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Kovant , an enterprise-grade AI agent executing operations autonomously, led by Ali Sarrafi, Dror Asaf, and Somil Gupta, has raised €1.5 million pre-seed capital led by Stockholm-based VC firm  J12 Ventures , with participation from  Ampli ,  Greens Ventures , and angel investors from tech veterans to industry leaders, including  Sara Öhrvall , board member at Axfood, Investor AB,  Verisure, and an angel investor, who will also be joining the Kovant board, and  Emmanuel Marti

Momentic , an automated testing platform built to help teams scale coverage, eliminate flaky tests, and ship with confidence, led by Wei-Wei Wu and Jeff An, has secured  a $15 million Series A led by Standard Capital , with participation from Dropbox Ventures  and existing investors Y Combinator , FCVC , Transpose Platform , and Karman Ventures . For years, automated testing has been promoted as the end of manual QA, with each new framework promising “write once, run forever”

Automat , simplifying business process automation, led by Gautam Bose and Lucas Ochoa, has raised  a $15.5M Series A led by  Felicis , with participation from  Initialized ,  Khosla Ventures , and  Y Combinator , with follow-on from K5 Global  and Input Capital , bringing the total capital raised to $19.25M. Automat delivers a simple way to build AI agents that operate computers like humans, offering a modern alternative to legacy RPA tools. Operators can demonstrate workflow

Infracost , enabling engineers to proactively find and fix cloud cost issues, led by Hassan Khajeh-Hosseini, Ali Khajeh-Hosseini, and Alistair Scott, has raised a $15 million Series A, led by Pruven Capital  with participation from Y Combinator , Sequoia Capital , Mango Capital, Alumni Ventures , TIAA Ventures  (a strategic investment from TIAA’s venture arm), and angel investors Paul Copplestone (co-founder of Supabase) and Timothy Chen (Essence VC).  Sudip Chakrabarti  has

Digitail , an AI-powered practice management software for veterinary clinics, led by Sebastian Gabor and Ruxandra Pui, has secured  a $23 million USD Series B investment led by  Five Elms Capital  with participation from existing investors Atomico , Partech , Byfounders , Gradient , and others. The investment will drive Digitail’s growth across the veterinary industry and enhance its AI capabilities to better serve veterinarians and pet owners. Digitail was founded on the bel

Gamma , an AI-powered platform to transform and share your thoughts as beautiful presentations, websites, and social posts, led by Jon Noronha, James Fox, and Grant Lee, has secured  $68 million in Series B funding at a $2.1B valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz , with participation from Accel , Uncork Capital , South Park Commons , Script Capital , and others. The round includes a secondary component that provides liquidity for early employees. In an era of AI hype and unsus

Aily Labs , a real-time enterprise decision intelligence platform for every employee, led by Bianca Anghelina, Kristina Walcker-Mayer, Bettina Vogel, Pau Ferrer Puig, and others, has secured  $80 million in funding, led by  FPV Ventures  with participation from existing investor  Insight Partners , J.P. Morgan , and other strategic investors. The funding will fuel Aily’s global expansion, strengthen its autonomous AI ecosystem, and deliver rapid, measurable impact for Fortune

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

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

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

Dragonfly , the AI-powered tech companion that helps businesses identify and implement tailored software recommendations instantly, led...

Deskbird , an all-in-one workplace management platform, led by Ivan Cossu and Jonas Hess, has secured  $23 million led by Octopus...

Quo (formerly OpenPhone), an AI-powered shared space bringing calls, texts, and contacts together, led by Mahyar Raissi and Daryna Kulya,...

Superpanel , a digital teammate custom-built for legal intake, led by Julien Emery and Dingyu Zhang, has announced  its launch with $5.3...

Conduct , an AI-powered platform to understand and optimize critical systems, led by Jan Philipp Haas, Philipp Hoefer, and Henry...

Hyperbound , an AI-powered platform for sales coaching and role play, led by Sriharsha Guduguntla and Atul Raghunathan, has secured  $15...

DianaHR , an AI-powered HR platform for small businesses led by Upeka Bee , Timothy Elser , Michael Chang , Vaijayanthi (VJ) Jagannathan...

MarqVision , an AI-powered platform for brand protection led by Mark I. Lee, Joo Hyung (Rino) Lee, Christina Kim, Niels Kvaavik, and...