Venture Capital

SAN FRANCISCO — New Lantern emerged from stealth to launch its AI radiology resident, backed by $19 million in Series A funding led by Benchmark, bringing the company to more than $23 million in total funding. Benchmark General Partner Eric Vishria – whose past investments include AcuityMD, Amplitude, Benchling, Cerebras, Confluent, and Fireworks AI, among others […]

SAN JOSE — Aviz Networks, a leader in AI-driven networking solutions, announced the successful close of a $17 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Alter Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Cisco Investments, Moment Ventures, Wistron and Accton and new strategic investors including Celestica and Qualcomm Ventures.   Aviz Networks […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Epic Cleantec, a leading innovator in water reuse technology, announced the close of its $12 million Series B funding round. This investment will accelerate the expansion of Epic’s pioneering water reuse and resource recovery solutions across a growing portfolio of projects, positioning Epic as one of the fastest-growing providers of water reuse […]

PALO ALTO — Trustero, a Silicon Valley-based provider of AI-powered Security and Compliance, has closed a $10.35 million Series A funding round led by Bright Pixel Capital (formerly Sonae IM), with participation from existing investors Engineering Capital, Zetta Ventures Partners, and Vertex Ventures US. Trustero is proving that AI can drive real revenue and operational […]

MENLO PARK — DCM Ventures, a global early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced a change to its investment operations to better serve its limited partners and focus on its core principles of investing in early-stage companies building the future of tech. DCM will spin off its pre-seed and seed team into a […]

PALO ALTO — Cresta, an end-to-end generative AI platform for contact centers, has announced the closing of its $125 million Series D round of financing. The round was led by new investors World Innovation Lab (WiL) and QIA with participation from Accenture, EnvisionX Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and Workday Ventures. The round also includes returning investors […]

SANTA CLARA — ANELLO Photonics, creator of the Silicon Photonic Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG), announced the successful closure of its Series B funding round reflecting robust investor confidence in the company’s groundbreaking approach to inertial navigation in GPS-denied environments. The investment was co-led by Lockheed Martin, Catapult Ventures and One Madison Group. Additional investors included New […]

BERKELEY — Shiru, a pioneer in AI-powered ingredient discovery, has secured a $16 million investment round as it leads a revolution in how ingredients are discovered and developed across multiple industries. Shiru’s flagship platform, ProteinDiscovery.ai, hosts the world’s largest database of natural proteins from plants and microbes. The AI-driven platform enables corporate partners in food, personal care, agriculture and […]

MENLO PARK — Medeloop, a medical research platform, has closed a $15.5 million Series A funding round. Led by venture capital firm Inovia Capital and supported by contributions from Icon Ventures, this investment underscores the strong confidence in Medeloop’s mission to revolutionize medical research. The round also welcomed participation from previous investors General Catalyst and Maven Ventures, as well […]

MENLO PARK — Airbus Ventures has made an investment in San Francisco-based Bifrost AI, a Generative 3D Data platform, to meet the growing demand for AI training data and 3D simulations. Bifrost’s physically accurate data generation engine provides the vast real-world scenarios crucial in rapidly training, testing and adapting models in AI and Robotics. The […]