Several tech startups —Tesser, Estuary, Gravwell, Uniphore, Bricklayer AI, among others, have announced their venture capital funding to bolster innovation and business growth.
Tesser Raises $4.5 mn
Tesser, founded by payments veteran Geetha Panchapakesan, has raised a $4.5 million seed round led by Castle Island Ventures, alongside Strobe Ventures and Anthemis. The startup’s strategy is to provide licensed banks and PSPs with a full-stack stable-coin payments platform that cuts international payment times from weeks to hours and reduces cost by up to 95 percent. Technology focus includes wallet-provisioning, treasury management, compliance orchestration and reconciliation, enabling instant cross-border rails while preserving institutional customer control. Tesser’s innovation lies in abstracting blockchain complexity so banks can adopt the rail quickly (under a month) and maintain risk and customer relationships.
Estuary Raises $17 mn
Estuary, led by co-founder & CEO David Yaffe, has secured a $17 million Series A round led by M13 with participation from Firstmark and Operator Partners. The company’s strategy addresses enterprise AI readiness by unifying batch and streaming data movement, delivering sub-100 ms latency across 200+ systems. The technology focus enables “right-time” pipelines that are reliable, cost-predictable, and centrally managed. The investment will fuel product, engineering and go-to-market expansion. Customers gain simpler data stacks, cost savings of 40-60 percent, and enhanced support for analytics and AI workflows — enabling innovation in real-time insights and decisive business action.
Gravwell Raises $15.4 mn
Gravwell, a U.S.-based full-stack data analytics and security platform provider, raised $15.4 million in a Series A round led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Gula Tech Adventures and Next Frontier Capital. The company focuses on enabling enterprises to analyze large-scale machine data across IT and OT systems without sampling. Funds will be used to enhance product development and market expansion. Its innovative platform supports real-time visibility, threat detection, and compliance. Gravwell is led by CEO and Founder Corey Thuen.
Uniphore Secures $260 mn
Uniphore raised $260 million in a Series F round led by NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks, along with investors NEA, March Capital, and Prosperity7 Ventures. Valued at $2.5 billion, the company focuses on expanding its Business AI Cloud platform—designed to unify data, knowledge, and agentic workflows for enterprises. Funds will drive innovation, global scaling, and faster AI deployment for customers in regulated industries. Uniphore’s AI solutions enhance enterprise automation, productivity, and governance. The company is led by Co-founder and CEO Umesh Sachdev.
Bricklayer AI Raises $5 mn
Bricklayer AI, based in Virginia, raised $5 million in seed funding led by Tech Square Ventures, with participation from Sovereign’s Capital, Dreamit Ventures, and BlueWing Ventures. The company focuses on advancing agentic AI technology to automate and optimize Security Operations Centers (SOCs). Its platform enables faster detection, investigation, and response to cyber threats. The investment will support product innovation, engineering growth, and customer expansion. Bricklayer AI’s technology aims to reduce SOC workloads and strengthen enterprise security. The company is led by CEO and Founder Srinivas Kumar.
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