Causal, a London, UK-based collaborative platform for financial modeling that is attempting to change the tide, raised $20 million in funding. The round was led by Coatue and Accel, with participation from angel investors, including Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Notion COO Akshay Kothari, and Brex CRO …

Hippoc, a Montreal, Canada-based Adtech startup that provides neuroscience and AI-powered ad testing and optimization tool, raised CAD $3 million in financing from Colvest Holdings Inc. and Distinction Capital (the private investment fund of CGI founder Serge Godin). The funds will be used to expand the business to a wider …

BridgeWise, fka Deshe Analytics, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company that developed sophisticated AI-driven algorithms that analyze public companies around the world, announced a $13 million seed funding round led by Group 11. Additional participants in the round include the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) through its investment fund L4 Venture Builder …

PanopticAI, a Hong Kong-based health and wellness monitoring startup, announced a deal closing on seed-round funding. The round was co-led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF) and Gobi Partners GBA (Gobi GBA), with participation from the HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund (E-Fund) and other renowned investors, marking a promising move in …

Select Star, a San Francisco, CA-based fully automated data discovery and governance platform for the modern data stack, announced that it closed a $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by experienced Silicon Valley investors Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other venture investors including Bowery Capital, Sozo Ventures, and …

Alto Neuroscience, a Los Altos, CA-based company which uses AI to identify biomarkers to develop targeted psychiatric medicine options, announced that it closed a $25 million equity investment with new investor Alpha Wave Ventures. This brings Alto’s total Series B funding to approximately $60 million and total equity capital raised …

Instill AI, a London, UK-based AI startup that provides no-/low-code tools to convert unstructured data to meaningful data representations, announced that it raised $3.6 million in a seed round led by RTP Global to boost the open-source ML tool for unstructured data and make AI more accessible for everyone. Lunar …