Protege Raises $30M to Solve AI Development’s Biggest Bottleneck Through Licensed Real-World Data
AI’s progress has hit a critical constraint: access to real-world data. While public datasets and web scraping powered AI’s early…
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The 8 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of December 2025
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New…
Keeper Raises $4M to Build Fully Automated Matchmaking That Actually Works
In an era where 80% of young singles want to get married but only 40% are projected to succeed, the…
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 12/22/25
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of…
Crisp Raises $26M to Power Real-Time Retail Data and AI-Driven Supply Chain Decisions
Global supply chains move over $15T in goods annually, yet the retail industry operates on razor-thin margins while drowning in…
Ciphero Raises $2.5M to Build AI-Native Security for Agentic Workflows
Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating faster than organizations can secure it. While 62% of companies now deploy agentic AI systems…
Octane Raises $100M to Scale Digital Financing Platform Across $150B Recreational Markets
Large-ticket recreational purchases have long been hampered by fragmented financing processes that leave both dealers and consumers frustrated with slow…
Parallel Learning Raises $20M to Expand Virtual Special Education Services Nationwide
America’s special education system faces a crisis that jeopardizes the futures of millions of students. With 7.5M students requiring specialized…
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 12/15/25
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of…
Prime Security Raises $20M to Scale Design-Stage Security Reviews with AI Agents
As AI-assisted coding accelerates development velocity by orders of magnitude, security teams face an expanding crisis: they can manually review…