TL;DR: iPremom raised €15M to develop blood tests that predict pregnancy complications, while Cradlewise raised $12M to scale its smart crib and baby-monitoring technology. Chomp raised $3.6M to map what people genuinely believe, while Fazeshift turned locked-up $100 bills into its best-performing outbound campaign. Plus, Cradlewise and Full Health Medical are hiring across engineering, finance and product roles.
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Tamara Garrido Gómez, PhD, Co-Founder of iPremom, a molecular diagnostics company developing blood tests to predict pregnancy complications, raised €15M in Seed funding, led by Amadeus Capital Partners and co-led by Asabys Partners, with APEX Ventures also participating.
Radhika Patil, Co-Founder and CEO of Cradlewise, a smart crib and baby-monitoring company, raised $12M in Series A funding, co-led by 3one4 Capital and Prudent Investment Management.
Neha Shah, Co-Founder and CEO, and Nilam Mangalmurti, MD, Scientific Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of Senticell, a biotechnology company developing red-blood-cell-based liquid biopsies for earlier disease detection, raised nearly $7M in an oversubscribed seed round, led by The Venture City, Capital Factory, Scalpel Ventures, and Evoce Capital, with individual investors also participating.
Dr. Ann Shortt, Founder of Full Health Medical, a health-screening platform that automates the clinical interpretation of test results, raised €3M in funding, led by Elkstone, with Enterprise Ireland and strategic angel investors also participating.
Erin Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO of askpolly, an AI platform that turns social media conversations into consumer insights, raised $3M in Seed funding, led by Differential Ventures, with The 98 and Forum Ventures also participating.
Maria Meier Endler, Co-Founder and former CTO of Phantasma Labs, an AI-native production-planning and scheduling platform for complex factories, raised €2.6M in funding, with Jet Investment contributing €2.1M as the largest investor, alongside Lighthouse Seed Fund II and continued backing from Momenta Ventures.
Alessandra Cestaro, Founder and CEO of Holifya, an AI-supported digital clinic specializing in obesity and metabolic-health treatment, raised €2M through a combination of equity, debt, and grant financing, led by Next Age, with Growth Engine, Doorway, 20Fund, Zooga VC, and angel investors also participating.
Lea Holritz, Co-Founder and CEO, and Susan Ibi Preus, Co-Founder and CTO of Wren Bioscience, a biotechnology company developing rapid bacterial-detection technology for dairy production and milk safety, raised €350K in early-stage funding, from Biotope.
Chomp founder Kiko Zang announced that the social game raised $3.6M to help map what people genuinely believe, not simply what gets performed online. Chomp’s first version reached 50K users and collected more than 2M answers. Its next version, designed for Gen Z and millennial women, is coming to iOS soon.
DemandJen founder Jen Allen-Knuth argues that prospects are bored with generic outbound messages focused on products, platforms and AI. She recommends studying how buyers learn, developing a bank of relevant ideas and opening with “Had an idea re…” instead of immediately asking for a demo.
Fazeshift CEO Caitlin Leksana shared how the company created its best-performing outbound campaign by mailing prospects a real $100 bill locked inside a box. The package recreated the frustration of trapped accounts receivable and included wine and a personalized rocks glass. Caitlin says it became the company’s cheapest campaign per meeting booked.
Jenny Stojkovic spotlighted Sarah M. London, who became the youngest woman to lead a Fortune 500 company when she was named Centene’s CEO at 41. Sarah now leads America’s largest Medicaid provider, serving more than 28 million members, while advancing a local-first model focused on factors such as food, housing and access that shape health outcomes.
Cradlewise (Radhika Patil) – Electronics & Hardware Design Engineering and Senior Finance Lead roles (Pune, India)
Full Health Medical (Dr. Ann Shortt) – Product Management (Castlebar, Connaught; Hybrid)
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