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Cloudsmith, a cloud-native artifact management platform, led by Glenn Weinstein, Lee Skillen, Alan Carson, and the team, has raised a $72M Series C financing led by TCV and with participation from Insight Partners, along with investments from other existing investors. The additional funding positions Cloudsmith for significant growth as it aims to power the next phase of AI-driven software development. The investment supports rapid growth at Cloudsmith, as enterprises shift t

Bolto, an AI-powered platform for finding, vetting, paying, and managing your next employees, led by Mern Singh, Mary Landis, and Jake Johnson, has raised $12M Series A funding, led by Standard Capital and participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Morado Ventures, Amino Capital, Alumni Ventures, and notable angels, bringing the total funding to $17.1 Million. Since raising the seed round, Bolto has increased revenue over 20x, grown the team from 3 to 15+, and is now

BioLamina , the leading primary cell culture system on the market, led by Klaus Langhoff-Roos and the team, has received  a €20 million EIB  commitment to expand its development of laminin technologies, enabling next-generation cell therapies and more advanced, animal-free methods for drug safety testing. Cell therapies can be used to target conditions such as type 1 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, acute liver failure, and cancer. Many of these conditions remain

EVANIUM , a life-science startup from Regensburg, Germany, led by Felix Rolka, David Ofner, Carlo Werkmann, and the team, has raised a €2.2 million seed funding round, backed by FoodLabs  and Feast Ventures , with participation from existing angel investors. The new funding will support scaling of proprietary OPTISOLV® technology, team expansion, advancement of clinical studies, and acceleration of commercial partnerships across nutraceuticals, nutricosmetics, and functional

GitButler , a Git-backed change management tool for modern, AI coding workflows, led by Github co-founder Scott Chacon, has raised  a $17M Series A led by  a16z  with continuing support from its lead seed investors, Fly Ventures  and  A Capital . Over the past 15 years, Git has evolved from a niche tool into the core infrastructure of modern software development. That journey highlights a key insight: developer platforms succeed when they reduce friction in collaboration and

WholeSum , helping you get deeper insights from your richest data, led by Emily Kucharski  and Adam Kucharski , has brought its total pre-seed funding to $1.3 million, adding new investment from Love Ventures , Beamline, and strategic angels, following its initial $965k raise led by Twin Path Ventures  announced earlier this year. The round reflects rising demand from high-trust sectors, where existing AI tools often fail to deliver reliable and auditable insights from large

Backbone , an AI platform built for the realities of food & beverage quality, led by Siska Lannoo , Louis Opsomer , and the team, has announced its launch. Backbone closed a seed round several months ago, with backing from the 100IN  fund of serial entrepreneurs Gilles Mattelin and Jorn Vanysacker, at a pre-product stage. A recipe change at a food manufacturer triggers a cascade of quality checks, as stricter food safety regulations now require compliance across the entire or