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A snapshot of this week's capital activity across founder raises and new funds

Founder raises by round type:

New funds by fund number:

Funding rounds raised by companies with one or more women founders

EliseAI (Minna Song) is reportedly in talks to raise $300M at a $3.7B valuation — its third markup in two years — in a round said to be led by a16z and Bessemer.

Cityblock Health (Dr. Toyin Ajayi) raised $116M Series E led by existing investor General Catalyst, announced alongside an all-stock acquisition of rural primary-care company Homeward Health to extend its value-based care model for Medicaid and Medicare populations into rural communities.

Veeda AI (Sanja Fidler) raised $90M Seed to build "physical AI" world models through interactive learning in simulated reality, backed by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures.

Queen One (Maricor Resente) raised $25M in an "88X" round — bringing total funding and incentives to $37.5M — to build an AI-driven Commerce CRM that unifies identity, product intelligence, and advertising for retailers replacing legacy martech stacks, led by Mercury Fund.

FSH Technologies (Lily Chen) raised a $25M Series A to build software for cities, school districts and state agencies to replace outdated, slow-moving government IT systems. Lachy Groom led the $20M round following an earlier $5M seed led by Contrary.

Palona AI (Maria Zhang) raised $20M Series A to build an AI operating layer for physical businesses, starting with restaurant operators, led by Ardenwood Ventures.

Ours Privacy (Jessica Holton) raised $15M Series A to expand its HIPAA-compliant customer data platform for healthcare marketers, co-led by Lightbank and Health Velocity Capital.

Rezolv (Sonali Jindal) raised $12.5M Series A to automate loan servicing, collections, and underwriting for banks and lenders in India, led by Norwest.

Idler AI (Nalu Concepcion) raised $9M Seed to build a frontier AI data research lab, led by Paradigm with Y Combinator and Long Journey also participating.

Butterfly Learnings (Dr. Sonam Kothari) raised ₹65 crore (~$7.4M) Pre-Series B to expand its pediatric behavioral-health and autism-screening platform across India, led by Inflexor Ventures.

Mafix (Jade Marcus) raised $5.4M Pre-Seed to turn spare cement-kiln capacity into carbon-negative agricultural fertilizers, led by Azolla Ventures.

Oshen (Anahita Laverack) raised $5M Series A to build hurricane-tested ocean robots that gather real-time data across the ocean, led by Lunar Ventures.

SnerpaPower (Íris Baldursdóttir, Eyrún Linnet) raised a €3M Seed round — plus a €400K grant from Iceland's Technology Development Fund, bringing the total to €3.4M — to expand its industrial electricity optimization software across Europe, led by Encevo.

AILA (Nouf Mugayel) raised $3M Pre-Series A to scale its Saudi-built AI platform that identifies student learning gaps and personalizes practice and assessment, led by Rua Growth Fund.

Noggin HQ (Evangeline Atkinson, Laura Mills) raised £2.3M Seed in an oversubscribed round to expand its alternative credit-scoring technology for UK lenders, led by Blackfinch Ventures.

Singular Photonics (Shahida Imani) raised $2.15M to scale its on-chip image sensors out of Edinburgh, led by ACF Investors.

Aisel Health (Augusta Klingsten Peytz) raised €1.7M Pre-Seed to build an operating system for psychiatric care, led by Caesar Ventures.

Zaydn (Vidushi Chaudhary) raised $681K Seed to build in-house manufacturing for a Delhi-based, design-led sneaker brand aimed at Gen-Z, led by Inflection Point Ventures with angel participation.

Capital moves by women-owned and led VC funds

Premise VC (Vanessa Larco, Mercedes Bent) launched a new pre-seed/seed fund (size not disclosed) to back technical founders building AI-native tools for consumer, fintech, and enterprise applications, writing checks of $500K–$3M out of San Francisco, New York, and Atlanta.

Athlete-backed capital moves that caught our attention this week

This section is contributed by Christie Lenox.

BrknPar Venture Fund adds former MLB players Jon Jay and Tyson Ross as Athlete Venture Partners (AVPs).  

Rule42 Sports Group (Renee James) invests in Athletes Unlimited Softball League for an undisclosed amount, which includes Angela Ruggiero as an equity investor. 

NORTH Performance, a two-product daily supplement brand has launched with 30 world-class athletes as equity co-owners, including women athletes Alana Blanchard, Tahnée Seagrave, Casey Brown, Torah Bright, Julia Mancuso, and Domi Ohaco.

Crosscourt, a premium basketball fitness club, has raised $2M in seed funding led by NBA All-Star Scottie Barnes.

Nukleus, an all-in-one software tool that connects an athlete’s agents, lawyers, money managers, and marketing reps in one shared app, brought on Las Vegas Raiders Ashton Jeanty as an investor and as the face of the platform.  Financial details around his stake and investment weren’t disclosed.

Every week, we track the capital flowing to and from women-founded companies.

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