The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 7/25/26 featuring funding details for Neo Security, Vikk AI, Glow, and twenty other deals representing $3.1B in new funding that you need to know about.
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Abstract Security – $25.0M
San Francisco-based Abstract Security provides data management solutions for security and compliance analytics. Founded by Aaron Shelmire, Chris Camacho, and Colby DeRodeff in 2023, Abstract Security has now raised a total of $48.5M in total equity funding and is backed by AVP, Cheyenne Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Olive Hill Ventures, and Rally Ventures.
Atoms – $1.7B
Los Angeles-based Atoms is a robotics startup that develops industrial robotics and physical AI systems to automate tasks across various industries. Founded by Sky Dayton and Travis Kalanick in 2016, Atoms has now raised a total of $3B in total equity funding and is backed by A*, Abstract, Alpha Square Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Chemistry, Fifth Wall, K5 Global, SV Angel, and Uber.
Candid Health – $120.0M
San Francisco-based Candid Health offers healthcare revenue cycle software that automates billing processes. Founded by Adam Reis, Doug Proctor, and Nick Perry in 2019, Candid Health has now raised a total of $219.8M in total equity funding and is backed by 8VC, Oak HC/FT, Sixth Street Growth, and Y Combinator.
Crystalys Therapeutics – $130.0M
San Diego-based Crystalys Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted therapies for gout and hyperuricemia. Founded by James Mackay in 2025, Crystalys Therapeutics has now raised a total of $335M in total equity funding and is backed by Alexandria Venture Investments, AN Ventures, Catalys Pacific, Cormorant Asset Management, Frazier Life Sciences, HBM Healthcare Investments, KB Investment, KCap Biotechnology Fund, Lightstone Ventures, Longwood Fund, Novo Holdings, Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund, Pivotal bioVenture Partners, Pontifax, Prebys Ventures, Soleus Capital, SR One, Trails Edge Capital Partners, Wedbush Healthcare Partners, and Wellington Management.
Empirical Security – $25.0M
Chicago-based Empirical Security develops data-driven models to prioritize, analyze, and summarize cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Founded by Jay Jacobs and Michael Roytman in 2024, Empirical Security has now raised a total of $36.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Brightmind Partners, Costanoa Ventures, and HPA (Hyde Park Angels).
Etched – $300.0M
San Jose-based Etched is an AI chip startup that designs and manufactures hardware systems optimized for artificial intelligence model inference workloads. Founded by Chris Zhu, Gavin Uberti, and Robert Wachen in 2022, Etched has now raised a total of $925.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Diffusion Capital Partners, Jane Street Capital, Sequoia Capital, and SK Hynix.
Glow – $100.0M
Palo Alto-based Glow is an AI-powered endpoint security company. Founded by Omer Singer, Ophir Arie, Pini Pinhasov, and Roi Tiger in 2025, Glow has now raised a total of $175M in total equity funding and is backed by Cyberstarts, Greenoaks, Holly Ventures, Index Ventures, Lux Capital, Operator Collective, Redpoint, Sequoia Capital, and Swish Ventures.
Gritt – $26.0M
Belmont-based Gritt is a construction technology and robotics company that develops AI-powered robotic systems for infrastructure construction. Founded by Puneet Puri and Vishal Dugar in 2023, Gritt has now raised a total of $32.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Active Impact Investments, Climactic VC, Congruent Ventures, First Round Capital, Obvious Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and VSC Ventures.
Karoo Health – $16.2M
Albuquerque-based Karoo Health is a leader in tech-enabled value-based cardiovascular care solutions. Founded by Ben Selzer, Chad Moore, and Ian Koons in 2021, Karoo Health has now raised a total of $20.6M in total equity funding and is backed by 7wire Ventures, Allumia Ventures, First Trust Capital Partners, HPA (Hyde Park Angels), and SpringRock Ventures.
Meshy AI – $400.0M
Sunnyvale-based Meshy AI is an AI platform that enables users to generate and edit 3D models from text descriptions, images, and conversational prompts. Founded by Ethan Hu in 2021, Meshy AI has now raised a total of $450M in total equity funding and is backed by BAI capital, Granite Asia, HSG, IDG Capital, Matrix Partners China, Monolith Capital, and Source Code Capital.
Natural – $30.0M
San Francisco-based Natural is a financial technology company that develops payments infrastructure for AI agents. Founded by Eric Wang, Kahlil Lalji, and Walt Leung in 2025, Natural has now raised a total of $39.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Akshay Kothari, Armaan Ali, Arthur Levy, Baris Akis, Darragh Buckley, Dylan Babbs, Forerunner, Henri Stern, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Max Segal, Nichole Wischoff, Pablo Palafox, Paul Klein IV, Pete Koomen, and Ramtin Naimi.
Neo Security – $75.0M
Boston-based Neo Security is a cybersecurity company that develops an AI security platform for enterprises adopting agentic AI and AI-enabled software. Founded by Eran Shirazi, Nicholas Warner, and Shlomi Salem in 2025, Neo Security has now raised a total of $100M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Assaf Rappaport, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures, Merav Bahat, Merlin Ventures, Ofer Ben Noon, Ofir Ehrlich, Omer Adam, and Zaza Pachulia.
Neon – $13.0M
San Francisco-based Neon develops a direct-to-consumer commerce and payments platform for video game publishers and developers. Founded by Chris Faught in 2022, Neon has now raised a total of $27M in total equity funding and is backed by A16Z GAMES Speedrun, Krafton, and Renegade Partners.
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Paper – $34.0M
Irvine-based Paper is an digital canvas designed to help designers create, share, and ship their work. Founded by Stephen Haney in 2024, Paper has now raised a total of $34M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Anton Osika, basecase capital, David Hoang, Designer Fund, Guillermo Rauch, ICONIQ Capital, and Michael Grinich.
Photon Queue – $4.0M
Champaign-based Photon Queue develops quantum memory technology for storing and retrieving photons in quantum computing and communication systems. Founded by Kelsey Ortiz and Nathan Arnold in 2024, Photon Queue has now raised a total of $4M in total equity funding and is backed by Cerberus Capital Management, Illinois Ventures, MFV Partners, Playground Global, and Roadrunner Venture Studios.
SkyPilot – $20.0M
San Francisco-based SkyPilot develops a unified AI compute platform for managing AI workloads across clouds, Kubernetes clusters, and accelerator types. Founded by Zhanghao Wu and Zongheng Yang in 2024, SkyPilot has now raised a total of $20M in total equity funding and is backed by Ali Ghodsi, Amjad Masad, Amplify Partners, Clem Delangue, Coatue, Foundation Capital, Guillermo Rauch, Jeff Dean, Lux Capital, Race Capital, The House Fund, and Tristan Handy.
Sofab – $6.0M
Louisville-based SoFab develops and manufactures nanoparticle materials for perovskite solar cells. Founded by Blake Martin, Jack Manzella, Peter Armstrong, and Sashil Chapagain in 2022, Sofab has now raised a total of $7.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Cloudberry Ventures.
StrongestLayer – $4.1M
San Francisco-based StrongestLayer is an AI-based cybersecurity platform mainly for email security and human risk mitigation. Founded by Alan LeFort, Joshua Bass, and Muhammad Rizwan in 2024, StrongestLayer has now raised a total of $9.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Christopher Key, Inovia Capital, LaunchPod Labs, and Sorenson Capital.
Twenty Technologies – $30.0M
Arlington-based Twenty Technologies builds cyber warfare software to automate and accelerate offensive cyber operations. Founded by Joseph Lin, Leo Olson, Pete Sorrentino, and Skyler Onken in 2024, Twenty Technologies has now raised a total of $168M in total equity funding and is backed by Khosla Ventures.
TYBR Health – $30.0M
Houston-based TYBR is a medical device company developing a sprayable hydrogel to keep internal organs scar-free after surgery. Founded by P. Alex Smith and Timothy Keane in 2020, TYBR Health has now raised a total of $32.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Mutual Capital Partners, Neovate Capital Partners, and Vensana Capital.
Uniti AI – $12.0M
New York-based Uniti AI is a platform that specializes in AI-driven sales agents specifically for the commercial real estate industry. Founded by Emre Altinok and Francesco Decamilli in 2024, Uniti AI has now raised a total of $16M in total equity funding and is backed by Alate Partners, Flex Capital, Gokul Rajaram, Lenny Rachitsky, MetaProp, Pathlight Ventures, Prudence, RE Angels, and Romain Huet.
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Vikk AI – $3.5M
Long Beach-based Vikk is the intelligent legal AI platform empowering consumers and professionals with instant, personalized legal guidance. Founded by Walid Romaya in 2021, Vikk AI has now raised a total of $4.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Brad Jowell, Joseph Samo, MagnaSci Ventures, and Ronson J. Shamoun.
Yope – $12.3M
Middletown-based Yope app is the social “Google Photos” for Gen Z, designed for sharing and chatting, not just storage. Founded by Bahram Ismailov and Pavel Rudkouski in 2021, Yope has now raised a total of $19.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Geek Ventures, Inovo.vc, Northzone, and RedSeed Ventures.
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