Cierpa & Co., a Tokyo, Japan-based sustainability data platform provider, has raised ¥1 billion in the first close of its Series B round. Including prior investments and loans, Cierpa has now secured approximately ¥1.5 billion in total funding. Investors The round was led by WiL, with participation from existing investor …

Rihal, a Muscat, Oman–based technology and data solutions provider, has raised $7.5 million in the first close of its Series A round. Investors The round was led by ITHCA Group, a venture capital firm and the technology investment arm of the Oman Investment Authority. Established in 2019, the firm’s primary …

Adaptive Security, a New York-based AI social engineering prevention company, has raised a total of $55 million through a follow-on investment from the OpenAI Startup Fund. Investors The OpenAI Startup Fund is a venture capital initiative established by OpenAI to invest in early-stage startups that leverage artificial intelligence. The fund’s …

Penguin Ai, a Palo Alto, CA-based healthcare AI company tackling administrative inefficiencies, has raised $29.7 million in funding. Investors The round included $25 million Series A led by Greycroft. Other participants in the financing include UPMC Enterprises, SemperVirens, Snowflake Ventures, Watershed Ventures, Horizon Mutual Holdings, ManchesterStory, Overwater Ventures, California Health …

Marloo, an Auckland, New Zealand–based company that provides an AI assistant for financial advisers, has raised $2.7 million in funding. Investors The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from CoVentures and several prominent fintech leaders and founders. Blackbird Ventures is one of the largest and most prominent venture …

Brain Co., a San Francisco, CA-based AI company that provides AI-powered applications and solutions, has raised $30 million in a Series A round. Investors The round was led by Affinity Partners and Gil Capital. Other investors include Ali Ghodsi (CEO of Databricks), Andrej Karpathy (AI researcher and former Tesla/OpenAI executive), …

Sophont, a Palo Alto, CA–based medical AI startup developing multimodal medical foundation models, has raised $9.22 million across its pre-seed and seed rounds. Investors The round was led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from Upfront Ventures, Delphi Ventures, Jeff Dean (Google DeepMind), Logan Kilpatrick (Google DeepMind), Lukas Biewald (Weights & …