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NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Experience commerce platform Easol has raised a $30 million Series A extension, bringing its total funding to $60 million. The round combines $20 million in equity with a $10 million debt facility from Viola Credit.

The equity investors are Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, FMZ Ventures, Notion Capital and Eight Roads.

Easol has served 2.8 million guests in 135 countries so far in 2026

Ben and Lisa Simpson, co-founders of Rise Festival, launched Easol in 2021. The platform serves festivals, wellness retreats, sports operators and location-based entertainment venues, with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. Customers include Coachella, Stagecoach, Rapha, Boots in the Park, Defected, State of Play Hospitality, Bingo Loco and Swingers - The Home of Revelry.

New York – October 29, 2026 -- Sava, a New York-based trust company, emerged from stealth with $10 million in seed funding led by Gradient Ventures. It is targeting the $6.5+ trillion U.S. trust and estate industry with AI agents orchestrated by human trust officers.

Y Combinator, SV Angel and Instacart's Max Mullen join Gradient in Sava's round

Other participants include Orange Collective and SurgePoint Capital. Strategic operators Tomer London, co-founder of Gusto, and Eleonora Sharef, former Head of Private Wealth at McKinsey, also joined the round.

Sava was founded by Nimit Maru, who founded Fullstack Academy (acquired in 2019) and Bloomspot (acquired in 2012 by JPMorgan Chase Bank), and by Rush Sadiwala, a repeat founder of VC-backed startups. Maru serves as CEO.

SAN FRANCISCO – – October 28, 2026 -- Infisical has raised $40 million in Series B funding at a $600 million valuation to expand its security infrastructure for AI agents. Elad Gil, who also invested in the company's Series A, led the round. Gradient and Y Combinator are among the other investors.

Agent Vault keeps credentials away from AI agents

Infisical's Agent Vault lets companies give AI agents access to systems without handing over credentials. AI agents need access to source code, databases and cloud infrastructure, which normally requires API keys, passwords and authentication tokens. Infisical argues agents cannot be trusted with those credentials.

Companies define the access each agent needs. According to Infisical, the agent then cannot leak credentials in a cyberattack or inadvertently send them to LLM providers or other tools it communicates with.