In an industry long anchored by labour-intensive back-office operations, one company is attempting a system-level rethink. Arya Health today announced a US $18.2 million Series A funding round led by ACME Capital, bringing its total raised capital to US $25 million. Based in New York, Arya Health targets the administrative burden of the post-acute care…
In an era defined by widening labour shortages and structural mismatches, the Birmingham‑based startup VeroSkills has quietly emerged with ambition. With a newly announced US $5.3 million funding round led by Yonder Ventures alongside Circadian Ventures and Motivate Ventures, VeroSkills is doubling down on its mission: deploy AI‑driven staffing to meet the looming blue‑collar labour shortfall. According to…
In a striking intersection of biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Valthos Inc. has emerged from stealth with a $30 million seed financing round—led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, Lux Capital and Founders Fund—to build what it calls the “tech stack for biodefense.” Founded by Kathleen McMahon (previously head of Life Sciences at Palantir Technologies) and Tess…
In a pivotal moment for the materials industry, Australian start-up Uluu has secured AU$16 million in its Series A funding round to build a demonstration facility capable of scaling its seaweed-derived plastic alternative. Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, the company plans to move from its current 100 kg/year pilot plant to a 10-tonne/year demonstration plant…
In a healthcare landscape increasingly strained by administrative bottlenecks, Honey Health has closed a $7.8 million seed round led by Pelion Ventures, with participation from Streamlined, Burst Capital, and 8-Bit Capital. The Mountain View-based startup is deploying autonomous AI agent teams that handle complex back-office workflows across electronic health records (EHRs), reducing the operational burden…
For a biotech world often focused on oncology and gene editing, Hemab Therapeutics has carved out a very different frontier: rare, inherited bleeding disorders that have long gone overlooked. The company has raised $157 million in a Series C round, a multifold oversubscribed financing led by Sofinnova Partners, with participation from a global sovereign wealth…
In the quiet corridors of interventional radiology, change is seldom dramatic — but sometimes it’s seismic. That may be the case for Polyembo, the Longmont-Colorado based medical-device startup, which has just closed a fresh round of funding led by a multinational strategic investor. The proceeds are earmarked for advancing its next‐generation vascular embolic systems, including…
In Naples, Florida, medical-technology company Catalyst OrthoScience Inc. announced a fresh injection of $15 million in equity and debt financing, led by RC Capital and joined by Mutual Capital Partners, physician-entrepreneur board member Dr. Derace Schaffer, and Western Alliance Bank. The move underscores growing investor confidence in the company’s mission to streamline shoulder replacement surgery with fewer…
In a landmark moment for ad-tech, San Francisco-based startup AdsGency has secured $12 million in seed funding, led by XYZ Venture Capital, with participation from Streamlined Ventures, HF0 and Hat‑Trick Capital. Founded in 2023, AdsGency is setting out to become the industry’s first agentic ad agency, automating the full performance-marketing workflow using large-language-model powered agents….
When Streetbeat began its journey three years ago, the idea of a machine parsing market movements, client emotions, and portfolio risk simultaneously sounded ambitious—even indulgent. But today, the Palo Alto–based startup is reshaping what advisory work looks like in financial institutions. And investors are taking notice. The company has raised $15 million in a Series…
