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Sovereign Wealth Is Becoming Silicon Valley's Biggest LP
G42 backing Nvidia's security alliance, Nvidia taking a $1B stake in Naver, and Angola's own state IPO all point the same direction: state and sovereign capital is now a structural, not occasional, funder of the AI buildout.
Hush Security Raises $30M to Govern AI Agents
FUNDING$30M Series A
Hush Security Raises $30M to Govern AI Agents
Hush Security raised a $30 million Series A, with Akamai joining as a strategic investor, to close the governance gap between enterprises and the AI agents now acting inside their systems -- a problem this week's OpenAI-Hugging Face breach made painfully concrete.
Claros Nabs $55M Series B to Scale PFAS Destruction
FUNDING$55M Series B
Claros Nabs $55M Series B to Scale PFAS Destruction
Climate tech company Claros Technologies closed a $55 million Series B, with investors including Treehouse Family Capital, Daikin America, and Veralto, to push PFAS destruction technology into broader commercial deployment.
Act Security Emerges From Stealth With $60M
FUNDING$60M total
Act Security Emerges From Stealth With $60M
Cloud-access security startup Act Security emerged from stealth disclosing $60 million in combined funding -- a $20M seed led by Team8 and Bessemer, plus a $40M Series A led by Notable Capital -- to secure human, workload and AI-agent access.
Hush Security Banks $30M to Govern AI Agent Identities
FUNDING$30M Series A
Hush Security Banks $30M to Govern AI Agent Identities
Hush Security raised a $30 million Series A from Akamai Technologies, Battery Ventures, and YL Ventures, bringing its total raised to $41 million, to secure non-human identities as enterprises hand more system access to AI agents.
ZuriQ Raises $25.5M to Scale 2D Quantum Chip Design
FUNDING$25.5M Seed
ZuriQ Raises $25.5M to Scale 2D Quantum Chip Design
ZuriQ, a Swiss quantum computing startup spun out of ETH Zurich, raised $25.5 million in seed funding led by Quantonation to scale a new two-dimensional trapped-ion processor architecture.
Augustus Raises $180M to Bank the Unbanked Institutions
FUNDING$180M Series B
Augustus Raises $180M to Bank the Unbanked Institutions
Augustus raised $180 million in a Tiger Global-led Series B at a $1 billion valuation, giving financial institutions worldwide direct access to dollar accounts without relying on a chain of correspondent banks.
Recursive Superintelligence Signs $410M AWS Compute Deal
FUNDING$410M compute deal
Recursive Superintelligence Signs $410M AWS Compute Deal
Self-improving AI startup Recursive Superintelligence signed a multi-year $410 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services, months after raising $650 million at a $4.65 billion valuation.
Cathedral Raises $160M to Expand US Military Cyber
FUNDING$160M
Cathedral Raises $160M to Expand US Military Cyber
Cathedral, a startup building US military cyber capabilities and founded by a team with DOGE ties, raised $160 million with backing from Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.
Claros Closes $55M to Scale PFAS Destruction Tech
FUNDING$55M Series B
Claros Closes $55M to Scale PFAS Destruction Tech
Claros closed a $55 million Series B to push its PFAS destruction technology, including a UV-based system and a mobile-lab testing business, into broader commercial deployment.
Fish Audio Raises $52M Seed To Build AI Voice Models
FUNDING$52M Seed
Fish Audio Raises $52M Seed To Build AI Voice Models
Fish Audio, which began as a bedroom side project by a former Nvidia researcher, raised a $52 million seed round led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today to build voice as the default AI interface.
AI Seed Investors Flock To Cybersecurity Startups
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AI Seed Investors Flock To Cybersecurity Startups
Seed-stage venture capital is concentrating in AI-native cybersecurity startups this year, as investors bet that AI-driven attacks require AI-native defenses rather than incremental upgrades to legacy security tooling.
Dwelly Raises $170M To Roll Up UK Lettings Agencies
FUNDING$170M Series B
Dwelly Raises $170M To Roll Up UK Lettings Agencies
AI proptech startup Dwelly raised $170 million -- $95 million in equity led by EQT Growth and General Catalyst, plus a $75 million debt facility from Trinity Capital -- to keep acquiring and automating UK residential lettings agencies.
Why Nvidia Keeps Showing Up On Its Customers' Cap Tables
FUNDING$600B+ Financing Web
Why Nvidia Keeps Showing Up On Its Customers' Cap Tables
A Value Add Pulse analysis finds Nvidia has taken direct equity stakes in at least two AI companies this week alone, on top of its chip-financing talks with OpenAI, raising the question of how much of the industry's demand Nvidia is now underwriting itself.
OpenAI, Anthropic Swallow 43% of All VC Dollars
FUNDING$217B, 43% of VC
OpenAI, Anthropic Swallow 43% of All VC Dollars
OpenAI and Anthropic alone accounted for 43% of all global venture funding in the first half of 2026, according to Crunchbase data on a record $510 billion half-year total.
Defense-Tech Funding Keeps Defying Gravity
FUNDING$14.6B in 5 Months
Defense-Tech Funding Keeps Defying Gravity
Defense-tech venture funding has already topped $14.6 billion in the first five months of 2026, surpassing the sector's entire 2025 funding record.
Thea Energy Lands $20M Federal Grant For Fusion Magnets
FUNDING$20M Grant
Thea Energy Lands $20M Federal Grant For Fusion Magnets
Princeton spinout Thea Energy won a $20 million ARPA-E SCALEUP award to build the first domestic production line of modular high-temperature superconducting magnets for stellarator fusion reactors.
Nvidia Invests $5B In Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence
FUNDING~$5B Investment
Nvidia Invests $5B In Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence
Nvidia is investing several billion dollars in Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence and giving the AI safety-focused lab access to its next-generation Vera Rubin chip platform, valuing SSI at $32 billion.
Antares Raises $470M For Military Nuclear Microreactors
FUNDING$470M Series C
Antares Raises $470M For Military Nuclear Microreactors
Antares raised a $470 million Series C -- $370 million equity plus $100 million debt -- co-led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital, after achieving initial criticality on its Mark-0 compact nuclear reactor under a DOE pilot program.
Antares Raises $470M for Military Microreactors
FUNDING$470M Series C
Antares Raises $470M for Military Microreactors
Nuclear startup Antares raised a $470 million Series C to build small modular reactors for US military bases, part of a Pentagon program racing to bring domestic reactors online by 2028 under a Trump executive order.
Genius AI Raises $44M Series D at $1.15B Valuation
FUNDING$44M Series D
Genius AI Raises $44M Series D at $1.15B Valuation
GlossGenius rebranded as Genius AI and raised $44 million in Series D funding led by Lux Capital at a $1.15 billion valuation, expanding from beauty-industry scheduling software into agentic tools for the broader in-person service economy.
Enigma Emerges From Stealth With $71M Robot Seed
FUNDING$71M Seed
Enigma Emerges From Stealth With $71M Robot Seed
Enigma emerged from stealth with a $71 million seed round to build AI foundation models and simple control interfaces that work across any robot hardware.
Antares Nuclear Raises $470M For Military Microreactors
FUNDING$470M Series C
Antares Nuclear Raises $470M For Military Microreactors
Antares Nuclear raised a $470 million Series C led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital to deploy small nuclear microreactors that can power US military bases independent of the civilian grid by 2028.
Schneider Electric's VC Arm Bets On AI's Industrial Cycle
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Schneider Electric's VC Arm Bets On AI's Industrial Cycle
Schneider Electric's corporate venture arm argues the AI buildout is creating a new industrial investment cycle spanning robotics, grid infrastructure and energy management -- not just chips and data centers.
Psalion Closes $50M Fund To Bet On Blockchain's Real Economy
FUNDING$50M Fund III
Psalion Closes $50M Fund To Bet On Blockchain's Real Economy
Singapore's Psalion launched a $50 million third fund targeting pre-seed and seed blockchain startups working on trade finance, real-world assets, stablecoins and DeFi rather than speculative token plays.
Ominimo Hits $1.6B Valuation, Serbia's First Unicorn
FUNDING$22.5M at $1.6B Value
Ominimo Hits $1.6B Valuation, Serbia's First Unicorn
Ominimo, a Serbian-Hungarian insurtech, raised $22.5 million at a $1.6 billion valuation, becoming Serbia's first unicorn just two years after launch.
Multiverse Computing Raises $570M to Compress AI
FUNDING$570M Series C
Multiverse Computing Raises $570M to Compress AI
Multiverse Computing raised $570 million in a Series C round at a $1.7 billion valuation for its quantum-inspired AI model compression technology.
Flourish Health Raises $46M for Youth Crisis Care
FUNDING$46M Series A
Flourish Health Raises $46M for Youth Crisis Care
Flourish Health raised $46 million in Series A funding to build intensive, coordinated mental health care for young people experiencing acute crises.
Nvidia Buys $1B Stake In Naver For AI Data Centers
FUNDING$1B Strategic Stake
Nvidia Buys $1B Stake In Naver For AI Data Centers
Nvidia agreed to buy $1 billion of newly issued Naver shares for a 4.5% stake, funding an expansion of the South Korean company's AI data center capacity.
Boring Company Talks $4B Raise at $20B Valuation
FUNDING$4B at $20B Valuation
Boring Company Talks $4B Raise at $20B Valuation
Elon Musk's Boring Company is reportedly in talks to raise $4 billion in new funding at a valuation of roughly $20 billion, more than triple its 2022 mark.
Boring Company In Talks For $4B At $20B Value
FUNDING$4B at $20B Valuation
Boring Company In Talks For $4B At $20B Value
Elon Musk's tunneling startup The Boring Company is reportedly in talks to raise about $4 billion at a $20 billion valuation, more than tripling its last known price tag.
Hoffman, Pincus AI Lab Prentis Seeks $100M
FUNDING$100M at $1B Valuation
Hoffman, Pincus AI Lab Prentis Seeks $100M
Prentis, an AI lab co-founded by LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman and Zynga's Mark Pincus to build computer-use agents, is reportedly in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation.
General Catalyst Overtakes Y Combinator in Fintech Deal Count
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General Catalyst Overtakes Y Combinator in Fintech Deal Count
General Catalyst has pulled ahead of Y Combinator as the most active lead investor in fintech rounds of $5 million or more, ending YC's long run atop the category.
VA Signs $1.6B Deal for Salesforce AI Agents
FUNDING$1.6B Contract
VA Signs $1.6B Deal for Salesforce AI Agents
The Department of Veterans Affairs signed a three-year, $1.6 billion Agentic Enterprise License Agreement with Salesforce to deploy AI agents across veteran care and administrative workflows.
Sam Altman's World Raises $52.5M in Crypto Token Sale
FUNDING$52.5M Raise
Sam Altman's World Raises $52.5M in Crypto Token Sale
The World Foundation, steward of Sam Altman's biometric identity project, raised $52.5 million in a token sale led by Pantera Capital to expand its 'proof of human' verification network.
Midjourney Acquires Astrology App Co-Star, Plans New Apps
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Midjourney Acquires Astrology App Co-Star, Plans New Apps
AI image and video lab Midjourney acquired astrology app Co-Star, whose roughly two dozen employees have joined the company to help build Midjourney's first standalone consumer app.
AegisAI Lands $36M to Fight AI-Powered Phishing
FUNDING$36M Series A
AegisAI Lands $36M to Fight AI-Powered Phishing
AegisAI, founded by former Google security executives, raised a $36 million Series A to expand autonomous agents that detect AI-generated spear-phishing and other inbox threats.
Ropedia Raises $30M to Build Physical AI Data Infrastructure
FUNDING$22M Pre-A ($30M Total)
Ropedia Raises $30M to Build Physical AI Data Infrastructure
Ropedia raised $22 million in a fresh pre-A round -- $30 million total across two rounds -- to scale wearable data-collection hardware that trains robotics and embodied AI models.
Paper Raises $34M for AI-Native Design Platform
FUNDING$34M Series A
Paper Raises $34M for AI-Native Design Platform
Paper, an AI-native design platform for teams shipping software with coding agents, raised a $34 million Series A led by Accel and ICONIQ, with angel backing from Anthropic and OpenAI engineers.
IVP Quietly Raising $1.8 Billion Fund, Touts 31.1% Net IRR
FUNDING$1.8B Target
IVP Quietly Raising $1.8 Billion Fund, Touts 31.1% Net IRR
Growth-stage firm IVP is raising a new $1.8 billion fund and pitching LPs on a 31.1% net IRR since the firm's inception, according to fundraising documents reviewed by Newcomer.
Etched Doubles Valuation to $10.3B in 7 Months
FUNDING$300M Series C
Etched Doubles Valuation to $10.3B in 7 Months
AI inference chipmaker Etched closed a $300 million Series C at a $10.3 billion valuation, roughly doubling its worth in seven months as orders for its Sohu chip surpassed $1 billion.
AI Chip Startup Etched Hits $10.3B Valuation
FUNDING$300M Series C at $10.3B
AI Chip Startup Etched Hits $10.3B Valuation
Etched closed a $300 million Series C at a $10.3 billion valuation for its transformer-specific AI chips, doubling down as investors look for alternatives to Nvidia's grip on inference hardware.
AegisAI Raises $36M to Fight AI-Driven Spear Phishing
FUNDING$36M Series A
AegisAI Raises $36M to Fight AI-Driven Spear Phishing
AegisAI, founded by former Google security executives, raised a $36 million Series A led by Battery Ventures to defend against AI-generated phishing attacks that personalize themselves at scale.
Insurtech Corgi Hits $4B Valuation, Third Raise in 8 Weeks
FUNDING$4B Valuation
Insurtech Corgi Hits $4B Valuation, Third Raise in 8 Weeks
AI-driven insurtech Corgi has raised fresh capital at a $4 billion valuation, its third fundraise in under eight weeks and a more than 50% markup from the $2.6 billion mark it hit just three weeks earlier.
Paper Raises $34M to Build AI-Native Design Platform
FUNDING$34M Series A
Paper Raises $34M to Build AI-Native Design Platform
Paper closed a $34 million Series A to build a design platform where designers and AI coding agents share the same canvas, with customers including Ramp, Vercel, and Lovable.
Abstract Raises $25M for Composable Security Ops
FUNDING$25M Funding Round
Abstract Raises $25M for Composable Security Ops
Abstract raised $25 million to expand its composable security operations platform, letting enterprises swap in modular detection and AI tooling instead of a single monolithic SIEM.
DeepSeek Seeks $71B Valuation, Preps China IPO Filing
FUNDING~$71B Valuation Target
DeepSeek Seeks $71B Valuation, Preps China IPO Filing
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is in talks for a new private funding round at a pre-money valuation of roughly $71 billion, up sharply from about $50 billion just months ago, while simultaneously preparing to file for a mainland China IPO as soon as this year.
Security and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest Corners
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Security and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest Corners
Glow's $1.2 billion stealth debut and Dimension Capital's $800 million fund, alongside recent mega-rounds for Atoms and Humanoid, show AI-agent security and physical AI are venture's hottest frontiers.
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI
FUNDING$1.7B Funding Round
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics venture Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz to build AI and robotics systems for mines, factories, and logistics networks.
Why 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market
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Why 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market
Real headline funding is bigger than ever, but a two-speed market has emerged: AI-adjacent mega-rounds keep getting bigger while everything else gets harder to raise, based on Crunchbase's H1 2026 data and this week's own deal flow.
Corgi Hits $4B Valuation in Third Round in Eight Weeks
FUNDINGB2 Round at $4B
Corgi Hits $4B Valuation in Third Round in Eight Weeks
AI insurance startup Corgi raised at a $4 billion valuation -- its third round in eight weeks and a 54% jump from the $2.6 billion mark it held in late May -- as annualized revenue races toward $450 million.
Genesis AI in Talks to Raise $500M at $3B Valuation
FUNDING~$500M Funding Talks
Genesis AI in Talks to Raise $500M at $3B Valuation
Robotics foundation-model startup Genesis AI is in talks to raise roughly $500 million at a $3 billion pre-money valuation, less than 13 months after emerging from stealth with a $105 million seed round.
Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes Europe's Robot Unicorn
FUNDING$152M Series A
Humanoid Raises $152M, Becomes Europe's Robot Unicorn
London-based Humanoid raised $152 million at a $1.35 billion valuation, becoming Europe's first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn on the strength of billions in factory pre-orders.
Billion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026
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Billion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026
Crunchbase data shows the count of billion-dollar-plus venture rounds climbing through H1 2026, concentrated overwhelmingly in AI, fintech and healthcare -- a structural shift in how the largest checks in venture get written.
Coinbase Takes Stake in Tokenized Abu Dhabi Fund
FUNDING~$75M on-chain
Coinbase Takes Stake in Tokenized Abu Dhabi Fund
Coinbase invested directly in a blockchain-native tokenized version of Mubadala Capital's private markets fund, adding roughly $75 million in on-chain assets across Base, Solana and Sui.
Fomo Raises $75M Series B for Consumer Crypto Trading
FUNDING$75M Series B
Fomo Raises $75M Series B for Consumer Crypto Trading
Consumer crypto trading app Fomo raised a $75 million Series B led by Index Ventures at a $550 million valuation, adding equities and prediction markets after its first year saw $4 billion in trading volume.
Cathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M
FUNDING$160M at $1.4B Valuation
Cathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M
Four former Department of Government Efficiency staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for Cathedral, an AI-driven military cyber startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
FUNDING$1.7B Round
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics company Atoms closed a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted him as CEO in 2017 -- investing alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber
FUNDING$1.7B
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics holding company Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted Kalanick in 2017 -- joining the round alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.
Ex-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber
FUNDING$160M Funding Round
Ex-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber
Cathedral, a defense-tech startup founded by former Department of Government Efficiency staffers, closed a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia to expand US military cyber capabilities.