It’s Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From bold bets in biotech and AI to fintech, medtech, industrial automation, and deep tech, investors continued to deploy capital across both late-stage scaleups and frontier early-stage innovators.
Today’s highlights include Kailera Therapeutics’ mammoth $600 million Series B, Lila Sciences’ $115 million Series A extension to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery, and Reducto’s $75 million raise to power document intelligence for enterprise. Across the globe, Caracol secured $40 million to expand large-format 3D printing, and Epiminds closed $6.6 million in seed funding to automate agency-level marketing with AI agents…
It’s Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From bold bets in biotech and AI to fintech, medtech, industrial automation, and deep tech, investors continued to deploy capital across both late-stage scaleups and frontier early-stage innovators.
Today’s highlights include Kailera Therapeutics’ mammoth $600 million Series B, Lila Sciences’ $115 million Series A extension to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery, and Reducto’s $75 million raise to power document intelligence for enterprise. Across the globe, Caracol secured $40 million to expand large-format 3D printing, and Epiminds closed $6.6 million in seed funding to automate agency-level marketing with AI agents.
Funding Highlights
Kailera Therapeutics raised $600 million in funding to push its obesity therapy into global trials
Lila Sciences secured $115 million to scale its AI “science factories”
Reducto landed $75 million in funding to accelerate document AI adoption
Caracol raised $40 million to grow industrial 3D printing globally
Epiminds emerged with $6.6 million in seed funding to autonomously run marketing campaigns
Investor Activity
Today’s rounds drew in top-tier venture capital, corporate VCs, sovereign funds, and specialist investors. Heavyweights like Bain Capital Private Equity, Nvidia, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed appeared in lead roles, while domain-focused investors across biotech, AI, fintech, and climate tech supported bets at every stage. The breadth of sectors underscores confidence in foundational tech — from life sciences to industrial hardware to intelligent software — as drivers of the next wave of innovation.
Here’s the full breakdown. Until tomorrow, keep building.
Kailera Therapeutics Raises $600M in Series B Funding for Obesity Drug Trials
Kailera Therapeutics, a biotech startup focused on obesity treatments, secured a massive $600 million Series B round to advance its lead weight-loss drug into global Phase 3 trials. The funding, one of the largest private biotech raises this year, comes nearly a year after the Boston-area company launched with a record $400 million Series A.
Kailera’s injectable therapy targets dual metabolic hormones (similar to blockbuster drugs like Zepbound) and already showed an average 18% weight loss in a Phase 3 trial in China. With this new capital – led by Bain Capital’s private equity arm and joined by investors like Royalty Pharma and sovereign wealth funds from Qatar and Canada – Kailera plans to initiate international studies and expand its pipeline of next-generation obesity treatments.
Funding Details:
Startup: Kailera Therapeutics
Investors: Bain Capital Private Equity (lead), Royalty Pharma, Qatar Investment Authority, CPP Investments (Canada), Adage Capital Management, and others
Amount Raised: $600 million
Total Raised: ~$1.0 billion
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Lila Sciences Raises $115M Series A Extension to Accelerate AI-Powered Scientific Discovery
Lila Sciences, an AI startup aiming to revolutionize scientific research, has raised $115 million in a Series A extension at a valuation above $1.3 billion. The Cambridge-based company is building “AI Science Factories” – automated laboratories run by specialized AI models – to conduct continuous experiments and generate proprietary data for breakthroughs in life sciences, chemistry, and materials.
This latest infusion brings Lila’s total Series A funding to $350 million (and total capital to $550 million) and introduces new backers, including Nvidia’s venture arm, alongside existing investors from its origin at Flagship Pioneering. Lila says the funds will speed up development of its AI-driven labs (one of which is scaling up in a 235,000 sq ft Boston-area facility) and allow the startup to open its platform to enterprise partners in industries like energy, semiconductors, and drug development.
Funding Details:
Startup: Lila Sciences
Investors: Nvidia (corporate VC), Flagship Pioneering, General Catalyst, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (subsidiary), and others
Amount Raised: $115 million
Total Raised: $550 million
Funding Stage: Series A (extension)
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Reducto Raises $75M in Series B Funding for AI Document Intelligence Platform
Reducto, a San Francisco-based startup pioneering AI for document processing, raised $75 million in Series B funding to scale its intelligent document platform. Founded in 2023 by MIT engineers, Reducto has developed vision-based AI models that can ingest and transform complex documents – from lengthy contracts and PDFs with annotations to medical records – into structured, machine-readable data with high accuracy.
The technology is already used by both AI-driven startups and large enterprises to unlock information trapped in unstructured files, converting messy real-world documents into clean inputs for language models and analytics. The Series B round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Benchmark, First Round Capital, BoxGroup, and Y Combinator, and it brings Reducto’s total funding to $108 million.
The new capital injection will fuel further R&D in document AI and help expand Reducto’s go-to-market as demand surges for tools that connect enterprise data with generative AI systems.
Funding Details:
Startup: Reducto
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (lead), Benchmark, First Round Capital, BoxGroup, Y Combinator
Amount Raised: $75 million
Total Raised: $108 million
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Dreamdata Lands $55M in Series B Funding to Scale B2B Marketing Analytics
Dreamdata, a Copenhagen- and New York-based startup offering a B2B marketing analytics platform, has secured a $55 million Series B funding round to help businesses better understand and optimize their customer acquisition funnels. Dreamdata’s software pulls together data from ads, website traffic, CRM systems, emails, and more to build a unified timeline of each account’s buyer journey – giving marketing and sales teams a “single source of truth” on what activities drive revenue.
The platform doesn’t just report attribution; it can also trigger actions like syncing high-intent customer segments to Google and Meta ad platforms or alerting sales when an account engages, turning marketing insights directly into workflow automation. The company, which serves thousands of customers (including firms like Clio and Cognism), has doubled its annual recurring revenue in the past year and is expanding across Europe and North America.
The Series B was led by PeakSpan Capital with participation from InReach Ventures, Angel Invest, Curiosity VC, and Crowberry Capital, bringing Dreamdata’s total funding to $67 million. The new funds will support further product development and international growth as Dreamdata aims to become the go-to platform for B2B marketing ROI and automation.
Funding Details:
Startup: Dreamdata
Investors: PeakSpan Capital (lead), InReach Ventures, Angel Invest, Curiosity VC, Crowberry Capital
Amount Raised: $55 million
Total Raised: $67 million
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Yendo Raises $50M in Series B Funding to Expand Vehicle-Secured Credit Platform
Yendo, a Dallas-based fintech company, has closed a $50 million Series B round to broaden its asset-backed lending platform aimed at underserved consumers. Yendo offers the first vehicle-secured credit card, allowing car owners to borrow against their car’s equity as collateral – effectively unlocking part of the $4 trillion in untapped asset value from cars and homes.
By leveraging assets like automobiles, Yendo provides customers with better rates, higher credit limits, and rewards, even if they have minimal credit history, and it uses proprietary AI to automate underwriting and lien management in seconds.
The new funding, led by Spice Expeditions with participation from Autotech Ventures, FPV Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Mark Cuban, and others, will accelerate Yendo’s expansion beyond auto-backed credit into a full digital banking platform. The company plans to roll out new AI-driven financial products and has several launches slated through late 2025, with the ultimate vision of building an inclusive bank for the millions of Americans traditionally left out of mainstream credit.
Funding Details:
Startup: Yendo
Investors: Spice Expeditions (lead), Autotech Ventures, FPV Ventures, Pelion Partners, Mark Cuban, Clocktower Technology Ventures
Amount Raised: $50 million
Total Raised: ~$89 million
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Caracol Closes $40M in Series B Funding to Scale Large-Format 3D Printing Globally
Caracol, an Italy-based industrial tech startup specializing in large-format robotic 3D printing, has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series B round to fuel global growth. The funding was co-led by Omnes Capital and Move Capital (with Italy’s CDP Venture Capital joining as a key investor), and strong demand allowed some early backers to exit with significant returns.
Caracol’s technology uses multi-axis robotic arms to manufacture very large and complex parts from advanced composites and metals, offering companies in aerospace, automotive, maritime, and construction a faster and more cost-effective way to produce components.
The company has installed over 100 of its robotic additive manufacturing platforms across 50+ countries and more than doubled revenue each year, recently expanding with a new U.S. headquarters in Texas. With the new capital, Caracol will cement its presence in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, deepen its multi-material 3D printing software (integrating more automation and AI for quality control), ramp up its metal additive manufacturing for aerospace and defense clients, and continue hiring globally to support its scale-up.
Funding Details:
Startup: Caracol
Investors: Omnes Capital (co-lead), Move Capital (co-lead), CDP Venture Capital – Large Ventures, and other Italian institutional investors
Amount Raised: $40 million
Total Raised: over $50 million
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
OneImaging Secures $38M in Funding to Make Medical Scans Affordable and Accessible
OneImaging, a Miami-based healthtech startup, announced a $38 million early-stage funding round (combined late seed/Series A) to fix the costly and cumbersome process of getting medical imaging scans. Founded by radiologist Dr. Elan Adler, OneImaging has built a platform that lets patients easily find, price, and schedule MRI, CT, and other diagnostic scans through a user-friendly app — bringing transparency and speed to a system often plagued by long wait times and opaque pricing.
The company partners with accredited imaging centers nationwide and handles everything from insurance pre-approvals to providing digital results, enabling patients to save up to 80% on imaging costs and book appointments in days instead of weeks. Unlike many healthcare startups that simply overlay software on existing systems, OneImaging created a full-stack solution, even integrating with health plans so patients can see in-network options and upfront costs.
The $38 million round was led by Vy Capital, with participation from Aquiline and prominent angel investors including Figma CEO Dylan Field and tech investor Balaji Srinivasan. The influx of capital will allow OneImaging to expand its service to new regions, integrate more imaging centers, and continue developing its end-to-end imaging marketplace that aims to empower patients with choice and cost transparency.
Funding Details:
Startup: OneImaging
Investors: Vy Capital (lead), Aquiline, Dylan Field, Balaji Srinivasan, among others
Amount Raised: $38 million
Total Raised: $38 million
Funding Stage: Seed/Series A
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Arbio Secures $36M in Series A Funding to Automate Short-Term Rental Management
Arbio, a Berlin-based proptech startup, secured $36 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-driven operating system for short-term rental management across Europe. Launched in 2022 by Constantin Schröder and Paul Bäumler, Arbio provides an end-to-end platform for managing vacation rental properties: it combines full-stack property management services with automation technology to handle dynamic pricing, guest communications, booking distribution, and even coordinating cleaning and maintenance through local teams.
The company’s AI-driven system pulls market data from sources like Booking.com and Google to adjust rental pricing daily, boosting hosts’ occupancy and revenue, while its on-the-ground operations network ensures quality service for guests. In just a few years, Arbio has grown to manage over 1,200 apartments in 10 cities (Germany, Austria, and the UK), serving more than 460,000 guests, and has completed over 30 acquisitions of smaller rental operators to consolidate the fragmented short-term rental market.
The $36 million round was led by Eurazeo, with participation from OpenOcean and Atlantic Labs, as well as notable angel investors like KKR’s Philipp Freise and GetYourGuide founder Johannes Reck. This investment brings Arbio’s total funding to over $45 million and will be used to accelerate expansion into new European markets, enhance the platform’s AI capabilities, and pursue further strategic acquisitions as it aims to become a pan-European leader in tech-enabled property management.
Funding Details:
Startup: Arbio
Investors: Eurazeo (lead), OpenOcean, Atlantic Labs, and angel backers (Philipp Freise, Johannes Reck, etc.)
Amount Raised: $36 million
Total Raised: over $45 million
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Marble Raises $15.5M in Series A Funding to Expand School-Based Youth Mental Health Care
Marble, a New York City startup tackling youth mental health, raised $15.5 million in Series A funding to expand its therapy programs embedded in schools. Founded by Jake Sussman and Dan Ross (previously co-founders of Headway, a large adult therapy network), Marble partners directly with K-12 schools to identify students in need and connect them with licensed therapists for counseling, with services covered by the students’ insurance (including Medicaid) so that schools pay nothing.
The startup’s platform serves as an infrastructure layer for teen mental health: school counselors use Marble to refer at-risk students, parents give consent and input, and Marble’s network of vetted child therapists provides sessions either on-campus or via telehealth, usually within days of a referral. By streamlining insurance billing (Marble even built an AI-driven clinical notes assistant and its own therapist EHR system), the company removes administrative hurdles that often deter providers from serving youth populations, especially those on Medicaid.
Since launching in New York last year, Marble has facilitated over 15,000 therapy sessions for students who otherwise faced long waitlists or no access to care. The Series A was led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Town Hall Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Marble will use the funds to grow its team and extend its school-based mental health model to new regions, aiming to reduce the immense gap in adolescent mental health services as rates of teen depression and anxiety reach record highs.
Funding Details:
Startup: Marble
Investors: Costanoa Ventures (lead), Town Hall Ventures, Khosla Ventures
Amount Raised: $15.5 million
Total Raised: $15.5 million
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
AudioShake Raises $14M in Series A Funding to Advance AI Audio Separation Tech
AudioShake, a San Francisco-based AI music startup, has raised $14 million in Series A funding to further develop its audio separation technology that can dissect songs and other recordings into isolated components. Co-founded by CEO Jessica Powell (a former Google VP) in 2020, AudioShake’s platform uses proprietary AI models to split audio tracks into “stems” — separating vocals, drums, guitars, background noise, and more — effectively making sound as editable and remixable as a Photoshop image or Word document.
The technology has quickly gained adoption in the media and entertainment industry: major music companies like Universal Music Group, Disney Music, and Warner Music, as well as content creators at NFL Films and Warner Bros., use AudioShake to do things like create instrumentals for licensing, remove unwanted music from video footage, or generate training data for voice AI models. The startup has processed over 100 million minutes of audio to date and achieved nearly 400% revenue growth in the past year, reflecting surging demand for AI-driven audio tools.
The $14 million round was led by Shine Capital, with participation from Thomson Reuters Ventures, Origin Ventures, Background Capital, and returning seed investors Indicator Ventures and Precursor Ventures. AudioShake will use the funding to expand its platform’s capabilities — rolling out new developer APIs, on-demand processing features, and enterprise integrations — to make professional-grade audio manipulation accessible to musicians, studios, and AI developers at scale.
Funding Details:
Startup: AudioShake
Investors: Shine Capital (lead), Thomson Reuters Ventures, Origin Ventures, Background Capital, Indicator Ventures, Precursor Ventures
Amount Raised: $14 million
Total Raised: ~$19 million
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Epiminds Emerges from Stealth with $6.6M in Funding to Automate Marketing Campaigns
Epiminds, a Stockholm-based AI startup, has emerged from stealth mode by securing $6.6 million in funding to fully automate digital marketing campaigns using intelligent software agents. Co-founded in 2025 by Elias Malm and Mo Elkhidir, Epiminds developed a platform called “Lucy” that acts like a virtual marketing strategist: it deploys a team of over 20 specialized AI agents to handle tasks such as budget allocation, bidding optimization, audience targeting, performance monitoring, and even generating reports — all without human intervention.
The system learns each marketing agency’s playbook and continuously adjusts campaigns across channels, allowing agencies to outsource repetitive campaign management work and focus more on creative strategy. In just a few months of private beta, Lucy has been adopted by agencies managing more than 290 brands, who report improved efficiency and better insights as the AI flags opportunities and risks in real time and executes adjustments instantly.
The $6.6 million financing was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (marking one of the U.S. VC firm’s first investments in Sweden), with participation from EWOR, Entourage, and several angel investors, including the former CMO of Booking.com. Epiminds will use the capital to expand Lucy’s integrations with advertising platforms, enhance its autonomous decision-making capabilities, and onboard more marketing agencies looking to embrace AI-driven automation in their operations.
Funding Details:
Startup: Epiminds
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead), EWOR, Entourage, plus angel investors (former Booking.com CMO, etc.)
Amount Raised: $6.6 million
Total Raised: $6.6 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
GEVI Nets €2.7M in Seed Funding to Bring AI-Powered Micro Wind Turbines to Market
GEVI, a Pisa, Italy-based renewable energy startup, raised €2.7 million (about $2.9 million) in seed funding to commercialize its AI-enhanced micro wind turbines. Founded in 2022 by a team of engineers, GEVI builds compact vertical-axis wind turbines equipped with proprietary AI algorithms and active blade control, allowing them to automatically adapt to changing wind conditions in real time.
Unlike traditional large windmills, GEVI’s cylindrical turbines (about the size of a light pole) can start generating power at very low wind speeds (just 1–4 m/s) and continuously adjust the pitch of their blades every hundredth of a second to maximize energy output and minimize stress on the structure. Each unit produces up to 5 kW of electricity, suitable for a home or small business, and operates quietly, making it viable for urban rooftops and neighborhoods as a complement to solar panels.
The €2.7 million round was led by 360 Capital and CDP Venture Capital’s Acceleratori and co-investment funds, with participation from cleantech investor NextSTEP One. GEVI will use the funding to refine its turbine design for mass production, enhance the AI control software, launch new pilot installations, and begin expanding into other European markets with its “smart” wind energy solution.
Funding Details:
Startup: GEVI
Investors: 360 Capital (lead), CDP Venture Capital (Acceleratori & co-investment funds), NextSTEP One
Amount Raised: €2.7 million
Total Raised: €2.7 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
HyperBunker Raises $925K Seed Funding for Anti-Ransomware Hardware
HyperBunker, a European cybersecurity startup, has raised €800,000 (~$925,000) in seed funding to launch a next-generation device for ransomware protection and data recovery. Spun out of a data recovery firm in 2024, HyperBunker’s solution is a hardware-based vault that keeps an immutable, offline backup of a company’s critical data, providing a foolproof fallback in case ransomware encrypts the primary systems. Unlike standard backup software (which can itself be targeted by hackers), the HyperBunker appliance is fully air-gapped — it has no network connection and no user-accessible software interface — so attackers cannot reach or alter the stored data. Co-founders Imran Nino Eskic (CTO) and Bostjan Kirm (CEO) conceived the product after seeing countless businesses unable to recover locked files; the device automatically collects and updates backups at set intervals, and in the event of an attack, it can restore clean data after malware is removed. The seed round was led by Fil Rouge Capital with participation from Sunfish Venture Capital. HyperBunker plans to use the funding to ramp up manufacturing of its plug-and-play “data bunker” and pilot it with organizations seeking stronger ransomware resilience, particularly in Europe where ransomware incidents have surged.
Funding Details:
Startup: HyperBunker
Investors: Fil Rouge Capital (lead), Sunfish Venture Capital
Amount Raised: ~$0.9 million
Total Raised: ~$0.9 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
SiC Systems Launches with Funding to Build Quantum-Enhanced AI Platform
SiC Systems, a new startup at the intersection of quantum technology and artificial intelligence, launched on Tuesday with an undisclosed amount of seed funding to develop its “quantum-enhanced” AI platform for industry. A spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark, SiC Systems was co-founded by Christopher J. Savoie (a pioneer whose early work on AI helped power Apple’s Siri) and Professor Seyed Soheil Monsouri, and it aims to bring the power of quantum computing techniques to real-time decision-making in complex physical systems.
The company’s multi-agent AI platform integrates advanced process modeling, generative AI, and quantum-inspired algorithms to create virtual “smart sensors” that can optimize and control industrial operations with unprecedented precision. Initial applications are targeted at biopharmaceutical manufacturing, high-end industrial automation, and defense systems – areas where traditional software struggles to keep up with dynamic, complex variables.
The startup’s launch funding was led by QDNL Participations (the investment arm of Quantum Delta NL in the Netherlands), with participation from Propagator Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and Wavepeak Ventures. This backing will support SiC Systems in building out its technology and undertaking pilot projects with partners as it emerges from stealth, although the exact size of the investment was not publicly disclosed.
Funding Details:
Startup: SiC Systems
Investors: QDNL Participations (lead), Propagator Ventures, Plug and Play, Wavepeak Ventures
Amount Raised: Not disclosed
Total Raised: Not disclosed
Funding Stage: Seed/Launch
Funding Date: October 14, 2025
Tech Funding Summary Table
| Startup | Investors (Lead and notable) | Amount Raised | Total Raised | Funding Stage | Funding Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kailera Therapeutics | Bain Capital PE (lead); Royalty Pharma; Qatar Investment Authority; CPP Investments (Canada); Adage Capital | $600 M | ~$1.0 B | Series B | October 14, 2025 |
| Lila Sciences | Nvidia (corp. VC); Flagship Pioneering; General Catalyst; ADIA (subsidiary) | $115 M | $550 M | Series A (ext.) | October 14, 2025 |
| Reducto | Andreessen Horowitz (lead); Benchmark; First Round; BoxGroup; YC | $75 M | $108 M | Series B | October 14, 2025 |
| Dreamdata | PeakSpan Capital (lead); InReach Ventures; Angel Invest; Curiosity; Crowberry | $55 M | $67 M | Series B | October 14, 2025 |
| Yendo | Spice Expeditions (lead); Autotech Ventures; FPV; Pelion; Mark Cuban | $50 M | ~$89 M | Series B | October 14, 2025 |
| Caracol | Omnes & Move Capital (co-leads); CDP Venture Capital; others | $40 M | >$50 M | Series B | October 14, 2025 |
| OneImaging | Vy Capital (lead); Aquiline; Dylan Field; Balaji S. | $38 M | $38 M | Seed/Series A | October 14, 2025 |
| Arbio | Eurazeo (lead); OpenOcean; Atlantic Labs; angels | $36 M | >$45 M | Series A | October 14, 2025 |
| Marble | Costanoa Ventures (lead); Town Hall; Khosla Ventures | $15.5 M | $15.5 M | Series A | October 14, 2025 |
| AudioShake | Shine Capital (lead); Thomson Reuters Ventures; Origin; Background; Indicator; Precursor | $14 M | ~$19 M | Series A | October 14, 2025 |
| Epiminds | Lightspeed (lead); EWOR; Entourage; ex-Booking CMO (angel) | $6.6 M | $6.6 M | Seed | October 14, 2025 |
| GEVI | 360 Capital (lead); CDP Venture Capital; NextSTEP One | €2.7 M | €2.7 M | Seed | October 14, 2025 |
| HyperBunker | Fil Rouge Capital (lead); Sunfish VC | ~$0.9 M | ~$0.9 M | Seed | October 14, 2025 |
| SiC Systems | QDNL Participations (lead); Propagator; Plug and Play; Wavepeak | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Seed/Launch | October 14, 2025 |
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