Funded Startups in Kentucky
Disclosed round sizes in Kentucky swing from small to extreme: the largest disclosed amount is $28M (Payhoa, 2024-04-22), while the next-largest disclosed…
Disclosed round sizes in Kentucky swing from small to extreme: the largest disclosed amount is $28M (Payhoa, 2024-04-22), while the next-largest disclosed rounds include $26M (Vironexis Biotherapeutics, 2024-09-12) and $23M (DPL Financial Partners, 2024-12-03). The smallest disclosed amount shown is $20K (Brighton Center, 2025-04-14), making the spread between the top and bottom rounds a clear outlier in both funding scale and category.
Date-wise, entries cluster heavily in late 2024 and into 2025: the most recent round is 2025-09-30 (Liberate Medical, $4M), while the oldest is 2023-12-22 (FreshFry, $2M). On stage disclosure, “Series Unknown” appears 22 times and “undisclosed” appears 3 times across 50 rows, leaving only a subset with explicit stages; meanwhile, multiple AI and blockchain/crypto entries recur across these windows (e.g., Exa $17M on 2024-07-16; Perena $3M on 2024-12-11; MinionLab $2M on 2025-01-24).
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What round size stands out as an outlier, and how does it compare to the rest of the disclosed amounts?
Payhoa’s $28M round on 2024-04-22 is the largest disclosed amount in the list, with the next-highest disclosed rounds at $26M (Vironexis Biotherapeutics, 2024-09-12) and $23M (DPL Financial Partners, 2024-12-03). The smallest disclosed round shown is $20K for Brighton Center on 2025-04-14, creating a wide dispersion between the top and bottom disclosed outcomes.
Do the rounds cluster in a particular time window within the 50 entries?
The newest entry is Liberate Medical on 2025-09-30, while the oldest is FreshFry on 2023-12-22. Most of the largest disclosed rounds concentrate in late 2024 (for example, DPL Financial Partners $23M on 2024-12-03 and Rubicon $20M on 2024-12-03) with continued activity into 2025 (e.g., Liberate Medical $4M on 2025-09-30; Wicked Smart Pad $2M on 2025-02-10).
How much of the list lacks a clear stage label, and which labels dominate?
Stage disclosure is incomplete: “Series Unknown” appears 22 times and “undisclosed” appears 3 times across 50 rows. Explicit stages show up on a smaller subset (e.g., DPL Financial Partners is Series C at $23M on 2024-12-03; Attochron is Series A at $15M on 2024-10-01).
Are any sectors or themes over-represented compared with one-off industries?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain/Cryptocurrency recur more than single-appearance sectors in this slice: AI includes Exa ($17M on 2024-07-16), MeetRecord ($3M on 2024-06-19), and Photoneo Brightpick Group ($12M on 2024-11-12). Blockchain/Cryptocurrency also repeats with Perena ($3M on 2024-12-11), MinionLab ($2M on 2025-01-24), and Polyhedra Network ($20M on 2024-03-14).
Which geographies appear most consistently, and are there city-level repeats worth tracking?
Kentucky city usage clusters around Louisville for multiple entries (e.g., OneWest $1M on 2025-07-02; Mandos $1M on 2025-04-02; Swell $2M on 2025-02-21), and Lexington also appears repeatedly (e.g., Attochron $15M on 2024-10-01; Rubicon $20M is listed in Lexington on 2024-12-03; Space Tango $5M on 2024-02-21).
Which entries are worth immediate analyst attention because their funding sizes are far from the mid-range?
Beyond the top-end outliers like Payhoa’s $28M (2024-04-22) and Vironexis Biotherapeutics’ $26M (2024-09-12), there are low-end extremes such as Brighton Center’s $20K (2025-04-14) relative to the many disclosed rounds clustered in the $1M–$5M band (e.g., Liberate Medical $4M on 2025-09-30 and Purchaser $4M on 2024-09-23).
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