Several tech startups — Synthflow AI, Mahalo, BackOps AI, Obviant, Claira, among others, have announced their venture capital funding to bolster innovation and business growth.

Synthflow AI Raises $20 mn
Synthflow AI has raised $20 million in a funding round to transform the global conversational AI market. The company offers scalable AI voice agents for customer engagement. The strategy focuses on accelerating product development, expanding integrations, and scaling go-to-market efforts. Investment will support engineering growth, deployment capabilities, and partner enablement. Technology uses advanced voice AI to automate conversations across multiple channels with natural, context-aware responses. Target customers include enterprises seeking to improve customer experience and operational efficiency. Benefits include reduced support costs, improved response consistency, enhanced scalability, and richer engagement analytics.
Mahalo Secures $2.6 mn
Mahalo, a Chicago-based post-purchase experience (PPX) platform, raised $2.6 million in pre-seed funding led by Motivate Venture Capital, with participation from Diagram and Bridge Venture Fund. Co-founded and led by CEO Robert Lowe, the platform leverages generative AI to automate workflows like product registration, troubleshooting, warranty claims, and follow-on sales for small and midsize manufacturers. The strategy focuses on streamlining support while boosting brand loyalty and reducing costs. The platform’s customer portal enables users to self-service product issues via AI, minimizing manual support. Innovation lies in a unified post-purchase experience, delivering improved customer engagement and reduced support overhead.
BackOps AI Raises $6 mn
BackOps AI, co-founded by Sean McCarthy (CEO) and Henry Ou, raised $6 million in a seed round led by Gradient Ventures, with participation from 1kx and early-stage investors. The strategy focuses on automating supply-chain workflows by acting as an AI operations layer within existing tech stacks. Funds will enable the expansion of product capabilities, team growth, and deployment at scale. The technology uses plain-text commands and intelligent automation to eliminate manual data entry and streamline reporting, communication, and revenue tracking. Customers include e-commerce and 3PL operators addressing warehouse inefficiencies. Innovation lies in a backend-free, adaptive logistics platform. Benefits include increased visibility, reduced errors, higher efficiency, and cost savings.
Obviant Secures $7.1 mn
Obviant, a Washington-based data intelligence platform founded and led by CEO Brendan Karp, raised $7.1 million in seed funding led by Shield Capital with participation from Motivate Venture Capital, A*, New Vista Capital, Aloft Venture Capital, and Underdog Labs. The strategy is to deliver real-time, AI-powered insights into U.S. Department of Defense acquisition, contracting, and budgeting data. Investment will fund platform enhancements, advanced AI capabilities, team expansion, and customer growth. The technology ingests and unifies thousands of sources program documents, budget books, Congressional reports to provide a searchable single source of truth. Customers include defense firms, government agencies, investors, and think tanks seeking faster, data-driven decision-making. Benefits include enhanced transparency, strategic alignment, and procurement agility.
Claira Raises $7 mn
Claira, an AI-powered deal intelligence platform for financial institutions, raised $7 million in a seed round co-led by Barclays, Citi, and Reimagine Tech Ventures, with participation from Activant Capital, KDX, and OPCO Ventures. Co-founded by CEO Eric Chang, the company integrates domain-native AI into private credit and deal workflows. The strategy focuses on accelerating due diligence and decision-making by centralizing proprietary research and historical deal data. Investment will support the expansion of engineering and go-to-market teams and deepen partnerships with top financial institutions. Its platform enables scalable analysis, predictive insights, and increased deal flow efficiency for banks, lenders, and investment professionals.
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