January Ventures' Substack

Snapshot of the early stage market in summer 2025: Seed rounds are still thriving, Series A is bifurcated, and AI is rewriting the rules

This month at January Ventures: Kinside acquired by UrbanSitter, Guidewheel’s Lauren Dunford speaks at TED2025, PlanetFWD’s Julia Collins interviewed on the Masters of Scale podcast, and more!

This month at January Ventures: Pano AI featured in the WSJ, Guidewheel CEO speaks at TED2025, January Ventures named to Power100 asset managers list, and more!

This month at January Ventures: January Ventures 6th Annual Founder Survey launches with coverage in Fortune, Systole Health closes $2M pre-seed round, and more!

Year in Review: 2024 Highlights from January Ventures

This month at January Ventures: Sano Genetics named startup to watch by Bloomberg, Oula Health is one of LinkedIn’s top startups of 2024, Pano AI makes MIT Tech Review’s list, and more!

This month at January Ventures: M7 Health closes $4M Seed Round, Guidewheel raises $31M Series B Round, and more!

This month at January Ventures: Guidewheel meets with Bill Gates and Prince William, Treefera named startup to watch, our new website launch, and more!

This month at January Ventures: Treefera closes $12M series A, Clarity Pediatrics raises $10M seed round, Belong comes out of stealth and closes pre-seed, and more!

This month at January Ventures: Oula Health adds $28M in Series B funding, Elektra Health raises $3.3M seed round, celebrating women in the January portfolio and community for IWD 2024, and more!

The Importance and Benefits of Telling Your Startup Story with Rachel Kim of Manifest Advisors

This month at January Ventures: Sano Adds $11M in funding, Unitary AI named #1 in UK startups, why we chose the name January Ventures and more!