Funded in the Alley
Nerd Apply Raises $3.2M to Help College Counselors Guide Students with Real Admissions Data Instead of Guesswork
Students make life-shaping college decisions while counselors work with scattered anecdotes instead of systematic data but one startup just raised...
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The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 1/26/26
The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 1/24/25 featuring funding details for Ivo, Bolna, ZBD, and twenty-three other...
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Benepass Raises $40M to Help Employers Control Surging Healthcare Costs Through Consolidated Benefits Platform
Healthcare costs are about to jump 10% in 2026, with GLP-1 medications alone driving premium increases up to 14% at...
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Flip CX Raises $20M to Expand AI That Automates 90% of Customer Service Calls
While billions pour into horizontal AI agents that struggle in production, one NYC company has quietly processed 300 million real...
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Teleskope Raises $25M to Address Enterprise Data Security with Agentic Automation
When Elizabeth Nammour was securing hundreds of petabytes at Airbnb, she discovered traditional data security tools couldn't keep up with...
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Oasys Raises $4.6M to Build AI-Native Operating System for Mental HealthThat Saves Therapists 10+ Hours Weekly
Two of Oasys's three founders were raised by psychologists who spent countless hours on paperwork instead of patient care, a...
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Protege Raises $30M to Solve AI Development’s Biggest Bottleneck Through Licensed Real-World Data
Access to data has become AI's biggest bottleneck - and Protege just closed $30M led by a16z to solve it....
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Keeper Raises $4M to Build Fully Automated Matchmaking That Actually Works
While dating apps profit from keeping you single through endless subscriptions, one NYC startup just raised $4M to flip the...
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Crisp Raises $26M to Power Real-Time Retail Data and AI-Driven Supply Chain Decisions
Over $15T in goods flow through global supply chains annually, yet the data required to optimize this movement is disconnected...
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Ciphero Raises $2.5M to Build AI-Native Security for Agentic Workflows
Shadow AI has caused one in six data breaches this year, yet 97% of organizations admit they lack proper AI...
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