Rosella, an AI-native commercial insurance brokerage, has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding to modernize insurance operations through automation. The round was led by Peak XV Partners and Intact Private Capital, as the company targets inefficiencies across the $215 billion U.S. commercial insurance brokerage market. Co-founded by Sean Stuart, Rosella is focused on applying AI […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Numos, an AI platform built for enterprise finance teams, announced a $4.25 million seed round led by General Catalyst with participation from Operator Collective. Numos’ AI platform sits on top of a company’s existing finance stack and continuously analyzes transactions across accounting systems, billing tools, data warehouses, and spreadsheets, allowing companies to […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Cognichip, the company pioneering ACI® — Artificial Chip Intelligence — for semiconductor design, announced an oversubscribed $60 million Series A financing led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from SBI Investment and additional semiconductor-focused investors. All seed investors, including Mayfield, Lux Capital, FPV, and Candou Ventures, participated above pro rata allocations, bringing the company’s total funding to […]
Nexus, a startup building enterprise AI agents, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding to accelerate adoption of agent-based AI in business operations. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Y Combinator, Transpose Platform, Twenty Two Ventures, Phosphor Capital, and individual investors including Gokul Rajaram, Raphael Schaad, and Jake Mintz. Founded in […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — VerbaFlo, an AI communications platform built for student housing and multifamily operators, announced it has raised a $7 million seed round led by Pi Labs. The round also included participation from Haatch, Navigate Ventures, Old College Capital (University of Edinburgh’s venture investment arm) and a group of global family offices, alongside follow-on […]
Tallinn-based Pickmybrain has raised €1.8 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Garri Zmudze, Raison.app, and additional backers, as it develops AI-powered “Digital Brains” for professionals and public figures. Founded in 2022 by Sergei Verbitski, the platform enables experts to transform their knowledge into AI-driven advisors that deliver personalised, on-demand insights. The system trains models […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Sona, the AI platform for real economy businesses, has turned what was a ten-year product vision into a one-year execution plan. With core products already powering scheduling, HR, payroll and other business-critical workflows, Sona is fast-tracking its evolution into the operational foundation these organizations run on — the platform providing the infrastructure, collaborative agents […]
Mantis Biotech has secured $7.4 million in seed funding led by Decibel VC, with participation from Y Combinator, Liquid 2, and angel investors, as it develops AI-powered synthetic data infrastructure for biomedical applications. The company is focused on addressing data scarcity in healthcare by generating high-fidelity digital twins of the human body using large language […]
ScaleOps has secured $130 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, NFX, Glilot Capital Partners, and Picture Capital, valuing the company at $800 million. The company develops AI-driven software designed to automatically manage and optimize compute infrastructure in real time, addressing inefficiencies in AI and cloud environments. […]
Notch has announced a $30 million Series A funding round led by Headline, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jibe Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Phoenix Insurance, bringing total funding to $45 million. Founded in 2021, the company is developing an AI operating system designed to enable regulated industries to deploy AI safely across complex workflows. […]