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ProEncia Biotechnology Closes Pre-Seed Funding
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Ocean Raises $28M in Total Funding Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Commure Raises $70M in Funding Led by General Catalyst
Funding May 20, 2026
Century Health Raises $5M in Seed Funding Led by Origin Ventures
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StitcherAI Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Funding Led by Founders Co-op
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Rasa Legal Receives $1M Investment from NextLadder Ventures
Rasa Legal, a Salt Lake City, UT-based legal technology company that supports eligible individuals in clearing their criminal records, has received a $1 million investment from NextLadder Ventures. The investment is part of Rasa’s previously announced $5M late seed funding round, and the company plans to use the funds to expand its operations and continue […]
May 20, 2026
ProEncia Biotechnology Closes Pre-Seed Funding
ProEncia Biotechnology, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based periodontal care company, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre seed funding round. Backers were not disclosed. The company plans to use the funding to develop, further commercialize, and license a range of new non-invasive periodontal care products for patients with periodontal disease at all stages of severity. The […]
May 20, 2026
Ocean Raises $28M in Total Funding Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ocean, a NYC-based Agentic Email Security platform provider, has raised $28 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from Picture Capital and Cerca Partners, as well as angel investors Assaf Rappaport (Wiz), Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael (Armis), and Dor Knafo (former CEO of Axis Security and […]
May 20, 2026
Commure Raises $70M in Funding Led by General Catalyst
Commure, Mountain View, CA-based provider of an AI platform for healthcare, has raised $70 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst. The round also saw participation from Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Kirkland & Ellis. The company has a post-money valuation of $7 billion. The company plans to use the funding to grow […]
May 20, 2026
Century Health Raises $5M in Seed Funding Led by Origin Ventures
Century Health, a NYC company that specializes in applying AI to real-world clinical data to accelerate research, has raised $5 million in a Seed funding round led by Origin Ventures. The round also saw participation from InnovateHealth Ventures, 25madison, Next Play Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and strategic angels. The company plans to use the […]
May 20, 2026
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StitcherAI Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Funding Led by Founders Co-op
StitcherAI, a Seattle, WA-based company building an IT Finance system of intelligence, has raised $3 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Founders Co-op. The round also saw participation from Sunshine Lake VC, Ascend, and Plug & Play Ventures. The company plans to use the funding to grow its operations and continue developing its […]
May 20, 2026
Checker Raises $8M in Funding Led by Galaxy Ventures
Checker, a NYC-based network that enables financial institutions to plug into stablecoins and digital asset liquidity, cross-border payments, treasury, and credit via a single API, has raised $8 million in a funding round led by Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures. The round also saw participation from strategic financial institutions, including Bitso and Airtm […]
May 20, 2026
Blank Bio Raises $7.2M in Seed Funding and Strategic Collaboration with PacBio
Blank Bio, a San Francisco, CA-based applied AI research lab training foundation models for RNA, has raised $7.2 million in seed funding from Define Ventures, Leonis Capital, Nova Threshold, Ripple Ventures, SignalFire, Y Combinator, and a strategic collaboration with PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions. The company plans to use the […]
May 20, 2026
Hellbender Raises $12.5M in Seed Funding Led by Veredas Partners
Hellbender, a Pittsburgh, PA-based physical AI infrastructure company empowering intelligent systems at the edge, has raised $12.5 million in a Seed funding round led by Magarac Venture Partners and Veredas Partners. The round also saw participation from Mana Ventures, Gaingels, Sum VC, and the Active Angels Network. The company plans to use the funding to […]
May 20, 2026
Benji Raises $6.25M in Seed Funding Led by Preface Ventures
Benji, a Chicago, IL- and NYC-based provider of a universal API for loyalty partnerships, has raised $6.25 million in a seed funding round led by Preface Ventures and Atinc. The round also saw participation from Great North Ventures, M25, and Hyde Park Venture Partners. The company plans to use the funding to grow its engineering […]
May 20, 2026
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