Top 10 Startup and Tech Funding News – October 30, 2025

It’s Thursday, October 30, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From billion-dollar AI bets to fintech, space tech, and deep-tech innovation, investors showed no signs of slowing down as capital poured into both late-stage giants and ambitious early-stage disruptors.

Today’s highlights feature Sweden’s Legora, which raised $150 million at a $1.8 billion valuation to expand its legal AI platform; Poolside, now eyeing a potential $2 billion round with Nvidia leading a landmark strategic investment; and India’s SalarySe, which secured $11.3 million to scale its salary-linked credit platform. The momentum extended across verticals — from AI-powered developer tools and healthtech analytics to next-gen transportation and space infrastructure.

Funding Highlights

• Legora raised $150 million to scale its legal AI software and expand into new markets.

• Poolside is closing in on a $2 billion round, with Nvidia committing up to $1 billion to back its AI-coding assistant platform.

• The Prompting Company landed $6.5 million to help brands get discovered inside AI chat interfaces.

• Graph AI secured $3 million to automate global drug-safety monitoring for pharma companies.

• SalarySe raised $11.3 million to power India’s salary-linked fintech ecosystem.

• Archy brought in $20 million to automate dental-practice operations.

• Catalyx Space raised $5.4 million to commercialize orbital re-entry systems.

• Jupiter Money added ₹115 crore (~$14 million) to scale its digital-banking platform.

• IntrCity SmartBus secured ₹250 crore (~$28 million) to expand its intercity fleet.

• PointAI raised ₹47 crore (~$5.7 million) to accelerate its deep-tech AI expansion.

Investor Activity

Today’s rounds drew participation from some of the world’s most active venture investors — including Nvidia, ICONIQ Growth, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Flourish Ventures — underscoring sustained conviction in AI infrastructure, fintech, enterprise SaaS, and frontier sectors like space and healthtech. Early-stage funds such as Peak XV Partners, Outlander VC, and Yali Capital continued to anchor seed and pre-Series A rounds, signaling healthy deal flow across global markets.

Together, these financings highlight a robust close to October 2025 — with AI, fintech, and automation startups leading the charge toward a new wave of global innovation.

Here’s the full breakdown. Until tomorrow, have a great evening.

Legora Raises $150M Funding at $1.8 B Valuation to Transform Legal AI

Legora, a Sweden-based legal-AI startup founded in 2023, has raised $150 million in a funding round that values the company at approximately $1.8 billion. The company, which offers AI tools to law firms across more than 40 markets, said it has doubled its customer base over the past year and plans to use the funds to deepen its product portfolio and expand into new geographies.

The fresh capital will support continued product expansion, hiring across geographies, and deeper deployment into large global law-firm workflows — delivering on Legora’s stated vision of enabling lawyers to “focus on what matters most.”

The company was previously known as Leya and rebranded to Legora in early 2025 as it embarked on U.S. expansion with new offices in New York. With over 250 law firms and in-house legal teams across 20 countries already using the platform, and roughly 100 employees operating in Stockholm, London, and New York, the startup is positioning itself to challenge incumbent legal-tech players.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Legora

• Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, Y Combinator (among others)

• Amount Raised: $150 million

• Total Raised: Not publicly disclosed (prior raise ~$80 million in May)

• Funding Stage: Series B or later (growth)

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

Poolside in Talks to Raise $2B in Funding With NVIDIA Investing Up to $1 Billion

Poolside, an AI-coding assistant startup, is in discussions to raise up to $2 billion at a pre-money valuation near $12 billion, with Nvidia committing $500 million up-front and potentially $1 billion total depending on the round’s outcome. The deal highlights the surge of capital flowing into agentic-AI developer tools.

Poolside builds a generative-AI platform that writes, explains, and optimizes code for engineers in natural language. The startup is positioning itself as an always-on “AI pair programmer” that helps developers design, test, and deploy applications faster. The new funding will enable Poolside to scale infrastructure, launch enterprise-grade APIs, and expand its partnerships with cloud providers and chipmakers.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Poolside

• Investors: Nvidia (lead commitment) plus existing investors (~$700 million prior)

• Amount Raised: Up to $2 billion (initial $500 million committed)

• Total Raised: > $1 billion to date

• Funding Stage: Late-stage / strategic

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

The Prompting Company Snags $6.5 M in Seed Funding to Help Brands Get Discovered by AI

The Prompting Company, a U.S. startup helping brands appear inside AI-driven interfaces such as ChatGPT, has raised $6.5 million in a seed round. The company builds “AI-facing websites” optimized for generative-engine discovery rather than traditional search, signaling a new frontier in digital marketing.

Its core product enables businesses to publish structured data, metadata, and prompt-optimized content designed for large-language-model retrieval. The funding will be used to hire engineers and data marketers, expand integrations across AI platforms, and launch analytics tools showing how often a brand appears in AI responses.

Funding Details:

• Startup: The Prompting Company

• Investors: Peak XV Partners (lead), Base10, Y Combinator, angel backers including Logan Kilpatrick

• Amount Raised: $6.5 million

• Total Raised: Seed stage (first institutional round)

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

Graph AI Raises $3 M in Seed Funding to Automate Drug-Safety Monitoring

Graph AI, a California-based startup specializing in AI-driven pharmacovigilance (drug-safety monitoring), has secured $3 million in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The startup is tackling the $8 billion global pharmacovigilance market by automating adverse-event detection and reporting for pharmaceutical companies.

Its platform uses graph-based neural networks to connect disparate clinical, social, and regulatory data sources, surfacing safety signals faster than human review. The fresh capital will be used to advance FDA-compliant models, strengthen partnerships with pharma clients, and expand the engineering and data-science teams.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Graph AI

• Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners (lead)

• Amount Raised: $3 million

• Total Raised: Seed stage

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

SalarySe Raises $11.3 M Series A Funding to Power Salary-Linked Fintech in India

SalarySe, an Indian fintech targeting the salaried workforce with credit, payments, and money-management tools tied to payroll, has raised $11.3 million in a Series A round led by Flourish Ventures. The Gurugram-based firm plans to scale its “Credit-on-UPI” product and reach 20 million employees through employer partnerships.

SalarySe’s app links salary accounts directly with lending and saving options, offering salary-advance credit, auto-savings, and micro-insurance. The funding will help the startup expand to Tier-II cities, enhance AI-driven risk models, and onboard more corporate payroll partners.

Funding Details:

• Startup: SalarySe

• Investors: Flourish Ventures (lead), SIG Venture Capital, Peak XV Surge, Pravega Ventures

• Amount Raised: $11.3 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series A

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

Archy Raises $20M in Funding to Put Dental Practices ‘On Autopilot’

Archy, a U.S. dental-practice technology platform co-founded by ex-Uber engineers, has raised $20 million in a Series B round to modernize dental operations. The San Francisco-based company offers a unified SaaS stack integrating scheduling, billing, inventory, and patient analytics to help clinics run more efficiently.

The new capital will be used to build automated workflows for multi-location practices and launch a cloud-native platform for equipment health tracking and AI-based revenue optimization. Archy’s goal is to eliminate fragmented software and give dentists a single dashboard for clinical and financial performance.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Archy

• Investors: Multiple VCs in health-tech and enterprise SaaS

• Amount Raised: $20 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series B

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

Catalyx Space Raises $5.4 M in Seed Funding to Build Space Infrastructure

Catalyx Space, a space-hardware startup founded in India and now operating with a U.S. anchor, has secured $5.4 million in a seed round led by Outlander VC. The company is developing satellite buses and re-entry capsules to make orbital access as standardized as cloud computing.

The new funds will go toward finalizing the “Cosmotron” bus architecture and commercializing the “Rex” re-entry capsule. Catalyx aims to provide launch-and-return-as-a-service for payloads, research modules, and micro-satellite deployments by 2026.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Catalyx Space

• Investors: Outlander VC (lead), Arka Venture Labs, Lex Reddy, Together Fund, Techstars et al.

• Amount Raised: $5.4 million

• Total Raised: ~$7.1 million

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: October 30 2025

Jupiter Money Raises $14 M in Funding from Mirae Asset & Co.

Jupiter Money, an India-based fintech app offering savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and investments, has raised ₹115 crore (≈ $14 million) in fresh funding from Mirae Asset Venture Investments, BeeNext, and 3one4 Capital. The company plans to use the new capital to scale products and expand its user base across India.

Jupiter’s app combines banking and wealth management in one interface, helping users budget, save, and invest through smart automation. Funds will be channeled into product development, new credit offerings, and strategic marketing to strengthen its position in India’s neobank segment.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Jupiter Money

• Investors: Mirae Asset Venture Investments, BeeNext, 3one4 Capital

• Amount Raised: ₹115 crore (~$14 M)

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Growth equity

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

IntrCity SmartBus Raises $28 M in Series D Funding to Expand Fleet

IntrCity SmartBus, a bus-network operator in India, has secured Rs 250 crore (~$28 million) in a Series D round led by A91 Partners. The company serves Tier II and Tier III cities with tech-enabled buses and plans to use the funds to upgrade its fleet and expand its reach.

The capital will finance electric bus procurement, IoT-based vehicle monitoring, and AI-driven route optimization to improve fuel efficiency and passenger safety. IntrCity also intends to enhance its mobile booking platform and increase intercity routes across India within the next year.

Funding Details:

• Startup: IntrCity SmartBus

• Investors: A91 Partners (lead)

• Amount Raised: Rs 250 crore (~$28 M)

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series D

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

PointAI Raises ~$5.7 M in Pre-Series A Funding to Scale Deep-Tech AI

PointAI (formerly Try ND Buy), an Indian deep-tech startup applying AI to industrial analytics and predictive maintenance, has raised Rs 47 crore (~$5.7 million) in a Pre-Series A round led by Yali Capital, with Lip-Bu Tan and Tremis Capital participating.

The startup’s platform uses sensor data and large language models to analyze manufacturing operations and prevent equipment failures. Funds will be used to expand AI capabilities, launch pilot projects in the U.S., and build a research lab in Bangalore focused on industrial automation.

Funding Details:

• Startup: PointAI

• Investors: Yali Capital (lead), Lip-Bu Tan, Tremis Capital

• Amount Raised: Rs 47 crore (~$5.7 M)

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Pre-Series A

• Funding Date: October 30, 2025

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