Pylon, a San Francisco, CA-based support platform for B2B businesses, has raised $31 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $51 million. Investors The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), with continued participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and other existing …

Agenda Hero, a San Francisco, CA-based AI platform built to eliminate the world’s manual calendar work, has raised $5.6 million in funding. Investors The round was led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Precursor Ventures and K9 Ventures (pre-seed investor). Upfront Ventures is a Santa Monica-based venture capital firm that …

Apate.ai, an Australia-based cyber-intelligence startup, has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round. Investors The round was led by OIF Ventures, with participation from Investible. OIF Ventures, an Australian venture capital firm based in Sydney and established in 2016, manages over $500 million in assets. The firm primarily invests …

Aether, a New Zealand–based AI-powered SaaS platform for marketing presentations, has raised NZ$3.8M (A$3.4M) in Seed funding. Investors The round was led by Icehouse Ventures and supported by Brand Fund 2. Icehouse Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm based in Auckland, New Zealand, invests in early-stage technology companies with a …

Domino Data Lab, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an enterprise AI platform, has secured an equity investment. Investors The round was led by UBS, a global wealth manager and universal bank in Switzerland. It also provides diversified asset management solutions and specialized investment banking capabilities. As of the second …

AuraChat.ai, a Los Angeles, CA-based AI-driven sales and marketing automation platform, has secured a strategic investment. Investors The investment was led by Uplist Ventures, the investment arm of ECGI Holdings Inc. Founded in 2025 and based in Irvine, California, Uplist Ventures focuses on early-stage startups in artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare …

CLIKA, a San Jose, California-based company that specializes in AI model compression and deployment, has closed seed funding round. Investors The round included Accenture Ventures, IQT, Milemark Capital, and Golden Gate Ventures. CLICKA Use of Funds The company will use the funding to accelerate its mission of simplifying and securing …