Advocate Technologies – $18M
INSURTECH
Advocate Technologies is a commercial insurance benchmarking platform that standardizes pricing and coverage data for brokers, lenders, and risk managers. The company raised $18M in Seed funding from Vestigo Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, and MetaProp. Advocate Technologies was founded by Ashwin Agarwal and Dimitris Psaropoulos in 2020.
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Pinegap – $8M
AI
Pinegap is an AI-powered equity research platform that automates buy-side analyst workflows for hedge funds and mutual funds. The company raised $8M in Series A funding led by Stellaris Venture Partners, with participation from Inventus, Silicon Valley Quad, and DeVC. Pinegap was founded by Ankit Varmani and Deepak Sharma in 2024 and has raised $10.5M in total funding.
Claryx – $3.5M
HEALTHTECH
Claryx is a genomic intelligence platform that detects and traces infection transmission outbreaks in hospitals. The company raised $3.5M in Pre-Seed funding led by Outlander VC, with participation from Company Ventures, Boost VC, Neon, Mana Ventures, 640 Oxford, and Precursor. Claryx was founded by Kurt Hackenberger and Dirk Hackenberger in 2025.
