District, a Los Angeles, California-based AI-powered commerce platform, has raised $14.7 million in Seed funding. Investors The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kindred Ventures, with participation from Greylock Partners, SV Angel, 20VC, Maria Raga, Gokul Rajaram, Deborah Liu, Imran Khan, Jacob Andreou, Peter Sellis, Josh Siegel, Jaren Glover, …

Smartness, an Arco, Italy-based hospitality technology company, has raised €47 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to more than €60 million. Investors The round was led by United Ventures and CDP Venture Capital, with participation from existing investor Partech. United Ventures is an independent venture capital firm …

Blitzy, a Cambridge, MA-based autonomous software development platform, raised $200 million in a growth funding round at a $1.4 billion valuation. Investors The round was led by Northzone, with participation from PSG, Battery Ventures, Jump Capital, Morgan Creek Digital, Defiant, Flybridge, Link Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Venture Guides, Liberty Mutual …

Nace.AI, a Palo Alto, California-based applied AI company building specialized intelligence powered by its MetaModel architecture, has raised $21.5 million in Seed funding. Alongside the funding round, the company is launching its new product in research preview: a model for professional work in which more than 100 specialized AI agents …

RadixArk, a Palo Alto, California-based AI infrastructure company, has launched with $100 million in Seed funding. Investors The round was led by Accel and co-led by Spark Capital, with participation from NVentures, Salience Capital, A&E Investments, HOF Capital, Walden Catalyst Ventures, AMD, LDV Partners, WTT Investment, MediaTek, and several prominent …

Astrocade, a Los Altos, California-based AI-powered social gaming platform, has raised $56 million in funding. Investors The funding includes a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital and a Series A round led by Sea, with participation from Google’s AI Futures Fund, NVIDIA, LG Technology Ventures, Dentsu Ventures, Conviction Embed, …

FastSpring, a Santa Barbara, CA-based all-in-one digital commerce platform, has secured a strategic investment. Investors The investment was made by LLR Partners, which joined existing financial backer Accel-KKR. LLR Partners is a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in software and tech-enabled companies. The firm has raised over …