Author: Jesse Landry

Orbital chess just got a fresh move. Aalyria Technologies pulled in $100M in Series B funding, landing at a $1.3B valuation, and the table wasn’t light. Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures led the round, with DYNE and other existing investors riding shotgun. That is not tourist capital. That is conviction capital. Credit where it is due. Chris Taylor, Founder and CEO, has been steering this from the jump. Brian Barritt, Founder and CTO, still deep in the code and now on the board. Baris I. Erkmen, CTO, bringing the lasercom pedigree. Maria Hedden, COO, operational muscle with real defense and…

Some founders chase AI hype. Others build the plumbing so the hype does not flood the basement. Reload just secured $2.275M to do exactly that. The round was led by Anthemis, with Zeal Capital Partners, Plug and Play, Cohen Circle, Blueprint, and Axiom stepping in. Smart capital. The kind that knows infrastructure is where empires quietly get assembled. Congratulations to Newton Asare, Co-founder and CEO, and Kiran Das, Co-founder, for putting a stake in the ground early. While most people are arguing about prompts, they are building payroll for robots. Reload is not another chatbot with a cute demo and…

Anchorage Digital does not chase headlines. It builds vaults. And inside today’s startup ecosystem, vaults are infrastructure. Founded in 2017 by Nathan McCauley and Diogo Mónica, the company emerged from a security-first thesis shaped by deep experience in distributed systems. Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO, leads strategy and daily operations with a posture that feels less like hype and more like engineering discipline. Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board, transitioned into that role in 2024, focusing on strategy, talent, and key relationships while also serving as a General Partner at Haun Ventures. The leadership structure is not…

In 2013, when most institutions treated Bitcoin like a sideshow, Dan Morehead treated it like a macro position with structural asymmetry. Pantera Capital was founded in 2003, but the 2013 pivot into blockchain defined its trajectory. While traditional asset managers debated whether digital assets belonged in portfolios, Dan Morehead launched one of the earliest institutional Bitcoin funds in the United States. That decision positioned Pantera Capital not as a commentator on crypto markets, but as a capital allocator inside them. In today’s startup ecosystem, that distinction separates spectators from architects. Pantera Capital operates as a specialist investment firm across venture…

Some funding announcements are loud. This one is quiet on purpose. Regency Plumbing Contractors, L.P. has been operating out of Stafford, Texas since September 1984. Not yesterday. Not during the SaaS gold rush. Since 1984. That is 40+ years of pipes, pressure, permits, and performance in the Greater Houston market. Commercial. Industrial. No buzzwords. Just buildings that need to work when the ribbon gets cut. Headquarters sits at 10408 Mula Rd. Phone rings at 281-561-7000. And from that address, Regency Plumbing Contractors serves general contractors and building owners across Houston with commercial and industrial plumbing tied to new construction, renovations,…

Coral Care just pulled in $13M in Series A capital, and this one hits different. Because this is not some abstract SaaS optimizing ad clicks. This is what happens when a parent runs into a wall in the healthcare system and decides the wall is the problem. Founded in 2023, Coral Care is the brainchild of Jennifer Wirt, Founder & CEO, who built the company after navigating developmental delays with her own daughter and running headfirst into waitlists, insurance friction, and the slow grind of “maybe next quarter.” Instead of accepting the bottleneck, Jennifer Wirt engineered a release valve. In-home…

Seven rivers carve through rock one patient current at a time. That feels about right for 7Rivers, the Milwaukee outfit that just pulled in a $5M Series A and made it look like flow, not force. Inoca Capital Partners led the round and took a minority position, which tells you this is a conviction play, not a tourist stop. When capital moves with intention, pay attention. Congratulations to Paul Stillmank, Founder & CEO, and Ben Kerford, President, for turning data modernization into a growth story investors want to underwrite. This is not their first lap. Prior to this Series A,…

Saturday conversations. That is where this one started. 2 operators trading notes on why marketing teams drown in tools, dashboards, and status updates while calling it strategy. Somewhere between caffeine and candor, Pallav Tamaskar and Prithvi Damera decided that execution should not feel like a group project that forgot the deadline. Now Turgo.ai steps out with a $1M pre seed round raised from senior executives across tech, retail, and finance. Built in India. Deployed globally. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Developed with input from more than 500 conversations and 30+ companies. Live with 15 customers before the official curtain even…

The phone rings in a dental office. Not dramatic. Not cinematic. Just a Tuesday. But on the other end of that line is revenue, retention, reputation. And most clinics miss it while someone’s on lunch break. Patientdesk AI just secured $1M in pre-seed funding, backed by Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch, with Combin and EVC leading the round. San Francisco-based, built with intent, and already live in 60+ clinics across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. That is not theory. That is traction. Congratulations to Co-founders Öncel Özgül, San Koktaş, and Emre Kaplaner for turning a…

Some startups chase blue skies. Shearwater Aerospace decided to read the wind. This Montreal crew just locked in a $3M seed round, led by a strategic Canadian corporate venture capital investor, with TandemLaunch back in the cockpit. Emilie Boutros, Partner at TandemLaunch, did not mince words about the conviction here. Smart money backs smart flight. And this one is engineered, not improvised. Congratulations to Chad Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO of Shearwater Aerospace, and to the entire team building what autonomy actually looks like when it leaves the lab and hits real airspace. Chad Armstrong is not pitching sci-fi. He is…