Top Startup and Tech Funding News – June 16, 2025

It’s Monday, June 16, 2025. Hope you had a restful weekend. We’re kicking off the week with your daily tech funding roundup—tracking the flow of venture capital and spotlighting the startups shaping tomorrow’s economy.

Today’s lineup spans AI personal stylists, diaspora banking, defense tech, student learning tools, cybersecurity, healthtech, and more. From Juniper Square’s $130 million AI-powered push into private markets to PostHog’s $70 million Series D to expand its developer analytics platform, today’s deals signal growing investor conviction across vertical SaaS, automation, and frontier tech.

Funding Highlights

Juniper Square topped today’s charts with a $130 million raise to fuel AI innovation across the private capital ecosystem. Close behind, PostHog brought in $70 million to double down on developer tools powered by its “Max AI” assistant. Knowunity secured €27 million to personalize learning for students worldwide, while diaspora-focused fintech Aspora locked in $50 million to expand to the U.S. Nuvie and Alta, two consumer-focused upstarts, also raised early rounds to reimagine wellness and personal styling, respectively.

Investor Activity

Today’s deals brought together leading global firms like Sequoia, Greylock, Menlo Ventures, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, and 8VC, along with niche players backing specialized bets in healthtech, industrial cybersecurity, and underwater defense. From San Francisco to Bengaluru, Berlin to Barcelona, the international spread of capital continues to underscore venture’s global reach.

From AI-driven fashion apps and automated UX research tools to sonar intelligence and Parkinson’s monitoring, today’s funding rounds reflect an ecosystem embracing personalization, automation, and security.

Here’s the full breakdown of the 10 funding deals we tracked today, complete with investor details, startup focus, and key funding data.

Aspora Raises $50M to Expand Global Diaspora Banking Solutions

Aspora, a fintech startup building a borderless banking platform for global diaspora communities, has raised $50 million in funding. The London-headquartered startup (formerly known as Vance) focuses on seamless remittances and financial services tailored for non-resident Indians and other expatriate groups. With a rapidly growing user base across the UK, EU, and UAE, Aspora plans to use its new funding to launch in the United States next month and expand into Canada, Australia, and Singapore by year’s end.

The fresh capital will also fuel the development of new cross-border products – from multi-country bank accounts to international investment and credit offerings – all aimed at modernizing financial services for diaspora customers. Aspora’s mission is to create a truly global banking ecosystem that makes managing money across countries convenient and fee-free for migrants and their families.

Funding Details:

Startup: Aspora
Investors: Sequoia Capital and Greylock (co-leads), along with Quantum Light Ventures and other returning backers
Amount Raised: $50 million
Total Raised: $99 million
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Nuvie Serves Up Healthy Indulgence with $450K Pre-Seed Funding

Nuvie is an Indian food and beverage startup on a mission to make “better-for-you” indulgent snacks and drinks. Based in Bengaluru, the company produces high-protein, guilt-free versions of treats – from creamy shakes to chocolate bars – allowing health-conscious consumers to satisfy cravings without compromise. Having already seen promising early sales for its nutritious shakes, Nuvie has now secured its maiden outside investment.

The majority of the pre-seed funds will go toward developing new products (including a protein-infused cold brew “Proffee” and other innovative snacks), ramping up brand-building initiatives, and creating engaging content to reach a broader audience. With this boost, Nuvie’s founders plan to double down on product innovation and strengthen the startup’s market presence as they gear up for the next phase of growth. The ultimate goal: to redefine healthy eating by proving that tasty indulgences and nutrition can go hand in hand for India’s growing base of wellness-focused consumers.

Funding Details:

Startup: Nuvie
Investors: PedalStart (lead accelerator), with participation from notable angels including Mukesh Bansal (founder of Myntra), Ayyappan R (FirstClub founder and ex-Cleartrip CEO), Chanakya Gupta (Tuco Kids co-founder), and Arun Sharma (Qlub co-founder)
Amount Raised: $450,000
Total Raised: $450,000
Funding Stage: Pre-Seed
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Knowunity Secures €27M to Personalize Student Learning Globally

Germany-based EdTech startup Knowunity has raised €27M in Series B funding round to personalize global student learning. The startup has developed a wildly popular AI-powered learning platform for students. With over 20 million student users across 15 countries, Knowunity offers a mobile app where learners can access study notes, tutoring help, and interactive lessons – many created by other students – all tailored to individual needs. The platform’s use of artificial intelligence enables personalized study plans, instant feedback, and even an AI learning companion that feels like a digital tutor in your pocket.

The new funding will be used to enrich its product and content offerings, hire additional talent (especially in engineering and AI), and expand into key new markets, particularly the United States and Asia. By scaling up, the team aims to accelerate its vision of providing a personal learning companion to students worldwide, ensuring education is engaging, adaptive, and effective for every learner. The fresh capital also brings on seasoned education investors and advisors to help Knowunity navigate its rapid growth and uphold its mission of making personalized education accessible globally.

Funding Details:

Startup: Knowunity
Investors: XAnge (lead), joined by Portfolion, Isomer Capital, Project A Ventures, Redalpine, and Educapital, alongside notable angels such as Verena Pausder and Booking.com founder Arthur Kosten
Amount Raised: €27 million
Total Raised: €45 million
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

PostHog Scores $70M to Build Out AI-Powered Dev Tools Platform

PostHog is a San Francisco-based software startup known for its open-source product analytics suite that helps developers and product teams track user behavior and improve their apps. Founded in Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch, PostHog began as a self-hosted analytics tool and has since evolved into a broader “customer data infrastructure” platform, now incorporating artificial intelligence to automate and enhance many of its features. The company’s toolkit enables engineering teams to deploy analytics, feature flags, A/B testing, and other capabilities all in one place, avoiding the need for multiple vendors.

With this new Series D funding, PostHog plans to accelerate development of its AI-driven analytics assistant (dubbed “Max AI”) and expand its team to support a growing community of developers and enterprises. The injection of capital will also help the fully remote startup continue to scale globally while maintaining its open-source roots. Ultimately, PostHog’s vision is to automate the grunt work of product analytics and let companies focus on building better products – and this funding round brings the company a step closer to that goal, roughly doubling its total investment to date and nearly doubling its valuation since its last round in 2021.

Funding Details:

Startup: PostHog
Investors: Stripe (lead), with participation from GV (Google Ventures) and Y Combinator, among other existing investors
Amount Raised: $70 million
Total Raised: ~$107 million
Funding Stage: Series D
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Juniper Square Lands $130M to Drive AI in Private Markets Software

Juniper Square is a fintech startup that provides software to streamline operations for private market investment managers – think real estate fund sponsors, private equity firms, and venture capital funds. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company has become a backbone system for over 2,000 general partners (GPs) managing thousands of funds and billions in capital, helping them with investor onboarding, fund administration, reporting, and more. Now valued at about $1.1 billion, Juniper Square is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a new initiative called “JunieAI,” aimed at bringing the power of large language models to the world of private funds.

The fresh Series D funding will be used to accelerate the development of JunieAI – an enterprise-grade AI assistant tailored for private markets – and integrate it deeply into the platform’s workflows for investor relations, portfolio updates, and accounting. Juniper Square’s leadership says the goal is to help investment managers work smarter and faster, automating routine processes and drawing insights from the vast amounts of data they handle.

With notable growth in its fund admin business (100%+ CAGR over three years) and an expansion into Europe earlier this year, Juniper Square is positioning itself to lead its industry’s tech transformation. The new capital will also support scaling the team and infrastructure as the company meets rising demand from GPs looking to modernize and embrace AI in managing their funds.

Funding Details:

Startup: Juniper Square
Investors: Ribbit Capital (lead), with strategic investment from Fifth Wall and additional participation from Redpoint Ventures, HighSage Ventures, Blue Owl Capital, and others
Amount Raised: $130 million
Total Raised: ~$239 million
Funding Stage: Series D
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Alta Attracts $11M Seed Round to Bring AI Personal Stylist to Life

Alta is a New York-based fashion tech startup founded by Jenny Wang, who set out to build a personal styling app inspired by the iconic virtual closet scene in the movie “Clueless.” Alta’s mobile app serves as an AI-powered stylist and shopping assistant: users upload their wardrobe (by snapping photos or syncing purchase receipts), and the app’s virtual stylist suggests outfit ideas for any occasion, taking into account the user’s clothing items, weather, lifestyle, and even calendar events. The platform also lets users virtually “try on” outfits by generating a personalized avatar, so you can see how different clothing combinations might look without physically changing clothes.

Alta’s seed funding comes from an all-star roster of investors from both tech and fashion circles. The company will use the funds to refine its AI recommendation engine, hire engineering and product talent, and accelerate user growth. Additionally, Alta is partnering with fashion influencers (including a notable stylist who helped train its AI) to ensure the app’s style advice stays on-trend. By blending cutting-edge artificial intelligence with a bit of nostalgic inspiration, Alta aims to revolutionize how people get dressed in the morning, making it as easy as tapping a screen to receive expert outfit advice tailored just for you.

Funding Details:

Startup: Alta
Investors: Menlo Ventures (lead), joined by Benchstrength, Algaé Ventures (the Arnault family’s fund), Phenomenal Ventures (founded by Meena Harris), Anthology (Anthropic’s investment arm), and a host of angel investors, including DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and supermodel Karlie Kloss
Amount Raised: $11 million
Total Raised: $11 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

AndrenaM Nets $10M Seed for AI-Driven Underwater Defense Tech

AndrenaM is a Southern California-based defense tech startup giving century-old anti-submarine tools a high-tech upgrade. Co-founded by SpaceX alumni, AndrenaM is developing an AI-powered sonar intelligence platform that analyzes acoustic data from underwater microphones (hydrophones) to detect submarines, drones, and other threats in real time.

The startup’s vision is to deploy a network of smart, affordable sonar buoys – effectively creating a “mesh” of ears in the ocean – and use machine learning to interpret the vast streams of sound, identifying targets faster and more cheaply than traditional naval systems. In a remarkable show of investor enthusiasm, AndrenaM’s seed round came together in just 36 hours, underscoring the appetite for next-generation defense solutions.

The company will use the $10 million infusion to roughly double its eight-person team (hiring more software and hardware engineers), develop its own custom hardware (moving from off-the-shelf hydrophones to proprietary buoy sensors), and scale up pilot deployments. Some funds have even gone toward the purchase of a test boat, which the team is using to gather real-world ocean data and demonstrate its tech to defense stakeholders. By bridging cutting-edge AI with proven military tech, AndrenaM hopes to strengthen maritime security, not only for naval applications but also for commercial uses like port protection, and this funding puts it on course to accelerate those ambitions.

Funding Details:

Startup: AndrenaM
Investors: First Round Capital (lead), with participation from Also Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Homebrew, and the Colorado School of Mines Venture Fund
Amount Raised: $10 million
Total Raised: $10 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Outset Grabs $17M to Scale AI-Led Customer Research Interviews

Outset is an Austin-based startup transforming enterprise user research by using AI to conduct interviews at scale. The company’s platform acts as an AI moderator that can interview customers or users via video, in multiple languages, and then instantly synthesize the findings – essentially marrying the depth of one-on-one interviews with the efficiency of survey tools. Outset’s founders, coming from backgrounds in product research and engineering, saw how slow and expensive traditional customer interviews could be, especially when trying to gather input from hundreds of people.

Their solution: autonomous “research agents” that can talk to thousands of users, ask open-ended questions, follow up based on responses, and compile insights in a fraction of the time. Having already been adopted by Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Nestlé to speed up product feedback cycles, Outset is experiencing steep growth in demand.

The Series A funding will be used to expand the team (particularly in engineering and research roles) and to enhance the platform’s capabilities, including deeper dives into design testing and customer experience use cases. With backing from both tech VCs and corporate strategics, Outset intends to make AI-driven research a core practice for companies, enabling them to learn from their customers continuously and iteratively. The long-term vision is a world where understanding your user is no longer limited by time or resources, because an AI interviewer can gather rich qualitative insights on demand.

Funding Details:

Startup: Outset
Investors: 8VC (lead), with participation from Future Back Ventures (Bain & Company’s fund) and existing investors including Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Rebel Fund, Genius Ventures, Ritual Capital, and Alt Capital
Amount Raised: $17 million
Total Raised: $21 million
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Steryon Raises €1M to Boost Industrial Cybersecurity Platform

Steryon is a Barcelona-based cybersecurity startup dedicated to safeguarding critical industrial operations from cyber threats. Founded in 2024 by María Taberna – a veteran in industrial control systems security – Steryon’s mission is to turn industrial cybersecurity from a siloed, reactive task into an integrated, strategic part of running factories and infrastructure.

The company is developing an AI-driven platform that helps operators of power plants, manufacturing lines, and other industrial facilities continuously monitor their operational technology (OT) for vulnerabilities and prioritize fixes in line with what matters most to the business. By “speaking the language” of industrial engineers and integrating with their existing processes, Steryon aims to make security measures practically and proactively woven into daily operations.

The newly raised seed round will enable Steryon to accelerate the development of its technology and ramp up its go-to-market efforts. Specifically, the startup plans to grow its technical team, bolster its sales and commercial presence in Spain and eventually across Europe, and support deployment with current pilot customers in sectors like energy and manufacturing. With cyber attacks on critical infrastructure on the rise globally, Steryon’s approach has resonated with investors looking for high-impact solutions, and this funding is a vote of confidence in the team’s deep domain expertise and vision to “protect what matters most” in industrial settings.

Funding Details:
Startup: Steryon
Investors: 4Founders Capital and Abac Nest Ventures (co-leads)
Amount Raised: €1 million
Total Raised: €1 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

Koios Care Clinches €1M to Advance AI Monitoring for Parkinson’s

Koios Care is a Belgian healthtech startup tackling Parkinson’s Disease through continuous monitoring and data-driven treatment insights. Based in Antwerp, the company has developed a digital health tool called “Parkiwatch” – an AI-powered platform that passively collects movement and health data from patients’ smartphones and smartwatches as they go about their daily lives. By analyzing real-world data (like tremor intensity, mobility patterns, and medication adherence), Koios Care provides neurologists and researchers with a much clearer picture of a patient’s condition between clinic visits.

The goal is to enable more timely and personalized interventions that can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life, for instance, adjusting medication schedules based on detected symptom patterns. The €1 million seed funding round will support Koios Care in expanding Parkiwatch to more clinics across Europe, navigating the regulatory approvals needed for broader medical adoption, and forging partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and research institutions working on Parkinson’s.

The investment comes as Parkinson’s diagnoses are rapidly increasing worldwide, and there’s a growing recognition that tech solutions like Koios Care’s could bridge the gap in care. With two medical doctor founders at the helm, the startup embodies a blend of clinical understanding and tech innovation, striving to transform the standard of care for Parkinson’s and, eventually, other neurological disorders by leveraging the power of everyday smart devices and AI insights.

Funding Details:

Startup: Koios Care
Investors: Evercurious VC (lead), joined by Astylab Ventures, imec.istart (accelerator fund), and a network of angel investors coordinated by HeBAN (Hellenic Business Angels Network)
Amount Raised: €1 million
Total Raised: €1 million
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: June 16, 2025

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