Week of 2026-07-17 · 32 US startups · source: SEC Form D + press
| $302.0M | 🔥 WALDEN ROBOTICS, INC. General-purpose industrial/humanoid robotics company spun out of Toyota Research Institute. · Cambridge, Massachusetts Seed · Toyota, Deviation Capital, NVIDIA |
Russell Tedrake Executive Officer, Director |
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| $250.0M | 🔥 I-Pulse Inc. Pulsed-power technology company developing silicon-carbide semiconductors and geothermal drilling tech. · London, United Kingdom Government award (CHIPS) · US Dept of Commerce CHIPS program, Rio Tinto, Newmont |
Robert Friedland Executive Officer, Director |
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| $218.3M | 🔥 AdvanCell, Inc. Clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing lead-212 targeted alpha therapies for cancer. · Cambridge, Massachusetts Series D · Sanofi Ventures, Morningside, Brandon Capital |
Philina Lee Executive Officer, Director |
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| $123.8M | 🔥 Cambrian Bio Distributed drug-development company ('DisCo') building therapeutics targeting diseases of aging. · New York, New York Series C/D · Christian Angermayer, Future Ventures |
James Peyer Executive Officer, Director |
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| $110.9M | 🔥 Cover Genius Embedded insurance (insurtech) platform providing protection at partner point-of-sale. · New York, New York Growth · Vista Credit Partners |
Christopher Bayley Director, Promoter |
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| $100.0M | 🔥 American Heritage Ships, Inc. Manufacturing · New York, New York |
Micheal Nugent Executive Officer, Director |
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| $50.9M | 🔥 AvantStay Tech-enabled property manager for high-end short-term vacation rental homes. · Culver City, California |
Sean Breuner Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $50.0M | 🔥 Baylor Genetics Clinical genetic testing and genomics diagnostics laboratory (JV with Baylor College of Medicine). · Houston, Texas Growth/Strategic · H.U. Group Holdings, Decheng Capital, Baylor College of Medicine |
Kengo Takishima Executive Officer, Director |
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| $45.0M | 🔥 Picogrid, Inc. Defense-tech company building an open integration layer linking drones, sensors and command systems. · El Segundo, California Series A · Bessemer Venture Partners, Initialized Capital, Starburst Ventures |
Zane Mountcastle Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $44.1M | 🔥 Qolab, Inc. Superconducting quantum computing hardware startup building manufacturable QPUs. · Madison, Wisconsin Series B · UC Investments, Octave Ventures, WARF |
Michael Kim Director |
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| $35.0M | 🔥 DataBahn.ai Security-native, AI-native enterprise data pipeline platform for SIEM, observability and AI. · Dallas, Texas Series A · Forgepoint Capital, S3 Ventures, GTM Capital |
Nanda Santhana Executive Officer, Director |
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| $32.2M | 🔥 Vikta Energy Residential solar and energy solutions installer (Tesla partner), Austin-based. · Austin, Texas |
Ryan Wuerch Executive Officer, Director |
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| $30.0M | 🔥 Dash Bio, Inc. Seed-stage biotech redesigning drug development using AI, robotics and integrated bioanalysis software. · Boston, Massachusetts Seed · The Aligned Fund, Freestyle Capital, Cybernetix Ventures |
David Johnson Executive Officer, Director |
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| $30.0M | 🔥 Light Materials Holding Corp Manufacturing · Sunnyvale, California |
Patrick Gallagher Executive Officer, Director |
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| $23.7M | 🔥 FreeCast Streaming technology company offering a Platform-as-a-Service ecosystem for TV/video distribution. · Orlando, Florida Private placement (PIPE) · Institutional and existing long-term investors |
William Mobley, Jr. Executive Officer, Director |
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| $21.2M | 🔥 Augmodo Inc. Spatial-AI startup making wearable 'Smartbadges' that auto-track retail/warehouse inventory. · Kirkland, Washington Series A extension · TQ Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Arena Holdings |
Ross Finman Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $20.0M | 🔥 Cranium Enterprise AI security platform (spun out of KPMG) securing AI/ML systems against adversarial threats. · Short Hills, New Jersey Series A (extension) · Telstra Ventures, KPMG, SYN Ventures |
Jonathan Dambrot Executive Officer, Director |
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| $20.0M | 🔥 Cyclops Stablecoin settlement infrastructure built exclusively for the payments industry. · Miami, Florida Series A · Nava Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures |
Alex Wilson Executive Officer, Director |
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| $19.4M | 🔥 Lightwave Dental Dental Service Organization (DSO) providing non-clinical management services to dental practices. · New York, New York |
Justin Jory Executive Officer, Director |
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| $19.0M | 🔥 Tidal Vision Green-chemistry company producing chitosan from crab shells for water treatment and agriculture. · Bellingham, Washington Series B (extension) · Eni Next, Milliken & Company, KIRKBI Climate |
Craig Kasberg Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $18.5M | 🔥 Thira Enterprise AI startup building autonomous agents that handle IT support and back-office tasks. · Seattle, Washington Seed · Madrona, FUSE |
Kurt Shintaffer Executive Officer, Director |
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| $17.8M | 🔥 Hephae Energy Technology Corp Develops ultra-high-temperature robotics and drilling systems (Pandora 210, operates up to 210 C) to enable deeper, hotter geothermal energy development. · Spring, Texas Series A · Susquehanna Sustainable Investments, Underground Ventures, Nabors Industries |
Steve Krase Executive Officer, Director |
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| $15.8M | 🔥 Ranchbot IoT/satellite water- and asset-monitoring devices for ranchers and farmers (US arm of Farmbot). · Fort Worth, Texas Telstra, Macdoch Ventures |
Andrew Coppin Executive Officer, Director |
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| $15.0M | 🔥 Lynch Regenerative Medicine / Lynch Biologics Growth-factor (PDGF) regenerative medicine company for wound care, periodontal and aesthetics. · Franklin, Tennessee Series A |
SAMUEL LYNCH Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $15.0M | 🔥 Overtone Voice- and audio-first AI dating/matchmaking service founded by Hinge founder Justin McLeod. · New York, New York Seed/Series A · Match Group, FirstMark Capital, Pace Capital |
Justin McLeod Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $12.7M | 🔥 ImmunoVec, Inc. In vivo cell-engineering (polymeric nanoparticle DNA delivery) biotech for autoimmune diseases. · Los Angeles, California Series A · ARPA-H (EMBODY award), CIRM grants |
Ryan Wong Executive Officer, Director |
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| $10.3M | 🔥 LifeFlow Medtech company making LifeFlow rapid fluid/blood delivery devices for shock and sepsis. · Durham, North Carolina Series B (extension) · Hatteras Venture Partners, Orlando Health Ventures, WakeMed |
KYLE CHENET Executive Officer, Director |
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| $10.0M | 🔥 Farsight AI workflow-automation for financial/insurance data (autonomous agents in Excel/PowerPoint/PDF). · Cambridge, Massachusetts Series A · SignalFire, RRE Ventures, Link Ventures |
Samir Dutta Executive Officer, Director |
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| $9.8M | 🔥 Pluristyx Provider of clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and gene-editing for cell therapies. · Seattle, Washington Series A · BioLife Solutions, BroadOak Capital Partners, Fortune 500 strategic |
Benjamin Fryer Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
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| $9.6M | 🔥 Wesper Wearable medical-device maker for at-home sleep apnea diagnostics (silicone patches). · New York, New York Series A · Valor Equity Partners, Breyer Capital, Spark Capital |
AMIR REUVENY Executive Officer |
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| $8.8M | 🔥 Cadrenal Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage biopharma developing tecarfarin and CAD-1005 anticoagulant therapies. · Ponte Vedra, Florida Private placement (PIPE) · Single healthcare-focused institutional investor |
Quang Pham Executive Officer, Director |
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| $8.6M | 🔥 Frozen One High-protein ice cream CPG brand (40g protein per pint) expanding into Target and Kroger. · Austin, Texas Seed · Brand Foundry Ventures, Supernatural Ventures |
Alan Chen Executive Officer, Director |
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