Analytics & vertical AI seed rounds
This week several vertical analytics and AI startups raised funding: Manifold $8M for securing autonomous AI agents, Bioliberty $10.2M for post‑acute care intelligence, Ezra $3.2M for voice‑AI interviewing, and SetSale $2M for an AI HVAC sales platform. (globenewswire.com) (globenewswire.com) (globenewswire.com) (inforcapital.com)
Manifold’s seed round was led by Costanoa Ventures and included Cherry Ventures, Rain Capital and Modern Technical Fund, with angel participation from former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan and ex‑DeepMind CISO Vijay Bolina. (siliconangle.com) The San Diego startup—founded in 2025 by Neal Swaelens, Oleksandr Yaremchuk and Michael McKenna—positions an “AI Detection & Response” platform to give security teams runtime visibility into agentic AI on endpoints, mapping tools called, systems accessed and actions taken. (finsmes.com) Bioliberty’s $10.2M financing includes an $8.2M tranche led by the Scottish National Investment Bank and participation from Archangels, Eos Advisory, Old College Capital and Hanna Capital SEZC. (uk.finance.yahoo.com) The Edinburgh‑ and Boston‑based medtech launched its Lifehub Clinic in mid‑2025, holds multiple patents across Lifehub and Lifeglov, and reports multicenter deployments with several of the largest U.S. post‑acute providers including partnerships with the third‑largest rehabilitation provider and Sheltering Arms Institute. (streetinsider.com) Ezra’s $3.2M seed was co‑led by Penny Jar Capital and LMNT Ventures with participation from a16z Speedrun and Telegraph Hill Capital. (financialcontent.com) Founded by Ophir Samson, Ezra sells a voice‑AI interviewing stack that integrates with applicant‑tracking systems and provides structured scoring, cheat detection and role‑specific voice screening to surface candidate signals beyond resumes. (ezrarecruiting.com) SetSale closed a $2M seed led by York IE with participation from Palmetto and Finturf, bringing total disclosed funding to about $2.7M since its 2024 launch. (citybiz.co) The Charlotte‑based startup, founded by Assaf Weinberg and Seth Ure, markets an AI sales enablement platform for residential HVAC that automates pricebooks, CRM integration and finance calculations for contractors. (primordial.io)
