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Tulip, the Boston, Massachusetts-based enterprise software company that provides an AI-enabled frontline operations platform, has successfully closed $120 million in Series D funding at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. The fresh capital will be used to accelerate product innovation, deepen AI and analytics capabilities, and expand global go-to-market efforts as manufacturers and industrial operators adopt digital tools to boost productivity and operational insights. The Series D round was led by Mitsubishi Electric, reflecting a strategic partnership aimed at deploying Tulip’s composable operations technology across industrial environments and enhancing digital transformation efforts at scale. Investors cited confidence in Tulip’s modular platform which enables frontline teams to build, deploy, and iterate real-time applications without traditional enterprise software constraints as a key factor driving the round. The funding will support growth in key regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia, while enhancing capabilities around workflow intelligence and AI-augmented frontline execution. Tulip was founded by industry veterans including Natan Linder and Rony Kubat, and its platform is used by tens of thousands of frontline workers globally to digitize processes, improve operational quality, and generate actionable insights from real-time shop-floor data. With this new capital, Tulip aims to empower more manufacturers and industrial operators to leverage composable software to solve complex workflow and productivity challenges. #SeriesDFunding, #AI, #FrontlineOperations, #IndustrialSoftware, #EnterpriseTech, #StartupFunding, #DigitalTransformation, #ManufacturingTech, #InvestmentNews
15 hours ago|by Team S
Startup investment across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reached a historic high in 2025, with $7.5 billion capital raised by 647 startups a 225 % year-on-year increase that signifies the strongest funding performance the ecosystem has seen to date. The surge reflects a combination of burgeoning investor confidence and accelerating entrepreneurial momentum across sectors such as fintech, proptech, and ecommerce. A significant portion of the 2025 total was driven by debt financing, which accounted for roughly $4 billion of the capital raised, helping fuel larger deal sizes and supporting momentum in an evolving financing landscape. Nonetheless, equity-led investments also grew strongly up 77 % year-on-year underscoring broader investor engagement beyond leverage-driven activity. Record year for MENA startups as funding climbs to $7.5 billion n in 2025 - Wamda
15 hours ago|by Team S
Ethereal Exploration Guild (EtherealX), a space technology startup based in Bengaluru, India, has successfully raised $20.5 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate development of its first fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, the Razor Crest Mk-1. The Bengaluru-based company is working to disrupt traditional launch economics by lowering orbital transport costs and enabling more affordable access to space. The Series A round was co-led by TDK Ventures and BIG Capital, with significant participation from Accel, Prosus, YourNest Venture Capital, BlueHill Capital, Campus Fund, and Riceberg Ventures, demonstrating strong investor confidence in the company’s technology and team. EtherealX plans to use the fresh capital to expedite engineering, testing, and manufacturing of its reusable launch vehicle capable of deploying payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO), geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), and trans-lunar injection trajectories. Founded in 2022 by aerospace engineers Manu J. Nair, Shubhayu Sardar, and Prashanth Sharma, EtherealX aims to challenge incumbents by combining in-house rocket engine design with advanced reusable systems. The company has already developed two proprietary engines for its two-stage vehicle and is building infrastructure to support rapid testing cycles. With its Razor Crest Mk-1 vehicle, EtherealX is targeting a cost range of $500 to $1,000 per kilogram for orbital launches, a step change from current industry averages. #SeriesAFunding, #SpaceTech, #ReusableLaunch, #StartupFunding, #InvestmentNews, #AerospaceInnovation, #IndianStartups, #VentureCapital, #TechGrowth, #LaunchVehicle
15 hours ago|by Team S
Indian startups collectively raised $268.6 million in fresh capital across 28 funding deals, marking a sharp 293% jump in investment activity compared with the prior week. Investor momentum returned strongly to the ecosystem, with multiple sectors including ecommerce, healthtech, personalised care, and edtech attracting significant allocations from both domestic and global backers as founders accelerate growth plans across markets. Leading the week’s activity was Pee Safe, the women’s hygiene and wellness brand, which secured a $32 million Series C funding round to deepen offline retail distribution, bolster brand marketing efforts, and expand across quick commerce and e-commerce marketplaces. This round was led by OrbiMed, with the investment comprising both primary capital infusion and secondary share sales by early investors a move signalling robust confidence in consumer-focused brands in India. Other notable rounds during the period included Sukino, a personalised care healthtech platform raising $31 million in a Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners alongside Rainmatter, and Emversity, an edtech startup closing a $30 million Series A led by Premji Invest with participation from Lightspeed and Z47. Together, these deals underpinned the broader rebound in startup capital deployment, particularly across high-impact sectors like healthcare and learning technologies. #StartupFunding, #IndianStartups, #InvestmentNews, #SeriesC, #SeriesB, #SeriesA, #TechEcosystem, #GrowthCapital, #FundingRound
16 hours ago|by Team S
Atomic Insights, a New York-based fintech startup building money-movement and workflow automation tools for registered investment advisors (RIAs) and family offices, has closed a $10 million seed funding round to accelerate product development and expand its platform across the wealth management sector. The company’s technology aims to simplify manual payment processes, automate treasury operations, and unify disparate systems like CRM and custodian portals into a cohesive workflow environment that reduces risk and enhances operational efficiency. The seed round was led by Aquiline Capital Partners, with participation from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and existing investors. Investors are backing Atomic Insights’ vision to modernize money movement and backend operations in an industry where advisors and family offices historically rely on manual, error-prone processes. The fresh capital will be used to deepen integrations with custodians and portfolio management systems, refine real-time treasury workflows, and fuel go-to-market expansion to support a broad base of advisory firms seeking scalable digital infrastructure. Founded in 2023 by Lucas Babbitt (CEO) and a team of experienced fintech engineers, Atomic Insights leverages real-time APIs to connect directly with custodial platforms and financial systems. This allows advisors to automate payment requests, streamline reconciliation, and deliver a more sophisticated “family CFO” experience for high-net-worth clients. The company’s emphasis on seamless integration and operational automation positions it to capture growing demand from RIAs and family offices pursuing digital transformation across back-office functions. #SeedFunding, #Fintech, #WealthTech, #StartupNews, #MoneyMovement, #WorkflowAutomation, #FinancialInfrastructure, #InvestmentTech, #APIIntegrations, #OperationalEfficiency
16 hours ago|by Team S
ClickHouse, the San Francisco-based data infrastructure company specializing in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML capabilities, has successfully closed a $400 million Series D funding round at a valuation of approximately $15 billion, more than doubling its valuation from the prior year. The new capital comes amid rapid customer growth and accelerated adoption of ClickHouse Cloud, the company’s fully managed analytics service. The Series D round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, with participation from major global investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, GIC, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price Associates (advised accounts), and WCM Investment Management. The funding will be used to accelerate global expansion, enhance product development particularly for AI and unified analytical workloads and support strategic initiatives including ClickHouse’s entry into LLM observability following its acquisition of Langfuse. Founded to deliver high-performance, cost-efficient data processing for demanding workloads, ClickHouse now serves more than 3,000 customers worldwide, with annual recurring revenue growing over 250 % year-over-year. The platform’s acceleration reflects strong demand for real-time analytics infrastructure that supports both traditional BI use cases and modern AI-driven applications enabling enterprises to build scalable, low-latency data systems that underpin mission-critical services. #SeriesDFunding, #DataInfrastructure, #RealTimeAnalytics, #AI, #StartupFunding, #InvestmentNews, #TechGrowth, #CloudServices, #MachineLearning
16 hours ago|by Team S
Ares Management Corporation, the global alternative investment manager, has raised approximately $7.1 billion in capital for its inaugural Credit Secondaries strategy, underscoring growing investor demand for liquidity and diversification in the private credit markets. The fundraising marks one of Ares’ largest institutional capital raises and highlights the rapid expansion of the credit secondaries segment as a standalone asset class within private markets. The session included the final closing of the Ares Credit Secondaries Fund (ACS), which secured around $4 billion in limited partner equity commitments double its original target of $2 billion-alongside affiliated vehicles and anticipated leverage to bring the total to $7.1 billion. Ares’ strategy focuses on building a diversified portfolio of predominantly senior secured, private equity-backed and floating-rate private credit portfolios across LP-led secondary transactions and continuation vehicles, capitalizing on evolving allocators’ needs for liquidity and risk-adjusted returns. Led by Head of Credit Secondaries Dave Schwartz and Co-President Blair Jacobson, Ares’ ACS strategy is part of the broader Ares Secondaries Group, which manages approximately $38 billion in secondaries assets. The success of the capital raise reflects Ares’ early-mover advantage in the credit secondaries market and a strong base of institutional support for innovative solutions that help investors rebalance private credit exposures. #CreditSecondaries, #AlternativeInvestments, #Fundraise, #PrivateCredit, #InstitutionalInvesting, #CapitalMarkets, #InvestmentNews, #Finance, #AresManagement
16 hours ago|by Team S
WeLab, the pan-Asian fintech and digital banking platform headquartered in Hong Kong, has closed a $220 million Series D funding round, marking it as one of the largest digital banking capital raises in Asia in 2025 and the biggest fundraising round in the company’s history. The strategic financing includes a mix of equity and debt, reflecting strong investor confidence in WeLab’s vision to scale innovative financial services across the region. The Series D round attracted participation from a diverse group of new and existing institutional and strategic investors, including Prudential Hong Kong Ltd, Fubon Bank (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC), TOM Group, Allianz X, and HSBC. The capital will support WeLab’s expansion into Southeast Asian markets, strengthen its digital banking leadership in Hong Kong and Indonesia, and back strategic initiatives including technology enhancements, broader product offerings, and potential mergers and acquisitions. This funding also aligns with WeLab’s AI-first strategy, which aims to develop advanced AI agents and hyper-personalization capabilities across its digital banking ecosystem. Founded in 2013 and operating multiple digital financial brands such as WeLab Bank in Hong Kong and Bank Saqu in Indonesia, WeLab serves more than 70 million retail users and 700 enterprise clients with lending, banking, and financial technology solutions. With this latest capital infusion, the company plans to accelerate customer acquisition, diversify its product ecosystem, and capture growth opportunities in fast-growing Southeast Asian markets where digital finance adoption continues to rise. #SeriesDFunding, #Fintech, #DigitalBanking, #AI, #StartupFunding, #InvestmentNews, #GrowthStrategy, #AsiaTech, #SoutheastAsia, #BankingInnovation
2 days ago|by Team S
JetZero, a Long Beach, California-based aerospace startup developing a next-generation all-wing commercial aircraft, has successfully closed $175 million in a Series B funding round to advance its innovative aircraft design and accelerate the path toward first flight and future commercial service. The capital infusion underscores robust investor confidence in JetZero’s mission to reshape aviation with more fuel-efficient and sustainable aircraft. The Series B round was led by B Capital, with participation from United Airlines Ventures, Northrop Grumman, 3M Ventures, RTX Ventures, and other strategic and institutional investors. This financing will be deployed to accelerate development of JetZero’s full-size Demonstrator prototype engineered to deliver significant aerodynamic and efficiency improvements over traditional tube-and-wing aircraft and support ongoing research, testing, and manufacturing planning as the company pushes toward its 2027 flight goal. Founded in 2020 by aerospace and technology veterans including Tom O’Leary (CEO) and Mark Page (CTO), JetZero is pioneering a blended-wing-body aircraft platform that aims to reduce fuel consumption and emissions while creating a compelling passenger experience. The company’s Z4 design promises up to 30% improved aerodynamic efficiency and is part of a broader strategy to help the aviation industry meet long-term sustainability goals while supporting future commercial service. #SeriesBFunding, #AerospaceInnovation, #SustainableAviation, #StartupNews, #FundingRound, #AircraftTech, #BlendedWingBody, #VentureCapital, #JetZero, #Aviation
2 days ago|by Team S
PumPumPum, a Gurugram-based corporate mobility and vehicle leasing startup, has raised ₹18 crore in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its technology-led leasing ecosystem. The company has evolved from its origins in used-car leasing into a full-stack B2B and B2B2C mobility solutions provider, offering leasing across new, used, and electric vehicles for corporate clients, SMEs, MSMEs and fleet operators in major Indian metro markets. The pre-Series A round was led by LC Nueva, with participation from Mufin Green Finance and Anupam Finserv. PumPumPum plans to deploy the fresh funds to accelerate development of its asset-light fintech platform, strengthen OEM and dealer partnerships across new, used and EV segments, expand employee leasing and B2B2C partnerships, deepen its presence in metro markets, and scale technology, sales and customer success operations. Co-founded by Tarun Lawadia and Sameer Kalra, PumPumPum operates a proprietary fintech infrastructure that enables banks and non-bank lenders to deploy capital seamlessly while the company manages the complete vehicle lifecycle - from sourcing to maintenance, health monitoring and resale. Over six years of execution, the startup has built deep operational expertise in employee leasing and business vehicle solutions, managing over 1,000 vehicles and crossing ₹100 crore in assets under management (AUM) while growing at approximately 70 % year-on-year. #PreSeriesA, #StartupFunding, #CorporateMobility, #AssetLight, #Fintech, #VehicleLeasing, #TechStartups, #Innovation, #MobilitySolutions
2 days ago|by Team S
VoiceRun, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based enterprise technology startup building a full-stack Voice AI platform, has closed a $5.5 million seed funding round to accelerate product development and go-to-market expansion for its code-first voice agent foundry. The company’s platform enables businesses to build, deploy, and scale custom AI-powered voice agents that can handle speech-to-text, large language models, text-to-speech, and enterprise tooling with control and security appropriate for production environments. The seed round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from RRE Ventures and Link Ventures. This financing will be deployed to enhance VoiceRun’s developer-focused tooling, support enterprise adoption across industries such as restaurant tech, insurance, banking, and telecommunications, and strengthen enterprise-grade features including deployment flexibility in public cloud, customer VPCs, or on-premises environments. Investors pointed to the expanding opportunity for voice AI platforms as enterprises move beyond pilot use cases toward scalable, production deployments. VoiceRun was co-founded by Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja, combining deep expertise in machine learning, enterprise software, and developer tooling. With the new funding, the company plans to grow its engineering, sales, and customer success teams while continuing to refine its orchestration layer that bridges speech technologies and AI models, helping teams ship robust voice-enabled applications faster and with greater control. #SeedFunding, #VoiceAI, #EnterpriseTech, #AIStartups, #MachineLearning, #SaaS, #DeveloperTools, #FundingRound, #StartupNews, #TechInnovation
2 days ago|by Team S
Secret Alchemist, an India-first clean perfume and fragrance brand co-founded by Ankita Thadani, Akash Valia, and actor-entrepreneur Samantha Ruth Prabhu, has successfully raised USD 3 million in a seed funding round to scale its clean, ingredient-led fragrance portfolio and accelerate market expansion. The fresh capital comes as the brand transitions from its aromatherapy roots into a contemporary fragrances category with global ambitions. The seed round was led by Unilever Ventures, the venture arm of global consumer goods firm Unilever, with participation from DSG Consumer Partners. The funding mix included both primary and secondary capital, reflecting strong institutional confidence in the brand’s long-term vision and the growing clean beauty and fragrance segment in India. Capital will be used to broaden product offerings, deepen formulation and R&D capabilities, strengthen leadership and core teams, and scale distribution nationally and internationally. Secret Alchemist aims to build one of India’s foremost clean fragrance labels by combining wellness-inspired aromatherapy with modern perfumery crafted for everyday wearability. The founders emphasize transparency and ingredient integrity, positioning the brand to capture rising consumer demand for products that are both high-quality and aligned with clean, sustainable living trends. #SeedFunding, #CleanBeauty, #FragranceTech, #PerfumeBrand, #StartupNews, #Investment, #IndianStartups, #D2C, #FundingRound, #ConsumerGoods
2 days ago|by Team S
Dazzl, an on-demand beauty and wellness services startup based in Bengaluru, has raised $3.2 million in a seed funding round to build and scale its quick-commerce platform offering rapid beauty services with minimal wait times. The company’s mission is to reimagine personal care services by delivering salon-quality experiences directly to customers through a seamless digital interface. The seed round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners, with participation from a group of strategic investors and operators who bring deep marketplace and execution experience. Key participants included Ritesh Agarwal (Founder and Group CEO of Prism, formerly OYO), Maninder Gulati (former OYO executive), Abhinav Sinha (former OYO executive), Abhishek Bansal (CEO and Co-Founder of Shadowfax), and Sameer Brij Verma (Founder of Northpoint Capital and former MD & Partner at Nexus Venture Partners). OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal joins $3.2 million seed round in beauty startup Dazzl
2 days ago|by Team S
Hexalog, a New Delhi-based startup building an AI-powered cross-border supply chain enablement platform, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round to strengthen its technology stack and accelerate go-to-market efforts across global trade corridors. The funding will primarily be used to enhance its scalable, data-driven orchestration layer that improves coordination, visibility, and execution across international logistics operations. The seed round was led by Enrission India Capital, with participation from Mount Judi Ventures, Action Tesa Family Office, Bajaj Ventures, Nandan Growth Fund, and angel investors Saurabh Deep Singla, Sumit Jalan, Amit Tyagi, and Nitin Sethi. Investors highlighted Hexalog’s potential to simplify cross-border trade workflows for small and medium enterprises through AI-driven solutions, especially in key markets such as the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Hexalog uses artificial intelligence across the end-to-end logistics lifecycle, powering an orchestration layer that helps shippers and service providers increase operational efficiency while reducing the complexity and cost of global trade. The company plans to deepen its technology investment and expand its presence in strategic international markets following this round. #SeedFunding, #AI, #SupplyChainTech, #LogisticsInnovation, #StartupFunding, #CrossBorderTrade, #TechStartups, #InvestmentNews, #FundingRound, #GlobalExpansion
2 days ago|by Team S
AINA, a Limassol, Cyprus-based AI-driven hiring and recruiting platform, has announced the successful completion of a $1 million seed funding round to expand its automated recruiting technology and accelerate product development. AINA’s platform leverages artificial intelligence to streamline candidate sourcing, screening, and match-making for employers and job seekers, focusing on efficiency and higher quality placements.The seed round attracted support from a mix of early-stage investors and strategic backers who recognize the growing demand for AI-augmented HR technologies. The fresh capital will be used to enhance AINA’s machine learning capabilities, scale the engineering and customer success teams, and expand go-to-market efforts across Europe and beyond. This funding marks a key milestone in the company’s roadmap toward building a fully automated talent acquisition stack that addresses inefficiencies in traditional recruitment workflows.AINA was co-founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and AI engineers with deep expertise in hiring marketplaces and enterprise SaaS. The company plans to use the new funds to refine its automation engines, integrate additional data signals for better candidate matching, and support broader adoption by both startups and larger enterprises seeking data-driven talent solutions. #SeedFunding, #AIRecruiting, #HRTech, #StartupNews, #RecruitmentInnovation, #TalentTech, #Investment, #Scaling, #TechStartups
4 days ago|by Team S
Multibagg AI, an AI-native equity research and analytics startup, has secured INR 1.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round to strengthen its technology platform and accelerate market expansion. The startup focuses on providing data-driven, institutional-grade research tools to retail investors through artificial intelligence and automation.The pre-seed round was led by AJVC, with the company also having previously raised capital through friends and family, bringing its total funding to INR 2.15 crore. The newly raised capital will be deployed toward team expansion, product development, and improving AI models that deliver actionable insights to India’s growing base of retail investors.Multibagg AI has already onboarded more than 10,000 users on its platform, reflecting rising demand for accessible, high-quality financial research tools. The company aims to democratize equity research by bridging the gap between retail investors and traditionally expensive institutional research offerings, positioning itself at the intersection of AI and fintech innovation. #PreSeedFunding, #Fintech, #AI, #EquityResearch, #StartupNews, #IndianStartups, #WealthTech, #FundingRound, #InvestmentTech
4 days ago|by Team S
MiniPix, a Bengaluru-based mobile-first entertainment startup, has raised INR 2.4 crore in a pre-seed funding round to accelerate the growth of its regional micro-drama content platform designed for Bharat-first audiences. The company focuses on short-form, serialized storytelling tailored for mobile consumption, targeting users across Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets in India.The pre-seed round was led by PedalStart, with participation from Venture Catalysts and angel investors Sandip Gupta and Rajdip Gupta through SanRaj Family Ventures Pvt. Ltd. The fresh capital will be used to enhance product-market fit, scale content creation across multiple regional languages, and strengthen the core execution and technology teams.Founded in June 2025, MiniPix has demonstrated strong early traction, surpassing 100,000 app downloads and onboarding over 20,000 paying subscribers within six months of launch. The startup aims to expand its content library, deepen audience engagement, and build a sustainable monetization model as demand for regional digital entertainment continues to grow rapidly in India. #PreSeedFunding, #EntertainmentTech, #IndianStartups, #RegionalContent, #CreatorEconomy, #StartupNews, #FundingRound, #DigitalMedia, #MobileFirst
4 days ago|by Team S
Bain Capital Real Estate has announced the successful close of more than $5 billion in new capital across its real estate strategies, broadening the firm’s investment capacity across multiple high-conviction sectors. The fundraising includes the completion of Bain Capital Real Estate Fund III (“Fund III”), which secured approximately $3.4 billion in commitments, significantly ahead of the prior fund’s total and demonstrating strong investor appetite for thematic, value-add property investments. Bain Capital Real Estate Closes on $5 Billion in New Capital, Expanding Scale Across High-Conviction Strategies | Bain Capital
4 days ago|by Team S
Kairon Capital, a new consumer-focused venture capital firm founded by Deepankur Malhotra, has successfully completed the first close of its inaugural consumer fund, raising over 60 % of its target corpus. The fund is targeting a total corpus of ₹150 crore, with an additional ₹50 crore greenshoe option designed to accommodate excess demand from its investor base. The first close pulled commitments from a mix of consumer startup founders, family offices, and strategic corporate investors. Notable backers include founders and leaders from companies such as Innovist, Plix, Livspace, and XYXX, as well as Emami Limited. The firm aims to build a concentrated portfolio of approximately 14-15 early-stage consumer companies, with cheque sizes ranging from ₹2 crore to ₹14 crore and reserves set aside for follow-on rounds. Kairon Capital will focus on early-stage consumer brands that have demonstrated product-market fit, prioritising those with differentiated products and clear unit economics. Founder Deepankur Malhotra brings experience from investment banking, private equity, and venture capital, including previous roles at Amazon India and past investments in consumer firms like Innovist and FreshToHome. The firm has already begun deploying capital and expects to announce its initial investments in the coming months. #VentureCapital, #ConsumerFund, #FirstClose, #StartupFunding, #EarlyStageInvesting, #IndiaVC, #InvestorNews, #ConsumerBrands, #CapitalRaise
4 days ago|by Team S
Dharana Capital has successfully closed $250 million for its second India-focused growth fund, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to approximately $450 million. The newly raised capital is earmarked to support next-generation technology and consumer businesses across India that exhibit scalable unit economics and strong potential for durable growth. The fundraise attracted commitments from a diverse base of global institutional investors including US university endowments, healthcare systems, and other non-profit institutions. The strategic allocation of capital underscores sustained confidence in India’s expanding tech and consumer startup ecosystem and Dharana Capital’s long-term investment philosophy. Founded in 2022 by Vamsi Duvvuri, who serves as Founder and Managing Partner, Dharana Capital follows a venture growth strategy that focuses on partnering deeply with founders to strengthen governance, enhance operating performance, and prepare companies for public market transitions over time. The firm’s portfolio includes notable names such as Urban Company, Petpooja, Vyapar, LAT Aerospace, Itilite, Botlab/Vayudh, and Beyond Appliances all of which align with the firm’s conviction in building large, standalone, long-term businesses. #VentureCapital, #IndiaStartups, #GrowthFund, #TechInvesting, #ConsumerTech, #Fundraise, #VCNews, #Investment, #StartupEcosystem, #CapitalRaise, #GlobalInvestors
4 days ago|by Team S
Social Leverage, the venture capital firm with roots in San Diego and Arizona, has announced the successful close of an $85 million fifth fund focused on seed-stage startups, reinforcing its commitment to backing early-stage companies operating at the intersection of financial services, vertical AI, consumer tech, and media. The firm, which has made more than 125 investments since its founding, continues to leverage its strong track record to support founders building category-defining businesses. Social Leverage’s new fund will be used to continue its disciplined approach to early-stage investing, with checks typically in the $1M–$2M range and active participation in follow-on rounds. Managing Partner Matt Ober highlighted that a combination of continued support from existing limited partners and fresh commitments from institutions, wealth managers, family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals enabled the successful raise, even amid a challenging fundraising environment. Early commitments from the new fund have already been deployed into five companies, underscoring the firm’s focus on backing exceptional teams and founders poised for rapid growth. Founded in 2009 by Howard Lindzon and Tom Peterson, Social Leverage has built a portfolio featuring several high-profile success stories including Robinhood, Alpaca, Kustomer, eToro, Manscaped and Beehiiv. The firm’s strategy emphasizes strong founder relationships, rigorous valuation discipline, and sector expertise particularly in fintech and AI as it looks to help new startups scale and achieve long-term success. #VentureCapital, #SeedFunding, #StartupInvesting, #Fintech, #AI, #EarlyStage, #InvestmentNews, #Fundraise, #Innovation, #TechStartups
4 days ago|by Team S
4Founders Capital, the Barcelona-based venture capital firm known for backing early-stage startups, has announced the launch of a €60 million hospitality-focused investment fund called 4Founders Capital Hospitality. This marks the firm’s first dedicated real estate and hotel investment vehicle, expanding its strategy beyond tech startups into the booming Spanish hotel sector. The fund has already received approval from the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) and plans to complete a first closing later this month, with initial hotel deals already lined up. The €60 million Hospitality fund aims to invest across approximately 15 hotel assets located in high-tourism Tier-2 cities in Spain, seeking opportunities outside the most saturated primary markets. It will target properties with strong operational cash flow and the potential for value creation through digital optimisation and active management. Alongside the firm’s founders and VC partners, the investment strategy benefits from a strategic partnership with Enrique Domínguez, founder of the Gaiarooms hotel operator, who will play a key role in shaping the fund’s direction and hotel selection process. 4Founders Capital is led by founding partners including Marc Badosa, Jesús Monleón, Marek Fodor, and Javier Pérez-Tenessa, who have a long track record in venture capital and tech entrepreneurship. This new hospitality fund builds on the firm’s growth beyond the €130 million assets under management (AUM) it has accumulated through prior funds focused on pre-seed and early-stage technology startups. #HospitalityFund, #VentureCapital, #RealEstateInvestment, #HotelTech, #SpainStartups, #InvestmentNews, #FundLaunch, #Barcelona, #TourismInvestment, #AssetManagement, #Innovation
5 days ago|by Team S
Haiqu, a quantum software startup building a hardware-aware operating system to improve performance on near-term quantum computers, has raised $11 million in a seed funding round. The capital will be used to accelerate product development, expand the engineering team, and support early enterprise deployments across industries including finance, healthcare, aviation, and life sciences. Haiqu’s technology focuses on making quantum computing more efficient and commercially viable using today’s available hardware.The seed round was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Qudit Investments, Alumni Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and Mac Venture Capital. The investors highlighted the growing importance of quantum middleware and operating systems in unlocking near-term value from quantum hardware, emphasizing that software optimization is critical to reducing costs and accelerating real-world quantum adoption.Founded in 2022 by CEO Richard Givhan and Mykola Maksymenko, Haiqu is developing software that bridges the gap between noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices and practical enterprise use cases. The platform focuses on circuit optimization, orchestration, and error-aware execution across multiple quantum architectures, enabling developers to run complex workloads more efficiently and at lower cost. #QuantumComputing, #QuantumSoftware, #SeedFunding, #DeepTech, #StartupNews, #TechInvestment, #VentureCapital, #QuantumTech, #Innovation, #TechStartups
5 days ago|by Team S
Agreenculture, a Toulouse-based French agritech startup focused on autonomous and safety-certified agricultural machinery, has successfully closed a €6 million Series A funding round to enhance and industrialise its autonomy systems and accelerate commercial deployment across OEM partners. The company’s technology enables tractors and agricultural machines to operate safely without local supervision, addressing labour shortages and boosting precision in field operations. The funding round was led by Supernova Invest, Future Food Fund, and Unilis (Unigrains Group), with additional financial support via a credit facility from Crédit Agricole Toulouse 31. Agreenculture plans to use the capital to standardise its plug-and-play AGC Autonomy Kit, strengthen commercial deployment, and expand collaborations with major agricultural equipment manufacturers including Kubota, Pellenc, and Kuhn. Leaders of the round emphasized the strategic importance of autonomous machinery in transforming conventional farming into more efficient, sustainable operations. Agreenculture was founded in 2016 by CEO Christophe Aubé, CTO Clément Baron, and GNSS expert Emmanuel Goua de Baix. The company’s autonomy system is compliance-ready with European safety standards and incorporates advanced geofencing technology, helping to broaden the adoption of autonomous solutions in agriculture. Investors cited the startup’s certified safety approach and scalable product design as key differentiators in the agtech landscape. #Agritech, #AutonomousFarming, #PrecisionAg, #StartupFunding, #SeriesA, #Innovation, #Agtech, #Automation, #SustainableAgriculture, #FarmTech, #AgriculturalRobotics, #Investments, #TechNewsInvestors in This News
5 days ago|by Team S
Arkin Capital has successfully closed its latest venture fund, Arkin Bio Ventures III, securing $100 million to accelerate investments in biotechnology companies at the pre-clinical and early clinical stages of development. The announcement positions the Israel-based investment firm as a continued leader in life sciences venture capital, focusing on high-impact therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, inflammation, and rare diseases. This funding round includes participation from prominent institutional investors backing Arkin Bio Ventures III. Key supporters comprise Phoenix Insurance, Clal Insurance, and Amitim Pension Funds alongside a significant commitment from Arkin Capital itself. Arkin plans to deploy this capital across 10–12 companies globally, leveraging deep scientific expertise and a targeted investment strategy that aims to help startups reach critical clinical proof-of-concept milestones. Led by Managing Partner Pini Orbach, Arkin Capital will continue its biology-first approach blending rigorous scientific diligence with hands-on development support to guide early biotech companies toward significant value inflection points. The new fund builds on the firm’s biotech investment history, following the launches of Arkin Bio Ventures I (2016) and II (2020), and highlights a broader trend of renewed investor confidence in life sciences. #Biotech #VentureCapital #LifeSciences #EarlyStageFunding #HealthcareInnovation #InvestmentNews #ArkinCapital
5 days ago|by Team S
Flat6Labs, a leading MENA-focused early-stage venture capital and accelerator firm, recently hosted the sixth Demo Day for its Riyadh Seed Program (RSP) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the completion of six accelerator cycles since the programme’s launch in 2023. The event brought together founders, investors and ecosystem partners to highlight the progress of the latest cohort and underscore the growth of Saudi Arabia’s early-stage tech ecosystem. The Riyadh Seed Program, backed by F6 Ventures and supported by the National Technology Development Program (NTDP), has now accelerated more than 60 startups, deploying about $17 million in seed funding through the F6 Ventures Startup Seed Fund LP with backing from anchor limited partner Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC), along with key partners Jada Fund of Funds and Riyadh Valley Company (RVC). This initial capital has helped unlock around $38 million in follow-on funding and co-investments, while collectively supporting over 130 founders and contributing to the creation of more than 440 jobs across Saudi Arabia. Startups from the sixth cohort presented their innovations in front of investors, partners and media, spanning a broad range of sectors including AI and data infrastructure, fintech, healthtech, enterprise software, industrial AIoT, mobility and retail analytics. Notable cohort ventures include CoreTechX (AI-driven searchable databases for Arabic archives), Digital Petroleum (AIoT solutions for industrial sectors), Bookahospi (healthcare workforce mobility infrastructure), Sanadk (AI-powered accounting platform), Nero (autonomous delivery vehicles), MEDirect (health-tech SaaS for virtual clinics), and Rintel.The Riyadh Seed Program combines market-driven acceleration, strategic mentoring, business training and investor exposure, helping founders build scalable, investment-ready companies with strong operational foundations. The Demo Day also served as an opportunity for F6 Ventures to showcase its broader portfolio activity, highlighting its continued role in strengthening early-stage investment infrastructure in the Kingdom. #Flat6Labs, #RiyadhSeedProgram, #DemoDay, #StartupEcosystem, #SaudiArabia, #F6Ventures, #EarlyStageVC, #TechStartups, #AI, #Fintech, #HealthTech, #IndustrialAIoT, #Mobility, #RetailAnalytics, #VentureCapital
5 days ago|by Team S
Moon Intelligence, an analytics and research firm focused on the sports betting and iGaming industry, has launched a new venture capital platform aimed at investing in and supporting early-stage startups transforming the betting, gaming and digital entertainment ecosystem. The initiative is designed to provide capital, strategic guidance and market insights to founders building innovative products in areas such as sports betting infrastructure, player acquisition tools, AI-powered predictive analytics and new gaming experiences aligning with demand from investors and operators seeking growth in a rapidly evolving sector.The new VC platform will invest in startups at seed and early growth stages, offering not only funding but also access to Moon Intelligence’s data-driven insights, industry networks and strategic support. Moon Intelligence said the platform will back companies that are developing solutions to improve operational efficiency, enhance user experiences, optimise monetisation and address regulatory and compliance challenges across jurisdictions. Early areas of interest include API-first betting tech, next-gen loyalty and engagement platforms, generative AI use cases in gaming, and advanced market intelligence tools.Leadership at Moon Intelligence emphasised that the decision to launch a venture arm reflects the maturation of the sports betting and iGaming sectors, where innovative startups are increasingly driving competitive differentiation for operators, payment providers and media partners. By combining data, analytics and capital deployment, Moon’s VC platform aims to help founders accelerate product development, scale into new markets and navigate complex regulatory landscapes particularly in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, which continue to see significant legalisation and growth in betting markets.Founded in 2020 by CEO Marzel van der Merwe, Moon Intelligence has built a reputation for delivering detailed market research, revenue forecasts and competitive benchmarking to operators, investors and stakeholders across the betting and iGaming industry. With this new venture initiative, the company plans to expand its role from being a provider of insights to an active backer of innovation, supporting the next generation of companies shaping interactive entertainment, digital wagering and AI-enhanced gaming experiences worldwide. #MoonIntelligence, #VentureCapital, #iGaming, #SportsBetting #StartupFunding, #BettingTech, #AIinGaming, #Analytics, #DigitalEntertainment, #EarlyStageVC, #TechInvesting, #GamingStartup
5 days ago|by Team S
Unusual, a San Francisco-based AI platform, has raised $3.6 million in a seed funding round to develop tools that help brands understand and shape how large language models describe them in AI-generated outputs an emerging priority as AI becomes a primary channel for product discovery and brand perception. The seed round was backed by a group of investors including BoxGroup, Long Journey Ventures, Y Combinator, Instacart co-founder Max Mullen and Phosphor Capital, providing early strategic capital to scale Unusual’s team and accelerate development of its brand alignment platform. Unusual’s technology audits how AI models such as conversational interfaces and agents built on LLMs respond to brand-related queries and helps companies influence those responses through targeted content and signals. This can help correct misrepresentation or outdated information, which is increasingly important as customers rely on AI to summarise and evaluate products and services rather than navigating traditional search results. Early clients have used the platform to improve AI perception scores related to enterprise readiness and other brand attributes. Founded in 2024 by Will Jack (CEO) and Keller Maloney (CTO), Unusual is positioning itself in a new category often described as AI brand alignment, helping marketers treat generative AI as a channel that needs monitoring and optimisation similar to traditional media or search engine presence. The founders bring experience in AI research and large-scale systems, aiming to make brand influence measurable and manageable in AI-driven buyer journeys. #UnusualAI, #SeedFunding, #AIAlignment, #BrandTech, #AIandBrands, #StartupFunding, #GenAI, #MarketingTech, #YCombinator, #BoxGroup, #AIVisibility, #BrandPerception, #TechInnovation, #MarketStrategy
6 days ago|by Team S
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture capital firms, has successfully raised more than $15 billion across five new funds, marking the firm’s largest fundraising effort ever and cementing its role as a dominant force in global tech investing. The massive raise comes amid a broader resurgence of capital flows into artificial intelligence and next-generation technologies, even as overall venture fundraising in the U.S. faced one of its weakest years in nearly a decade. The $15 billion haul includes major allocations such as $6.75 billion for its Growth Fund, $1.7 billion for its Apps Fund, $1.7 billion for its Infrastructure Fund, approximately $1.176 billion for its American Dynamism Fund focused on defense and national priorities and $700 million for its Bio & Health Fund, along with roughly $3 billion earmarked for other strategic venture initiatives. This diversified structure signals a16z’s intent to back companies at every stage from early-growth startups to capital-intensive tech infrastructure projects across sectors including AI, defense, supply chain, biotech, consumer applications, and cloud services. The undertaking represents more than 18 % of all venture capital allocated in the U.S. in 2025, highlighting the sheer scale of a16z’s fundraise compared with a broader market that struggled with declining LP commitments and reduced fundraising activity. Co-founder Ben Horowitz emphasised that maintaining U.S. technological leadership especially in AI and other frontier technologies is a key motivation behind the firm’s strategy, framing the investment push as essential to ensuring long-term competitive advantage amid global innovation rivalries, particularly with China. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz has a long history of backing category-defining startups including Facebook, Instagram, Coinbase and Lyft, and currently manages over $90 billion in assets under management across all its funds. The new capital infusion will support the firm’s continued expansion — including deeper involvement in transformative technologies, broader founder engagement and global scaling of its investment footprint, with a renewed emphasis on AI, infrastructure and national-impact initiatives. #AndreessenHorowitz, #a16z, #VentureCapital, #SeriesFundraise, #TechInvestment, #AI, #Infrastructure, #AmericanDynamism, #BioAndHealth, #GrowthFund, #StartupFunding, #Innovation, #TechLeadership, #GlobalVC, #PortfolioGrowth
6 days ago|by Team S
Aivar, an AI-first services startup, has raised $4.6 million in a seed funding round led by Sorin Investments, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, to expand its global footprint and accelerate its enterprise AI services offering. The capital will be used to scale operations across India, the United States and the Middle East, strengthen its engineering and delivery teams, and invest in proprietary AI accelerators designed to help organisations move from experimentation to production-ready solutions. The $4.6M seed round reflects investor confidence in Aivar’s end-to-end AI execution model that blends consulting, custom development and managed AI operations with in-house accelerators such as Convogent AI (for multilingual conversational and voice applications), Velogent AI (for process automation in regulated workflows) and Kubogent AI (for hosting AI workloads on Kubernetes infrastructure). In under a year of operations, the startup has onboarded over 80 customers across sectors such as fintech, healthcare, logistics, retail and D2C, leveraging these accelerators to shorten AI deployment timelines and drive business outcomes for large enterprises and fast-growing startups alike. Investors backing the round highlighted the growing demand for partners capable of executing AI transformations end to end beyond pilot projects and noted that Aivar’s production-focused approach helps businesses integrate AI deeply into core workflows rather than treating it as a standalone experiment. The new funding will also support senior talent hiring and deepen the company’s capabilities in AI delivery, consulting and global customer success. Founded in 2024 by Kousik Rajendran, Praveen Jayakumar, Ashwin Ram Ravichandran and Aadharsh Ayappan, Aivar combines AI engineering expertise with deep experience in enterprise architecture and cloud systems to help organisations operationalise AI at scale. The Coimbatore-based company holds AWS validation and works closely with clients to design, build and manage customised AI solutions that unlock measurable value and accelerate digital transformation. #Aivar #AIservices #SeedFunding #SorinInvestments #BessemerVenturePartners #EnterpriseAI #AIAccelerators #DigitalTransformation #GenAI #TechStartups #GlobalExpansion #AIStudio
6 days ago|by Team S
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