"The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 2/21/25 featuring funding details for Duckbill, Ownwell, Breaker, and twenty-seven other deals representing $3B in new funding that you need to know about. Ascent Funding - $45.0M San Diego-based Ascent offers students opportunities to pay for higher education with or without a cosigner."
"Founded by Ken Ruggiero in 2015, Ascent Funding has now raised a total of $86.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Endeavor and Framework Ventures. Avantos - $25.0M New York-based Avantos is an AI-native operating system that systematizes and institutionalizes client data for financial services firms. Founded by Bassam Chaptini and Rabih Ramadi in 2024, Avantos has now raised a total of $35.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Guardian Life, SEI, and Vanguard."
The week ending 2/21/25 saw notable startup funding rounds representing $3B across thirty deals. Funding highlights include Ascent Funding ($45.0M) — a San Diego company offering students opportunities to pay for higher education with or without a cosigner — now at $86.2M total equity backing from Endeavor and Framework Ventures. Avantos ($25.0M) is an AI-native operating system for financial services client data and has raised $35.0M with support from Bessemer, Guardian Life, SEI, and Vanguard. Braintrust ($80.0M) provides AI-native observability for measuring and improving AI models and has $121.1M total funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock. Breaker ($9.0M) develops software to transform human-machine interaction. Code Metal raised $125.0M for AI-enabled code translation and edge optimization.
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