Tech funding news for today, April, 2025

The last time we rounded up the day’s biggest tech funding deals was back in February. We meant to stick around, but, well, chaos ensued. Now we’re back with the latest cash injections shaking up the industry—let’s see how long we can keep this going.Investors can’t seem to quit tech startups, even after a wild ride of market swings and economic headwinds. February may have been our last roundup, but the cash keeps flowing—today’s haul proves the appetite for innovation isn’t slowing down. From AI to robotics, the deals hitting the wire on March 24, 2025, show that big bets are still the name of the game. Here’s the latest on who’s getting funded and why it matters.Roi Tiger, the former VP of Engineering at Meta and co-founder of Onavo, is raising $55 million for his new cybersecurity venture — which, interestingly, is still in stealth mode. Greenoaks is leading the round, which is expected to value the stealth-mode startup in the hundreds of millions—a remarkable figure for a company that hasn’t even gone public with its product.The raise comes only weeks after closing a $20 million seed round, showing just how eager investors are to back Tiger’s next move. With cybersecurity interest spiking post-Wiz acquisition by Google, the timing couldn’t be better.Tiger founded the company in 2024. He’s no stranger to exits — Facebook bought his previous startup, Onavo, back in 2013.

Company Raises

The Bot Company, the robotics startup founded by former Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt. has pulled in a massive $150 million in funding, according to a report from Reuters. While investor names haven’t been disclosed, the size of the round points to serious confidence from backers betting big on the next wave of automation.Founded in 2021, The Bot Co. is developing hardware and software to bring intelligent robotics to industrial and service sectors.SkySpecs just landed $20 million to expand its software platform, which helps wind farm operators manage performance and predict maintenance needs using AI. The funding round adds to their already sizable war chest, pushing total funding to nearly $139 million.The company was founded in 2012 by Danny Ellis, Jonathan Bendes, Ryan Morton, Samuel DeBruin, and Tom Brady (no, not that one). Their tools are already being used to manage wind turbines across multiple continents.San Francisco-based Halliday has raised $20 million to scale its protocol that helps companies automate operations and manage system reliability. It’s part of a growing movement to make backend workflows a lot less painful.The company was founded in 2022 by Akshay Malhotra and Griffin Dunaif. So far, they’ve raised $26 million in total and are backed by a16z crypto, AltLayer, and SV Angel.