Top Startup and Tech Funding News – July 30, 2025

Conversion Raises $28M in Series A Funding for AI Marketing Automation Startup

Conversion, an AI-powered marketing automation startup founded by two UC Berkeley dropouts, raised a $28 million Series A round led by Abstract Ventures. The five-year-old company’s software layers generative AI on top of existing marketing tools to automate and personalize outreach campaigns.

With this new funding (which also saw participation from True Ventures and HOF Capital), Conversion plans to expand its platform and help more businesses boost marketing productivity with AI-driven workflows.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Conversion

• Investors: Abstract (lead), True Ventures, HOF Capital.

• Amount Raised: $28 million

• Total Raised: $30 million

• Funding Stage: Series A

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Ramp Secures $500M in Series E-2 Funding at $22.5B Valuation for Fintech Expansion

Ramp, a NYC-based fintech platform for corporate spend management, secured a massive $500 million in a Series E-2 round at a $22.5 billion valuation. The raise comes just weeks after Ramp’s previous $200 million Series E, underscoring investor enthusiasm for the company’s AI-driven expense automation tools.

Ramp’s all-in-one finance platform – which offers corporate cards, bill payments, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping – now serves over 40,000 businesses and recently turned cash-flow positive as it continues its rapid growth.

Founded in 2019 by Eric Glyman, Gene Lee, and Karim Atiyeh, Ramp began with a simple pitch: help companies save money. What started as a corporate card platform has quietly grown into something much bigger—a financial stack that handles everything from travel and bookkeeping to bill pay and vendor procurement.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Ramp

• Investors: Iconiq Capital (lead); existing backers Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Stripe, Citi, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital; new investors Lightspeed, GV (Google Ventures), T. Rowe Price, Operator Collective.

• Amount Raised: $500 million

• Total Raised: $1.9 billion

• Funding Stage: Series E-2

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Oxide Computer Company Lands $100M in Series B Funding to Bring Cloud Hardware On-Prem

Oxide Computer Company, an Emeryville, CA-based on-premises cloud computing startup, closed a $100 million Series B financing led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT). Founded in 2019 by veterans of the tech infrastructure industry, Oxide designs integrated hardware-software systems that deliver hyperscaler-level performance and efficiency within a company’s own data center.

The fresh capital will enable Oxide to scale up manufacturing, expand customer support, and accelerate its product roadmap as it brings cloud-like capabilities to enterprises seeking greater security, low latency, and control.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Oxide Computer Company

• Investors: US Innovative Technology Fund (lead); participation from existing investors.

• Amount Raised: $100 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series B

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Observe Inc. Closes $156M in Series C Funding for AI-Powered Observability Platform

Observe Inc., a San Mateo, CA-based startup offering an AI-driven observability platform, has raised $156 million in a Series C round led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Observe’s cloud-native software helps companies monitor and troubleshoot applications at scale by combining a real-time data lake for logs and metrics with AI that can detect and even autonomously resolve issues.

Other backers in the round include Madrona Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Capital One Ventures. Observe Inc. will fuel continued product development, AI innovation, and global hiring as Observe expands its modern monitoring solution for enterprise IT teams.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Observe Inc.

• Investors: Sutter Hill Ventures (lead), Madrona Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Capital One Ventures.

• Amount Raised: $156 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series C

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

PlayerZero Scores $15M in Series A Funding to Prevent AI-Caused Software Bugs

PlayerZero, a Silicon Valley startup building AI agents to catch and fix software bugs, announced a $15 million Series A funding led by Foundation Capital. Founded by 26-year-old Animesh Koratana out of Stanford’s AI lab, PlayerZero’s technology trains AI “agents” to deeply understand codebases, detect errors introduced by both human and AI developers, and automatically suggest or implement fixes.

The new round, which follows a $5 million seed, will help PlayerZero scale its platform (described as an “immune system” for code) as more companies turn to AI-generated software and need tools to ensure reliability.

Funding Details:

• Startup: PlayerZero

• Investors: Foundation Capital (lead); previous seed backers included Green Bay Ventures and notable angels such as Matei Zaharia (Databricks co-founder), Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, and Figma CEO Dylan Field.

• Amount Raised: $15 million

• Total Raised: $20 million (including prior seed)

• Funding Stage: Series A

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Runloop Raises $7M in Seed Funding to Deploy AI Coding Agents at Enterprise Scale

Runloop, a San Francisco-based startup, raised $7 million in seed funding to advance its platform for developing and deploying AI coding agents. The round was led by The General Partnership with participation from Blank Ventures. Runloop provides an enterprise-grade infrastructure platform that lets developers build, evaluate, and scale AI code-writing agents quickly – reducing deployment time from months to hours by handling the heavy lifting of infrastructure.

Runloop will use the fresh capital infusion to accelerate hiring and execute on its product roadmap as more companies look to automate software development processes with AI.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Runloop

• Investors: The General Partnership (lead), Blank Ventures.

• Amount Raised: $7 million

• Total Raised: $7 million

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Prophet Security Raises $30M in Series A Funding to Automate Cyber Threat Response

Prophet Security, a Menlo Park, CA-based cybersecurity startup, emerged from stealth with a $30 million Series A funding led by Accel. The company is building an “Agentic AI” platform for Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that automates the manual, repetitive processes of detecting, investigating, and responding to threats.

By using AI co-pilots to triage alerts, hunt threats, and fine-tune detection rules, Prophet’s system aims to slash response times and alleviate analyst alert fatigue. Bain Capital Ventures joined the round as the startup launches its full platform – including AI SOC Analyst, Threat Hunter, and Detection Advisor modules – to help enterprises elevate their cyber defense capabilities.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Prophet Security

• Investors: Accel (lead), Bain Capital Ventures.

• Amount Raised: $30 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series A

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

North Pole Security Snags $4M in Seed Funding for Mac Endpoint Protection

North Pole Security, a New York City-based endpoint security startup, raised $4 million in seed funding to expand its macOS-focused protection platform. The company – led by CEO Pete Markowsky – makes “Workshop,” a proactive endpoint protection solution that uses allowlisting (only letting approved software run) to keep Mac devices safe.

Built by engineers who created Google’s open-source Mac security tool Santa, North Pole’s platform adds automation and enterprise features to scale allowlist-based defense across organizations. The seed funds (from undisclosed backers) will fuel product development and hiring as the startup brings its novel Mac security approach to more enterprise IT teams.

Funding Details:

• Startup: North Pole Security

• Investors: Not disclosed (seed round backers not public).

• Amount Raised: $4 million

• Total Raised: $4 million

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Caseflood.ai Secures $3.2M in Funding to Scale AI Intake for Law Firms

Caseflood.ai, a San Francisco-based legal tech startup, secured $3.2 million in seed funding to grow its AI-powered client intake platform for law firms. The company’s service combines an AI voice agent (“Luna”) capable of holding 30+ minute conversations with experienced human sales reps to autonomously sign up new legal clients.

Luna can answer calls, perform consultation screenings, send follow-up texts, and book appointments – boosting conversion rates by 30% compared to traditional staff. The round drew a wide range of investors (including Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, and Acquisition.com, as well as angels like Kulveer Taggar), reflecting confidence in Caseflood’s approach to automating law firm lead generation.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Caseflood.ai

• Investors: Acquisition.com, Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Four Cities Capital, Elevation Capital, Amino Capital, Valia Ventures, Pioneer Fund; notable angels including Kulveer Taggar and others.

• Amount Raised: $3.2 million

• Total Raised: $3.2 million

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

AIRIA Gets Seed Funding for Spatial Intelligence AI

AIRIA, a New York-based startup turning real-time signal data into “spatial intelligence,” raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from Counterview Capital and Fulcrum Venture Group. Founded in 2020 by CEO Edward Nass, AIRIA’s operational AI platform ingests data from sources like sensors and networks to provide live situational awareness for enterprises and government – from corporate campuses to military command centers.

The company’s software helps clients monitor occupancy, security and other mission-critical parameters in real time. The new funding will support AIRIA’s efforts to expand its product development and meet growing demand from both commercial and defense customers for its spatial intelligence solutions.

Funding Details:

• Startup: AIRIA

• Investors: Counterview Capital, Fulcrum Venture Group.

• Amount Raised: Undisclosed

• Total Raised: Undisclosed

• Funding Stage: Seed

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

C8 Health Nabs $12M in Series A Funding to Help Hospitals Track Care Quality

C8 Health, a NYC-based healthtech company, raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Team8, with participation from 10D and Vertex Ventures Israel. C8 Health provides a “clinical practices implementation” platform that helps hospitals monitor adherence to care standards via executive dashboards.

The platform enables healthcare teams to set treatment protocols and then uses analytics (and even an AI assistant) to ensure those protocols are followed, allowing for consistent quality improvement across departments. The new investment brings C8’s total funding to $18 million (including a prior $6M seed round). The company will use the Series A capital to expand operations and further develop its AI-driven tools for hospital administrators and clinicians.

Funding Details:

• Startup: C8 Health

• Investors: Team8 (lead); 10D, Vertex Ventures Israel.

• Amount Raised: $12 million

• Total Raised: $18 million

• Funding Stage: Series A

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Legion Emerges with $38M in Funding to Automate Security Operations Centers

Legion, a browser-native AI Security Operations startup based in New York, emerged from stealth with a combined $38 million in Seed and Series A funding led by Coatue Management. Founded in 2024 by security veterans from Microsoft and AI research, Legion has built an AI “SOC companion” that learns a company’s incident response patterns and automates them via a browser extension.

The platform observes analysts’ workflows, uses vision AI to understand on-screen processes, and then can take over responding to threats either autonomously or with a human in the loop. Investors Accel and Picture Capital co-led Legion’s earlier seed round, and angels from Google, CrowdStrike, and Wiz also backed the company. Legion’s tool is already being used by Fortune 500 firms in finance, healthcare, and energy to scale up their cyber defense without adding headcount.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Legion

• Investors: Coatue (lead); Accel, Picture Capital (seed co-leads); plus angel investors from Google, CrowdStrike, Wiz.

• Amount Raised: $38 million (Seed + Series A)

• Total Raised: $38 million

• Funding Stage: Seed & Series A

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Motive Drives Off with $150M in Funding to Expand AI for the Physical Economy

Motive (formerly KeepTruckin), a San Francisco-based provider of AI-powered operations technology for businesses in the “physical economy,” raised $150 million in new funding led by Kleiner Perkins. The round also included participation from AllianceBernstein as a new investor. Motive offers an integrated platform used by nearly 100,000 customers across trucking, construction, oil & gas, and other industries to manage vehicle fleets, equipment, and field operations.

The company’s AI features help automate safety monitoring (e.g., detecting driver distractions), verify services, predict maintenance needs, and even coach drivers, significantly improving productivity and safety for its users. With this funding, Motive plans to further expand internationally and accelerate development of AI capabilities in areas like driver safety, fraud detection, and workflow automation.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Motive

• Investors: Kleiner Perkins (lead); AllianceBernstein (notable new investor); participation from existing backers.

• Amount Raised: $150 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Late-stage (Series G, pre-IPO)

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

MAGENTIQ EYE Lands in Series A Funding to Advance AI Colonoscopy Tech

MAGENTIQ EYE, a Haifa, Israel-based medtech startup, secured its Series A funding round (amount undisclosed) led by aMoon, a global health-tech venture fund. MAGENTIQ EYE has developed an AI-powered colonoscopy assistant – software that runs during endoscopic procedures to automatically detect and characterize polyps in real time, boosting adenoma detection rates for physicians. The company’s platform, already FDA-cleared in the U.S. and CE-approved in Europe, provides endoscopists with alerts, size/type estimates of lesions, and AI-generated reports to improve diagnostic accuracy.

The Series A investment (joined by international backers from Europe, including Norgine Ventures, Nina Capital, Namarel Ventures, and others) will support MAGENTIQ EYE’s continued R&D on AI tools for gastrointestinal disease and drive its commercial expansion in the U.S., EU and beyond.

Funding Details:

• Startup: MAGENTIQ EYE

• Investors: aMoon (lead); Norgine Ventures (Netherlands), Nina Capital (EU/USA), Namarel Ventures (Spain), Nova Capital (Italy); notable angels Sake Bosch & Roon Doornink.

• Amount Raised: Undisclosed

• Total Raised: Undisclosed

• Funding Stage: Series A

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Stargate Hydrogen Gets Strategic Investment to Scale Green Hydrogen

Stargate Hydrogen, a Tallinn, Estonia-based green hydrogen startup, received a strategic investment from Spanish energy giant Repsol (amount not disclosed) to accelerate its technology for decarbonizing chemical production. Stargate produces advanced alkaline electrolysers – using a proprietary ceramic membrane – that enable on-site generation of hydrogen and other industrial chemicals from just water, air, and electricity.

This decentralized approach can eliminate the need for carbon-intensive centralized plants and long-distance transport for chemicals like hydrogen peroxide. Repsol’s backing will help Stargate Hydrogen boost its manufacturing capacity, invest in R&D, and expand commercial operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Earlier this year, Stargate raised an €11 million Series A round and opened a new factory, positioning it to meet growing demand for clean hydrogen solutions.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Stargate Hydrogen

• Investors: Repsol (strategic corporate investor).

• Amount Raised: Undisclosed

• Total Raised: Undisclosed (prior Series A of €11M in 2025)

• Funding Stage: Strategic Investment

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Trustfull Closes €6M in Funding to Expand Anti-Fraud Platform in Europe

Trustfull, a Milan, Italy-based fraud prevention startup, closed a €6 million funding round to fuel its expansion in Europe. The round was co-led by Seaya Ventures and Elevator Ventures, with participation from existing investor United Ventures. Trustfull’s platform uses a suite of AI agents and open-source intelligence to analyze hundreds of digital signals (from phone numbers, emails, IPs, etc.) in real time, helping banks, fintechs, and e-commerce companies detect fraud and verify customer identities without adding friction.

The new funding will allow Trustfull to strengthen its presence in Italy, Spain, and France, where clients like Nexi, ING Bank, and others already use its system to enhance KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML workflows.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Trustfull

• Investors: Seaya Ventures (co-lead), Elevator Ventures (co-lead); United Ventures (existing).

• Amount Raised: €6 million (approx. $6.6 M)

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Not disclosed (Early-stage)

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Solidec Snaps Up $2M+ in Pre-Seed Funding to Decarbonize Chemical Manufacturing

Solidec, a Houston-based climate tech startup, secured over $2 million in pre-seed funding led by New Climate Ventures to advance its sustainable chemical production technology. Spun out of research at Rice University in 2023, Solidec is developing a modular reactor system that lets companies produce key chemicals like hydrogen peroxide on-site using only air, water, and electricity.

This approach could dramatically cut carbon emissions by replacing today’s centralized, energy-intensive chemical plants and long-distance shipping with local, on-demand production.

The initial funding will allow Solidec to build out a pilot reactor and conduct real-world demonstrations of its technology. Solidec’s goal is to transform not only Earth-based chemical manufacturing, but eventually support off-planet production in space – a vision backed by evidence of its reactors achieving over 50% energy savings in lab tests.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Solidec

• Investors: New Climate Ventures (lead).

• Amount Raised: ~$2 million (pre-seed)

• Total Raised: ~$2 million

• Funding Stage: Pre-Seed

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Emulait Secures $3M Media-for-Equity Deal to Grow Baby Tech Brand

Emulait, a science-driven infant feeding startup based in San Francisco, secured $3 million through a media-for-equity investment to accelerate its U.S. market expansion. Emulait’s flagship product, the Emulait Bottle™, is designed to closely mimic the look, feel, and flow of breastfeeding, making it easier for babies to transition between breast and bottle.

The company also offers smart bottle warmers, feeding accessories, and a companion app to help parents track feeding routines. The $3 million comes from Mercurius Media Capital in exchange for equity, and Emulait will use the funding to boost brand awareness through partnerships with media outlets (such as Sinclair Broadcast Group and others) so it can reach more new parents with its innovative feeding solutions.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Emulait

• Investors: Mercurius Media Capital (media-for-equity investor).

• Amount Raised: $3 million

• Total Raised: $3 million

• Funding Stage: Media-for-Equity

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Tzafon Raises $9.7M in Pre-Seed Funding to Build Action-Oriented AI Agents

Tzafon, a San Francisco-based AI startup, raised an unusually large $9.7 million pre-seed round to develop its “action-oriented” AI agents platform. The funding was led by HV Capital with participation from Streamlined VC, Kakao VC, and several prominent angel investors from OpenAI and xAI. Tzafon (led by CEO Noah Löfquist) is building state-of-the-art multi-agent AI systems capable of automating complex digital tasks across enterprise workflows.

By orchestrating multiple AI agents that can plan, collaborate, and execute tasks, the startup aims to significantly enhance operational efficiency for businesses. The infusion of capital will be used to scale up Tzafon’s computing infrastructure, speed up product development, and solidify its market position as demand for advanced AI automation grows.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Tzafon

• Investors: HV Capital (lead); Streamlined VC, Kakao VC; notable angels including Oliver Jung and investors affiliated with OpenAI & xAI.

• Amount Raised: $9.7 million

• Total Raised: $9.7 million

• Funding Stage: Pre-Seed

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

Matrice.ai Expands Seed Funding for Vision AI Platform

Matrice.ai, a San Francisco-based provider of modular Vision AI “factories,” expanded its seed funding (amount undisclosed) in a round led by Voltage Park. The company offers an end-to-end platform for building and deploying computer vision solutions in real-world environments – essentially a plug-and-play approach for enterprises to train models and run vision AI at the edge.

Matrice.ai’s technology has been used in use cases like flare detection for energy companies, crowd analytics for public venues, and queue monitoring in retail, all through quickly configurable AI pipelines. With new backing from Ax3.ai, Plug and Play Ventures, and a syndicate of angels, the startup plans to accelerate development and scale its operations across North America and Europe to meet growing demand for turnkey vision AI systems.

Funding Details:

• Startup: Matrice.ai

• Investors: Voltage Park (lead); Ax3.ai, Plug and Play Ventures; and an angel investor syndicate.

• Amount Raised: Undisclosed

• Total Raised: Undisclosed

• Funding Stage: Seed (extension)

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

RD Technologies Nets $40M Series A2 to Bridge Web2 and Web3 Finance

Hong Kong-based fintech firm RD Technologies secured a US$40 million Series A2 financing to advance its digital finance infrastructure platform. The round was led by ZA Global (parent of ZA Bank) and joined by a roster of Asia-based investors, including China Harbour, Bright Venture, and Hivemind Capital Partners.

Founded in 2020, RD Technologies operates a platform that bridges traditional finance (Web2) with blockchain-based finance (Web3), aiming to enable businesses to access financial services more easily and with greater transparency. The company is working closely with Hong Kong regulators as it develops a compliant, stablecoin issuance ecosystem. Alongside the funding, ZA Bank signed a strategic MOU with RD to explore uses of RD’s forthcoming stablecoin in areas like reserve asset custody and distribution, as Hong Kong positions itself as a hub for regulated crypto innovation.

Funding Details:

• Startup: RD Technologies

• Investors: ZA Global (lead); China Harbour, Bright Venture, Hivemind Capital; plus HSG, Eternal Digital, CMSC Partners, Guotai Junan International PE Fund.

• Amount Raised: $40 million

• Total Raised: Not disclosed

• Funding Stage: Series A2

• Funding Date: July 30, 2025

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