Funding

Funding

Minnesota’s Carba raises $6M to scale landfill carbon removal, eyes Asia expansion

Reema Health raises $19M to expand outreach to hard-to-reach Medicaid members

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Indianapolis’ Athian Announces $18M in Farmer Payments and closes $4M Series A

Indiana-based Sortera Technologies raises $45 Million in Funding for Mixed Aluminum

New additions to Indiana’s OneHealth Innovation District: Human, Animal, and Plant Health

Chicago’s ElectronX Secures $30M Series A for Power Derivatives Market

Ann Arbor-based Scorbit Raises $5 Million for connected gaming

Madison-based Flux XII raises ~$4M for battery platform

Spektrum Labs Emerges from Stealth with Platform for Provable Cyber Resilience

Luster raises $3 million to help sales teams improve and impact revenue.

Support for Michigan Tax Credit aimed to Boost Startup Investment

Madison-based fintech Cylerity raises $4M seed to speed health provider payments

Michigan electric boat startup Voltaic Marine raises $3 million.

NxLite raises $9.2M to scale window and transparent-surface coatings

The Secret VC: reframing the founder / funder relationship

Midwest Startup Fundraising – Q3 2025: Uneven, Outlier-Driven, and Sober.

Minnesota Startup Funding: Q3 2025

Illinois Startup Funding: Q3 2025

Wisconsin Startup Funding: Q3 2025

Indiana Startup Funding: Q3 2025

Ohio Startup Fundraising: Q3 2025

Michigan Startup Fundraising: Q3 2025

Fundraising in the Midwest: Longer timelines and a trickle of liquidity

Chicago’s zerohash raises $104 million as Wall Street firms move into crypto infrastructure

Can a $1.25M pitch competition impact Michigan’s startup trajectory?

Cleveland’s Splash Financial raises over $70 Million in Series C

Madison’s TruStage Ventures targets investments in Veteran-Owned Fintech Startups

Maker, Maker. Doctor… Quantum Physicist? Midwest Fundraising by Industry by State

Chicago-based Kin raises $50 million at $2 billion valuation

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