Funded & Hiring
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Sunday, 04/19/2026 |
FluidstackFunding Amount: $1 BillionFluidstack, an NYC-based cloud computing startup, is in talks to raise $1b at an $18b valuation led by Jane Street, per Bloomberg. |
LiveOak FiberFunding Amount: $425 MillionLiveOak Fiber, a Brunswick, GA-based regional broadband service provider, secured a $425M credit facility. Oak Hill Advisors and Palistar Capital provided the financing. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Customer Success(3), Other(3) |
HermeusFunding Amount: $350 MillionHermeus, a Los Angeles, CA-based defense aviation company, raised $350M in Series C funding, at $1 Billion valuation. The round, which consisted of $200M in equity and $150M in debt, was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Canaan Partners, Founders Fund, RTX Ventures, Bling Capital, In-Q-Tel, Cox Enterprises and their venture fund Socium Ventures, Destiny Tech100, Georgia Tech Foundation, 137 Ventures, GSBackers, and others. |
Flock SafetyFunding Amount: $275 MillionFlock Safety, an Atlanta-based surveillance tech company that raised $275m at a $7.5b valuation in March 2025, is in talks for a new round, per Axios Pro. Hiring For: Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(7), Data(3), Operations(1) |
SlashFunding Amount: $100 MillionSlash, an SF-based vertical banking startup, raised $100m in Series C funding at a $1.4b valuation. Ribbit Capital led, joined by Khosla Ventures and insider Goodwater Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1) |
ModusFunding Amount: $85 MillionModus, a NYC-based provider of an AI-native audit technology platform, raised $85M in Seed and Series A funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Comma Capital and Garry Tan. Hiring For: Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(7) |
LatentFunding Amount: $80 MillionLatent, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI platform for medication access, raised $80M in Series A funding. The round was led by Spark Capital and Transformation Capital, with participation from Conviction, McKesson Ventures, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1) |
Turion SpaceFunding Amount: $75 MillionTurion Space, an Irvine, CA-based space infrastructure company, raised $75M+ in Series B funding. The round was led by Washington Harbour Partners, with participation from Aurelia Foundry, Forward Deployed VC, FoundersX, Center15 Capital, Magnetar, HOF Capital, and Industrious Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(11), Design(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2) |
MintlifyFunding Amount: $45 MillionMintlify, an NYC-based code documentation platform, raised $45m in Series B funding. A16z and Salesforce Ventures led, joined by Bain Capital Ventures, YC, Rahul Mehta, MVP Ventures, Avra, HubSpot Ventures, and TwentyTwo Ventures. |
PatlyticsFunding Amount: $40 MillionPatlytics, an AI platform for patent law, raised $40m in Series B funding. SignalFire led, joined by N47, Myriad Venture Partners, Relativity, Alumni Ventures, Antiportfolio Ventures, and BAM Corner Point. |
LuminaiFunding Amount: $38 MillionLuminai, an SF-based enterprise automation platform for health care, raised $38m in Series B funding. Peak XV Partners led, joined by Define Ventures and insiders General Catalyst and YC. |
AfterQueryFunding Amount: $30 MillionAfterQuery, a San Francisco, CA-based applied data solutions research lab, raised $30M in Series A funding, at $300M valuation. The round was led by Altos Ventures, with participation from The Raine Group alongside existing investors Y Combinator and BoxGroup. Hiring For: Operations(6), Engineering/Technology(5), Remote(2), Data(1), Marketing(1) |
Critical LoopFunding Amount: $26 MillionCritical Loop, a Los Angeles, CA-based industrial power solutions company, raised $26M in Series A funding. The round was led by Conifer Infrastructure Partners and Hanover, with participation from Better Ventures, Climate Capital, Adapt Nation Capital, and Cyrus Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(1), Product(1), Other(2) |
SolidroadFunding Amount: $25 MillionSolidroad, a provider of customer interaction analysis software, raised $25m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Hedosophia led, joined by First Round Capital, YC, and Sony Innovation Fund. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1) |
QuartzyFunding Amount: $23 MillionQuartzy, a Hayward, CA-based provider of a vertically-integrated procurement platform for the life sciences industry, raised $23M in funding. The round was led by Avenue Capital Group and BroadOak Capital Partners. Hiring For: Product(1), Marketing(1) |
GizmoFunding Amount: $22 MillionGizmo, a London-based ed-tech startup, raised $22m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Shine Capital led, joined by Ada Ventures, Seek Investments, GSV, and NFX. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Product(1) |
AuctorFunding Amount: $20 MillionAuctor, a startup helping companies adopt new software, raised $20m in combined seed and Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Sequoia Capital led the Series A, joined by M12, HubSpot Ventures, Workday Ventures, OneStream, YC, and Tercera. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Operations(1) |
Joyful HealthFunding Amount: $17 MillionJoyful Health, a revenue recovery platform for health-care providers, raised $17m in Series A funding. CRV led, joined by XYZ Venture Capital, Designer Fund, Inflect Capital, and Go Global Ventures. |
PhonelyFunding Amount: $16 MillionPhonely, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI voice platform for businesses, raised $16m in Series A funding. The round was led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, Etech Global Services, TSA Group, and Engage CX. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Customer Success(2), Remote(1), Marketing(1), Other(2) |
Paxos LabsFunding Amount: $12 MillionPaxos Labs, a developer of onchain financial products for enterprises, raised $12m led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom, and Uniswap. Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1), Product(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1) |
PackzFunding Amount: $10.7 MillionPackz, a NYC-based provider of a gamified collectibles platform, raised $10.7m in funding. Backers included Makers Fund, The Raine Group, Courtside Ventures, Sharp Alpha Advisors, and RiverPark Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1), Product(1) |
MiravoiceFunding Amount: $6.3 MillionMiravoice, a San Francisco, CA-based agentic AI startup that enables automated phone surveys and interviews, raised $6.3m in seed funding. The round was led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Neo and 25madison, as well as Karim Atiyeh (CTO, Ramp), Rajeev Goel (CEO, PubMatic), Amar Goel (CEO, Bito AI), and executives from Atlassian, Crusoe, and Google. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1) |
PeakMetricsFunding Amount: $6 MillionPeakMetrics, a Los Angeles, CA-based AI-driven narrative intelligence company, raised $6M in Series A funding. The round was led by Moneta Ventures, with participation from Techstars, Parameter Ventures, VITALIZE Venture Capital, and Gurtin Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(2) |
KalshiFunding Amount: $4.7 MillionKalshi, a NYC-based prediction market company, raised additional $4.7M in Series E funding. New backers included Factory Holdings and a16z’s Cultural Leadership Fund. The initial Series E amounted to $1 Billion, at $11 Billion valuation. The previous investment brought together 74 investors across sports, entertainment, business, and family office networks, including participation from investors across sports, entertainment, and business, including Marshawn Lynch, Richard Sherman, Diana Taurasi, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart, Ajay Mitchell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Gabriela Jaquez, alongside executives and family offices within the broader Factory network. |
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