Bindwell raises $6M to reinvent Pesticides with AI — and wins Support from Paul Graham

Two teenage founders and a backyard conversation with Paul Graham have led to one of the most ambitious bets in agricultural technology: using AI to design entirely new pesticide molecules. Bindwell, founded in 2024 by 18-year-old Tyler Rose and 19-year-old Navvye Anand, has raised $6 million in seed funding, co-led by General Catalyst and A Capital, with Paul Graham personally joining the round.

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Bindwell raises $6M to reinvent Pesticides with AI — and wins Support from Paul Graham

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CereCura raises $1.4M to use COVID-Era Vaccine Tech against Brain Disorders

Vancouver-based CereCura Nanotherapeutics, a University of British Columbia (UBC) spinout, has secured $1.4 million CAD in seed funding to advance a new approach for treating neurological diseases using lipid nanoparticle (LNP) RNA technology—the same delivery platform that enabled Moderna and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines.

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Zilch secures €150M to accelerate Growth as a leading UK & EMEA FinTech

London-based payments platform Zilch has raised more than €150 million ($175 million) in a new mix of debt and equity funding, positioning the company to scale aggressively across the UK and EMEA.

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Cambridge’s T-Therapeutics secures €27.5M to advance Next-Generation Immune Therapies

T-Therapeutics, a UK biotech developing next-generation T cell receptor (TCR) therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has expanded its Series A round with an additional €27.5 million ($32 million) in funding.

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FMC raises €100M to launch Next-Generation Memory Chips for the AI Era

Semiconductor innovator FMC has secured €100 million to scale its breakthrough memory technologies and introduce a new generation of ultra-efficient chips designed for AI and high-performance computing.

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WisdomAI snaps $50M Series A from Kleiner Perkins and Nvidia to reinvent Enterprise Data Analytics

WisdomAI, the fast-growing AI data analytics platform founded by Rubrik co-founder Soham Mazumdar, has secured a $50 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from NVentures, Nvidia’s venture arm. The raise follows a $23 million seed round led by Coatue just six months ago.

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Adclear raises €2.4M to bring AI Speed and Scale to Financial Compliance

Adclear, the AI compliance platform for financial marketing teams, has raised an oversubscribed £2.1 million (€2.4M) seed round led by Outward VC, with participation from AFG Partners, Tenity, angel investors including Clearscore founder Dan Cobley and Coinbase MD Keith Grose (via the a16z Scout Fund), plus community investors from Ventures

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Skycore Semiconductors raises €5M Seed Round to power the next Generation of AI Data Centers

Skycore Semiconductors, a Denmark-based fabless semiconductor startup building next-generation Power Integrated Circuits (ICs) for AI data centers, has raised €5 million in seed funding.

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Cronvall bags €3.9M to scale a smarter, more transparent Industrial Procurement Network across Europe

Cronvall, the Helsinki-based industrial procurement platform bringing transparency and efficiency to the sector, has raised €3.9 million in new funding.

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Introw secures $3M to redefine Partner Sales with AI

AI-driven partner sales platform Introw has raised $3 million in new funding to expand its international presence and cement its position as a category leader in AI-powered partner enablement. The round was led by Visionaries Club, with continued support from PitchDrive.

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Bindwell raises $6M to reinvent Pesticides with AI — and wins Support from Paul Graham