By Sassy Saturday · Startuply Daily · AI-generated from published coverage.
The Trends
Healthcare AI is splitting into workflow automation that saves money now and clinical AI that still needs proof. Parakeet Health is booking dermatology appointments and handling fax, insurance checks, and referrals for more than 2,800 providers, while Revena is generating hospital claims for more than 60 Brazilian hospitals. Vocca and Nettle sit on the same rail, but in different directions: one answers patient calls for hospitals, the other triages property-risk submissions for insurers. The commercial implication is simple. Buyers will pay when the software closes a measurable operational gap. The open question is whether these systems stay as assistants or become trusted decision layers. 8cabc46a-5853-4bf7-a7e4-541d255a0b10, 31ce0365-ea7a-480c-a45f-2699dd35ff5c, 618b394d-b439-454c-b004-72949d65c8d2, 9ec485b5-a945-4dd0-a335-15b62f9ac91f
Read more: Revena · Vocca · Nettle.
Industrial and supply-chain software is winning by collapsing slow, manual handoffs into systemized data exchange. Axya is turning aerospace procurement into a source-to-pay layer with GE Aerospace and MDA Space, Procuros is replacing year-long EDI projects with a hub already used by Bosch, and Project Suppliers is pushing from Saudi RFQs into cash-flow tools for contractors. These businesses all start with workflow pain, but the money is in becoming the infrastructure underneath it. That makes implementation depth the real moat, not the dashboard. The open question is whether each company can move from digitizing transactions to controlling the adjacent financial layer without losing focus. d06eda2c-3e3d-4a55-b641-ae815d059134, 3601d2ef-968a-487c-ad25-175bf791dce4, 7948b3ef-b41d-4f6c-acc5-ecac507e474f
Read more: Axya · Procuros · Project Suppliers.
A second pattern is emerging in products that sell trust by design, not by slogan. Marble, OMNIO, Zaperon, and RelixQ all package compliance as controlled automation, but in different corners of regulated finance and security. Marble and OMNIO are automating fraud and AML, Zaperon is bundling identity, ZTNA, and MFA for the agentic AI era, and RelixQ is mapping cryptographic exposure before post-quantum deadlines get awkward. Investors keep writing checks because each product reduces an audit headache tied to a specific mandate. The execution question is whether those mandates create durable budgets or just polite pilots. 420ccc22-b5db-4bf7-a7e4-541d255a0b10, 315a7c9e-3fa2-4e30-b8b8-fe7ef962fd67, 0d8ef1f6-44a7-48c1-ba1b-59eaa1b4793d, 51c4a778-249f-47d1-9b10-de972a45da00
Read more: Marble · OMNIO · Zaperon · RelixQ.
Non-Consensus
Vivifi Medical
Vivifi is one of the few profiles here trying to win by changing the mechanism, not just the workflow. Instead of removing prostate tissue, it aims to alter blood supply for BPH and pair that with a separate varicocele device, while leaning hard on NIH and NSF grants to stretch runway. That is materially different from the more common medtech play of slicing one procedure into a faster version of itself. The open question is whether the vascular approach produces clean enough first-in-human data to justify a harder regulatory path than the usual minimally invasive alternatives. coverage.
Arcanum Ventures
Arcanum Ventures is a different sort of startup than the rest because it is not building a product so much as a service wrapper around frontier-tech capital. It pairs tiny checks with tokenomics, go-to-market, and fundraising help, then claims that advisory depth is the edge. That is useful if you believe early Web3 and deeptech founders need more economic design than capital. The open question is whether this studio model scales beyond a few technically complex portfolio companies or just becomes an expensive way to stay busy between podcast episodes. coverage.
New Profiles
Tryp.com · Western Europe. Tryp.com uses real-time data on 80 million tickets to help travelers and airlines assemble multi-modal trips across flights, trains, buses, and ferries. It also powers Wizz Air’s AI package-holiday platform, while a series of seed rounds has funded its B2B licensing push. CEO André Rangel de Sousa and AI student Hélio Domingos helped found the company in 2019.
Savannah · Sub-Saharan Africa. Savannah matched experienced software developers in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya with R&D teams at global tech companies, handling contracts, payroll, and support as an employer of record. Built by solo founder Itai Azogui, the bootstrapped service placed over 100 developers before Commit bought it in a multi-million-dollar cash deal. Itai Azogui was a senior product manager in Accra before starting Savannah.
Amity Solutions · Southeast Asia. Amity Solutions sells voice AI agents and vertical generative AI tools to large Thai banks, insurers, retailers, and state-backed enterprises, including regulated accounts with strict data sovereignty needs. The company builds on its legacy messaging and chatbot products, then layers on-premise, customer-trained workflows for contact centers and sales. Founder Korawad Chearavanont started the business while studying in the US.
Odeist AI · South Asia. Odeist AI offers a subscription service that scans social platforms for relevant conversations and generates brand-voice replies, starting with Twitter and expanding toward Instagram and LinkedIn. Operated by Centicore Technologies, the product launched in March 2024 and appears to be bootstrapped, with no disclosed funding rounds.
VoltaBack · Western Europe. VoltaBack sells software that reconstructs home EV charging from vehicle and electricity-bill data, generating compliant reimbursement slips for corporate fleets without hardware. The Paris startup says it serves over 200 clients and tracks 90,000 vehicles, and a €2.8 million seed round will support expansion beyond France. Arnaud Tran is the commercial CEO, and Adrien Guenard developed the core algorithm during research at MIT and Stanford.
OMNIO · Eastern Europe. OMNIO sells a RegTech CRM that lets banks and fintechs automate anti-money laundering, fraud, and reporting workflows through a no-code rule engine. The Bulgarian company says the platform reduces manual work and audit risk, and it has grown from an early client in 2020 into a broader international customer base. Founder Stoyan Lozanov worked with banks before starting OMNIO and built the company after moving from Bulgaria to Australia.
Solstice Finance. Solstice Finance builds a Solana-based yield protocol with a stablecoin and permissionless vaults aimed at institutions and retail users without minimums or KYC. The company says it manages over $375 million in assets, and publicly named backers include Deus X Capital, Galaxy Digital, MEV Capital, Bitcoin Suisse, Auros, and Susquehanna Crypto. Ben Nadareski was VP of Global Trading at Galaxy Digital, and Tim Grant led Galaxy Digital's European business before co-founding Solstice.
Parkade · North America. Parkade runs parking for apartment, condo, and office buildings with software for assignments, reservations, payments, gate access, and 24/7 support. It says the model turns parking into a managed revenue asset, and its app connects with existing gate hardware and property systems. CEO Evan Goldin was the first product manager at Lyft and later led product, design, data, and engineering at Chariot.
Revefi. Revefi sells an enterprise data operations cloud centered on Raden, an AI data engineer that autonomously manages data lakes and warehouses. The product targets cost optimization, observability, and quality, with the goal of reducing cloud bills and repetitive engineering work. CEO Sanjay Agrawal and CTO Shashank Gupta were co-founders of ThoughtSpot, and Agrawal previously led its data-engineering team.
Laki Power. Laki Power makes line-powered hardware that monitors live transmission lines with sensors and cameras, without batteries or generators. Its system feeds operators data for dynamic line rating, wildfire detection, and icing alerts, aiming to make remote grid monitoring more reliable. Founder and CTO Óskar Valtýsson conceived the PowerGRAB technology in 2004 before co-founding Laki with CEO Ósvaldur Knudsen.
Novele · North America. Novele sells a wall-mounted lithium-ion battery and BoardOS software for commercial buildings, aiming to make retrofits easier and buildings grid-responsive. The company says the system installs in hours and can shift power use to cheaper periods while selling power back when prices rise. CEO Charles Conwell is a former professional boxer, U.S. Olympian, and commercial real estate professional.
Thriva · Western Europe. Thriva offers at-home finger-prick blood tests that users mail to a lab, with results and plain-English insights delivered within 48 hours. The London company says the model has scaled through doctor-reviewed wellness testing and partnerships with employers and pharmacies across the UK. CEO Hamish Grierson previously worked at Travelex and was an early employee at Tandem Bank.
Seluna · Western Europe. Seluna builds AI software that scores pediatric sleep studies, helping clinicians diagnose obstructive sleep apnea faster and more consistently. The Glasgow company is training the system on children’s data and validating it through an ongoing 500-patient trial at the Royal Hospital for Children. Seluna was founded by Dr. Scott Black, CEO, and Dr. Yola Jones, CTO.
Cósmico Health · Western Europe. The platform translates blood biomarker results into everyday health and performance guidance through a single app that connects users with doctors and laboratories. It is still being built in Salamanca, with no publicly verified customers or commercial deployments yet announced. Founder Javier Moretón Díaz previously held roles at home-care service Atulado.
Autoheal · North America. The software helps enterprises triage incidents, fix vulnerabilities, and manage AI-agent costs after code is deployed, with customers including Nomura Bank and AvidXchange. It runs inside a customer’s own cloud boundary and uses AI agents to correlate operational data, then execute remediation with human approval. Sid Choudhury, Utkarsh Ohm and Puneet Saraswat previously held senior engineering and product roles at Harness, ThoughtSpot, Yugabyte, AppDynamics, HyperTrack and Microsoft.
Deep Blue Biotech Ltd · Western Europe. The company is engineering cyanobacteria to produce hyaluronic acid for skincare, aiming to replace petrochemical inputs with a photosynthetic process fed by CO2, sunlight and seawater nutrients. It has moved into a double lab in Sheffield after funding passed £1.2 million, giving it space to scale lab work and start pilots. Manuel Rios Krauss previously served as vice president of sustainable design at Unilever.
MendelFOLD · Eastern Europe. MendelFOLD is building computational methods to predict biorelevant protein structure and function from a proposed proteomic code, aiming to support novel protein design where data-driven models struggle. The spinout targets pharma and synthetic-biology users with first-principles software grounded in academic research. Andrew David Miller is a professor of organic chemistry and chemical biology at Mendel University, and Zbyněk Heger heads its chemistry and biochemistry department.
Vedasya Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · South Asia. Vedasya Engineering Solutions makes composite materials, pressure vessels, and the machinery to produce them, with a focus on 700-bar hydrogen storage for aerospace, defense, and clean energy. The Hyderabad startup is pursuing vertical integration to build India’s domestic composite supply chain. Abhishek Pulicherla and Shiva Goutham Kumar Pattapu co-founded the company in 2022; Pulicherla previously worked as a project associate at IIT Madras.
Influship · North America. Influship is building a creator-intelligence platform that uses natural-language search to find influencers by content context, not just follower counts. The San Francisco startup also manages outreach, contracts, approvals, performance tracking, and payments across influencer campaigns. Brandon Huang co-founded the company as CEO, and Elliot Padfield previously served as Head of Growth at FinesseWear.
Nayya · North America. The most important financial decision of the year arrives in a PDF. The font is small, the columns are dense, and the deadline is Friday. For Sina Chehrazi, the moment of founding Nayya crystallized in the shared panic of an offic.
IP Lab Ventures · Eastern Europe. The European Investment Fund wrote a CZK 656 million check in September. The recipient was not a startup, but a new kind of fund designed to build them from scratch CzechCrunch, September 2026. IP Lab Ventures, a Prague-based ve.
Sponsorbook. You type your niche into the box, a few keywords about the kind of videos you make, and a slider for your subscriber count. The page loads not with a list of brands, but with a grid of faces, other creators whose channels look lik.
Mainstage. Mainstage sells brands, apps, and agencies a marketplace for creator clipping and commissioned short-form content, paying only for verified views or approved submissions. Its fees scale from 12% to 6% as spend rises, and it filters submissions, verification, approvals, and payouts in one workflow. Elliot Padfield formerly ran operations for an 8-million-follower creator, and Brandon Huang leads operations and creator success at Influship.
Pando Bioscience Inc. · North America. Pando Bioscience designs and engineers enzymes for pharma, diagnostics, and life-science workflows, using generative AI plus ultra-high-throughput wet-lab screening. It says that approach screens a thousand-fold more candidates and is 75% faster and 80% cheaper than legacy methods. Will Cao is the CEO, and Yang Wang, Ph.D. is the CTO; the article gives no prior-company details.
Public Access LLC · North America. Public Access LLC builds an additive manufacturing platform for certified titanium parts in defense, aerospace, and space. It pairs the printer with a digital twin to monitor production in real time and aims to cut lead times from months or a year to weeks. Sujit Pal and Kristi Pal founded Public Access LLC in 2025.
Machnet · North America. Machnet bundles licensing, banking, compliance, KYC/AML, processing, and payout rails for developers building remittance apps and neobanks. It says clients can go live in as little as four weeks by replacing months of separate vendor integrations and paperwork. Ashish Shrestha started Machnet after shutting down a remittance service because of licensing and banking hurdles.
OneByZero · Southeast Asia. OneByZero embeds forward-deployed teams inside regulated enterprises to deploy governed AI coworkers in customers' own AWS environments. It says the approach moves projects from pilot to production in about four weeks while handling governance, logging, and compliance for enterprise buyers. Niket Vaidya previously built and scaled Unscrambl across Asia before its acquisition, and Vibhore Kumar led its technical expansion.
RelixQ. RelixQ offers a managed service that scans source code, cloud infrastructure, endpoints, and dependencies to map cryptographic exposure before post-quantum risks grow. It normalizes findings into a Cryptographic Bill of Materials and scores remediation priority for security teams.
TextYess · Western Europe. TextYess automates personalized sales, support, and purchasing for e-commerce brands inside WhatsApp, serving more than 160 brands in fashion, beauty, and food. It says the platform passed €1 million ARR 18 months after launch and uses AI agents to handle cart recovery and product recommendations. Riccardo Russo was a growth manager at YC-backed Blink, while Edvaldo Gjonikaj was a senior software engineer at Growishpay.
Agave Games · Middle East / North Africa. Agave Games publishes free-to-play mobile puzzle games, and Find the Cat became its breakout title with more than 10 million downloads. The studio blends AI-generated artwork with human polishing, using the approach to produce dense hidden-object scenes at scale. Alper Oner, Burak Kar, Oğuzhan Merdivenli, and Ali Baran Terzioğlu previously worked at Good Job Games, Fugo Games, and other Turkish mobile studios.
Urbytus · Western Europe. Urbytus provides cloud tools for homeowners' associations, property managers, and service providers, with 200,000 registered users across multilingual communities in Spain. It has run since 2007 and focuses on documents, communications, voting, and work requests in one platform. Ali Parandeh Zandpour built the first version after becoming president of his own residential community in Spain, and Alexander Malkov brought software and encryption experience.
Blackswan Space · Eastern Europe. Blackswan Space sells mission design software and flight hardware for autonomous satellite rendezvous and capture. Its simulator helps customers rehearse orbital maneuvers, while the RPO Kit uses vision-based navigation to guide spacecraft to within 4 millimeters of a target. Marius Klimavičius founded Blackswan Space in 2019 after working on software for complex autonomous satellite missions.
Pitstop. Pitstop sells AI role-play and coaching tools for sales teams, starting with interview-time assessments of candidates' selling instincts. If hired, reps can keep using the platform for continuous coaching based on call recordings and objective feedback. Emmett Kilduff is a former Morgan Stanley banker who founded and led data analytics firm Eagle Alpha.
Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz is a venture firm that pairs capital with recruiting, business development, marketing, and regulatory support for founders. Its platform includes programs like Speedrun and broader sector funds that back companies from seed through growth. Andreessen Horowitz was founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
Buzze · North America. Buzze links EV drivers in apartments and multifamily housing with nearby residential Level 2 chargers through a two-sided marketplace. It helps property owners install and manage chargers, then lets drivers find, book and pay through an app that meters usage via Smartcar. Founder Aaron Lieberman is a former Arizona state representative and social-impact entrepreneur.
Notey Inc. · North America. Notey pairs an AI-powered music game with school-facing tools so students can practice real instruments through structured mini-games and teachers can track progress. Its audio engine translates pitch and rhythm into gameplay, serving both consumer users and district buyers. Co-founder and CEO Mak Grgić is a two-time Grammy-nominated classical guitarist and former university music professor.
Multiplier. Multiplier began as an employer-of-record service and has grown into a workforce operating system for payroll, benefits, compliance, and immigration across 150+ countries. The platform reports $2 billion in annual wages processed, while its March 2022 Series B supported geographic and product expansion.
Zaperon · South Asia. Zaperon offers an identity-centric SSE platform that bundles ZTNA, passwordless authentication, MFA, and secure web gateway controls into one console. Its seed financing is meant to fund product development and U.S. expansion as enterprises face rising identity sprawl from AI agents and service accounts. CEO Vineet Gupta previously held product and engineering roles at VMware and Juniper Networks, while COO Sachin Aggarwal worked in corporate strategy at KPMG and POSCO.
Crewz · North America. Crewz is building a shared-rides app for curated carpools, starting with organized events where riders already travel to the same place at the same time. The company began in 2023 as Framilies, then shifted toward event-organizer partnerships to solve carpooling’s cold-start problem. Founder Paul Breslow says his background is in climate-tech and building products that benefit communities, the planet, and the economy.
OuterSignal · North America. OuterSignal connects to e-commerce and CRM systems to enrich customer profiles with inferred demographic, behavioral and influence signals for individualized marketing. It closed a $22 million Series A to scale the product and team around its agentic personalization stack. CEO Zach Zelner previously founded PupSocks, and Noah Friedman runs Top Shelf Ventures and the Uncharted founder network.
Ardent. Ardent clones PostgreSQL databases in under six seconds so coding agents can test writes, migrations and cleanups without touching production data. It targets data-heavy teams with isolated, production-identical sandboxes and had paying customers before and during its Y Combinator batch. Founder Vikram Chennai has a background in data and machine learning and studied at Cornell University.
Atlas Workshop · Oceania. Atlas Workshop is an independent research initiative studying governed human-AI collaboration through persistent memory, provenance and accountability. It has no disclosed product, funding or customers, and its public work centers on an August paper about preserving human agency in AI systems.
SereNeuro Therapeutics · North America. The Baltimore biotech is building SN101, an iPSC-derived cell therapy that acts as a local sink for inflammatory factors in arthritic joints. It has raised an estimated $5.02 million in grants and early funding, while advancing preclinical work toward an IND and a possible FDA INTERACT meeting. CEO Daniel Saragnese previously worked at Ashvattha Therapeutics and Graybug Vision.
CompScience · North America. The San Francisco insurtech uses existing security cameras and computer vision to flag workplace hazards, then ties those insights to workers' compensation pricing through its MGA model. It reports a 23% injury-rate reduction with Swiss Re and Nationwide and says it has raised about $43.6 million overall. Founder Josh Butler previously worked on perception analytics for self-driving cars before applying computer vision to safety.
UpSmith · North America. The Dallas startup now uses AI agents to recover unsold estimates and book new home-services jobs, shifting from labor recruiting to revenue generation. It has raised $18.3 million in disclosed funding, including a recent $10 million Series A to expand the platform and distribution. Founder Wyatt Smith previously led business development for Uber Elevate and worked at McKinsey.
Avol Aerospace · North America. Avol Aerospace is building autonomous electric VTOL cargo drones and droneports for hospitals, labs, and organ procurement groups. Its blended-wing aircraft is designed to move small medical payloads up to 11 times faster than ground transport while keeping costs near driving. CEO Nathan Poon spent a decade building medical logistics products used by major carriers and over 50 U.S. hospitals.
Axya · North America. Axya provides a cloud-based source-to-pay platform that helps manufacturers digitize procurement, centralize supplier data, and automate RFQs, purchase orders, and risk checks. The integration layer connects to existing ERPs while suppliers keep using familiar channels, reducing adoption friction in regulated supply chains. CEO Félix Bélisle-Dockrill worked in supplier quality for two major aerospace manufacturers before co-founding Axya.
Rodinia Generation · Western Europe. Rodinia Generation runs a Copenhagen microfactory that sews garments only after orders are placed, aiming to cut overproduction and shorten supply chains. Its patented O-factory system targets lower water use and a smaller carbon footprint while serving brands through localized, automated production. Founder and CEO Trine Young has over a decade of experience in sustainable fashion and supply chains.
Spotable · Western Europe. Spotable turns a building address into a 3D model, surface measurements, and a contractor quote for roofing and facade work. It says it has processed over 10 million square meters for 350 customers, and its seed capital is funding expansion into France, Germany, and the United States. CEO Sebastien Vandendriessche previously ran businesses in related construction trades, while CTO Pieter-Jan Philips built the technical foundation.
CofiBlocks · Latin America. CofiBlocks is building a Starknet-based marketplace that lets coffee producers trade directly with roasters, designers, and consumers through a COFI token. The token represents a share in the business and carries voting rights, while the app remains experimental and limited to Costa Rica. Omar Hurtado Munguía was previously a coffee picker and tour guide, and Ranulfo Paiva Sobrinho is a co-founder of Cambiatus.
Cambiatus. Cambiatus provides open-source tooling for communities to create complementary social currencies tied to actions like recycling, regenerative agriculture, and cultural work. It says six communities and more than 9,000 people now use these ledgers, supported by training and a blockchain stack built on EOSIO smart contracts and Elixir APIs. Karla Córdoba Brenes is president of the Blockchain Association of Costa Rica, and Ranulfo P. Sobrinho holds a PhD in Economics.
Project Suppliers · Middle East / North Africa. Project Suppliers runs a Riyadh marketplace for Saudi construction procurement, helping contractors source MEP materials and services through RFQs and a supplier directory. It says the platform has processed 600,000 RFQs, while a $1 million pre-seed round funds AI cash-flow tools for suppliers and contractors. Founder and CEO Hossam Gaber delivered a keynote at an international engineering conference in 2026.
ai3Bio · North America. ai3Bio is developing in-vivo therapies to selectively remove disease-driving Th17 cells for autoimmune disease, using dual platforms that pair mRNA delivery with an antibody-based depletion approach. The company launched from stealth with $48 million in Series A funding to advance IND-enabling work and first-in-human studies. CEO Steven Altschuler is a repeat biotech entrepreneur, former CHOP chief executive and Spark Therapeutics co-founder.
hrtech · Southeast Asia. hrtech is a Singapore advisory firm that sells HR transformation research, masterclasses, and hands-on labs rather than software. Founded and led by Sriram Iyer, it uses his 25 years of practitioner experience to help HR teams adopt digital and AI-driven workflows. Founder Sriram Iyer brings 25 years of practitioner experience in HR strategy and technology.
SAIA Compute. SAIA Compute is building a custom inference chip that runs AI models directly from flash storage instead of staging them in DRAM. The company says the edge-focused design could deliver lower power and higher capacity for local inference, with test chips planned for 2027 and mass production targeted for 2028. Founder Ayaan Govil is a 20-year-old founder; his previous roles or companies are not discussed.
IQANOVA · Western Europe. IQANOVA is building an AI-QSP platform that helps pharmaceutical teams simulate drug behavior and biological systems faster than manual mechanistic modeling. The Edinburgh startup combines QSP, PBPK and PBBM models with AI surrogates, and it is using a founding-partner programme rather than disclosed customer deployments.
Cleavr · Western Europe. Cleavr automates accounts receivable collection for European SMEs by connecting to ERP systems and managing reminders, disputes and legal escalation. The Paris startup says the workflow can reduce payment delays and manual work, and it has expanded from a March 2026 pre-seed to an October 2026 seed round. CEO Baptiste Nassoy was previously an analyst at Kima Ventures; Arthur Guérin came from Voodoo, and Antoine Grenard worked in customer experience at PwC.
Vilike · Western Europe. Vilike turns children’s play into motor-skill assessments, using computer vision and machine learning to log jumps and other movements for preschools, municipalities, and health providers. The company built on Kirsi Ekberg’s University of Jyväskylä APM thesis work and has spent years iterating through accelerators. Founder Kirsi Ekberg developed the first APM software as her thesis project and has a background in children’s physical education and software.
Qualoo. Qualoo crowdsources internet diagnostics through a mobile app that measures speed, latency, and packet loss, then rewards contributors with QXT tokens. It packages that data for telecom operators, ISPs, and regulators, aiming to replace expensive proprietary monitoring with user-generated network evidence. Keith Dawson focuses on data analytics and telecommunications, Eduardo Tapia brings over 25 years as a senior technology executive, and Thomas Newby also leads Bits of Gold.
Nettle · Western Europe. Nettle sells an AI platform that helps commercial insurers triage submissions and run remote risk assessments, cutting backlogs that can leave property inspections delayed for months. Founded by Jack Miller and Katya Lait, it applies AI to documents and imagery so engineers can focus on the riskiest cases. Jack Miller and Katya Lait both came from QuantumBlack, McKinsey’s AI and analytics division, where they built insurance-focused AI products.
Laughing Lumi · Western Europe. The most sensitive data in the world might not be in a lab or a clinic, but in a child's playroom. For decades, developmental assessments have required structured clinical visits, leaving long gaps between observations. A new Finn.
Procuros · Western Europe. The first thing you notice about the B2B supply chain is how much of it still runs on paper. Not literal paper, but its digital equivalents: faxed PDFs, emailed spreadsheets, and a thicket of custom online portals. For a mid-sized.
Vocca · Western Europe. The first call a patient makes to a clinic is often the hardest. It’s a moment of vulnerability, tangled with administrative friction, that can set the tone for an entire care journey. In a busy hospital, that call might go unansw.
Arcanum Ventures. Panama-based Arcanum Ventures backs frontier tech founders at pre-seed and seed with capital plus tokenomics, go-to-market, and fundraising advisory. It focuses on AI, robotics, space, and Web3, using a small studio model to help portfolio companies design durable economic systems. Sasha Asheghi and Carmelo Giuliano founded Arcanum in 2021; Giuliano has over 20 years in finance, while Asheghi focuses on operations and project management.
Lite-1 · North America. Vancouver-based Lite-1 grows microbial dyes in fermentation systems for textiles, cosmetics, and food, aiming for drop-in replacements for conventional pigments. It says the process can use existing industrial fermentation hubs and retrofitted breweries, reducing scale-up barriers for manufacturers. Roya Aghighi and Sarah Graham founded Lite-1; Aghighi previously worked in fashion and led Biogarmentry, while Graham holds a master's in Material Futures.
Edonia · Western Europe. Edonia turns spirulina and chlorella into textured protein ingredients for meat and seafood alternatives, targeting industrial food manufacturers with a cleaner taste profile. Its proprietary process removes bitter compounds and avoids Novel Food classification in Europe, helping speed market entry. Hugo Valentin, Pierre Mignon, and Nicolas Irlinger founded Edonia; Valentin previously co-founded Ammi, while Irlinger is an AgroParisTech graduate who developed the core process.
Who Led
Reported rounds, not necessarily announced today. Investors are named as leads only when the coverage identifies them as such.
Tryp.com. Reported €1.9 million in Seed, led by Point Capital Partners. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Tryp.com. Reported €3.1 million in Seed, led by Iberis Capital. Announced January 2025. coverage.
Tryp.com. Reported €500,000 in Seed, led by Jacob Gade. Announced March 2023. coverage.
Amity Solutions. Reported $100 million in Series D. Lead not disclosed. Announced March 2026. coverage.
Amity Solutions. Reported $41.6 million in Series C, led by Insight Capital. Announced July 2024. coverage.
VoltaBack. Reported €2.8 million in Seed, led by Serena. Announced October 2026. coverage.
OMNIO. Reported €15,000 in Pre-seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced 2020. coverage.
OMNIO. Reported Undisclosed in Seed, led by Vitosha Venture Partners. Announced 2021. coverage.
OMNIO. Reported $32 million in financing. Lead not disclosed. Announced 2025. coverage.
Parkade. Reported $10 million in Series A, led by Navitas Capital. Announced June 2025. coverage.
Revefi. Reported $20 million in Series A, led by Icon Ventures. Announced September 2024. coverage.
Laki Power. Reported €6 million in Series A, led by NATO Innovation Fund. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Novele. Reported $17 million in Series A, led by boisei labs. Announced October 2026. coverage.
Thriva. Reported £4 million in Series A Extension, led by Target Global. Announced May 2020. coverage.
Seluna. Reported
£650,000 ($825,000) in Seed, led by STAC Invest. Announced August 2025. coverage.Autoheal. Reported $7.9 million in seed, led by Innovation Endeavors. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Deep Blue Biotech Ltd. Reported $800,000 in pre-seed, led by Sustainable Ventures. Announced November 2024. coverage.
Pando Bioscience Inc.. Reported $500,000 in Seed, led by Creative Destruction Lab and Y Combinator. Announced Apr 2023. coverage.
Machnet. Reported $1 million in Pre-seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced 2021. coverage.
Machnet. Reported $670,000 in Seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced August 2024. coverage.
OneByZero. Reported $20 million in Series A, led by Jungle Ventures. Announced October 2026. coverage.
TextYess. Reported €2.4 million in Seed, led by VC Partners and Entourage. Announced September 2025. coverage.
Agave Games. Reported $18 million in Series A, led by Felix Capital and Balderton Capital. Announced December 2024. coverage.
Blackswan Space. Reported €760,000 in Pre-seed, led by ScaleWolf. Announced April 2024. coverage.
Blackswan Space. Reported €2.5 million in Seed, led by Iron Wolf Capital. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Andreessen Horowitz. Reported $15 billion in financing. Lead not disclosed. Announced January 2026. coverage.
Buzze. Reported 2.5 M USD in Seed, led by local angels and family offices. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Notey Inc.. Reported 3 M USD in Seed, led by Tivoli Ventures. Announced October 2026. coverage.
Multiplier. Reported $60 million in Series B, led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India. Announced March 2022. coverage.
Zaperon. Reported $840,000 in Seed, led by Inflection Point Ventures. Announced October 2026. coverage.
OuterSignal. Reported $22 million in Series A, led by Long Journey Ventures and Abstract Ventures. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Ardent. Reported $2.15 million in Pre-seed, led by Crane Venture Partners. Announced September 2025. coverage.
SereNeuro Therapeutics. Reported $5.02 million in early funding and grants. Lead not disclosed. coverage.
CompScience. Reported $27.6 million in Series B, led by Sands Capital. Announced March 2024. coverage.
UpSmith. Reported $3.3 million in pre-seed, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Asymmetric Capital Partners. Announced October 2022. coverage.
UpSmith. Reported $5 million in seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced January 2024. coverage.
UpSmith. Reported $10 million in Series A. Lead not disclosed. Announced October 2026. coverage.
Avol Aerospace. Reported $500,000 in Pre-seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced 2021. coverage.
Avol Aerospace. Reported $753,000 in Seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced mid-2024. coverage.
Axya. Reported CAD $17 million in Series A, led by McRock Capital. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Axya. Reported CAD $5 million in Venture debt, led by CIBC Innovation Banking. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Rodinia Generation. Reported €4 million in Seed extension, led by Vitamin°C. Announced October 2026. coverage.
Spotable. Reported €4M in Seed, led by The Harbour. Announced September 2026. coverage.
CofiBlocks. Reported $25,000 in Grant. Lead not disclosed. Announced August 2024. coverage.
Project Suppliers. Reported $1 million in pre-seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced October 2026. coverage.
ai3Bio. Reported $48 million in Series A, led by UPMC Enterprises and Ziff Capital Partners. Announced September 2026. coverage.
Cleavr. Reported €1 million in pre-seed, led by Kima Ventures and Better Angle. Announced March 2026. coverage.
Cleavr. Reported €8 million in seed, led by Varsity. Announced October 2026. coverage.
Vilike. Reported €3,000 in financing. Lead not disclosed. coverage.
Nettle. Reported $4,800,000 in Seed, led by MTech. Announced October 2026. coverage.
Lite-1. Reported $146,000 in Pre-Seed. Lead not disclosed. Announced December 2023. coverage.
Edonia. Reported €2 million in Seed, led by Asterion Ventures. Announced April-May 2024. coverage.
Updates
- Foambyte. Foambyte says Tank View is now in testing with early users. The new dashboard matters because it extends the product from recipe planning into batch tracking and brewery operations, deepening the workflow it already sells at low cost. coverage.
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