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Accounting operations solutions provider uiAgent has secured  $4.6 million in a seed funding round spearheaded by Marathon Management Partners, with Rerail also contributing. As a result of the investment, Chase Packard from Marathon Management Partners will join the board of directors of uiAgent. … Gelt, an AI-native tax firm serving high-net-worth individuals and scaling businesses, announced it has raised $13 million in Series A, bringing its total funding to $21.2 million. The series A funding was led by Zvi Limon of the Rimon Group, Vintage Investment Partners, and TLV Partners. The company has also appointed Yoram Tietz, former managing partner at EY and current senior advisor at General Atlantic, as chairman of the board. … Aleph, a AI-native FP&A platform, has raised a $29 million Series B round led by Khosla Ventures, with continued participation from Picus Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and Y Combinator, bringing the company’s total funding to $46 million. … AI-startup Eagl has raised €825,000 in funding to expand its engineering team, scale across Europe, and accelerate development of its AI-native financial agentic platform. The funding round is led by Syndicate One and CNBB Equity Partners (ExactOnline, Yuki), with support from leading SaaS founders including Matthias Geeroms (Lighthouse), Joris Van Der Gucht (Silverfin, Ravical), Jeroen De Wit (Teamleader), Lorenz Bogaert (Rydoo, StarApps), Louis Jonckheere (Showpad), Roeland Delrue (Aikido Security), and Jorn Vanysacker, Gilles Mattelin & Wouter Van Respaille (Henchman). …  Extend, a spend and expense management platform, has secured $20 million in additional capital, including new venture debt and an equity investment led by B Capital, with participation from March Capital, Point72 Ventures, FinTech Collective, and new investor, Commerce Ventures. … Numeral, an AI-powered sales tax compliance platform, announced a $35 million Series B led by Mayfield, with participation from Benchmark, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator and Mantis. The Series B builds on earlier financing rounds, including a $4 million seed from Y Combinator and Uncork Capital and an $18 million Series A led by Benchmark Capital in March of this year. Together, these bring total funding to $57 million. Funding will fuel continued product innovation, global expansion, and AI-driven automation capabilities.