Coverage Timeline
newest first- Oct 19, 2026Dream Labs Raises $90M Seed To Build AI Models For Robots$90M Seed→
- Oct 19, 2026Tolan Raises $30M For Its AI Companion App$30M→
- Oct 19, 2026Town Raises $108M Series B | $1B Valuation 4 Months After Series A$108M Series B→
- Oct 19, 2026Mercury Crosses $1B In Annualized Revenue$1B ARR→
- Oct 19, 2026Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B | Valuation Triples To $6.2B$1.5B Series E→
- Oct 19, 2026Clinical ink Lands New PE Owners In Ardan-GI Deal→
- Oct 19, 2026LatAm Startup Funding Jumps 26% To $1.3B In Q3$1.3B Quarterly Total→
- Oct 19, 2026Nouscom Raises $135M To Push Cancer-Prevention Vaccine Toward Approval$135M Series D ($120M)→
- Oct 19, 2026Even Healthcare Raises $50M Series B | Valuation Triples To $300M$50M Series B→
- Oct 19, 2026Why AI Megadeals Are Skewing The Whole Venture Market's Average$257.4B Tracked→
- Oct 18, 2026Nvidia's $500B Capital Play Shows Financing Is The New AI Race$500B+ Mobilized→
- Oct 18, 2026AI's Debt Barbell Is Starting To Bend→
- Oct 18, 2026AI Infrastructure Debt Keeps Getting More Expensive→
- Oct 18, 2026AIsa Lands Tether As Strategic Backer In Seed Extension$9M+ Total Funding→
- Oct 17, 2026CoreWeave's 15% Bond Yield Is Wall Street's Real AI Bubble Tell→
- Oct 17, 2026Anthropic's 10%+ AI Debt Is Quietly Becoming Every LP's Risk→
- Oct 17, 2026Anthropic's $60B Debt Plan Would Pay Blackstone 10%+ Yields$60B Debt Package→
- Oct 17, 2026Pulse Tracker Tops $196B, Yet Median Round Is Just $110M$196.2B Tracked→
- Oct 17, 2026AI Infrastructure Debt Is Repricing | Cybersecurity Funding Hit $6.8B→
- Oct 16, 2026Value Add Pulse Tracker Tops $196B As Mega-Rounds Pile Up→
- Oct 16, 2026Biggest US Funding Rounds This Week: Modal's $750M Leads$750M Modal (Top Round)→
- Oct 16, 2026Estuary Biotherapeutics Launches With $103M For Kidney Gene Therapy$93M Series A ($103M Total)→
- Oct 16, 2026RapidCanvas Raises $29M To Build Custom Enterprise AI Apps$29M Series B→
- Oct 16, 2026Veritas Ships Metal-Ready Chip, Partners With ATHLOS$1.75M Pre-Seed→
- Oct 16, 2026Parallel Loop Raises $6.6M To Build An AI Operating Platform$6.6M Seed→
- Oct 16, 2026Asia Startups Raised $38.5B in Q3, AI Drove 55% Of It$38.5B Q3 total→
- Oct 16, 2026Dougs Raises €50M To Automate French SMB Accounting€50M Growth Capital→
- Oct 16, 2026CarbonAI Raises $12M To Automate CRE Loan Underwriting$12M Seed/Series A→
- Oct 15, 2026Sunbound Raises $24M, Buys Richter Healthcare Consultants$24M Series A ($36M Total)→
- Oct 15, 2026Stand Hits $1B Valuation With $70M Series C$70M Series C ($1B Valuation)→
- Oct 15, 2026OrbiMed Raises $3B Across Two New Healthcare Funds$3B Across 2 Funds→
- Oct 15, 2026Cybersecurity Startups Raised $6.8B in Q3, Near A Record$6.8B Q3 Funding→
- Oct 15, 2026Sirona Medical Raises $40M Series D For Radiology AI$40M Series D→
- Oct 15, 2026Chariot Claims Raises $10M For Mass Arbitration$10M Series A→
- Oct 15, 2026North.cloud Raises $60M Series B To Tame AI Spend$60M Series B→
- Oct 15, 2026BloomX Raises $13M To Scale Robotic Pollination$13M Series A→
- Oct 15, 2026Fission Raises $10M To Speed Up Tokenized Fund Exits$10M Series A→
- Oct 15, 2026Holyvolt Raises $45M For Cobalt-Free Battery Cathodes$45M Round ($245M Valuation)→
- Oct 15, 2026Mueon Raises $65M To Rebuild AI Data Centers$65M Series A→
- Oct 15, 2026Chariot Raises $10M To Fight Hidden Fees, Subscriptions$10M Series A→
Latest Coverage
stories 1–60 of 1134FUNDING$90M Seed
Dream Labs Raises $90M Seed To Build AI Models For Robots
Dream Labs raised a $90 million seed round led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures to build foundation models that let one AI system operate many different kinds of robots.
DEEP DIVE
Tolan Raises $30M For Its AI Companion App
FUNDING$30M
Tolan Raises $30M For Its AI Companion App
Tolan raised $30 million, doubling its total funding, for an AI companion app with over 250,000 active users who logged 70 million conversations in the past year.
DEEP DIVE
Town Raises $108M Series B | $1B Valuation 4 Months After Series A
FUNDING$108M Series B
Town Raises $108M Series B | $1B Valuation 4 Months After Series A
The AI assistant startup's valuation hit ten figures just months after its Series A, as investors race to fund AI tools built for entire teams rather than individual power users.
DEEP DIVE
Mercury Crosses $1B In Annualized Revenue
FUNDING$1B ARR
Mercury Crosses $1B In Annualized Revenue
The business-banking startup says it's now generating $1 billion in annualized revenue with more than 450,000 customers, growing roughly 50% year over year.
DEEP DIVE
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B | Valuation Triples To $6.2B
FUNDING$1.5B Series E
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B | Valuation Triples To $6.2B
Tenstorrent raised $1.5 billion in a Series E led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, valuing the RISC-V AI chip startup at $6.2 billion post-money -- more than triple its December 2024 pre-money mark.
DEEP DIVE
Clinical ink Lands New PE Owners In Ardan-GI Deal
FUNDING
Clinical ink Lands New PE Owners In Ardan-GI Deal
Clinical ink announced new equity investments from Ardan Equity and GI Partners in a co-control partnership, with GI Partners Fund V fully exiting its stake after backing the clinical-trial technology company since 2020.
DEEP DIVE
LatAm Startup Funding Jumps 26% To $1.3B In Q3
FUNDING$1.3B Quarterly Total
LatAm Startup Funding Jumps 26% To $1.3B In Q3
Latin American startups raised $1.3 billion in Q3 2026, up 26% year over year even as the total fell 9% from Q2, with Mexico now out-raising Brazil for the first time in the region's recent history.
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Nouscom Raises $135M To Push Cancer-Prevention Vaccine Toward Approval
FUNDING$135M Series D ($120M)
Nouscom Raises $135M To Push Cancer-Prevention Vaccine Toward Approval
Swiss biotech Nouscom raised $135M (€120M) in a Series D co-led by M Ventures, Merck KGaA's venture arm, and Revelation Partners, to fund a global trial of cancer-prevention vaccine NOUS-209 in Lynch syndrome carriers.
DEEP DIVE
Even Healthcare Raises $50M Series B | Valuation Triples To $300M
FUNDING$50M Series B
Even Healthcare Raises $50M Series B | Valuation Triples To $300M
Khosla Ventures led a $50 million Series B for Even Healthcare, tripling the Bengaluru hospital operator's valuation to $300 million as it pushes a capitated, outcomes-based care model into India's fee-for-service hospital market.
DEEP DIVE
Why AI Megadeals Are Skewing The Whole Venture Market's Average
FUNDING$257.4B Tracked
Why AI Megadeals Are Skewing The Whole Venture Market's Average
Three AI infrastructure megadeals are large enough to distort what a typical venture round even means right now, with the tracked average deal size running at $480 million.
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Nvidia's $500B Capital Play Shows Financing Is The New AI Race
FUNDING$500B+ Mobilized
Nvidia's $500B Capital Play Shows Financing Is The New AI Race
Nvidia has mobilized more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, and growing dependence on debt and credit markets is becoming as decisive a competitive edge as model quality.
THE VC READ
AI's Debt Barbell Is Starting To Bend
FUNDING
AI's Debt Barbell Is Starting To Bend
Three separate AI financing deals have moved toward successively higher junior-tranche yields over the past year, while two straight IPO withdrawals suggest investors are getting pickier about who gets cheap capital next.
DEEP DIVE
AI Infrastructure Debt Keeps Getting More Expensive
FUNDING
AI Infrastructure Debt Keeps Getting More Expensive
Junior-tranche yields on AI infrastructure financing rose from 8.5% on Project Big Sky to above 10% on Anthropic's Project North Star, while CoreWeave's bonds trade near 15%, a rising cost of capital across three separate deals.
DEEP DIVE
AIsa Lands Tether As Strategic Backer In Seed Extension
FUNDING$9M+ Total Funding
AIsa Lands Tether As Strategic Backer In Seed Extension
AIsa completed a seed extension round with Tether and HIVEN joining as strategic investors, pushing its total funding for AI agent payment and resource infrastructure past $9 million.
DEEP DIVE
CoreWeave's 15% Bond Yield Is Wall Street's Real AI Bubble Tell
FUNDING
CoreWeave's 15% Bond Yield Is Wall Street's Real AI Bubble Tell
Wall Street is split on whether CoreWeave's bond selloff and Firmus Grid's pulled $30B IPO mean a real crack in AI financing or just markets misreading a boom that's still intact.
THE VC READ
Anthropic's 10%+ AI Debt Is Quietly Becoming Every LP's Risk
FUNDING
Anthropic's 10%+ AI Debt Is Quietly Becoming Every LP's Risk
LPs who think they've diversified away from AI-equity risk by also holding private-credit or infrastructure-debt funds may be making the same AI-demand bet twice, just through different legal structures.
THE VC READ
Anthropic's $60B Debt Plan Would Pay Blackstone 10%+ Yields
FUNDING$60B Debt Package
Anthropic's $60B Debt Plan Would Pay Blackstone 10%+ Yields
Anthropic is negotiating a $60 billion chip-financing package, Project North Star, that would have Blackstone funds anchor an $18 billion junior tranche at yields above 10% to fund 1.5 gigawatts of Google TPUs.
DEEP DIVE
Pulse Tracker Tops $196B, Yet Median Round Is Just $110M
FUNDING$196.2B Tracked
Pulse Tracker Tops $196B, Yet Median Round Is Just $110M
Value Add Pulse's funding tracker has logged $196.2 billion across 521 disclosed deals in 2026, but the median round is just $110 million -- a sign capital is concentrating in a handful of giant checks.
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AI Infrastructure Debt Is Repricing | Cybersecurity Funding Hit $6.8B
FUNDING
AI Infrastructure Debt Is Repricing | Cybersecurity Funding Hit $6.8B
Two numbers from this week -- CoreWeave's bonds near a 15% yield and cybersecurity startups raising $6.8B in Q3 -- show AI-adjacent investing splitting into a stressed infrastructure trade and a hot applied-AI trade.
THE VC READ
Value Add Pulse Tracker Tops $196B As Mega-Rounds Pile Up
FUNDING
Value Add Pulse Tracker Tops $196B As Mega-Rounds Pile Up
Value Add Pulse's funding tracker has logged $196.2 billion across 521 deals, separate from $44 billion in VC fund closes -- and this week alone added Ramp's $60B valuation and OrbiMed's $3B in new funds.
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Biggest US Funding Rounds This Week: Modal's $750M Leads
FUNDING$750M Modal (Top Round)
Biggest US Funding Rounds This Week: Modal's $750M Leads
Crunchbase's weekly ranking found just two U.S. rounds at or above $200M this week -- Modal Labs' $750M Series D and Icon's $200M Series D -- with investors otherwise sticking to the $60M-to-$135M range across AI, biotech and construction tech.
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Estuary Biotherapeutics Launches With $103M For Kidney Gene Therapy
FUNDING$93M Series A ($103M Total)
Estuary Biotherapeutics Launches With $103M For Kidney Gene Therapy
Estuary Biotherapeutics emerged from stealth with $103 million, including a $93 million Series A led by RA Capital, to advance gene therapies for a common inherited kidney disease.
DEEP DIVE
RapidCanvas Raises $29M To Build Custom Enterprise AI Apps
FUNDING$29M Series B
RapidCanvas Raises $29M To Build Custom Enterprise AI Apps
RapidCanvas raised a $29 million Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India to build custom AI applications for mid-market enterprises, after growing annualized revenue eightfold in 18 months.
DEEP DIVE
Veritas Ships Metal-Ready Chip, Partners With ATHLOS
FUNDING$1.75M Pre-Seed
Veritas Ships Metal-Ready Chip, Partners With ATHLOS
Veritas launched a second-generation anti-counterfeit chip that works on metal and scans through glass, and partnered with ATHLOS to embed the chip in all 18 championship crowns, building on the $1.75 million pre-seed round it raised in February 2026 led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six.
DEEP DIVE
Parallel Loop Raises $6.6M To Build An AI Operating Platform
FUNDING$6.6M Seed
Parallel Loop Raises $6.6M To Build An AI Operating Platform
Parallel Loop raised a $6.6 million seed round led by 3one4 Capital to build an AI operating platform that modernizes legacy enterprise systems and deploys custom AI applications.
DEEP DIVE
Asia Startups Raised $38.5B in Q3, AI Drove 55% Of It
FUNDING$38.5B Q3 total
Asia Startups Raised $38.5B in Q3, AI Drove 55% Of It
Asian startups raised $38.5 billion across Q3 2026, with AI-focused companies pulling in an estimated $21 billion, or about 55% of the total, according to Crunchbase News.
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Dougs Raises €50M To Automate French SMB Accounting
FUNDING€50M Growth Capital
Dougs Raises €50M To Automate French SMB Accounting
Dougs, a Lyon-based accounting platform for small businesses, reportedly raised €50 million in growth capital from existing backer Expedition Growth Capital.
DEEP DIVE
CarbonAI Raises $12M To Automate CRE Loan Underwriting
FUNDING$12M Seed/Series A
CarbonAI Raises $12M To Automate CRE Loan Underwriting
CarbonAI raised $12 million led by Cowboy Ventures to build AI agents that handle underwriting, due diligence, investment memos and post-close monitoring for commercial real estate loans, with every output traced back to its source document.
DEEP DIVE
Sunbound Raises $24M, Buys Richter Healthcare Consultants
FUNDING$24M Series A ($36M Total)
Sunbound Raises $24M, Buys Richter Healthcare Consultants
Sunbound raised a $24 million Series A led by TTV Capital and acquired Richter Healthcare Consultants, combining its AI revenue platform with Richter's billing practice to process $3 billion in annualized payment volume.
DEEP DIVE
Stand Hits $1B Valuation With $70M Series C
FUNDING$70M Series C ($1B Valuation)
Stand Hits $1B Valuation With $70M Series C
Climate-risk insurer Stand raised a $70 million Series C led by Saga Ventures at a $1 billion valuation, insuring more than $10 billion in wildfire- and windstorm-exposed property, up from $1 billion a year ago.
DEEP DIVE
OrbiMed Raises $3B Across Two New Healthcare Funds
FUNDING$3B Across 2 Funds
OrbiMed Raises $3B Across Two New Healthcare Funds
OrbiMed closed $3 billion across two new vehicles, OrbiMed Private Investments X for US and European life sciences venture capital and OrbiMed Asia Partners VI for Asian healthcare growth equity, bringing the firm's total assets past $21 billion.
DEEP DIVE
Cybersecurity Startups Raised $6.8B in Q3, Near A Record
FUNDING$6.8B Q3 Funding
Cybersecurity Startups Raised $6.8B in Q3, Near A Record
Cybersecurity and privacy startups raised $6.8 billion in Q3, up roughly 50% from Q2 and tied for the highest quarterly total in years, driven by larger rounds rather than more of them, per Crunchbase.
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Sirona Medical Raises $40M Series D For Radiology AI
FUNDING$40M Series D
Sirona Medical Raises $40M Series D For Radiology AI
Sirona Medical, a San Francisco radiology software maker, raised a $40 million Series D led by Avidity Partners, bringing its total funding to roughly $150 million as it expands its cloud-native 'radiology operating system.'
DEEP DIVE
Chariot Claims Raises $10M For Mass Arbitration
FUNDING$10M Series A
Chariot Claims Raises $10M For Mass Arbitration
Chariot Claims raised a $10 million Series A led by Silverton Partners for an AI platform that matches consumers to mass-arbitration claims, processing more than 200,000 pre-qualified claims a month.
DEEP DIVE
North.cloud Raises $60M Series B To Tame AI Spend
FUNDING$60M Series B
North.cloud Raises $60M Series B To Tame AI Spend
North.cloud raised a $60 million Series B led by PeakSpan Capital to expand its platform for tracking and automating cloud, AI and data spend, which it says now manages nearly $2 billion for customers.
DEEP DIVE
BloomX Raises $13M To Scale Robotic Pollination
FUNDING$13M Series A
BloomX Raises $13M To Scale Robotic Pollination
BloomX raised a $13 million Series A led by Elah Fund to expand robotic pollination systems that it says lift grower yields by about 20% without replacing bees.
DEEP DIVE
Fission Raises $10M To Speed Up Tokenized Fund Exits
FUNDING$10M Series A
Fission Raises $10M To Speed Up Tokenized Fund Exits
Fission raised a $10 million Series A led by Pantera Capital to let investors sell tokenized fund shares in minutes instead of waiting months for a redemption.
DEEP DIVE
Holyvolt Raises $45M For Cobalt-Free Battery Cathodes
FUNDING$45M Round ($245M Valuation)
Holyvolt Raises $45M For Cobalt-Free Battery Cathodes
Stockholm-based Holyvolt raised $45 million in all-equity funding at a $245 million valuation to commercialize nickel- and cobalt-free DRX battery cathodes, starting with drones in 2027 before expanding into mobility and data centers.
DEEP DIVE
Mueon Raises $65M To Rebuild AI Data Centers
FUNDING$65M Series A
Mueon Raises $65M To Rebuild AI Data Centers
Mueon Corporation raised $65 million in a Series A led by Maverick Silicon to scale a modular computing platform aimed at AI and hyperscale data centers.
DEEP DIVE
Chariot Raises $10M To Fight Hidden Fees, Subscriptions
FUNDING$10M Series A
Chariot Raises $10M To Fight Hidden Fees, Subscriptions
Chariot raised a $10 million Series A led by Silverton Partners to help consumers fight hidden fees and hard-to-cancel subscriptions through mass arbitration.
DEEP DIVE
Ramp Hits $60B Valuation | Revenue Tops $2B Annualized
FUNDING$1.85B Round ($60B Valuation)
Ramp Hits $60B Valuation | Revenue Tops $2B Annualized
Ramp raised a $1.85 billion primary round led by Dragoneer Investment Group, valuing the corporate card and spend-management startup at $60 billion as its annualized revenue passed $2 billion.
DEEP DIVE
Rabot Energy Raises $50M To Turn Home Batteries Into A Grid
FUNDING$50M Series B
Rabot Energy Raises $50M To Turn Home Batteries Into A Grid
Rabot Energy, a Hamburg startup formerly known as Rabot Charge, raised a $50 million Series B led by Endeit Capital to expand Rabot Flow, a plug-in home battery that pools with others into a virtual power plant and claims to cut household energy costs 15%.
DEEP DIVE
Cybersecurity Startups Pull In $6.8B in Q3
FUNDING$6.8B Q3 VC Funding
Cybersecurity Startups Pull In $6.8B in Q3
Cybersecurity and privacy startups raised $6.8 billion in Q3 2026, up about 50% from the prior quarter, as fewer but far larger rounds concentrated funding among AI-security leaders.
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OMass Therapeutics Raises $310M Series C For Rare Disease
FUNDING$310M Series C
OMass Therapeutics Raises $310M Series C For Rare Disease
Oxford biotech OMass Therapeutics raised an oversubscribed $310 million Series C co-led by Bain Capital Life Sciences, Forbion and Novo Holdings to push its lead GPCR drug candidate through Phase 2.
DEEP DIVE
Origin Raises $20M To Build Robots For Drywall Work
FUNDING$20M
Origin Raises $20M To Build Robots For Drywall Work
Origin emerged from stealth with $20 million in total funding, co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures, to build OG-1, an autonomous robot that finishes drywall on construction sites alongside human crews.
DEEP DIVE
Abby Care Raises $82M Series C For Family Caregivers
FUNDING$82M Series C
Abby Care Raises $82M Series C For Family Caregivers
Abby Care raised $82 million in a Series C led by Transformation Capital to expand its model of training and paying family members as certified home-care givers.
DEEP DIVE
Sprints Closes €725M Fund V After $3.6B Fin Exit
FUNDING€725M Fund V
Sprints Closes €725M Fund V After $3.6B Fin Exit
London growth investor Sprints closed its fifth fund at a €725 million hard cap, about 40% larger than its prior fund, fresh off Salesforce's $3.6 billion acquisition of portfolio company Fin.
DEEP DIVE
Labelbox Raises $100M+ Series E For RL Data Factories
FUNDING$100M+ Series E
Labelbox Raises $100M+ Series E For RL Data Factories
Labelbox has raised more than $100 million in Series E financing led by Infinitum Partners to expand the reinforcement-learning data it builds for frontier AI labs, and says it reached profitability in 2026.
DEEP DIVE
Forgepoint Raises $9.8M To Build An AI Sales Rep For Factories
FUNDING$9.8M Seed
Forgepoint Raises $9.8M To Build An AI Sales Rep For Factories
Forgepoint, a New York startup building an AI inside sales representative for manufacturers, raised a $9.8 million seed led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun, with angel backers tied to OpenAI, Brex, Vercel and SoFi.
DEEP DIVE
Anduril In Talks For Employee Sale At $90B Valuation
FUNDING$90B Valuation (Employee Sale)
Anduril In Talks For Employee Sale At $90B Valuation
The Information reports Anduril is discussing an employee share sale valuing the defense-tech company at $90 billion, a separate track from reported talks on a new primary round near $100 billion.
DEEP DIVE
Modal Confirms $750M Series D, Crosses $1B Annualized Revenue
FUNDING$750M Series D ($15.75B valuation)
Modal Confirms $750M Series D, Crosses $1B Annualized Revenue
Modal Labs has closed the $750 million Series D at a $15.75 billion valuation first reported as pending in September, and says the AI infrastructure company has now crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue.
FOLLOW-UP
Berkshire Hathaway Backs Bending Spoons With $330M
FUNDING$330M (Berkshire Hathaway)
Berkshire Hathaway Backs Bending Spoons With $330M
The Information reports Berkshire Hathaway is investing $330 million in Bending Spoons, the Milan-based serial acquirer that bought Airtable and Miro and went public on Nasdaq this year.
DEEP DIVE
Zenzap Raises $33M To Replace WhatsApp At Work
FUNDING$33M Series A ($44M total)
Zenzap Raises $33M To Replace WhatsApp At Work
Zenzap raised a $33 million Series A co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing total funding to about $44 million for its AI-powered workplace chat app.
DEEP DIVE
Zippy Raises $20M Series C For Manufactured-Housing Loans
FUNDING$20M Series C
Zippy Raises $20M Series C For Manufactured-Housing Loans
Zippy, a U.S. fintech lender for the manufactured housing industry, raised a $20 million Series C from sole investor Saluda Grade as it expands its digital loan platform beyond the 27 states it currently operates in.
DEEP DIVE
CodeWall Raises $4M To Build AI That Attacks You First
FUNDING$4M Pre-Seed
CodeWall Raises $4M To Build AI That Attacks You First
CodeWall emerged from stealth with $4 million in pre-seed funding led by Osney Capital to build autonomous agents that continuously probe a company's attack surface without credentials.
DEEP DIVE
Duvo Raises $32M Series A For Its Enterprise Execution OS
FUNDING$32M Series A
Duvo Raises $32M Series A For Its Enterprise Execution OS
Duvo has raised a $32 million Series A led by Balderton Capital to expand its 'Enterprise Execution OS,' a platform for running company operations with people and AI agents together, into the U.S. retail and CPG market.
DEEP DIVE
Salience Labs Raises $125M For Photonic AI Networking
FUNDING$125M Series B
Salience Labs Raises $125M For Photonic AI Networking
Salience Labs has closed an oversubscribed $125 million Series B led by Bullhound Capital to scale its photonic optical-switching chips for AI datacenter networking, with AMD Ventures and Intel Capital joining as new investors.
DEEP DIVE
Harmonic Security Raises $50M To Police Workforce AI
FUNDING$50M Series B ($76M total)
Harmonic Security Raises $50M To Police Workforce AI
Harmonic Security raised a $50 million Series B led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, bringing total funding to $76 million for its platform policing workforce use of AI tools.
DEEP DIVE
Scimplify Raises $25M To Cut China's Grip On Materials
FUNDING$25M ($250M valuation)
Scimplify Raises $25M To Cut China's Grip On Materials
Indian materials startup Scimplify raised $25 million at a $250 million valuation, with customers Henkel and Teknor Apex investing, as it claims to have reached EBITDA-positive status.
DEEP DIVE
Unicorn Board Adds 38 Companies In September
FUNDING$71B added in value
Unicorn Board Adds 38 Companies In September
Crunchbase counted 38 new unicorns in September 2026, adding $71 billion in value and putting 2026 on pace for its second-busiest year for new billion-dollar startups on record.
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