The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 7/6/26 – 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 7/4/26 featuring funding details for Qolab, Straiker, Higharc, and sixteen other deals representing $3.6B in new funding that you need to know about.

8090 Solutions – $135.0M

Menlo Park-based 8090 Solutions provides an AI-native software development control plane that brings teams and AI agents into one system to define requirements, coordinate execution, and manage software delivery with documentation, oversight, and auditability. Founded by Chamath Palihapitiya and Sina Sojoodi in 2024, 8090 Solutions has now raised a total of $135M in total equity funding and is backed by Abhi Arun, Adam D’Angelo, Cliff Robbins, Craft Ventures, David Friedberg, Jason Calacanis, LAUNCH, Nikesh Arora, Salesforce Ventures, Shyam Ravindran, The Production Board (TPB), Thomas Laffont, and WndrCo.

Aligned – $60.0M

Wilmington-based Aligned provides an AI-powered digital sales room and buyer collaboration workspace that helps B2B sales teams manage deal resources, mutual action plans, stakeholder engagement, and revenue insights. Founded by Gal Aga, Gal Deitsch, and Yotam Sela in 2021, Aligned has now raised a total of $73.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Hetz Ventures, JAL Ventures, NFX, and PeakSpan Capital.

Higharc – $95.0M

Durham-based Higharc provides a homebuilding AI platform that helps builders design homes, configure plans, generate 3D sales visuals, create estimates, and produce permit-ready construction documents. Founded by Marc Minor, Michael Bergin, Peter Boyer, and Thomas Holt in 2018, Higharc has now raised a total of $175M in total equity funding and is backed by Fifth Wall, Insight Partners, Lux Capital, MetaProp, PSP Capital Partners, RXR ARDEN Digital Ventures, SE Ventures, Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Spark Capital, Suffolk Technologies, Triangle Tweener Fund, Vertex Ventures US, and Wellington Management.

Integral Privacy Technologies – $18.0M

San Francisco-based Integral Privacy Technologies provides a privacy layer for AI that transforms sensitive real-world data into compliant, defensible, AI-ready datasets for healthcare, life sciences, analytics, and data teams. Founded by John Kuhn and Shubh Sinha in 2022, Integral Privacy Technologies has now raised a total of $24.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Also Capital, Array Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Circle & Co, GreatPoint Ventures, Haystack Ventures, LifeX Ventures, LiveRamp Ventures, The General Partnership, Venrex, Virtue Ventures, and WS Investments.

KredosAI – $7.0M

Bellevue-based KredosAI develops AI software that applies behavioral science and personalized communication to optimize payment reminders, customer engagement, and collections workflows. Founded by Balaji Sridharan, Dave Thoms, and David Fetherstonhaugh in 2021, KredosAI has now raised a total of $10.4M in total equity funding and is backed by BMW i Ventures, Motley Fool Ventures, Okapi Venture Capital, SaaS Ventures, StartFast Ventures, Stout Street Capital, and Walter Ventures.

LeapXpert – $180.0M

New York-based LeapXpert provides a compliant business communications platform that lets enterprises capture, govern, and monitor employee conversations across messaging, voice, and collaboration channels. Founded by Avi Pardo, Dima Gutzeit, and Rina Charles in 2017, LeapXpert has now raised a total of $222.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Portage Ventures and Riverwood Capital.

Materna Medical – $5.0M

Mountain View-based Materna Medical develops medical devices focused on protecting and restoring pelvic health for women, including technologies for childbirth-related pelvic floor injury prevention and treatment. Founded by Kerry O’Connor, Mark Juravic, Michael Stewart, and Santiago Ocejo in 2010, Materna Medical has now raised a total of $62.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Band of Angels, InnovaHealth Partners, and Wavemaker 360.

Ognomy Sleep – $20.0M

Buffalo-based Ognomy Sleep provides virtual sleep care through telehealth consultations, home sleep testing, diagnosis, treatment support, and ongoing management for sleep disorders. Founded by Daniel I. Rifkin and Greg Ross in 2021, Ognomy Sleep has now raised a total of $22.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Blue Heron Capital, Catalyst Investors, Excell Partners, Impellent Ventures, Launch NY, University at Buffalo, and Upstate Biotech Ventures.

Omen AI – $31.0M

San Francisco-based Omen AI develops predictive diagnostics software that monitors equipment health through real-time fluid analysis to detect failures and support maintenance decisions. Founded by Zachary Laberge in 2024, Omen AI has now raised a total of $41.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Borusan Ventures, CRV, LMNT Ventures, MANN+HUMMEL, Nava Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Piotr Tomasik, Sheryl Sandberg, and Vanderbilt University.

Oxmiq Labs – $35.0M

Campbell-based Oxmiq Labs develops licensable GPU IP and AI software that helps semiconductor companies build custom AI compute solutions. Founded by Raja Koduri in 2023, Oxmiq Labs has now raised a total of $55M in total equity funding and is backed by AM Intelligence Labs, CDIB -TEN Capital, Darwin Ventures, Farro Capital, Fundomo, Intel Capital, MediaTek, Morgan Creek Digital, Pegatron Venture Capital, Razer, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Tenstorrent.

Premier Lacrosse League – $100.0M

New York-based Premier Lacrosse League operates a professional field lacrosse league, managing teams, events, media, ticketing, sponsorships, and fan engagement across the sport. Founded by Michael Rabil and Paul Rabil in 2018, Premier Lacrosse League has now raised a total of $100M in total equity funding and is backed by Ares Management, Bolt Ventures family office, Chris Shumway, David Blitzer, ESPN, FirstTracks Ventures, Glen Powell, Jed Hart, Joseph Tsai, Next 3, Rob McElhenney, Tony Cavalero, and Warren Zeiders.

Proception – $11.0M

Palo Alto-based Proception develops humanoid robotic hands and dexterous manipulation systems designed to improve robotic interaction with physical environments. Founded by Jay Li and Jianxiang Xu in 2024, Proception has now raised a total of $11M in total equity funding and is backed by BoxGroup, First Round Capital, and Y Combinator.

Qolab – $54.2M

Los Angeles-based Qolab develops superconducting quantum computing systems and technologies focused on building scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computers. Founded by Alan Ho, John Martinis, and Robert McDermott in 2022, Qolab has now raised a total of $73.7M in total equity funding and is backed by Octave Ventures LLC, Phoenix Venture Partners, UC Investments, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

Queue – $12.6M

Palo Alto-based Queue develops robotic pharmacy automation systems that improve medication dispensing accuracy, efficiency, and inventory workflows for healthcare providers. Founded by Joshua Liu and Nick Desai in 2025, Queue has now raised a total of $18.6M in total equity funding and is backed by AlleyCorp, Banter Capital, Grep VC, House Capital, and Ubiquity Ventures.

Straiker – $64.0M

Sunnyvale-based Straiker develops AI security software that tests, monitors, and protects AI applications by identifying vulnerabilities, threats, and misuse risks. Founded by Ankur Shah and Sreenath Kurupati in 2024, Straiker has now raised a total of $85M in total equity funding and is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Citi Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, GTM Capital, Illuminate Financial, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Marathon Management Partners, Neva SGR, Rain Capital, Sixty Degree Capital, and Workday Ventures.

Taxwire – $25.0M

New York-based Taxwire provides a sales tax compliance platform that combines automation and managed services for calculation, registration, filing, remittance, and tax operations. Founded by Andrew Rea and Steven Schmatz in 2023, Taxwire has now raised a total of $37.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Analog Ventures, Headline, NOMO Ventures, Recall Capital, Vinyl Capital, and XYZ Venture Capital.AlleyWatch’s exclusive coverage of this round: Taxwire Raises $25M to Automate Sales Tax Compliance Across 100+ Countries

Together AI – $800.0M

San Francisco-based Together AI provides a cloud platform for building, training, fine-tuning, and deploying open-source and generative AI models at scale. Founded by Ce Zhang, Chris Re, Percy Liang, Tri Dao, and Vipul Ved Prakash in 2022, Together AI has now raised a total of $1.3B in total equity funding and is backed by Aramco Ventures, DTCP, Emergence Capital, General Catalyst, Geodesic Capital, Lux Capital, March Capital, NVIDIA, Pegatron, PSP Capital Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Schneider Electric, S Ventures, and Vista Equity Partners.

Twelve Labs – $100.0M

San Francisco-based Twelve Labs develops multimodal AI models and APIs that help developers understand, search, analyze, and generate insights from video content. Founded by Aiden Lee, Dave Chung, Jae Lee, SJ Kim, and Soyoung Lee in 2021, Twelve Labs has now raised a total of $207.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Amazon, Index Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Naver Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Quadrille Capital, Radical Ventures, and Red Bull Ventures.

Venice – $65.0M

Sheridan-based Venice provides a private AI platform for text, image, character, and video generation that emphasizes user privacy and uncensored personal AI interactions. Founded by Erik Voorhees, Jesse Proudman, and Teana Baker-Taylor in 2024, Venice has now raised a total of $65M in total equity funding and is backed by Archetype, Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly, Founders’ Co-op, F-Prime, Liquid 2 Ventures, Morgan Creek Digital, and North Island Ventures.