The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/22/2023 featuring funding details for Sizzle AI, Xscape Photonics, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Sizzle AI – $7.5M
Sizzle AI, a free AI-powered tutoring app that helps students solve problems step-by-step, has raised $7.5M in Venture funding from investors that include 8VC and Owl Ventures. Sizzle AI was founded by Jerome Pesenti in 2022.
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Xscape Photonics – $3M
Xscape Photonics, a provider of photonic chips for high-speed connections in high-performance computing systems and data centers, has raised $3M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the round comes from two investors. Founded by Alexander Gaeta, Vivek Raghunathan, and Yoshi Okawachi in 2022, Xscape Photonics has now raised a total of $13M in reported equity funding.