Funding Wrap of the Week | American Startups Funding Roundup | October 07 – October 11

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. 

Top 10 American Startups Funding Deals

BrightNight 

BrightNight, the next-generation renewable power producer built to deliver clean and dispatchable power solutions, announced the successful closing of a $440 million strategic equity investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives.

Form Energy 

Form Energy, Inc., an American technology company developing and commercializing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems, has raised a $405 million Series F financing round led by T. Rowe Price.

Zap Energy 

Zap Energy has begun operations of Century, its new high-rep-rate, liquid-metal-cooled fusion test platform, and closed $130 million of fresh capital, marking significant steps toward a commercial fusion power plant.

Judo Bio 

Judo Bio, a biotechnology company pioneering oligonucleotide medicines delivered to the kidney, announced the company’s launch and $100 million in initial financing, including seed financing and Series A. Atlas Venture founded and incubated Judo Bio with The Column Group joining the seed financing.

Farther 

Farther, the leading technology-centric financial advisory firm, closed a $72 million Series C funding round to expand its advisor network and enhance its wealth management platform.

Suki 

Suki, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, today announced $70 million in new funding on the strength of its health system and electronic health record (EHR) partnerships, including collaborations with Epic, Oracle Cerner, MEDITECH, and Athena.

Numeric

AI accounting automation platform Numeric has raised a $28 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from new investors IVP and Socii Capital, and existing investors Founders Fund, 8VC, Long Journey, Friends & Family Capital, Access Industries, and more.

BizzyCar

BizzyCar, a leading autotech solution that exponentially increases service revenue by automating recalls has closed $15M growth funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by Dealer Tire, with participation from existing investors.

Covu 

COVU, Inc., a leader in AI-native services for insurance agencies, secures $12.5million in series A round in equity and debt financing, as part of the first tranche of its Series A funding round. This brings total funding to date to over $20 million.

Lithios 

Lithios, a developer of electrochemical lithium extraction technology, secured a total of $10 million in seed financing to scale the production of their Advanced Lithium Extraction (ALE) platform to unlock access to low-cost, sustainably sourced lithium supplies.

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