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Portfolio 110
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.08.2025 | Chowdeck | chowdeck.com | $12M | Nigeria |
| 11.07.2025 | Vellum | vellum.ai | $25M | United Sta... |
| 14.06.2023 | Gridware | gridware.io | $42.2M | United Sta... |
| 14.02.2023 | Crew | crew.work | $3.3M | - |
| 10.10.2022 | Axle (YC S... | axle.insure | $4M | - |
| 05.10.2022 | Clinikally... | clinikally.com | $3.1M | India, Har... |
| 05.10.2022 | ALT TEX | thealttex.com | $1.5M | - |
| 05.10.2022 | WareIQ (YC... | wareiq.com | $1.65M | India, Kar... |
| 05.10.2022 | Drip (YC S... | dripapp.com.br | - | Brazil, Sã... |
| 05.10.2022 | Recall.ai | recall.ai | $12.7M | Canada, On... |
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| - | Jared | Heyman | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | j***d@rebe... | - |
| - | Patrick | Hoogendijk | Chief Fina... | linkedin.c... | - | P*****k@re... | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.08.2025 | Chowdeck Secures $9M to Fuel African Quick-Commerce Expansion | Chowdeck, Nigeria's leading on-demand delivery platform, has secured a $9 million Series A funding round. Novastar Ventures spearheaded the investment, joined by Y Combinator and others. This substantial capital propels Chowdeck's aggressiv... |
| 19.08.2025 | Chowdeck, a Nigerian Startup Raises $9M in Funding | Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery platform, has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate its expansion across Nigeria and Ghana. The round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, AAIC Inv... |
| 07.08.2025 | Orbital Operations Raises $8.8M in Seed Funding | Orbital Operations, Long Beach, CA-based Y Combinator startup developing high-thrust orbital vehicles for national security missions, raised $8.8M in Seed funding. The round was led by Initialized Capital along with major investments from H... |
| 29.07.2025 | Lyra: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Sales Meeting Platform | Lyra, an AI-native meeting platform for sales teams, has successfully completed a $6 million seed funding round, raising its valuation to $40 million. Led by 468 Capital, the investment also includes contributions from Rebel Fund, Y Combina... |
| 24.07.2025 | Lyra Raises $6M in Seed Funding at $40M Valuation | Lyra, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-native meeting platform for sales teams, raised $6m in seed funding round at a $40m valuation. The round was led by 468 Capital with participation from Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, Transpose Ventures and exec... |
| 14.07.2025 | Vellum Secures $20M to Revolutionize Enterprise AI Development | Vellum, a leading enterprise AI platform, just closed a $20 million Series A funding round. This significant capital injection, led by Leaders Fund, accelerates Vellum’s mission. It defines the standard for reliable AI development. The plat... |
| 11.07.2025 | Enterprise AI development platform Vellum raises $20M to help businesses deploy apps faster Join theCUBE Alumni Trust Network Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Vocify Inc., also known as Vellum, a leading enterprise development platform for building, testing and deploying artificial intelligence-powered applications, today announced it raised $20 million in early-stage funding to expand its produc... |
| 10.07.2025 | Vellum Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Vellum, a NYC-based enterprise development platform provider for building, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Leaders Fund, with participation from Socii Capital and returning investors Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Pioneer F... |
| 10.07.2025 | Vellum Raises $20M Series A to Bring Rigor, Speed and Reliability to Enterprise AI Development | Vellum provides the infrastructure enterprises need to easily build, evaluate and deploy reliable AI products at scale – now available for everyone to use This round — led by Leaders Fund, with participation from Socii Capital and existing ... |
| 20.09.2024 | "We Got Funded!" UAE-Based Cercli's US$4 Million Seed Round Marks Silicon Valley-Based Afore Capital's Debut MENA Investment Launched by Akeed Azmi and David Reche, Cercli enables MENA busin... | Cercli, a UAE-headquartered payroll and employee data platform, has raised US$4 million in a seed round led by Afore Capital, a Silicon Valley-headquartered pre-seed venture capital (VC) fund. With this, Afore Capital has made its debut inv... |
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