Smart Craft, a Tokyo-based SaaS provider of manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions, has raised ¥180 million in pre-Series A funding, bringing its total funding to ¥400 million. Investors The round included participation from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Smart Craft Use of Funds The company will use …

Quill, a San Francisco, CA–based company, announced $6.5 million in Seed funding and the launch of Quilliam, a sovereign Chief of AI Staff agent designed for modern professionals. Investors The round was led by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from 500 Global, Naval Ravikant, Morado Ventures, and AME Cloud Ventures. …

NationGraph, a San Francisco, CA–based AI-native intelligence platform for businesses selling to the government, has raised $18 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $22.5 million. Investors The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Perplexity Fund, XYZ Venture Capital, Reach Capital, and a group …

Rowspace AI, a San Francisco, CA–based AI platform that accelerates financial services firms’ decision-making using proprietary data, has launched with $50 million in combined Seed and Series A funding. Investors The Series A was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Emergence Capital, with the Seed round led by Sequoia Capital. Additional …

Wootzwork, a New Delhi, India–based manufacturing and engineering solutions provider, has raised $6.6 million in a Series A funding round. Investors The round was led by Z47, with continued participation from Nexus Venture Partners and AdvantEdge Founders, and new participation from Stride Ventures. Z47 is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm …

Prophet Security, a Palo Alto, CA–based agentic AI security operations platform, has received strategic investments. Investors The investment came from Amex Ventures and Citi Ventures. Amex Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of American Express, is based in New York and was established in 2011. The firm makes early-stage investments …

General Magic, a Toronto, Canada–based AI company that builds proactive AI SMS agents specifically for the insurance industry, has raised $7.2 million in seed funding. Investors The round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from a16z Speedrun, Figma VP Brendan O'Driscoll, and Larry James Erwin from OpenAI. Radical Ventures …