Aether Biomedical, a six-year-old Chicago startup that is creating bionic upper limb prosthetics, raised a $5.8 million Series A round co-led by J2 Ventures and Story Ventures, with previous investor Chiratae Ventures also chipping in. More here.
Aikido Security, a one-year-old startup based in Ghent, Belgium, whose mission is to help SaaS companies identify critical security breaches and reduce false positives, raised a $5.4 million seed round. Notion Capital and Connect Ventures were the co-leads, with Precede Fund also anteing up. Tech.eu has more here.
Atlas, a two-year-old Vienna startup whose 3D generative AI platform helps game developers and brands build virtual worlds, raised a $6 million in two seed rounds (one $1.5 million and the other $4.5 million) led by Collab+Currency and 6thMan Ventures, respectively. TechCrunch has more here.
Augmentus, a four-year-old Singapore startup that has developed a no-code robot programming platform for industrial automation for clients such as Hyundai and Johnson & Johnson, raised a $5 million Series A round led by Sierra Ventures and including previous investor Cocoon Capital. Tech in Asia has more here.
Baton, a Brooklyn startup that helps musicians keep track of how their songs are reused or repurposed without their knowledge, raised a $4.2 million round led by Bitkraft Ventures, with Techstars, Dorm Room Fund, NYU's Innovation Venture Fund, the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship, Dark Arts, Franklin Templeton, and Harmonic Future also piling on. TechCrunch has more here.
Bloom, a one-year-old London startup that has developed a career coaching app, raised a $10 million seed round. Octopus Ventures and MMC Ventures were the co-leads. Silicon Canals has more here.
BrightGo, a startup founded this year based in San Bruno, CA, whose software helps janitorial companies manage their workforce, raised a $3 million seed round. Costanoa Ventures and Index Ventures co-led the deal. More here.
Civitai, a startup platform that invites members to post their own Stable Diffusion-based AI image models for others to discover, as well as the output of their work (AI photos) for consumers to browse and enjoy, tells TechCrunch it quietly raised $5.1 million in funding back in June. Andreessen Horowitz was the deal lead. More here.
CoverSelf, a two-year-old San Francisco startup that aims to enable insurers to in-source their payments processing work in order to reduce their dependence on third parties and improve their relationship with providers and patients, raised an $8.2 million seed extension round co-led by BEENEXT and 3one4 Capital. Forbes has more here.
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