Funding Wrap of the Week | American Startups Funding Roundup | August 12 – August 16

There are a lot of American startups funding deals that are creating buzz around the startup ecosystem. These are the growth-stage and early-stage deals of this week. Let’s talk about the Top 10 Funding deals. 

The Top 10 American Startups Funding Deals

PayZen

PayZen, a technology company tackling healthcare affordability with AI-powered solutions, announced an oversubscribed Series B, led by NEA, with full participation from existing investors including 7wireVentures, SignalFire, Viola Ventures, and others.

Halda Therapeutics

Halda Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a novel class of cancer therapies called RIPTACTM (Regulated Induced Proximity TArgeting Chimeras) therapeutics, announced that it has raised new financing of $126 million in a Series B extension, including funding from new investors Deep Track Capital, Frazier Life Sciences, RA Capital Management, Vida Ventures, Boxer Capital and Taiho Ventures.

HistoSonics

HistoSonics, the manufacturer of the Edison® Histotripsy System and novel histotripsy therapy platforms, announced today the completion of an oversubscribed $102 million Series D financing.

Voltera

Voltera, a leading developer, owner, and operator of charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fleets, today announced it has secured a $100 million debt facility to support capital expenditure deployment on assets that are backstopped by customer contracts, a first-of-its-kind for the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry.

Svante Technologies Inc

Canada Growth Fund Inc. (“CGF”) and Svante Technologies Inc. (“Svante” or the “Company”), a leading global provider of carbon capture and removal solutions headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, announced a financing commitment of up to $100 million to accelerate the development and construction of Svante’s commercial carbon capture and removal projects in Canada and the United States.

EliseAI

NYC-based EliseAI, the largest and most advanced conversational AI platform for the housing industry, announced its Series D raise of $75 million at a valuation of over $1 billion, making it the latest New York City-based unicorn.

Sahara AI

Sahara AI, a decentralised AI blockchain platform, has raised $43 million in funding round to build a collaborative AI economy co-led by visionaries Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, and Polychain Capital, with participation from Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, dao5, Geekcartel, Nomad Capital, SCB 10X, Canonical Capital, Mirana Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Aegis Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Tangent Ventures, among others.

Setpoint

Setpoint, the leading infrastructure provider for the credit industry, today announced the successful completion of its $31 million Series B funding round. 645 Ventures led the round, with significant strategic investments from Citi and Wells Fargo, alongside Andreessen Horowitz, NextView Ventures, Floating Point, Henry Kravis, Zillow founder’s 75 & Sunny, Vesta Ventures, Fifth Wall, Eltura Ventures, and Outrunner Capital.

Guidewheel

Guidewheel, the leader in AI-powered FactoryOps, raised $31 million Series B funding led by Decarbonization Partners, a partnership between BlackRock and Temasek. Ecolab, Rethink Impact, and GSBackers also participated in this round, alongside existing investors Greycroft and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), among others.

Jupiter Endovascular

Jupiter Endovascular, Inc., a medical technology startup developing a new class of endovascular procedures using Endoportal ControlTM to bring the precision and control of direct surgical access to catheter-based interventions, has exited stealth mode with a $21 million new round of financing. Sonder Capital was a key participant in the round that included participation from multiple strategic investors.

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