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October 31, 2025 - Deals

Adam Raises $4.1 Million Seed Round Led By TQ Ventures For AI-Powered 3D Design Tools

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Adam, a viral Y Combinator Winter 2025 startup, raised a $4.1 million seed round led by TQ Ventures to accelerate its AI-powered 3D design tools. Founded by CEO Zach Dive and CPO Aaron Li, the company gained early traction with a text-to-3D model app that drew over 10 million impressions. Adam plans to expand from consumer creators to enterprise users with a forthcoming CAD copilot designed to streamline professional workflows. Other investors include 468 Capital, Pioneer, Script Capital, and Transpose Platform, alongside angels like Tim Glaser, Trevor Blackwell, and Theo Browne. FOUNDERS: Zach Dive & Aaron Li INVESTORS: TQ Ventures, 468 Capital, Pioneer, Script Capital, Transpose Platform, Tim Glaser, Trevor Blackwell & Theo Browne ROUND: Seed AMOUNT: $4,100,000 #VentureCapital #Adam #ZachDive #AaronLi #TQVentures #468Capital #Pioneer #ScriptCapital #TransposePlatform #TimGlaser #TrevorBlackwell #TheoBrowne #TradedVC

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Puppy Sphere Secures Seed Round Of $24 Million From Strategic Investors Including The School Of Hard KnocksPuppy Sphere (@ThePuppySphere), a New York-based wellness brand centered on the human-animal bond, has raised a Seed round from a group of strategic investors including The School of Hard Knocks, Tobi Oluwole, Jake Fleshner, Torch Collective, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, and other founders and operators. Founded by Francesca Albo and Lea Burbidge Izquierdo, Puppy Sphere has scaled its puppy yoga concept into a broader experiential wellness platform with 13 studios, corporate wellness programs, brand partnerships, and live activations, serving more than 450,000 customers and partnering with companies including Google, Amazon, Netflix, TikTok, and the NBA. FUN FACT: Puppy Sphere was born from two Canadian founders’ own mental health journeys and has since grown into 13 studios across North America, $14M+ in cumulative revenue, and 450,000+ customers, all without outside capital. Along the way, the brand has welcomed names like Sabrina Carpenter, Simu Liu, Trevor Noah and Alessia Cara, while building a broader wellness platform around the gentle power of puppy therapy. Now Puppy Sphere is opening its cap table for the first time through a strategic angel round, bringing together leaders across media, consumer growth and wellness, including The School of Hard Knocks, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, growth entrepreneur Tobi Oluwole, and Nucleus Network co-founder Jake Fleshner, alongside a broader group of strategic founders and operators. The vision: bring the gentle power of puppy therapy across the globe. FOUNDERS: Francesca Albo (@FrancescaaAlbo), Lea Burbidge Izquierdo (@LeaburbIz) INVESTORS: The School of Hard Knocks (@TheSchoolofHardKnockz), Tobi Oluwole (@TheTobiOluwole), Jake Fleshner (@JakeFleshner) Torch Collective, Heather Stark, Will Bodewes, Craig Zingerline & more ROUND: Seed VALUATION CAP: $24,000,000 HQ: New York, New York #VentureCapital #PuppySphere #TradedPartner #FrancescaAlbo #TradedVC