Funding News

Walapay is a fintech company focused on expanding cross-border payment rails. The company has raised $4.6M in a seed round to support its growth and expansion efforts.

Armadin is an AI-native cybersecurity company developing an offensive cybersecurity platform. It uses specialized autonomous AI agents to analyze an organization's attack surface and identify potential attack paths that might be missed by individual vulnerability assessments. The company aims to help security teams proactively address risks before exploitation.

Halluminate, founded in 2024, has raised $30 million in Series A funding to provide AI training infrastructure for financial institutions. The company's technology aims to improve AI models' performance on complex tasks like private-equity due diligence, addressing a current ceiling of 51% accuracy. Their approach involves creating reinforcement-learning environments based on real-world financial transactions.

Quartermaster AI is a maritime logistics startup that has secured $140 million in funding. The company plans to use this capital to expand its operations by opening multiple regional offices. This funding round is expected to significantly enhance its capabilities in the maritime logistics sector.

Verda develops and operates a full-stack AI cloud, managing infrastructure from physical data centers and hardware through to its cloud platform and AI research. The company provides on-demand computing infrastructure for AI workloads and operates across Europe, the US and Asia. This funding will support its expansion of AI cloud services, compute capacity, product development, and growth.

Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched Season 3 of Kotak BizLabs, a CSR initiative in partnership with T-Hub and other incubators. The program offers selected startups up to Rs 30 lakh in grant funding, mentorship, and ecosystem support to strengthen their business journey and encourage innovation.

Inferize is an Israeli AI infrastructure startup that developed technology to significantly reduce the time needed to load AI models, from tens of minutes to seconds. Operating largely out of the spotlight, the company raised $10 million in a Seed round led by TLV Partners. Nebius is acquiring Inferize for up to $150 million, highlighting the demand for efficient AI inference solutions.

FOOD FOUNDERS Studio is a Zurich-based venture studio that builds B2B food and beverage technology companies from existing science. They identify problems for food and beverage manufacturers, search for relevant technology, and then recruit leadership to co-found new ventures. This €4 million funding round will support the development of further ventures, building on the success of their first company, SentiaNova.

Parakeet Health has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered patient access platform. The company uses conversational AI to manage patient access workflows across various communication channels, aiming to improve revenue and provider utilization for healthcare organizations. The funding will be used to enhance its technology, grow its team, and support enterprise deployments across more healthcare specialties.

Zaperon offers a platform-centric approach to enterprise security, allowing organizations to secure their entire IT landscape through a single console. The platform integrates identity security, data security, and AI governance under consistent, identity and context-aware policies. This funding will advance product capabilities, launch AI security frameworks, and expand Zaperon's presence in India and the US.

Vytalyou is a longevity healthcare startup that has raised ₹9 Crore in a Pre-Series A round. The company plans to use the funds to open two new clinics in Mumbai.

Satlyt is a space technology startup developing software to run artificial intelligence workloads in orbit. They aim to turn satellites into distributed computing platforms by creating software that can run AI models across satellites owned by different companies, rather than building dedicated orbital data centers. This approach seeks to reduce data-transfer costs and enable in-orbit analysis.

Revnu is an AI sales startup that has raised €2.6 million. The funding will be used to build out its team and accelerate international growth. The company focuses on leveraging AI to enhance sales processes.

Metaview builds AI agents for the recruiting process, helping companies source candidates, review applications, and conduct screening conversations. The company's autonomous recruiting coworker, Fillmore, aims to streamline hiring. This Series C funding will support product development, team expansion, and office openings.

Copia Kenya was an e-commerce company that aimed to serve consumers outside of Kenya's major cities by providing access to goods through local agents. The company utilized a network of agents to facilitate orders and act as collection points, addressing challenges like limited internet access and lack of formal delivery addresses in rural areas. Despite raising significant funding, it faced liquidation due to unsustainable costs and failure to secure further capital.

Arkivia is a Swedish legal tech startup that builds an AI service for lawyers. The company has secured a framework agreement with the Swedish Bar Association, which provides a significant credibility boost and access to the legal community. This partnership, combined with a smaller funding round, indicates a strategic approach to gaining traction in the competitive legal tech market.

Voltaback is a French startup that has developed a software platform using connected vehicle data to help companies manage their fleets. The platform assists businesses in reimbursing employees for home EV charging by reconstructing charging sessions and calculating costs based on individual electricity contracts. This funding will be used to expand their team and roll out the platform across Europe.

Bangalore Watch Company (BWC) is an Indian luxury watch brand that designs and manufactures mechanical watches in India. The company exports to over 30 countries and focuses on contemporary Indian stories, using unique materials like recovered fighter-plane aluminum. This $1.4 million seed round, their first external fundraise, will be used to expand into select overseas markets and increase production capacity.

Homeward is a real estate technology company that aims to help homeowners buy and sell homes more quickly. They offer a service that allows homeowners to buy their next home before they sell their current one, bridging the gap in the housing market. This funding will help them continue to innovate in the real estate space.

Volantis is developing technology to connect AI and memory chips. The company has raised $88 million in funding to advance its innovative solutions in this critical area of computing.

Gravity Design has raised $15 million to build a technology-enabled operating platform for India's premium interior materials market. The company integrates existing businesses in the modular kitchen and wardrobe ecosystem to improve pricing visibility, availability, and fulfillment. They plan to expand into categories like doors, windows, lighting, and wall surfaces.

Osavul is developing an AI-powered platform for detecting hostile threats, particularly for NATO. This funding round aims to advance their technology in this critical cybersecurity and defense sector.

Aignosis is a healthtech startup that has developed AI-assisted autism and developmental screening technology. The company aims to make autism screening more accessible across India's healthcare ecosystem, working with both public and private settings. This seed funding will be used to scale their technology and expand its reach.

Polymarket is a prediction market platform that allows users to bet on the outcomes of future events. The company reached a post-money valuation of $21 billion after raising a new round led by 1789 Capital. This new valuation is approximately 40% higher than its previous round.

Kevin Mandia's AI cyber startup is focused on leveraging artificial intelligence for cybersecurity solutions. The company aims to provide advanced protection against cyber threats using AI-driven technologies. This funding round will likely accelerate product development and market expansion.

Simple Energy is a Bengaluru-based electric two-wheeler manufacturer that has raised Rs 1,750 crore in a Series C funding round. The capital will be used to scale manufacturing, marketing, and retail networks, as well as for R&D and hiring. The company aims to be among the top 3 players in the Indian EV2W vertical within three years.

Enso is an Israeli startup developing AI agent systems for marketing and sales, focusing on "Agentic Growth Hacking." They analyze platform ranking and recommendation systems to test and implement effective growth strategies for businesses. The company aims to help clients navigate the rapidly changing digital landscape by leveraging AI to reach customers.

Arceus is building a Big Law alternative by combining a law firm staffed with attorneys with software designed to expedite contract review. The company aims to reduce contract review time from days to hours, offering a service that integrates with platforms like Slack and Salesforce. This round of funding will help them scale their innovative approach to legal services.

Seeds Fincap is an NBFC that provides loans to underserved individuals and MSMEs, offering credit ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh using a cash-flow-based approach. The company aims to expand into new markets and strengthen its branch network, technology, and risk management capabilities with its recent Series B funding.

1club is an AI-native software platform for sports and fitness businesses. The company builds a modern operating platform for sports and fitness clubs, with a planned consumer layer for discovering and booking activities. This seed round will fund expansion, marketing, team growth, and product development.

GMI Cloud is raising over $660 million to accelerate its global AI infrastructure expansion. The company focuses on providing the necessary infrastructure to support the growing demands of artificial intelligence technologies.

The City of Santa Maria has secured $1.2 million in state funding to repair and reopen Simas Park's Barbettini Field, which has been closed for two years due to ADA accessibility violations. The funding will also support broader accessibility improvements in Santa Maria, including sidewalks, ADA ramps, streets, and bike lanes. This initiative aims to restore a vital community space for youth baseball and families.

Elevenlabs is an AI company specializing in voice technology. The company has reached a valuation of $2.2 billion.

Outmarket is an AI startup focused on automating insurance paperwork. The company has raised $34.5 million to further develop its solutions for the insurance industry.

Gravity is a home interior materials startup founded by former Livspace executives. The company aims to simplify the sourcing process for designers and architects by building a common platform for India's fragmented interior materials market. This $15 million funding round will be used to expand into new categories like doors, lighting, and home automation, and to strengthen its technology and distribution network.

Ascerta has raised an $18 million Series A to help enterprises measure the business value of their AI investments. The company, previously known as Pay-i, focuses on Enterprise AI Management, connecting AI costs to measurable ROI. This funding will support their expansion beyond AI cost management to demonstrating the actual business outcomes of AI initiatives.

Charter Space is an El Segundo, California-based startup that provides insurance for the space economy. They leverage technical, manufacturing, and test data from aerospace engineering to improve the underwriting process for space insurance. The company aims to make space safer and unlock new financing options by increasing insurance coverage for satellites and other space assets.

Jeeves provides financial infrastructure for companies operating across borders, focusing on corporate payments and expense management. They have recently expanded their offerings to include a proprietary stablecoin wallet with instant payments and an AI-powered expense tracking solution. This funding round will support their growth in key markets like Mexico and the expansion of their stablecoin card services.

Blitz is a quick-commerce logistics startup that helps e-commerce and D2C brands offer fast delivery through its network of dark stores and fulfillment centers. The company has raised Rs 28.7 crore in a pre-Series B round led by IvyCap Ventures to support business expansion. This latest round values Blitz at around Rs 440 crore post-money.

TXSE Group Inc. is the parent company of the Texas Stock Exchange, aiming to challenge the dominance of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq for equities listings. This latest funding round brings their total funding to $430 million, signaling investor confidence in their ability to contest the established duopoly in US listings.

Restate provides durable workflow infrastructure designed to make multistep workflows resilient to crashes and network interruptions. The company's offering is particularly suited for managing AI agent processes, which require robust tracking and reproducibility. This $20 million Series A funding will help Restate compete with established players like Temporal and expand its go-to-market team and engineering resources.

Varda is developing orbital manufacturing capabilities to produce pharmaceuticals in space. The company aims to leverage microgravity to create advanced drugs that are difficult or impossible to manufacture on Earth. This funding will support the scaling of their orbital manufacturing operations.

OuterSignal is an e-commerce personalization startup that enriches customer profiles by joining transaction data with external attributes like age, occupation, and social presence. They aim to provide deeper customer insights for brands to enable agentic personalization, allowing software to understand customer identity without manual segmentation. This Series A funding will support team expansion and product development.

Varda Space is a startup focused on producing drugs in space. Their technology utilizes the absence of gravity to create more precise and stable molecular crystals for pharmaceuticals, leading to improved bioavailability and storage stability. The company has raised $250 million in a Series D round, with a focus on serving government and commercial pharmaceutical clients.

Relay is a communications startup that has raised $36 million to fuel its growth. The company is based in Raleigh.

EDT is a Mumbai-based consumer-appliance startup that develops design-led, technology-enabled devices for Indian homes. The company is expanding its portfolio from kitchen equipment into beauty and personal-care devices, with products like air fryers, kettles, and intelligent hair dryers. This funding will support inventory procurement, distribution growth, and market expansion.

Arivihan is an edtech startup offering AI-powered personalized learning for students in tier-II cities and rural areas of India. The company provides coaching, doubt-solving, and study plans for Class 12, CBSE, and NEET. This Series A funding will be used for working capital, expansion, and growth.