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 11/7/26 featuring funding details for Larridin, Ocient, Finpilot, and twenty-one other deals representing $5.8B in new funding that you need to know about.
Applied Compute – $350.0M
San Francisco-based Applied Compute is an AI startup that builds custom AI models and Specific Intelligence solutions for enterprises. Founded by Linden Li, Rhythm Garg, and Yash Patil in 2025, Applied Compute has now raised a total of $510M in total equity funding and is backed by Abstract, Blackstone, Definition, Diffusion, Elad Gil, First Harmonic, Hanabi Capital, HubSpot Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Layer Global, Lux Capital, Neo, Nova, NVIDIA, QuantumLight, Shopify Ventures, Swish Ventures, and Timeless.
Avanlee Care – $3.5M
Billings-based Avanlee Care: Caregiving Simplified. Founded by Avanlee Christine and Chris Monson in 2020, Avanlee Care has now raised a total of $8.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Black Economic Alliance Venture Fund, Chrysalis Ventures, Esther Dyson, and Fairbridge.
Betski – $15.0M
Panama-based Betski is a company that offers an online casino ownership platform. Founded by Alejandro Navarro and Carlos Navarro in 2022, Betski has now raised a total of $15.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Nimbus Capital.
CesiumAstro – $630.0M
Austin-based CesiumAstro develops satellite communication systems and spacecraft solutions for aerospace, commercial, and defense applications. Founded by Shey Sabripour in 2017, CesiumAstro has now raised a total of $1.1B in total equity funding and is backed by Airbus Ventures, Incharge Capital Partners, Insight Partners, Janus Henderson Investors, Magnetar Capital, NewSpace Capital, Sands Capital Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation of America, and Woven Capital.
Corridian – $38.0M
Boston-based Corridian develops ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for undersea military logistics. Founded by Greg Barrow, Kyle Arace, Mark Bodnar, and Mike Guay in 2025, Corridian has now raised a total of $38M in total equity funding and is backed by Balerion Space Ventures, Cameron McCord, DCVC, Harpoon, Jackson Moses, Marlinspike Capital, and Point72 Ventures.
Cowboy – $5.0M
New York-based Cowboy is an AI technology company that develops autonomous AI agents and tools to streamline business workflows. Founded by Chad DePue in 2025, Cowboy has now raised a total of $5M in total equity funding and is backed by Aashay Sanghvi, Anagram, Compound, Farnaz azmoodeh, Ian Lapham, James Smits, Kevin Kwok, Mats Olsen, Nebular, Semantic Ventures, Shine Capital, and Uncommon Projects.
Finpilot – $10.0M
Seattle-based Finpilot uses artificial intelligence to explore publicly available corporate files and respond to research requests in natural language. Founded by John Alberg and Lakshay Chauhan in 2023, Finpilot has now raised a total of $14.5M in total equity funding and is backed by lobby capital and Madrona.
Firmly.ai – $15.0M
Seattle-based Firmly.ai is agentic commerce platform enabling seamless product discovery and checkout across AI and digital channels. Founded by damien Balsan, Murali Krishnamurthy, and Senthil Kumar in 2019, Firmly.ai has now raised a total of $17M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, ARK Investment Management, Benhamou Global Ventures, Granada Funds, Hike Ventures, JP Morgan, Mastercard, Samsung NEXT, Squarepoint Capital, The Mercantile Companies, and Versus Ventures.
Harbinger – $240.0M
Garden Grove-based Harbinger develops electric and hybrid commercial vehicles for medium-duty applications. Founded by John Harris, Phillip Weicker, and William Eberts in 2021, Harbinger has now raised a total of $597.7M in total equity funding and is backed by ArcTern Ventures, Australian Gulf Capital, BuildGroup, Capricorn Investment Group, FedEx, Fidelity, Greycroft, Leitmotif, Maniv Mobility, Panacea VC, Ridgeline, Squarepoint Capital, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Tiger Global Management, and Xantium.
Journify – $12.0M
San Francisco-based Journify is a Composobale Customer Data Platform. Founded by Amine Chouki, Omar AlShoubaki, and Taoufik El Jamali in 2022, Journify has now raised a total of $17M in total equity funding and is backed by Al Mada Ventures, Bunat Ventures, Du Ventures, Oraseya Capital, Shorooq Partners, and Silicon Badia.
Kalepa – $75.0M
New York-based Kalepa develops AI-powered software solutions for the insurance industry, focusing on commercial insurance underwriting and risk assessment. Founded by Daniel Hillman and Paul Monasterio in 2018, Kalepa has now raised a total of $89M in total equity funding and is backed by IA Ventures, Inspired Capital Partners, and Updata Partners.
Larridin – $30.0M
San Francisco-based Larridin develops an AI analytics platform that measures adoption, spending, productivity, and business impact. Founded by Ameya Kanitkar, Jim Larrison, and Russell Fradin in 2024, Larridin has now raised a total of $47M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Cougar Capital Management, DG Daiwa Ventures, GFT Ventures, Gradient, Pelion Venture Partners, Thayer Investment Partners, and W23.
Lazarus AI – $43.0M
Boston-based Lazarus builds AI systems that help people solve the world’s toughest problems. Founded by Anish Patel and Ariel Elizarov in 2017, Lazarus AI has now raised a total of $49M in total equity funding and is backed by Allegis Capital, AngelList, Indelible, Joyance Partners, Motivate Venture Capital, Mucker Capital, One Way Ventures, Plug and Play, QBE Ventures, State Farm Ventures, Techstars, and Wave Function.
Northwood Space – $375.0M
Los Angeles-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 $536.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Alpine Space Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, DFJ Growth, IQT, StepStone Group, and Washington Harbour Partners.
Numica – $21.0M
New York-based Numica provides accounting and tax services for companies and individuals. Founded by Slava Orekhov and Victor Lysenko in 2025, Numica has now raised a total of $21M in total equity funding and is backed by Flashpoint.
Ocient – $100.0M
Chicago-based Ocient is a hyper-scale data analytics company that allows organizations to unlock value by analyzing petabyte to exabyte scale data sets. Founded by Chris Gladwin, George Kondiles, and Joe Jablonski in 2016, Ocient has now raised a total of $256.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Blue Bear Capital, BOKA Capital, Buoyant Ventures, Dallas Venture Capital, Eron Wolf, Greycroft, IQT, OCA Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, and PSP Growth.
Ottonomy – $406.0M
Sunnyvale-based Ottonomy develops autonomous delivery robots and fleet management software for indoor and outdoor logistics operations. Founded by Ashish Gupta, Hardik Sharma, Pradyot KVN, and Ritukar Vijay in 2020, Ottonomy has now raised a total of $9.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Enrission India Capital.
RadianX – $9.0M
San Francisco-based RadianX is a technology company supplying perovskite-based solar modules. Founded by Josh Douglas and Vivian Qu in 2024, RadianX has now raised a total of $9M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Avila VC, California Innovation Fund, One Small Planet, quantumEDGE Ventures, Riceberg Ventures, Sahsen Ventures, SOSV, and Twynam Agricultural Group.
Sentra – $150.0M
New York-based Sentra develops a data security platform that helps enterprises discover, classify, monitor, and protect sensitive information. Founded by Asaf Kochan, Ron Reiter, Yair Cohen, and Yoav Regev in 2021, Sentra has now raised a total of $253M in total equity funding and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Capital One Ventures, Key 1 Capital, Munich Re Ventures, Standard Investments, and Zeev Ventures.
Shield AI – $2.0B
San Diego-based Shield AI is a deep-tech company that focuses on developing AI-powered systems to enhance the safety of service members and civilians. Founded by Andrew Reiter, Brandon Tseng, and Ryan Tseng in 2015, Shield AI has now raised a total of $5B in total equity funding and is backed by Advent International, Apandion, Blackstone, Center15 Capital, Disruptive, InnovationX, JPMorganChase, and Snowpoint Ventures.
Syncere – $11.0M
Palo Alto-based Syncere develops intelligent home robotics that combine household automation with everyday furniture and lighting. Founded by Aaron Tan and Angus Fung in 2025, Syncere has now raised a total of $14.5M in total equity funding and is backed by a16z speedrun, Draper Associates, Physical World, SeaX Ventures, and sequel.
Traversal – $120.0M
New York-based Traversal offers an AI-powered platform for monitoring and resolving software infrastructure incidents. Founded by Ahmed Lone, Anish Agarwal, Raaz Dwivedi, and Raj Agrawal in 2023, Traversal has now raised a total of $173M in total equity funding and is backed by Amex Ventures, Battery Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint, and Sequoia Capital.
Tutor Intelligence – $75.0M
Watertown-based Tutor Intelligence develops AI-powered robots and automation solutions for industrial tasks. Founded by Alon Kosowsky-Sachs and Josh Gruenstein in 2021, Tutor Intelligence has now raised a total of $153.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Neo, and Union Square Ventures.
Zipline International – $1.5B
South San Francisco-based Zipline International provides autonomous drone delivery and logistics services for healthcare, retail, and food industries. Founded by James Knight, Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Cliffton, and William Hetzler in 2011, Zipline International has now raised a total of $3.5B in total equity funding and is backed by ARK Investment Management, Fidelity, JP Morgan, Layer Global, Paradigm, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Uber, Valor Equity Partners, and WCM Investment Management.