This week’s VC Deals contains over 85 deals and M&A announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
M&A (7)
🧠 Actio Biosciences, Inc., a South San Francisco, CA-based rare epilepsy therapeutics developer, was acquired for up to $1.32 billion by Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc.
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🧬 Again, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based biomanufacturing and AI design company, has acquired Genomatica (Geno). Terms were not disclosed.
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🧳 BÉIS, a Los Angeles, CA-based luggage and travel accessories brand, was majority-acquired for $178.5 million (an 85% stake) by Samsonite Group S.A..
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💳 Kard Financial, Inc., a New York, NY-based commerce media and rewards platform, will be acquired by Citi. Terms were not disclosed.
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🛰️ GalaxEye, a Bengaluru-based multisensor satellite imaging startup, has acquired StarOps. Terms were not disclosed.
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📊 NextSlide, a presentation software startup, was acquired by OpenAI. Terms were not disclosed.
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✈️ Resonant Sciences, a Dayton, OH-based defense technology company, was acquired for $500 million by Joby Aviation.
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Pre-Seed (13)
🤖 Cobi, a Dubai-based AI customer intelligence platform, raised $1 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Lunara Partners with participation from Plug and Play, Annex Investments, and Spring.
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📊 Echovane Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based AI-native market research automation startup, raised $1 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Titan Capital and Neon Fund.
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🍽️ FlairMakers, a London-based hospitality careers platform, raised £0.5 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by SFC Capital.
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👀 FriskAI, a Los Angeles, CA-based AI agent observability platform, raised $3.6 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by MaC Venture Capital.
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🚘 Lane, a Bengaluru-based driving education and mobility platform, raised ₹8.5 crore in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Kae Capital with participation from DeVC and Antler India.
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🤖Lemma, a San Francisco, CA-based AI agent reliability monitoring company, raised $2.3 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Matrix with participation from Y Combinator and Liquid 2 Ventures.
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♻️ Metal Morph, a London-based wastewater metals recovery startup, raised £700,000 in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Sustainable Ventures and Green Angel Ventures with participation from Aqcelerator and Found Capital.
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🎨 Palette, a Copenhagen-based model-swappable AI platform, raised €3 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Ugly Duckling Ventures with participation from Emblem, Acadian Ventures, and others.
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⚛️ Quarkitech, a Chennai-based quantum technology startup, raised ₹20 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Artha Access with participation from Finvolve.
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🛡️ Soor, a Manama, Bahrain-based insurtech platform, raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Spring.
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🏦 Vecton AI, a Bengaluru-based enterprise banking AI platform, raised ₹60 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Zeropearl VC with participation from a syndicate of enterprise-software angel investors.
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🧺 WashWise, a New York, NY-based clothing-care spray company, raised $1.2 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by FJ Labs with participation from Singh Capital and Brown Girl Angels.
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✈️ Zerolook, a Zug, Switzerland-based AI-powered flight-search API, raised $1.9 million in a pre-seed fundraising round led by Playfair with participation from Vento Ventures and TrueSight Ventures.
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Seed (16)
🤖 Alloy Robotics, a Surry Hills, Australia-based robotics testing and data platform, raised $11.5 million in a seed fundraising round led by Square Peg with participation from Blackbird and Airtree.
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🧬 Bios Life, a Boston, MA-based AI digital twins for cancer, raised $25 million in a seed fundraising round led by Redmile Group, Vsquared Ventures, and Kindred Capital.
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🛡️ Corma, a Tel Aviv and San Francisco, CA-based defensive cybersecurity AI platform, raised $60 million in a seed fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue.
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🤖 Deployment Inc, a Gurugram-based enterprise AI company, raised $5 million in a seed fundraising round led by Cars24.
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🧪 Discovered Materials, a San Francisco, CA-based AI agents for materials discovery, raised $9 million in a seed fundraising round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Peak XV Partners.
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🏗️ Fitting, a Riyadh-based construction technology platform, raised $1.1 million in a seed fundraising round led by an undisclosed strategic investor.
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🧠 Kantoko, a Hurstville, Australia-based ADHD care platform, raised $3.5 million in a seed fundraising round led by Side Stage Ventures and Tenmile with participation from Archangel Ventures.
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🎮 Majestic Mind Games, a Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based video game studio, raised $1.45 million in a seed fundraising round led by Merak Capital and Impact46 with participation from NEOM.
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🛡️ Plinq, an Ourinhos, Brazil-based women’s safety app, raised $254,000 in a seed fundraising round led by Spectra Investments with participation from Anton Osika and Liana Selles.
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🍽️ Proxy Foods AI, a Washington, DC-based AI-powered food R&D platform, raised $6 million in a seed fundraising round led by Ted Leonsis with participation from Robert G. Hisaoka and SWaN & Legend Venture Partners.
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💧 Reservoir, a Boston, MA-based grid-smart water heater maker, raised $8 million in a seed fundraising round led by Asymmetric Capital Partners with participation from Founder Collective and MCJ.
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🧽 Scrubsy, a Gurugram-based D2C home-cleaning brand, raised ₹270 million in a seed fundraising round led by V3 Ventures.
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🧮 Sterling, a Wellington, New Zealand-based AI autopilot for finance, raised A$3.15 million in a seed fundraising round led by Blackbird with participation from Rowan Simpson and Eliot Crowther.
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🏗️ Visoid, an Oslo-based AI visualization platform for architects, raised $2.5 million in a seed fundraising round led by Skyfall Ventures with participation from Farvatn Venture, byFounders Angel Collective.
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🧸 Wippi, a Bengaluru-based children’s technology startup, raised $1.2 million in a seed fundraising round led by 12 Flags with participation from Warmup Ventures and Ventana Ventures.
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📡 Zoppler Systems, a Bengaluru-based defence and dual-use tech, raised ₹6.5 crore in a seed fundraising round led by Finvolve and India Accelerator.
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Series A (19)
🧠 Arab Therapy, a Berlin, Germany-based digital mental health startup, raised $2 million in a pre-Series A fundraising round led by Manara Ventures with participation from Anara Impact Fund and Value Makers Studio (VMS).
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🛡️ Axle, a New York, NY-based AI insurance data platform, raised $17.5 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Base10 Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Gradient.
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🩺 Ayati Devices, a Bengaluru-based medtech diagnostic platform, raised ₹150 million in a pre-Series A fundraising round led by Inflexor Ventures with participation from Kalaari Capital, and Sunicon Ventures.
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💰 Centricity, a Gurugram-based digital wealth-management platform, raised ₹280 crore in a Series A fundraising round led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund with participation from Lightspeed India Partners and Burman Family Office.
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🛡️ Consint.AI, a Noida, India-based enterprise AI fraud detection company, raised ₹220 million in a Series A fundraising round led by BIG Global Investment JSC with participation from Equanimity Ventures Trust II and Seafund Venture India Scheme I.
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🛡️ Cytix, a Manchester-based AI code risk platform, raised $7 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Northern Gritstone with participation from Auriga Cyber Ventures and NPIF II – PXN Equity Finance.
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🛒 Edgify, a London-based edge AI retail platform, raised $9 million in a Series A+ extension round led by Rank Ventures and Mangrove Capital Partners.
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🤖 Fazeshift, a San Francisco, CA-based agentic AI finance platform, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A extension round from Amex Ventures with participation from F-Prime and Gradient.
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🚚 FreightFox, a Pune-based logistics tech platform, raised ₹50 million in a pre-Series A fundraising round led by HighLeaf with participation from Vijender Yadav (Accops Systems) and Puru Gupta (Proteus Partners).
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🏦 GetVantage, a Mumbai-based MSME financing platform, raised US $6.6 million in a Series A1 fundraising round led by SanRaj Group and Rajeev Ahuja with participation from Chiratae Ventures.
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🧬 Infinimmune, an Alameda, CA-based human-derived antibody therapeutics company, raised $75 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Regeneron Ventures and Playground Global with participation from RA Capital Management.
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🛡️ InRisk Labs, an Ahmedabad-based insurtech platform, raised $27 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Northpoint Capital.
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🛡️ Mindgard, a Boston, MA- and London-based AI security platform, raised $30 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Album VC with participation from Karma Ventures and .406 Ventures.
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🌾 Mitti Labs, a New York, NY-based climate-smart rice farming startup, raised $9.5 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Aramco Ventures with participation from Lightspeed India and Godrej Industries Group.
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📈 Pinegap, a Short Hills, NJ-based AI infrastructure for investment research, raised $8 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Inventus Capital and Silicon Valley Quad.
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💊 Remepy, a New York, NY-based hybrid therapeutics platform, raised $36 million in a Series A fundraising round led by O.G. Venture Partners and M Ventures with participation from NFX.
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☁️ RWX, a Columbus, OH-based dev cloud for AI engineering, raised $12 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with participation from Quiet Capital and The O.H.I.O. Fund.
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💽 Silicon Data, a New York, NY-based data infrastructure platform, raised $30.5 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Valor Atreides AI Fund with participation from CME Ventures, DRW.
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🧪 Vals AI, a San Francisco, CA-based AI agent testing platform, raised $40 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from 8VC and Pear VC.
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Series B (11)
⚒️ Blacksmith Software Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based AI code validation platform, raised $45 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Peak XV Partners with participation from GV, Y Combinator.
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🧘♀️ BlissClub, a Bengaluru-based women’s athleisure brand, raised ₹1.6 billion in a Series B fundraising round led by Singularity AMC with participation from Elevation Capital and Eight Roads Ventures.
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✈️ ClearJet, an Austin, TX-based AI-powered cargo logistics marketplace, raised $25 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Edison Partners with participation from Venture53 and Origin Ventures.
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🫁 Expedition Therapeutics, a San Francisco, CA-based COPD therapeutics developer, raised $115 million in a Series B fundraising round led by General Atlantic with participation from RA Capital and Vivo Capital.
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🎂 FA Gifts Private Limited, a Gurugram-based parent of FlowerAura and Bakingo, raised ₹1 billion in a Series B fundraising round led by Faering Capital International Growth Fund III and Faering Capital Growth Fund III.
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🚜 Farmbot, a Fort Worth, TX-based farm water monitoring platform, raised $22 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Lewis & Clark Partners with participation from Fulcrum Global Capital and Builders VC.
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🦴 Flagler Health, a New York, NY-based AI platform for musculoskeletal care, raised $50 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from SignalFire and Alumni Ventures.
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🛡️ Heaviside Industries, a Los Angeles, CA-based defense technology company, raised $60 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Felicis with participation from Hedosophia and Menlo Ventures.
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🧬 Mironid, a Glasgow, Scotland-based rare kidney disease treatment developer, raised £34 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Scottish National Investment Bank with participation from Roche Venture Fund and Epidarex Capital.
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🖧 Point2 Technology, a San Jose, CA-based communications technology company, raised $136 million in a Series B fundraising round led by LB Investment with participation from Arm and Maverick Silicon.
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💳 Yuno, a New York, NY-based payments orchestration platform, raised $45 million in a Series B fundraising round led by Global PayTech Ventures with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global.
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Series C (6)
🫀 Bridge to Life Ltd., a Columbia, SC-based organ-perfusion systems developer, raised $110 million in a Series C fundraising round led by Soleus Capital with participation from Lauxera Capital Partners and Soleus Capital Credit Opportunities Fund.
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🐇 CodeRabbit Inc., a San Francisco-based AI code management platform, raised $143 million in a Series C fundraising round led by Atomico and Smash Capital with participation from BMW i Ventures.
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💖 Lovable, a Stockholm-based AI software creation platform, raised $400 million in a Series C fundraising round led by Menlo Ventures and Scaleup Europe Fund (managed by EQT) with participation from Balderton Capital.
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🛡️ Neros Technologies, an El Segundo, CA-based autonomous and interceptor drones company, raised $250 million in a Series C fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital and American Strategic Technology Fund (ASTF) with participation from Interlagos.
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🧠 Skan AI, a Menlo Park, CA-based enterprise process intelligence platform, raised $63 million in a Series C fundraising round led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital with participation from Citi Ventures.
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🚲 Yulu, a Bengaluru-based electric micromobility platform, raised $93 million in a Series C fundraising round led by GEF Capital Partners.
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Series D (1)
🛰️ Space Star Technology (航天 驭星), a Beijing-based aerospace and satellite maker, raised $297 million in a Series D fundraising round led by HSG with participation from Qianhai Ark and China Unicom Zhanxin
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Other (12)
🐟 AquaNab, a Hamburg-based nanoantibody platform for aquaculture, raised an undisclosed amount in a venture financing round led by Nordic Foodtech VC.
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🧬 Asia Cell & Gene Therapeutics (aCGT), a Cayman Islands-based cell and gene therapy biotech, raised $1–2 million in a bridge round led by undisclosed investors.
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✈️ Entravel Group, a Copenhagen-based white-label travel infrastructure platform, raised $7.5 million in a venture round led by Ethereal Ventures and Finality Capital with participation from GSR.
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🔋 Form Energy, a Somerville, MA-based iron-air battery maker, raised $750 million in a Series G fundraising round led by T. Rowe Price with participation from Sequoia Capital and Janus Henderson.
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🤖 hiSofi, a Sao Paulo-based debt collection automation platform, raised $1 million in a financing round led by SaaSholic with participation from National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII).
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🍄 Millow, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based minimally processed alt meat company, raised $2.3 million in a funding round led by Magnus Emilson with participation from Jan Enhager.
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🌊 River AI, a Palo Alto, CA-based AI research startup, raised $1.1 billion across its Series Seed and Series A rounds led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC with participation from NVIDIA, AMD Ventures, Y Combinator, and others.
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🎯 STRGY AI, a Helsinki-based AI strategy execution platform, raised €1 million in an angel funding round led by Innovestor Angel CoFund with participation from Business Finland.
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🤖 Thrive Holdings, a New York, NY-based AI-focused enterprise holding company, raised $2 billion in a corporate round led by SoftBank with participation from D1 Capital Partners and Altimeter Capital.
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🎙️ Unwell, a Los Angeles, CA-based creator-led media company, raised an undisclosed amount in a strategic investment led by WTSL.
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🦠 Vedanta Biosciences, a Cambridge, MA-based microbiome therapeutics developer, raised $60 million in a financing round led by AMR Action Fund and BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts.
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👕 VibeIQ, a Boston, MA-based AI product decision platform, raised $22.5 million in a growth financing round led by Volition Capital with participation from Venture Guides.
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