Funded & Hiring
A biweekly newsletter of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
A biweekly newsletter of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
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Sunday, 02/15/2026 |
ElevenLabsFunding Amount: $500 MillionElevenLabs, an AI audio startup, raised $500m in Series D funding at an $11b valuation. Sequoia Capital led, joined by Lightspeed, Evantic, Bond, and insiders a16z and Iconiq. |
SkyryseFunding Amount: $300 MillionSkyryse, an El Segundo, Calif.-based aviation automation startup, raised over $300m in Series C funding at a $1.15b post-money valuation. Autopilot Ventures led, joined by Fidelity, ArrowMark Partners, Atreides Management, BAM Elevate, Baron Capital Group, Durable Capital Partners, Positive Sum, QIA, Rokos Capital Management, and Woodline Partners. |
FundamentalFunding Amount: $255 MillionFundamental, a San Francisco, CA-based AI company building Large Tabular Model to drive predictions from enterprise data, raised $255M in Series A funding. The round was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Hetz Ventures and angel investors included Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of Wiz Assaf Rappaport, Brex co-founder Henrique Dubugras, and Datadog co-founder and CEO Olivier Pomel. |
Lunar EnergyFunding Amount: $232 MillionLunar Energy, a Mountain View, California-based developer of integrated home battery systems and AI-powered Virtual Power Plant (VPP) software, raised $232m through a $130m Series C and a $102m Series D funding. The Series D was led by B Capital and Prelude Ventures. The Series C was led by Activate Capital. The Series C and Series D funding rounds also included participation from DCVC, Piva Capital, Leitmotif, Sunrun, Itochu Corporation, and Q Capital Partners. |
OLIXFunding Amount: $220 MillionOLIX, a British chipmaker, raised $220m in Series A funding at a $1b valuation from Plural, Hummingbird Ventures, LocalGlobe, and Vertex Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(17), Design(2), HR/People(1) |
TalkiatryFunding Amount: $210 MillionTalkiatry, a NYC-based provider group delivering in-network psychiatric care, raised $210M in Series D funding. The round was led by Perceptive Advisors, with participation from Sofina and prior lead investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), blisce/, and Left Lane Capital, alongside a debt facility from Banc of California. |
GoodfireFunding Amount: $150 MillionGoodfire, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of interpretability tools for AI models, raised $150m in Series B funding. The round was led by B Capital, with participation from existing investors Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons, and Wing Venture Capital, and new investors DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, Eric Schmidt, and others. |
KindredFunding Amount: $125 MillionKindred, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a global home swapping platform, raised $125M in funding. The round included a $40M Series B round co-led by NEA and Dylan Field, CEO of Figma, and an $85M in Series C led by Index Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(4), Finance/Accounting(4), Design(2), Marketing(2) |
Garner HealthFunding Amount: $118 MillionGarner Health, a NYC-based health technology company, raised $118M in Series D funding. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Redpoint, Maverick, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Mercy, Plus Capital, and other existing investors. |
Overland AIFunding Amount: $100 MillionOverland AI, a Seattle-based developer of military land robots, raised $100m. 8VC led, joined by Point72 Ventures, Ascend Venture Capital, Shasta Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and StepStone Group. |
AlanFunding Amount: €100 MillionAlan, a French health insurer, is in talks to raise more than €100m at a €5b valuation, per Bloomberg. |
Midi HealthFunding Amount: $100 MillionMidi Health, an LA-based womens midlife health care company, raised $100m in Series D funding at a valuation north of $1b, per Axios Pro. Goodwater Capital led, joined by Foresite Capital, Serena Ventures and insiders Advance Venture Partners, Google Ventures, Emerson Collective, SemperVirens, and McKesson Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(48), Operations(2), HR/People(2), Marketing(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(45) |
FieldguideFunding Amount: $75 MillionFieldguide, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an agentic AI-native platform for audit and advisory, raised $75M in Series C funding. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from new investor, Geodesic, and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, and Thomson Reuters. |
Bretton AIFunding Amount: $75 MillionBretton AI fka Greenlite, a financial crime compliance startup, raised $75m in Series B funding. Sapphire Ventures led, joined by Greylock, Thomson Reuters Ventures, and Canvas Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Product(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
OsmoFunding Amount: $70 MillionOsmo, a NYC-based digital scent design company, raised $70M in Series B funding. The round was led by Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from new investors including Valor, Atreides, Amplo, Alumni Ventures, Collab Fund, Lumina Partners, and Patrick Collison (CEO and Co-Founder of Stripe), alongside existing investors. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(11) |
LawhiveFunding Amount: $60 MillionLawhive, a U.K. consumer legal-tech thats expanding to the U.S., raised $60m in Series B funding. Mitch Rales Danaher led, joined by TQ Ventures, GV, Balderton Capital, and Jigsaw. |
NearaFunding Amount: $60 MillionNeara, an Australian provider of digital twin modeling for infrastructure, raised US$60m in Series D funding. TCV led, joined by insiders Partners Group, EQT, Square Peg Capital, and Skip Capital. |
Gather AIFunding Amount: $40 MillionGather AI, a Pittsburgh, PA-based company providing a physical AI platform for logistics, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round was led by Smith Point Capital Management with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Bling Capital, Dundee Venture Capital, XRC Ventures, and new investor The Hillman Company. |
ForerunnerFunding Amount: $39 MillionForerunner, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered platform for governments that manage their built environment, raised $39M in funding. The amount consisted of $26.3M in Series B led by Wellington Management and a previously unannounced $12.7M Series A led by Union Square Ventures. |
MonacoFunding Amount: $35 MillionMonaco, an AI sales startup founded by Sam Blond ex-Founders Fund and Brian Blond Human Capital, raised $35m in seed and Series A funding led by Founders Fund, with Human Capital participating. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Product(1) |
EverFunding Amount: $31 MillionEver, an EV marketplace, raised $31m in Series A funding. Eclipse led, joined by Ibex Investors, Lifeline Ventures, and JIMCO. |
SixfoldFunding Amount: $30 MillionSixfold, a New York-based AI underwriting insurtech, raised $30m in Series B funding. Brewer Lane led, joined by Guidewire, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Salesforce Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
DunaFunding Amount: €30 MillionDuna, a Dutch business identity verification startup, raised €30m in Series A funding led by CapitalG. |
BrandlightFunding Amount: $30 MillionBrandlight, a NYC-based company that develops a platform providing tools and insights to help brands monitor, optimize, and influence how AI models perceive and present their narratives, raised $30M in Seires A funding. The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Cardumen Capital and G20 Ventures. |
TurnstileFunding Amount: $29 MillionTurnstile, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a quote-to-cash platform for sales-led startups, raised $29M in funding. Backers included First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and angel investors. Hiring For: Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
NatilusFunding Amount: $28 MillionNatilus, a San Diego-based maker of blended-wing aircraft, raised $28m in Series A funding. Draper Associates led, joined by New Vista Capital, Soma Capital, 2 VC, VU Venture Partners, Wave FX, Type One Ventures, The Veterans Fund, and Flexport. natilus.co Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(10), Design(3) |
VeremarkFunding Amount: $26 MillionVeremark, a London-based employee background check platform, raised $26m in Series B funding. Gresham House Ventures led, joined by Samaipata, ACF Investors, and Stage 2 Capital. |
PrometheumFunding Amount: $23 MillionPrometheum, a NYC-based market infrastructure provider for digital assets, raised additional $23M in funding. Backers were not disclosed. Hiring For: Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(1), Other(2) |
AlineaFunding Amount: $22.5 MillionAlinea, a NYC-based provider of an AI-powered wealth management platform, raised $22.5M in user acquisition (UA) funding from PvX Partners. The company intends to deploy the debt financing to scale its marketing spends, and expand access to personalized wealth management for more first-time investors. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1) |
PasitoFunding Amount: $21 MillionPasito, a workspace for group health, life, and retirement benefits, raised $21m in Series A funding. Insight Partners led, joined by YC and MTech Capital. Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2), Product(2), Customer Success(2), Design(1), Other(3) |
MatiaFunding Amount: $21 MillionMatia, a Miami-based data ops unification startup, raised $21m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Red Dot Capital led, joined by Leaders Fund, Secret Chord Ventures, Cerca Partners, Caffeinated Capital, and VelocityX. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Remote(3), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1) |
LinqFunding Amount: $20 MillionLinq, a Birmingham, AL-based startup building a communication layer for AI agents, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by TQ Ventures, along with Mucker Capital and angels including an ex-Apple and Google executive. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Other(3) |
Nucleus SecurityFunding Amount: $20 MillionNucleus Security, a Sarasota, FL-based unified vulnerability and exposure management company, raised $20M in Series C funding. The round was led by Delta-v Capital. |
KasadaFunding Amount: $20 MillionKasada, an Australian enterprise cybersecurity startup, raised US$20m. EQT led, joined by insiders Ten Eleven Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Reinventure, Our Innovation Fund, StepStone Group, and Turnbull Partners. kasada.io Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Data(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
MeridianFunding Amount: $17 MillionMeridian, an agentic spreadsheet startup, raised $17m in seed funding at a $100m post-money valuation. A16z and General Partnership led, joined by QED Investors, FPV Ventures, and Litquidity Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2) |
SapiomFunding Amount: $15.75 MillionSapiom, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of a machine-native financial infrastructure platform, raised $15.75m in Seed funding. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Gradient, Array Ventures, Okta Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, Coinbase Ventures, Formus Capital, and Operator Collective. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Design(2), Product(2), Operations(2), Other(2) |
SynthpopFunding Amount: $15 MillionSynthpop, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of AI agents for health insurance workflows, raised $15m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Ansa led, joined by Defy.vc, Peterson Ventures, Storm Ventures, and ex-Humana CEO Bruce Broussard. Hiring For: Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1) |
Take2Funding Amount: $14 MillionTake2, a NYC-based health-care hiring startup, raised $14m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Human Capital led, joined by Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital, SemperVirens VC, and Honeystone Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
Simple AIFunding Amount: $14 MillionSimple AI, an SF-based voice AI agent platform, raised a $14m seed round led by First Harmonic, with participation from YC, Massive Tech Ventures, and True Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1) |
PhyloFunding Amount: $13.5 MillionPhylo, a South San Francisco, CA-based developer of an integrated environment for AI-native biology, raised $13.5m in Seed funding. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund (in partnership with Anthropic), with participation from Zetta Venture Partners, Conviction, SV Angel, and other investors. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Remote(1), Data(1), Product(1) |
IncardFunding Amount: £10 MillionIncard, a U.K. financial platform for digital companies, raised £10m in Series A funding. Smartfin led, joined by Founders Capital and MountFund. |
LinkupFunding Amount: $10 MillionLinkup, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of a web search and retrieval platform for AI products, raised $10m in Seed funding. The round was led by Gradient, with participation from Elaia, Leblon Capital, Weekend Fund, Seedcamp, Axeleo Capital, Motier Ventures, OPRTRS CLUB, and several angel investors including founders from Datadog, Mistral, Deel, and Dataiku. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(9), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1) |
ManufactFunding Amount: $6.3 MillionManufact, an infrastructure platform for agents built on Model Context Protocol, raised $6.3m in seed funding. Peak XV led, joined by Liquid 2 Ventures, Ritual Capital, Pioneer Fund, and YC. mcp-use.com Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3) |
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