AI Investment Trends

Trustible Secures $4.6 Million Seed Funding to Advance AI Governance Platform for Safe and Compliant Enterprise AI Adoption

Trustible™, a leading AI governance platform enabling safe and compliant AI adoption, today announced a $4.6 million Series Seed financing round. The round was led by Lookout Ventures, with participation from the Office of Eric Schmidt, Tau Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, Alumni Ventures, FoundersX, former Deloitte CIO Larry Quinlan, former Relativity CEO Mike Gamson, and former Washington D

Guardz Secures $56M to Help MSPs Deliver Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity to SMBs

Guardz, the cybersecurity company empowering Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and IT professionals to protect small and medium-sized businesses, today announced that it has raised $56 million in Series B funding led by ClearSky, with participation from new investor Phoenix Financial and existing investors Glilot Capital Partners, SentinelOne, Hanaco Ventures, iAngels, GKFF Ventures, Lu

Hirundo Raises $8M to Tackle AI Hallucinations and Bias with Industry-First 'Machine Unlearning' Tech

Hirundo - specialists in machine unlearning, has raised an $8M seed funding round, led by Maverick Ventures Israel, with participation from SuperSeed, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Tachles VC, AI.FUND and Plug and Play Tech Center. The company is developing industry-first solutions to "make AI forget" poisoned, malicious and confidential data from trained AI models, biases as well as hallucination

Leading AI Startups to Watch in 2025: Pioneering the Next Wave of Innovation

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept—it is a foundational layer driving innovation across industries. From generative AI to autonomous systems, startups are reimagining everything from customer service and cybersecurity to healthcare and finance. In 2025, the race to operationalize AI at scale has intensified. Below, we spotlight 10 global AI startups pushing the bound

Quest Software Secures $350M Investment to Accelerate AI-Driven Innovation and Growth

Quest Software, a global leader in data management, identity security and platform modernization, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), announced the closing of a refinancing transaction of its outstanding debt with a majority of holders of its existing first lien and second lien term loans. It includes a new capital infusion of $350 million b

AI-Native ERP Platform Rillet Raises $25M Series A Led by Sequoia to Reinvent Accounting for the AI Age

Rillet, the AI-native ERP (enterprise resource planning) platform, announced $25M in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital. This round, which comes 10 months after Rillet's last fundraise, includes existing investors First Round Capital, Creandum, Susa Ventures and top angels, such as former NetSuite CFO, Ron Gill and Lee Kirkpatrick, former Twilio CFO. Many a

Cathay Innovation Launches $1B AI Fund Amid Global Race for Smarter Tech

Cathay Innovation has announced the launch of a $1 billion global venture capital fund dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence (AI), marking a pivotal moment in the race to fuel next-generation tech disruptors. This fund, the firm’s largest to date, is backed by industry giants including Sanofi, TotalEnergies, and BNP Paribas Cardif, and is aimed at driving growth in AI-powered start

Siro Raises $50M Series B to Bring AI-Powered Conversation Intelligence to In-Person Sales

Led by SignalFire, the round fuels growth of AI-powered conversation intelligence platform built for face-to-face sellers Siro, the AI-powered conversation intelligence platform for in-person sales, today announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by SignalFire, with participation from 01 Advisors, StepStone Group, and existing investors CRV, Fika Ventures, and Index Ventu

AI-Powered Smart Water Pioneer Phyn Acquired by Investor Group Led by Jonathan Scott to Usher in New Era of Intelligent Home Protection

Phyn, the industry leader in intelligent water solutions, has been acquired by a powerhouse group of investors led by entrepreneur and television personality Jonathan Scott. This strategic acquisition transitions Phyn from Belkin's ownership to a newly independent company backed by a high-profile group of investors with deep experience in technology, real estate and entertainment united in the

New Gen Launches With $4.5M to Power AI-Native Commerce for Human and Machine Shoppers

Backed by $4.5 million in seed funding, New Gen is reshaping digital commerce for human and AI shoppers. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As AI platforms like ChatGPT reshape how people and AI agents search and shop, brands are under pressure to deliver seamless, intelligent experiences. Between July 2024 and February 2025, traffic to U.S. retail websites from generative AI sources g

Kyndryl Commits €100M to Advance France’s AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Workforce

Investment to accelerate France's digital transformation and economic growth with a focus on new hires, AI private cloud services and a digital hub in Sophia-Antipolis As part of "Choose France," Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, announced that it will invest up to €100 million over three years in France to strengthen the

CrediLinq Secures $8.5M Series A to Expand AI-Powered Embedded Finance Platform Across US, UK, and Australia

The round was led by OM/VC (formerly Vectr Fintech) and MS&AD Ventures. New investors include Citi North America and Rustem Family office. Returning investors include 500 Global, Epic Angels, 1982 VC, and Big Sky Capital. CrediLinq operates in the embedded finance sector, enabling B2B platforms to offer financing solutions. Its AI-powered technology infrastructure integrates into online p

Carnegie Mellon Secures $15.5M from Arm and SoftBank to Advance U.S.–Japan AI Research with Keio University

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Arm and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG)announced that Arm and SBG will contribute USD 15.5 million to CMU to support its partnership with Keio University (Keio), a collaboration to accelerate the global advancement of AI. A year ago, the United States and Japan launched a research partnership to accelerate advancements in AI on a global scale. The partnership w

Broadridge Secures U.S. Patent for LLM-Powered BondGPT Platform, Advancing AI in Fixed Income Trading

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) has been awarded a new U.S. patent on its large language model (LLM) orchestration of machine learning agents. These patented methods and systems are behind BondGPT, Broadridge's award-winning GenAI application first demonstrated in the market in the LTX e-trading platform, a Broadridge subsidiary. BondGPT was released in June 2023, followe

Glass Imaging Secures $20M Series A to Advance GlassAI-Powered Camera Technology

Glass Imaging, a company harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize digital image quality unveiled a Series A funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners. The $20 million round will allow Glass Imaging to continue to refine and implement their proprietary GlassAI technologies across a wide range of camera platforms - from smartphones to drones to wearable

Jozu Secures $4M Seed Funding to Advance Enterprise-Grade AI Orchestration and Secure Self-Hosted AI Operations

Jozu, the company building enterprise-grade orchestration tools for AI applications announced it has raised $4 million in seed funding. The round was led by HalfCourt Capital, with participation from Mozilla Ventures, BrightSpark, AlleyCorp, Sentiero, and Union Bay Partners. The investment will accelerate Jozu's mission to provide security-conscious organizations with AI/ML lifecycle tooling th

Clarium Raises $27M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Healthcare Supply Chain Resiliency Platform

- Clarium, the company powering the world's first and market-leading AI-powered healthcare supply chain resiliency platform, announced a $27 million Series A funding round from Northzone, with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst, AlleyCorp, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Ventures, and 1984 Ventures. This round brings Clarium's total funding to $43 m

Inveniam Acquires Tractiv to Strengthen AI-Ready Data Infrastructure for Private Markets and Expand into New Verticals

Inveniam Capital Partners ("Inveniam"), a leading data operations and management platform for private market asset data, announced its acquisition of Tractiv, a Chicago-based technology company, led by Drew Orsinger, specializing in secure data sharing, tracing, and file delivery through proprietary immutable ledger technology. This acquisition enhances Inveniam's platform that delivers verifia

EdgeRunner AI Raises $17.5M to Scale Air-Gapped AI Agents for Military and Mission-Critical Applications

– EdgeRunner AI, a leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, announced the successful closure of a $12 million Series A funding round. This investment, led by Madrona Ventures with participation from Four Rivers Ventures, HP Tech Ventures, and Alumni Ventures, brings the company's total funding to $17.5 million The capital infusion will accel

HistoIndex Secures S$9M Investment Led by OCBC to Advance AI Digital Pathology for MASH

HistoIndex, known for its groundbreaking biophotonic Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) technology and a pioneering leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) digital pathology for the management of fibrotic diseases, has announced the close of a S$9 million investment round to support its next phase of expansion. OCBC, the longest established bank in Singapore and the second largest financial service

Dataminr Secures $100 Million Financing from Fortress to Accelerate Global Expansion and AI Innovation for Real-Time Intelligence

Dataminr, one of the world's leading AI companies, announced the closing of a $100 million convertible financing from funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group ("Fortress"). Ted Bailey, Founder and CEO of Dataminr, said, "We are excited to welcome Fortress as a new investor, and excited by the experience the firm brings as a lifecycle investor. The era of Gen AI and Agentic AI ho

Huspy Launches GCC’s First AI Mortgage Chatbot on WhatsApp, Reinventing Home Financing in the UAE

Huspy (www.huspy.com), the UAE's leading homebuying technology platform headquarteredin Dubai, has launched the GCC's first AI-powered mortgage chatbot on WhatsApp at the Dubai AI Retreat, as part of Dubai AI Week 2025. Huspy's AI-powered chatbot was unveiled by Founder & CEO, Jad Antoun, in the presence of UAE government leaders and business executives.