THEY JUST RAISED

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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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$100.0M 🔥 American Heritage Ships, Inc.
Manufacturing · New York, New York
Micheal Nugent
Executive Officer, Director
SEC ↗
$50.9M 🔥 AvantStay
Tech-enabled property manager for high-end short-term vacation rental homes. · Culver City, California
Sean Breuner
Executive Officer, Director, Promoter
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$44.1M 🔥 Qolab, Inc.
Superconducting quantum computing hardware startup building manufacturable QPUs. · Madison, Wisconsin
Series B · UC Investments, Octave Ventures, WARF
Michael Kim
Director
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$32.2M 🔥 Vikta Energy
Residential solar and energy solutions installer (Tesla partner), Austin-based. · Austin, Texas
Ryan Wuerch
Executive Officer, Director
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$30.0M 🔥 Light Materials Holding Corp
Manufacturing · Sunnyvale, California
Patrick Gallagher
Executive Officer, Director
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
$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
SEC ↗
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