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Sunday, 03/23/2025 |
Celestial AIFunding Amount: $250 MillionCelestial AI, a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of the Photonic FabricTM optical interconnect technology platform, raised $250M in Series C1 funding. The round was led by Fidelity Management and Research Company, bringing the total capital raised to date to more than $515M. Other investor included Research Company, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Maverick Silicon, Tiger Global Management and Lip-Bu Tan, as well as participation from existing investors including AMD Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), Temasek, Temasek’s wholly-owned subsidiary Xora Innovation, Porsche Automobil Holding SE and The Engine Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(10), Design(4), Other(3) |
LilaFunding Amount: $200 MillionLila Sciences, a Boston, MA-based company building a scientific platform and autonomous labs for life, chemical, and materials sciences, raised $200m in seed funding. Backers included Flagship Pioneering, along with General Catalyst, March Capital, ARK Venture Fund, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Blue Horizon Advisors, State of Michigan Retirement System, Modi Ventures and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(31), Data(14), Product(4), Operations(4), Design(3), Customer Success(2), Other(3) |
TalaFunding Amount: $150 MillionTala, a Santa Monica, CA-based financial infrastructure company delivering accessible financial services, raised US$150M in Debt Facility with Neuberger Berman. The company intends to allocate the amount to accelerate its reach, innovate further, and deepen its impact in markets like Mexico and beyond. |
Reflection AIFunding Amount: $105 MillionReflection AI, a superintelligence startup led by a pair of ex-DeepMind researchers, raised $105m in Series A funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners and CRV co-led, and were joined by seed backer Sequoia Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Product(1), Other(2) |
MeshFunding Amount: $82 MillionMesh, a San Francisco, CA-based company providing a crypto payments network, raised $82M in Series B funding. The round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Consensys, QuantumLight Capital, Yolo Investments, and others. |
LumafieldFunding Amount: $75 MillionLumafield, a developer of industrial CT tech for medical device companies, raised a $75 million Series C funding, per Axios Pro. IVP led, and was joined by G2 Venture Partners, Wellington Management and insiders Spark Capital, DCVC, Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Matter Venture Partners. |
MicroTransponderFunding Amount: $65 MillionMicroTransponder, an Austin, TX-based medical device company, raised $65M in Series F funding. The round was led by US Venture Partners (USVP) and the syndicate of current investors, Osage University Partners, Action Potential Venture Capital, GPG Ventures, The Vertical Group and Exceller Hunt Ventures, as well as two new investors, Gilde Healthcare and Longitude Capital. Hiring For: Operations(1), HR/People(1), Other(9) |
CartesiaFunding Amount: $64 MillionCartesia, an SF-based voice AI startup, raised $64m in Series A funding. Kleiner Perkins led, and was joined by Index Ventures, Lightspeed, A, Factory, Greycroft, Dell Technologies Capital, and Samsung Ventures. |
GraphiteFunding Amount: $52 MillionGraphite, a New York-based code review platform, raised $52m in Series B funding. Accel led, and was joined by Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, Shopify Ventures, Figma Ventures, a16z and The General Partnership. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Product(3), Customer Success(3), Design(2), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(3) |
ProsciaFunding Amount: $50 MillionProscia, a Philadelphia, PA-based software company improving pathology’s transition to digital and AI, raised $50M in funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $130M, was led by Insight Partners along with AI Capital Partners (Alpha Intelligence Capital’s US fund) and Triangle Peak Partners. Other investors included Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, Emerald Development Managers, GPG Healthcare, Fusion Fund, Interwoven Ventures, and Razor’s Edge. |
Shoulder InnovationsFunding Amount: $40 MillionShoulder Innovations, a Grand Rapids, Mich., shoulder replacement technology startup, raised $40m in Series E funding. USVP led, and was joined by Gilde Healthcare Partners, Gilmartin Capital, Aperture Venture Partners, Arboretum Ventures, and Sectoral Asset Management. Hiring For: Remote(3), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4) |
360 PrivacyFunding Amount: $36 Million360 Privacy, a Nashville, TN-based provider of a digital executive protection platform, received a $36M Growth investment from FTV Capital. The company intends to use the funds to expand its engineering and revenue teams, accelerate technology and product innovation, and further enhance its ability to deliver customer service to safeguard organizations and their executives. As part of this investment, Alex Malvone, partner at FTV Capital, will join the 360 Privacy board of directors. Hiring For: Other(1) |
InspirenFunding Amount: $35 MillionInspiren, a N.Y.-based provider of AI tools for senior living, raised $35m in Series A funding. Avenir led, and was joined by Primary Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Third Prime, and Studio VC. |
NymCardFunding Amount: $33 MillionNymCard, a MENA-focused embedded finance platform, raised $33m in Series B funding. QED Investors led, and was joined by Shorooq, Lunate and Endeavor Catalyst. nymcard.com |
CapeFunding Amount: $30 MillionCape, a privacy-focused mobile carrier, raised $30m in Series B extension funding from A, Costanoa, Point72, and XYZ Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(6), Remote(2), Product(2), Operations(2), Design(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
Sibel HealthFunding Amount: $30 MillionSibel Health, a Chicago, IL-based medical technology company, raised $30M in Series C funding. The round was led by the Steele Foundation for Hope with participation from Dräger. The Steele Foundation for Hope previously led Sibel’s Series B round, adding an additional $20M investment. Dräger previously led Sibel’s Series A round, contributing $10M more in funding. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Other(1) |
Equilibrium EnergyFunding Amount: $28 MillionEquilibrium Energy, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in energy portfolio management capabilities and services for the power industry, raised $28M in Series B2 funding. The round was led by GS Energy, with participation from NRG Energy and other new and existing investors, Hiring For: Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2), Other(3) |
Capture6Funding Amount: $27.5 MillionCapture6, a Berkeley, CA-based company whose integrated system converts waste brine into both fresh water and carbon removal solutions, raised $27.5m in Series A and project funding. The round was led by Tetrad Corporation, with participation from Hyundai Motor Group’s ZER01NE Ventures, Energy Capital Ventures, Elemental Impact, Bridge Investment, Sopoong Ventures, Third Derivative, Stan and Jane Rodbell, and the Jacob S Shapiro Foundation. Hiring For: Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1) |
BuynomicsFunding Amount: €27.5 MillionBuynomics, a German pricing and revenue prediction firm, raised €27.5m in Series B funding. Forestay Capital led, and was joined by Anais Ventures, VI Partners and insiders Insight Partners, Seedcamp, DvH Ventures and Tomahawk Ventures. |
GS Power PartnersFunding Amount: $22 MillionGS Power Partners, a Stamford, CT-based independent power producer in the distributed generation (DG) solar sector, received $22M in financing from Amalgamated Bank (Nasdaq: AMAL). The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Hiring For: Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4) |
SkySpecsFunding Amount: $20 MillionSkySpecs, an Ann Arbor, Mich., renewable infrastructure monitoring startup, raised $20m. Goldman Sachs Alternatives led, and was joined by Statkraft and Equinor Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Other(1) |
HallidayFunding Amount: $20 MillionHalliday, an SF-based blockchain payments startup, raised $20m in Series A funding. A16z led, and was joined by Avalanche Blizzard Fund, Credibly Neutral, and Alt Layer. Hiring For: Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1) |
RerunFunding Amount: $17 MillionRerun, a Swedish multimodal data stack for physical AI, raised $17m. Point Nine led, and was joined by Sunflower Capital and insiders Costanoa Ventures and Seedcamp. rerun.io Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(4), Data(1), Product(1), Other(1) |
PrivyFunding Amount: $15 MillionPrivy, a crypto wallet infrastructure startup, raised $15m led by Ribbit Capital. Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(6), Product(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(2) |
OnyxFunding Amount: $10 MillionOnyx, an internal enterprise search tool, raised $10m in seed funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and First Round Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2) |
257Funding Amount: $9.2 Million257, a provider of home energy data software, raised $9.2m in seed funding led by F2 Venture Capital, per Axios Pro. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2) |
AletiqFunding Amount: €6 MillionAletiq , a French provider of product lifecycle management softtware for industrial manufacturers. raised €6m led by Point Nine. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
Kaiko SystemsFunding Amount: €6 MillionKaiko Systems, a German maritime shipping software provider, raised €6m in Series A funding. Hi inov and Flashpoint Venture Growth co-led, and were joined by insider Motion Ventures. |
CoLab SoftwareFunding Amount: C$5.6 MillionCoLab Software, a St. John, Canada-based engineering design software company, raised CAD$5.6M in funding. Backers included Hibernia and Hebron Projects. |
Hunted LabsFunding Amount: $3 MillionHunted Labs, a Mclean, VA-based software security company, raised $3M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Red Cell Partners. Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Other(1) |
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