Hook, a social music platform enabling legal song remixes, has raised $3 million in additional funding, bringing its total to $6 million. The round includes new investments from Khosla Ventures, Kygo's Palm Tree Crew and The Raine Group, alongside existing backers including Imaginary Ventures and Point72 Ventures. The platform addresses unlicensed music content on social media, where 40% of music consumption comes from remixes and mashups. Hook uses AI-powered tools to let users create licensed remixes whilst compensating artists and rights holders. Since launching in October 2024, Hook has partnered with 16 music partners featuring over 1,200 artists including Justin Bieber and Playboi Carti. The company has been recognised by Universal Music Group's MusicForAI initiative as an ethically-sound AI platform. The new funding will support marketing efforts and user acquisition.

AfterQuery, an applied data solutions research lab, has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Altos Ventures, valuing the company at $300 million. The Raine Group participated alongside existing investors Y Combinator and BoxGroup. Founded in January 2024 by Spencer Mateega and Carlos Georgescu, AfterQuery provides datasets and reinforcement learning environments to leading AI labs, working with nearly 100,000 verified professionals across finance, software engineering, medicine and law. The company has surpassed $100 million in annual revenue run rate within 14 months of launch. The funding will expand AfterQuery's expert network, deepen domain coverage and grow its team across operations, engineering and research. The company will also develop its enterprise solutions business.

Duetti secures $200M to scale independent music catalog acquisitions and enhance platform capabilities.