| |
Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 05/18/2025
A biweekly newsletter of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
Forwarded from a friend?
Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest startup funding and job alerts.
|
|
Funding Amount: $275 Million
Chaos Industries, a Los Angeles, CA-based technology company building the next generation of defense and national security systems, raised $275M in Series C funding.
The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $490M, was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and co-led by Accel, with participation from StepStone Group, Overmatch Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, and Valor Equity Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(22), Data(3), Design(3), Operations(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(3)
|
|
Funding Amount: $250 Million
Harvey, an SF-based legal AI startup, is in talks to raise $250m at a $5b valuation co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, per Reuters. This is just months after a Sequoia-led round at a $3b valuation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(14), Operations(8), Customer Success(7), Product(4), Remote(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Data(2), HR/People(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Design(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(7)
|
|
Funding Amount: $200 Million
Apex, a satellite bus developer, raised $200m in Series C funding.Point72 Ventures and 8VC co-led, joined by a16z, Washington Harbour Partners, and StepStone Group.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(33), Design(1), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(15)
|
|
Funding Amount: $200 Million
Entrata, a Lehi, Utah-based provider of property management software for the multifamily industry, raised $200m from Blackstone at a $4.3b valuation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Finance/Accounting(3), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Product(1), Other(7)
|
|
Funding Amount: $150 Million
ZeroAvia, a Hollister, Calif., developer of hydrogen-powered airplane engines, is seeking to raise $150m in Series D funding, per Bloomberg. Last year it raised that amount in Series C funding from Scottish National Investment Bank, Airbus, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and Saudi Arabias NEOM Investment Fund.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Finance/Accounting(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $130 Million
NewLimit, a South San Francisco, CA-based developer of medicines that add healthy years to each human life, raised a $130m Series B funding round.
The round was led by Kleiner Perkins alongside new investors Nat Friedman/Daniel Gross, Khosla Ventures, Human Capital, and Valor Equity Partners — joined by existing investors Dimension, Founders Fund, Brian Armstrong, John and Patrick Collison, Fred Ehrsam, Elad Gil, Joshua Kushner, Joe Lonsdale, and Garry Tan.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Data(3), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $120 Million
Parloa, a German automated customer service startup, raised $120m in Series C funding at a $1b valuation from Durable Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital, General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, RPT Capital, Senovo, and Mosaic Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(17), Remote(5), Product(5), Customer Success(5), Data(3), Operations(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1), Other(10)
|
|
Funding Amount: $120 Million
Bestow, a Dallas-based life insuretech, raised $120m in Series D funding $75m primary co-led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Smith Point Capital. It also secured a $50m credit facility.
Hiring For:
Remote(13), Product(4), Finance/Accounting(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $100 Million
TensorWave, a Las Vegas, NV-based company developing AMD-powered AI infrastructure solutions, raised $100M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures with participation from Maverick Silicon, Nexus Venture Partners, and new investor Prosperity7.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $100 Million
Statsig, a Bellevue Wash.-based product development platform, raised $100m in Series C funding at a $1.1b valuation. Iconiq Growth led, joined by Sequoia Capital and Madrona.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Customer Success(6), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Data(3), Marketing(3), Product(2), Operations(2), Remote(1), Other(4)
|
|
Funding Amount: $90 Million
Cohere Health, a Boston-based provider of clinical admin automation tools, raised $90m in Series C funding. Temasek led, joined by Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Data(6), Product(2), Customer Success(2), Design(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(10)
|
|
Funding Amount: £80 Million
Zopa, a London, UK-based digital bank company, raised £80M in an AT1 Capital.
Existing and new investors participated. The transaction was completed on the International Securities Market (ISM) of the London Stock Exchange. Following the transaction, Zopa Group Limited will be re-registered as an unlisted, public company (PLC) within 6 months.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Data(3), Operations(3), Finance/Accounting(3), Customer Success(2), Product(1), HR/People(1), Other(5)
|
|
Funding Amount: $65 Million
Windfall Data, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of people intelligence and AI-workflow solutions, raised $65M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Customer Success(3), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Product(1), Marketing(1), Other(3)
|
|
Funding Amount: $60 Million
Flock Freight, an Encinitas, Calif.-based shared truckload freight brokerage, raised $60m in Series E funding. ONeil Strategic Capital led, joined by Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, SignalFire, GLP Capital Partners, and Bracket Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Customer Success(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $60 Million
Akido Labs, developer of an AI assistant for doctors, raised $60m in Series B funding. Oak HCFT led, joined by Greco, SNR, YC, Future Communities Capital, Jeff Dean, and the Comprehensive Blood Cancer Center.
Hiring For:
Operations(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $43.5 Million
Samaya AI, an AI platform for financial services, raised $43.5m led by NEA.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Data(3), Product(2), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $43 Million
Granola, an AI notetaking app, raised $43m in Series B funding at a $250m valuation. NFDG led, joined by insiders Lightspeed Venture Partners and Spark Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Design(2), Product(2), HR/People(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $40 Million
Optimal Dynamics, a New York-based decision intelligence platform for logistics, raised $40m in Series C funding. Koch Disruptive Technologies led, joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Westly Group, and Activate.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $36 Million
TurbineOne, a San Francisco, CA-based defense software company, raised $36M in Series B funding.
The round was led by The General Partnership with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, XYZ Ventures, Stepstone Group, PROOF VC, and Artisanal Ventures, valuing the company at $300m.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $32 Million
Hedra, an SF-based AI video generation platform, raised $32m in Series A funding. A16z led, joined by speedrun, Abstract, and Index Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Data(4), Product(1), HR/People(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $27 Million
Clarium, a New York-based health-care supply chain resiliency platform, raised $27m in Series A funding. Northzone led, joined by insiders General Catalyst, AlleyCorp, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Ventures, and 1984 Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Remote(3), Data(1), Product(1), Operations(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $25 Million
Forethought, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in agentic AI for customer experience, raised $25M in Series D funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $115M, was led by Blue Cloud Ventures with participation from May Habib (Writer), Scott Wu (Cognition), Karan Goel (Cartesia) and existing investors NEA, Industry Ventures, Neo, Village Global, Sound Ventures, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $25 Million
Blinq, an Australian digital business card app, raised US$25m in Series A funding. Touring Capital led, joined by HubSpot Ventures and insiders Blackbird Ventures and SquarePeg Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Data(3), Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(2), Marketing(2), Design(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $24 Million
Relevance AI, developer of an AI agent operating system, raised $24m in Series B funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led, joined by insiders King River Capital, Insight Partners, and Peak XV.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Data(6), Customer Success(2), Design(1), Product(1), Other(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $22 Million
Kincell Bio, a Research Triangle Park, NC- and Gainesville, FL-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), raised $22M in funding.
The round was led by NewSpring Capital through its dedicated healthcare strategy, NewSpring Healthcare, with participation from existing investors Kineticos Life Sciences.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $20.5 Million
VFlowTech, a New Delhi, India-based provider of sustainable energy storage solutions, raised $20.5M in funding.
The round was led by Granite Asia, with participation from Antares Ventures, EDBI, MOL PLUS, PSA Ventures, and returning investors including İnci Holding, UntroD Capital, Pappas Capital, Wavemaker Partners, SEEDS Capital, and Entrepreneurs First.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Product(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $20 Million
StackOne, a London-based AI integration layer, raised $20m in Series A funding. GV led, joined by Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, Episode 1 and Playfair.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $20 Million
Unblocked, an AI assistant that helps devs understand codebases, raised $20m in Series A funding from B Capital and Radical Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Customer Success(3), Data(1), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $17 Million
Solestial, a Tempe, Ariz.-based space solar business, raised $17m in Series A funding round led by AE Ventures, with participation from Crosscut Ventures, Zeon Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric.
Hiring For:
Operations(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $15 Million
SimpleClosure, a Santa Monica, CA-based platform to shut down a startup, raised $15m in Series A funding.
The round, which brought SimpleClosure’s total funding to more than $20m, was led by TTV Capital, with participation from existing investors Infinity Ventures, Anthemis, Vera Equity, and new investors The LegalTech Fund and Carta, as well as additional angels.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Product(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: £15 Million
Cronofy, a Nottingham, UK-based provider of embedded scheduling platform, raised £15M in funding.
BGF made the investment, which also provided a partial exit for seed-stage investors, who have supported the company since its inception in 2016.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $14 Million
Doji, a clothing try-on app, raised $14m in seed funding. Thrive Capital led, joined by Seven Seven Six Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Operations(1), Marketing(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $13 Million
ClearVector, a Reston, VA-based identity-driven security company, raised $13m in Series A financing.
The round, which brought total funding to $16m, was led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Okta Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, and existing investor Menlo Ventures. In conjunction with the funding. Ariel Tseitlin, Partner at Scale Venture Partners will be joining the Board of Directors.
Hiring For:
Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(5), Customer Success(2), Other(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $13 Million
Tern, a back-office platform for travel agencies, raises $13m in Series A funding. Viewpoint Ventures led, joined by insider Upfront Ventures. tern.travel
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(3), Operations(1), Other(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $12 Million
Ravio, a London, UK-based company providing data and tools for compensation confidence, raised a $12m Series A funding.
The round was led by Spark Capital (US) with participation from Blackbird (Australia) and Cherry Ventures (Europe).
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(4)
|
|
Funding Amount: $7 Million
Valarian, a London, UK-based provider of a platform for enforced isolation and compartmentalized infrastructure, raised $7M in funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $20M, was co-led by Scout Ventures and Artis Ventures, with participation from angel investor Gokul Rajaram. Previous investors included Molten Ventures, IQ Capital, and MD One.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5)
|
|
Funding Amount: $6.5 Million
veritree, a Vancouver, Canada-based provider of a platform improving verified nature restoration, raised $6.5M in funding.
The round was led by Pender Ventures, with participation from Garage Capital, Northside Ventures, and Diagram.
Hiring For:
Product(3), Marketing(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Customer Success(1), Other(3)
|
|
Funding Amount: $6 Million
Haast, an Australian compliance automation startup, raised US$6m in seed funding. AirTree led, joined by Defy.vc, Aura Ventures, and Black Sheep Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2)
|
|
Funding Amount: $3.6 Million
Kovr.ai, a Reston, Va-based AI-native cyber compliance automation platform provider, raised $3.6M in seed funding.
The round was led by IronGate and Xfund with participation from Hack Factory, OODA Ventures, and McLean Capital.
Hiring For:
Operations(1)
|
|
Funding Amount: $3.3 Million
Usul, an SF-based defense contracting platform, raised $3.3m in seed funding led by Scout Ventures led, joined by BVVC, Teamworthy Ventures, True Ventures, and YC. usul.com
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1)
|
|
|
|