Funding Rounds To Note
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TENEX AI (Sarasota, FL): $250M Series B – Cybersecurity
TENEX AI is building an AI-powered security team that can automatically detect and respond to cyber threats
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eMed (Miami, FL): $200M Series A – HealthTech
eMed is a digital health company that manages GLP-1 weight-loss programs for employers. With the fundraise, the company announced a $2 billion valuation.
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Huntsville’s Performance Drone Works: $110M Series B
Performance Drone Works specializes in developing autonomous unmanned aerial systems.
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Charlotte’s Lucid Bots raises $20M Series B – Aerospace
Lucid Bots is a commercial cleaning drone company. (Previous Hypepotamus coverage here).
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Levitate (Raleigh, NC): $16M venture round – CRM technology
Levitate is a relationship marketing platform that provides communication tools and an AI dashboard for the insurance, financial, and legal industries
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TransFi (Tampa) – $14.2M Series A – FinTech/payments
TransFi is a stablecoin-powered payment solution, enabling cross-border transfers, collections, and digital currency transactions.
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Zero RFI (Atlanta) – $13.8M seed – construction
Zero is an AI-native holding company that buys companies in the construction space. (Previously Hypepotamus coverage here).
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City Detect (Tuscaloosa, AL): $13M Series A – SaaS/analytics
City Detect is a platform that helps cities fight urban blight.
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Ziggiz (Chattanooga) – $10.7M venture round – cybersecurity
Ziggiz is a cybersecurity company that offers data infrastructure and agentic AI for real time security insights.
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Fulfillment IQ (Suwannee, GA): $10.2M venture round – ecommerce
Fulfillment IQ is a supply chain and fulfilment platform for D2C brands, 3PLs, and retailers
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Definity (Covington, KY): $7M Series A – enterprise software
Definity offers an end-to-end healthcare workforce platform to streamline full labor management lifecycle.
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UnifyAI (Nashville): $8.5M Series A – enterprise software
UnityAI is the agentic workforce for ambulatory healthcare operations
