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Aizy, the Dutch AI marketing software company, led by Stefan Nuijten and the team, has acquired fellow industry player Uptmz. The acquisition creates an integrated advertising platform spanning Google, Microsoft, and Meta, combining software, AI-driven optimization, and strategic services within a unified ecosystem. Together, the combined companies now support more than 600 customers. Uptmz was originally developed within Springbok Group before becoming an independent company

WeRoad, a travel tech company on a mission to bring people together in real life, through group adventure trips and everyday social experiences powered by the WeMeet app, led by Andrea D'Amico and the team, has raised a $58 million Series C funding round led by Airbnb. The round also included the long-time investors, including H14. The total funding raised since the company was founded has now reached $100 million, which will support WeRoad’s first major expansion outside Eur

Unitify, a developer of property management software, led by Ilia Sotonin and the team, has announced plans to invest up to $10 million in the U.S.-based management firms, targeting small businesses in the property and HOA/condo management sectors. Unitify is integrating its proprietary AI platform into billing, maintenance, and resident communication systems, with the goal of improving operating margins from around 10% to over 25%. The investment includes both internal capit

Pacifico Biolabs, a mycelium fermentation protein company, led by Zac Austin, Washington Logroño, and the team, has raised €7 million in a Series A funding round backed by Stray Dog Capital, TGFS, Sprout & About Ventures, Simon Capital, FoodLabs, and a regional brewery partner. Pacifico Biolabs develops protein ingredients using mycelium fermentation technology, leveraging standard brewery fermentation tanks instead of custom-built bioreactors to reduce production costs and u

Avrea, a faster CI for github actions, led by Hannu Valtonen and Juha Valvanne, has announced its launch with $4.7 million in total Pre-Seed funding led by Earlybird. Before founding Avrea, the team spent years building and scaling technology companies under high-pressure environments, repeatedly encountering software delivery bottlenecks where slow builds, failing tests, and delayed pipelines reduced development speed and productivity. For years, these inefficiencies were tr

Blink, the leading mobile-first employee experience platform, led by Sean Nolan and the team, has raised $17 million in funding from Enlightened Hospitality Investments (EHI), the growth equity fund affiliated with Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). Blink also announced a new global partnership with Shake Shack following a successful integration of its workforce management solutions. As frontline industries such as restaurants face high turnover, margin pres

Contrario, the AI-powered recruitment platform, led by founders Arya Marwaha and Aditya Sood, has announced its launch. Contrario has surpassed $6M in annualized revenue in under six months, paid out over $1M to its recruiter network, and is now used by 200+ fast-growing companies, including unicorns like Slash and Wispr Flow. The company is focused on using AI to automate repetitive parts of hiring, enabling recruiters and companies to focus more on high-value, human aspects

Fresha, a platform to book local self-care services, led by William Zeqiri, Nick Miller, and the team, has announced an $80 million primary growth investment from funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm. The transaction values Fresha at over $1 billion, marking a defining milestone in its mission to transform how self-care businesses operate globally. Fresha has entered a new growth chapter with an $80 million funding round led by KKR, pushing the company beyon

ClearOps, the world's leading AI-powered after-sales intelligence platform, led by William Barkawi and the team, has raised €8.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Hitachi Ventures, alongside Schoeller Group and Barkawi Group. The funding marks ClearOps’s first institutional capital raise and supports its mission to become the AI operating system for global OEM after-sales operations. ClearOps acts as an AI operating system for industrial after-sales, connecting manuf

Hardline, redefining construction communication through AI-powered call documentation that protects your business, one conversation at a time, led by Alena Tuttle, Karly Heffernan, and Kimball Hill, has announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by Mucker Capital. The funding will help accelerate product development, deepen integrations with existing construction platforms, and expand Hardline’s go-to-market efforts across commercial and residential construction. The company i

Blank Bio, RNA intelligence for precision oncology, led by Jonathan Hsu, Ruian (Ian) Shi, and Philip Fradkin, has announced the closing of a $7.2 million seed financing and a strategic collaboration with Pacific Biosciences (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions. The oversubscribed round included Define Ventures, Leonis Capital, Nova Threshold, Ripple Ventures, SignalFire, Y Combinator, and others. Proceeds will support conti

Clouted, the growth system for modern entertainment - built for artists, labels, festivals, gaming studios, startups, consumer apps, and the brands that live inside culture, led by Justin Banusing, Adriel Yong, David Viray, and the team, has announced the close of a $7M seed round led by Slow Ventures, with participation from Gold House Ventures, Weekend Fund, LINE-Yahoo's Z VC, Gondor Capital, Iterative, AppWorks, Peak XV’s Surge, and a16z Speedrun. Angel investors include G

Nourish, the country’s largest dietitian-led metabolic health clinic, led by Aidan Dewar, Stephanie Liu, and Sam Perkins, has announced its $100 million Series C, bringing total funding to $215 million. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Thrive Capital, Index Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, Maverick Ventures, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, Atomico, Daybreak, and Operator Partners. With this investment, J.P. Sanday of Menlo Ventures will join t

Stilta, Agentic AI for high-stakes patent work, led by Oskar Block, Petrus Werner, Tobias Estreen, and Oscar Adamsson, has raised $10.5 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Y Combinator and a group of founders and operators from leading AI companies, including Sana, Legora, OpenAI, Lovable, and Listen Labs. Patents are a highly underleveraged asset class in business. While over 90% of S&P 500 value is intangible, most patents are never enforc

Commure, the AI-native enterprise RCM & ambient platform, led by Tanay Tandon, Deepika Bodapati, and the team, has announced $70 million in financing at a $7 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Kirkland & Ellis. Commure uses AI and agents to streamline administrative work in health systems, targeting one of healthcare’s largest cost centers, estimated at about $1 trillion annually in

Kin Health, a free app that allows patients to remember and act upon doctors’ advice, led by Arpan Parikh, Amit Parikh, Kyle Alwyn, Doug Hirsch, Trevor Bezdek, and the team, has raised a $9 million seed round led by Maveron, with participation from Town Hall Ventures, Flex Capital, Eniac Ventures, The Family Fund, Pear VC, Watershed Ventures, Foundry Square Capital, and individual investors including GoodRx co-founders Doug Hirsch and Trevor Bezdek, Nabeel Quryshi, Jay Desai,

LawX, an AI-powered OS for notaries and law firms, led by Dr. Norman Koschmieder, Dr. Sara Brinkmann, and Torben Rabe, has closed a seed round led by Motive Partners, raising over €7 million in capital, alongside WENVEST Capital, xdeck, and SIVentures, as well as several prominent angels from the tech and legal sectors. The legal market is undergoing structural change, with rising demand for legal services and a growing shortage of administrative staff. Around half of law fir

Multiverse, an upskilling platform for AI adoption, led by Euan Blair and the team, has raised $70 million in primary funding to drive growth across Europe. The funding was led by Schroders Capital, with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, D1 Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Bond, and StepStone Group. The investment will accelerate Multiverse’s expansion across Europe, with a focus on helping workers adapt to AI rat

Iceotope, a data center liquid cooling solutions provider, led by Simon Jesenko and the team, has announced the close of a $26M series B funding round led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures, along with participation by existing investors Edinv, ABC Impact, Northern Gritstone, and British Business Bank. Iceotope Technologies will use the funding to advance product and engineering development, expand its patent portfolio, and accelerate ecosystem partnerships to

Chromie Health, one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-powered scheduling and management platform for hospital operations, led by Douglas Ford, Scott Tisoskey, and the team, has announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by AIX Ventures along with the launch of Chromie Dispatch, the company’s flagship AI agent that instantly fills internal shift gaps via simple SMS. The funding follows strong demand, with 750 hospitals on the waitlist, and will support the development of a suit