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Funding Wrap of The Week | American Startups Funding Roundup | 24 January – 28 January We compile a Weekly Startups Funding News Report Summarizing all the Startups that Secured Funding During The Week. To Share Your Startup Story Write us on - [email protected] #Funding #Startup #Newsletter #News #Weekend #Roundup #Weekly

Turing, a leader in AI-driven water management solutions, announced a $14 million funding round led by Safar Partners. This investment will accelerate Turing’s global expansion and enhance its flagship AI-powered platforms, TOP Clear — which provides end-to-end digital solutions for the utility sector, from water and wastewater treatment to networks — and SmartOps AI, its exclusive water management platform for industrial treatment. Turing is a leading AI and IIoT solutions provider for water and wastewater management. Spun out from Gradiant, Synauta, and SpaceAge Labs, Turing delivers end-to-end digital solutions that help utilities and industries optimize performance, reduce costs, and enhance sustainability across the entire water lifecycle. Hiep Le #Turing #News #startup #funding #fundraising

Raise, a leader in the global gift market and pioneer in blockchain-powered payments and loyalty, has secured $63 million funding round led by Haun Ventures, the round included participation from Amber Group, Anagram, BlackPine, Borderless Capital, GSR Ventures, Karatage, Paper Ventures, Pharsalus Capital, Selini Capital, Sonic Boom Ventures, the Web3 Foundation, and notable angels Tekin Salimi, Raj Gokal, Teddy Gorisse among others. This latest round brings Raise’s total funding to over $220 million, building on prior investments from Accel, Paypal, and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Raise, a renowned pioneer in the gift card industry, has been at the forefront of innovation since its inception in 2013. The company has facilitated over $5 billion in transactions through its Raise consumer app, exchange (GCX), and B2B (Raise for Business) operations. George Bousis #Raise #Giftingmarket #news #startup #fundraising #startup #fundraising

Regie.ai, the platform transforming sales prospecting in the age of AI has raised a $30 million Series B co-led by Scale Venture Partners and Foundation Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures, StepStone Group, TriplePoint Capital, and South Park Commons. Founded in 2020, Regie.ai is the leading AI-native sales engagement platform, designed to help businesses scale by automating the most time-consuming parts of outbound sales. Srinath Sridhar, Marc Manara #regie #news #startup #funding #fundraising

VerAI Discoveries (VerAI), a pioneering AI-driven mineral asset company, is pleased to announce a $24 million first closing of its Series B round led by Insight Partners, a global software investor specializing in high-growth technology and software investments, with continued support from existing investors Blumberg Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital, and Orion Industrial Ventures. The new capital will help accelerate the testing and economic development of VerAI’s 60+ mineral projects with its exploration and development partners, while expanding the company’s portfolio and continuing to refine and advance its platform. VerAI Discoveries (VerAI) is an AI-driven mineral asset company that leverages its proprietary AI Discovery Platform to systematically identify and build an asset portfolio of high-probability locations of concealed mineral deposits. Jeff Horing, Yair Frastai #VerAI #news #startup #funding #fundraising

Today, the AI decision science startup, Bridgetown Research announced $19 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed and Accel, with participation from a leading research university. Bridgetown Research has developed AI agents that autonomously execute research. Most notable amongst these agents are voice bots trained to recruit and interview industry experts, gathering primary data that can be analyzed alongside alternative data sourced from their partners. Bridgetown Research?builds AI agents for decision research. Its voice agents and web crawlers find and clean data, while its analyses agents produce repeatable, auditable, and reliable analyses. Ishaan Preet Singh, Anagh Prasad, Harsh Sahai #Bridgetoen #news #startup #funding #fundraising

CarbonQuest, a leading distributed carbon capture technology provider, announced its $20 million funding round, led by Riverbend Energy Group , with additional funding from two institutional investors. The company built on its 2024 fundraise, securing new capital from Energy Capital Ventures (ECV) and Aligned Climate Capital to add to the capital raised with Riverbend Energy Group. CarbonQuest will leverage this funding to deploy its Distributed Carbon Capture? technology to a broader range of customers across North America and hire industry-leading talent. This new funding will help CarbonQuest achieve the lowest $/ton in the carbon capture industry and improve system efficiency. CarbonQuest?is advancing decarbonization with a modular, accessible solution that captures CO2 from buildings and onsite power generation systems before it is emitted to the atmosphere. Joe Passanante, Peter Davidson, Victor Pascucci III, Shane Johnson #Carbonquest #news #startup #funding #fundraising

Edera, the pioneer of strong workload isolation technology, announced $15 mn in Series A funding led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, with participation from Mantis Venture Capital VC and IQT (In-Q-Tel) (IQT). Existing investors Eniac Ventures, 645 Ventures, FPV Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures also participated in the round. This round will fund product expansion to include support for AI infrastructure. By embedding security at the architectural level, Edera enables developers to maintain their existing workflows while automatically ensuring workload isolation and protection from the start. Edera is transforming cloud security by making true workload isolation a reality for the first time. Alex Zenla, Nick Jones, Tyler Shields, Emily Long #Edera #news #startup #funding #fundraising

Goose, a technology company developing the next-generation operating system for pet care providers, has raised $13.4 million in seed funding backed by B Capital , First Round Capital, The 81 Collection, Imaginary Ventures, and BoxGroup. The funding will accelerate Goose’s product development, expand its partnership ecosystem, and support growing demand as the company continues to enhance its enterprise-ready platform to address the complex needs of sophisticated pet care providers. Goose is a technology company dedicated to transforming the pet services industry through real-time e-commerce and scalable operations. Drew Brinkoetter, Chris Tilson, Karen Page, Vijen Patel #goose #news #startup #funding #fundraising

Auditoria.AI, the leader in agentic AI for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed Series B funding round, raising $38 million in new capital. The round was led by Innovius Capital along with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, Sentinel Global, and existing investors including Venrock, Neotribe Ventures, Engineering Capital, and KPMG High Growth Ventures. This investment will accelerate Auditoria.AI’s growth, drive greater product innovation, and expand its global market reach. Auditoria.AI is the leader in agentic AI solutions for corporate finance that automate business processes to accelerate finance operations and cash performance. Raman Khanna, Justin Moore, Michael Conway, Rohit Gupta #Auditoriaai #news #startup #funding #fundraising