Raise Track Update
Date: 2026-10-16
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:
Zenzap
Amount:
$44M (Seed + Series A)
Description:
A Tel Aviv, Israel-based developer of an AI-powered secure workplace messaging application raised $44M across its initial seed and Series A funding rounds. The financing was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from early-stage fund The Garage alongside angel investors Wix President Nir Zohar and former EY General Manager Yoram Tietz.
Investors:
Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Company:
Sunbound
Amount:
$24M (Series A)
Description:
A Washington, DC-based provider of an AI-powered revenue operating system for senior living raised $24M in Series A funding. The round, which brought total funding to $36M, was led by TTV Capital, with participation from Bling Capital, Fika Ventures, Live Oak Bank, and Ziegler Linkage Fund.
Investors:
TTV Capital, Bling Capital, Fika Ventures, Live Oak Bank, Ziegler Linkage Fund
Company:
Sharp Performance
Amount:
$18M (Series A)
Description:
A Carlsbad, CA-based provider of confidential performance coaching platform to first responders from the academy through retirement raised $18M in Series A funding. The round was led by Hidden Variable with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Commonweal Ventures, Wolfson Group, FJ Labs, and the Ford Foundation, bringing total funding to $30 million.
Investors:
Hidden Variable, Andreessen Horowitz, Commonweal Ventures, Wolfson Group, FJ Labs, Ford Foundation
Company:
Chariot Claims
Amount:
$10M (Series A)
Description:
A NYC-based developer of an AI-powered mass action and consumer protection platform raised $10M in Series A funding. The round was led by Silverton Partners, with participation from Indicator Ventures, Lightbank, Neon Fund, ZVC, Rosecliff Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Graph Ventures, and Vermilion Ventures.
Investors:
Silverton Partners, Indicator Ventures, Lightbank, Neon Fund, ZVC, Rosecliff Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Graph Ventures, Vermilion Ventures
Company:
Ambio
Amount:
€5.1M (Seed)
Description:
A Helsinki, Finland-based provider of an AI-native procurement and quality management platform for recycled plastics raised €5.1M in seed funding. The round was led by b2venture, with participation from Lifeline Ventures and Montis.
Investors:
b2venture, Lifeline Ventures, Montis
Company:
Homa
Amount:
$5M (Pre-Seed)
Description:
An Austin, TX-based provider of an AI-powered homebuying platform and licensed brokerage raised $5M in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Quiet Capital with participation from Restive Ventures and Cambrian Ventures.
Investors:
Quiet Capital, Restive Ventures, Cambrian Ventures
Company:
Matters
Amount:
$5M (Pre-Seed)
Description:
A Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of an AI-native personal finance platform raised $5M in pre-seed funding. Backers included Jakob Johansson, Knut Frängsmyr, Douglas Stark, Johan Bladh, Patrik Tran, and Per Widerström.
Investors:
Jakob Johansson, Knut Frängsmyr, Douglas Stark, Johan Bladh, Patrik Tran, Per Widerström
Company:
AIsa
Amount:
Undisclosed (Seed)
Description:
A San Francisco, CA-based startup building a Resource and Transaction Network for Enterprise AI Agents closed its seed extension funding round. Tether and HIVEN joined as strategic investors, bringing AIsa's total funding to more than $9 million.
Investors:
Tether, HIVEN
Section 2: Investor and Person Deep-Dives
Name:
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bio:
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global multi-stage venture firm founded in 2000 by Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Ravi Mhatre, and Peter Nieh. It invests from seed through growth across enterprise, consumer, fintech, and healthcare, with roughly $50B in assets under management. It co-led Zenzap's $44M seed and Series A financing with Bessemer Venture Partners.
https://lsvp.com
Name:
Lifeline Ventures
Bio:
Lifeline Ventures is a Helsinki-based, sector-agnostic early-stage (pre-seed and seed) investor that partners with founders from day one and supports them through growth. It participated in Ambio's €5.1M seed round.
https://www.lifelineventures.com/
Section 3: SEC EDGAR Form D Filings
Company:
Armadin
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$264,999,494
Related Persons:
Kevin Mandia — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Menlo Park, California; Travis Lanham — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Menlo Park, California; Jacob Seid — Director — Menlo Park, California; Evan Pena — Executive Officer — Menlo Park, California; David Slater — Executive Officer — Menlo Park, California; David George — Director — Menlo Park, California; Ping Li — Director — Menlo Park, California; Frank Verdecanna — Executive Officer — Menlo Park, California; George Kurtz — Director — Menlo Park, California; Paul Nakasone — Director — Menlo Park, California; Barbara Massa — Executive Officer — Menlo Park, California
Company:
Expressable
State:
TEXAS
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$25,499,994
Related Persons:
Nicholas Barbara — Executive Officer, Director — Austin, Texas; Leanne Sherred — Executive Officer, Director — Austin, Texas; Brett Cook — Director — Austin, Texas; Michael Guiness — Director — Austin, Texas; Spencer Magloff — Executive Officer — Austin, Texas; Ryan Hinojosa — Executive Officer — Austin, Texas; Zach Topper — Executive Officer — Austin, Texas
Company:
Remitian
State:
FLORIDA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$14,031,768
Related Persons:
Solon Angel — Executive Officer — Miami, Florida; Brian Coburn — Director — Miami, Florida; Keith Cerny — Director — Miami, Florida
Company:
AeroShield Materials
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
Industry:
Manufacturing
Amount Raised:
$10,019,998
Related Persons:
Elise Strobach — Executive Officer, Director — Waltham, Massachusetts; Kyle Wilke — Director — Waltham, Massachusetts; Holger Koehler — Director — Waltham, Massachusetts; Brandon Tinianov — Director — Waltham, Massachusetts; Stephen Venuto — Director — Waltham, Massachusetts
Company:
Microcapital
State:
NEW YORK
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$10,000,000
Related Persons:
Jonathan Shaffer — Executive Officer, Director — East Hampton, New York; Alexander Scaramucci — Director — East Hampton, New York; Alexander Klokus — Director — East Hampton, New York; Matthew Cooper — Director — East Hampton, New York; Franklin Bi — Director — East Hampton, New York; Ari Rubenstein — Director — East Hampton, New York
Company:
Unseen Reality
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$9,999,990
Related Persons:
Haojiang Zhou — Executive Officer, Director — Mountain View, California
Company:
Sapphire Technologies
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Energy
Amount Raised:
$8,941,337
Related Persons:
Freddie Sarhan — Executive Officer, Director — Cypress, California; Vatche Artinian — Director — Cypress, California; Jens Mathiesen — Director — Hovedstaden, Denmark; Peter Cooper — Director — Newport Beach, California; Victor Pascucci III — Director — Chicago, Illinois
Company:
Ensho Therapeutics
State:
NEW JERSEY
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$7,281,948
Related Persons:
Danielle Fry — Executive Officer — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey; Arash Rassoulpour — Director — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey; Carlos Solorzano — Director — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey; Eric Pham — Director — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey; Gerhard Hagn — Director — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey; Neena Bitritto-Garg — Director — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey; Tariq Kassum — Director — Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Company:
Spatial Logic
State:
COLORADO
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$3,584,999
Related Persons:
Jeff Rose — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Boulder, Colorado; Jon Rose — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Boulder, Colorado; Kevin O'Neil — Director — Boulder, Colorado
Company:
OpsMate AI
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$3,375,000
Related Persons:
Howard Heppelmann — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Westwood, Massachusetts; Jianjie Zhang — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Westwood, Massachusetts; Tao Xu — Executive Officer, Promoter — Westwood, Massachusetts; Ting Liu — Promoter — Westwood, Massachusetts; Anton Simunovic — Director — Boston, Massachusetts
Company:
Eternal Life Energy
State:
WASHINGTON
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$1,647,967
Related Persons:
Casey Allred — Executive Officer, Director — Bellingham, Washington; Don Clark — Director — Bellingham, Washington; Chance Murray — Director — Bellingham, Washington
Company:
CredibleMind
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$925,482
Related Persons:
Deryk Van Brunt — Executive Officer, Director — Sausalito, California; Eric Arnson — Director — Sausalito, California; Jan Barker — Executive Officer, Director — Sausalito, California; Ellen Fair — Executive Officer, Director — Sausalito, California; Jeff Goshay — Director — Sausalito, California
Company:
Guardify
State:
NEBRASKA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$800,000
Related Persons:
Ben Jackson — Executive Officer, Director — Omaha, Nebraska; Dusty Davidson — Director — Omaha, Nebraska; John Wirtz — Director — Omaha, Nebraska; Shelly Cano Kurtz — Director — Omaha, Nebraska; Annette Smith — Director — Omaha, Nebraska
Company:
Milkman
State:
ALABAMA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$451,999
Related Persons:
Xuan Huang — Executive Officer, Director — Birmingham, Alabama
Company:
Remainder Box
State:
WASHINGTON
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$250,000
Related Persons:
Mike Kennewick — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Bellevue, Washington; Rich Kennewick — Director, Promoter — Bellevue, Washington; Jay Adya — Director, Promoter — Bellevue, Washington
Company:
Mercer MotorWorks
State:
WASHINGTON
Industry:
Manufacturing
Amount Raised:
$155,000
Related Persons:
James Dietrich — Executive Officer, Director — Clyde Hill, Washington
Company:
UnityCore
State:
TEXAS
Industry:
Business Services
Amount Raised:
$150,000
Related Persons:
Kris Sorenson — Executive Officer — Round Rock, Texas; Gavin Washburn — Executive Officer — Round Rock, Texas; Patrick Dayton — Executive Officer — Round Rock, Texas; Cameron Dayton — Executive Officer — Round Rock, Texas
Company:
Heart & SOUL Technologies
State:
NEW YORK
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$125,000
Related Persons:
Clifford Simmons — Executive Officer, Director — New York, New York; Michael Ratka — Executive Officer — New York, New York
Company:
Immuno Cancer Biotherapeutics
State:
SOUTH DAKOTA
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$75,000
Related Persons:
James Robl — Executive Officer, Director — Canton, South Dakota; Stephen Collins — Director — Lake Forest, Illinois
Company:
TalnFlo
State:
KENTUCKY
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$50,000
Related Persons:
Dalton Mitchell — Executive Officer, Director — Independence, Kentucky
Company:
ADA Payments Technologies
State:
CALIFORNIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$35,000
Related Persons:
Omer Unsal — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Manhattan Beach, California
Company:
Lucky Ox
State:
DELAWARE
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$30,000
Related Persons:
Kyle Nguyen — Executive Officer — Milpitas, California
Company:
Life Stylistic
State:
WASHINGTON
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$22,500
Related Persons:
Matthew Sokolowski — Executive Officer, Director — Seattle, Washington; James Traynor — Executive Officer, Director — Seattle, Washington; Joe Traynor — Executive Officer, Director — Seattle, Washington
Company:
Longplay Media
State:
NEW YORK
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$10,000
Related Persons:
Jonathan Wimberly — Executive Officer, Director — Brooklyn, New York; Miles Robinson — Executive Officer, Director — Brooklyn, New York; Daniel Myer — Executive Officer, Director — Brooklyn, New York
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