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November 19, 2025 - Deals
Athletic Rebuild Secures $1.1 Million Seed Investment From Slow Ventures For Health-Tech Expansion
Athletic Rebuild, founded by creator Tayla Cannon, has secured a $1.1 million seed investment from Slow Ventures’ $60 million Creator Fund to expand its rehab and performance coaching platform. The funding will support the launch of Rebuildr, a HIPAA-compliant mentorship and software app designed to help rehab professionals scale their businesses online while promoting a proactive, holistic approach to athlete care. Cannon, who began sharing her insights on social media while transitioning from physiotherapy and cardiology to content creation, has grown a following of over 130,000 on Instagram and is now translating her online influence into a scalable health-tech business.
FOUNDER: Tayla Cannon
INVESTOR: Slow Ventures
ROUND: Seed
AMOUNT: $1,100,000
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Lemma Raises $2.3 Million Pre-Seed Round Backed By Y Combinator And Other InvestorsLemma, a San Francisco-based AI agent observability startup, has raised a $2.3 million pre-seed round backed by Matrix, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, and investors from OpenAI, xAI, Meta, and DoorDash. Founded in 2025 by Jerry Zhang and Cole Gawin, Lemma monitors more than 1 million AI agent traces daily to detect silent failures, identify root causes, and suggest fixes directly in the codebase. The company is targeting a growing problem in AI: agents that appear to work in testing but quietly fail in production.
FOUNDERS: Jerry Zhang and Cole Gawin
INVESTORS: Matrix, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Vermilion Cliffs Ventures, Irregular Expressions, Cervin Ventures, Comma Capital, Position Ventures, Eight Capital & angels from OpenAI, xAI, Meta and DoorDash
ROUND: Pre-Seed
AMOUNT: $2,300,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
#VentureCapital #Lemma #AI #TradedVC #AIInfrastructure
Vals AI Raises $40 Million In Series A Funding Led By Andreessen Horowitz At $400 Million ValuationVals AI raised $40 million in a Series A at a $400 million valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz, with existing backers 8VC, Pear VC and Bloomberg Beta returning alongside new investors HRT Ventures and Next Ladder Ventures. Founded by CEO Rayan Krishnan and CTO Langston Nashold, the San Francisco startup is building an independent AI evaluation platform that uses private, domain-specific tests to measure models on real-world work. Vals says revenue grew eightfold in 2025, while its customer base doubled and team tripled in six months.
FOUNDERS: Rayan Krishnan & Langston Nashold
INVESTORS: Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, Pear VC, Bloomberg Beta, HRT Ventures & Next Ladder Ventures
ROUND: Series A
AMOUNT: $40,000,000
VALUATION: $400,000,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
#VentureCapital #ValsAI #RayanKrishnan #LangstonNashold #TradedVC
Opendoor Technologies Raises $650 Million To Fund Share Repurchase And Growth InitiativesOpendoor Technologies raised $650 million through zero-coupon convertible senior notes to fund its first-ever share repurchase, with CEO Kaz Nejatian calling the move a vote of confidence in the company’s stock and business outlook. The company plans to use about $158 million to buy back roughly 45.3 million shares, while allocating the remaining proceeds toward growth initiatives, home purchases, and corporate purposes as it works toward profitability by the end of 2026.
FOUNDERS: Eric Wu, Keith Rabois, Ian Wong & JD Ross
INVESTORS: Khosla Ventures, Access Industries, General Atlantic, SoftBank Group, Fifth Wall Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, SV Angel, 500 Startups, GV & Andreessen Horowitz
AMOUNT: $650,000,000
HQ: Tempe, Arizona
#VentureCapital #OpendoorTechnologies #KazNejatian #TradedVC