Luca, a San Francisco, CA-based startup building price planning and prediction tools for retailers, announced that it closed a $2.5 million seed funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator (Luca was in Y Combinator’s winter 2023 class), Soma Capital, and angel investors. The funding …

BrainBox AI, a Montreal, Canada-based provider of an autonomous building technology platform, raised $20 million in funding to support the continued development of BrainBox AI’s cutting-edge decarbonization technology and its global commercialization efforts. The Government of Québec is a lead investor for 10 million US dollars, alongside ABB, a returning …

Sinecure, a New York-based talent discovery platform that leverages AI-powered products to deliver highly qualified and diverse candidates for organizations, raised $2.5 Million in funding. The round was led by Golden Section, a B2B SaaS-focused venture capital firm, to help transform the recruiting process through its innovative and holistic approach …

Amorai, a San Francisco, CA-based health and wellbeing company that provides an AI relationship coaching app, raised a pre-seed funding round led by AI Fund, with Andrew Ng joining Amorai’s board. Strategic angel investors such as Megan Jones Bell, Psy.D (Clinical Director of Mental Health, Google), Jim Lanzone (CEO, Yahoo), …

DeepHow, a Detroit, Michigan-based AI company that turns technical know-how into smart, how-to training videos, closed $14 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation from another new investor: LG Technology Ventures. Existing investors Sierra Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Osage Venture Partners, and Foothill Ventures …

Levitate, a Raleigh, N.C-based SaaS Happiness platform announced that it closed an additional $14 million of growth capital, bringing total fundraising to $40 million since inception. The Series C round was led by Bull City Venture Partners, with participation by Tippet Partners, Protagonist, Duke Capital Partners, The Tweener Fund, Lipson …

Ctrl, a London, and Tel-Aviv, Israel-based workspace that helps revenue teams supercharge their CRM and customer workflows with advanced automation, AI tools, and integrations, raised $9 million in seed funding. The round was led by LocalGlobe and Earlybird, with participation from Dig Ventures and Jibe Ventures. Notable angel investors, including …