Funded & Hiring
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Sunday, 11/01/2026 |
WhopFunding Amount: $200 MillionWhop, a Palo Alto, CA-based technology company providing a platform for business creation and digital commerce, raised $200M in Series D financing, at $5.1 Billion valuation. The round was led by Sequoia and Shopify Ventures. |
TractianFunding Amount: $130 MillionTractian, an Atlanta, GA-based provider of a Physical AI platform for asset-heavy industries, raised $130M in Series D funding, at a $1.4B valuation. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures and co-led by M&G’s Catalyst, with participation from N47, General Catalyst, Bosch Ventures, 53 Stations, Monashees, Endeavor Catalyst, Norte Ventures, and Y Combinator. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Customer Success(1) |
TownFunding Amount: $108 MillionTown, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI assistant platform built for teamwork, raised $108M in Series B funding at a $1 Billion valuation. The round was co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures with participation from a16z, First Round Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Precedent.vc, Scribble Ventures, Serena Ventures, Sparked Ventures, Brendan Foody, Josh Silverman, Romain Huet, Scott Belsky, Steve Bartel, Taro Fukuyama, and Varun Anand. |
NevisFunding Amount: $70 MillionNevis, a NYC-based provider of an AI operating system for wealth management, raised $70M in Series B financing. The round was led by EQT Ventures with participation from The Charles Schwab Corporation, QuantumLight, Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ, and Ribbit Capital. |
BlacksmithFunding Amount: $66 MillionBlacksmith, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an infrastructure platform for building and testing code, raised $66M in Series C funding, at $1 Billion valuation. The round was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Premji Invest, Peak XV Partners, GV, and Y Combinator. |
SabiFunding Amount: $50 MillionSabi, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a non-invasive brain-AI interface designed for everyday wear, raised $50M in Seed funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Accel, Initialized Capital, Kevin Weil, DST Global, Collaborative Fund, and Ascend. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(6), Remote(2), Marketing(2), Design(1), Product(1) |
HyphenateFunding Amount: $45 MillionHyphenate, a NYC-based developer of an autonomous finance platform for the office of the CFO, raised $45m in Series A funding. The round, which brought its total funding raised to date to $54m, was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from B Capital and existing seed investors including Foundation Capital, BoldCap, and Gaia Ventures. |
InfisicalFunding Amount: $40 MillionInfisical, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a security infrastructure platform for developers, machines, and AI agents, raised $40m in Series B funding at a $600m valuation. The round was led by Elad Gil, with participation from Gradient and Y Combinator. Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(5), Design(2), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
CoastFunding Amount: $35 MillionCoast, a NYC-based provider of a financial platform built for the physical economy, raised $35M in funding. The round was led by Thomvest Ventures, with participation from new investors Intuit Ventures, Small World Capital, and Alpha Square Group, alongside existing investors ICONIQ Growth, Accel, Insight Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Avid Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Colle Capital, Synchrony, RXR, and The Fintech Fund. |
Mach9Funding Amount: C$34 MillionMach9, a San Francisco, CA-based AI CAD platform for civil engineering, raised $34M in Series A financing. The round was co-led by First Round Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Prudence and Quiet Capital. |
MaxinsightsFunding Amount: $30 MillionMaxinsights, a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of a data layer service for physical AI, raised $30M in Seed funding. The round was led by Peak XV with participation from Tola Capital, South Park Commons, INCE Capital, and Alumni Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(13), Data(8), Operations(2), Product(1), Finance/Accounting(1) |
AvanteFunding Amount: $30 MillionAvante, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an enterprise AI platform for benefits teams, raised $30m in Series A funding. The round, which brought total funding to $40m, was led by Frist Cressey Ventures, with participation from new investors Sorenson Capital, Hearst Ventures, and Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, as well as existing investor FUSE. |
HyperbolicFunding Amount: $30 MillionHyperbolic, a San Francisco, CA-based AI infrastructure platform provider, raised $30M in strategic funding. The round was led by Walden Catalyst, the venture capital firm founded by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and former Samsung Electronics Corporate President and CSO Young Sohn, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, Salience Capital and angel investors including founders and executives from Citadel Securities, NYSE, Vista Equity Partners, and GPU cloud providers including WhiteFiber and Vector Core Compute. |
QualitateFunding Amount: $25 MillionQualitate, a NYC-based provider of a continuous intelligence system for primary research, raised $25M in Series A funding. The round was led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors IA Ventures and Crew Capital. |
BrelliumFunding Amount: $23 MillionBrellium, a NYC-based AI-powered clinical compliance platform, raised $23M in venture funding. The round was led by Left Lane Capital and First Round Capital with participation from Digital Health Venture Partners. |
Rendezvous RoboticsFunding Amount: $20 MillionRendezvous Robotics, a Golden, CO-based provider of modular spacecraft designed to assemble, expand, and adapt in orbit, raised $20M in Seed funding. The round was led by MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures with participation from the University of Michigan Endowment, Astera, Industrious Ventures, Aurelia Foundry, ATX Venture Partners, and Mana Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(18), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(2), Design(1), Other(3) |
Fort RoboticsFunding Amount: $20 MillionFort Robotics, a Philadelphia, PA-based safety platform developing a trust layer service for Physical AI, raised approx. $20M in funding. The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Mark Cuban Companies. Hiring For: Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2) |
Causa PrimaFunding Amount: $20 MillionCausa Prima, a San Francisco, CA-based agent-to-agent platform that settles invoices between companies, raised $20M in seed funding. The round was led by Base10 Partners, with participation from QED Investors, FJLabs, Creandum, Kfund, and Borusan Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(7), Product(2), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4) |
iVerifyFunding Amount: $17 MillioniVerify, a NYC-based provider of advanced mobile endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions, raised $17M in new funding. Backers included Sands Capital, Entropy Ventures, NAventures, Morgan Stanley, and United Airlines Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2) |
FirstworkFunding Amount: $15 MillionFirstwork, a NYC-based provider of an applied AI platform for frontline workforce operations, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital with participation from Legion VC, Deel Ventures, Gradient, and Y Combinator. |
ArcheraFunding Amount: $15 MillionArchera, a Seattle, WA-based provider of a cloud economics platform, raised $15M in Series C funding. The round was led by Pivot Investment Partners with participation from HighSage Ventures. |
Chariot ClaimsFunding Amount: $10 MillionChariot Claims, a NYC-based developer of an AI-powered mass action and consumer protection platform, raised $10m in Series A funding. The round was led by Silverton Partners, with participation from Indicator Ventures, Lightbank, Neon Fund, ZVC, Rosecliff Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Graph Ventures, and Vermilion Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Legal/Compliance(4), Product(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
Kivo HealthFunding Amount: $10 MillionKivo Health, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a virtual pulmonary rehabilitation and telehealth platform, raised $10m in Series A funding. The round was led by Allumia Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, MassMutual Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and the UCSF Rosenman Institute. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2) |
ForgepointFunding Amount: $9.8 MillionForgepoint, a NYC-based provider of an AI inside sales rep platform built for manufacturing, raised $9.8M in Seed financing. The round was led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun, with participation from angel investors. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Operations(4), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Other(1) |
Otter HealthFunding Amount: $8 MillionOtter Health, a Washington, DC-based provider of an AI-powered utilization management and clinical quality platform, raised $8M in Seed funding. The round was co-led by Fika Ventures and Evidenced, with participation from Slow Ventures, Metrodora, CoFound Partners, Layout Ventures, Patient Capital, and Semper Virens. |
Northstar SecurityFunding Amount: $7 MillionNorthstar Security, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an agentic AI platform that connects security and IT data, raised $7M in Seed funding. The round was led by Wing Venture Capital with participation from MVP, Outliers, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Renaud Deraison, and Justin Somaini. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1) |
LightsprintFunding Amount: $6.1 MillionLightsprint, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform that empowers non-engineers to make changes directly to existing software, raised $6.1M in Seed funding. The round was led by 645 Ventures with participation from January Capital, Rebel Fund, Fjor, Sterling Road, and angel investors including Kaz Nejatian. Hiring For: Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1), Product(1), Marketing(1), Other(1) |
Asymptote LabsFunding Amount: $5.5 MillionAsymptote Labs, a NYC-based provider of runtime infrastructure for AI agents, raised $5.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Tower Research Ventures with participation from Lytical Ventures, 1984 Ventures, and South Park Commons. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4) |
Phinity LabsFunding Amount: $5.2 MillionPhinity Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an applied research lab for autonomous chip design, raised $5.2m in Seed funding. The round was led by Uncork Capital, with participation from Moxxie and angel investors including Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, following a previous pre-seed round led by Pear VC through PearX. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Design(1), Operations(1), Other(1) |
PennantFunding Amount: $5 MillionPennant, a NYC-based corporate governance startup, raised $5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Urban Innovation Fund, with participation from Y Combinator and strategic angel investors. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Product(1) |
ManiculeFunding Amount: $1.3 MillionManicule, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an outcome-driven Agent Relations (AgentRel) engine, raised $1.3M in Seed funding on SAFEs. The round was co-led by Y Combinator and Broom Ventures, with participation from strategic tech angels. |
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