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Madrid-based InfiniteWatch closed EUR 3.4 million in pre-seed funding. Base10 Partners led the round. Sequoia, a16z scouts, Kfund, Kibo, and LifeX joined in.
Blinq Mobility closed INR 4.3 crore in pre-seed funding. 8i Ventures led the round. Several incubators and angels joined in.
Zipline just closed a big $600 million funding round at a $7.6 billion valuation. The money will help roll out drone delivery to more U.S. cities, starting with Houston and Phoenix. The company has already passed 2 million total deliveries and keeps growing fast in the States.
Indian energy tech company Enerzolve has raised USD 5.1 million in a seed round. The round was co-led by Jungle Ventures and Kae Capital with some startup founders joining. The funds will go toward manufacturing scale-up and product advances.
Bengaluru-based voice AI startup Ringg AI has raised USD 5.5 million in a Series A round. The investment was led by Arkam Ventures with several others joining. The funds will help grow teams, build new products, and expand abroad.
Experiential travel company WanderOn has raised INR 54 crore in a Series A round. The investment was led by DSG Consumer Partners and Client Associates Alternate Fund. The funds will support global growth, new travel formats, and better tech for planning and community.
Los Angeles-based Slips has raised $3.5 million in a Series Seed round. The startup wants to grow its peer-to-peer betting platform and expand into real-world venues.
Higgsfield has raised $80 million in a Series A extension, bringing total Series A funding to $130 million. The AI video platform now runs at a $200 million annual rate and serves millions of users daily.
Transition Metal Solutions raised $6 million in an oversubscribed seed round to scale its bio-based copper recovery technology. The company plans industrial pilot testing in 2026 to meet rising copper demand.
GrowthPal has raised USD 2.6 million in a new funding round. The company plans to expand its AI-led M&A platform in the US and other markets.
Project Eleven has raised $20 million in a Series A round to help secure digital assets against future quantum threats. The company plans to launch its next product in early 2026.
Deepgram announced it has raised USD 130 million in a Series C funding round. New capital will help grow its real-time voice AI platform and build new services.
Atomic Insights has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Aquiline. The fintech startup builds tools to simplify money movement for RIAs and family offices.
European cybersecurity startup Aikido has raised $60 million in Series B funding. The round values the company at $1 billion, making it the fastest cyber unicorn in Europe.
OpenAI has acquired US-based health-tech startup Torch. The deal is valued at more than USD 100 million and strengthens OpenAI’s push into healthcare.
Meld has raised $7 million in a strategic funding round to grow its global payments network. The company plans to scale sales, expand into new markets, and support more stablecoin use cases.
AI startup Aivar has raised USD 4.6 million. No details on the round type or investors. The company focuses on making AI experiments ready for enterprise use.
Barcelona-based Zynap raised EUR 6 million in a Seed round extension. Existing investors Kibo Ventures and Kfund put in more. This takes the total funding to EUR 12 million.
AI marketing platform Nitro Commerce has raised USD 5 million in a Series A round. The round was led by Cornerstone Ventures with several other investors joining. The funds will go toward scaling in India and abroad, better AI tools, and hiring.
Soley Therapeutics has raised $200 million in a Series C round to move its lead oncology assets into the clinic. The funding will also be used to scale its cell stress sensing platform and expand its broader pipeline.
Parabilis Medicines has closed an oversubscribed $305 million Series F financing to advance its lead cancer drug candidate FOG-001 and expand its Helicon peptide platform. The round was co-led by RA Capital, Fidelity, and Janus Henderson at a higher valuation than the company’s previous financing.
Enterprise AI firm Articul8 has raised more than half of its planned $70 million Series B round. The company is now valued at $500 million and plans to expand across Europe and Asia.
Cyera announced a $400 million Series F round. Blackstone led the investment. The funding triples the companies valuation to $9 billion.
New Delhi-based D2C beauty brand AntiNorm has raised INR 28 crore in a seed round. The round was led by Fireside Ventures with existing backers adding more. The money will go toward wider distribution, R&D, hiring, and inventory for fast-moving products.
Elon Musk-founded xAI has raised $20 billion in a Series E round, above its original target. The funding brings in major financial and strategic investors as xAI scales compute and products.
LMArena, an AI evaluation platform, raised USD 150 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Felicis and UC Investments with top investors joining in.
Lyte has revealed itself with USD 107 million in funding. The company builds perception systems that help robots see and act safely.
India-based agritech platform Arya.ag has raised USD 80.58 million in a Series D round. The round was led by GEF Capital Partners and included both new shares and some secondary sales. The money will go toward wider reach, technology upgrades, and post-harvest improvements.
Indian lending infrastructure provider Knight FinTech has raised USD 23.6 million in a Series A round. The round was led by Accel with new and existing investors joining. The funds will support product development and expansion into new regions.
Manus has joined Meta in a strategic acquisition valued at USD 2 billion. The company will continue to run its product and operations from Singapore.
SoftBank has completed its full commitment to invest in OpenAI after closing an additional $22.5 billion round. The final investment brings SoftBank’s ownership in OpenAI to around 11%.
Banking tech firm Zeta has raised $50 million from a strategic investor. The deal values the company at $2 billion, up from its last funding round in 2021.
Naxatra Labs closed USD 3 million in Pre-Series A funding. Rainmatter led the round with several angels joining. The cash will help scale production and push into exports.
PlasmaGen Biosciences raised INR 150 crore in a new funding round. ViNS Bioproducts led it. HNIs, family offices, pharma entrepreneurs, and existing investors joined in.
Erebor Bank raised USD 350 million in a new round led by Lux Capital. The funding values the bank at USD 4.35 billion. It plans to expand services for tech, defense, and crypto clients.
Lovable announced a $330 million Series B round. CapitalG and Menlo Ventures led it. The startup builds tools for non-technical people to create software.
MoEngage has raised an extra $180 million in its ongoing Series F round. The funding also included a liquidity event for employees and early backers.
Quintrans closed USD 750 thousand in pre-seed funding. Capital-A led the round with several others joining. The cash will help set up manufacturing and push R&D.
Climate tech startup Aurassure raised INR 25 crore in a pre-Series A round. The funding was co-led by Rainmatter and Unicorn India Ventures. Maithan Alloys Limited also participated.
Indian space startup Digantara raised USD 50 million in a Series B round. The all-equity funding included new and existing investors. It supports expansion into missile tracking and defense capabilities.
Shapewear brand Underneat raised USD 6 million in a pre-Series A round. The funding was led by existing investor Fireside Ventures. Ghazal Alagh, co-founder of Mamaearth, also participated.
Design-led D2C brand EDT raised USD 1.4 million in a pre-seed round. The funding was led by Sauce VC. Some angel investors also joined.
Databricks has raised more than $4 billion in a Series L round at a $134 billion valuation. The company says its revenue run-rate has crossed $4.8 billion, growing over 55% from last year.
Tallinn-based MyDello raised EUR 3.1 million. Frumtak Ventures led the round. Superhero Capital and Jevgeni Kabanov joined in.
Haircare brand Moxie Beauty raised USD 15 million in a Series A round. Bessemer Venture Partners led the funding. The investment supports growth in products for textured hair in India.
London-based Conveyd raised GBP 2.5 million in seed funding. Eka Ventures led the round. Portfolio Ventures joined along with existing backers.
Shapes raised $24 million in seed and Series A rounds. Entrée Capital led the Series A. It builds AI-native platform for people management.
Cycle Exchange received GBP 2.4 million from Beringea. The investment will help grow the business across the UK. It will also support better refurbishment and tech improvements.
Bengaluru-based Dr. Paws raised INR 29.3 crore in pre-Series A funding. Chiratae Ventures led the round with Sauce joining. Trifecta Capital and Stride Ventures provided venture debt.
Hyderabad-based Earthful raised INR 26 crore in pre-Series A funding. Fireside Ventures and V3 Ventures led the round. Atrium Angels joined in.
PsiThera closed a $47.5 million Series A round. Samsara Biocapital and Lightstone Ventures led. Eric Shaff joins as new CEO.
Parametrix raised $27 million in Series B funding. Mundi Ventures, FirstMark Capital, and Hannover Digital led. Total funding now stands at $45 million.
Opine raised $5 million in new funding. S3 Ventures led the round. It unifies technical sales for B2B teams.
SuperCircle raised $24 million in Series A funding. Foundry led the round. It builds AI for retail textile waste management.
EpilepsyGTx raised $33 million in Series A funding. XGEN Venture, British Business Bank invested. Funds advance EPY201 through Phase I/IIa trials.
CoreOps.AI raised USD 3.5 million in a pre-Series A round. Siana Capital Management led it. Kettlebrough, Aroa Venture Partners, and individual investors joined.
Munich-based Amplifold closed an oversubscribed EUR 5 million Seed round. Matterwave Ventures and XISTA Science Ventures co-led the deal. Bayern Kapital, b2venture, and Becker Ventures joined in.
Crown closed $13.5 million Series A funding. Paradigm led its first Brazil investment. Valuation hits nearly $90 million.
Zed raised $16.5 million in Series A funding. Accel led the round. It offers credit to young pros in Philippines.
Radial launched with $50 million in Series A funding. General Catalyst led the round. It builds access to advanced brain treatments.
Empromptu raised $2 million in pre-seed funding. Precursor Ventures led the round. It lets businesses build AI apps easily.
Unconventional AI raised $475 million in seed funding. Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed led the round. It values the company at $4.5 billion.
Bengaluru-based ReplyAll raised INR 6.8 crore in its first funding round. Sparrow Capital and Antler India led the deal. Several other funds and D2C founders joined.
Curvestone AI closed USD 4 million in seed funding. MTech Capital led the round. Boost Capital Partners, D2 Fund, and Portfolio Ventures joined in.
Bengaluru-based Mannjal raised INR 17.5 crore in seed funding. The round was led by Arali Ventures and B Capital. The money will go toward product development and growing the lender network.
Moonrider raised USD 6 million in a Series A round. pi Ventures led the investment. Singularity AMC and existing backers joined.
Modulus Housing raised INR 70 crore in a Series A round. The investment was led by Kalaari Capital, Hero, and Samarthya. Other investors joined in too.
Furlenco raised INR 125 crore in a new funding round. Sheela Foam Limited invested, with participation from Whiteoak and Madhu Kela. The funds will help expand products and operations.
French fintech ECAIR raised EUR 11 million. Equity came from several funds. EUR 6 million in debt came from Enerfip.
Gradium emerged from stealth with $70 million seed funding. FirstMark Capital and Eurazeo led the round. It builds low-latency audio AI from Paris.
Duvo raised USD 15 million in a seed round. Index Ventures led the investment. Credo Ventures, Northzone, and Puzzle Ventures also joined, along with some angels.
Finfactor picked up USD 15 million in a Series A round. WestBridge Capital led the investment. Existing backers also put in money.
Mixx Technologies closed a $33 million Series A round. The round was led by ICM HPQC Fund with several other investors. The company builds optical connectivity for AI infrastructure.
SF Compute closed USD 40 million in Series A funding. The round valued the company at USD 300 million. The cash will help grow its AI compute marketplace.
Mirror Security closed USD 2.5 million in pre-seed funding. Sure Valley Ventures and Atlantic Bridge led the round. The cash will help grow teams and speed up product work.
London-based Sokin closed EUR 42.9 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Prysm Capital with several others joining. The money will help expand globally and improve the platform.
Black Forest Labs closed a USD 300 million Series B round. The deal put the post-money valuation at USD 3.25 billion. The money will go toward faster research and development.
GetVocal closed a USD 26 million Series A round. Creandum led the deal with Elaia and Speedinvest joining in. The fresh capital will help the company grow its team and reach in Europe.
Kingpin closed USD 3.5 million in seed funding. Infinity Ventures led the round with others joining. The cash will support growth in new markets and teams.
Jeff Bezos has co-founded and will co-lead the AI start-up Project Prometheus, which received $6.2 billion in funding. The company focuses on AI for engineering, manufacturing, and aerospace applications.
AI coding assistant Cursor has raised $2.3 billion in a large Series D round, taking its valuation to $29.3 billion. The company plans to use the capital to build its in-house AI models and expand its product capabilities.
Bengaluru-based Escape Plan has raised USD 5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Jungle Ventures and Fireside Ventures.
Anthropic has raised $13 billion in a Series F round led by ICONIQ. The deal values the AI company at $183 billion post-money and brings in a long list of global investors.
Scale AI has received a major strategic investment from Meta Platforms, valuing the company at over $29 billion. The deal expands the companies’ commercial partnership and marks a leadership transition at Scale.
SoftBank Group plans to invest up to $40 billion more in OpenAI through a new follow-on deal. The move deepens its bet on AI as it looks to back OpenAI’s next phase of growth.
Google has signed a deal to buy cloud security firm Wiz for USD 32 billion. The move strengthens Google Cloud’s push into security and multicloud services.
