Several tech startups — Meter, Autonomize AI, Nominal, among others, have announced their venture capital VC funding to bolster innovation and business growth.
Meter Raises $170 mn
Meter has raised $170 million in a Series C round led by Hemant Taneja at General Catalyst, with participation from Baillie Gifford, Lachy Groom, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Tishman Speyer, WndrCo, and 53 Stations. The strategy supports building and deploying integrated internet, Wi‑Fi, and cellular networking for branch offices, campuses, warehouses, and data centers. Investment will be used to scale hardware, firmware, software, deployment operations, and customer support. Technology integrates purpose-built enterprise hardware and unified software across infrastructure solutions. Customer focus includes large enterprises such as Bridgewater, Lyft, and Reddit, and channel partners like CDW, Microsoft, and WWT. Investors comprise leading venture firms and individual backers including Sam Altman, Reid Hoffman, and Diane Greene. Innovation centers on delivering a fully integrated networking stack as a managed service. Benefits include scalable, secure, reliable connectivity with predictable pricing.
Autonomize AI Raises $28 mn
Autonomize AI, an Austin-based healthcare AI startup founded in 2022 by Ganesh Padmanabhan and Kris Nair, raised $28 million in a Series A round led by Valtruis, The Cigna Group Ventures, and Tau Ventures, bringing total funding to $32 million. The strategy centers on scaling its Agentic AI Orchestration platform to automate regulated healthcare operations including care management, utilization management, and benefits checks reducing administrative burden on clinicians. The investment will fund platform scaling, team growth, and work with Fortune 100 healthcare enterprises. Technology employs pre-trained multi-agent systems designed for real workflows, offering explainable, healthcare-native AI with human-in-the-loop capabilities. Customer focus includes health plans, providers, and life sciences organizations aiming to reduce cost, clinician burnout, and fragmented patient experiences. Innovation lies in platform-level agent orchestration tailored for compliant environments. Benefits include thousands of clinician hours saved, automated care plan creation, faster decisions, operational efficiency, and improved patient outcomes.
Nominal Secures $75 mn
Nominal, a real‑time test platform for physical systems, raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from General Catalyst and others. The strategy is to unify hardware testing workflows via a software stack tailored for engineers working on satellites, drones, and other hardware systems. Investment will support product development of its Scout testing tool, team growth, and expansion into new industries. Technology provides real-time data ingestion, analytics, and monitoring for test runs across simulated and physical environments. The customer focus includes aerospace, defense, industrial, and hardware engineering teams seeking reliable, scalable testing processes. Investors include Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, SignalFire, and others. Innovation centers on a unified test stack that replaces fragmented scripts and manual processes. Benefits include faster error detection, collaboration, traceability, and accelerated product iteration. The company was co-founded and is led by CEO Cameron McCord.
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