The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 1/31/25 featuring funding details for Grid Aero, Compa, Tradespace, and fourteen other deals representing $1B in new funding that you need to know about.
Chamelio – $10.0M
New York-based Chamelio is the modern and intuitive way to negotiate, collaborate, monitor, and streamline your legal workflows. Founded by Alex Zilberman, Gal Lellouche, and Gil Banyas in 2024, Chamelio has now raised a total of $13.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Emerge Ventures and Work-Bench.
Checkbox – $23.0M
New York-based Checkbox provides an AI-powered no-code workflow automation platform that helps legal teams capture, manage, and automate work requests. Founded by Evan Wong, James Han, and Paul Wenck in 2016, Checkbox has now raised a total of $29.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Conductive Ventures, Five V Capital, Jerry Ting, Peak XV Partners, Tidal Ventures, and Touring Capital.
Compa – $35.0M
Newport Beach-based Compa provides a software platform that supplies compensation data and analytical tools for corporate pay decision processes. Founded by Charlie Franklin, Joe Malandruccolo, and Taylor Cone in 2020, Compa has now raised a total of $48.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Crosslink Capital, HR Tech Investments LLC, Jump Capital, PagsGroup, Permanent Capital, and Storm Ventures.
Concourse – $12.0M
New York-based Concourse is an AI agent platform that helps corporate finance teams by automating financial analysis, reporting, and data workflows. Founded by Matthieu Hafemeister and Ted Michaels in 2023, Concourse has now raised a total of $17.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, CRV, FOG Ventures, Ritual Capital, Standard Capital, SV Angel, and Y Combinator.
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Decagon – $250.0M
San Francisco-based Decagon provides a conversational AI platform for automating customer support across multiple channels. Founded by Ashwin Sreenivas and Jesse Zhang in 2023, Decagon has now raised a total of $481.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, avra, Bain Capital Ventures, Chemistry, Coatue, Definition, Elad Gil, Forerunner, GIC, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Starwood Capital Group, and T.Capital.
Eliyan – $50.0M
Santa Clara-based Eliyan manufactures semiconductor interconnects to accelerate chiplet-based systems. Founded by Ramin Farjad and Syrus Ziai in 2021, Eliyan has now raised a total of $150.0M in total equity funding and is backed by AMD, Arm Holdings, Coherent, Intel Capital, Meta, and Samsung Catalyst Fund.
Emobi – $3.4M
San Francisco-based Emobi is an electric vehicle company that designs, manufactures, and markets zero-emission urban mobility solutions. Founded by Lin Sun Fa in 2020, Emobi has now raised a total of $4.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Aves Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Florida Funders, Gaingels, gener8tor, Goodwater Capital, Oasis Capital Partners, OneSixOne Ventures, Ride Wave Ventures, and Y Combinator.
Fulcrum – $25.0M
San Francisco-based Fulcrum is an AI-powered platform designed to help insurance account managers handle larger books of business more efficiently. Founded by Arjun Mangla and Sambhav Anand in 2023, Fulcrum has now raised a total of $25.0M in total equity funding and is backed by CRV, Foundation Capital, and South Park Commons.
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Grid Aero – $20.0M
Palo Alto-based Grid Aero builds autonomous aircraft for long-range operations, supporting distributed logistics across defense and commercial sectors. Founded by Arthur Dubois and Brandon Florian in 2024, Grid Aero has now raised a total of $31.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Bison Ventures, Calibrate Ventures, Commonweal Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Stony Lonesome Group, and Ubiquity Ventures.
Limy AI – $10.0M
New York-based Limy AI is a software development company that offers brand marketing services using AI. Founded by Aviv Shamny, Ido Zabarsky, and Ori Riechman in 2024, Limy AI has now raised a total of $10.0M in total equity funding and is backed by a16z speedrun, AnD Ventures, Axiom Partners, Clarim Ventures, Communitas Capital Partners, Flybridge, and JRV Holding. AlleyWatch broke the news in an exclusive covering the round and much more – Limy Raises $10M to Help Brands Control Visibility and Revenue in AI-Driven Commerce
Northwood Space – $100.0M
Torrance-based Northwood Space designs ground infrastructure for spacecraft communication and data handling with deployable systems for connectivity. Founded by Bridgit Mendler, Griffin Cleverly, and Shaurya Luthra in 2023, Northwood Space has now raised a total of $136.3M in total equity funding and is backed by 137 Ventures, Alpine Space Ventures, Also Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Balerion Space Ventures, BoxGroup, Founders Fund, Fulcrum Venture Group, GC1 Ventures, Pax Ventures, SignalRank, StepStone Group, and Washington Harbour Partners.
Outtake – $40.0M
Brooklyn-based Outtake is a digital trust platform automating threat classification, detection, and response to enhance enterprise cybersecurity measures. Founded by Alex Dhillon in 2023, Outtake has now raised a total of $56.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Bob McGrew, Cleveland Avenue, CRV, Guillermo Rauch, ICONIQ Capital, John Donovan, Nikesh Arora, S32, Satya Nadella, Shyam Sankar, Trae Stephens, and William Ackman.
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Ricursive Intelligence – $300.0M
Palo Alto-based Ricursive Intelligence uses AI and computing to shorten semiconductor timelines through recursive cycles designing silicon for AI. Founded by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini in 2025, Ricursive Intelligence has now raised a total of $335.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 49 Palms Ventures, DST Global, Felicis, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVentures, Radical Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.
Rogo – $75.0M
New York-based Rogo provides an enterprise AI platform for automating research, workflows, and document creation in finance. Founded by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett, and Tumas Rackaitis in 2021, Rogo has now raised a total of $154.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Alt Capital, BoxGroup, Henry Kravis, JP Morgan, Khosla Ventures, MANTIS Venture Capital, Positive Sum, Sequoia Capital, Stonecroft Management, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, Truist Ventures, and Wells Fargo.
Sixfold AI – $30.0M
New York-based Sixfold AI is an insurtech company that uses AI to automate underwriting processes and support more informed risk evaluation. Founded by Alex Schmelkin, Brian Moseley, and Jane Tran in 2023, Sixfold AI has now raised a total of $51.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Brewer Lane Ventures, Guidewire Software, and Salesforce Ventures.
Talos – $45.0M
New York-based Talos is an end-to-end crypto trading platform that provides digital asset trading technology for lenders, brokers, and investors. Founded by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman in 2018, Talos has now raised a total of $190.0M in total equity funding and is backed by a16z crypto, BNY, Fidelity, IMC Trading, Karatage, QCP, Robinhood, and Sony Innovation Fund.
Tradespace – $15.0M
San Francisco-based Tradespace provides a software platform that supports the management of intellectual property throughout its lifecycle. Founded by Alec Sorensen and Kapil Israni in 2017, Tradespace has now raised a total of $19.7M in total equity funding and is backed by Amplo, AVP, Eniac Ventures, and Scrum Ventures.
