Built By Berkeley

Welcome to Built By Berkeley, where we announce all the funding rounds by Berkeley-founded companies. This is a community effort, so please let us know if we missed a company here. 🐻

Is it 0.25% or 0.5%? That’s the key question this week as Jerome Powell weighs rate cuts that could impact the venture capital ecosystem. Despite the uncertainty, Berkeley founders are pushing ahead, with 13 companies raising $200M this week.

Summary by the #️⃣ & 💰:

• 13 Berkeley-founded companies funded

• $200M of capital raised from the 9th September to 15th September

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Closed Rounds

💉 Inflammatix. $57M Series E. 🇺🇲  Blood testing for sepsis patients arriving at the emergency department 💰 D1 Capital, Khosla Ventures, Iberis Capital, Think.Health.

🐻 Jonathan Romanowsky, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer. BS Political Economy. Article

👓 XP Health. $33M Series B. 🇺🇲 Digital first eye care benefits platform 💰 QED, Canvas Ventures, Valor Capital 

🐻 Antonio Moraes, Co-founder & CEO. Executive Education Venture Capital. Article 

🏦 Every. $22.5M Series A. 🇺🇲 Automating HR/payroll back office 💰Redpoint Ventures, Y Combinator, Okta Ventues, Base10 Partners.

🐻 Rajeev Behera, CEO. BA Economics. Article

🤖 Connectly. $20M Series B. 🇺🇲 Data-driven commerce recommendations 💰 Alibaba, Unusual Ventures

🐻 Stefanos Loukakos, Co-founder & CEO. MS Engineering. Article

🚛 AiFleet. $16.6M Series B. 🇺🇲 Tech-enabled trucking 💰 Heron Rock Fund, Volvo Group Venture Capital,  Ibex Investor, Obvious Ventures

🐻 Marc El Khoury, Co-Founder & CEO. MS Civil Engineering. Article

🐕 AnimalBiome. $15M Round. 🇺🇲 Tailored supplements for pets. 💰 dsm-firmenich Venturing

🐻 Holly Ganz, Co-founder & Chief Scientist. Post Doc Alex Martin, Co-founder & Chief of Staff. BA English. 

🪫 Elum Energy. $13M Series B. 🇺🇲 Software to monitor hybrid energy systems 💰 Cota Capital, Energize Capital

🐻 Cyril Colin, CEO. MS Civil & Environmental Engineering. Article.

🐐 Cashmere AI $8.2M Seed. 🇺🇲 AI-driven client outreach and CRM management for wealth advisors. 💰 Courtyard Ventures, Canaan Partners, Canapi Ventures, General Catalyst, The House Fund

🐻 Farbod Nowzad, CEO. BA Data Science. Article

🪙 INFINIT. $6M Seed. 🇺🇲 Builder of DeFi application infrastructure 💰 Electric Capital, Mirana Ventures

🐻 Tascha Punyaneramitdee. Founder & CEO. BA Economics. Article

🤖 Reshape Automation. $5M Seed. 🇺🇲 AI-powered industrial automation deployment 💰 Ironspring Ventures, Bee Partners, Haystack, Schematic Ventures

🐻 Juan Aparicio Ojea, Co-founder & CEO. Executive Education. Article

🪙 Avantis. $4M Seed. 🇺🇲 Crypto derivatives platform. 💰 Beacons AI, Pantera Capital 

🐻 Harsehaj Singh, Founder & CEO. BA Business. Article. 

🔐 EZKL. $0.25M Accelerator. 🇺🇲 Cryptography for AI/ML systems. 💰 Beacons AI

🐻 Jason Mortan, CEO. PhD Maths. Article

⛽ 1s1 Energy. Accelerator. 🇺🇲 Hydrogen electrolyzer. 💰 Texas Innovates

🐻 Don Tilley. Co-Founder. Professor. Article

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