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🔍 Peec AI Helps Brands Win in the Age of AI-Powered Search
Berlin-based Peec AI has raised €7M across pre-seed and seed rounds just months after launching in January 2025. The latest €5.2M seed was led by 20VC, following a €1.8M pre-seed backed by Antler, Foreword VC, Identity.VC, Combination VC, and S20. The startup helps marketing teams measure and improve visibility across AI-native search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity.
⚙️ Tools for the new search frontier
• Analytics platform tracks brand mentions and rankings in generative search results
• Provides insights to optimize content for LLM-based tools—what they call “GEO” (Generative Engine Optimization)
• Helps marketers adapt strategies as AI chat replaces traditional search
• Integrates with popular AI assistants and search platforms including Perplexity and ChatGPT
📊 Early traction and fast-growing demand
• Hit €650K ARR within 4 months, with revenue growing €80K per week
• Adoption driven by AI-native marketing teams, agencies, and B2B SaaS startups
• Tapping into a growing need for brand visibility as organic search shifts from links to answers
• Fundraise closed quickly due to strong investor conviction around market timing
🧭 Founders navigating the next marketing paradigm
• Founded by Marius Meiners, Tobias Siwonia, and Daniel Drabo during Antler’s Berlin residency
• Team brings experience in law-tech, esports, and enterprise software
• Vision: become the “SEO for AI agents” by owning the GEO category
• Investors back their deep conviction that AI-native discovery will reshape digital marketing
Peec AI is placing a bold bet that where AI answers go, brand strategy must follow—and it’s arming marketers with the tools to lead that shift.
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🚀 Castelion Brings Hypersonic Missiles into the Startup Era
Castelion, a defense startup founded by ex-SpaceX engineers, is raising a $350M Series B to scale production of its Blackbeard hypersonic missile system. The round, led by Lightspeed and Altimeter, comes just six months after its $100M Series A and positions Castelion as a serious challenger to legacy primes like Raytheon and Lockheed.
⚙️ Fast, flexible missile manufacturing
• Taking a “SpaceX-style” approach to hypersonic R&D: rapid iteration, in-house hardware, frequent tests
• Blackbeard GL promises ~80% of top-end hypersonic performance at a fraction of the cost
• Designed to launch from existing systems like HIMARS—no new hardware needed
• First vehicle test completed in March 2025 in Mojave Desert, showing early proof of viability
📊 Strategic tailwinds and real traction
• Featured in U.S. Army’s 2026 budget with $25M allocation for Project HX3
• DoD backing includes grants from Air Force Research Lab and Naval Air Systems Command
• Roadmap: prototype demo in 2026, 10 missiles delivered in 2027, potential full-scale deployment in 2028
• Raises the bar for affordability and adaptability in the hypersonic arms race
🧭 Founders bringing new DNA to defense
• Founded in 2023 by former SpaceX and defense engineers with deep aerospace manufacturing expertise
• Emphasizes cost-efficiency, speed, and interoperability across military systems
• Fast funding pace signals investor confidence in dual-use defense tech
• Poised to upend the defense-industrial status quo with venture-style scaling
Castelion is aiming to do for hypersonics what SpaceX did for rockets: build faster, cheaper, and smarter—and win big in the next wave of national defense tech.
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🌍 Climeworks Scales Direct Air Capture to Tackle Climate at Gigaton Level
Climeworks, the Swiss pioneer in direct air capture (DAC), has raised $162M in fresh equity funding to accelerate the rollout of its third-generation carbon removal technology. The round was led by BigPoint Holding and Partners Group, bringing total capital raised to over $1B—marking the largest carbon removal investment of 2025 so far.
⚙️ Breakthrough tech for scalable carbon removal
• New Gen‑3 DAC modules double energy efficiency and extend filter lifespan
• Focused on scaling plants like Mammoth in Iceland—among the largest in the world
• Integrated with renewable geothermal energy for low-carbon operations
• Portfolio now includes a hybrid of engineered DAC and nature-based solutions
📊 Growing market, growing demand
• Climeworks holds over 6M tons in signed carbon removal contracts
• Corporate demand doubling YoY: >16M tons purchased in 2025 so far
• Aims to capture a slice of the projected $1T carbon removal market by 2050
• Existing clients include Microsoft, Shopify, and BCG
🧭 Long-game leadership in climate infrastructure
• Founded in 2009 by ETH Zurich engineers Jan Wurzbacher and Christoph Gebald
• Strategic push into new markets: U.S., Canada, U.K., Saudi Arabia
• This round fuels tech scale-up and new plant development, including in North America
• Blended model positions Climeworks as both premium DAC provider and full-stack CDR platform
Climeworks is shaping the future of climate tech by proving that large-scale, engineered carbon removal is real, fundable, and here to stay.
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🛍️ Remark Blends Human Expertise with AI to Supercharge Online Shopping
Remark, a Boston-based startup enhancing e-commerce with live experts and AI personas, has raised a $16M Series A led by Inspired Capital, with backing from Stripe, Neo, Spero Ventures, Shine Capital, and Visible Ventures. The company is building the human-AI layer that helps shoppers convert with confidence—at scale.
🧠 AI meets real-time human expertise
• Combines live expert chat with AI-trained personas that guide buyers through complex purchases
• Converts static product pages into interactive, personalized experiences
• Auto-generates follow-ups, content, and insights that extend beyond chat windows
• Lifts conversions to 28% vs the e-commerce average of ~1.5%
📈 Scaling with commerce momentum
• 60,000+ vetted experts on the platform; top earners make $60K–$70K/year
• Retailers using Remark report ~10% increase in net revenue
• Expanding into verticals like skincare, fitness, nutrition, and consumer tech
🔺 Founder-led with a sharp product edge
• CEO Theo Satloff brings deep expertise in commerce and consumer UX
• New capital will grow the team (~25 today), deepen AI training, and expand expert coverage
• Positioned as the personalized interface layer between shoppers and online stores
Remark isn’t just adding chat to e-commerce—it’s redefining digital retail with scalable, human-powered AI that closes the gap between clicks and conversions.
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✉️ Grammarly Acquires Superhuman to Build the AI Productivity Stack
Grammarly, the writing assistant turned AI work platform, has acquired email startup Superhuman in a move to expand beyond grammar and dominate the AI-powered workplace. The deal comes weeks after Grammarly raised $1B from General Catalyst to accelerate its product roadmap and acquisitions.
🔒 Precision writing meets premium email UX
• Superhuman adds lightning-fast, AI-enhanced email to Grammarly’s productivity suite
• Known for minimalist design, keyboard speed, and productivity coaching
• 5× growth in AI-written messages among users; 72% more emails processed per hour
• Builds on Grammarly’s 2024 acquisition of Coda to unify docs, email, and workflows
📈 Platform expansion with power users in mind
• Email is still the #1 workspace surface—professionals spend 3+ hours daily in inboxes
• Superhuman team (100+ people) joins Grammarly; brand and product remain intact
• CEO Rahul Vohra joins Grammarly’s leadership team alongside CEO Shashir Mehrotra
• Targets power users and knowledge workers seeking speed, clarity, and AI-native flow
🔺 Full-stack ambition against Big Tech
• Grammarly now spans writing, collaboration, and communication—an AI-powered “OS for work”
• Positioned as a sleek alternative to Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce ecosystems
• Email becomes the control layer for Grammarly’s AI copilots—actionable insights, auto‑drafts, smart scheduling
With Superhuman under its wing, Grammarly is becoming more than a writing tool—it’s evolving into an intelligent command center for the modern knowledge worker.
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🛡️ Cato Networks Scales Secure Cloud Access
Cato Networks, a Tel Aviv–based cybersecurity company offering an all-in-one cloud-native SASE platform, has raised a $359M Series G at a $4.8B valuation. The round was led by Vitruvian Partners and ION Crossover Partners, with continued backing from Lightspeed, Acrew, and Adams Street. Total funding now exceeds $1B as the company gears up for IPO flexibility.
🔒 Unified security and networking, AI-accelerated
• Combines SD-WAN and security (SASE) into one globally distributed platform
• AI detects threats across access points, users, and traffic without siloed tools
• Replaces dozens of legacy point products—built for hybrid and remote enterprises
📈 Scaling fast with global traction
• 3,500+ enterprise customers across 150+ countries
• 46% YoY ARR growth in 2024; estimated $250M+ in recurring revenue
• Fresh capital fuels AI upgrades, R&D, and deeper international market penetration
🔺 Veteran founder, IPO-ready team
• CEO Shlomo Kramer co-founded Check Point and Imperva—two iconic cybersecurity exits
• Company exploring 2025 IPO but no rush: “we can press the button when the time is right”
• 30% of round (~$120M) set aside for secondary—early employees get liquidity
Cato’s cloud-first, AI-enhanced platform offers enterprises a simplified path to secure, scalable access—and a likely IPO bell-ringer.
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💎 Gemist Powers Custom Jewelry with Plug-and-Play 3D Design Platform
Gemist, a Los Angeles–based startup transforming how fine jewelry is designed and sold, has raised a $6M seed round to expand its white-labeled SaaS platform. The round was led by Entrada Ventures, with participation from Artemis Fund, Beechwood Capital, and others, bringing its total funding to $9M.
🧠 3D customization made simple for jewelers
• Photoreal visualization engine lets customers design and preview jewelry in real time
• Covers dynamic pricing, e-commerce, and production management in one platform
• Requires no CAD expertise—jewelers can launch with zero dev effort
📈 Faster sales, bigger baskets
• Retailers report 400% faster sales cycles and 300% higher average order values
• Over 14,000 custom pieces are designed weekly across web, mobile, and in-store
• Integrates seamlessly with existing commerce workflows
👑 Founder-led with a sharp pivot
• CEO Madeline Fraser shifted Gemist from DTC to B2B SaaS in 2022 after seeing broader demand
• Founded out of personal frustration trying to customize a ring online
• Now focused on enabling small and mid-sized jewelers to compete with luxury digital experiences
As jewelry buyers demand personalization and transparency, Gemist is arming retailers with the tools to deliver both—no showroom or 6-week CAD cycle required.
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🛰️ Xona Launches Next-Gen GPS from Space and Raises $92M to Scale It
Xona Space Systems, a Burlingame-based startup reinventing satellite navigation, has raised a $92M Series B after launching Pulsar-0, its first production-class satellite. The round was led by Craft Ventures with participation from Toyota Ventures, Seraphim, NGP Capital, and a $20M strategic award from the U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWERX.
📡 Precision GPS from low Earth orbit
• Pulsar satellites broadcast encrypted signals 100× stronger than GPS — even in cities and indoors
• Delivers centimeter-level accuracy to standard receivers without bulky new hardware
• Designed to resist jamming and spoofing with military-grade authentication
🚀 Moving from demo to deployment
• Pulsar-0 launched May 2025; full constellation planned for 2026–28
• Target customers: defense, autonomous vehicles, logistics, aviation, and finance
• Working with chipset and device makers to enable plug-and-play upgrades for existing systems
⚙️ A deep-tech team with strategic momentum
• Founded by aerospace engineers with DARPA and GNSS experience
• U.S. Air Force and Space Force backing signals national security alignment
• Craft Ventures’ Sky Dayton joins the board to support commercial expansion
As GPS hits its limits, Xona is building the resilient, high-precision satellite layer modern systems—and geopolitics—will depend on.
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🏦 Digital Asset Is Tokenizing Wall Street’s Core Infrastructure
Digital Asset, the New York–based blockchain infrastructure firm, has raised $135M in a fresh funding round backed by Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, BNP Paribas, Virtu, and DTCC. The round was led by Tradeweb and DRW’s VC arm to accelerate adoption of the Canton Network, a privacy-preserving blockchain for regulated finance.
🔗 Institutional-grade blockchain for real-world assets
• Canton enables atomic settlement and tokenization of assets like bonds, repos, and funds
• Built for compliance and privacy — unlike public chains — using Digital Asset’s Daml smart contract language
• Positioned as a “network of networks” for interoperable, institutional finance
📊Trillions already flowing through the system
• Live since 2024, Canton supports trillions in tokenized assets across finance and trading
• Used by Tier 1 players including Goldman, Deutsche Börse, DTCC, and now Citadel
• Designed to allow asset managers, custodians, and banks to build compliant blockchain applications
🎯 Building the infrastructure layer for tokenized finance
• Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz says the raise “cements blockchain’s transformative promise”
• New funding to onboard more financial institutions and asset classes
• Strategic push as Wall Street shifts from blockchain pilots to production-scale adoption
Digital Asset is quietly becoming the plumbing layer for the next generation of financial markets.
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🧾 Execo Brings Agentic AI to Procurement Workflows
Execo, a New York-based enterprise AI startup, has raised an undisclosed bridge round led by Unlock Partners to accelerate go-to-market growth and expand profitability. The company builds agentic AI systems for contract and supplier management, and now counts over 100 enterprise clients globally.
🛸 Agentic AI for contracts and supply chains
• Automates contract lifecycle management and supplier performance workflows
• Focused on risk mitigation, cost reduction, and supply chain resilience
• Combines generative AI with human-in-the-loop design for ROI and compliance
📊 Growing team, global footprint
• 500 employees across six countries, including teams in Europe and Asia
• Serving Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in procurement-heavy sectors
• Unlock’s Patrick Cao (ex-Tokopedia President) joins the board to support scaling
🧭 Strategic push toward profitability
• Bridge funding supports GTM acceleration and revenue per employee expansion
• Positioning as “the enterprise-grade AI layer” for procurement operations
• Prioritizing sustainable growth before next institutional raise
Execo’s disciplined, applied approach gives it an edge in turning language models into enterprise utility.
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🧠 OpenRouter Builds the Universal API for AI Models
OpenRouter, the one-stop routing layer for large language models, has raised a $40M combined Seed and Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures, with backing from Sequoia and prominent angels. Now valued at $500M, OpenRouter is emerging as core infrastructure for multi-model AI development.
🛸 Unified access to 400+ AI models
• Connects to models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Google, Meta, and more via a single API
• Automatically routes requests based on latency, cost, or performance preferences
• Offers transparent pricing and usage tracking across providers with just a 5% platform fee
📈 Surging demand from devs and enterprises
• $100M+ inference run rate as of May 2025 — up 10× since October
• Over 1M developers using the platform, handling trillions of tokens weekly
• Runs on 50+ cloud hosts with edge latency as low as 25ms
🔗 Building the AI infrastructure backbone
• Integrates with Zapier, VS Code, Cloudflare, PostHog, and more
• Partnered early with OpenAI for GPT-4.1 rollout and usage insights
• Offers enterprise-ready tools for routing, analytics, and failover protection
As the AI stack fragments, OpenRouter is stitching it back together—offering developers and enterprises a unified gateway to the future of multi-model AI.
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🩺 Abridge Turns Doctor-Patient Talks into Real-Time Clinical Notes
Abridge, a Pittsburgh- and San Francisco-based startup, has raised a $300M Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz to scale its AI that turns medical conversations into structured documentation. Now valued at $5.3B, Abridge aims to eliminate clinician burnout by automating the most tedious part of healthcare: note-taking.
🛸 Real-time AI for medical documentation
• Transcribes and summarizes clinician–patient conversations using ambient AI
• Extracts structured data like ICD-10 and HCC codes at the point of care
• Integrated with EHRs like Epic to support billing, referrals, and medical orders
📈 Rapid growth across U.S. health systems
• Deployed in 150+ systems, processing over 50M conversations annually
• Covers 55 specialties and 28 languages; >90% clinician retention after onboarding
• Reduces documentation time by 60–70% across clinical workflows
👨⚕️ Mission-led team with deep healthcare roots
• Founded by cardiologist Dr. Shiv Rao and backed by top-tier VCs including Khosla Ventures
• Now over 100 employees across engineering and clinical operations
• Expanding into inpatient settings and deeper EHR integrations post-funding
As hospitals face soaring admin costs and clinician burnout, Abridge is betting that listening—then writing—can be the most valuable AI skill in medicine.
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🛸 Pangram Builds AI to Spot Machine-Written Text
Pangram, an AI startup founded by former Tesla and Google engineers, has raised a $4M seed round to detect AI-generated content. The company’s active learning model outperforms traditional detectors like Turnitin and is already being used by Quora and NewsGuard.
🧪 Smarter detection through active learning
• Uses a feedback loop to generate hard-to-classify examples for training
• Built on open-source models, offering better performance at lower cost
• Research shows a 38x error reduction vs. standard detection tools
📊 Early traction with power users
• Clients include Quora and media verification firm NewsGuard
• Subscription pricing for individuals, pros, and developers (starts at $15/month)
• Raised from ScOp, Script Capital, Cadenza, Haystack VC, and others
🧬 Stanford roots, big ambitions
• Founded by Bradley Emi and Max Spero, Stanford grads with stints at Tesla and Google
• Currently 8 engineers, aiming to grow post-funding
• Plans to expand beyond enterprise into consumer tools for AI integrity
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram wants to be the backbone of trust—quietly verifying what’s real and what’s synthetic.
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🧮 Qualytics Brings AI-Grade Data Quality to the Enterprise Stack
Atlanta-based Qualytics has raised a $10M Series A led by BMW i Ventures to scale its platform for augmented data quality. The startup helps enterprises monitor, validate, and trust their data in real time—automatically and at scale.
🛸 Augmented data quality for modern data stacks
• Auto-generates thousands of quality rules across source systems, warehouses, and lakehouses
• Low-code workflows and anomaly detection help teams catch issues early
• Designed to empower both business users and data engineers with continuous observability
📈 Growing demand from data-driven enterprises
• 5× revenue growth over the past year, with wins in financial services and healthcare
• Oversubscribed round with participation from Conductive Ventures, The Hill Fund, and others
• Trusted by companies that rely on real-time, high-integrity data pipelines
🚀 Building the next layer of trust in AI and analytics
• Founded by Gorkem Sevinc and Eric Simmerman with deep roots in data infrastructure
• Funds will go toward scaling engineering, accelerating onboarding, and expanding enterprise go-to-market
• Positioned as a foundational layer for AI workflows and governed analytics
As businesses rush to adopt AI, Qualytics is tackling the invisible risk: dirty data. Their platform ensures the insights you build are only as good as the data behind them.
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⚙️ Snowcap Bets on Superconductors to Reinvent AI Infrastructure
Snowcap Compute has raised $23M in seed funding to build superconducting chips that could dramatically outperform today’s silicon-based AI hardware. The round was led by Playground Global, with participation from Cambium Capital and Vsquared Ventures. Their goal: solve AI’s growing power problem with a fundamentally different architecture.
⚙️ Cryogenic chips with radical efficiency gains
• Uses niobium titanium nitride to enable near-zero resistance at cryogenic temps
• Promises up to 25× better performance per watt vs. current AI chips
• Designed to work in tandem with industrial cooling systems for total energy savings
📈 Early momentum and heavyweight backers
• Led by former Cadence executive Michael Lafferty, with PhDs from Northrop and Imec
• Backed by Pat Gelsinger (former Intel CEO), now a GP at Playground
• First chip expected in 2026, with system builds to follow
🌐 A bold shift beyond Moore’s Law
• Targets hyperscale data centers strained by Nvidia-powered compute demand
• Compatible with 300mm fabs—easing future manufacturing scale
• Materials sourced from Brazil and Canada to support global supply chain
Snowcap isn’t chasing incremental gains—it’s betting on a new paradigm where superconductors make AI compute radically faster and cleaner.
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🛸 Accel Leads Round for Swedish “Vibe Coding” AI Star Lovable
Accel is leading a $150 million funding round in Stockholm-based AI startup Lovable, which is closing in on a $1.8–2 billion valuation . The investment follows a $15M pre‑Series A in February and comes less than six months after launch.
⚙️ Democratizing App Creation with AI
• Lovable enables anyone—even non‑coders—to build full-fledged apps and websites using simple text prompts .
• The platform integrates top-tier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini to generate complete front‑ and backend code .
• Within just seven months of launch, it reached $75 million ARR and amassed over 30,000 paying users .
• Dubbed “vibe coding” — a term credited to Andrej Karpathy — it allows users to build by feel and language rather than syntax .
📊 Explosive Growth & Market Position
• Lovable saw ARR skyrocket from $17M in early 2025 to $75M by mid‑2025 .
• It was named one of Europe’s fastest‑growing SaaS startups, topping Sifted’s B2B SaaS Rising 100 .
• Positioned in a competitive field alongside Cursor (Anysphere), GitHub Copilot, and Replit, Lovable stands out by targeting non‑technical founders and small businesses .
🧭 Strategic Vision: Global Scaling & Toolbox Integration
• Founded in 2023 by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin, veterans of Depict.ai and assistive technology .
• Initial pre‑seed and pre‑Series A rounds led by Creandum, Hummingbird Ventures, and prominent angels including Charlie Songhurst and Thomas Wolf .
• Upcoming round fuels expansion of deep integrations (e.g., Supabase, GitHub), international scaling, and enhancements to backend capabilities.
Lovable is proving that truly no‑code AI development is scalable, fast, and investor‑backable—positioning itself as a European powerhouse in generative AI for app creation.
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⚡ Dexter Energy Scales AI Trading to Maximize Renewable Power Profits
Dexter Energy, an Amsterdam-based climate tech startup, has raised a €23M Series C to expand its AI-powered forecasting and trading optimization platform for renewables and battery assets. The round was led by Alantra’s Klima fund, with participation from Mirova, ETF Partners, Newion, and PDENH.
🛸 AI for grid-aware energy trading
• Combines weather, price, and grid data to forecast and optimize renewable energy trades
• Covers day-ahead, intraday, and real-time imbalance markets
• Platform helps wind, solar, and battery operators lift revenues by up to 30%
• Already supports >80 clients including Centrica, Pure Energie, and Luminus
📈 Riding the clean energy inflection point
• Renewables make up 47% of Europe’s power mix, en route to 70% by 2030
• Rising volatility and balancing costs are squeezing producer margins
• Dexter operates in 9 countries with a team of ~90 and plans to expand further into Europe
• New tools for battery trading will help producers monetize storage more efficiently
🌍 Founder-led with deep market traction
• CEO Luuk Veeken founded Dexter in 2017 to bring AI to energy trading
• This round will grow the team, improve models, and expand into new geographies
• Strategic investors back Dexter as a key enabler of grid-stable, renewables-first systems
Dexter is becoming the intelligent control layer that helps Europe’s clean energy system run profitably, flexibly—and in real time.
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💻 Hinge Health Taps AI to Automate Care Delivery
Digital health company Hinge Health has gone public with a $2.6 billion valuation and is now leaning heavily on AI to transform how musculoskeletal care is delivered—largely without human intervention.
🧠 AI-led physical therapy
• 95% of clinician tasks now automated using Hinge’s in-house AI tools
• Combines wearable sensors, computer vision, and personalized exercise plans
• Helps boost efficiency while maintaining strong patient outcomes
📈 Profitable and scaling fast
• Q1 2025: $123.8M in revenue and $17.1M profit with 81% gross margins
• Uses AI automation to reduce costs and deliver virtual care at scale
• Now expanding into new specialties, with broader offerings launching this summer
🦾 Reinventing care with automation
• AI adjusts treatment plans in real time based on motion tracking
• Vision is to become the go-to platform for home-based chronic pain management
• Goal: replace fragmented physical therapy with seamless virtual-first care
🚀 IPO opens the digital health floodgates
• One of the first profitable healthtech IPOs in years
• Proving automation-first care can drive both impact and financial results
• Sets a new playbook for startups like Omada and Sword Health considering public listings
Hinge Health’s automation-first strategy could reshape how care is delivered—and who delivers it.
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📢 Deeto Turns Customer Voice into a GTM Powerhouse
Deeto, a New York–based startup helping companies scale customer advocacy with AI, has raised a $12.5M Series A led by Jump Capital, bringing total funding to $17M. The platform automates the capture and delivery of customer proof to accelerate deals, personalize buyer journeys, and boost GTM conversion.
🧠 Smart advocacy, delivered with AI
• AI curates customer stories and routes them based on persona, stage, and channel
• Auto-generates proof content and surfaces it across websites, sales decks, and CRMs
• Replaces static testimonials with dynamic, contextual, and scalable social proof
• Integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, and other GTM tools for seamless activation
📈 Gaining traction with modern GTM teams
• Used by teams at Dropbox, Atlassian, 6Sense, Klaviyo, and Bloomreach
• Helps sellers and marketers build trust without waiting on case studies
• Removes advocacy bottlenecks—no more wrangling references or creating one-off assets
🔺 Mission-led founders, expansion-ready
• CEO Eran Baron leads a team with deep AI, SaaS, and go-to-market expertise
• Funds will scale product, deepen integrations, and grow sales and success teams
• Positioned as the “customer layer” for modern revenue teams in PLG and enterprise motions
Deeto isn’t just collecting testimonials—it’s automating the voice of the customer as a high-conversion GTM asset at every touchpoint.
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🛰️ Skynopy Simplifies Satellite Connectivity with API-First Ground Network
Skynopy, a Paris-based spacetech startup, has raised a €15M (~$16.2M) seed round to expand its hybrid ground station network for satellite operators. The round was led by Alven, with participation from Expansion Ventures, Omnes, Heartcore, and CNES-backed SpaceFounders. Skynopy aims to make connecting satellites to Earth as easy as managing a smartphone.
🛸 Ground ops, streamlined like cloud
• API-first platform lets operators book downlink sessions in minutes
• Hybrid model blends Skynopy antennas with integrated partner stations across multiple bands
• Virtualized modems, real-time orchestration, and usage-based pricing eliminate CAPEX headaches
📡 Fast data, zero friction
• Enables 20-minute revisit times and 2x more data per satellite pass
• Strategic partners include AWS, Airbus Defense & Space, and Kinéis
• AKAR network roadmap aims for 100+ connected ground stations by 2028
👩🚀 Founder-led with deep space chops
• CEO Pierre Bertrand and CTO Antonin Hirsch previously engineered satellite ops at Loft Orbital
• Frustrated by ground segment bottlenecks, they built Skynopy from the ground up in 2023
• Vision: orbital connectivity as seamless, scalable, and flexible as cloud computing
In a space industry racing toward real-time data, Skynopy is redefining the ground segment as software-first, API-powered, and ready for scale.
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📦 Levelpath Rebuilds Enterprise Procurement with AI-Native UX
Levelpath, a San Francisco–based startup modernizing procurement software, has raised a $55M Series B led by Battery Ventures, with continued backing from Benchmark and Redpoint. The company is founded by the creators of Scout RFP (acquired by Workday for $540M) and aims to make enterprise purchasing as smooth as consumer apps.
🛸 AI-first from the ground up
• Built post-ChatGPT, so generative AI powers workflows from contract review to vendor insights
• Helps users avoid “rogue spend” by automatically surfacing approved, lower-cost alternatives
• Modern UI/UX designed for employees outside procurement—mobile-ready and intuitive
📊 Big logos, bigger ambition
• Customers include Ace Hardware, Amgen, SiriusXM, and Coupang
• Revenue expected to quadruple in 2025
• Competing in a $7.3B+ market alongside Coupa, Ariba, and Zip
🧬 Veteran founders, repeat playbook
• Founders Stan Garber and Alex Yakubovich previously built and sold Scout RFP
• Learned from Workday what legacy systems still couldn’t solve
• Battery’s Neeraj Agrawal—who also backed Coupa—joins the board
Procurement is often the second-largest cost center after payroll—Levelpath wants to make managing it as easy as shopping online.
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🇫🇷 Bonx Brings AI-Powered ERP to European Factories
Bonx, a Paris-based startup building ERP software for mid-sized manufacturers, has raised an $8.6M (€7.3M) Seed round to expand across Europe. The round was led by 9900 Capital with backing from Kima Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Purple, and OSS Ventures.
🛸 AI-driven ERP tailored for factory floors
• Built for mid-market industrial firms overlooked by legacy ERPs
• No-code setup and LLM-based customization enable fast onboarding without consultants
• Covers production, procurement, logistics, and quality—integrates with existing CRM/finance tools
🌍 Scaling across Europe’s industrial heartland
• Early traction in France; now expanding into Italy and Spain
• Targets manufacturers that need flexible digital systems but lack IT teams
• Deployments go live in weeks, not years—key differentiator vs traditional vendors
⛏ Founders with deep factory and ERP DNA
• CEO Alexandre Barroux built 8 industrial SaaS startups through OSS Ventures
• CTO Rémi Bèges holds a PhD in electronics and has built 3 ERPs from scratch
• Bonx spun out of OSS Ventures, which specializes in industrial startup creation
Europe’s industrial SMEs are hungry for tech that fits them—not the other way around. Bonx is betting that fast, AI-powered ERP is the wedge to win that $100B+ market.
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⚡️ Senra Automates the Wiring Behind Aerospace, EVs & Medical Devices
Senra Systems, a Redondo Beach–based startup founded by ex-SpaceX engineers, has raised a $25M Series A to modernize wire harness design and manufacturing. The round was led by CIV (founded by Figma’s Dylan Field) with backing from General Catalyst, Sequoia, Founders Fund, a16z, 8VC, and others.
🛸 Smarter software for physical wiring
• “Amp” is Senra’s custom design platform replacing Excel, Visio, and PDFs in complex wiring workflows
• Enables rapid design, simulation, and error detection — built for high-regulation industries
• Paired with Senra’s assembly-as-a-service model to deliver harnesses 3× faster
🚀 Serving aerospace, defense, and deep tech
• Already shipping to customers like Anduril and other defense, aviation, EV, and medical firms
• Automates critical wiring that powers planes, satellites, robots, and medical equipment
• U.S.-based manufacturing in Redondo Beach supports fast, secure turnaround for strategic sectors
⚙️ Rewiring industrial manufacturing at scale
• Founders Jordan Black and Ben Shanahan aim to modernize a $350B+ global harness industry
• Funding will expand factory capacity and launch Amp to more enterprise design teams
• Board and backers bring top-tier tech and defense experience to scale adoption
While others chase frontier tech, Senra is quietly modernizing a mission-critical backbone of hardware — and turning wiring into a software-native, on-demand service.
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🎙️ Clearspeed Uses Voice AI to Detect Risk in Seconds
Clearspeed, the San Diego-based voice analytics startup, has raised a $60M Series D led by Align Private Capital, with participation from IronGate Capital, Bravo Victor, KBW Ventures, and retired General David Petraeus. The company’s AI listens not to what you say, but how you say it — flagging risk across sectors from insurance to defense.
🛡️ Fast, language-agnostic risk scoring
• Analyzes vocal stress, cadence, and hesitation in 60+ languages — without using speech content
• Classifies high- vs low-risk individuals in real time for claims, security, or fraud workflows
• Delivered as a lightweight API that integrates into existing calls and systems
📈 Dual-use traction across industries
• Trusted by U.S. military, insurers, banks, and government agencies
• Customers report 30× ROI, 2× faster claims decisions, and 40% more instant payouts
• Now active in over a dozen markets with growing demand in the UK, Middle East, and LatAm
🎯 Scaling trust infrastructure for speech
• Originally built for defense vetting, now expanding to enterprise security and customer screening
• Align’s Anna Nekoranec joins the board; Petraeus calls it “outsized value” for vetting and ops
• Plans to double headcount, enhance real-time speed, and deepen commercial integrations
As AI moves beyond text, Clearspeed is turning voice into a trusted signal — helping organizations assess risk in seconds, not days.
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🎯 Kalshi Brings Real-World Prediction Markets to Scale
Kalshi, the AI-powered prediction market platform, has raised a $185M Series C round led by Paradigm, with backing from Sequoia, Citadel’s Peng Zhao, Bond Capital, Multicoin, and Neo. The round pushes Kalshi’s valuation to $2B as it accelerates its mission to make event forecasting a mainstream financial instrument.
📱 A regulated exchange for real-world events
• Offers tradable contracts on events like elections, inflation, Fed decisions, and weather
• Fully regulated by the CFTC — a key differentiator from crypto-native prediction markets
• Targets individuals and institutions looking to hedge or profit from macro volatility
📊 Growth fueled by election cycles and market volatility
• Saw massive traction during U.S. midterms and 2024 election run-up
• Positioned as a data-rich alternative to polls and analyst forecasts
• Riding a wave of renewed interest in predictive markets, alongside players like Polymarket
⚖️ From MIT to Wall Street — with a legal edge
• Founded by MIT alums Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara in 2018
• Recently won a major court battle vs. the CFTC to enable political event trading
• Paradigm’s backing signals confidence in Kalshi’s long-term regulatory defensibility
Prediction markets are evolving into serious financial infrastructure—and Kalshi is building the rails for institutional-grade forecasting.
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⚖️ Harvey Builds AI Infrastructure for the Legal World
Harvey, the AI startup transforming legal workflows, has raised a $300M Series E co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, with participation from Sequoia, OpenAI Startup Fund, DST, and others. The round doubles its valuation to $5B, reinforcing its lead as the go-to AI platform for legal professionals.
🛸 AI-native tools for legal teams
• Offers tools like Assistant, Workflows, Vault, and Knowledge for research, drafting, and document review
• Built on top of models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
• Used by top global law firms and in-house legal departments to cut hours of manual work
📈 Rapid growth and rising demand
• Run-rate revenue surged from $50M to $75M in just one quarter
• Headcount at ~340, with plans to double over the next 12 months
• Serves over 330 enterprise clients in law, corporate, and regulatory environments
🚀 Expanding into adjacent professional services
• Now integrating legal research via LexisNexis and REV for deeper domain expertise
• Plans to expand product suite into accounting, tax, and compliance workflows
• New capital to fuel R&D, hiring, and global expansion
Harvey is quietly becoming the AI operating system for professional services—starting with law, but scaling far beyond it.
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🔺 Tadaweb Turns “Small Data” into a Scalable OSINT Engine
Tadaweb, the Luxembourg-based open-source intelligence (OSINT) startup, has raised $20M in growth funding from Arsenal Growth, Forgepoint Capital, and Wendel. The platform helps security and intelligence teams rapidly turn public data into actionable insights—focusing on accuracy over volume.
🔍 Precision-first OSINT for real-world missions
• Extracts high-value “small data” from open sources to reduce analyst workload
• Fully auditable: users see what data was used, when, and how
• Trusted by national security, cyber, and enterprise users across Europe and the U.S.
📊 Strong momentum across government and security
• ~120 employees with 30% revenue growth last year
• Total funding now $40M after an earlier round in 2023
• Used by defense, law enforcement, and threat intel teams in mission-critical environments
🧭 Scaling transparent intelligence infrastructure
• Founded in Luxembourg with a growing U.S. and UK footprint
• Arsenal Growth’s Jason Rottenberg and Forgepoint’s Damien Henault join the board
• New funds will go to hiring, product development, and international go-to-market
Tadaweb is redefining open-source intelligence by making it faster, more precise, and more accountable—exactly what modern security teams need.
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