AI Funding News: Week Ending 3.29

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USA:

InnovationForce Raises Pre-Seed Funding Round

• Raleigh, NC - InnovationForce, an AI-powered Ecosystem Relationship Management (ERM) platform, raised a Pre-Seed funding round.

Fieldguide Raises $30M in Series B Funding

• San Francisco, CA - Fieldguide, an AI platform for advisory and audit services, raised $30M in Series B funding.

Activeloop Raises $11M in Series A Funding

• Mountain View, CA - Activeloop, a provider of a database for AI, raised $11M in Series A funding.

Abstract Security Raises $8.5M in Seed Funding

• San Francisco, CA - Abstract Security, offering a security platform with an AI-powered assistant, raised $8.5M in Seed funding.

Nominal Raises $9.2M in Seed Funding

• New York, NY - Nominal, providing generative AI to bridge the gap between ERP systems and financial management for mid-market, multi-entity businesses, raised $9.2M in Seed funding.

0G Labs Raises $35M in Pre-Seed Funding

• Location not provided - 0G Labs, developing modular AI blockchain technology for on-chain AI applications, raised $35M in Pre-Seed funding.

Fireworks AI Raises $25M in Series A Funding

• Redwood City, CA - Fireworks AI, a production AI platform helping developers build AI solutions, raised $25M in Series A funding.

Binarly Closes $10.5M Seed Financing

• Los Angeles, CA - Binarly, providing an AI-powered firmware and software supply chain security platform, raised $10.5M in Seed funding.

Thoras.ai Raises $1.5M in Pre-Seed Funding

• San Francisco, CA - Thoras.ai, offering an AI-powered scaling and anomaly detection platform for cloud workloads, raised $1.5M in Pre-Seed funding.

Brandtech Group Raises $115M in Funding

• New York, NY - Brandtech Group, a generative AI marketing company, raised $115M in funding.

Cyvl.ai Raises $6M in Funding

• Somerville, MA - Cyvl.ai, specializing in enterprise AI solutions for transportation infrastructure, raised $6M in funding.

Orchard Robotics Raises $3.8M in Funding

• Seattle, WA - Orchard Robotics, enabling precision crop management with robots and AI, raised $3.8M in seed and pre-seed funding.

FLock.io Raises USD $6M in Seed Funding

• London, UK - FLock.io, a decentralized AI training and finetuning platform, raised USD $6M in seed funding.

Vizcom Raises $20M in Series A Funding

• San Francisco, CA - Vizcom, deploying AI for industrial design, raised $20M in Series A funding.

MyShell Raises US$11M in Pre-Series A Funding

• Location not provided - MyShell, a decentralized AI consumer layer, raised US$11M in Pre-Series A funding.

Sanctuary AI Receives Investment From Accenture Ventures

• Vancouver, Canada, BC - Sanctuary AI, a developer of humanoid general-purpose robots, received an investment from Accenture Ventures.

Ensis Raises $4M in Seed Funding

• San Francisco, CA - Ensis, developing AI-powered proposal software, raised $4M in Seed funding.

Celestial AI Closes $175M Series C Funding

• Santa Clara, CA - Celestial AI, creator of an optical interconnect technology platform, raised $175M in Series C funding.

Hume AI Raises $50M in Series B Funding

• New York, NY - Hume AI, a startup and research lab building AI for human well-being, raised $50M in Series B funding.

Gather AI Raises $17M in Series A-1 Funding

• Pittsburgh, PA - Gather AI, providing computer vision and AI-powered warehouse inventory monitoring solutions, raised $17M in Series A-1 funding.

ValidMind Raises $8.1M in Seed Funding

• Palo Alto, CA - ValidMind, offering an AI and model risk management platform for financial services, raised $8.1M in Seed funding.

EMEA:

Robovision Raises $42M in Series A Funding

• Ghent, Belgium - Robovision, an AI computer vision startup, raised $42M in Series A funding.

Metaview Raises $7M in Funding

• London, UK - Metaview, a provider of an AI assistant that helps teams eradicate admin and toil from their hiring process, raised $7M in funding.

Advolve Raises USD1.5M in Pre-Seed Funding

• Brazil - Advolve, providing AI and Machine Learning solutions for digital marketing, raised USD1.5M in pre-seed funding.

iCustoms.AI Raises $2.2M in Seed Funding

• London, UK - iCustoms.AI, a provider of AI-powered trade compliance solutions, closed a $2.2M seed funding round.

Joinrs Closes €1.7M in Funding

• Milan, Italy - Joinrs, a provider of an AI-based job board connecting university students and junior profiles to corporations, raised €1.7M in funding.

Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M in Seed Funding

• Tensorplex Labs, a Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI) startup, raised $3M in Seed funding.

Tomorrow Things Secures €1.5M in Funding

• Bonn, Germany - Tomorrow Things, a developer of an AI-powered Operating System for machines on the internet, raised €1.5M in funding.

graswald.ai Raises $3.3M in Seed Funding

• Hannover, Germany - graswald.ai, a company building automated 3D tooling for enterprise brands and 3D creatives, raised $3.3M in Seed funding.

Buddywise Raises €3.5M in Seed Funding

• Stockholm, Sweden - Buddywise, an AI-powered workplace safety platform provider, raised €3.5M in Seed funding.

Acquisitions:

Netigate Acquires Lumoa

• Stockholm, Sweden / Helsinki, Finland - Netigate, a provider of experience management solutions, acquired Lumoa, a provider of a customer experience platform powered by Generative AI technology.

Further Acquires Pandata

• Atlanta, GA / Cleveland, OH - Further, a data, cloud, and AI company, acquired Pandata, specializing in AI design and development.