TL;DR: The Exploration Company raised $450M for reusable spacecrafts, while Nua raised $50M and Evvy raised $40M in women’s health. Highstock raised $30M for its AI-powered inventory marketplace, while Ritual launched a new perimenopause category. Plus, new Harvard research found women face a persistent generative AI adoption gap, and several featured companies are hiring.
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Hélène Huby, Founder and CEO of The Exploration Company, a space-technology company developing reusable spacecraft and propulsion systems for cargo transportation between Earth and orbit, raised $450M in Series C funding, co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Atomico, and the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT, with participation from Balderton Capital, Plural, Cherry Ventures, and Red River West.
Swathi Kulkarni, Co-Founder of Nua, a digital-first women’s wellness and menstrual-care brand, raised $50M in Series C funding, led by Peak XV Partners and Filter Capital, with participation from Mirabilis Investment Trust and Footpath Ventures. Approximately $14M was primary capital, while the remainder funded secondary share purchases from existing investors.
Priyanka Jain, Co-Founder and CEO, Laine Bruzek, Co-Founder, and Pita Navarro, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Evvy, a women’s-health company using vaginal-microbiome data to develop diagnostics and personalized care, raised $40M in Series B funding, led by Catalio Capital Management, with participation from the US Fertility Innovation Fund, Rethink Impact, Muse Capital, Alumni Ventures, General Catalyst, Left Lane Capital, Labcorp Venture Fund, BBG Ventures, Amboy Street, Ingeborg Investments, and Foreground Capital.
Camille van Horne, Co-Founder and CEO of Highstock, an AI-powered marketplace that helps consumer brands sell excess inventory through controlled wholesale channels, raised $30M in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Greylock, Abstract Ventures, Daybreak Fund, and angel investors.
Sarah Levy, Co-Founder and CEO of Euno, an AI-native context platform that helps enterprise AI agents understand, access, and govern organizational data, raised $23M in Series A funding, led by N47, with participation from existing investor 10D and technology founders Yinon Kostika, Yotam Segev, Ofir Ehrlich, Rotem Weiss, and Mark Nelson.
Li Sun, PhD, Founder, President, and CTO of Shennon Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company developing precision immunotherapies and T-cell-engager treatments for cancer, raised $12M in financing, from Future Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Samos Investments, Atypical Ventures, and Saras Capital, with continued support from DCVC, Foundation Capital, and AV8 Ventures.
Fayola-Maria Jack, Founder and CEO of Resolutiion, an AI-powered conflict-intelligence platform that helps organizations detect contract-delivery risks before they become formal disputes, raised $10.4M in funding, from LocalGlobe, Cherry Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Auxxo, Openseed VC, and Chevron Technology Ventures.
Coline Labadie de Faÿ, Co-Founder and CEO of Tellia, a voice-AI platform that turns farmers’ calls, voice notes, messages, and photos into structured agricultural records, raised $5M in Pre-Seed funding, led by Revent, with participation from Grey Silo Ventures, Jeriko, and Fund F.
Paula Runsten, Co-Founder and CEO of Rebaba, a Swedish energy-technology company turning retired electric-vehicle batteries into stationary energy-storage systems, raised $4.6M in an oversubscribed Seed round, led by SISTAFUND alongside EIT Urban Mobility, with participation from existing shareholders and other European investors.
Lena Sophia Voß and Leonie Wagner, Co-Founders of Furo, formerly Lumera Energy, an AI-powered platform for planning, operating, and monetizing commercial and industrial battery-storage systems, raised $4M in Seed funding, led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Neo, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, and CDTM Venture Capital.
Stephanie Lüpold, Co-Founder and CEO of Ferm Labs, a food-technology company using precision fermentation to produce natural, clean-label flavor ingredients, raised €3M in Seed funding, led by CDP Venture Capital’s Green Transition Fund, with participation from Fund F, Redstone in collaboration with Euregio+ and Alpine VC, and Loacker.
Purvi Munot, Co-Founder and CEO of Sav, an AI-powered personal-finance platform combining savings, investments, credit, payments, and wealth management in one ecosystem, raised $3.5M in Pre-Series A funding, led by Phoenix Venture Partners, with participation from co-investors from the Phoenix Venture Partners Innovation Fund.
Jaclyn Johnson and Angeline Vuong, Co-Founders of Cherub, a fundraising marketplace connecting early-stage founders with angel investors, operators, and creators, raised $4.5M in Pre-Seed funding, from Baukunst’s Kate McAndrew, Slauson & Co., GHOST Angels, and creator-investors including Maggie Sellers Reum and Valeria Lipovetsky.
Mansi Jain, Co-Founder of DigitalPaani, an AI-powered platform that automates and optimizes water and wastewater infrastructure operations, raised ₹22 crore—approximately $2.3M—in funding, led by Navam Capital, with participation from Enzia Ventures, Chakra Growth Capital, 3one4 Capital, Momentum Capital, Achieving Women Entrepreneurs Early Growth Fund, and Echo River Capital.
Sneha Priya Reddy, Co-Founder of UniqYou, an AI-native women’s-fashion platform using demand and trend intelligence to guide product development and inventory decisions, raised ₹15.8 crore in Seed funding, led by Arkam Ventures and Antler India, with participation from Ankit Garg, Abhishek Goyal, Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Raveen Sastry, Nandita Sinha, and other angel investors.
Angelina Lesnikova, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO of sci2sci, an enterprise-data platform that makes AI outputs traceable and verifiable for biopharma and other regulated industries, raised €1.2M in Pre-Seed funding, co-led by Heliad and IBB Ventures, with participation from Robin Capital and Superangels.
Triptii Dimri, Co-Founder and Investor of Peep Beauty, a beauty company developing eye-focused products designed for Indian consumers, raised ₹12 crore in Pre-Seed funding, from Sadev Ventures, ISV, iSeed, TDV, and angel investors.
Paloma Newton, Co-Founder and CEO of Elita, a preventative-health platform for dogs combining biological testing, veterinary care, and personalized health guidance, raised A$1.9M in Seed funding, backed by Boost VC, Gandel Invest, Artesian’s Female Leaders Fund, Touch Ventures, and M8 Ventures.
Axelle Lhermitte, Co-Founder and CEO of Logbook, an AI-assisted audio-feedback platform that helps teachers provide more personalized corrections while reducing time spent grading, raised €1M in funding, co-led by daphni’s Time4 fund and makesense, with business angels also participating.
Sânziana Foia, Founder of Papcup, a women’s-health diagnostics company developing an at-home biosensor platform that uses menstrual blood to test health biomarkers, raised £45K in its first venture investment, from Diversity X Ventures.
Feminai CEO Karny Ilan shared what it is like building a startup while simultaneously completing a general surgery residency. She says balancing both has required accepting that she cannot excel at everything at once, instead focusing on continuing to push toward her larger goals.
Ritual founder and CEO Katerina Markov Schneider announced the company’s first new product category in six years: perimenopause. The launch was shaped in part by Ritual’s own customer base, with 40% of customers entering this life stage, as the company expands beyond pregnancy and postpartum into a category where many women still struggle to receive formal diagnoses.
Perry Hewitt highlighted new Harvard Business School AI Institute research showing a persistent gender gap in generative AI adoption across more than 300,000 people in 100+ countries. One finding: women engineers expected to be judged more harshly for using AI, and identical AI-assisted work received lower competence ratings when attributed to a woman.
Evvy (Priyanka Jain, Laine Bruzek, Pita Navarro) – 17 roles across Business Operations, Clinical, Commercial, Finance/Ops, Marketing, Product & Engineering, and Science/R&D (New York City; On-site)
Shennon Biotechnologies (Li Sun, PhD) – CSO, Lab Technician for Microfabrication, and Senior Scientist in Antibody Development roles (San Francisco, CA)
Ferm Labs (Stephanie Lüpold) – R&D Manager and Production Staff (Bolzano, Italy), plus Sales Manager and Operations Manager roles (Remote, Europe)
Highstock (Camille van Horne) – Head of Operations / GM, Strategic Partner Manager, and Growth Lead, New Verticals roles (New York, NY)
Rebaba (Paula Runsten) – Junior Mechanical Engineer, Fullstack Developer, Certification Engineer, GTM Manager / Associate, Battery Production Technician, and Technical Project Manager roles (Stockholm, Sweden)
Euno (Sarah Levy) – Pre-Sales Solutions Architect and Enterprise Account Executive roles
The Exploration Company (Hélène Huby) – 100+ roles across Engineering, Digital Systems, Finance, Manufacturing, Programs, and US & Future Programs (Munich, Bordeaux, Turin, Düsseldorf, Houston, California, Dubai, and other locations)
Tellia (Coline Labadie de Faÿ) – Customer Success Manager and Sales Lead roles (US; Sales Lead is California-based)
Sav (Purvi Munot) – Senior / Product Manager role (Gurgaon, Haryana, India)
Cherub (Jaclyn Johnson, Angeline Vuong) – Content and Creator Marketing Manager role (New York City; Hybrid)
Nua (Swathi Kulkarni) – Product Manager, Senior Visual Designer, Logistics Executive, Marketing Content Specialist, and Information Technology Manager roles (Mumbai Metropolitan Region / Wadala, India; On-site)
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