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ASI Appoints Matt Gilliland Chief Product Officer
The Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI), a technology provider for the promotional products industry, has appointed Matt Gilliland as its new Chief Product Officer, effective September 14. Gilliland will help lead the company’s development of AI-powered technology for businesses that create and sell branded merchandise. Promotional products include branded items such as clothing, drinkware, bags, and […]
September 19, 2026
AI Startup Rapta Raises $8M in Funding Round
Rapta, a Lake Oswego, OR-based provider of a manufacturing intelligence platform, has raised $8 million in a funding round co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from DeepWork Capital, LongKnife, Elevate Capital, Ringbolt Capital, Portland Seed Fund, BVC, and others. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate […]
September 19, 2026
Dod Fraser Co-Founded Mainstay Raises $18M in Funding
Mainstay, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an intelligent system of record for residential real estate, has raised more than $18 million in a funding round. The round saw backers including Parker89, Stackpoint, Alpaca VC, FJ Labs, Khosla Ventures, Era Ventures, and Clocktower Technology Ventures. The company plans to use the funding to expand its […]
September 19, 2026
AI Startup Adaptive Raises $30M in Series B Funding
Adaptive, a Boston, MA, and NYC-based provider of an agentic accounting platform for construction, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, led by Tidemark, bringing the total amount to $57 million. The round also saw participation from Emergence Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Pathlight, Definition, and 3KVC. The company plans to use the funding […]
September 19, 2026
Top Funding Wrap Of The Week – 14 September – 18 September 2026
USA Startups raised capital in order to expand and move into more successful. Here is this week’s Top USA Startups Funding Roundup- 14 September – 18 September 2026. Temporal Temporal, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an open-source durable execution platform, has raised $550 million in Series E funding led by Lightspeed, Wellington Management, Growth Equity […]
September 19, 2026
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AI Startup Raindrop Closes Series A Funding Round
Raindrop, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI agent reliability and monitoring platform, has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round led by CRV, bringing the total amount to $50 million. The round also saw participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Y Combinator, and researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Thinking Machines. The […]
September 19, 2026
Biotech Startup Robigo Closes Series A Funding Round
Robigo, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company engineering biological solution’s for crop protection, has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round led by Leaps by Bayer. The round also saw participation from Illumina Ventures, SVG Thrive, Congruent Ventures, and Endeavor8. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate the commercial launch of […]
September 19, 2026
California-Based Nex Raises $150M in Funding Round
Nex, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of active play systems for families, has raised over $150 million in new equity and debt financing. The funding includes a Series E led by Baillie Gifford and BAI Capital, with participation from NBA Investments, Logitech, Medici Capital Partners and the Raine Group. The company also secured a new […]
September 19, 2026
Oregon-Based Antfly Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding
Antfly, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of a retrieval engine for AI, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Heavybit, with participation from 8-Bit Capital. The company plans to use the funding to expand its operations and business development efforts. Antfly provides a retrieval engine designed to help AI agents find, rank, […]
September 19, 2026
Washington-Based TigerByte Cyber Raises $3M in Seed Funding
TigerByte Cyber, a Washington, DC-based provider of hardware-based edge computing solutions for cybersecurity, has raised $3 million in a Seed funding round. The round saw backers including Hale Capital Partners and Tenon VC. The company plans to use the new funding to scale production and expand its U.S. manufacturing capabilities. The company has also secured […]
September 19, 2026
