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October 29, 2026

Raise Track Update — 2026-10-29

Raise Track Update

Raise Track Update

Date: 2026-10-29

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:
Allox

Amount:
$10.5M (Seed)

Description:
A Barcelona, Spain-based provider of an allosteric drug discovery platform raised $10.5M (€9.4M) in seed funding. The round was led by Asabys with participation from CDTI (via its SICC Innvierte) and Institut Català de Finances (ICF).

Investors:
Asabys, CDTI, Institut Català de Finances (ICF)

Company:
Bleu Robotics

Amount:
€5M (Pre-Seed)

Description:
A Paris, France-based provider of software solutions and AI models for industrial humanoid robots raised €5M in pre-seed funding. The round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, Motier Ventures, and Charlie Songhurst.

Investors:
Contrarian Ventures, OVNI Capital, Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, Motier Ventures, Charlie Songhurst

Company:
Venttup

Amount:
$3M (Pre-Series A)

Description:
A Bangalore, India-based provider of a B2B precision manufacturing platform raised $3M in pre-Series A funding. The round was led by Rainmatter by Zerodha and Unicorn India Ventures.

Investors:
Rainmatter by Zerodha, Unicorn India Ventures

Company:
KineDB

Amount:
€850K (Pre-Seed)

Description:
A Copenhagen, Denmark-based database technology company raised €850K in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Superhero Capital, with participation from NGL Ventures and angel investors including Jussi Pyörre, Kristoffer Abell, and Jakob Lilholm.

Investors:
Superhero Capital, NGL Ventures, Jussi Pyörre, Kristoffer Abell, Jakob Lilholm

Section 2: Investor and Person Deep-Dives

Name:
Asabys

Bio:
Asabys is a Barcelona-based investment firm investing in healthcare and life-sciences innovation. It led Allox's $10.5M seed round.

https://asabys.com/

Name:
OVNI Capital

Bio:
OVNI Capital is a first-check venture capital firm based in San Francisco, Berlin and Paris that backs European founders scaling internationally, leading early-stage rounds with checks from $250K to $2M. It co-led Bleu Robotics' €5M pre-seed round with Contrarian Ventures.

https://www.ovni.capital/

Name:
CDTI

Bio:
CDTI (Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation) is a Spanish public business entity that funds and supports R&D and innovation by Spanish companies. It participated in Allox's $10.5M seed round via its SICC Innvierte program.

https://www.cdti.es/en

Section 3: SEC EDGAR Form D Filings

Company:
Energy Materials

State:
NEW YORK

Industry:
Other Energy

Amount Raised:
$41,647,490

Related Persons:
Stephan DeLuca — Executive Officer, Director — Rochester, New York; Michael Dura — Director — Rochester, New York; Jeffrey Fieler — Director — Rochester, New York; Brian Scanlan — Director — Rochester, New York

Company:
Arms Cyber Defense

State:
CALIFORNIA

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$9,960,000

Related Persons:
Robert Kruse — Executive Officer, Director — Los Gatos, California; Warren Weiss — Director — Los Gatos, California; Bradley Potteiger — Director — Los Gatos, California

Company:
Sami & Hertzel

State:
ISRAEL

Industry:
Other

Amount Raised:
$8,619,500

Related Persons:
Lior Raz — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Tel Aviv, Israel; Avi Issacharoff — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Tel Aviv, Israel; Oliver Weisberg — Director, Promoter — Tel Aviv, Israel; Jason Banh — Director — Tel Aviv, Israel; Orni Birnbaum — Promoter — Tel Aviv, Israel

Company:
Numem

State:
CALIFORNIA

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$5,922,800

Related Persons:
Max Simmons — Executive Officer, Director — Sunnyvale, California; Nilesh Gharia — Executive Officer, Director — Sunnyvale, California; William Leszinske, Jr. — Director — Sunnyvale, California; Robert Crooke — Director — Sunnyvale, California

Company:
Fathom Water

State:
WASHINGTON

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$4,299,999

Related Persons:
Nathan Haralson — Executive Officer, Director — Kirkland, Washington; Anthony Schena — Director — Kirkland, Washington

Company:
Agilis Medical

State:
CALIFORNIA

Industry:
Other

Amount Raised:
$4,000,000

Related Persons:
Michael Collins — Executive Officer, Director — Cardiff, California; Benjamin Arnold — Executive Officer, Director — Cardiff, California; Renu Parker — Director — Cardiff, California; Brian Bowman — Executive Officer — Cardiff, California

Company:
CVAT.ai

State:
DELAWARE

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$2,499,998

Related Persons:
Nikita Manovich — Executive Officer, Director — Wilmington, Delaware; Boris Sekachev — Director — Wilmington, Delaware; Gordon Caplan — Director — Wilmington, Delaware

Company:
Accufy Diagnostics

State:
MARYLAND

Industry:
Biotechnology

Amount Raised:
$2,000,000

Related Persons:
Jeffrey Hung — Executive Officer, Director — Rockville, Maryland; Zhixiong Xu — Executive Officer, Director — Rockville, Maryland

Company:
Oiselle

State:
WASHINGTON

Industry:
Retailing

Amount Raised:
$500,000

Related Persons:
Marguerite Cramer — Executive Officer, Director — Seattle, Washington

Company:
ClinTrial Research

State:
NORTH CAROLINA

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$428,123

Related Persons:
Jennifer Yevoli — Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina; Subhash Gumber — Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina; Sam Searcy — Executive Officer, Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina; Rishi Reddy — Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina; Jay Santoro — Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina; Andrew Ritts — Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina; Gautam Patel — Director — Holly Springs, North Carolina

Company:
Pillar Financing

State:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$250,000

Related Persons:
Dustin Bramell — Executive Officer, Director — Pacific Palisades, California; Jennifer Moyer — Executive Officer, Director — Lewes, Delaware; Abigail Ross — Director — Washington, District of Columbia

Company:
Celestis

State:
TEXAS

Industry:
Other

Amount Raised:
$175,000

Related Persons:
Charles Chafer — Executive Officer, Director — Santa Fe, New Mexico; Andrea QasGuargis — Executive Officer — Corning, New York; Harvin Moore — Executive Officer, Director — Dripping Springs, Texas; Glen Waltrip — Director — Houston, Texas; Richard Godwin — Director — Washington, District of Columbia; Warren Hackler — Director — Austin, Texas; Mark Bohannon — Director — Washington, District of Columbia; Catherine Waltrip-Lesch — Director — Houston, Texas; Colby Youngblood — Director — Spring, Texas; Donald Rueckert — Director — New Hartford, New York

Company:
Cipher Peak

State:
OKLAHOMA

Industry:
Other

Amount Raised:
$91,500

Related Persons:
Randy Kamm — Executive Officer — Shawnee, Oklahoma

Company:
AI Legal Support

State:
ARKANSAS

Industry:
Other

Amount Raised:
$25,000

Related Persons:
Richard Newland — Executive Officer — Little Rock, Arkansas

Company:
Biometrica Health

State:
MINNESOTA

Industry:
Other Technology

Amount Raised:
$20,000

Related Persons:
Anthony Dann — Executive Officer, Director — Minneapolis, Minnesota; Nick Myers — Executive Officer, Director — Minneapolis, Minnesota


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