It’s May 8, 2025, and we’re back with today’s roundup of who got funded and why it matters. Investors didn’t hold back—writing big checks across AI, fintech, health tech, and even tokenized real-world assets. From stealth-mode launches to growth-stage expansions, it’s clear the funding engine is still running hot.
Among the highlights: HAYA Therapeutics landed $65 million to push RNA-based treatments for heart failure. Koala Health fetched $20 million to scale digital pet care across all 50 states. And Zurich’s RockSolidProtocol raised $16 million in a presale to bring real estate and physical assets on-chain.
Seed, Series A, debt deals—you name it, it showed up today.
Here’s the full breakdown.
Kouper Raises $10M in Funding
Kouper, a New York-based health tech startup focused on improving patient care transitions, emerged from stealth with $10 million in funding. Kouper’s platform integrates with hospitals to track patients post-discharge in real time, using AI to automate follow-ups and reduce costly readmissions by ensuring smoother handoffs from hospital to home care.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Kouper
Investors: General Catalyst (lead), 25Madison, CVS Health Ventures, plus healthcare angel investors
Amount Raised: $10 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Seed/Undisclosed (Stealth launch funding)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Fusion Connect Receives $85M Term Loan from Hark Capital
Fusion Connect, an Atlanta-based cloud communications services provider, secured a significant $85 million term loan to bolster its growth initiatives. This debt financing will support the company’s operating capital needs, debt repayment, and strategic investments in technology and infrastructure.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Fusion Connect
Investors: Hark Capital (lender)
Amount Raised: $85 million
Total Raised: N/A (Debt financing)
Funding Stage: Term Loan (Debt)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
HAYA Therapeutics Raises $65M in Series A Funding
HAYA Therapeutics, a biotech based in Lausanne (Switzerland) and San Diego, is pioneering RNA-guided medicines to reprogram disease-driving cell states. The startup raised $65 million in a Series A round to deliver precision RNA-guided medicines for chronic and age-related diseases, advance its lead heart failure therapy, and expand its pipeline. This major financing highlights investor confidence in HAYA’s novel approach to targeting long non-coding RNAs in chronic diseases.
Funding Details:
Company Name: HAYA Therapeutics
Investors: Sofinnova Partners (lead), Earlybird Venture Capital, Eli Lilly and Company, ATHOS, +ND Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, LifeLink Ventures
Amount Raised: $65 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Autobooks Receives $40M From Runway Growth Capital
Detroit-based fintech company Autobooks secured $40 million in growth financing from Runway Growth Capital. Autobooks, which provides integrated invoicing, payment, and accounting solutions for small businesses through banks’ digital platforms, will use the funds to fuel its expansion and recently announced acquisition of a payments provider.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Autobooks
Investors: Runway Growth Capital
Amount Raised: $40 million
Total Raised: N/A (venture debt)
Funding Stage: Growth Financing (Debt)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Amilia Raises $35M in Growth Funding
Funding Description:
Amilia, a Montreal-based provider of cloud software and payment solutions for community and recreation organizations, raised $35 million in growth funding to accelerate its operations and development efforts. The company’s platform supports thousands of community centers, camps, and nonprofits in managing registrations, memberships, and facility access with integrated payments.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Amilia
Investors: Vertu Capital (lead); Canadian Business Growth Fund, Export Development Canada, Investissement Québec
Amount Raised: $35 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Growth Funding (Late-stage)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
mPower Technology Raises Over $21M Series B Funding
mPower Technology, an Albuquerque-based provider of flexible space-based solar power solutions, raised over $21 million in a Series B round. The company’s innovative DragonSCALES solar technology – a mesh of mini solar cells – has attracted major aerospace clients, and this funding will help scale up production capacity for next-generation space solar panels.
Funding Details:
Company Name: mPower Technology
Investors: Razor’s Edge Ventures (lead), Shield Capital
Amount Raised: ~$21 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Koala Health Raises $20M in Series B Funding
Koala Health, a Boston-based digital pet health company, raised $20 million in Series B funding to expand its mobile-first pharmacy and veterinary care platform. Koala’s service enables veterinarians and pet owners in all 50 states to manage prescriptions and chronic pet medications through an integrated digital experience.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Koala Health
Investors: Valspring Capital (lead)
Amount Raised: $20 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Series B
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Fastino Raises $17.5M in Seed Funding
Fastino, an AI model architecture startup based in Palo Alto, emerged with a $17.5 million seed funding round to develop its task-optimized language models (TLMs) for enterprise AI developers. Fastino’s technology focuses on highly efficient, scalable language models that deliver near-instant inference on CPUs, targeting improved speed and deployment flexibility in enterprise environments.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Fastino
Investors: Khosla Ventures (lead), Insight Partners, Valor Equity Partners; angels Scott Johnston (ex-CEO of Docker) and Lukas Biewald (CEO of Weights & Biases)
Amount Raised: $17.5 million
Total Raised: $25 million (after this round)
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
RockSolidProtocol Raises $16M in Presale
RockSolidProtocol, a Zurich-based decentralized platform for tokenizing real-world assets, raised $16 million in a presale of its token ahead of launching its blockchain testnet. The platform aims to enable fractional ownership and staking rewards for real-world assets on-chain, as it prepares for a mainnet debut bringing tokenized physical assets into the crypto ecosystem.
Funding Details:
Company Name: RockSolidProtocol
Investors: Not disclosed (private token presale participants)
Amount Raised: $16 million
Total Raised: N/A (token presale)
Funding Stage: Presale (Crypto fundraising)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Glide Raises $15M in Series A Funding
Glide, a New York City-based embedded fintech platform, raised $15 million in Series A funding to help community banks and credit unions offer digital banking products more effectively. Glide’s platform provides tools for streamlined account opening, lending, and other fintech integrations, aiming to modernize smaller financial institutions’ customer experience with AI-driven solutions.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Glide
Investors: Acrew Capital (lead), Pear VC, Pathlight Capital; notable angels Claire Hughes Johnson (ex-Stripe COO), Paul Williamson (ex-Plaid CRO), and Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox co-founder)
Amount Raised: $15 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Sett Raises $27M in Series A Funding
Tel Aviv-based startup Sett, which offers an agentic AI platform for mobile gaming studios, raised $15 million in new funding as part of its Series A. The round follows an earlier $12 million seed, bringing Sett’s total funding to $27 million. Sett’s AI-driven platform helps game studios rapidly create data-driven marketing content and in-game assets, optimizing user acquisition and engagement in the mobile gaming industry.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Sett
Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners (lead); Saga VC, F2 Venture Capital, VGames, and angel investor Akin Babayigit
Amount Raised: $15 million (Series A)
Total Raised: $27 million
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Ravio Raises $12M in Series A Funding
Ravio, a London-based startup providing real-time compensation benchmarking data and tools for companies, raised $12 million in a Series A round. Ravio’s platform helps businesses ensure competitive and equitable pay by aggregating salary data across 46+ countries and 100+ roles, addressing challenges in talent retention and pay analytics.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Ravio
Investors: Spark Capital (US lead), Blackbird (Australia), Cherry Ventures (Europe)
Amount Raised: $12 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Series A
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Colb Asset Raises $7.3M in Funding Round
Colb Asset SA, a Geneva-based fintech specializing in real-world asset tokenization, raised $7.3 million in a seed extension round. The fresh capital will accelerate Colb’s expansion and development of its compliant stablecoin-based fintech infrastructure, which connects institutional investors with tokenized traditional assets for cross-border transactions.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Colb Asset SA
Investors: Not disclosed
Amount Raised: $7.3 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Seed Extension
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Fuse Games Raises $7M in Funding
Fuse Games, a mobile gaming studio based in Istanbul, raised $7 million to fuel the development of its original interactive entertainment titles. The studio plans to use the funds to grow its team and invest in proprietary tools and technology as it builds out new mobile game IP, with a vision of delivering immersive experiences to a global audience.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Fuse Games
Investors Name: Griffin Gaming Partners (lead); Lakestar, NFX Capital, Actera
Amount Raised: $7 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Early Stage (Not specified)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
CueZen Raises $5M in Seed Funding
CueZen, a Seattle-based health AI startup, raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its personalization platform for health engagement. Founded in 2021, CueZen helps healthcare providers and wellness programs personalize digital experiences for their users, for example, boosting patient enrollment and adherence through AI-driven health “nudges” and tailored coaching content.
Funding Details:
Company Name: CueZen
Investors: Point72 Ventures (lead); Pack VC, Fortson VC, Nextinfinity
Amount Raised: $5 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Kind Designs Raises $5M in Seed 1 Funding at $30M Valuation
Miami-based climate tech startup Kind Designs (also known as Kind Design) raised $5 million in a “Seed 1” round at a $30 million valuation to combat sea-level rise. The company creates sustainable 3D-printed seawalls and tiles that protect coastal areas from flooding while fostering marine habitats, and it plans to use the funds to scale up production and operations as coastal resilience becomes increasingly urgent.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Kind Designs
Investors: Overlay Capital (lead); strategic investors from construction, government, and infrastructure sectors
Amount Raised: $5 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Seed (Seed 1)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Una Software Raises $4.4M in Seed Funding
Una Software, a Toronto-based startup offering AI-powered financial planning and analysis tools for businesses, raised $4.4 million in seed funding. The financing will help Una expand its operations and further develop its FP&A platform, which aims to shift finance teams from reactive reporting to proactive decision-making through agile planning, integrated BI, and predictive forecasting.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Una Software
Investors: Staircase Ventures (lead), Emerald Development Managers
Amount Raised: $4.4 million
Total Raised: $10 million (after this round)
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Operand Raises $3.1M in Seed Funding
Operand, based in San Francisco, raised $3.1 million in seed funding for its AI-enabled consulting platform for consumer retail brands. The startup is building AI “agents” to automate and scale tasks typically done by management consultants, starting with pricing strategy, which aims to deliver Fortune-500-level insights to retail clients at startup speeds.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Operand
Investors Name: Felicis (lead); Y Combinator, SV Angel, Soma Capital; angel investor Ali Rowghani (ex-Twitter CFO)
Amount Raised: $3.1 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
aTENSION.life Raises USD 3M in Seed Funding
Vienna-based life science startup aTENSION.life raised $3 million in seed financing to develop precision diagnostics for hypertension. The company’s ALDO+ platform uses advanced mass spectrometry to detect underdiagnosed conditions like primary aldosteronism in hypertensive patients, and the funding will support the rollout of its first test (ALDO+PA) across Europe and the US.
Funding Details:
Company Name: aTENSION.life
Investors: Wlanholding (led by Dr. Werner Lanthaler), eQventure, VP Venture Partners
Amount Raised: $3 million
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Seed
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
AcquireROI Receives Financing From Decathlon Capital Partners
AcquireROI, a Fort Worth, TX-based provider of recruitment marketing and talent acquisition solutions, received an undisclosed funding injection via a revenue-based financing deal with Decathlon Capital Partners. This non-dilutive financing will help AcquireROI expand its team and enhance its service capabilities as it continues to grow demand for its performance-driven hiring platform.
Funding Details:
Company Name: AcquireROI
Investors: Decathlon Capital Partners
Amount Raised: Not disclosed
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Revenue-Based Financing (Debt)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Alt Mobility Receives Investment from Beyond Capital Ventures
Alt Mobility, a New Delhi-based electric vehicle leasing and asset management startup, received an undisclosed investment led by Beyond Capital Ventures to scale its EV fleet services. Alt Mobility, which manages over 13,000 electric vehicles across India, will use the new funding to grow to 30,000 EVs and enhance its digital platform for fleet management and battery standardization.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Alt Mobility
Investors: Beyond Capital Ventures (lead investor via BCV Shell Ventures); co-investors include Eurazeo and EV2 Ventures
Amount Raised: Not disclosed
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Undisclosed (Venture Investment)
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Atombit Receives Investment From Palatine Private Equity
Atombit, a London-based provider of AI-driven “experience intelligence” solutions for customer and employee engagement, received an investment of an undisclosed sum from Palatine Private Equity. The growth capital will be used to scale Atombit’s platform globally; concurrently, Atombit announced the acquisition of three specialist consultancies to broaden its capabilities in delivering ROI-focused AI solutions for businesses.
Funding Details:
Company Name: Atombit
Investors: Palatine Private Equity
Amount Raised: Not disclosed
Total Raised: N/A
Funding Stage: Growth/Private Equity Investment
Funding Date: May 8, 2025
Summary Table of Funding Announcements (May 8, 2025):
Company Name
Investors Name (Lead + others)
Amount Raised
Total Raised
Funding Stage
Funding Date
Fusion Connect
Hark Capital
$85 million
N/A
Term Loan (Debt)
May 8, 2025
HAYA Therapeutics
Sofinnova Partners; Earlybird VC; Eli Lilly; ATHOS; +ND Capital; etc.
$65 million
N/A
Series A
May 8, 2025
Autobooks
Runway Growth Capital
$40 million
N/A
Growth Financing (Debt)
May 8, 2025
Amilia
Vertu Capital (lead); CBGF; EDC; Investissement Québec
$35 million
N/A
Growth Funding
May 8, 2025
mPower Technology
Razor’s Edge Ventures (lead); Shield Capital
~$21 million
N/A
Series B
May 8, 2025
Koala Health
Valspring Capital
$20 million
N/A
Series B
May 8, 2025
Fastino
Khosla Ventures (lead); Insight; Valor; angels (S. Johnston, L. Biewald)
$17.5 million
$25 million
Seed
May 8, 2025
RockSolidProtocol
Not disclosed (token presale participants)
$16 million
N/A
Presale (Crypto)
May 8, 2025
Glide
Acrew Capital (lead); Pear VC; Pathlight; angels (C. Johnson, et al)
$15 million
N/A
Series A
May 8, 2025
Sett
Bessemer Venture Partners (lead); Saga VC; F2 VC; VGames; A. Babayigit
$15 million
$27 million
Series A
May 8, 2025
Ravio
Spark Capital (lead); Blackbird; Cherry Ventures
$12 million
N/A
Series A
May 8, 2025
Kouper
General Catalyst; 25Madison; CVS Health Ventures; angels
$10 million
N/A
Seed/Stealth
May 8, 2025
Colb Asset
Not disclosed
$7.3 million
N/A
Seed Extension
May 8, 2025
Fuse Games
Griffin Gaming Partners (lead); Lakestar; NFX; Actera
$7 million
N/A
Early Stage (Not specified)
May 8, 2025
CueZen
Point72 Ventures (lead); Pack VC; Fortson VC; Nextinfinity
$5 million
N/A
Seed
May 8, 2025
Kind Designs
Overlay Capital
$5 million
N/A
Seed (Seed 1)
May 8, 2025
Una Software
Staircase Ventures (lead); Emerald Dev. Managers
$4.4 million
$10 million
Seed
May 8, 2025
Operand
Felicis (lead); Y Combinator; SV Angel; Soma Capital; Ali Rowghani
$3.1 million
N/A
Seed
May 8, 2025
aTENSION.life
Wlanholding (lead); eQventure; VP Venture Partners
$3 million
N/A
Seed
May 8, 2025
AcquireROI
Decathlon Capital Partners
Not disclosed
N/A
Revenue-Based Financing
May 8, 2025
Alt Mobility
Beyond Capital Ventures (lead); Eurazeo; EV2 Ventures
Not disclosed
N/A
Undisclosed Stage
May 8, 2025
Atombit
Palatine Private Equity
Not disclosed
N/A
Growth/PE Investment
May 8, 2025
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