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Leading the pack for round size last week were prediction market platform Polymarket and open standards-focused AI startup Reflection AI, which each raised $2 billion and were followed by a slew of megadeals in a diverse set of sectors. #vc #startups https://lnkd.in/gM7mW7gG

NYC Founder Spotlight: This Week’s Fundraising Highlights Another strong week for New York’s startup ecosystem with capital flowing into AI, healthtech, developer tools, logistics, edtech, and beyond. Here are some of this week's highlights: Manas AI, Prosper AI, Testkube, Flox & EdSights Manas AI: Co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Siddhartha Mukherjee in 2025, this company applies AI to accelerate drug discovery and development. It secured a $26M seed extension round, with participation from General Catalyst, Reid Hoffman, The General Partnership, Wisdom Ventures and others - https://lnkd.in/eNhqEg87 Prosper AI: Founded by Xavier de Gracia and Josep Marc Mingot Hidalgo, this healthcare voice-AI platform that builds agents to automate administrative workflows (scheduling, benefits verification, claims follow-ups). It raised a $5M seed round led by Emergence Capital, with support from Y Combinator, CRV, and Company Ventures - https://lnkd.in/eK6ibqbn Testkube: Founded by Ole Lensmar, with Dmitry Fonarev as CEO, this two-year-old startup enabling continuous software testing at scale for developers and enterprises. Testkube raised an $8M Series A, co-led by returning investor Ratmir Timashev and Insight Partners - https://lnkd.in/ey6DF77u Flox: Founded by Ron Efroni and Michael Brantley 2021, this four-year-old startup that helps software teams quickly set up and share development environments. It raised a $25M Series B round led by Addition, with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Hetz Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and The D. E. Shaw Group - https://lnkd.in/eECNKdiJ EdSights: Co-founded by sisters Claudia Recchi and Carolina Recchi, this eight-year-old edtech startup using AI and SMS-based chatbots to boost student engagement and retention in colleges. It raised an $80M funding round led by JMI Equity - https://lnkd.in/emjWPJA7 #NYC #Startups #Funding #VentureCapital

Five AI startups have been selected for an accelerator program, receiving a $500,000 funding boost. Discover more in the Birmingham Business Journal: https://lnkd.in/ehhWmj4c #AIStartups #Innovation

Five AI startups have been selected for an accelerator program, receiving a $500,000 funding boost. Discover more in the Birmingham Business Journal: https://lnkd.in/excjCR6i #AIStartups #Innovation

🌍 Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025: A New World Order 🚀 The world of startups is at a turning point ↩️. AI isn’t just another tech trend — it’s redrawing the global innovation map. While some ecosystems are still debating regulation, others are already building the next generation of AI-native companies. The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025 shows: this decade belongs to the bold. 🎧 Listen to the short video/audio summary — it captures the key insights of the report in an engaging and entertaining way. https://lnkd.in/dwE7jRM7 #GSER2025 #AI #Innovation #Startups #Leadership #Inovexus #DeepTech #VentureCapital

🚀 Today’s Tech Startup Highlight — October 19, 2025 🇺🇸 USA: General Intuition, a New York-based startup developing foundational AI models and autonomous agents, has raised $133.7 million in seed funding — led by Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and Raine Group. 📈 The company aims to build large-scale AI systems capable of independent reasoning and complex decision-making — a step beyond traditional chatbots and assistants. "Economic Times Tech." 💡 What Founders & Investors Can Learn: Big vision still wins: Foundational AI models and agent ecosystems continue to attract major seed-stage funding. The “AI agent era” is here: Investors are shifting attention from LLM apps to autonomous systems that can act, decide, and execute. Depth over speed: VCs reward startups tackling infrastructure-level challenges, not just fast apps with no moat. For founders: Think about building platforms that enable other products — not just end-user tools. #AI #Startups #Funding #DeepTech #ArtificialIntelligence #VentureCapital #Founders #StartupFunding #AIStartups #Entrepreneurship #SeedRound

AI2 Incubator (backed by the Allen Institute for AI) has successfully closed its third investment fund at $80 million. The capital is designed to support approximately 70 new tech ventures over the next four years, prioritizeing startups that pair AI technology with industry expertise,focusing on solutions for sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, and finance. #VentureCapital #AI #Startups #DeepTech

VC funding hotspots are shifting 🔍 AI still dominates, but biotech and green tech are making bold moves. Keep a close eye on startups blending tech and sustainability 🌱 Which sector do you think will outpace the rest this year? Explore cutting-edge tech: swiy.co/techlauncher #venturecapital #techstartups #VCfunding #AI #biotech #greentech #startups #innovation #reels #fyp #explore #thetechlauncher

The Netherlands: Small Country, Big Tech Power! From Amsterdam’s digital startups to Eindhoven’s deep-tech innovators - the Dutch tech ecosystem is shaping the future of Europe’s innovation. #Netherlands #TechEcosystem #Innovation #Startup #DigitalTransformation #AI #StaffAugmentation #Eindhoven #Amsterdam #EuropeTech #Dutch

Optimuse Raises €4 Million in Seed Round OPTIMUSE, a Vienna, Austria-based deep-tech startup providing AI-driven building simulation and optimization, has raised €4 million in a Seed round. #AI #Construction #BuildingPlanning #AISolutions #DeepTech #SeedRound #Funding https://lnkd.in/gBqaiqJH