Raise Track Update
Date: 2026-10-15
Your daily briefing on the most significant startup and seed funding rounds — pre-seed, seed, Series A where relevant, and newly announced financings — plus SEC Form D filings.
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Section 1: Startup Pre-Seed, Seed & Series A Financing
Company:
EZ Bombs
Amount:
$25M (Series A)
Description:
An Orlando, FL-based provider of seasoning products for traditional Mexican and Hispanic dishes has raised $25M in Series A funding. The round was led by CAVU Consumer Partners.
Investors:
CAVU Consumer Partners
Company:
Forgepoint
Amount:
$9.8M (Seed)
Description:
A NYC-based provider of an AI inside sales rep platform built for manufacturing raised $9.8M in seed financing. The round was led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun, with participation from angel investors.
Investors:
Primary Venture Partners, a16z speedrun, angel investors
Company:
Silvia Bio
Amount:
£3M (Seed)
Description:
A Sheffield, UK-based provider of a biotechnology platform that specializes in mammalian cell performance for bioproduction processes raised £3M in seed funding. The round was led by Northern Gritstone, with participation from Parkwalk Northern Universities Venture Fund, UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, Wren Capital, and angel investors.
Investors:
Northern Gritstone, Parkwalk Northern Universities Venture Fund, UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, Wren Capital, angel investors
Section 2: Investor and Person Deep-Dives
Name:
Primary Venture Partners
Bio:
Primary Venture Partners is a New York City seed-stage venture firm founded in 2015 by Brad Svrluga and Ben Sun, with $1.6B under management across five sets of funds. It co-led Forgepoint's $9.8M seed round with a16z speedrun.
https://www.primary.vc/
Name:
Wren Capital
Bio:
Wren Capital is a London-based angel investor in science, engineering and software, founded in 2011 by Rajat Malhotra (the 2013 UK Angel Investor of the Year) and Richard Cameron. It has backed over 60 companies, typically investing £50,000 to £200,000 per round. It participated in Silvia Bio's £3M seed round.
https://www.wrencapital.co.uk/
Section 3: SEC EDGAR Form D Filings
Company:
Kaigene
State:
MARYLAND
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$54,958,229
Related Persons:
Minjae Shin — Executive Officer, Director — Rockville, Maryland; Jihoon Park — Executive Officer — Rockville, Maryland; Kyunghyun Min — Director — Rockville, Maryland; Tae Heum Jeong — Director — Rockville, Maryland
Company:
RapidCanvas
State:
TEXAS
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$28,999,988
Related Persons:
Rahul Pangam — Executive Officer, Director — Austin, Texas; Uttam Phalnikar — Executive Officer, Director — Austin, Texas; Dinesh Katiyar — Director — Austin, Texas; Piyush Kharbanda — Director — Austin, Texas
Company:
APR Labs
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$22,499,989
Related Persons:
Abhishek Kankani — Executive Officer, Director — San Francisco, California; Palash Golecha — Director — San Francisco, California; Rishit Bansal — Director — San Francisco, California; Ed Sim — Director — San Francisco, California; Crystal Huang — Director — San Francisco, California
Company:
Safi Analytics PBC
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$22,371,722
Related Persons:
Lauren Dunford — Executive Officer, Director — San Francisco, California; Weston McBride — Executive Officer, Director — San Francisco, California; Mark Terbeek — Director — San Francisco, California; Pieter Houlleberghs — Director — San Francisco, California
Company:
Circularity Fuels
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Energy
Amount Raised:
$8,790,194
Related Persons:
Stephen Beaton — Executive Officer, Director — Redwood City, California; Zachary Bogue — Director — Redwood City, California; Fergus Noble — Director — Redwood City, California
Company:
Lungpacer Medical
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
Industry:
Other Health Care
Amount Raised:
$7,833,333
Related Persons:
Douglas Evans — Executive Officer, Director — Exton, Pennsylvania; Joseph Kaufmann — Director — Exton, Pennsylvania; Bob Donohue — Director — Exton, Pennsylvania; Christopher Kiple — Executive Officer — Exton, Pennsylvania; Jan Pensaert — Director — Exton, Pennsylvania; Jonathan Conlin — Executive Officer — Exton, Pennsylvania; Steven Pfanstiel — Executive Officer — Exton, Pennsylvania; Viral Thakkar — Executive Officer — Exton, Pennsylvania
Company:
Mobility Ventures Group
State:
DELAWARE
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$5,320,463
Related Persons:
Jose Trusso Krause Mayol — Director — Martinez, Argentina; Leandro Cuccioli — Director — London, United Kingdom; Guillermo Viegener — Director — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Agustin Cinto Aguirre — Director — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Roberto D'Avola — Director — Manantiales, Uruguay; Matias Dorr Mansilla — Executive Officer — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Company:
Hypercell Technologies
State:
NEW YORK
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$2,958,378
Related Persons:
Bruno Jactel — Executive Officer, Director — Ithaca, New York; Loic DeBlais — Executive Officer — Ithaca, New York; Samuel Jactel — Executive Officer, Director — Ithaca, New York; James Cali — Director — Ithaca, New York; Tony Puri — Director — Ithaca, New York
Company:
Factored
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$2,499,999
Related Persons:
Israel Niezen — Executive Officer, Director — Mountain View, California; Andrew Ng — Director — Mountain View, California; Eva Wang — Executive Officer — Mountain View, California; Andrew Pease — Executive Officer — Mountain View, California
Company:
Less Noise More Signal
State:
NEW JERSEY
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$1,734,999
Related Persons:
Foster Wright — Executive Officer, Director — Millburn, New Jersey; Kevin Kelly — Director — Millburn, New Jersey; Michael Casey — Director — Millburn, New Jersey
Company:
My Home Story
State:
GEORGIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$672,000
Related Persons:
Eric Wirks — Executive Officer — Marietta, Georgia
Company:
Myris Therapeutics
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$500,000
Related Persons:
Laura Benjamin — Executive Officer, Director — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; Rebecca Wolfe — Executive Officer — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; Antonina Simakova — Executive Officer — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; Alan Russell — Promoter — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; David Colaizzi — Director — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; Barbara Fox — Director — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; Krzysztof Matyjaszewski — Director — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania; Mark Murcko — Director — Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
Company:
Crixus Defense
State:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$500,000
Related Persons:
Patricia Kowalski — Executive Officer, Director — Washington, District of Columbia
Company:
Dispatch Diligence
State:
DELAWARE
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$250,000
Related Persons:
Jeffery Petersen — Executive Officer, Director — Wilmington, Delaware
Company:
Renue Life Sciences
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$250,000
Related Persons:
Samuel Perli — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — San Carlos, California; Phanidhar Kukutla — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — San Carlos, California; Jean-Louis Lelogeais — Director — San Carlos, California
Company:
Drink Hippie
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$250,000
Related Persons:
Sasha Sheaffer — Executive Officer, Director — Rancho Mission Viejo, California; Alex Sewell — Director — Rancho Mission Viejo, California; Saisha Svoboda — Executive Officer, Director — Rancho Mission Viejo, California
Note:
This issuer also filed another Form D filing in this period ($80,000 sold of $2,100,000 offered). Amounts are not combined.
Company:
Porter Score
State:
WASHINGTON
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$180,000
Related Persons:
Ralph Porter — Executive Officer — Woodinville, Washington; Cambrea Ezell — Executive Officer — Woodinville, Washington; Jennifer Chartraw — Executive Officer, Director — Woodinville, Washington; Matthew DesEnfants — Executive Officer — Woodinville, Washington; Devon Miller — Promoter — Woodinville, Washington
Company:
Optient Technologies
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$150,000
Related Persons:
Zachary Fry — Executive Officer, Director — San Jose, California
Company:
Cerebro Labs
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$100,000
Related Persons:
Rajkiran Panuganti — Executive Officer, Director — Milpitas, California
Company:
Advisory List
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$40,000
Related Persons:
Gaston Reeder — Executive Officer, Director — San Diego, California
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