🚀 1. Centific (Seattle, USA): $60M Series A
Business: AI Data Foundry for enterprise-grade agentic AI deployment
Leadership: Founded by Venkat Rangapuram (AI/digital transformation expert)
Investors: Granite Asia (led by Jenny Lee)
Technology:
- Infrastructure-agnostic deployment (cloud/edge/far-edge)
- Multimodal orchestration (text/image/video/3D) with human validation
- Clients include NVIDIA and Fortune 500 companies
Fund Use: Platform expansion, Vision AI R&D, AWS/Dell partnerships
💡 2. Arago (Paris, France): $26M Seed
Business: Photonic AI chips reducing data center energy
Founders: ETH Zurich researchers (ex-Apple collaborators)
Investors: Earlybird, Visionaries Tomorrow, Protagonist, Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face)
Breakthrough: 50% energy reduction in AI processing
Fund Use: Q4 2025 commercial pilots, engineering team expansion
🌾 3. Khetika (Bengaluru, India): $18M Series B
Business: Clean-label food supply chain
Operations: Sources directly from 12,000+ Indian farmers
Investors: Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office, Anicut Capital
Products: Millet flours, chutneys, chemical-free spices
Fund Use: Manufacturing expansion, international distribution
🧪 4. Synfini (California, USA): $8.9M Series A Extension ($53M Total)
Business: AI-accelerated drug discovery
Background: SRI International spinout
Investors: JSL Health Capital, SRI Ventures, Ferocity Capital
Technology:
- Combines neuro-symbolic AI with robotic automation
- 11-month drug candidate identification (vs. 3+ years traditionally)
Specialization: GPCR-targeted therapeutics and oncology
📊 5. GetWhy (Copenhagen, Denmark): €17M Series A
Business: AI-powered consumer insights
Leadership: CEO Casper Henningsen
Investors: PeakSpan Capital, Arbejdernes Landsbank
Technology: Generative AI analysis of video interviews
Clients: eBay, Unilever (delivers insights in <48 hours)
Fund Use: U.S. expansion, enterprise AI enhancement
