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UpGuard develops a third-party risk and attack surface management platform that reduces cyber risk, prevents breaches, and protects user data, enabling users to improve cybersecurity ratings, detect data exposures, and control risks.
New Funding Raised: $75M, Series C
Round Investors: Springcoast Capital Partners (lead), August Capital, Square Peg Capital, Pelion Venture Partners
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate its next growth phase, including the expansion of its AI-powered Cyber Risk Posture Management platform capabilities, scaling global go-to-market functions, and pursuing strategic M&A.
Press: PR Newswire, Startup Researcher
HQ: Mountain View, CA
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Employee Count: 328
BreezeBio develops precision genetic medicines using targeted, non-viral nanoparticle delivery, allowing cell-specific transport of mRNA and other genetic payloads for autoimmune and oncology therapies.
New Funding Raised: $60M, Series B
Round Investors: DSC Investment (lead), Yuanta Investment (lead), ACVC Partners, KDB Silicon Valley
🚀Growth Focus: Advance the internal pipeline of precision genetic medicines.
Press: Business Wire, Yahoo Finance
HQ: Brisbane, CA
Industry: Biotechnology Research
Employee Count: 63
Guidde’s video documentation platform creates, edits, and shares how-to guides for any software or process without any prior skill, enabling businesses to shorten time to knowledge and continuously upskill employees, partners, and users.
New Funding Raised: $50M, Series B
Round Investors: PSG Equity (lead), Entrée Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Inkberry Ventures
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate the broad deployment of their platform, designed to train both human employees and AI agents on enterprise software.
Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0
HQ: Belmont, CA
Industry: Software Development
Employee Count: 88
Rowspace operates an AI-native research workspace that compounds investment firms' proprietary research edge, allowing hedge funds, asset managers, and other institutional investors by helping them find and reuse prior work faster, reduce duplicated analysis, and compound research edge over time.
New Funding Raised: $50M, Series A
Round Investors: Emergence Capital (lead), Sequoia Capital (lead), Stripe, Basis Set Ventures
🚀Growth Focus: Turn institutional knowledge into a compounding edge for finance.
Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Industry: Software Development
Employee Count: 17
Chariot Defense develops transportable edge power systems that provide sustained, low-signature energy for military operations beyond the traditional grid, enabling defense forces and expeditionary units to operate advanced systems such as drones, sensors, communications, and directed energy equipment with reduced fuel reliance and extended mission endurance.
New Funding Raised: $34M, Series A
Round Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (lead)
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate production of its power system products and support the development of an operating system for the command, control, and distribution of electric power on the battlefield.
Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing
Employee Count: 21
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Cicada Securities operates an electronic trading infrastructure for institutional bond market access, allowing institutional investors and dealers in emerging markets to improve liquidity, operational, and risk management.
New Funding Raised: $13.5M, Series A
Round Investors: Citi (lead), DILA Capital, Kaszek, Crestone Venture Capital
🚀Growth Focus: Expand commercial efforts, deepen liquidity, introduce new products and geographies, and enhance integrations with third-party global platforms.
Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire
HQ: Greenwich, CT
Industry: Financial Services
Employee Count: 25
Abram Scientific develops a coagulation diagnostic platform for the diagnosis and characterization of coagulation-related disorders, enabling healthcare professionals to detect blood clotting or bleeding disorders and guide the use of therapy for optimal coagulation management.
New Funding Raised: $11.75M, Series A
Round Investors: Octapharma (lead)
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate the development of its proprietary portable platform, CoagCare, and support its advancement towards achieving clinical milestones and securing U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance.
Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Industry: Medical Equipment Manufacturing
Employee Count: 6
Profitmind develops a digital technology that assists retailers in winning digital consumers, allowing retailers to attract, convert, and retain digital consumers.
New Funding Raised: $9M, Series A
Round Investors: Accenture Ventures (lead), mario ciampi, Thorndale Farm, AI Fund
🚀Growth Focus: Expand its platform to more retailers globally, enhance product capabilities, and grow its team to support continued scale.
Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire
HQ: Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Retail
Employee Count: 13
Neural Earth develops an actionable intelligence platform, enabling insurers, real estate investors, and institutional financiers to quantify physical risk and transform environmental and market data into decision-ready insights for underwriting and portfolio resilience.
New Funding Raised: $9.3M, Seed
Round Investors: [Not Disclosed]
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate product development, market expansion, and partnerships with insurance carriers, reinsurers, private equity firms, and real estate investment trusts.
HQ: Miami, FL
Industry: Technology, Information, and Internet
Employee Count: 26
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Wayve operates an AI-based driving software that offers autonomous driving, allowing businesses to offer systems that quickly and safely adapt to new driving domains anywhere in the world.
New Funding Raised: $1.2B, Series D
Round Investors: Balderton Capital (lead), Eclipse Ventures (lead), SoftBank Vision Fund (lead), Mercedes-Benz Group AG
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate its shift from an AI research-led phase into scaled commercial deployment of its end-to-end autonomous driving platform.
Press: Startup Researcher, TechCrunch
HQ: London, England
Industry: Software Development
Employee Count: 855
Brainomix develops medical imaging biomarkers and software systems that support clinical decision-making for neurological and cerebrovascular diseases, enabling healthcare professionals to make informed treatment decisions as early as possible and optimize patient outcomes.
New Funding Raised: £4.8M, Series C
Round Investors: Hostplus (lead), Parkwalk Advisors, Modi Ventures
🚀Growth Focus: Support broader deployment of its Brainomix 360 Stroke and Brainomix 360 e-Lung platforms across hospitals, while also strengthening customer support in the U.S. and Europe and accelerating product innovation.
Press: PR Newswire, Tech Funding News
HQ: Oxford, England
Industry: Medical Equipment Manufacturing
Employee Count: 79
SolveAI’s AI platform assists non-technical employees in building enterprise software, allowing businesses to democratize software creation and reliably address operational challenges without requiring external engineering consultants.
New Funding Raised: $45M, Series A
Round Investors: Google Ventures (lead), Never Lift Ventures, Northzone, Pushmeet Kohli
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate platform development and deepen integrations with corporate IT systems like Salesforce and SAP.
Press: Yahoo Finance, Startup Researcher
HQ: London, England
Industry: Software Development
Employee Count: 50
TYTAN Technologies manufactures an AI-powered defense system that protects people and critical infrastructure in democratic societies, enabling defense forces to counter hostile drones in real-time, ensuring speed, range, and protection against emerging aerial threats.
New Funding Raised: €30M, Series A
Round Investors: Armira (lead), NATO Innovation Fund (lead), Lakestar, OTB Ventures
🚀Growth Focus: Expand its manufacturing footprint across Germany, Ukraine, and allied markets, allowing it to produce its AI-powered interceptor systems at scale.
Press: Vestbee, Resilience Media
HQ: Munich, Germany
Industry: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Employee Count: 25
Secfix develops a cybersecurity platform that finds trusted ethical hackers, allowing businesses to build trust and grow their business.
New Funding Raised: $12M, Series A
Round Investors: Alstin Capital (lead), Neosfer, Bayern Kapital
🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate its expansion across Europe and deepen its capabilities.
Press: Ventureburn, Pulse 2.0
HQ: Munich, Germany
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Employee Count: 30
Centauri Therapeutics operates a biotechnology company that discovers and develops novel molecules and immunotherapy targeting life-threatening diseases, enabling doctors to treat infectious diseases.
New Funding Raised: £6M, Series A
Round Investors: AMR Action Fund (lead), Novo Holdings, Kent Life Science LLP, Evotec
🚀Growth Focus: Support completion of Phase I clinical studies for CTX-187, its lead clinical candidate in its ABX-01 programme, and expand research activities in preparation for Phase II development.
Press: Pulse 2.0, Tech Funding News
HQ: London, England
Industry: Biotechnology Research
Employee Count: 24
Sales Gigs 🏆
⭐️Braintrust (LI) is hiring tons of sales roles, including Strategic, Commercial, and Enterprise AEs across all regions of the US.
Render (LI) is hiring a remote Enterprise AE and Strategic Account Manager for its SF-based team.
Bretton AI (LI) is hiring Enterprise AEs & Deployment Strategists for its SF-based team.
Brandlight (LI) is hiring Enterprise AEs for its NYC-based team.
ElevenLabs (LI) is hiring for tons of Revenue roles, including remote Commercial AEs and Enterprise AEs in the US and globally.
Northslope (LI) is hiring a Principal, Business Development for its New York-based team.
Decagon (LI) is hiring remote Director, Strategic Accounts, Enterprise AEs, and SDRs out of its NYC and SF offices.
Upwind (LI) is hiring remote Enterprise AEs and Commercial AEs across the US, and globally.
Deepgram (LI) is hiring remote AEs for its US and EMEA teams, and a Commercial Sales Manager for its US-based team.
DepthFirst (LI) is hiring a founding Account Executive for its SF-based team.
Fal (LI) is hiring a Commercial AE and an Enterprise AE for its SF-based team.
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