3 companies we think could be raising soon (plus, all of the week's VC Deals)

SOURCING IDEAS

Companies that raised ~1 year ago, or recently announced stealth moves.

🖥️ ControlRooms.ai, an Austin, TX-based AI-assisted troubleshooting company, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Origin Ventures, with participation from Amity Ventures, Tokio Marine Future Fund, S3 Ventures, GTM Fund, Alpha Square Group, FJ Labs and others.

🧠 Context.ai, a London, U.K.-based provider of a product analytics platform for LLM-powered applications, raised $3.5 million in a funding round co-led by GV and Theory Ventures.

👽 Martian Lawyers Club, a game personalization tech developer, raised $2.2 million in a Seed funding round led by Fly Ventures, with participation from System.One, Dhyan Ventures and individual investors.

M&A

🎙️ Podimo, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based spoken audio subscription service, acquired Tonny Media, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based podcast production house. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

🛡️ Enigma, a cybersecurity platform focusing on Zero Trust, acquired Onclave Networks, a cybersecurity company securing devices, services, and people across diverse environments. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

📊 Avionté, a Bloomington, MN-based provider of enterprise staffing platforms, acquired AkkenCloud, a Nashua, NH-based staffing software company. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

VC DEALS

📈 Botanical Solution, a Santiago, Chile-based provider of advanced botanical materials, raised $7.6 million in a Series A extension round with participation from undisclosed investors.

💡 Slingshot AI, a New York, NY, and London, UK-based AI mental health startup, raised approximately $30 million in a Seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Felicis Ventures, BoxGroup, and others.

💰 Revenew, a San Francisco, CA-based payment operations and optimization platform, raised $4.6 million in a Seed funding round led by Fika Ventures with participation from Dash Fund and TTV Capital.

👗 Tilt, a London, UK-based real-time shopping app for fashion, raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital with participation from TQ Ventures, Earlybird, and Seedcamp.

❄️ Sunswap, a London, UK-based clean-tech startup decarbonising cold chain logistics, raised £17.3 million in a funding round led by BGF with participation from Shell Ventures, Move Energy, and others.

🎁 Resal, a Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based e-gifting platform, raised $9 million in a funding round backed by Derayah Ventures Fund, with participation from Al-Wafrah AlThanya Investment Company, Venture Souq FinTech Fund, and others.

⚾ Home Run Dugout, an Austin, TX-based entertainment provider featuring indoor soft-toss baseball, raised $22.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Lagniappe Capital Partners with participation from BCS Capital and others.

🔗 SatLayer, a BTC re-staking platform developer, raised $8 million in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Castle Island Ventures and Hack VC with participation from Franklin Templeton Digital Assets, OKX Ventures, and others.

🪙 BSX, a provider of a DeFi derivatives protocol on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base, raised $6.2 million in funding. The total amount includes a $4 million Seed round led by Blockchain Capital and a $2.2 million Pre-Seed round.

🏡 HomeLight, a Scottsdale, AZ-based real estate technology platform, raised $20 million to expand its bridge loan product. The investors were undisclosed.

🤖 Butlr, a Burlingame, CA-based physical AI startup, raised $38 million in a Series B funding round backed by Pacific Alliance Venture, with participation from GS Futures, DNX Ventures, and others.

🌐 Corn, a developer of an Ethereum Layer-2 network using hybrid tokenized Bitcoin (BTCN) as gas, raised $6.7 million in funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital with participation from Binance Labs, Framework Ventures, and others.

🎨 Viggle AI, a Toronto, Canada-based startup empowering character animations through generative AI, raised $19 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Two Small Fish.

🔒 PrivacyHawk, a Los Angeles, CA-based consumer data protection company, raised $3 million in additional funding from K Street Capital, with participation from ffVC, Cadron Capital, and others.

💼 Jobilla, a Helsinki, Finland-based digital recruitment technology company, raised €6 million in additional funding led by Juuri Partners, with participation from Trind VC, Business Finland, and others.

🌍 Impactpool, a Stockholm, Sweden-based AI-enabled career platform, raised €3.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Mediahuis and Fort Knox.

🛒 RepAI, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI sales concierge for e-commerce shops, raised $8.2 million in funding led by Osage Venture Partners (OVP) with participation from Flashpoint Venture Capital.

🌐 Verofax, an Abu Dhabi, UAE-based Web3 services company, raised $3 million in Bridge funding. The round was led by Plug & Play Tech Center, with participation from Navig8 Group, Trove Capital UK, Jawa Brothers Advisory, and others.

🏦 Linker Finance, a Pasadena, CA-based platform empowering community banks to control their digital banking experience, raised $3.7 million in Seed funding led by Ten One Ten Ventures and Chingona Ventures, with participation from Audaz Capital, Techstars, and others.

🧬 Navigator Medicines, a Scotch Plains, NJ-based biotech company, raised $100 million in a Series A funding round led by RA Capital Management and Forbion.

🗃️ pgEdge, an Alexandria, VA-based company focused on distributed PostgreSQL, raised $10 million in funding led by Rally Ventures with participation from Sands Capital Ventures and Grotech Ventures.

🏗️ Planera, a San Jose, CA-based construction CPM scheduling and planning solution provider, raised $13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Sierra Ventures with participation from Sorenson Capital, Brick and Mortar Ventures, Prudence VC and Firebolt Ventures.

🔬 ZBiotics, a San Francisco, CA-based company offering genetically engineered probiotics, raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Spring Tide Capital with participation from Access Capital, Seamless Capital, Goat Rodeo Capital, and Seaside Ventures.

⚖️ Supio, a Seattle, WA-based AI platform provider for personal injury and mass tort plaintiff law firms, raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Bonfire Ventures and Foothill Ventures.

🤖 Katara, a Dover, DE-based AI-agent workflow automation platform provider, raised $2.2 million in Seed funding led by Diagram Ventures and Sparkle Ventures, with participation from StreamingFast and other strategic angels.

💾 Cribl, a San Francisco, CA-based data infrastructure startup, raised $319 million in a Series E funding round led by GV with participation from GIC, CapitalG, IVP, and CRV. The round values the company at $3.5 billion.

☁️ nOps, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI platform for optimizing cloud usage and spending on Amazon Web Services (AWS), raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Headlight Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $40.5 million.

🛰️ Space and Time, a Newport Beach, CA-based blockchain data warehouse developer, raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Framework Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Arrington Capital, and Hivemind Capital.

📦 Cardboard, an Oslo, Norway-based provider of a platform for businesses to organize their SaaS subscriptions, raised $2.1 million in funding. The round was led by Skyfall Ventures with participation from RunwayFBU and Sondo.

🔗 Chainbound, a New York-based startup building optimized infrastructure and networking tools for blockchains, raised $4.6 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Cyber Fund with participation from Maven 11, Semantic, Robot Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Anagram, Chorus One, Delphi Ventures, Symbolic Capital Partners, and several angel investors.

💬 Mercately, a Quito, Ecuador-based company that builds software for companies to sell directly to customers via WhatsApp, raised $2.6 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Inventus Capital Partners and SVQuad, with participation from Techstars, Salkantay Ventures, and BuenTrip Ventures.

🍣 New School Foods, a Toronto, Canada-based company developing a cold-based technique for plant-based meats, raised $6 million in funding. Backers included Inter IKEA Group, Good Startup, NewTree Capital, and Hatch.

🧠 Curio Digital Therapeutics Inc., a New Jersey-based company focused on treating postpartum depression (PPD) and other women’s mental health conditions, raised a double-digit funding round. Backers included RYSE Asset Management, ONCE, Bridge Point Capital, and Avestria.

🌱 Aplantex, a Montreal, Canada-based startup specializing in extracting high-value plant molecules from proprietary biomass, raised CAD $2.8 million in funding. The round was led by Frederick Perrault, with participation from the Circular Innovation Fund (CIF), Cycle Momentum, Investissement Québec, and angel investors.

🌍 PuriFire Energy, a Cambridge, UK-based provider of sustainable green hydrogen and methanol solutions, raised £2.7 million in Seed funding. The round was led by HICO Investment Group, with participation from Bulnes Capital, R&R Investments, and Abhishek Desai.

🤖 Wethos AI, a Newport Beach, CA-based AI-driven team optimization company, raised $7.5 million in Seed funding. The round was led by GFT Ventures, with participation from Miramar Digital Ventures, UCI Cove Fund, and Capellas Partners.

🛡️ Parry Labs, an Alexandria, VA-based defense technology company developing next-generation open architecture mission solutions, closed an $80 million first funding round. The round was led by Capitol Meridian Partners, with participation from True Ventures, 3Wire Partners, and Teamworthy Ventures.

📞 Bland AI, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform automating phone calls for enterprises using hyper-realistic AI agents, raised $16 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combinator and angel investors such as Max Levchin, Piotr Dąbkowski, and Jeff Lawson.

🏢 Pangeam, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a B2B SaaS workplace intelligence platform, raised $4.25 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Neotribe, with participation from SNR Ventures, DVC, and Niremia Capital.

🏛️ Pryzm Dynamics, a Boston, MA-based provider of tools, data, and context for companies to navigate government contracting, raised $2 million in funding. The round was led by XYZ Venture Capital and Amplify.LA, with participation from First In and other investors.

🏦 Comun, a NYC-based Latino-founded neobank providing modern banking solutions to immigrants in the U.S., raised $21.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Animo Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, FJ Labs, RTP Global, and South Park Commons.

🤖 Agency AI, creator of the AgentOps.ai platform, raised $2.6 million in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by 645 Ventures and Afore Capital.

🧬 Ancilia Biosciences, Inc., a NYC-based biotechnology company using CRISPR to create bacterial therapies with immunity against destructive viruses, raised $4.2 million in funding. The round was led by Safar Partners, with participation from Metaplanet, Psymed Ventures, Zubi Capital, Spacecadet Ventures, and others.

🔗 Solayer Labs, a developer of a Solana restaking protocol, raised $12 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Big Brain Holdings, Hack VC, Nomad Capital, Race Capital, ABCDE, and Maelstrom.

🦩 Stork Network, a developer of an open data market for onchain data provisioning, raised $4.7 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Faction VC and Lattice, with participation from Wintermute and CMS Holdings.

🎥 OpusClip, a Redwood City, CA-based AI-powered video repurposing startup, raised $30 million in funding. The round was led by Millennium New Horizons, with participation from Samsung Next, GTMfund, and DCM Ventures.

🤖 Swiss-Mile, a Zurich, Switzerland-based developer of AI-powered industrial robots, raised $22 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Bezos Expeditions and HongShan, with participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Armada Investment, and existing investor Linear Capital.

🧠 Tiimo, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based provider of a neurodivergent planning and learning app, raised $1.6 million in funding. The round was led by Crowberry Capital and People Ventures, with participation from Inner Foundations, Goodwater Capital, and Divergent Investments. This brings their total raised to $4.8 million pre-Series A.

🤖 Inventive AI, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of an AI-driven tool for streamlining and optimizing RFP (Request for Proposal) and sales questionnaire workflows, raised $4 million in funding. The round was led by Sierra Ventures with participation from YCombinator, SOMA Capital, and General Catalyst.

🤖 Moveo.AI, a NYC-based enterprise conversational AI startup, raised $2.6 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Eleven Ventures with participation from Uni.Fund and Charge.vc.

🧠 Piramidal, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered neurotech startup, raised $6 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Y Combinator, with participation from Adverb Ventures, Lionheart Ventures, and unnamed angel investors.

😊 Levitate, a Raleigh, NC-based provider of a SaaS ‘Happiness Platform’ for relationship-based businesses, raised $15 million in Series D funding. The round, which brings the total funding to $55 million, was led by Harbert Growth Partners, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Bull City Venture Partners.

💼 VRGL, a Dallas, TX-based provider of a client acquisition and investment proposal management solution, raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The round was led by Fintop Capital and MissionOG, with participation from Northwestern Mutual, Flyover Capital, Fin Capital, and other insiders and friends of the firm.

🧬 Noetik, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-native biotech company developing next-generation cancer therapeutics, closed a $40 millionSeries A financing round. The round was led by Polaris Partners. New investors Khosla Ventures, Wittington Ventures, and Breakout Ventures participated, along with support from existing investors DCVC, Zetta Venture Partners, Catalio Capital Management, and others.

🏥 Melodi Health, a Minneapolis, MN-based medical device company, raised $10.75 million in Series A funding. Backers included HM Venture Partners, Engage Venture Partners, Southeast Minnesota Capital Fund, and Three Bridges Private Capital.

🏗️ Pylon, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a support platform for B2B companies, raised $17 million in Series A funding, bringing the total amount raised to $20 million. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and others.

📦 PostEx, a Lahore, Pakistan-based developer of a hybrid fintech and logistics platform providing access to capital, raised $7.3 million in Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by Conjunction Capital, with participation from Dash Ventures, Sanabil500, VSQ, FJ Labs, and Zayn VC.

📸 Vybe, an AI-generated photos social media app provider, raised $4.75 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Stellation Capital, with participation from Scribble Ventures, Coalition Operators, Neo, and Blueprint FTC, along with angel investors such as Peter Boyce II, Kelvin Beachum, Ali Partovi, and Kevin Weil.

🎶 Turntable Labs, the Miami, FL-based company behind the new social music platform Hangout, raised $8.2 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Founders Fund, Elizabeth Street Ventures, 468 Capital, and f7 Ventures, with participation from angel investor Michael Guimarin.

🌍 Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS), a Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada-based company specializing in maritime solutions, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding. The round was led by Fonds de solidarité FTQ with participation from Export Development Corporation (EDC).

💄 Powder Beauty, a Ras al Khaimah, UAE-based provider of an e-commerce platform for conscious beauty and wellness products, raised an undisclosed amount in Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by Sophia Collective and NKEHL, with participation from several regional angel investors.

🔐 Uniqkey, a Herlev, Hovedstaden, Denmark-based provider of a password and access management solution, raised €5.35 million in funding. Backers included BackingMinds and industry veterans such as Jesper Zerlang (ex-CEO of Logpoint), Lars Ankjer, Otto Krabbe, Rolf Bladt, and several angel investors and key employees.

💻 Codeium, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of an AI-powered code acceleration platform, raised $150 million in Series C funding at a $1.25 billion valuation. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks.

🌐 Quai, an Austin, TX-based provider of a Layer-1 crypto network for the global and compute economies, raised $5 million in strategic funding. Backers included Cogitent Ventures, MH Ventures, TPC Ventures, Giga Chad Ventures, and DexCheck Ventures.

🌐 Peregrine Exploration, a NYC-based blockchain development and research company, raised $3.6 million in funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital and Dragonfly, with participation from Robot Ventures, Pier Two, EIV, Global Coin Research, and various angels.

🧬 RevolKa, a Tokyo, Japan-based biotech company advancing an AI-driven protein engineering technology platform, raised a $0.7 million Series A extension round, which was co-led by D3 and DEEPCORE.

We will be back next week to see if there was any "Back to School" effect on funding and M&A.

Catch you then!

John Gannon and the team @ Venture5 Media