The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 7/13/26 – AlleyWatch

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 7/11/26 featuring funding details for Prime Intelligence, Super.com, Fleek, and thirteen other deals representing $1.8B in new funding that you need to know about.

Agave – $15.0M

San Francisco-based Agave provides AI-driven financial operations specifically tailored for the construction industry. Founded by John Zucchi, Pooria Azimi, Samantha Zhang, and Tom Reno in 2021, Agave has now raised a total of $18.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel and Y Combinator.

Bespoke Labs – $31.8M

Mountain View-based Bespoke Labs focuses on creating AI agents through research in data curation and evolutionary algorithms. Founded by Alex Dimakis and Mahesh Sathiamoorthy in 2024, Bespoke Labs has now raised a total of $40M in total equity funding and is backed by Mayfield Fund, The House Fund, Tristan Handy, and Wing Venture Capital.

Cableteque – $6.0M

Huntington Beach-based Cableteque is software created by wire harness experts for wire harness enthusiasts. Founded by ARIK VROBEL in 2022, Cableteque has now raised a total of $8.8M in total equity funding and is backed by 11 Tribes Ventures, Mudita Venture Partners, and PHX Ventures.

EdVisorly – $13.3M

Los Angeles-based EdVisorly is an AI enrollment platform that simplifies community college transfers by helping students apply to universities. Founded by Manny Smith in 2019, EdVisorly has now raised a total of $13.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Breachway Capital, Juvo Ventures, Lumina Foundation, Motley Fool Ventures, Strada Education Network, U.S. News & World Report, and Zeal Capital Partners.

Fleek – $25.0M

San Francisco-based Fleek operates a B2B marketplace that connects retailers, online resellers, and vintage clothing wholesalers. Founded by Abhi Arora and Sanket Agarwal in 2021, Fleek has now raised a total of $46M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Burda Principal Investments, eBay, FJ Labs, H14, HV Capital, and Y Combinator.

Gauntlet – $125.0M

Brooklyn-based Gauntlet develops quantitative risk management and yield optimization solutions for DeFi protocols and institutional participants. Founded by John Morrow, Rei Chiang, and Tarun Chitra in 2018, Gauntlet has now raised a total of $169.8M in total equity funding and is backed by SBI Group.

Handspring Health – $19.0M

Newark-based Handspring provides quality and evidence-based mental healthcare for children. Founded by Kwasi Kyei and Sahil Choudhry in 2021, Handspring Health has now raised a total of $37.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Angelini Ventures, Cobalt Ventures, Cornucopian Capital, HPA (Hyde Park Angels), NextView Ventures, nvp capital, and RPS Ventures.

Hippo Harvest – $30.0M

Half Moon Bay-based Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture. Founded by Alexander Boenig, Eitan Eppstein, and Wim Meeussen in 2019, Hippo Harvest has now raised a total of $64M in total equity funding and is backed by Collaborative Fund, Congruent Ventures, Cox Farms, Fresh Investment Club, and Hawthorne Food Ventures.

Katalyze AI – $10.5M

Mountain View-based Katalyze AI specializes in enhancing biomanufacturing processes through cutting-edge AI technologies. Founded by Reza Farahani and Shreyas Becker in 2022, Katalyze AI has now raised a total of $10.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Farzad Soleimani, Gokul Rajaram, Inovia Capital, and Ripple Ventures.

Norm AI – $120.0M

New York-based Norm AI develops AI software that embeds legal reasoning into AI agents to automate legal and compliance tasks. Founded by John Nay in 2023, Norm AI has now raised a total of $256.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Fenwick & West, Hamilton James, Jeff Hammes, Khosla Ventures, New York Life Insurance, TIAA, Tony James, and Vanguard.

Pediatrica – $28.0M

Coral Gables-based Pediatrica offer healthcare services with a focus on geographic health systems. Founded by Roberto Palenzuela in 2024, Pediatrica has now raised a total of $28M in total equity funding and is backed by M33 Growth and Valspring Capital.

Prime Intellect – $130.0M

Dover-based Prime Intellect is a full-stack platform that develops an open platform for training, deploying, and improving AI models and agents. Founded by Johannes Hagemann and Vincent Weisser in 2024, Prime Intellect has now raised a total of $200.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Aaron Levie, Aravind Srinivas, Asher Spector, Brendan Foody, Dell Technologies Capital, Devansh Pandey, Dwarkesh Patel, Harrison Chase, Intel Capital, Jeff Wang, John Schulman, Karim Atiyeh, Matthew Prince, Mike Knoop, Milan Kovac, Nicolai Ouporov, NVentures, Radical Ventures, Rohan Anil, and Winston Weinberg.

Quaise Energy – $134.0M

Houston-based Quaise is an energy company that develops a millimeter-wave drilling technology to access deep geothermal energy. Founded by Carlos Araque, Matthew Houde, and Paul Woskov in 2018, Quaise Energy has now raised a total of $225M in total equity funding and is backed by Idemitsu Americas Holdings Corporation, JERA Ventures, Prelude Ventures, and Safar Partners.

SambaNova – $1.0B

Palo Alto-based SambaNova is a complete AI platform that delivers AI inference and scalable solutions, providing a seamless integration for agentic AI. Founded by Christopher Re, Kunle Olukotun, and Rodrigo Liang in 2017, SambaNova has now raised a total of $2.5B in total equity funding and is backed by A&E Investments, Assam Ventures, Battery Ventures, BlackRock, Cambium Capital Partners, Capital Group, General Atlantic, Intel Capital, Kabila Capital, Qatar Investment Authority, QFO Capital, Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Vista Equity Partners, and Volantis Capital Management.

Super.com – $65.0M

San Francisco-based Super.com is a saving super app that empowers users to spend less, save more, and build credit. Founded by Henry Shi and Hussein Fazal in 2016, Super.com has now raised a total of $220.2M in total equity funding and is backed by TPG.

Venus Aerospace – $91.0M

Houston-based Venus Aerospace is a space company that provides an innovative approach to hypersonic transportation. Founded by Andrew Duggleby and Sassie Duggleby in 2020, Venus Aerospace has now raised a total of $193.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Airbus Ventures, Draper Associates, Green Sands Equity, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Mercury, MESH, Peak 6, Prime Movers Lab, Starboard Star Venture Capital, and Trousdale Ventures.