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Blockbrain , where AI-powered process automation meets knowledge management, boosting efficiency, security, and profitability, led by Antonius Gress, Mattias Protzmann, and Nam Hai Ngo, has raised  €17.5 million in Series A funding led by Alstin Capital  and 13books Capital , with participation from the HARTING Family Foundation . Existing investors Giesecke+Devrient Ventures , Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Ventures , and Mätch VC  have also increased their financial commitmen

Meridian , the AI-powered modeling layer for Excel that automates the work behind financial models, helping teams move faster without losing precision, led by John Ling, George Fang, and Zach Kirshner, has raised  $17 million in seed funding, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz  and The General Partnership , to bring Meridian to more finance teams. Why Meridian Was Built Excel remains foundational in finance, but manual modeling is tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone. Existing

Trener Robotics , building the foundational intelligence layer for software-defined robotics, led by Dr. Asad Tirmizi, Dr. Lars Tingelstad, and others, has raised  a $32 million Series A round co-led by Engine Ventures  and IAG Capital Partners , with participation from strategic investors Cadence  and Geodesic Capital , through Nikon's NFocus Fund.  Shanda Ventures , Emergent Ventures , Fitz Gate Ventures , Techable VC , Radius Capital Ventures , and Raisewell Ventures  also

Clearly AI , automating security and privacy assessments, reducing backlogs, and improving visibility without sacrificing trust, led by Emily Choi-Greene and Joe Choi-Greene, has raised  $8.4 million in Seed funding from Basis Set Ventures , Crosspoint Capital Partners , Argon Ventures , Ritual Capital , and Y Combinator . Security teams are facing increasing strain. Each new feature, third-party vendor, and AI deployment demands thorough evaluation across security, privacy,

driveblocks , unlocking off-road autonomy through advanced perception, led by Dr. Alexander Wischnewski, Dr. Stephan Matz, Leonhard Hermansdorfer, Dr. Thomas Herrmann, Dr. Felix Nobis, and Dr. Tim Stahl, has raised  a 3.5M Pre-Series A investment led by FORWARD.one , a European industrial technology venture capital firm, and with strong participation of existing investors Bayern Kapital , rethink Ventures  and angel investor Joachim Drees. The funding will accelerate product

Entire , building the world’s next developer platform where humans and agents collaborate, learn, and ship together, led by Thomas Dohmke, and others, has announced  its launch with $60 million seed investment led by Felicis , with support from Madrona , M12 , Basis Set , 20VC , Cherry Ventures , Picus Capital , and Global Founders Capital . Entire is further backed by a slate of international investors, including Gergely Orosz, Theo Browne, Jerry Yang, Olivier Pomel, Garry T

Allonic , reimagining how robotics are made and where they can go, led by Benedek Tasi, Dávid Pelyva, David Holló, and others, has raised $7.2M in pre-seed funding, led by Visionaries Club  and with backing from Day One Capital , RoboStrategy , Prototype, SDAC Ventures , and TinyVC . The round also includes more than a dozen angel investors from leading US and European tech companies, including OpenAI and Hugging Face, as well as top research institutions such as ETH Zurich a

Dragonfly AI , helping you maximize your omnichannel creative performance, powered by a patented biological algorithm, has launched  two new creative effectiveness metrics, Emotion and Memory, expanding its patented AI platform beyond Attention measurement to give brands a more complete understanding of what drives performance. Each metric unlocks a distinct capability. Combined with Dragonfly AI’s Attention metric, they form a three-part framework that can improve response r

Naboo , an AI-powered corporate events (MICE) procurement platform, led by Maxime Eduardo, Antoine Servant, Lucien Bredin, and Jean-Louis Villeminot, has raised  a $70M Series B led by  Lightspeed Venture Partners , with participation from its existing investors  Notion Capital , ISAI  and Ternel , less than a year after a €20M Series A (February 2025). The announcement coincides with the opening of a New York office as Naboo’s new North American hub following Montreal, build

Gather AI , bringing deep learning, autonomy, and computer vision to the supply chain, led by Sankalp Arora, Daniel Maturana, Geetesh Dubey, and Andrew Hoffman, has raised  $40M in Series B funding led by  Smith Point Capital Management . Activity between the receiving and shipping docks is often only partially visible. While systems track planned operations, the true flow of goods through the facility remains largely hidden, an insight Physical AI is designed to reveal. Phys

Goodfire AI , a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems, led by Eric Ho, Daniel Balsam, Tom McGrath, and others, has announced  a $150 million Series B funding round at a $1.25 billion valuation led by B Capital , with participation from Juniper Ventures , DFJ Growth , Salesforce Ventures , Menlo Ventures , Lightspeed Venture Partners , South Park Commons , Wing Venture Capital , Eric Schmidt, and others. Goodfire was founded t

Sapiom , giving AI agents trusted access to the API economy, led by Ilan Zerbib, has raised  a $15.75M Seed round, led by Accel , with participation from Gradient , Array Ventures , Okta Ventures , Menlo Ventures , Anthropic , Coinbase Ventures , Formus Capital , and Operator Collective . For two decades, the internet economy has been built for humans; interfaces, authentication, payments, and risk models all assume a person is present to sign up, manage access, and approve s

ElevenLabs , an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology, led by Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski, has secured  $500 million in a Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital , with Andrew Reed joining the board. Andreessen Horowitz  quadrupled down while ICONIQ  tripled down, both with significant super pro-rata participation. New investors Lightspeed Venture Partners , Evantic Capital , and BOND  are also joining the round. Existing

Fibr AI , empowering marketers to focus on what matters, led by Ankur 'AJ' Goyal and Pritam Roy, has raised  $7.5 million in a seed funding round led by Accel , with support from WillowTree Ventures , MVP Ventures , and some incredible operator angels. This funding represents validation of a future built around intelligent, adaptive, and context-aware web experiences. It enables a shift beyond static pages toward dynamic, personalized agents at every URL, adapting in real tim

Resolve AI , helping you resolve incidents, optimize costs, and code with production context using AI that works across your code, infra, and telemetry, led by Mayank Agarwal and Spiros Xanthos, has secured  $125 Million Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners , with pro-rata or above participation from Greylock , Unusual Ventures , Artisanal , and A* . The non-blended Series A round values Resolve AI at $1B, bringing the total funding to more than $150M. Resolve

Duna , the AI-native platform that accelerates business onboarding, automates manual work, and grows revenue, led by David Schreiber and Duco van Lanschot, has announced  a €30 Million Series A funding round led by CapitalG , Alphabet’s independent growth fund. Existing investors Index Ventures , Puzzle Ventures , and Snowflake Chairman Frank Slootman also participated in the round.  Founded in 2023 and based in Germany and the Netherlands, the company was started by former S

Midship , the company on a mission to augment audit professionals with AI, led by Kieran Taylor, Aahel Iyer, and Max Maio, has secured   $4.15 million in seed funding led by Costanoa Ventures , with participation from Seguin Ventures  and Y Combinator . SOX compliance is mandatory for public companies, yet testing remains largely manual. Audit teams spend months gathering evidence, testing controls, and assembling documentation, pulling high-impact teams away from core work a

From Left to Right: Dmitry Zakharov (CEO and Co-founder),  Dima Ivanouski (CRO and Co-founder), David Klassen (CTO and Co-founder), Anna Bunina - HRD. Naoma , an AI video sales agent that runs personalized demo calls 24/7 in any language, led by Dmitry Zakharov, Dima Ivanouski, David Klassen, and Anna Bunina, has announced the launch of the first AI video sales agent that runs instant personalized demo calls, with no sales representative required. The launch is supported by a

Linda AI , an AI receptionist for dental clinics, led by India Healy O’Connor, Portia Healy O'Connor, and Lucio Tudisco, has raised a €2.6M ($3M) pre-seed round led by 6 Degrees Capital . Linda AI was founded by sisters India and Portia Healy O’Connor, repeat founders and former Goldman Sachs professionals with early exposure to healthcare operations, alongside Lucio Tudisco, a former Amazon, Patreon, and Circle engineer with deep enterprise systems experience. Voice AI adopt

Phylo , collaborative agents designed for biologists to make more discoveries, faster, led by Kexin Huang, Yuanhao Qu, Jure Leskovec, Le Cong, and others, has announced  Biomni Lab and a seed funding of $13.5 million co-led by a16z  and Menlo Ventures ' Anthology Fund with Anthropic.  Zetta , Conviction , SV Angel , Valkyrie also supported, along with world-class angel investors. Scientists pursue biology to understand life and eliminate disease, yet fragmented, manual workfl