Avoca – $125M
AI
Avoca, an AI front office platform that provides call handling, scheduling, and customer communications for home services businesses, has raised $125M in Venture funding led by Meritech Capital Partners and General Catalyst with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Amplify Partners, and Y Combinator. Avoca was founded by Tyson Chen and Apurva Shrivastava in 2022.
Kashable – $60M
FINTECH
Kashable, a fintech platform that provides employer-sponsored low-cost credit and financial wellness programs for employees, has raised $60M in Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from Revolution Ventures and EJF Capital. Kashable was founded by Rishi Kumar and Einat Steklov in 2013.
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Era – $9M
AI
Era, an AI intelligence platform that enables hardware makers to build AI-powered wearable devices and smart gadgets, has raised $9M in Seed funding led by Abstract and BoxGroup with participation from Collaborative Fund and Mozilla Ventures. Founded by Liz Dorman, Alex Ollman, and Megan Gole in 2025, Era has now raised a total of $11M in reported equity funding.
Futures – $6M
ENTERPRISE
Futures, an independent music label collective that signs and develops artists using creative deal structures and artist-friendly terms, has raised $6M in Seed funding from investors that include Ben Blackburn and strategic music industry investors. Futures was founded by Derek Davies and Dave Wallace in 2024.
