AI Funding News Weekly Recap 3.28
The real deal digest for the biggest raises, breakout startups, and deal activity in AI land.
Feed The AI Team
March 28, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
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Let’s break down this week’s flood of AI funding moves. We have some heavy hitters, some rising stars, and some strategic deal plays you’ll want to track.
PS: We have a 2025 Q1 breakdown coming soon!
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💸 Biggest AI Funding Rounds This Week
Crusoe (NYC) – Raised $225M in a credit facility to scale its integrated AI infrastructure.
Infinite Reality (Norwalk, CT) – Acquired Napster for $207M, bringing AI and XR into the music game.
Heartflow (Mountain View, CA) – Raised $98M via convertible notes to further its AI-driven CAD tech.
Nexthop AI (Santa Clara, CA) – Landed $110M for its cloud-scale networking AI platform.
Navina (NYC) – Closed a $55M Series C for AI-powered clinical intelligence.
MemryX (Ann Arbor, MI) – Raised $44M in Series B for Edge AI semiconductors.
CADDi (Chicago, IL / Tokyo, Japan) – Closed a $38M Series C Extension for its manufacturing AI data platform.
Nanoprecise (Edmonton, Canada) – Raised $38M in Series C for predictive maintenance AI.
Buynomics (Cologne, Germany) – Landed $30M in Series B for AI-powered pricing optimization.
Galatea Bio (Miami, FL) – Scored $25M for genomic AI research.
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🚀 Startups to Watch
These rising startups are carving out bold new spaces in AI. Niche focus, cutting-edge tech, and building serious momentum, making them ones to watch:
Yutori (San Francisco, CA) – Raised $15M Seed for AI personal assistants to automate digital tasks. (Founded by 2 former Meta AI execs)
SplxAI (Dover, DE) – Closed $7M Seed to build offensive security for agentic AI.
Catio (Palo Alto, CA) – Raised $3M for its AI Copilot platform for tech architects.
Lumi AI (Toronto, Canada) – Landed $3.7M Seed for a self-service AI analytics platform.
ai|coustics (Berlin, Germany) – Raised €5M Seed for voice AI startup with studio-quality enhancement.
Sympera AI (NYC) – Raised $10M Seed for agentic AI in banking.
Aracor AI (Miami, FL) – Secured $4.5M Pre-Seed for AI/ML enterprise solutions.
Paid (London, UK) – Raised $11M Pre-Seed to build a business platform for AI agents.
🤝 Mergers & Acquisitions
Infinite Reality → Napster: (yes, that Napster for all my geriatric millennials) ($207M deal): Music meets immersive AI.
Voltage Park → TensorDock: Consolidating GPU cloud marketplaces.
VisiQuate → Rotera: Building end-to-end healthcare AI ops.
TransPerfect → Blu Digital Group: Strengthening content automation and global distribution.
9fin → Bond Radar: Reinforcing AI-driven analytics in capital markets.
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The Feed the AI Crew