Approximately $654M in disclosed startup funding went to 12 companies with one or more verified female founder this week.

AI and AI-native software startups accounted for roughly 79% of the total funding.

Educapital, led by Marie-Christine Levet and Litzie Maarek, launched Educapital III, anchored by a €20M commitment from the European Investment Fund.

Athletes on the Cap Table highlights the capital moves of Coco Gauff and Chris Paul.

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Funding rounds raised by companies with one or more women founders

Snorkel AI (Paroma Varma) raised $350M at a $3.5B valuation to grow its platform supplying labeled training data, evaluation sets, and reinforcement-learning environments that AI labs use to build and test models, co-led by Insight Partners and S32.

Go.AI (Lisa Gillespie) raised $85M Series A to grow its on-premises AI infrastructure that lets banks, hospitals, and other regulated organizations run AI privately inside their own secure environments, led by Updata Partners.

BigHat Biosciences (Peyton Greenside, Theresa Tribble) raised a $75M growth round to scale its machine-learning-designed antibody and protein therapeutics, backed by 8VC, Alexandria Venture Investments, Amgen Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Catalio Capital Management, DFJ Growth, Eli Lilly, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, and others.

Confido (Kara Holinski) raised $55M Series B to grow its AI-driven financial operations and workflow platform built for consumer packaged goods brands, backed by Barrel Ventures, Footwork, Insight Partners, Trenches Capital, Watchfire Ventures, and Y Combinator.

Teal Health (Kara Egan) raised $22M Series A to scale its FDA-authorized at-home cervical cancer screening device paired with telehealth follow-up, led by .406 Ventures. 🏆 Serena Ventures also participated in the round.

Bird&Be (Samantha Diamond, Breanna Hughes) raised $13M Series A to grow its fertility-focused supplements, prenatal vitamins, and at-home testing kits for both partners trying to conceive, led by BDC Thrive and BFG Partners.

Mesa Quantum (Sristy Agrawal) raised $11.8M Seed to manufacture its chip-scale quantum sensors for precision timing and navigation, backed by Playground Global.

Rivet (Taru Kapoor) raised $10.5M Seed to launch her dating app that lets friends and strangers weigh in as matchmakers on potential matches, led by Peak XV Partners.

mika (Agnieszka Walorska) raised €6M Seed to scale its AI platform that automates tax filing and accounting work for small and midsize German businesses, led by Smedvig Ventures.

Scholar Education (Marlee Strawn) raised $2M Seed to grow its AI tools that support special-education accommodations and assist teachers, backed by OneSixOne Ventures.

Ando (Sara Du) raised $20M across pre-seed and seed rounds to launch her team messaging app built for humans and AI agents to work together, positioned as an AI-native alternative to Slack, backed by Accel, Index Ventures, Emergence Capital, and Contrary Capital.

Blair Health (Madge Rumman, Dr. Lindsay Shirreff) raised CAD $4.24M (~$3M) Pre-Seed — its first institutional round — to grow its clinical infrastructure platform that encodes specialist protocols so generalist healthcare providers can deliver specialist-level care, starting with menopause, urology, pelvic health, and weight management, co-led by BDC Thrive Venture Fund, Accelia Capital, and Ogaei.

Educapital (Marie-Christine Levet, Litzie Maarek) launched its third fund, Educapital III, anchored by a repeat €20M commitment from the European Investment Fund, to keep backing European edtech and future-of-work startups from seed through Series B. This fund has not yet closed.

Athlete-backed capital moves that caught our attention this week

This section is contributed by Christie Lenox.

Owl Ventures, an early-stage edtech venture capital fund, has named NBA legend, entrepreneur and investor Chris Paul as a venture partner. 

World Team Tennis (WTT), a relaunched mixed-gender professional tennis league, announced that Coco Gauff has joined the Florida Flamingos Racquet Club franchise as a player and owner.

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