Abbey Labs, a one-year-old San Francisco startup whose platform is designed to give engineers the ability to build secure infrastructure into their applications, raised a $5.3 million seed round led by Point72 Ventures, with Haystack and Essence Ventures also stepping up. FinTech Global has more here.
Blanka, a two-year-old Vancouver startup that offers a platform for private labeling beauty and wellness products, raised a $2 million seed round. Dundee Venture Capital was the deal lead, with participation from Storytime Capital and Disruption Ventures. BetaKit has more here.
CakeResume, a seven-year-old Taipei startup that sources job candidates for companies like Google, L’Oréal, and TSMC and whose platform allows applicants to post multimedia résumés, raised a $5 million Series A round led by previous investor Mynavi. The company has raised a total of $5.9 million. TechCrunch has more here.
Crate, a two-year-old startup that analyzes content people like, from TikTok videos to news articles, to give them personalized recommendations about what products they should buy, has raised $5 million in seed funding from MaC Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, UpFront Ventures and others. The Information has more here. The Information has more here.
Goodwings, an eight-year-old Copenhagen startup that allows businesses to book and manage their travel and get full emissions data form business trips for ESG reporting, raised a $1.5 million round from Global Cleantech Capital and JTB USA. Tech.eu has more here.
Lex, a months-old, L.A.-based AI-powered writing tool, today said it has raised a $2.75 million seed round led by True Ventures. The company has been spun out of Every, which Lex’s CEO Nathan Baschez helped start. TechCrunch has more here.
LighthouseAI, a Los Angeles startup founded this year that is attempting to use AI to automate pharmaceutical supply chain compliance, raised a $2.3 million seed round led by Healthy Ventures, with Bertelsmann Next also chipping in. CityBiz has more here.
Longevo, a Miami startup whose platform helps employees manage their weight, sleep, and stress levels, raised a $5.5 million round. Grupo Valora was the deal lead. The company has raised a total of $7 million. Refresh Miami has more here.
Maple Finance, a Miami startup that has built a decentralized loan platform, with approximately $50 million deposited on the platform, raised a $5 million in round co-led by Blocktower Capital and Tioga Capital, with Cherry Ventures, Spartan Capital, GSR Ventures, and Veris Ventures as well as previous investors Maven 11 and Framework Ventures also taking part. TechCrunch has more here.
Massdriver, a two-year-old Los Angeles startup whose platform helps engineers manage databases, machine learning pipelines, and serverless computing instances, raised an $8 million round led by Builders VC, with 1984 Ventures, Y Combinator, Uncorrelated Ventures, Page One Ventures, Soma Capital, and Hack VC also pitching in. More here.
Mosh, a two-year-old Los Angeles startup founded by Maria Shriver and Patrick Schwarzenegger that is selling "brain-healthy" protein bars, raised a $3 million Series A round led by Main Street Advisors, with Joyance Ventures, The Lab Capital Advisors, Verso Capital, and Entrepreneur Ventures also contributing. TechCrunch has more here.
Pest Share, a two-year-old startup based in Boise, Id., that provides an app that renters and landlords can use to address pest issues, raised a $4.5 million seed round co-led by MetaProp and Capital Eleven, with additional investors including Vesta Ventures and Far Out Venture Capital. The company has raised a total of $5.5 million. Commercial Observer has more here.
Portkey, a San Francisco startup founded this year that aims to speed up the development of apps that use generative AI by providing connections to LLMs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, raised a $3 million seed round. Lightspeed Venture Partners was the deal lead. Forbes has more here.
Sizzle AI, a New York startup that has developed a free interactive app that uses AI to help people how to solve problems (including word problems) on a step by step basis, raised a $7.5 million seed round led by Owl Ventures, with 8VC also taking part. More here.
Tausight, a five-year-old startup based in Burlington, MA, that claims it uses AI to automate the identification and classification of electronic protected health information, raised a $6 million round led by Polaris Capital, with additional participation from Flare Capital Partners and .406 Ventures. The company has raised a total of $26 million. More here.
Wand.app, a two-year-old startup whose app gives artists more control over their generative AI creations, raised a $4.2 million seed round led by O'Shaughnessy Ventures. TechCrunch has more here.
|