The Daily Raise/October 3, 2026
Saturday, October 3, 2026
3 startup funding rounds surfaced since our last edition, $102.5M raised in total. Volantis tops the day with $88M in Series A funding, led by Lachy Groom. The ranking runs all the way down to $6.6M.
The rounds leading today's news · 3 rounds
No. 1
$88M
Amount raised
Series A·semiconductors·United States
Volantis is Develops photonic interconnects that connect AI processors with pooled memory.
Volantis raised $88 million in Series A funding to develop photonic interconnects that address memory bandwidth limitations in AI hardware. The round was led by Lachy Groom, with participation from Abstract Ventures, John Doerr, VXI Capital.
No. 2
$7.9M
Amount raised
Seed·enterprise software·Oct 3
Autoheal is Develops software factories that deploy and improve AI agents for engineering teams.
Autoheal raised $7.9 million in seed funding to expand its platform for managing AI agents and build enterprise-specific models for software development workflows. The round was led by Innovation Endeavors, with participation from Emergent Ventures, U&I Ventures, Darkmode Ventures.
No. 3
$6.6M
Amount raised
Supply chain software·United States·Oct 3
RetailReady is Uses camera vision and AI to automate warehouse shipping compliance checks.
RetailReady raised $6.6 million to scale its AI-powered compliance engine for warehouses and expand its customer base.
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