33 deals : Health 6 in AI + Superseed (£50M) & 3 other new funds
💰 33 new AI-related deals profiled below by category.
Health led today's fundings: Vst Bio ($45M, stroke therapy) · Conduit Health ($17M, Medicare navigation) · Rivia ($14M, clinical analytics) · Ternary Therapeutics ($4.4M, drug discovery) · Sequential ($3.5M, skin microbiome) · Ciaodott ($1.6M, voice healthcare).
New funds raised: Four notable closes - Gradient led with a $220M fifth seed fund, pushing AUM to ~$1.2B. Albion VCT completed a fully subscribed £90M top-up targeting deeptech and healthcare. Spanish firm GVC Gaesco launched a €70M infratech fund. And Superseed secured a £50M cornerstone from the British Business Bank for physical AI and B2B SaaS at seed stage.
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Featured Deal
Superseed
🇬🇧
$62.5M
Superseed
has
launched
its third
fund,
securing a
cornerstone
commitment
of up to
£50
million
from the
British
Business
Bank. This
fund will
invest in
seed-stage
companies
focused on
physical
AI,
targeting
B2B AI and
SaaS
startups
in
industries
such as
manufacturing,
energy,
construction,
and
autonomous
systems.
Investors:
British
Business
Bank
AI Chips
Niv-ai
🇮🇱
$12M
Niv-AI, a Tel
Aviv-based
startup, has
raised $12 million
in seed funding to
address the
inefficiencies in
GPU power
management for AI
data centers.
Founded by CEO
Tomer Timor and
CTO Edward Kizis,
the company aims
to reduce power
wastage...
Investors: Glilot
Capital, Grove
Ventures
AI Hosting
Infrastructure
Knox Systems
🇺🇸
$25M
Knox Systems, a
NYC-based federal
AI-managed cloud
provider, raised
$25 million in
Series A funding
led by B Capital,
with participation
from M12, Okta
Ventures, MongoDB
Ventures, Hearst
Ventures, and
Benchstrength.
This funding
follows a $6.5
million seed round
and...
Investors: B
Capital, M12, Okta
Ventures, MongoDB
Ventures, Hearst
Ventures,
Benchstrength
Gency AI
🇺🇸
$20M
Gency AI, an AI
and blockchain
infrastructure
company based in
San Francisco, has
raised $20 million
in funding to
develop its
sovereign
advertising
network. This
investment aims to
enhance their
advertising
infrastructure
using advanced
technologies.
AI Model
Ecosystems
Kaltura
🌍
$22M
Kaltura, a digital
experience and
video platform
company, has
agreed to acquire
PathFactory, an
AI-driven content
intelligence and
personalization
platform, for
approximately $22
million in cash.
This acquisition
aims to enhance
Kaltura's digital
experiences and is
expected to close
in...
Agent Development
Tenkara
🇺🇸
$7M
Tenkara, a San
Francisco-based
company developing
ops agents for
U.S.
manufacturers,
raised $7 million
in funding. The
round was led by
True Ventures,
with participation
from several
investors
including HF0 and
WndrCo. The funds
will be used to
expand
operations...
Investors: True
Ventures, HF0,
WndrCo
Cybersecurity
Surf AI
🇺🇸
$57M
Surf AI, an
agentic operations
platform for
security teams,
has secured $57
million in funding
to enhance its
AI-native security
execution
offerings. The
funding round was
led by Accel, with
participation from
Cyberstarts and
Boldstart
Ventures. Surf AI
addresses the...
Investors: Accel,
Cyberstarts,
Boldstart Ventures
Energy
$12.96M
Gridbeyond has
secured a €12
million equity
investment round
to enhance its AI
energy
optimization
platform. The
funding round saw
participation from
Samsung Ventures
and existing
investors such as
Alantra’s Energy
Transition Fund
and Energy Impact
Partners. This
investment aims...
Investors: Samsung
Ventures,
Alantra’s Energy
Transition Fund,
Energy Impact
Partners
Evaluation &
Observability
Laminar
🌍
$3M
Laminar has raised
a $3 million seed
round led by
Atlantic.vc, with
participation from
Y Combinator and
other investors.
The company,
founded by Robert
Kim and
Dinmukhamed
Mailibay, develops
observability
tools for AI
agents, addressing
issues with
long-running
sessions and...
Investors:
Atlantic.vc, Y
Combinator
Financial Services
& Wealth
Management
Icapital
🌍
Undisclosed
icapital has
announced a
definitive
agreement to
acquire hexure, a
company
specializing in
digital and
AI-powered sales
automation
solutions for the
insurance and
financial services
sectors. This
acquisition aims
to enhance
icapital's
platform in the
annuities and
insurance
technology
space....
General Enterprise
Workflows
$49M
Standard Template
Labs Inc., a
startup utilizing
artificial
intelligence to
assist companies
in managing their
technology
infrastructure,
has raised $49
million in
funding. The seed
investment was
co-led by Iconiq
and CRV, with
Iconiq also
playing a role in
recruiting...
Investors: Iconiq,
CRV
Alomana
🇮🇹
$4.32M
Alomana, a
Milan-based
provider of an
enterprise AI
autonomy platform,
has raised €4
million in seed
funding led by CDP
Venture Capital,
with participation
from several
investors
including Italia
Venture II and
Founders Factory.
The funding will
enhance the
autonomous...
Investors: CDP
Venture Capital,
Italia Venture II,
Founders Factory
Health
Vst Bio
🇺🇸
$45M
vst bio, a
biotechnology
company focused on
vascular diseases,
has closed a $45
million Series A
financing round to
advance its lead
stroke therapy
candidate, vb-001.
The round was led
by Coefficient
Giving, a
philanthropic
funder dedicated
to impactful
scientific...
Investors:
Coefficient Giving
$17M
Conduit Health,
based in New York,
has secured a $17
million Series A
funding round led
by Drive Capital
from Ohio. The
company addresses
the complex
challenges
Medicare and
Medicaid patients
face in accessing
insurance-covered
medical supplies.
With a total...
Investors: Drive
Capital
Rivia
🇨🇭
$14.04M
Rivia, a
Zurich-based
startup, has
raised €13 million
($15 million) in
Series A funding
led by Earlybird,
with participation
from Defiant and
existing
investors. The
funding will
support team
expansion and the
scaling of Rivia's
AI-driven
analytics product
for clinical...
Investors:
Earlybird, Defiant
$4.428M
Ternary
Therapeutics, a
London-based
biotechnology
company, has
raised €4.1
million (£3.6
million) in a seed
funding round to
enhance its
AI-powered
platform for drug
discovery. The
round was led by
Daphni, with
participation from
Pace Ventures, the
I&I Biotech
Fund,...
Investors: Daphni,
Pace Ventures,
I&I Biotech
Fund, UK
Innovation &
Science Seed Fund
Sequential
🇺🇸
$3.5M
Sequential, a
genomic testing
company
specializing in
non-invasive human
clinical samples,
has raised $3.5
million in its
first equity
funding round,
increasing its
total funding to
$7.5 million. This
funding aims to
enhance its
AI-powered
discovery platform
for skin
microbiome...
Ciaodott
🇮🇹
$1.62M
Ciaodott, an
AI-powered voice
assistant for the
Italian healthcare
sector, has raised
€1.5 million in a
pre-seed funding
round led by
Techshop, with
participation from
Vento, Club degli
Investitori,
Growth Engine, and
Alpha Venture.
Founded in 2025,
the company
addresses...
Investors:
Techshop, Vento,
Club degli
Investitori,
Growth Engine,
Alpha Venture
Legal &
Regulatory
Noru
🇸🇪
$0.6048M
Stockholm-based
Noru has raised
€560,000 in a
pre-seed round led
by Ampli Ventures,
with participation
from Andreessen
Horowitz Scout
Fund and others.
Founded by Bip
Thelin and Therese
Ruth, Noru is
developing an
AI-native platform
for regulatory
compliance that
automates...
Investors: Ampli
Ventures,
Andreessen
Horowitz Scout
Fund
Other AI Category
Workflex
🇳🇱
$39.96M
Workflex, an
Amsterdam-based
platform for
international
travel compliance
management, has
secured a €37
million strategic
growth investment
led by Spectrum
Equity. The
funding will
accelerate
Workflex's
expansion across
Europe and enhance
its product
capabilities to
address the
complexities of
managing...
Investors:
Spectrum Equity
Wesort.ai
🇩🇪
$10.8M
WeSort.AI, a
Germany-based AI
recycling
technology
company, has
raised €10 million
to enhance its AI
and X-ray-based
material recovery
platform. Founded
in 2022, the
company addresses
the mis-sorting of
e-waste and
batteries, which
leads to dangerous
fires and loss
of...
Investors:
Infinity
Recycling, German
Federal Agency for
Breakthrough
Innovation
$7.7M
Wikifarmer, a B2B
marketplace
utilizing AI to
connect food
businesses with
producers, has
secured $7.7
million in
funding, co-led by
Brighteye Ventures
and Piraeus Bank.
This funding will
enhance its
AI-powered trading
platform and
expand its
producer network
in Latin...
Investors:
Brighteye
Ventures, Piraeus
Bank
$0.9375M
First Concepts, an
AI-native
workspace for
early-stage
creative work, has
raised £750k in
pre-seed funding.
The platform
addresses the
issue of lost
creative time by
coordinating
models and tools,
helping agencies
streamline their
processes. The
funding round was
led by...
Investors: arāya
ventures, antler,
Jez Jowett, Nathan
McDonald
Sybal
🇺🇸
$3.5E-5M
TEDCO has
announced a
$35,000 pre-seed
builder fund
follow-on
investment in
Sybal, a
Maryland-based
software startup.
Sybal provides
AI-powered
governance
solutions aimed at
transforming
policy into
measurable
performance,
addressing
governance
challenges for
regulated
organizations. The
investment
supports Sybal's
growth and...
Investors: TEDCO
Trashie
🌍
Undisclosed
trashie, a
rewards-driven
recycling
platform, has
acquired savvy
search ai to
enhance its
personalization
and discovery
features. This
acquisition aims
to improve user
decision-making
regarding
donations and
product discovery,
furthering
trashie's mission
for sustainable
consumption.
Productivity &
Personal
Assistants
Real Estate
Verbaflo
🇬🇧
$7M
Verbaflo, a
conversational AI
platform for real
estate, has raised
$7 million in a
seed round led by
Pi Labs, bringing
its total funding
to approximately
$9 million. The
platform automates
leasing,
operations, and
resident
engagement through
AI-driven
communication,
addressing...
Investors: Pi Labs
Appwork
🇺🇸
$7M
Appwork, a
property
technology
platform, has
successfully
raised
approximately $7
million in new
financing to
enhance its
software for
multifamily
maintenance
operations. This
funding, led by
Resolve Growth
Partners, follows
a $13 million
Series A in 2025
and aims to...
Investors: Resolve
Growth Partners
Sales and
Marketing
Setsale
🇺🇸
$2M
Setsale, a
Charlotte,
NC-based developer
of an AI-powered
sales platform for
the residential
HVAC industry,
raised $2 million
in seed funding.
The round was led
by York IE, with
participation from
Palmetto and
Finturf, bringing
the company's
total funding
to...
Investors: York
IE, Palmetto,
Finturf
Venture Capital
Companies
Gradient
🇺🇸
$220M
Gradient, an
early-stage
venture capital
firm focused on
artificial
intelligence
startups, has
closed its fifth
flagship seed fund
with a total of
$220 million. This
funding increases
its total assets
under management
to nearly $1.2
billion across
five funds.
Founded...
$112.5M
Albion Venture
Capital Trusts
have completed a
£90 million top-up
offer, fully
subscribed, to
invest in
high-growth
companies in
sectors like
deeptech and
healthcare. This
funding aims to
support innovative
businesses, with
64% of portfolio
companies
advancing to
scale-up stage....
$75.6M
GVC Gaesco
Alternative
Investments has
launched a €70
million fund named
Resilient
Infratech Ventures
(RIF) to support
infratech startups
that enhance the
physical and
digital
infrastructure of
the new economy.
The fund aims to
fill a market gap
for
capital-intensive...
Superseed
🇬🇧
$62.5M
Superseed has
launched its third
fund, securing a
cornerstone
commitment of up
to £50 million
from the British
Business Bank.
This fund will
invest in
seed-stage
companies focused
on physical AI,
targeting B2B AI
and SaaS startups
in industries
such...
Investors: British
Business Bank
Voice, Music &
Video
$80M
Video Rebirth, a
Singapore-based AI
video startup
backed by AMD,
raised $80 million
in funding from
investors
including AMD
Ventures and
Hyundai. The
company aims to
use the funds to
accelerate the
commercialization
of its frontier
video generation
product, the...
Investors: AMD
Ventures, Hyundai
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