains computationally intensive, limiting progress in drug discovery and materials science
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Bolto Raises $12 Million to Build the First AI-Native, All-in-One Recruiting, Payroll, and HR System
Bolto, an AI-powered platform for finding, vetting, paying, and managing your next employees, led by Mern Singh, Mary Landis, and Jake Johnson, has raised $12M Series A funding, led by Standard Capital and participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Morado Ventures, Amino Capital, Alumni Ventures, and notable angels, bringing the total funding to $17.1 Million. Since raising the seed round, Bolto has increased revenue over 20x, grown the team from 3 to 15+, and is now
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How Realm is Bringing the "Cursor Moment" to Enterprise Sales
Realm, Agents for RFPs and sales deliverables, led by Johan Jern, Miika Huttunen, and Mikko Mäntylä, has raised a $4.5 million Seed round led by Frontline and joined by HubSpot Ventures, Lifeline, the founders of Slack and Deel, and many other incredible angels. Building Toward the “Cursor Moment” in Sales Software development workflows have rapidly evolved, with engineers now managing multiple AI agents simultaneously. A similar transformation is expected in revenue teams. P
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How Realm is Bringing the "Cursor Moment" to Enterprise Sales
Realm, Agents for RFPs and sales deliverables, led by Johan Jern, Miika Huttunen, and Mikko Mäntylä, has raised a $4.5 million Seed round led by Frontline and joined by HubSpot Ventures, Lifeline, the founders of Slack and Deel, and many other incredible angels. Building Toward the “Cursor Moment” in Sales Software development workflows have rapidly evolved, with engineers now managing multiple AI agents simultaneously. A similar transformation is expected in revenue teams. P
NeoCognition Emerges from Stealth With $40 Million Seed Round to Advance Specialized Intelligence and Expert Agents
NeoCognition , an Agent Lab for Specialized Intelligence, led by Yu Su, Xiang Deng, and Yu Gu, has announced its emergence from stealth with a $40 million seed funding round. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures , with participation from Vista Equity Partners and others. Angel investors and founding advisors include Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, Ion Stoica, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Databricks, A&E Investments , Salien
Linexa Just Raised Millions to Automate Europe's Factories
Linexa , a Munich-based deep tech startup that decodes decades-old industrial automation code across vendors, making Europe's factories AI-ready, led by Viktor Stryczek, Alexandros Vassiliadis, Tobias Drees, and the team, has raised €2 million pre-seed round led by Project A , with Thomas Böck (CEO Festo), Bastian Nominacher (founder Celonis), and Christian Schlögel (former CTO/CDO Kuka & Körber) as angels. European manufacturing is facing mounting pressure, with Volkswagen c
inploi Secures £3 Million Investment to Accelerate AI Roadmap and Growth
inploi , an AI-powered candidate engagement platform, led by Matthew de la Hey and the team, has secured £3m funding in a round led by YFM Equity Partners , alongside support from existing investors. Following its 2021 pivot to enterprise SaaS, inploi integrates with existing systems to streamline candidate journeys, reduce drop-off, and improve hiring efficiency. The investment supports growth across product and commercial functions, including expansion of Talent Agents, AI-
VisioLab Raises $11 Million Series A to Scale AI-Powered Self-Checkout Across U.S. Sports Venues and Global Food Service
VisioLab , building an AI self-checkout for high traffic venues, led by Tim Niekamp and the team, has raised $11 million Series A financing round co-led by eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners and Simon Capital , with continued participation from existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds HTGF ), zwei.7 , and Heartfelt (formerly APX). The funding positions VisioLab for its next phase of global expansion, building on stadium-wide deployments at major venues while advancing a
Archil Raises $11 Million to Connect AI to Data
Archil , the cloud filesystem for AI, led by Hunter Leath and the team, has raised $11M in new Series A capital led by Standard Capital with participation from Y Combinator , Felicis , Peak XV partners , Wayfinder Ventures , with participation from angel investors including Anurag Goel (Render), Richard Artoul (Warpstream), Andy Jefferson, and several individuals at Antithesis and Clay. This round, less than a year after the seed funding, brings Archil's total capital rais
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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
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
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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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Modus is Building an AI-Native Accounting Firm, Secures Funding from Lightspeed
Modus , the right partner for ambitious accounting firms, led by Arush Jain, Vinay Kasat, Pranav Pillai, and the team, has raised $85 million in Seed & Series A funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners , with participation from Comma Capital and Garry Tan. The capital will accelerate Modus’s technology development and support its strategy of investing in and partnering with audit-first accounting firms. Modus is building an AI-native accounting platform that combines pro
Apr 8
INXY is Scaling Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure As Stablecoins Are Rewriting Global Payments, Announces $7M Raise
INXY , your bridge to crypto payments, led by Ruslan Zholik and the team, has raised $4 million in a new funding round led by Flashpoint Capital , following a $3 million raise in 2025, bringing its total seed funding to $7 million. The capital will support product expansion, secure additional regulatory licences, and scale presence across key international markets. In 2026, demand for stablecoin payment infrastructure increased fivefold year-on-year, with active usage rising
Apr 8
Midas Reinvents Liquidity for Onchain Investment Products
Midas , the standard for onchain investment products, led by Dennis Dinkelmeyer, Fabrice Grinda, Romain Bourgois, and the team, has announced a $50M Series A led by RRE and Creandum , with participation from Framework Ventures , HV Capital , Ledger Cathay , North Island Ventures , Coinbase Ventures , Franklin Templeton , GSR, and others across crypto-native, institutional, and venture capital. Alongside this, Midas is launching Midas Staked Liquidity (MSL), the core
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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
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
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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
Mar 12
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
Mar 12
FIRSTPICK Launches €25 Million Fund to Back Overlooked Talent at the Heart of Baltic Tech
FIRSTPICK , a first-check VC fund for Baltic founders, led by Partners Jonė Vaitulevičiūtė, Dmitrij Sosunov, Andra Bagdonaitė, Marijus Andrijauskas, and the team, has launched a new €25 million fund to invest in early-stage Baltic startups, focusing on founders who may be overlooked by traditional VC criteria. Some early and successful investments include Samphire Neuroscience by Emile Radyte, Copla by Aurimas Bakas, and Holo. Backed by local entrepreneurs and private invest
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Deep Tech
How Bubble Robotics is Building the Ocean’s Autonomous Workforce, Powering Industries, Ecosystems, and Maritime Security
Bubble Robotics, building ocean robotics and AI for offshore resilience, led by Jean Crosetti, Patricia Apostol, and the team, has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve, following its launch out of Entrepreneurs First. Founded in 2025 by former robotics engineers from NASA and ETH Zürich, Bubble is building an autonomous ocean workforce, robotic systems designed to operate continuously at sea for months without h
How Bubble Robotics is Building the Ocean’s Autonomous Workforce, Powering Industries, Ecosystems, and Maritime Security
Bubble Robotics, building ocean robotics and AI for offshore resilience, led by Jean Crosetti, Patricia Apostol, and the team, has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve, following its launch out of Entrepreneurs First. Founded in 2025 by former robotics engineers from NASA and ETH Zürich, Bubble is building an autonomous ocean workforce, robotic systems designed to operate continuously at sea for months without h
QMatter Raises $1.2M in Funding and Introduces Quantum Compression
QMatter, a Quantum Technology startup, led by Dr. Tim Weaving and Dr. Alexis Ralli, has raised $1.2M in pre-seed funding, led by 55 North, the world’s largest pure-play quantum fund, with participation from XTX Ventures, Bellstate Oy, and the Conception X Angel Syndicate. The company will use the capital to further develop and scale its quantum compression platform. Quantum simulation remains computationally intensive, limiting progress in drug discovery and materials science
Linexa Just Raised Millions to Automate Europe's Factories
Linexa , a Munich-based deep tech startup that decodes decades-old industrial automation code across vendors, making Europe's factories AI-ready, led by Viktor Stryczek, Alexandros Vassiliadis, Tobias Drees, and the team, has raised €2 million pre-seed round led by Project A , with Thomas Böck (CEO Festo), Bastian Nominacher (founder Celonis), and Christian Schlögel (former CTO/CDO Kuka & Körber) as angels. European manufacturing is facing mounting pressure, with Volkswagen c
Turion Raises $75+ Million Series B to Accelerate U.S. Space Superiority
Turion Space , Proliferating Critical Space Infrastructure, led by Ryan Westerdahl , Tyler Pierce , and Patryk Wiatr , has raised a $75+ million Series B financing round led by Washington Harbour Partners, with pro-rata participation from existing investors including Aurelia Foundry , Forward Deployed VC , and FoundersX . Turion also added new capital partners, including Center15 Capital , Magnetar , HOF Capital , and Industrious Ventures , with the raise. Turion’s Serie
Blue Energy Raises $380M to Build World’s First Project-Financeable Nuclear Plant
Blue Energy , designing power plants that can be mass-produced, led by Jake Jurewicz and the team, has raised $380 million in financing led by VXI Capital with significant backing from Engine Ventures and participation from other existing investors, including At One Ventures and Tamarack Global . Proceeds will support procurement of long-lead equipment, project development activities, and general corporate purposes. Blue Energy is developing prefabricated nuclear power pl
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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
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
Tracebit Announces Series A
Tracebit , the answer to assume breach, led by Andy Smith and Sam Cox, has announced its Series A investment round, led by FirstMark and joined by Accel , MMC Ventures , Tapestry VC , and CCL, with continued support from angel investors. This brings the total investment in Tracebit to $25M. Tracebit was founded three years ago on the belief that an “assume breach” mindset would become increasingly critical, with canary deployments designed to expose attackers the moment they
How Armadin is Combating the Era of AI-Driven Hyperattacks
Armadin , expert AI cybersecurity and cyber defense company, led by Kevin Mandia, Travis Lanham, Evan Peña, David Slater, and the team, has raised an industry record $189.9 million in Seed and Series A funding led by Accel , with participation from Google Ventures , Kleiner Perkins , Menlo Ventures , In-Q-Tel , and follow-on investment from 8VC and Ballistic Ventures , marking the largest combined Seed and Series A funding round in cybersecurity history. Armadin’s mission i
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