Funded & Hiring
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Sunday, 09/13/2026 |
Mach IndustriesFunding Amount: $600 MillionMach Industries, a Huntington Beach, CA-based defense manufacturer developing advanced autonomous systems, raised $600M in a continuation of its Series C financing, at $3.7 Billion valuation. Backers included Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital, Sequoia, and others. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(37), Design(3), Product(3), Operations(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(8) |
OwnerFunding Amount: $240 MillionOwner, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-powered technology and marketing platform for local businesses, raised $240M in funding. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from Meritech, Redpoint, Headline, and Jack Altman. |
ForusFunding Amount: $150 MillionForus, a NYC-based AI network accelerating medicine, raised $150m in Series C financing at a $3 billion valuation. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from existing investors Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Redpoint, BoxGroup, Pear VC, Vast Ventures, and SV Angel. |
BrainChild BioFunding Amount: $116 MillionBrainChild Bio, a Seattle, WA-based provider of CAR T cell therapies to treat tumors in the central nervous system, raised $116M in Series A funding. The round was led by an undisclosed private family fund and foundation, with participation from Seattle Children’s and WRF Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(2) |
Perry WeatherFunding Amount: $110 MillionPerry Weather, a Dallas, TX-based provider weather safety and operations platform, raised $110M in funding. The round was led by Silversmith Capital Partners with participation from Arthur Ventures. |
JetZeroFunding Amount: $100 MillionJetZero, a Long Beach, CA-based provider of all-wing commercial and defense aircraft, raised up to $100M in debt funding Backers included Pinegrove Credit Partners alongside Silicon Valley Bank. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(11), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(6) |
HiddenLayerFunding Amount: $100 MillionHiddenLayer, an Austin, TX-based provider of an AI security platform that secures agentic, generative, and predictive AI applications, raised $100M in Series B funding. The round was led by Delta-v Capital with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, and Booz Allen Ventures. |
InspirenFunding Amount: $70 MillionInspiren, a NYC-based provider of an AI-powered senior living care platform, raised $70M in Series C funding. The round was led by NewView Capital with participation from Insight Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, Lightbank, Avenir Growth Capital, Story Ventures, and Camber Creek. Hiring For: Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2) |
LightfieldFunding Amount: $47 MillionLightfield, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-first CRM system of record, raised $47M in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Maverick Capital, Coatue, Audacious, Alumni Ventures, Greylock, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. |
Locus RoboticsFunding Amount: $41.6 MillionLocus Robotics, a Wilmington, MA-based warehouse automation and autonomous mobile robot (AMR) developer, raised $41.6m in Series G funding. Backers included Tiger Global Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, G2 Venture Partners, and Scale Venture Partners. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(2) |
WaferFunding Amount: $40 MillionWafer, a San Francisco, CA-based artificial intelligence inference chip and hardware infrastructure startup, raised $40m in Series A funding. The round was led by Marathon and Chemistry, with participation from Wing Venture Capital, AMD Ventures, Outset Capital, Fifty Years, and Y Combinator. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(2) |
Reframe SystemsFunding Amount: $40 MillionReframe Systems, a Boston, MA-based physical AI company industrializing home construction, raised $40M in additional funding. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), with participation from Counterpart Ventures, E12 Ventures, Global Brain, Thin Line Capital, Up Partners, LACI Impact Fund, Eclipse, VoLo Earth, Cubit Capital, RA Capital Management (Planetary Health), MassMutual Catalyst, and Nor’easter. |
PatientIQFunding Amount: $30 MillionPatientIQ, a Chicago, IL-based provider of a patient outcomes intelligence platform, raised $30M in Series C funding. The round was led by Hughes & Company, with participation from Health Enterprise Partners and August Capital. |
Opal SecurityFunding Amount: $23 MillionOpal Security, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-native access governance platform for every identity, raised $23M in new funding. The round was led by Greylock and Battery Ventures, with participation from Cambium Capital. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(8), Operations(1), Engineering/Technology(6), Marketing(4), Data(1) |
LuminaryFunding Amount: $22 MillionLuminary, a NYC-based provider of an AI-native wealth transfer and administration platform, raised $22M in Series A funding. The round was led by Ten Coves Capital with participation from BNY, 8VC, Fin Capital, Focus Financial Partners, Rockefeller Capital Management’s FinTech Innovation Fund, and family offices. |
BleeFunding Amount: $20 MillionBlee, a NYC-based provider of an AI-first marketing compliance platform, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Fin Capital and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund, with participation from Hannah Grey VC, National Bank of Canada, Y Combinator, Penny Jar Capital, Cardumen Capital, and Treasury. |
AquaFunding Amount: $15 MillionAqua, a NYC-based provider of an investments platform, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Arthur Ventures with participation from Alumni Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(2), Design(1), Product(1), Other(3) |
Critical Materials GroupFunding Amount: $10.3 MillionCritical Materials Group, an Austin, TX-based provider of a modular energetics production platform, raised $10.3M in Seed funding. The round was led by Overmatch Ventures with participation from Victory Six Advisors and Fulcrum Ventures. |
HelogenFunding Amount: $7.1 MillionHelogen, a NYC-based space biotechnology and in-orbit manufacturing startup, raised $7.1m in seed funding. The round was co-led by RRE Ventures and Oceans, with participation from One Way Ventures and Blisce. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Marketing(1) |
EmberosFunding Amount: $5.5 MillionEmberos, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of an operating system for AI Brand Management, raised $5.5m in seed funding. Backers included a private consortium of strategic angel investors and brought the total amount raised to $6.7m following its pre-seed round in January, 2026, of $1.2m. Hiring For: Product(1) |
LightsageFunding Amount: $4 MillionLightsage, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an Agent-Led Growth (ALG) platform, raised $4M in funding. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from Steven Tamm, Abhinav Asthana, Matt Curl, Robert Chatwani, Hila, Zeno, Eric, Ivan, Shuhao, and Adam Frankl. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Other(1) |
VideoGenFunding Amount: $3.3 MillionVideoGen, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI video creation platform, raised $3.3M in Seed funding. The round was led by Y Combinator with participation from Rebel Fund, Lobster Capital, Stretford End Capital, Mento VC, Pioneer Fund, and Decacorn VC. Hiring For: Remote(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1) |
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