Top 6 funding rounds of the week:
1. ➡️ finmid, a Berlin-based startup building embedded fintech solutions targeting marketplaces that want to provide their own payment and financing options.
Founder: Max Schertel and Alexander Talkanitsa
Raised: $24.7 million in a Series A round from Blossom Capital and Earlybird VC, among others.
2. ➡️ Dark, a three-year-old French startup that is developing technology to remove space debris, including defunct satellites and rocket parts, to prevent collisions and hazardous reentries to Earth.
Founder: Clyde Laheyne and Guillaume Orvain
Raised: $6 million seed extension. Eurazeo was the lead, with additional funds provided by Long Journey Ventures and prior backer Frst.
3. ➡️ Isospec Analytics, a startup that develops advanced mass spectrometers that incorporate infrared spectroscopy to identify biological molecules by their unique molecular “fingerprints”.
Founder: Ahmed Ben Faleh, Stephan Warnke, and Thomas Rizzo
Raised: 1.9 million pre-seed round led by Founderful, with Tiny.vc, another.vc, and Venture Kick also investing.
4. ➡️ Take2 AI, a two-year-old New York startup that has developed an AI-powered job simulation platform for sales recruiting.
Founder: Yaniv Shimoni and Kaushik Narasimhan
Raised: $3 million seed round co-led by Reach Capital and SemperVirens, with Techstars also contributing.
5. ➡️ Tabs, a New York startup at work on an AI-driven platform that helps companies manage their invoices by automatically reading contract terms, generating accurate billing, and following up on late payments.
Founder: Ali Hussain
Raised: $7 million seed round from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
6. ➡️ Writ, a San Francisco startup that is working on a way to make data dashboards more collaborative and trackable by integrating AI to maintain and utilize historical insights
Founder: Adam Weinstein and Jason McGhee
Raised: $3.8 million seed round. Gradient Ventures led the funding, with Defy.vc, High Alpha, and Toba Capital also stepping up.
Great job everyone! Good luck to all these founders and startups!