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 6/14/25 featuring funding details for Landbase, Outset, Nominal, and twenty-one other deals representing $1.7B in new funding that you need to know about.
Tastewise – $50.0M
New York-based Tastewise is a consumer intelligence platform that provides insights for food brands. Founded by Alon Chen and Eyal Gaon in 2018, Tastewise has now raised a total of $71.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Disruptive AI Venture Capital, Duo Partners, PeakBridge, PICO Venture Partners, and TELUS Global Ventures.
PostHog – $70.0M
San Francisco-based PostHog is an open source platform that helps build successful products by providing tools to evaluate feature impact and customer value. Founded by James Hawkins and Tim Glaser in 2020, PostHog has now raised a total of $107.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Formus Capital, Google Ventures, Stripe, and Y Combinator.
VODA.ai – $10.0M
Boston-based VODA.ai is an Artificial Intelligence company, serving the water utility market. Founded by George Demosthenous and Jim Fitchett in 2017, VODA.ai has now raised a total of $10.0M in total equity funding and is backed by CRH Ventures and L-Stone Capital.
Outset – $17.0M
San Francisco-based Outset is an AI-based interview tool that analyzes the qualitative research landscape using ChatGPT to conduct in-depth interviews. Founded by Aaron Cannon and Michael Hess in 2022, Outset has now raised a total of $21.3M in total equity funding and is backed by 8VC, Adverb Ventures, Alt Capital, Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company, Genius Ventures, Inc, Rebel Fund, Ritual Capital, and Y Combinator.
Cyera – $540.0M
New York-based Cyera is an AI-powered data security platform that gives enterprises deep context on their data to assure cyber-resilience and compliance. Founded by Tamar Bar-Ilan and Yotam Segev in 2021, Cyera has now raised a total of $1.3B in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
Trustible – $4.6M
Arlington-based Trustible develops an AI-based governance management platform to build a trustable network and reduce risk. Founded by Andrew Gamino-Cheong and Gerald Iturrioz in 2023, Trustible has now raised a total of $12.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Adrian Fenty, Alumni Ventures, Eric Schmidt, FoundersX Ventures, Harlem Capital, Inner Loop Capital, JHH vc, Larry Quinlan, Lookout Ventures, Michael Gamson, Tau Ventures, and VamosVentures.
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Guardz – $56.0M
Miami-based Guardz is a cybersecurity company that develops an AI-native unified detection and response platform to protect SME businesses. Founded by Alon Lavi and Dor Eisner in 2022, Guardz has now raised a total of $84.0M in total equity funding and is backed by ClearSky, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Glilot Capital Partners, Hanaco Venture Capital, iAngels, Lumir Ventures, Phoenix Financial, and SentinelOne.
Glean – $150.0M
Palo Alto-based Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers to improve workplace efficiency. Founded by Arvind Jain, Piyush Prahladka, Prafful Goel, Sharvanath Pathak, Tony Gentilcore, and TR Vishwanath in 2019, Glean has now raised a total of $768.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Altimeter, Archerman Capital, Bicycle Capital, Capital One Ventures, Citi, Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, Geodesic Capital, ICONIQ Capital, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Latitude Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Wellington Management.
Farsight AI – $16.0M
New York-based Farsight AI is a software development company that automates and augments financial services and insurance. Founded by Kunal Tangri, Noah Faro, and Samir Dutta in 2022, Farsight AI has now raised a total of $16.0M in total equity funding and is backed by K5 Global, Link Ventures, RRE Ventures, and SignalFire.
Autonomize AI – $28.0M
Austin-based Autonomize develops AI-powered copilot platforms to organize and summarize unstructured data for healthcare and life sciences professionals. Founded by Ganesh Padmanabhan and Kris Nair in 2022, Autonomize AI has now raised a total of $32.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Asset Management Ventures (AMV), ATX Venture Partners, Capital Factory, Cigna Ventures, Tau Ventures, and Valtruis.
Guidehealth – $10.0M
Dallas-based Guidehealth offers healthcare solutions focusing on patient care, provider support, and technology integration. Founded by Sanjay Doddamani in 2023, Guidehealth has now raised a total of $24.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Emory Healthcare.
Laurel – $80.0M
San Francisco-based Laurel automates timesheet management for legal and accounting firms using AI. Founded by Janesh Gupta, Kourosh Zamani, Matthew Bordas, and Ryan Alshak in 2016, Laurel has now raised a total of $135.7M in total equity funding and is backed by 01 Advisors, ACME Capital, AIX Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, Anthos Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, DST Global, Gokul Rajaram, Google Ventures, Hans Tung, IVP, Kevin Weil, Time Ventures, and Vladimir Fedorov.
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Landbase – $30.0M
San Francisco-based Landbase is an AI-driven platform that helps businesses automate outreach, sales efficiency, and scale go-to-market efforts. Founded by Daniel Saks, Emily Zhang, and Hua Gao in 2023, Landbase has now raised a total of $42.5M in total equity funding and is backed by 8VC, A*, Firstminute Capital, Picus Capital, Sound Ventures, and The General Partnership.
Turnkey – $30.0M
New York-based Turnkey is a crypto wallet infrastructure company that enables embedded wallets and automates onchain transactions through APIs. Founded by Bryce Ferguson and Jack Kearney in 2022, Turnkey has now raised a total of $67.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bain Capital Crypto, Faction, Galaxy Digital, Sequoia Capital, Variant, and Wintermute Ventures. AlleyWatch broke the news in an exclusive covering the round and much more – Turnkey Raises $30M Series B to Usher in Next Era of Crypto Infrastructure
Conveyor – $20.0M
San Francisco-based Conveyor is a SaaS platform helping companies speed through their customer security reviews (with a little help from AI) Founded by Chas Ballew in 2021, Conveyor has now raised a total of $39.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Cervin Ventures, Oregon Venture Fund, and SignalFire.
Occupier – $16.0M
New York-based Occupier is building proptech software enabling commercial tenants to make smarter real estate decisions. Founded by Andrew Flint, Erik Pearson, and Matthew Giffune in 2018, Occupier has now raised a total of $32.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Unbundled Capital.
Linear – $82.0M
San Francisco-based Linear allows users to manage software development and track bugs. Founded by Karri Saarinen and Tuomas Artman in 2019, Linear has now raised a total of $134.2M in total equity funding and is backed by 01 Advisors, Accel, Designer Fund, Ilkka Paananen, Indie.vc, Jeff Weinstein, Lauren Loktev, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Soleio ‚Äé‚Äè‚Äè‚Äé ‚Äé‚Äé ‚Äé, TK Ventures, and Vlad Loktev.
Canary Technologies – $80.0M
San Francisco-based Canary Technologies provides a digital guest management platform for hotels streamlining check-in, messaging, payments, and upsells. Founded by Harman Singh Narula and SJ Sawhney in 2017, Canary Technologies has now raised a total of $177.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Brighton Park Capital, Commerce Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Insight Partners, Thayer Ventures, and Y Combinator.
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Commons Clinic – $26.0M
Los Angeles-based Commons Clinic is a multi-specialty clinic offering minimally-invasive surgical and conservative musculoskeletal care. Founded by Nick Aubin and Paulo da Costa in 2021, Commons Clinic has now raised a total of $56.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Courtside Ventures, Floating Point, RA Capital Management, SteelSky Ventures, and TIME BioVentures.
Gecko Robotics – $125.0M
Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics is an AI and robotics technology company that provides robotics and inspection services for industrial applications. Founded by Jake Loosararian and Troy Demmer in 2013, Gecko Robotics has now raised a total of $347.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Cox Enterprises, Founders Fund, US Innovative Technology Fund, XN, and Y Combinator.
Meter – $170.0M
San Francisco-based Meter provides managed network services with proprietary hardware and software, simplifying IT and connectivity. Founded by Anil Varanasi and Sunil Varanasi in 2015, Meter has now raised a total of $255.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 53 Stations, Baillie Gifford, General Catalyst, JP Morgan, Lachy Groom, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Tishman Speyer, and WndrCo.
Nominal – $75.0M
Austin-based Nominal develops a real-time testing platform that enables engineering teams to capture telemetry, automate hardware-in-the-loop tests. Founded by Bryce Strauss, Cameron McCord, and Jason Hoch in 2022, Nominal has now raised a total of $102.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, and Sequoia Capital.
Runwise – $30.0M
New York-based Runwise is a smart operating system company that provides a software platform for building heat management. Founded by Jeffrey Carleton, Lee Hoffman, and Michael Cook in 2010, Runwise has now raised a total of $65.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Cooley, Fifth Wall, Helium-3 Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Multiplier Capital, Munich Re, Nuveen, and Soma Capital.
Bolo AI – $8.1M
Palo Alto-based Bolo AI is the new AI-powered knowledge platform built for the unique needs of heavy industries. Founded by Diti Sood and Lalit Jain in 2024, Bolo AI has now raised a total of $8.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Accomplice, Beat Ventures, Benchstrength, J Ventures, and True Ventures.
