Funding Wrap of the Week | American Startups Funding Roundup | January 20– January 24

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.

American Startups Funding Roundup

Databricks

Databricks, the Data and AI company, announced the final closing of its Series J funding. Existing investor QIA, the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, along with new investors including Temasek and entities administered by Macquarie Capital, participated in the funding round, which values the company at $62 billion.

Music.AI

Salt Lake City, UT-based Music.AI raised $40 million in Series A funding, led by Connect Ventures and monashees, with the participation from Kickstart, Samsung Next, Toba Capital, Valutia, Pelion, Mindset Ventures, and some of the brightest minds in the music industry, including Steve Aoki, Freddy Wexler, 3LAU, and Alexander23.

Baya Systems

Baya Systems, a leader in system IP technology that empowers the acceleration of intelligent compute, announced it has raised $36+ million in a Series B round led by Maverick Silicon, backed by a strategic investment from Synopsys, with current investors including Matrix Partners and Intel Capital reinvesting into the company.

Percipio Health

Percipio Health, a population health monitoring and management platform that is scalable across rising and high-risk categories, announces its official launch. Percipio has raised $20M to date with the closing of its series A, from investors including UPMC Enterprises, WAVE Ventures, Labcorp, and First Trust Capital Partners, LLC.

Basetwo

Basetwo, an AI platform for manufacturing engineers, has raised USD $11.5M in Series A funding led by AVP with participation from existing investor Glasswing Ventures, Deloitte Ventures, Global Brain Ventures, Shimadzu Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation, and prominent UAE angel investors via Qora71.

Lanai

Enterprise software veterans Lexi Reese (former COO of Gusto, Google executive) and Dr. Stephen Herrod (former VMware CTO, Juxtapose partner) have launched Lanai with $10 million in seed funding to transform how enterprises navigate AI adoption.

Axoflow

Axoflow, a cybersecurity startup revolutionizing the way enterprises collect and handle security data, has raised a $7 million seed round led by EBRD Venture Capital. All existing major investors, Credo Ventures and e2vc, have significantly increased their stakes in the company, reaffirming their belief in Axoflow’s mission and the trajectory of its growth.

Degree Analytics

Degree Analytics, a leader in data-informed campus solutions, announced the close of a $5 million funding round led by LiveOak Ventures. This investment will drive the development and rollout of its facilities optimization platform, empowering colleges and universities to unlock new efficiencies, cut costs, and enhance student experiences by harnessing real-time data insights.

Mobly

Mobly, an emerging leader in event marketing technology, announced the successful closing of its $4.3 million seed round. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Jump Capital and Eniac Ventures with participation from Peterson Ventures, which also led Mobly’s pre-seed round.

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