Skip to page content

VC funding update: Boston startups and tech firms raised $781 million in September



Welcome back to our monthly roundup of the VC scene in Boston. We’ve left summer behind and are pushing full steam ahead into the fall. In August, the cumulative VC funding for Boston-area startups was $347 million, a noticeable dip from the rampant VC funding in July. In September we saw a return to form among local startups, with a total of $761.8 million from VC funds.

Read about all the September deals here, and be sure to sign up for The Beat, BostInno’s free daily innovation newsletter, so you never miss a thing.

  • eGenesis, a Cambridge-based biotech company, closed a $191M Series D financing led by Lux Capital.  
  • CytoTronics, a Harvard spinout enabling the study of live cells, raised $13.5M in a seed extension.
  • Six months after its initial raise, Boston-based Somite Therapeutics raised a $4.8M extension of its pre-seed round.
  • All Hands AI, a Boston-based AI company, raised $5M in seed funding. 
  • Bambusa Therapeutics Inc., a Boston-based biotech, closed on a $15M seed financing round.
  • Superluminal, a Boston-based biotech, closed a $120M Series A investment
  • The MIT spinout Mantel, which uses 'molten salt' to capture carbon, announced the closing of its $30M series A round. 
  • Smartcat raised $43M in a Series C venture capital round led by new investor Left Lane Capital
  • AceUp, a Boston-based team coaching startup, is eyeing big customers after landing a $22.5M investment.
  • With,” the Israeli and Boston startup, announced  $10M in VC for its community calendar AI
  • Mirai Bio launched after about two years in development with an initial commitment of $50M from Flagship. 
  • Aktis Oncology, a Boston-based biotechnology company, announced the closing of an oversubscribed and upsized $175M Series B financing.
  • 6K Inc. announced its $82M Series E funding round.

Keep Digging

News
Inno Insights
Awards
News


SpotlightMore

See More
See More
See More
See More

Upcoming Events More

Nov
28
TBJ
Oct
10
TBJ
Oct
29
TBJ

Want to stay ahead of who & what is next? Sent daily, the Beat is your definitive look at Boston’s innovation economy, offering news, analysis & more on the people, companies & ideas driving your city forward. Follow the Beat.

Sign Up