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Source.ag , the Amsterdam-based developer of AI software for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), led by Rien Kamman, Ernst van Bruggen, Magnus Hilding, Joris van der Els, and Eva Laumans, has raised  $17.5 million led by Astanor , with strategic participation from investors including seed breeder Enza Zaden  and grower cooperative Harvest House , bringing the total funding to over $60 million in five years. The investment follows rapid expansion, with the company deploy

Bevel , turning your data into personalized insights and recommendations across sleep, fitness, nutrition, and more, led by Ben Yang , Grey Nguyen , and Aditya Agarwal, has secured  $10 million in Series A funding led by General Catalyst. Bevel was created with a goal beyond building another health app, to reframe how people view and manage their well-being. True health requires understanding the full picture: sleep influences training, nutrition affects recovery, and stress

SalesPatriot , a platform for distributors and manufacturers in the defense supply chain, led by Nelson Ray, Benjamin Rhodes-Kropf, and Maciej Szymczyk, has secured  $5 million in seed funding led by CRV , with participation from  Pear VC , Y Combinator , SV Angel , Liquid2 , Uncorrelated Ventures , and several incredible angels, including Paul Graham, Rich Miner, Mark Pincus, Steve Blank, and Mati Staniszewski. The mission is clear: make defense supply chains faster and smar

Adaptam Therapeutics , a pioneering company in cancer immunotherapies specifically targeting the immunosuppressive myeloid tumor microenvironment, led by Asis Palazon, Pablo Cironi, Salvatore Cappadona, and José M. Mato, has secured  a €3 million (~$3.5 million) pre-seed financing round led by Criteria Bio Ventures . As part of the round, Criteria Bio Ventures’ Salvatore Cappadona, PhD, and Pablo Cironi, PhD, join Adaptam’s board of directors. The €3M funding will advance Ada

Newton , the AI workflow platform for dental, led by Rohit Chaparala and Sam Detjen, has secured  $3.8 million in seed funding from Y Combinator ,  Twenty Two Ventures,   The Transpose Platform ,  Phosphor Capital , and a cohort of prominent angels, including Bo Jiang of Lithic. Newton serves as an AI-powered communications layer for dental practices, handling outbound and inbound tasks like reactivating unscheduled patients, verifying insurance benefits, and filling last-min

Crustdata , a real-time B2B data broker, led by Abhilash Chowdhary, Manmohit Grewal, and Chris Pisarski, has secured  $6 million in a seed round led by Y Combinator  and A Capital , with participation from General Catalyst , SV Angel , and Phosphor Capital . Crustdata is creating a real-time web data layer for AI agents, allowing customers to track companies, founders, and recruiting candidates before they gain traction. Its signals power top AI SDRs, recruiting platforms, an

Mondra , a climate tech platform, led by Jason Barret, Elyn Patrick, Tom Holden, and Marco De Sanctis, has secured  £10 million from investors including AlbionVC , Planet A , Swisscom, PeakBridge , Ponderosa Ventures , and Green Circle Foodtech Ventures. The funding will accelerate Mondra’s expansion across Europe, starting with the Netherlands, Germany, and France, and fuel the development of new capabilities that go beyond emissions tracking to address supply chain disrupti

Starbridge , delivering unique go-to-market data on your public sector accounts, led by Justin Wenig, has raised  $42 million in Series A funding led by Craft Ventures . Starbridge’s AI-driven GTM intelligence platform helps public sector sales teams track hundreds of thousands of government agencies and schools in real time, monitoring bids, meetings, contracts, grants, budgets, procurement rules, and contacts. Over 160 enterprise teams, including Instructure, SimpliGov, and

Shuttle , revolutionizing developer experience for building web apps, led by Nodar Daneliya  and Juan Rodriguez Andrade , has secured  $6 million from Y Combinator , Global Founders Capital , Thomas Dohmke, former CEO of GitHub, Calvin French-Owen, Founder of Segment, and Senior leaders from OpenAI, Deel, Confluent, and others. AI is transforming software development. Developers now orchestrate systems to generate code, connect APIs, and scaffold products, dramatically increa

Tempo , a visual editor for React that gives PMs, designers, and engineers the ability to collaborate visually on code, led by Kevin Michael and Peter Gokhshteyn, has secured $5 million in seed round from Golden Ventures ,  Y Combinator ,  Box Group ,  Webflow Ventures ,  Inovia ,  General Catalyst ,  Singularity Capital , Union Capital, 89 Christopher, Lenny Rachitsky, and many others. As AI advances, design and engineering are converging faster than ever, but existing tools

Volta , an AI-powered automation platform for distributors and wholesalers, led by Paul Guillemin, Reda El Ganzri, Mario Parteli, Antoine Le Squeren, and others, has secured  a €5 million extension to its fundraising round, bringing our total funding to €11 million. This round is led by  RTP Global . Pascal Houillon, former CEO of Cegid and Sage, joins as an investor and strategic advisor. An intelligent automation platform transforming B2B distribution. In less than two year

Stellantis , parent of world-renowned vehicle brands like Jeep, Maserati, Chrysler, and others, has announced  a collaboration with Applied Intuition , developer of the Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System, and toolchain, led by Qasar Younis, Peter Ludwig, and others, to deliver intelligent in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) across the automaker’s worldwide brands. By integrating across a vehicle’s entire operating system, the IVI platform makes the cabin experience as seamless as a sm

Cercli , a people OS for businesses, led by Akeed Azmi and David Reche, has secured  $12 million in Series A led by Picus Capital  with participation from Knollwood Investment Advisory , RZM Investment , with existing investors Y Combinator , Afore Capital , and Cotu Ventures  all doubling down - alongside angel investors including Prabhakar Reddy from OpenFX, Jaime Arrieta from Buk, Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino from Jet HR, Francesco Simoneschi from Truelayer, Me

Liberate , harnessing technology to help insurers and agents deliver fast, led by Amrish Singh, Ryan Eldridge, Jason St. Pierre, and others, has secured  a $50 million Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures , with participation from new investor Canapi Ventures  and returning backers Redpoint Ventures , Eclipse Ventures , and Commerce Ventures , bringing the total funding to $72 million. Battery General Partner Marcus Ryu, the co-founder and former CEO of Guidewire So

Tubulis , reimagining antibody drug conjugates, led by Dr. Dominik Schumacher, Dr. Jonas Helma-Smets, Dr. Ingo Lehrke, Dr. Günter Fingerle-Rowson, MD, Dr. Björn Hock, Dr. Matthew Norkunas, and others, has secured  €308 million (USD 361 million) financing. The round was led by Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners  with participation from additional new investors Wellington Management  and Ascenta Capital . Existing investors who supported the Series C include Nextech Invest , E

Enspired , Europe’s leading optimizer for battery energy storage systems (BESS), led by Jürgen Mayerhofer, Wolfgang Eichberger, Cornelia Habetler, Jürgen Pfalzer, Johann Schütz, and Christoph Schreiber, has secured  EUR 40 million in Series B funding. The round brings in Future Energy Ventures  as a new partner, alongside renewed commitments from Zouk Capital , EnBW New Ventures , Banpu NEXT , PUSH VC , and 360 Capital , following enspired’s rapid expansion into multiple new

Nabla Bio , making drug development designable with generative AI, led by Surge Biswas, Frances Anastassacos, Rose Harrison, and others, announced  a new, multi-year research collaboration with Takeda. Under the agreement, Nabla Bio will receive double-digit millions in upfront and research payments, with potential success-based payments exceeding $1 billion. The collaboration will deploy Nabla Bio’s Joint Atomic Model (JAM) platform across Takeda’s early-stage programs, incl

FleetWorks , an always-on dispatcher that calls, emails, or texts you when high-paying loads match your truck, led by Paul Singer and Quang Tran, has secured  $17 million in funding led by First Round Capital  with participation from Y Combinator , Saga Ventures , and LFX Venture Partners . In the U.S., over 200,000 truckloads are coordinated daily, yet 80% are still booked manually via phone, email, and text. Carriers, especially small operators, waste hours chasing loads, w

Oura , maker of the most trusted smart ring, Oura Ring, led by Tom Hale, Michael Chapp, Sean Brecker, Judy Gilbert, Holly Shelton, Doug Sweeny, and others, has secured  over $900 million in funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with significant participation from new investor ICONIQ and contributions from Whale Rock and Atreides, valuing the company at around $11 billion. ŌURA announced David Shuman, founder of Lateralus Holdings and Oura board member since 20

Afori , a new AI platform specifically for insurance brokers, led by Fabian Wesemann and Sergi Baños, has emerged from stealth mode with a €4 million pre-seed funding round led by  General Catalyst , with participation from Yellow  and  Booom . Individual backers include industry leaders Christopher Lohmann (founder of Mulberry Ventures, former CEO of HDI and Gothaer), Chris Leifeld (founder of Thinksurance), and Garrett Koehn (CIO, CRC), as well as AI pioneers Mustafa Suleym