Akia, a four-year-old San Francisco startup whose platform is designed to streamline operations for service businesses, such as automating the hotel check-in process, raised a $6 million Series A round led by Altos Ventures, with previous investor GSR Ventures also pitching in. More here.
Core10, a seven-year-old startup based in Franklin, Tn., that has built a configurable lending and onboarding banking application designed to be used by community banks and credit unions, raised a $6.5 million Series B finding. Patriot Financial Partners was the deal lead; JAM Fintop and the Independent Community Bankers of America also participated The company has raised a total of $12.5 million. More here.
Cypher, a three-year-old Palo Alto startup that has developed a non-custodial crypto wallet that allows users to bridge assets across EVM and Cosmos chains and provides proprietary support to on-ramp fiat into crypto, announced that it closed a $4.3 million seed round led by Y Combinator last June. Additional participants included OrangeDAO, Samsung Next, and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan. The Block has more here.
Cypris, a four-year-old New York startup that offers a market intelligence platform built for research and development and innovation teams, raised a $4 million Series A round led by York IE and including Activate VP, K20 Fund, and BlueTree Capital. The company has raised a total of $5.7 million. More here.
GoodOnes, a San Francisco startup that claims its app can help users quickly find their best photos, raised a $3.5 million seed round led by TLV Partners and including Liquid2 Ventures and Android co-founder Rich Miner. Fortune has more here.
Kinspire, a three-year-old Denver startup that has built a pediatric occupational therapy platform designed to pair expert therapists with parents, raised a $3.6 million seed round co-led by Corazon Capital and Looking Glass Capital, with VC Bradley Tusk, Difference Partners, Great Oaks VC, Service Provider Capital, The Fund, and Copper Wire Ventures also pitching in. More here.
Presso, a five-year-old Atlanta startup that builds robotic dry-cleaning kiosks for hospitality/hotel companies and real estate firms, raised an $8 million seed round. Investors included Uncork Capital, 1517 Fund, AME Cloud Ventures, HAX, SOSV, Pathbreaker Ventures, VSC Ventures, and YETI Capital. The company has raised a total of $9.9 million. TechCrunch has more here.
SphereOne, a two-year-old Austin startup that has developed a crypto payment platform that allows users to make purchases with any cryptocurrency across any blockchain, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Distributed Global; Newark Venture Partners and Zero Knowledge also invested. VentureBeat has more here.
Thirteen lune, a six-year-old Los Angeles startup that whose beauty site features an array of cosmetic products from brands founded by people of color, raised an $8 million "seed-plus" round from The BrainTrust Fund. The company has raised a total of $11 million. BuiltinLA has more here.
Tiny Digital Factory, a three-year-old French mobile games studio specializing in racing games, raised a $3.25 million from Sandsoft Games, a Saudi games publisher. Tech.eu has more here.
Wristcheck, a three-year-old Hong Kong startup that acts as a consignment platform for the sale of secondhand watches, raised an $8 million seed round led by Gobi Partners, with K3 Ventures also chipping in. TechCrunch has more here.
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