Venture Capital (VC) News

• Root Evidence Secures $12.5M Seed Funding to Advance Cybersecurity Innovation, Led by Ballistic Ventures. VC News Daily 

• TakeUp Raises $11M Series A to Scale AI Revenue Tools for Independent Hospitality, Backed by 1848 Ventures. VC News Daily 

• Germany’s Project Q Lands $8.7M Seed Round to Accelerate Defense Tech Development, Led by Project A and Others. VC News Daily 

• Tonic Security Closes $7M Seed Round to Tackle Next-Gen Cyber Threats, Led by Hetz Ventures. Pitchbook 

• Cyber Risk Management Firm DynaRisk Raises $4.7M Growth Round Led by YFM Equity Partners. Pitchbook 

• Affordable Luxury Brand Quince in Talks to Raise $200M at Over $4.5B Valuation, Led by ICONIQ. Pitchbook 

• AI Data Labeling Startup Micro1 Nears Series A Close at $500M Valuation. Pitchbook 

• xLight Raises $40M Series B to Build World’s Most Powerful Lasers for Next-Gen Chip Manufacturing, Led by Playground Global. VC News Daily

• Cover Whale Secures $40M from Morgan Stanley to Expand Insurtech Platform for Commercial Drivers. VC News Daily 

• Apera AI Raises $36M Series A to Scale 4D Vision Systems for Industrial Robotics, Led by BDC Capital. VC News Daily 

• E2B Raises $21M Series A from Insight Partners to Build Open-Source Cloud Infrastructure for AI Agents, VC News Daily