Funding Rounds

Way Security

Israeli cybersecurity startup automates identity and access management implementation for enterprises

Ominimo

Serbian insurtech company Ominimo reached $1.6B valuation in Series B with EBRD backing, becoming Serbia's first unicorn.

Ominimo

Serbian-Hungarian InsurTech startup Ominimo reached unicorn status with Series B funding at $1.6B valuation. Profitable company plans expansion into new markets and US launch.

The Exploration Company

German space company raising $300M+ for reusable space capsule development for ISS cargo transport

Augustus

Stablecoin settlement bank Augustus secures $180 million funding

アスエネ (AsuEne)

AsuEne raises 6.8B yen (Series D) from BlackRock decarbonization fund and other investors. BlackRock VC's first Japan investment.

Databricks

Databricks announced a new funding round at a $188B valuation, cementing its position as one of the world's most valuable AI companies.

Atoms

Physical AI startup founded by Uber's Travis Kalanick raised $1.7B led by Andreessen Horowitz for industrial automation.

Starlight Engine

Raises ¥60.6B led by Global Brain to promote fusion power demonstration project FAST

PuntoPost

PuntoPost secures $4.64M investment led by Liverpool

Etched

Etched raises $300M Series C to build custom silicon inference systems for AI models, with production-ready chips shipping in 2026.

Gritt

Infrastructure robotics company deploying robots for grid-scale solar array construction and maintenance.

CuspAI

AI platform for materials discovery that searches a proprietary database and simulates candidate designs to identify new materials for applications like carbon capture and water treatment.

General Compute

General Compute raises up to $400M in debt funding

Animo Studios

Vyking Ventures backs Animo Studios, a gaming technology and content supplier developing entertainment-first experiences for live gaming sector.

泉智博科技（Motorevo）

Robot joint module solution provider completed Series A additional round led by GL Ventures. Funds for R&D, product expansion, manufacturing and delivery capability.

Etched

AI chip startup Etched raising at $20B valuation in secondary round led by Sequoia Capital

Every Half Coffee Roasters

Vietnamese coffee chain raised $8M Series A from Openspace Capital and DSG Consumer Partners

Bunkerhill Health

AI agent platform for health systems to deploy clinical, operational, and administrative agents. Sequoia Capital continues investment from seed round.

Pascal

Prediction market exchange built for traders, led by Union Square Ventures. Launched in private beta with 2M+ organic contracts processed.

Sable

AI employee platform with real-time computer use and vision. Sable leads customer calls with multimodal capabilities. Sequoia led seed and co-led Series A.

EverSettled

Automates the probate process to reduce administrative burden and complexity for estates.

Starlight Engine

Starlight Engine raises $37.4M in funding to serve financial SMEs

Starlight Engine

Starlight Engine raised JPY 6.06 billion (~$41.5M) to advance fusion power technology development.

TerraFirma

AI-powered construction automation platform enabling remote operation of excavators, dozers, and loaders to accelerate project timelines by ~3x.

Argos Identity

Stonebridge Ventures completes pre-Series A investment in Argos Identity, an identity security company.

Connectionary

Connectionary secures pre-seed investment from BluePoint for developing AI thought framework technology.

Nopan

Nopan raises €7.2M to build next generation payment infrastructure

Connectionary

Connectionary raises pre-seed funding from Bluepoint Partners to build AI decision infrastructure.

Connectory

AI decision-making infrastructure company secures pre-seed investment from Bluepoint Partners

Connectory

Connectory, an AI decision-making infrastructure platform, secured pre-seed funding from Bluepoint Partners.

AI² Robotics (智平方)

Chinese humanoid robotics company raises 50 billion yuan ($1.2B) with post-money valuation exceeding $4.8B. Over 20 investors participate including government funds and financial institutions.

Holiday Robotics

Holiday Robotics raises ₩155 billion Series A for K-humanoid factory automation

Holiday Robotics

Humanoid robotics developer raises 155 billion won funding

Agave

AI platform for construction financials raised $15M Series A led by Accel

Radical Numerics

AI startup developing general biological intelligence models for DNA, RNA, and protein analysis to accelerate drug discovery and biosecurity.

Sherpa

Sherpa raised $2.2M to build an AI operating system for the workforce.

Ollama

Ollama, an AI platform with 8.9M developers, raised $65M Series B. Enables running open-source models locally on laptops and cloud, used by 85% of Fortune 500.

EdVisorly

AI-native platform automating college transfer and admissions workflows. Brings total funding to ~$22M.

Mowito

Physical AI for robot arms in manufacturing. Raises $3M pre-seed led by Version One Ventures. Already deployed on production lines at Fortune 500 automotive and electronics manufacturers.

Anthropic

Anthropic disclosed Series H funding alongside $47B annualized run-rate revenue by mid-May 2026.

OriginQ

OriginQ, a quantum computing company, completed RMB 1 billion Series D financing round. Founded in 2018, pursuing superconducting and NMR quantum systems.

Health Triage

Health Triage raised €3M to support AI projects in oncology

Bianca

Bianca raises $500K pre-seed round

J-Planet

Cross-border e-commerce platform for Latin America secures seed funding

SambaNova

Chip startup SambaNova finalizing $800M funding round led by General Atlantic, valuing company at $10B

Easy Home Finance, Vayana, DPDzero

SMBC Asia Rising Fund makes follow-on investments of $12-15M in three Indian fintech startups focused on housing finance, trade credit, and debt collection.

Space BD

Space BD, a hub for space-related businesses, completed Series C funding exceeding ¥3.5 billion (~$24.5M USD).

Airwallex

Airwallex raises Series H funding led by Addition to accelerate product development in autonomous finance and agentic commerce.

Akro

AI startup automating document intelligence with proprietary models for reading scanned documents, handwriting, and forms

Digiclean

Digiclean raises EUR 2.5M seed round, celebrated by Feminvest Ventures

Nebex

Fintech platform connecting sovereign space programs with startups developing government and commercial space technologies. Addresses cash flow gaps from delayed government contract payments.

Baseten

AI inference technology company raises $1.5B in largest funding round of the week

BeeX

Drone startup BeeX raises $7.7M Series A from Monk's Hill Ventures and Seeds Capital

Warp

AI-powered payroll and people management platform automating tax compliance, HRIS, benefits, and device management using AI agents and rules engines.

Sail Research

Sail Research, an asynchronous inference platform optimizing batch processing for AI agents, raised Series A alongside Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint, and Sequoia.

Tectronic Maritime Space Systems

Shanghai-based space startup focusing on sea-based rocket launches, holding investor roadshow for maiden fundraising round.

Mindstone

London-based AI transformation startup Mindstone raised $5M from private investors including Pearson Ventures, Moonfire Ventures and Zanichelli Venture for Rebel, an agentic AI operating system.

Mirendil

AI lab building frontier models for automated AI R&D and scientific research acceleration

Human Intelligence

Stanford researchers developing agentic AI 'scientists' for drug discovery automation, raising at ~$1B valuation

Hang Ten Systems

Enterprise AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, helping corporations translate AI investments into measurable business outcomes.

Trovy

Home equity-backed credit card platform giving homeowners access to low-cost capital. Series A led by Kleiner Perkins.

XCures

AI platform that structures messy medical records and patient data into clinical intelligence for healthcare organizations and enterprises.

Valence AI

Valence AI raised $5M and secured U.S. patents on real-time emotional detection from live speech technology.

Valence AI

Valence AI raised $5M and secured U.S. patents for real-time emotional detection from live speech technology.

Forestdigital, inc.

Forestdigital received ¥210 million (~$1.4M) from DG Ventures, North Pacific Bank, Mizuho Capital, and XTech Ventures

Eqon

Eqon raises $6M in seed funding to serve financial SMEs

Soource

Soource closed a €3 million seed round led by Vertis SGR

Baseten

AI startup Baseten raises $1.5B at $13B valuation led by Sands Capital and Wellington Management. Offers customized AI models at competitive prices.

Engram

Enterprise AI memory platform that compresses organizational context to reduce token usage by 90-99%, enabling models to retain and reuse knowledge efficiently.

Probook

AI Operating System for home services automating dispatch, intake and customer management for trades businesses.

Allium

On-chain analytics platform across Hyperliquid, Ethereum, Solana. 10x revenue growth, 150+ enterprise customers, 30+ petabytes blockchain data.

Movac

Movac venture capital fund raises $185m for Growth Fund 7, with contributions from golden visa investors, NZ Super Fund, and Ngāi Tahu.

AppsFlyer

Marketing analytics platform for tracking digital ads and measuring ROI raised $1B at $2.7B valuation

Arrowsmith Inc.

Arrowsmith Inc. received ¥1.05 billion from JAFCO Group, JIC Venture Growth Investments, ANRI, and DBJ Capital.

PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League)

PWHL announces first outside investments from Kilmer Sports Ventures and Ilitch Companies as strategic partners

株式会社代々木アニメーショングループ

Next-generation entertainment IP business raised 2.9 billion yen through third-party allocation.

NEULO

Shoemaker NEULO raised ~350M JPY for barefoot-sensation shoe development and summer launch.

Nace.AI

AI company using hypernetworks to generate task-specific model adapters for regulated enterprise workflows like audit and compliance.

Narwhal Labs

Narwhal Labs raised £20M from 70+ UK investors without VCs, using an AI agent to qualify investors.

Braven

Insurtech company Braven raises GBP 3.4m seed funding and opens first international office in London

Odyssey

AI world-model developer raised $310M Series B led by Natural Capital. Creates multimodal simulations of real-world environments.

Pramaana Labs

AI verification and accountability platform raises $27M seed round led by Khosla Ventures

Odyssey

World-model startup Odyssey raised $310M in the week's largest funding round

Lightbringer

AI-native intellectual property firm raises Series A funding to expand legal tech capabilities

Dioseve

Dioseve raises $7M extended Series A to develop iPS cell technology for reducing IVF burden in fertility treatment.

Soource

Bolzano-based procurement automation platform raising €3M to evolve from copilot to autopilot model

Tonada

Tonada raises $3M in pre-seed funding to create custom sound solutions for brands.

Dioseve

Dioseve secures JPY 1.45 billion (~$10M) to advance iPS cell-based IVF support technology

8 Studio

8 Studio secures pre-A investment for gait analysis technology using camera-based assessment completed in one minute.

Braven

Braven closes $4.6M seed round and launches London office

Playground Global

Playground Global closed a $475M fund focused on seed and Series A investments in deep-tech startups including semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics, and energy infrastructure.

Lightbringer

Swedish AI patent platform raises €8.6M to disrupt traditional patent law firms with AI-powered solutions.

Rocapine

Paris-based wellness app platform raising €11.2M to scale apps focused on sustainable user engagement rather than addictive design.

Rocapine

Paris-based wellness app developer raises €11.2M to scale apps focused on sustainable engagement rather than addiction-driven design.

Braven

AI insurance infrastructure platform raises $4.6M seed round to expand operations

Cellares

Prime Radiant Partners leads $50M growth equity investment in Cellares' expanded Series D round for cell therapy scaling technology.

Cellares

Cellares, an Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO), raised $327M in Series D funding led by Prime Radiant Partners and ARK Invest.

Cellares

Cellares raises $327M Series D for cell therapy manufacturing platform, with Prime Radiant Partners leading $50M investment.

Waniwani

AI native distribution platform for financial services