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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

Redwood Materials , powering America’s energy future, led by JB Straubel, Chris Lister, Colin Campbell, Cal Lankton, Mandy Clark, and others, has secured  a $350 million Series E funding round, led by Eclipse  with participation from new strategic investors, including NVentures  (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm).   The oversubscribed round underscores strong momentum across Redwood’s two core business lines: Critical Materials, including cobalt, nickel, copper, lithium, and cath

Riff , an Oslo-based vibe coding platform, led by Viral Shah, Trygve Karper, and Martin Skow Røed, has secured  $16 million in Series A funding led by Northzone , with backing from existing investors Skyfall Ventures ,  Maki.vc ,  Sondo Capital ,  Global Founders Capital , and new investor  Illusian .  Riff empowers professionals across organizations to build AI applications and agents that enhance productivity and outcomes. Addressing the gap between rapid AI innovation and

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

Saturn OS , the AI technology company transforming financial advice by slashing the cost to serve and broadening access to wealth management, led by Amal Jolly, Michael Ettlinger, and Rohit Vaish, has secured  a $15m Series A   funding round led by European VC Singular , with participation from Shapers , Y Combinator , and Zeno Ventures . The investment will fast-track product development and scale Saturn’s platform, enabling advisers to serve more clients with greater effici

Quantum Space , developer of advanced space crafts, led by Dr. Kam Ghaffarian, Kerry Wisnosky, Ben Reed, Phillip Bracken, Sue Hall, and Richard Matlock, has announced  the successful completion of the Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for its upcoming Ranger Prime mission, marking a key milestone toward the projected June 2026 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Ranger Prime mission will demonstrate Quantum Space’s Ranger 500 spacecraft in orbit, validating its pr

Rebalance , a Gurugram-based accelerator to build an ecosystem that helps women and diverse people build wealth and pay it forward, led by Aishwarya Malhi and Vikas Kumar, has announced  its 9th cohort of 10 women-led startups. Since 2019, Rebalance has backed 30 startups across sectors, including climate, deep tech, healthcare, fintech, D2C, and biotech. With 85% of its portfolio led by women founders and 60% of its angel community made up of women investors, a first in Indi

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

Anrok , developer of global tax compliance infrastructure, led by Kannan Goundan and Michelle Valentine, has secured  $55 million in Series C funding led by Spark Capital , with participation from Sapphire Ventures  and existing investors Khosla Ventures , Sequoia Capital , and Index Ventures , bringing the total funding to over $100 million. Modern companies are scaling faster than ever, launching new products, reaching global markets, and reshaping industries. Behind that m

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

Acoru , a Madrid-based AI-powered platform to monitor financial fraud and money laundering, led by Pablo de la Riva Ferrezuelo and David Morán, has secured  a €10 million Series A round led by  33N  Ventures with participation from  Adara Ventures  and Athos Capital  also joined the round. Generative AI-driven scams, like deepfakes, voice cloning, and social engineering, are driving global fraud losses of nearly $500 billion annually. Current solutions focus on transactions,

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

Keycard , building identity infrastructure for AI agents, led by Matt Creager, Jared Hanson, and Ian Livingstone, has secured  a $38 million combined inception round led by  Andreessen Horowitz , Acrew Capital , and  Boldstart Ventures  with participation from Mantis VC ,  Tapestry Ventures ,  Essence Ventures ,  Exceptional Capital , Modern Technical Fund ,  Vermillion Cliffs Ventures , and many incredible angels. A new era of computing is emerging, where software evolves in

NewLimit , a biotechnology company focused on human longevity, led by Blake Byers, Brian Armstrong, Cathy O'Hare, and Jacob Kimmel, has secured  an additional $45 million from Eli Lilly and Company, Duke Management Co., Section 32, and others, bringing its market capitalization to $1.62 billion. Insiders, including Kleiner Perkins, Dimension, Abstract, Human Capital, and Boost, also participated. Significant progress has been made in developing medicines that rejuvenate aging

Dedalus Labs , building an infrastructure layer for shipping AI agents at a rocket-fast speed, led by Catherine Di and Windsor Nguyen, has raised  $11 million in seed funding co-led by   Kindred Ventures  and  Saga Ventures , with participation from  E14 Fund , Emergence Capital ,  Sunshine Lake ,  Transpose Platform ,  Liquid 2 Ventures ,  FPV Ventures ,  Twenty Two Ventures ,  Telescope Foundation ,  Spot VC ,  Operator Partners , and  Y Combinator . Dedalus Labs is also ba

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

LuxQuanta , enabling a new age of security in telecommunications with Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems, led by Vanesa Diaz, Ernest López, Dr. Sebastian Etcheverry, and others, has secured  €8 million Series A funding round. Led by  Big Sur Ventures , and with support of A&G as the main investor, the round also includes new investors  GMV ,  Wayra , and the  EIC Fund , alongside renewed commitments from existing investors  Corning  and  GTD . The funding marks LuxQuanta’