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Truffle Security , the company behind TruffleHog™, a leading open-source security project that makes it easier to identify and fix exposed secrets before hackers exploit them, led by Dylan Ayrey and Dustin Decker, has secured  a $25 million Series B funding round led by Intel Capital  and a16z . The round also includes participation from Abstract , Lytical Ventures , and prominent security leaders Casey Ellis (Founder, BugCrowd), Emilio Escobar (CISO, Datadog), and Haroon Mee

Gravitics , developer of orbital carrier, led by Colin Doughan, Sundeep Kumar, Scott Macklin, Michael DeRosa, Gary Hudson, and others, has unveiled  Diamondback, a smaller orbital carrier designed to fulfill missions from protecting US national security satellites to deploying space-based missile interceptors, on Tuesday at Payload’s Space Investor Summit. Gravitics CEO Colin Doughan likened the company’s orbital carrier model to a network of police stations: strategically po

Avallon AI , AI agents for claims operations, led by Cornelius Schramm, Bryan Guin, Moritz Bartusch, and Leander Peter, has secured $4.6 million in seed funding, led by  Frontline Ventures  with participation from  Y Combinator ,  1984 ,  Liquid2 , and  Booom . With the seed round, Will Prendergast, Partner of Frontline Ventures, will become an Avallon Board Observer. The funding will fuel hiring and product expansion, evolving from category-specific solutions in Workers Comp

Tsuga , building Bring Your Own Cloud to Observability, led by Gabriel-James Safar, Sébastien Deprez, Nils Bunge, and Valentin Jacquemont, has emerged from stealth with a $10 million seed round led by General Catalyst , with participation from  Singular , with the support of exceptional angel investors, including Amjad Masad (Replit), Charles Gorintin (Alan, Mistral AI), Jonathan Benhamou (Resilience), Olivier Bonnet (BlaBlaCar), and Philippe Corrot (Mirakl), among others. Ob

LambdaVision , developer of protein-based artificial retinas, led by Nicole L. Wagner, Jordan A. Greco, and Robert R. Birge, has secured  $7 million seed funding round co-led by Seven Seven Six  and Aurelia Foundry Fund , with additional support from Seraphim Space , providing runway into 2027. Millions worldwide lose their vision each year to retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with limited treatment options. The new

Giga AI , an AI agent platform for enterprise support, led by Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep, has secured  $61 million led by Redpoint  with participation from Y Combinator  and Nexus . Founded in a college dorm, Giga evolved from LLM fine-tuning to redefining enterprise support with AI. Its technology now powers global companies like DoorDash through self-improving agents (60%→98% resolution), rapid deployment (<2 weeks), and ultra-low-latency voice across 99 languages. Gig

Agate Sensors , democratizing spectral data capture and usage, led by Tommi Leino, Dr. Andreas Liapis, Mikael Westerlund, Dr. Faisal Ahmed, has been awarded  an innovation contract by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) under its Military Innovation Program.  The contract will enable the first external test of Agate Sensors’ physiological monitoring tech in high-stress defence settings, demonstrating how its wearable-embedded optical sensors can enhance awarenes

Coherence Neuro , a medical technology company working at the intersection of neurotechnology, neurobiology, and machine learning to improve the quality and length of life for people with cancer, led by Ben Woodington, Elise Jenkins, José Lepe, and Jason Miranda, has secured  a $10 million seed round led by Topology Ventures and Artesian (Alternative Investments), with participation from  Blackbird , Possible Ventures , and a network of early-stage backers, including XEIA V

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

Reflex Aerospace , manufacturer of high-performance satellite platforms, led by Walter Ballheimer, Alexander Genzel, Felix Motzki, Dennis Moore, Cecile Schirmer, and Henrik Rutzky, has raised  €50 million Series A funding led by Human Element  together with Alpine Space Ventures ,  Bayern Kapital , and HTGF , as well as additional German and European investors. The round will accelerate the build and deployment of sovereign satellite constellations across Optical, SAR, SDA, a

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

Mecha Health , an applied AI lab building next-generation foundation models for radiology, led by Ahmed Abdulaal, Nina Montaña Brown, Ayodeji Ijishakin, and Hugo Fry, has raised  $4.1 million in Seed funding, led by  Valia Ventures  with support from  Y Combinator . Radiology is now a critical backbone of modern medicine, but the field is at a breaking point. Nearly 70% of practices report staffing shortages, two-thirds of radiologists face burnout, and imaging demand has sur

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

The Prompting Company , an AI-optimization platform led by Kevin Chandra, Michelle Marcelline, and Albert Purnama, has secured  $6.5 million from Peak XV Partners , Base10 , Y Combinator , Firedrop , and angels, including Logan Kilpatrick. As AI becomes the primary interface for product discovery and autonomous agents begin transacting on users’ behalf, The Prompting Company aims to equip brands to market effectively to both agents and humans. Recent website growth has been d