8090 Solutions develops an AI- powered software that increases efficiency and reduces costs for business enterprises, enabling users to run hardware endpoints and enhance operational efficiency for businesses.

New Funding Raised: $135M, Series A

Round Investors: Salesforce Ventures (lead), WndrCo, Craft Ventures, The Production Board (TPB)

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate corporate hiring, expand its technical team, and invest in high-performance compute and infrastructure to scale its solutions.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: Redwood City, CA

Industry: Technology, Information, and Internet

Employee Count: 54

Straiker operates AI-native risk assessment software that elevates security with one-time or continuous testing, allowing enterprises to identify risks, secure AI systems, and maintain safe and reliable operation.

New Funding Raised: $64M, Series A

Round Investors: Citi Ventures (lead), Illuminate Financial (lead), Marathon Management Partners (lead), Workday Ventures (lead)

🚀Growth Focus: Expand its core security platform capabilities, fund its specialized STAR Labs threat research division, and accelerate its international commercial expansion.

Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0

HQ: Sunnyvale, CA

Industry: Computer and Network Security

Employee Count: 69

Omen AI develops a predictive maintenance technology that optimizes machinery performance and reduces unplanned downtime, enabling industrial operators, manufacturers, and critical infrastructure providers to increase operational reliability and extend asset lifespan.

New Funding Raised: $31M, Series A

Round Investors: Nava Ventures (lead), LMNT Ventures, Piotr Tomasik, Sheryl Sandberg

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate product engineering, scale manufacturing for its sensor configurations, and expand its operational presence across the data center and heavy machinery logistics sectors.

Press: TechCrunch, Startup Researcher

HQ: San Francisco, CA

Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics

Employee Count: 18

Tombot develops personal care robots that provide animal therapy for dementia sufferers and help them overcome loneliness and depression, allowing elderly persons to improve the quality of life for those with dementia for whom it is no longer practical or desirable to care for a live animal companion.

New Funding Raised: $7M, Series A

Round Investors: Caduceus Capital Partners (lead), Florida Community Health Network, Lutheran Foundation for Long Term Living, Wavemaker 360

🚀Growth Focus: Scale manufacturing, expand operational capabilities, and accelerate commercialization efforts ahead of its planned Fall 2026 customer launch.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: Santa Clarita, CA

Industry: Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

Employee Count: 18

Reed Semiconductor operates semiconductor technology that shortens the power delivery paths and saves power while also shrinking both the size and system costs, enabling users to minimize power losses from light load to heavy load.

New Funding Raised: $100M, Seed

Round Investors: UMC Capital

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate product development, expand its international market reach, and enhance operational scale to support power demand surges across high-density hardware infrastructure.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: Warwick, RI

Industry: Semiconductor Manufacturing

Employee Count: 60

Nebex develops a space commerce platform that connects buyers, suppliers, and capital across the space economy, allowing space companies, government agencies, and financial institutions to streamline procurement and commercial transactions.

New Funding Raised: $30M, Seed

Round Investors: Google Ventures (lead), AIN Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Also Capital

🚀Growth Focus: Support to build out its electronic transaction framework, establish compliance guardrails for cross-border defense and aerospace tech trade, and scale its engineering workforce.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: New York, NY

Industry: Space Research and Technology

Employee Count: 6

Pocket operates an AI note-taking device and mobile application that turn audio into clear notes, action items, and search, enabling users to carry an AI thought companion for note-taking and smart decision-making.

New Funding Raised: $11M, Seed

Round Investors: Accel (lead), Kaz Nejatian, Mati Staniszewski, Gokul Rajaram

🚀Growth Focus: Support hiring, especially across design and engineering, and explore new hardware form factors and continue expanding its product platform.

Press: Pulse 2.0, GlobeNewswire

HQ: San Francisco, CA

Industry: Technology, Information and Internet

Employee Count: 11

Proception develops humanoid robotics technology for human-robot interaction, allowing industries to automate complex tasks, improve efficiency, and redefine operational workflows, ultimately shaping the future of robotics with practical, real-world applications.

New Funding Raised: $11M, Seed

Round Investors: First Round Capital (lead), BoxGroup, Y Combinator

🚀Growth Focus: Expand operations and its development efforts.

Press: Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch

HQ: Palo Alto, CA

Industry: Robotics Engineering

Employee Count: 11

Aseon Labs develops robotic depot infrastructure for autonomous vehicles, enabling self-driving fleets to automate charging, cleaning, and inspection operations within their operating zones.

New Funding Raised: $10M, Seed

Round Investors: Immad Akhund, Rajat Suri, Y Combinator, TechCrunch

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate its mechanical engineering R&D, expand its software automation division, and scale the production of its physical fleet-servicing enclosures.

Press: Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch

HQ: Redwood City, CA

Industry: Robotics Engineering

Employee Count: 4

Ladder Health’s telemedicine platform addresses early childhood developmental delays, allowing children to receive support with the involvement of parents, caregivers, and educators in their care journey.

New Funding Raised: $7M, Seed

Round Investors: Nina Capital (lead), Groove Capital, 25madison, 7Rock Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Support expansion across North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Maryland, accelerate entry into additional states, and continue investment in its AI-enabled care platform and health system partnerships.

Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0

HQ: New York, NY

Industry: Hospitals and Health Care

Employee Count: 29

Samepage operates an AI-powered product management platform that simplifies product workflows and improves team alignment, enabling product managers and cross-functional teams to stay organized and make informed decisions efficiently.

New Funding Raised: $4.85M, Seed

Round Investors: Glasswing Ventures, Craft Ventures, Justin Kan, Freestyle Capital

🚀Growth Focus: Support continued product development and accelerate the adoption of its Signals.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Yahoo Finance

HQ: San Francisco, CA

Industry: Software Development

Employee Count: 5

Maalexi operates a proprietary cross-border marketplace that simplifies the import and export of food and agricultural products, allowing users to directly connect and execute transactions internationally.

New Funding Raised: $2.8M, Seed

Round Investors: Tawuniya (lead), Musaab Hakami, Global Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate the world's first regulated agricultural exchange.

Press: GlobeNewswire, FinTech Global

HQ: Wilmington, DE

Industry: Information Services

Employee Count: 29

Wultra develops digital identity and authentication software that secures financial applications, enabling banks and fintech companies to protect digital channels and provide passwordless user experiences while maintaining regulatory compliance.

New Funding Raised: €6.8M, Series A

Round Investors: Seventure Partners (lead), Elevator Ventures, Guillaume Despagne, Marc Norlain

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate the global expansion of its post-quantum authentication and digital identity solutions.

Press: Pulse 2.0, EU-Startups

HQ: Prague, Czechia

Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting

Employee Count: 44

Serpier develops an automated marketing platform that executes digital campaigns, allowing businesses to automate marketing operations and deploy multi-channel campaigns.

New Funding Raised: €1.4M, Seed

Round Investors: True Collective (lead)

🚀Growth Focus: Support to develop its platform into an AI-powered marketing workspace where autonomous agents can automate a broader range of marketing tasks.

Press: Tech.eu, Vestbee

HQ: Aarhus, Denmark

Industry: Technology, Information and Media

Employee Count: 17

Intu Diagnostics develops instrument-free PCR diagnostic technology, enabling rapid molecular testing for at-home and low-resource healthcare settings.

New Funding Raised: €1.1M, Seed

Round Investors: BSV Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Support in protecting intellectual property, running pilot manufacturing trials, and getting ready for the next seed round.

Press: EU-Startups, Tech Funding News

HQ: Leipzig, Germany

Industry: Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Employee Count: 6