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Rubio , a leading impact venture fund, led by Alexandros Matthiessen, Willemijn Verloop, Helmer Schukken, Machtelt Groothuis, Warner Philips, and others, has launched  its third Impact Fund with over €70 million in commitments.    The capital will be deployed to support thirty ambitious impact companies developing scalable solutions to the climate crisis and social inequality, future leaders like Sympower stabilizing the energy grid, NoPalm transforming sustainable food, and

Ruli AI , the all-in-one legal intelligence platform for in-house teams, led by Bryan Lee, Xi Sun, John Lee, Rouge Yusuf, Jay Park, and Jaemin Lee, has secured  $6 million in seed funding led by Album VC , with participation from SignalFire , PJC , Foothill Ventures , Mana , and Genius Ventures, bringing the total funding to $8 million in just over a year. With this funding, the company also announces the addition of Michele Lee, former General Counsel of Pinterest and curren

Portal26 , the GenAI Adoption Management Platform, led by Arti Raman, Dallas Thompson, Pakshi Rajan, Karthikeyan M, Fadil Mesic, Joe Boggio, and Neil Cohen, has secured  a $9 million Series A round of funding led by Shasta Ventures  with support from Fusion Fund , as well as the venture arm of a Fortune 500 financial services institution. Portal26 CEO Arti Raman said the surge in enterprise GenAI adoption is driving demand for platforms that provide visibility, security, gove

TestSprite , an AI testing agent and automation platform, led by Yunhao Jiao, Rui Li, Shawnie Shan , and others, has secured  $6.7 million in seed funding, led by Trilogy Equity Partners , with participation from Techstars , Hat-Trick Capital , Jinqiu Capital, MiraclePlus , Baidu Venture , and EdgeCase Capital Partners. As AI increasingly writes software, validation must advance just as fast. The scale and complexity of AI-generated code require a new testing infrastructure,

octonomy AI , an AI company building agentic systems for complex enterprise support and service workflows, led by Sushel Bijganath, Oliver Trabert, Thorsten Grote, Markus Hanslik, and Thomas Bollig,   has raised  $US20 million, led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital , with participation from Capnamic , NRW.Bank , and the TechVision Fund, bringing the total funding to US $25 million since its founding 15 months ago. Octonomy equips heavy-equipment industries with AI systems

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

EnduroSat , engineering, building, and operating exceptional satellites, led by Raycho Raychev, Viktor Danchev, Yordan Kanchev, Viktoriya Dimov, and others, has secured  a $104 million funding round from Riot Ventures , Google Ventures , Lux Capital , European Innovation Council Fund , and Shrug Capital . The funding also marks the launch of our state-of-the-art Space Center in Sofia, built to meet rapidly accelerating global demand for small and mid-size satellite constellat

Legora , the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, led by Max Junestrand, Sigge Labor, and August Erseus, has raised   $150 million at a $1.8 billion valuation, led by Bessemer Venture Partners , with significant investment from existing investors ICONIQ , General Catalyst , Redpoint Ventures , Benchmark , and Y Combinator , to accelerate its global expansion and growing product roadmap. Legora’s funding comes amid surging demand for its AI platform over the past six months,

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

Mem0 , a universal, self‑improving memory layer for LLM applications, led by Taranjeet Singh and Deshraj Yadav, has secured  $24M raise across Seed and Series A, the seed round led by Kindred Ventures , and Series A led by Basis Set Ventures , with participation from Peak XV Partners , GitHub Fund , and Y Combinator . Mem0 is also backed by an incredible group of angel investors, including Scott Belsky, Dharmesh Shah, and the CEOs of companies that have built core infrastruct

Fireworks AI , the platform to build your Generative AI capabilities, optimized and at scale, led by Lin Qiao, Benny Chen, Chenyu Zhao, Dmytro Dzhulgakov, Dmytro Ivchenko, James Reed, and Pawel Garbacki, has secured  a $250 million Series C at a $4 billion valuation, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners , Index Ventures , and Evantic , with continued support from Sequoia Capital , bringing the total funding to $327 million. Founded in 2022 by former PyTorch engineers, Firewo

Vesence , a cursor for lawyers, led by Henrik Hansson and Ludvig Swanstrom, has secured  $9 million seed round, led by Emergence  with participation from Creandum , Y Combinator , and 20VC . Angel investors include Paul Graham, Anton Osika, and Jason Bohemig. Vesence is an AI agent platform for law firms integrated within Microsoft Office. It reviews documents, emails, and projects directly in Word and Outlook, ensuring accuracy and consistency before anything reaches the cli

Builders , a Rotterdam-based venture studio led by Michael van Lier, Sharon Klaver, Darko Marković, Julia Bramer, and others, has raised  €4.5 million from a group of leading entrepreneurs, exit-founders, and family offices, including Wouter Holtslag, Eric Carbijn, and Invent Capital. Builders, a venture studio focused on creating enterprise AI companies, partners with entrepreneurs from idea to launch, providing expertise in concept validation, hiring, funding, and growth. A

Sequoia Capital , the Apple of the Venture Capital World, has announced  its latest venture fund and sixth dedicated seed fund. The firm reflects on a legacy of early partnerships that have grown into iconic companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Stripe, and Wiz, relationships that continue to fuel its belief in the transformative power of early-stage innovation. As Sequoia sees it, founders today stand at the edge of a generational opportunity. Artificial intelligence is reshaping

Onfire , AI revenue intelligence for technical-buyer GTM, led by Tal Peretz (CEO), Shahar Shavit (CTO), and Nitzan Hadar (CPO), has secured $20 million initial round led by Grove Ventures  and TLV Partners  with participation by IN Venture  and Leumi 77 Ventures. Onfire is redefining how revenue teams engage with technical buyers through a purpose-built vertical AI platform. Trained on years of proprietary contextual data, it enables precise targeting of engineering, data, an

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

Wonder Studios , a global network of artists, directors, and technologists exploring the creative frontier of AI, led by Xavier Collins and Justin Hackney, has secured  $12 million in seed funding led by Atomico , alongside existing investors LocalGlobe  and Blackbird , and builds on Wonder’s pre-seed investment, which included executives from ElevenLabs, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI.  Wonder will use the new funding to double its engineering team and accelerate original conte

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