The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 2/14/25 featuring funding details for Gather AI, Dono, Solace, and twenty-five other deals representing $32.4B (not a typo) in new funding that you need to know about.
Alva Energy – $33.0M
Cambridge-based Alva Energy is a startup accelerating nuclear power deployment through streamlined project development and execution software. Founded by Garrett Wilkinson, James Krellenstein, and W. Robb Stewart in 2024, Alva Energy has now raised a total of $33.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 8VC, Activate, Alumni Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Gigascale Capital, Isabelle Boemeke, Logos, Mercator Partners, Michael Anders, NGP Energy Capital Management, Playground Global, Safar Partners, Segra Capital, and Simon Holmes à Court.
Anterior – $40.0M
New York-based Anterior is an AI-powered healthcare administration platform that automates prior authorization and insurance approvals for medical procedures. Founded by Abdel Mahmoud and Zahid Mahmood in 2022, Anterior has now raised a total of $63.2M in total equity funding and is backed by FPV Ventures, Kinnevik, New Enterprise Associates, and Sequoia Capital.
Anthropic – $30.0B
San Francisco-based Anthropic is an AI research and safety company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable foundation models. Founded by Benjamin Mann, Daniela Amodei, Dario Amodei, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, and Tom Brown in 2021, Anthropic has now raised a total of $55.9B in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Addition, Alpha Wave Global, Altimeter Capital, AMP PBC, Appaloosa Management, Baillie Gifford, Bessemer Venture Partners, BlackRock, Blackstone Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, D. E. Shaw & Co., Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, GIC, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Greenoaks, ICONIQ Capital, Insight Partners, Jane Street Capital, JP Morgan Chase, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, MGX, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, NVIDIA, NX1 Capital, Qatar Investment Authority, Sands Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, TowerBrook Capital Partners, TPG, Whale Rock Capital Management, and XN.
Apptronik – $520.0M
Austin-based Apptronik is a robotics company developing humanoid robots for industrial, commercial, and real-world applications. Founded by Bill Helmsing, Jeffrey Cardenas, and Nicholas Paine in 2016, Apptronik has now raised a total of $963.6M in total equity funding and is backed by AT&T Ventures, B Capital, Google, John Deere, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Peak 6, Qatar Investment Authority, and Scrum Ventures.
Axiom Space – $350.0M
Houston-based Axiom Space is a space infrastructure company building commercial space stations and enabling private human spaceflight. Founded by Kam Ghaffarian and Michael Suffredini in 2016, Axiom Space has now raised a total of $850.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 1789 Capital, 4iG, Kam Ghaffarian, LuminArx Capital Management LP, Qatar Investment Authority, and Type One Ventures.
Big Health – $23.7M
San Francisco-based Big Health is a digital therapeutics company delivering evidence-based mental health programs through software. Founded by Colin Espie and Peter Hames in 2010, Big Health has now raised a total of $158.8M in total equity funding and is backed by .406 Ventures, AlleyCorp, CVS Health Ventures, Gilde Healthcare, Sandbox Industries, Supermoon Capital, and The Blue Venture Fund.
Brandlight – $30.0M
New York-based Brandlight is an AI-driven platform that monitors, analyzes, and optimizes brand visibility across digital channels. Founded by Didi Dvash, Imri Marcus, and Uri Gafni in 2024, Brandlight has now raised a total of $35.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Cardumen Capital, G20 Ventures, and Pelion Venture Partners.
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Bretton AI – $75.0M
San Francisco-based Bretton is an AI-powered financial crime operations platform automating AML, KYC, and compliance workflows. Founded by Alex Jin and Will Lawrence in 2023, Bretton AI has now raised a total of $95.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Canvas Prime, Greylock, Sapphire Ventures, Thomson Reuters Ventures, TIAA Ventures, and Y Combinator.
Clearly AI – $8.4M
Seattle-based Clearly AI automates enterprise security and privacy reviews using AI-driven assessments. Founded by Emily Choi-Greene and Joe Choi-Greene in 2024, Clearly AI has now raised a total of $13.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Argon Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Crosspoint Capital Partners, Ritual Capital, and Y Combinator.
Didero – $30.0M
New York-based Didero is an AI procurement platform that automates sourcing, purchasing, and supply chain workflows for industrial teams. Founded by Lorenz Pallhuber, Tim Spencer, and Tom Petit in 2023, Didero has now raised a total of $37.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Chemistry, Headline, and M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund.
Dono – $6.5M
West Palm Beach-based Dono is a property intelligence platform that aggregates and verifies homeownership and title data from public records. Founded by Ron Likvornik and Tali Gross in 2023, Dono has now raised a total of $10.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Link Ventures, and lool ventures.
Entire – $60.0M
Seattle-based Entire is building a collaborative developer platform where AI agents and humans build, learn, and ship software together. Founded by Thomas Dohmke in 2025, Entire has now raised a total of $60.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Basis Set Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Felicis, Garry Tan, Gergely Orosz, Global Founders Capital, Harry Stebbings, Jerry Yang, M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund, Madrona, Olivier Pomel, Picus Capital, Theo Browne, and The Twenty Minute VC.
Equal Parts – $23.0M
Austin-based Equal Parts is an AI-native insurance agency platform modernizing brokerage operations and customer acquisition. Founded by Graham Yennie, Michael Witte, and Mike Meller in 2025, Equal Parts has now raised a total of $33.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Equal Ventures, Genius Ventures, Inspired Capital, and Max Ventures.
Ever – $31.0M
San Francisco-based Ever is an online automotive marketplace focused on buying and selling used electric vehicles. Founded by Lasse-Mathias Nyberg, Maximilian Quertermous, and TJ Casner in 2022, Ever has now raised a total of $48.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Eclipse Ventures, Ibex Investors, Jameel Investment Management Company, Joint Effects, Lifeline Ventures, and Maki.vc.
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Gather AI – $40.0M
Pittsburgh-based Gather AI provides autonomous inventory monitoring software that uses drones to digitize warehouse operations. Founded by Daniel Maturana, Geetesh Dubey, and Sankalp Arora in 2017, Gather AI has now raised a total of $74.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Bling Capital, Dundee Venture Capital, Smith Point Capital, The Hillman Company, Tribeca Venture Partners, and XRC Ventures.
Inertia – $450.0M
San Francisco-based Inertia is a fusion energy company developing commercially viable fusion power systems. Founded by Annie Kritcher, Jeff Lawson, Melinda Lee, and Mike Dunne in 2024, Inertia has now raised a total of $450.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Google Ventures, IQT, Long Journey Ventures, Modern Capital, Neo, Threshold, Uncork Capital, and WndrCo.
Integrate – $17.0M
Usk-based Integrate is a program management platform designed to coordinate the development of complex hardware systems. Founded by Andrew Sloan, John Conafay, Paul Reesman, and Wesley Chan in 2022, Integrate has now raised a total of $21.4M in total equity funding and is backed by FPV Ventures, FUSE, Hyperplane, New Vista Capital, Riot Ventures, and Rsquared VC.
Matia – $21.0M
Miami-based Matia is a data operations platform combining ingestion, reverse ETL, observability, and cataloging in a unified system. Founded by Benjamin Segal and Geva Segal in 2023, Matia has now raised a total of $31.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Abe Peled, Alex Pham, Amiram Shachar, Caffeinated Capital, Cerca Partners, Karim Atiyeh, Leaders Fund, Raffi Kesten, Red Dot Capital Partners, Secret Chord Ventures, Udi Mokady, and Velocityx.
Natilus – $28.0M
San Diego-based Natilus is an aerospace company designing blended-wing-body cargo aircraft to improve aviation efficiency and sustainability. Founded by Aleksey Matyushev and Anatoly Starikov in 2016, Natilus has now raised a total of $28.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Draper Associates, Flexport, Liquid 2 Ventures, New Vista Capital, Soma Capital, The Veteran Fund, Type One Ventures, VU Venture Partners, and Wave Function.
Newo.ai – $25.0M
San Francisco-based Newo.ai provides a cloud platform for deploying AI agents that manage voice, chat, and customer communications. Founded by David Yang and Luba Rein in 2023, Newo.ai has now raised a total of $30.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Acrobator Ventures, Aloniq, Constructor Capital, Ratmir Timashev, and s16vc.
Nucleus Security – $20.0M
Sarasota-based Nucleus Security offers a vulnerability and exposure management platform that prioritizes and orchestrates security remediation. Founded by Michael Nixon, Nicolas Fleming, Scott Kuffer, and Stephen Carter in 2018, Nucleus Security has now raised a total of $56.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Arthur Ventures and Delta-v Capital.
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Reco – $30.0M
Altamonte Springs-based Reco is a SaaS security platform that monitors and protects enterprise cloud applications. Founded by Gal Nakash, Ofer Klein, and Tal Shapira in 2020, Reco has now raised a total of $85.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Angular Ventures, boldstart ventures, Insight Partners, Quadrille Capital, S Ventures, TIAA Ventures, Workday Ventures, and Zeev Ventures.
Runway – $315.0M
New York-based Runway is a generative AI platform providing tools for creating and editing video, images, and multimedia content. Founded by Alejandro Ortiz, Anastasis Germanidis, and Cristobal Barrera in 2018, Runway has now raised a total of $859.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Adobe Ventures, AllianceBernstein, AMD Ventures, Emphatic Capital, Felicis, Fidelity, General Atlantic, Mirae Asset, NVIDIA, and Premji Invest.
Scala – $8.5M
Bellevue-based Scala is an AI-powered operations platform for contact centers and customer experience teams. Founded by Ardie Sameti and Rajeev Singh in 2025, Scala has now raised a total of $8.5M in total equity funding and is backed by FUSE and Madrona.
Solace – $130.0M
Redwood City-based Solace connects patients with professional healthcare advocates to navigate complex medical and insurance challenges. Founded by Jeremy Gurewitz and Sara Sargent in 2022, Solace has now raised a total of $204.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Inspired Capital Partners, IVP, Menlo Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, SignalFire, and Torch Capital.
Take2 AI – $14.0M
New York-based Take2 AI automates candidate phone screening using AI-powered voice agents. Founded by Kaushik Narasimhan and Yaniv Shimoni in 2022, Take2 AI has now raised a total of $19.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bertelsmann Investments, Gurtin Ventures, Honeystone Ventures, Human Capital, Reach Capital, and SemperVirens Venture Capital.
Trener Robotics – $32.0M
San Francisco-based Trener Robotics develops robot software that enables machines to understand and execute natural language commands. Founded by Asad Tirmizi and Lars Tingelstad in 2024, Trener Robotics has now raised a total of $38.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Cadence Design Systems, Emergent Ventures, Engine Ventures, Fitz Gate Ventures, Geodesic Capital, IAG Capital Partners, Radius Capital, Raisewell Ventures, Shanda Group, and Techable VC.
UPTIQ – $25.0M
Mckinney-based Uptiq is an AI platform for financial services firms to deploy automation and AI agents across wealth, compliance, and operations. Founded by Arpit Agrawal, Fred Brothers, and Snehal Fulzele in 2022, UPTIQ has now raised a total of $70.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 645 Ventures, Broadridge, Curql, EPIC Ventures, Evolution VC, First Capital, Green Visor Capital, LiveOak Ventures, Silverton Partners, and Tau Ventures.
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