AI Leads, But Advanced Materials & Deep Tech Are Rising
AI remains a hot investment area, and the enterprise software is booming due to AI. Meanwhile, Advanced Materials is quietly on the rise.
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The highest funding are from:
Industry Trends
The funded companies are mainly in the following industries:
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Industry
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Deals
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Amount
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Companies
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|---|---|---|---|
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AI & Software
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16
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120.5
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Albatross (3.2/Series Unk) - AI-driven eCommerce personalization;
Alchemyst AI (0.3/Pre-Seed) - Gen-AI digital employees; Beacon AI (15/Series A) - AI flight safety; Data Science Wizards (1.4/Seed) - Deeptech AI platforms; Early (5/Seed) - AI code quality platform; Gladia (16/Series A) - Multilingual transcription engine; Keep (2.5/Pre-Seed) - AI alert management; Noetica AI (22/Series A) - AI deal benchmarking; Third Dimension AI (7/Seed) - 3D generative AI; Vendorvue (1.5/Seed) - AI vendor compliance; Vultron (4.85/Seed) - AI proposal development; ApertureData (8.25/Seed) - Multimodal AI database; OpenGradient (8.5/Seed) - Decentralized AI infrastructure; RadiantGraph (11/Series A) - AI healthcare engagement; Numeric (28/Series A) - Financial data platform; Concourse (4.7/Seed) - AI financial automation |
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Enterprise Software
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12
|
127.45
|
Autone (17/Series A) - Inventory management platform;
DeNexus (17.5/Series A) - Cyber risk management; MELIUS Cyber (0.6/Unknown) - Cyber risk detection; Omnea (25/Series A) - AI procurement platform; Stema (1.7/Seed) - Career platform engineers; Tablesprint (1/Seed) - No-code platform; Truthset (5/Series A) - Data validation service; Ubeya (10/Series A) - Workforce management platform; ForceMetrics (22/Unknown) - Public safety platform; Unify (19/Series A) - Go-to-market platform; CYRISMA (7/Series A) - Risk management platform; Monogoto (27/Series A) - Connectivity platform |
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Fintech & Insurance
|
9
|
144.6
|
COVU (12.5/Series A) - AI insurance services;
Diesta (3.8/Seed) - Insurance payment operations; Fission (1.6/Pre-seed) - DeFi venture capital; FlexFactor (16.8/Series A) - Decline recovery solutions; INSHUR (19/Unknown) - Embedded insurance provider; Surfin (12.5/Series A) - Financial services; Trustii (2.0/Seed) - Risk management software; Node.vc (75.3/Seed) - Venture capital firm; Bitlayer (9/Series A) - Bitcoin Layer 2 |
Active Investors
Among all active investment firms, the following VCs each had investments in two companies reported this week:
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VC
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Deals
|
|
Portfolio Companies
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|---|---|---|---|
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LocalGlobe
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2
|
|
clock.bio (5.3/Seed) - Decoding human rejuvenation biology with,
Concretene (5.3/Seed) - Decoding human rejuvenation biology with |
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Costanoa Ventures
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2
|
|
Beacon AI (15.0/Series A) - AI assistance for flight safety,
ForceMetrics (15.0/Series A) - AI assistance for flight safety |
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Bpifrance
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2
|
|
Storio (5.0/Seed) - Smart energy storage for commercial,
Constellation (5.0/Seed) - Smart energy storage for commercial |
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Golden Ventures
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2
|
|
Deck (4.5/Seed) - API for tracking energy consumption,
CYRISMA (4.5/Seed) - API for tracking energy consumption |
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Speedinvest
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2
|
|
Autone (17.0/Series A) - AI-powered inventory management platform,
Nomos (17.0/Series A) - AI-powered inventory management platform |
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a16z
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2
|
|
Arda Therapeutics (43.0/Series A) - Targeted cell depletion therapies,
Concourse (43.0/Series A) - Targeted cell depletion therapies for |
Accel, YC, Lightspeed, and General Catalyst each made one investment in AI and automation.
Emerging Sectors
Advanced Materials & Deep Tech (3 deals): This sector highlights innovation in core technologies, showing strong investor confidence in deep tech hardware.
That’s it for this week’s journey through the funding landscape. If you’re eyeing AI-powered cat bowls or thinking that online payments just aren’t painless enough yet, you’re not alone.