TL;DR: Northwood Space raised $375M to expand its satellite infrastructure, while Alethio Therapeutics raised $90M for new blood-cancer treatments and FluoRok raised $30M to transform fluorochemical manufacturing. Yam’s beta players have spent more than one million hours inside its AI-powered worlds, while MoonSleep crossed 30,000 pillows sold and 450 million social views.
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Beth Psaila, Co-Founder and CEO of Alethio Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing treatments for myeloproliferative neoplasms, raised $90M in Series A funding, co-led by Sofinnova Partners and RA Capital Management, with Oxford Science Enterprises and Cancer Research Horizons also participating.
Véronique Gouverneur, Co-Founder of FluoRok, a fluorochemical company developing cleaner and more efficient manufacturing technologies, raised $30M in Series A funding, co-led by Orano Venture Fund and Supernova Invest, with Bidra Innovation Ventures and Oxford Science Enterprises also participating.
Alexis Johnson, Co-Founder and Chief Product and Technology Officer of Supa, an AI-enabled property-management company acquiring local block managers and automating administrative work, raised £21M in Seed financing, including equity and debt, co-led by 2150 and OpenOcean, with KOMPAS VC and Actia Capital Partners also participating.
Bridgit Mendler, Co-Founder and CEO of Northwood Space, a space-infrastructure company building ground stations and connectivity systems for satellites, raised $375M in Series C funding, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, with Washington Harbour Partners and In-Q-Tel also participating.
Vivian Qu, Co-Founder and CEO of RadianX, a climate-technology company developing ultra-thin perovskite photovoltaics for sensors, devices and physical AI, secured $9M in venture and project financing, including a Seed round co-led by SOSV and Twynam, with One Small Planet and Sahsen Ventures also participating.
Sandra Jernström, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Vitroscope, a biotechnology company developing human-tissue models to improve drug development, raised $5M in Seed funding and secured an additional $2M in non-dilutive funding, with the Seed round co-led by Cerberus Ventures and YZR Capital and participation from Arcas Ventures and Golden Egg Check.
Jenny Mansour, Co-Founder of Granit, an AI platform automating healthcare billing and administrative work, raised €3.5M in equity as part of a €5M financing package, led by Seedcamp, with Drysdale Ventures and Re also participating.
Avanlee Christine, Founder and CEO of Avanlee Care, a care-management platform helping health plans and providers engage family caregivers, raised $3.5M in funding, led by the BEA Venture Fund, with Esther Dyson, Chrysalis Ventures and FairBridge Venture Partners also participating.
Lisa McMyn, Co-Founder and CEO of 1nhaler, a medical-device company developing a single-dose dry-powder inhaler made primarily from cardboard, raised £2.2M in follow-on funding, led by Archangels, with Scottish Enterprise and British Business Bank Investments also participating.
Michelle Cotter, Co-Founder and CEO of Juritas, an AI platform helping legal teams find and manage external counsel, raised €1.4M in Pre-Seed funding, led by Passion Capital, with BlackWood Ventures, Arāya Ventures and Baseline Community + Fund also participating.
Kanessa Muluneh, Founder and CEO of Rise of Fearless, an African-owned mobile battle-royale gaming platform inspired by the Battle of Adwa, raised $1M through a SAFE investment from Epic Edges Capital.
Kanupriya Ahluwalia, Founder of Hyeglo Beauty, an Indian beauty and personal-care brand focused on accessible skincare products, raised ₹7 crore in Seed funding, led by Sauce, with Giga Capital, Consumer Collective and The Patient Capital also participating.
Gal Moore, Co-Founder and CEO of Nayara, a clinical AI platform supporting patients between medical appointments, raised an undisclosed Pre-Seed round, led by SFC Capital.
Y Combinator introduced Yam, an AI-powered romance simulation game for women founded by Shan Zhong, Crystal Shan and Qin Yu. Beta players have already spent more than one million hours on the platform, with daily active users playing for an average of over three hours as Yam builds interactive worlds that evolve around each player’s choices.
MoonSleep founder Casey Adams shared how a breakup inspired her to launch the company, which has now sold more than 30,000 pillows and generated over 450 million social media views.
Jenny Stojkovic spotlighted Judy Faulkner, the 83-year-old founder and CEO of Epic Systems who built the healthcare-technology company without taking outside investment. Judy wrote Epic’s original code herself and maintained control as the company grew to $6.7 billion in annual revenue, 14,000 employees and 325 million patient records.
Northwood Space (Bridgit Mendler) – 67 roles across Software, Electrical, Mechanical and RF Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Growth, Security and Operations (Torrance, CA & Washington, D.C.)
EQORE (Valeriia Tyshchenko Nin) – 11 roles across Sales and Growth, Software and Energy Engineering, Project Management, Project Finance and Operations (Boston area; In-person at Greentown Labs)
FluoRok (Véronique Gouverneur) – Development Chemist role (Oxford, UK; On-site)
Nayara (Gal Moore) – Head of Product role (Israel; Hybrid, with 1–2 days per week in-office)
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