Several tech startups — GeologicAI, Folio, StrongestLayer, Empirical Security, among others, have announced their venture capital funding to bolster innovation and business growth.
GeologicAI Secures $44 mn
GeologicAI secured $44 million in a Series B round led by Blue Earth Capital, with participation from BHP Ventures, Rio Tinto, and Breakthrough Energy. The funding supports scaling of proprietary sensor and AI systems globally, deepening market presence, and expanding partnerships with major mining firms. The platform captures high-resolution geological data and applies advanced AI models to accelerate discovery and development of critical minerals. Used across projects on five continents, it enables faster exploration, cost reduction, and improved decision-making. Benefits include enhanced resource identification, optimized investment risk management, and stronger global supply chain resilience for electrification needs.
Folio Raises $14 million
Folio raised $14 million in a Series A financing round led by Sapphire Ventures to scale its automated financial operations platform for hotels. The platform streamlines accounts payable and receivable by ingesting invoices, expense data, and guest folios to automate reconciliation, auditing, and payment workflows. Funds will support product enhancement, integration with property management systems, team expansion, and go-to-market efforts. Hotels benefit from faster invoice processing, reduced manual effort, fewer errors, and improved financial visibility. With real-time dashboards and audit trails, Folio empowers hotel finance teams to work more efficiently, reduce costs, and focus on strategic financial management rather than operational tasks.
StrongestLayer Secures $5.2 mn
StrongestLayer, a cybersecurity startup developing an LLM-native email security platform, has raised $5.2 million in seed funding led by Sorenson Capital and Recall Capital. Founded by cybersecurity veterans from Proofpoint, FireEye, Mandiant, Google, and McAfee, the platform uses advanced intent reasoning via its proprietary TRACE engine to detect highly personalized, AI-generated phishing campaigns that evade traditional filters. It also delivers predictive campaign detection and employee training tailored to emerging threats. The platform has identified 3.9 million fake domains and protects against sophisticated attacks. Funding will support product development, go-to-market expansion, and continued innovation in AI-native email defense.
Empirical Security Raises $12 mn
Empirical Security raised $12 million in seed funding led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from DNX Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, HPA, and strategic investors including Jonathan Cran, Wade Baker, and Gerhard Eschelbeck. The company builds custom, local AI models tailored to individual organizations — training them on internal data to improve vulnerability detection and threat prioritization. Its dual-model approach combines global threat intelligence with these bespoke models to optimize security insights. The funding will be used to scale R&D, enhance product features, and expand go-to-market efforts. Customers benefit from more accurate, context-aware risk detection and evidence-based decision support tailored to their unique environment.
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