Author: Utsav

Internet Backyard Raises $4.5M to Build Financial Infrastructure for the Compute Economy Internet Backyard has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Basis Set Ventures, securing early momentum for its mission to build the financial infrastructure supporting the rapidly expanding compute economy. As demand for AI compute accelerates at an unprecedented pace, compute itself is emerging as one of the most valuable resources in the world. Yet the financial workflows surrounding this resource (quoting, billing, payments, reconciliation, and dispute resolution) remain fragmented, inconsistent, and largely manual. Internet Backyard enters this landscape with a clear thesis: the future of…

Stellus Rx is Elevating Pharmacy Care Through Personalized, Team-Based Support A New Approach to Medication Support in an Overburdened Healthcare System. Stellus Rx is emerging as a distinct force within pharmacy care, addressing a long-standing gap in how patients receive support across the healthcare journey. In a system where primary care visits are rushed, specialists operate in silos, and medication plans grow increasingly complex, most patients navigate their treatment with little clarity or guidance. Stellus Rx steps into this void by providing a personalized pharmacy experience that focuses on relationship-building, continuous support, and clinical insight. Instead of viewing pharmacy as…

Deacon Health is Reengineering Specialty Care Through Connected, Value-Based Models Deacon Health is emerging as a defining force in the shift toward value-based healthcare, bringing a whole-person approach to one of the system’s most fragmented and costly domains: specialty care. While primary care has seen significant innovation over the past decade, specialty care (which drives the majority of healthcare spending) remains riddled with silos, inconsistent communication, and poorly coordinated interventions. Deacon Health positions itself squarely in the gap between patients, clinicians, hospitals, ACOs, and payers, creating an integrated model where care is proactively managed rather than reactively delivered. Rooted in…

Gracia AI Raises $1.7M to Advance High-Fidelity Volumetric Content for VR and AR Gracia AI, a deep-tech startup building volumetric video experiences for virtual and augmented reality, has raised $1.7 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its immersive content platform. As spatial computing gains momentum, driven by devices such as the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest, investors are increasingly seeking companies capable of producing high-fidelity, real-world content that can justify daily headset use. Gracia sits squarely at this inflection point, offering a new way to experience digital environments that goes beyond flat video or conventional 3D…

Punto Health Raises $2.7M to Build AI Support Platform for Dementia Care Punto Health, an emerging player in the healthtech landscape, has raised a $2.7 million seed round to expand its AI-powered support platform designed for patients, families, and providers navigating the challenges of cognitive decline. This milestone marks a significant endorsement of the company’s goal to build a continuous care system that bridges the gaps left by traditional episodic health care models. Dementia and mild cognitive impairment are rising globally at unprecedented rates, yet support frameworks remain fragmented and inconsistent. Punto Health enters this space with a clear mandate:…

AttiFin Raises £5M to Build the UK’s First Enterprise Legal-AI Platform AttiFin, a UK-based legal-AI startup, recently secured £5 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of what it aims to become Britain’s first enterprise-grade AI platform trained specifically on UK and devolved law. The raise marks a significant endorsement of the company’s thesis: that legal AI must be deeply jurisdiction-specific, traceable, and verifiable if it is to be adopted at scale by regulated professionals. This belief is driving AttiFin to build a system fundamentally different from the general-purpose AI models dominating the market today. For the UK legal…

Bless Payments is Redefining Migrant Remittances With Fair, Fast & Ethical Transfers Migrants today face one of the most persistent and overlooked financial burdens: the high cost and slow speed of sending money home. Bless Payments, an Australian fintech with a mission-driven foundation, is positioning itself at the forefront of solving this decades-old issue.  Built for underserved communities that traditional institutions have consistently overlooked, the company is attempting to fix what has long been broken, providing low-cost, real-time remittance capabilities without the layers of intermediaries that inflate costs and delays. In an era where remittances exceed $830 billion globally, the…

Asseta AI Raises $4.2M to Define the Future of Family Office Infrastructure Family offices today sit at the center of one of the most important shifts in global finance. As trillions of dollars move into the hands of new generations, the operational backbone of wealth management is under unprecedented strain. Complex entity structures, alternative asset classes, and new governance requirements have exposed a simple truth: the systems powering most family offices were never designed for the modern era. Into this gap steps Asseta AI, the San Francisco–based company building what it calls The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built, AI-enabled…

Hnry Raises $26.1M to Scale Its Fully-Managed Accounting Platform Sole trader accounting platform Hnry has secured an oversubscribed $26.1 million (NZ$30 million) Series C round, signalling one of the strongest votes of confidence yet in the rapidly expanding ecosystem of freelancers, contractors, creators, and gig-economy workers. The capital will accelerate Hnry’s expansion across Australia and the UK, where regulatory shifts and rising self-employment have created unprecedented demand for simple, compliant, automated tax solutions. Founded on the promise that independent earners should never have to think about tax again, Hnry has emerged as a world-first fully-managed tax and compliance service designed…

BON Credit Raises $3.5M to Build AI-Powered Credit Autopilot for Gen Z Consumers As American household debt reaches historic levels, a new generation of fintech innovators is emerging to help consumers navigate credit with greater clarity and control. Leading this wave is BON Credit, a San Francisco–based AI platform built specifically to help Gen Z understand, manage, and improve their credit in real time. The company has raised $3.5 million in funding, led by VenturesLab, to accelerate its mission of transforming how young Americans interact with credit and debt. The funding arrives at a critical moment in the country’s financial…