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May 15, 2025 - Deals

Brellium Secures $16.7 Million Series A Funding Led By First Round Capital And Left Lane Capital

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Brellium, an AI-powered startup co-founded by Zach Rosen, has raised $16.7 million in Series A funding led by First Round Capital and Left Lane Capital, with participation from Menlo Ventures and others. Motivated by Rosen’s personal experience with a costly medical misdiagnosis caused by documentation gaps, Brellium automates clinical chart reviews to ensure compliance with payer and billing standards. The platform now supports 250,000 providers nationwide across specialties like behavioral health, hospice, and chronic care. The new funding will support team expansion, product development, and broader adoption across the healthcare industry. INVESTORS: First Round Capital, Left Lane Capital, Menlo Ventures, Digital Health Venture Partners, Kearny Jackson, Necessary Ventures, Andrew Adams, Steven Gutentag, Demetri Karagas, Cory Levy & Fiat Ventures ROUND: Series A AMOUNT: $16,700,000 HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #Brellium #ZachRosen #FirstRoundCapital #LeftLaneCapital #MenloVentures #DigitalHealthVenturePartners #KearnyJackson #NecessaryVentures #AndrewAdams #StevenGutentag #DemetriKaragas #CoryLevy #FiatVentures #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