Summer doesn’t just shift the weather, it shifts the energy. Longer days, more light, more life happening outside the usual channels. And for the founders behind today’s companies, that shift isn’t a distraction. It’s amplification. The kind of clarity that comes when you step out of the tunnel and remember the wider view.
These teams aren’t just building, they’re breathing. They’re taking the meetings, shipping the features, moving the mission and making space to think beyond the sprint. Because that’s what summer gives you: perspective. Space to reflect, recharge, and reimagine what’s possible.
You can feel it in their work. Solutions that feel a little lighter, cleaner, more human. Cultures that prioritize momentum and mental health. Leaders who don’t just optimize for output, but for endurance. The kind that lasts beyond Q3. The kind that knows rest and motion aren’t opposites, they’re allies.
So if it’s sunny where you are, take the hint. Open the windows. Step outside. Build like someone who remembers what they’re building for.Beep, Inc. just locked in $52.7M Series B (Intel Capital, Blue Lagoon Capital) to scale the largest autonomous shuttle network in the U.S., 40+ live deployments and a $36M public transit contract in Jacksonville. Kevin Reid, Joe Moye, and Clayton Tino are rewriting the public transit playbook with AutonomOS and a fleet that’s already rolling. Beep’s orchestration engine is already powering routes in Yellowstone and Lake Nona, delivering on autonomy where most are still piloting. With Ford Pro and HOLON hardware integrations, production begins in 2026, Florida’s first AV shuttle plant is on deck.
Certify raised $40M Series B (Transformation Capital, General Catalyst, Upfront Ventures) to kill credentialing chaos with real-time, AI-powered provider data infrastructure. Anshul Rathi, turned his “one-man credentialing army” rep into a full-stack platform slashing admin costs and onboarding names like VillageMD and Alma Health. Certify’s engine processes thousands of primary sources, driving 99.8% field-level accuracy while cutting timelines from months to days.
Wispr Flow scored a $30M Series A (Menlo Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), 8VC) to supercharge Wispr Flow, an AI voice app replacing keyboards with code-level productivity. Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg turned a neurotech pivot into a 100M-words/week engine with 80% retention, Android and enterprise are next. Wispr now supports over 70 apps and 100+ languages, with personal dictionaries, tone matching, and offline capabilities built in. 50% monthly user growth signals one thing: typing might be the next thing to go extinct.
Jarsy Inc dropped out of stealth with $5M pre-seed (Breyer Capital, Karman Ventures) to bring accredited investors into high-growth privatemarkets with transparency, liquidity, and speed. Han Qin and @Chunyang Shen aren’t building another platform, they’re demolishing the velvet rope. With a $13T private market opportunity in sight, Jarsy is aiming to unlock cleanaccess with institutional-level compliance and UI that doesn’t get in the way. Early-stage funding means product expansion, deal volume, and serious scale.
DataBahn.ai hauled in $17M Series A (Forgepoint Capital, S3 Ventures, GTM Capital) to clean up bloated enterprise pipelines with AI-native, security-first telemetry platforms Cruz and Reef. Nanda Santhana, Nithya Nareshkumar, and Aditya Sundararam are slashing SIEM costs and onboarding Fortune 50s in record time. Their Phantom Agents bypass agent bloat and compute tax, delivering 90% faster insights and 40% cost reductions. This is enterprise security architecture rebuilt from the edge, and it’s scaling fast.
Handspring Health banked $12M Series A (Cobalt Ventures, NextView Ventures, 25madison) to reshape youth mental health with AI-powered clinical tools and scalable hybrid care. Sahil Choudhry and Kwasi Kyei are delivering 84%+ clinical improvement and keeping NPS at 82 across six states. Their AI scribe frees therapists from paperwork, while their outcome engine brings clinical visibility to families for the first time. With health plans now joining their cap table, payer buy-in is locked.
Spekter Games secured $5M pre-seed (A16Z GAMES, London Bay Venture Partners, Brv Capital) to launch roguelite Telegram-native games with Web3 rewards and embedded wallets. Founder Taehoon Kim (TK) is betting that real-time fun and passive utility will crack mobile gaming’s next frontier. Spekter Agency is live in open alpha, with one-handed controls, leaderboard status, and frictionless token integration for the Telegram-native world. This is gaming that earns while you sleep.
Tacta Systems, Inc. raised a monster $75M (America’s Frontier Fund, SBVA, Matter Venture Partners) to bring dextrous intelligence to robots with tactile skins, edge AI, and sub-ms feedback. Andreas Bibl and Dariusz Golda are taking robotics from industrial brute force to human-level precision. Their sensor arrays measure force, shear, and temperature, finally giving robots the “feel” to manipulate delicate objects in real time. With patents granted and hardware shipping, the next generation of automation is in-hand.
Kiara Capital hit first close on its inaugural fund (target $30–40M), with founders Michael Esrubilsky and Daniel Arippol betting big on B2B fintech across Latin America. Their own capital’s on the line, exits in hand, and the conviction is surgical, this is operator-led investing with teeth. They’ve already backed Astride US and Payana , targeting inefficiencies where finance, infrastructure, and regulation intersect. No VC theater, just sharp plays and fast execution.
Sentinel Global closed $213.5M for Fund I to fuel enterprise tech founders with real adoption and deep operational support. Led by Jeremy Kranz, this is research-first venture with global intent. Their in-house Sentinel Labs is designed to reverse-engineer product-market fit before the first dollar goes out. With active investments across North America, Europe, and Asia, they’re aiming at cybersecurity, open computing, and industrial AI that actually scales.
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