FUNDING$403.6M CLO
Obra Capital Closes Its Fifth CLO, Tops $2B In Two Years
Obra Capital closed its fifth collateralized loan obligation in under two years, a $403.6 million deal that pushes its cumulative CLO issuance above $2 billion.
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What FORT Robotics' SPAC PIPE Says About Defense Tech
FUNDING$50M+ PIPE
What FORT Robotics' SPAC PIPE Says About Defense Tech
FORT Robotics secured $20 million more from Tiger Global and Mark Cuban Companies toward a SPAC merger backed by $50 million-plus in committed PIPE capital, a sign defense-tech SPACs are attracting real institutional money again.
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Why Industrial Robotics Is Quietly Becoming A SaaS Business
FUNDING$80M Combined
Why Industrial Robotics Is Quietly Becoming A SaaS Business
Formic's $50 million round for its robot-as-a-service model and Maxinsights' $30 million seed for robot training data both sell a subscription, not a machine, a pricing shift reshaping how industrial robotics gets funded.
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Why Big Pharma Is Co-Leading AI Biotech Rounds Now
FUNDING$437M Combined
Why Big Pharma Is Co-Leading AI Biotech Rounds Now
Bristol Myers Squibb led Pathos AI's $237M Series E and OrbiMed and Janus Henderson co-led Star Therapeutics' $200M round this week, a shift from pharma acquiring AI biotechs to funding them directly.
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Biotech's AI Bet: $687M Across Three Rounds In One Week
FUNDING$687M Combined
Biotech's AI Bet: $687M Across Three Rounds In One Week
Three biotech financings announced in the same week pushed $687 million into AI-linked drug development, with OrbiMed and Janus Henderson among the investors doubling down on the sector.
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Egypt Targets $5B In Venture Capital For 5,000 Startups
FUNDING$5B VC Target
Egypt Targets $5B In Venture Capital For 5,000 Startups
Egypt's Ministry of Planning and Economic Development unveiled a plan to attract $5 billion in venture capital and support 5,000 startups, including a $1 billion unified financing initiative over five years.
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Bolt Biotherapeutics Buys Prana, Raises $120M For PRA-216
FUNDING$120M Placement
Bolt Biotherapeutics Buys Prana, Raises $120M For PRA-216
Bolt Biotherapeutics acquired Prana Therapies in a stock-for-stock reverse merger and raised a concurrent $120 million private placement to advance Prana's lead bispecific antibody, PRA-216.
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Six PE And VC Funds Closed Nearly $10B This Week
FUNDING~$10B In Fund Closes
Six PE And VC Funds Closed Nearly $10B This Week
Six established PE and VC firms -- from secondaries giant Pantheon to venture fund-of-funds Vintage -- closed nearly $10 billion in new commitments this week, a quiet counterweight to AI's trillion-dollar valuation headlines.
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Pathos AI Hits $3B Valuation In $237M Round Led By BMS
FUNDING$237M Series E
Pathos AI Hits $3B Valuation In $237M Round Led By BMS
Pathos AI raised $237 million in a Series E led by Bristol Myers Squibb at a $3 billion valuation, as Big Pharma deepens its direct bet on AI-designed cancer drugs.
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Zai Lab Raises $250M PIPE For DLL3 Cancer Drug
FUNDING$250M PIPE
Zai Lab Raises $250M PIPE For DLL3 Cancer Drug
As of October 23, 2026, Nasdaq-listed Zai Lab has raised about $250 million in a PIPE financing, selling 11.34 million ADSs at $22.04 each to fund its DLL3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate, zocilurtatug pelitecan.
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Star Therapeutics Raises $200M From OrbiMed, Janus Henderson
FUNDING$200M Private Financing
Star Therapeutics Raises $200M From OrbiMed, Janus Henderson
Star Therapeutics raised $200 million in private financing co-led by OrbiMed and Janus Henderson, a fresh vehicle from the biotech team whose last company, Vega Therapeutics, sold to Incyte for up to $2 billion in July.
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Formic Raises $50M To Push Robots Into General Manufacturing
FUNDING$50M Series B
Formic Raises $50M To Push Robots Into General Manufacturing
Formic raised $50 million in growth capital led by Mercato Partners to expand its robot-as-a-service model beyond task-specific industrial automation and into general-purpose robotics.
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Daytona Hits $1B Valuation In $60M Series B
FUNDING$60M Series B
Daytona Hits $1B Valuation In $60M Series B
Daytona Platforms raised a $60 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation led by FirstMark Growth, with backing from a roster of notable angel investors, bringing its total funding to $91 million.
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Commonwealth Fusion Lands $85M In CHIPS Act Funding
FUNDING$85M CHIPS Act Award
Commonwealth Fusion Lands $85M In CHIPS Act Funding
As of October 23, 2026, Commonwealth Fusion Systems has won an $85 million CHIPS Act award from the Commerce Department, giving the U.S. government an equity stake and funding semiconductor work for its Sparc fusion reactor.
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Cognitive Credit Raises $40M To Scale AI Credit Analysis
FUNDING$40M Growth Round
Cognitive Credit Raises $40M To Scale AI Credit Analysis
Cognitive Credit raised $40 million in growth capital led by Summit Partners to expand its AI-driven corporate credit analytics platform into the U.S. and launch a new product called DealConnect.
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Mika Games, Cura Climate Raise $20M In Deals You Missed
FUNDING$20M Combined
Mika Games, Cura Climate Raise $20M In Deals You Missed
As of October 23, 2026, mobile-game financier Mika Games and cement-decarbonization startup Cura Climate each raised about $10 million, rounding out a Crunchbase News list of deals that flew under the radar this week.
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Foundational, Cotierra Raise $14M In Climate And Space Bets
FUNDING$14M Combined Seed
Foundational, Cotierra Raise $14M In Climate And Space Bets
As of October 23, 2026, two early-stage startups -- satellite-positioning company Foundational and biochar carbon-removal startup Cotierra -- together raised about $14 million in seed funding this week, per Crunchbase News.
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Physical AI Just Minted Five Unicorns In One Week
FUNDING5 New $1B+ Rounds, One Week
Physical AI Just Minted Five Unicorns In One Week
Five robotics and physical-AI startups crossed $1 billion valuations within a single week, a pace that outstrips even this year's software funding boom.
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FFL Partners Closes $1.35B Sixth Fund
FUNDING$1.35B Fund VI
FFL Partners Closes $1.35B Sixth Fund
FFL Partners closed its sixth flagship fund with more than $1.35 billion in commitments, capital the San Francisco firm will deploy in $50M-$200M checks across healthcare and tech-enabled services.
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Warhound Raises $200M To Build Military Working Dogs
FUNDING$200M at $1.2B Valuation
Warhound Raises $200M To Build Military Working Dogs
Ben Lamm's new venture raised $200 million from Sequoia, 8VC and the CIA-backed In-Q-Tel to genetically engineer dogs for the military -- before a single dog exists.
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Pantheon Closes $6B Secondaries Fund, 71% Above Target
FUNDING$6B Secondaries Fund
Pantheon Closes $6B Secondaries Fund, 71% Above Target
Pantheon closed its eighth private equity secondaries fund at $6 billion, 71% above its original $3.5 billion target, the firm's largest secondaries raise since it started the strategy in 1988.
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GEM Hits Hard Cap On $685M Independent Sponsors Fund II
FUNDING$685M Fund II
GEM Hits Hard Cap On $685M Independent Sponsors Fund II
GEM, a Charlotte-based investment firm, hit the hard cap on its second independent-sponsors fund at $685 million, up from $450 million for its debut vehicle in 2025.
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Tractian Hits $1.4B Valuation In $130M Series D
FUNDING$130M Series D at $1.4B
Tractian Hits $1.4B Valuation In $130M Series D
Tractian raised a $130 million Series D led by Sapphire Ventures at a $1.4 billion valuation, scaling its factory-sensor platform to more than 2,000 customers including Eli Lilly and Cummins.
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Slingshot Insurance Raises $27M To Sell Embedded Policies
FUNDING$27M Seed
Slingshot Insurance Raises $27M To Sell Embedded Policies
Slingshot Insurance emerged from stealth with a $27 million seed round co-led by Rally Ventures and Skyward Group, building infrastructure for embedded insurance sold at checkout.
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FORT Robotics Lands $20M From Tiger Global, Cuban
FUNDING$20M Financing
FORT Robotics Lands $20M From Tiger Global, Cuban
FORT Robotics secured about $20 million in additional financing from existing backers Tiger Global and Mark Cuban Companies to support its proposed SPAC merger.
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Datadog Offered $4B To Acquire Upwind
FUNDING$4B Acquisition Offer (Reported)
Datadog Offered $4B To Acquire Upwind
Datadog has offered about $4 billion to acquire cloud security startup Upwind, The Information reported, a modest premium over Upwind's $3.8 billion valuation from its last round.
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Nebius Lands $3.5B Citi Facility For AI Buildout
FUNDING$3.5B Credit Facility
Nebius Lands $3.5B Citi Facility For AI Buildout
Nebius secured a $3.5 billion, 364-day senior secured credit facility arranged by Citi to fund data center construction and GPU purchases as it expands its AI cloud platform.
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Monomoy Capital Closes $589M Family Fund I
FUNDING$589M Fund Close
Monomoy Capital Closes $589M Family Fund I
Monomoy Capital Partners has closed its inaugural Monomoy Family Fund I at $589 million, including $89 million from the GP and its affiliates.
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Whop Hits $5.1B Valuation In $200M Sequoia-Led Round
FUNDING$200M Series D
Whop Hits $5.1B Valuation In $200M Sequoia-Led Round
Whop raised a $200 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital and Shopify Ventures at a $5.1 billion valuation, up from $1.6 billion when Tether invested in February.
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Vintage Investment Partners Raises $920M, AUM Tops $4.8B
FUNDING$920M Raised
Vintage Investment Partners Raises $920M, AUM Tops $4.8B
Vintage Investment Partners raised $920 million in new capital, increasing the Tel Aviv-founded venture investment platform's assets under management to more than $4.8 billion.
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Legora Raises $550M Series E | Valuation Jumps To $8.8B
FUNDING$550M Series E
Legora Raises $550M Series E | Valuation Jumps To $8.8B
Legora raised a $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion valuation, up from $5.6 billion six months ago, as the Stockholm-based legal AI startup's annualized revenue climbed past $200 million.
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Kevel Secures $52M, Its Largest Raise To Date
FUNDING$52M
Kevel Secures $52M, Its Largest Raise To Date
Kevel, the Durham, North Carolina-based ad-tech infrastructure company, raised $52 million in new capital — the largest round in its history — pushing total funding past $100 million.
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Peak Energy Raises $108M Series B | $1B+ In Customer Orders
FUNDING$108M Series B
Peak Energy Raises $108M Series B | $1B+ In Customer Orders
Peak Energy raised an oversubscribed $108 million Series B led by General Motors Ventures to scale its sodium-ion grid battery factory, with the Burlingame, California startup citing more than $1 billion in existing customer orders.
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Tether Leads $15M Round For Mural's AI-Agent Payments
FUNDING$15M Series A
Tether Leads $15M Round For Mural's AI-Agent Payments
Mural, a New York fintech founded by former Palantir engineers, raised a $15 million Series A led by stablecoin issuer Tether to build payment infrastructure for AI agents, bringing its total funding to $28 million.
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Pigment Hits $2.3 Billion Valuation In $250M Series E
FUNDING$250M Series E
Pigment Hits $2.3 Billion Valuation In $250M Series E
Pigment, the AI business-planning platform, raised a $250 million Series E at a $2.3 billion valuation led by EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, with Nvidia joining as a planned investor, the company announced Oct. 21.
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ASI Raises $325M Series C At $3 Billion Valuation
FUNDING$325M Series C
ASI Raises $325M Series C At $3 Billion Valuation
ASI, the AI startup that models physical systems like air traffic and energy grids, raised a $325 million Series C at a $3 billion valuation led by Spark Capital, SiliconANGLE reported Oct. 20.
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Mogul Hits $126M Valuation In $15.5M Series A
FUNDING$15.5M Series A
Mogul Hits $126M Valuation In $15.5M Series A
Mogul raised an oversubscribed $15.5 million Series A led by Draper Associates at a $126 million valuation to scale its AI-powered real estate investing platform.
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Baba Raises $40M To Fix The Medicare Experience
FUNDING$40M Series A
Baba Raises $40M To Fix The Medicare Experience
Baba, an applied-AI company pairing licensed clinicians with AI to help Medicare and Medicaid patients manage care, raised a $40 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital with CVS Health Ventures and Valtruis joining.
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Arda's $1.5B Launch Already Powers Anduril's Factory Lines
FUNDING$160M Series A
Arda's $1.5B Launch Already Powers Anduril's Factory Lines
Arda Industries, the manufacturing-AI startup founded by ex-OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew, emerged from stealth with $232M in total funding, including a $160M Series A at a $1.5B valuation co-led by Altimeter, Accel and Khosla Ventures.
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Bison Ventures Closes $160M Fund II
FUNDING$160M Fund II
Bison Ventures Closes $160M Fund II
Bison Ventures closed its second fund at $160 million to back early-stage founders building 'Real World Intelligence,' following a $135 million debut fund.
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Reliable Robotics Tops $1B After $115M Raise
FUNDING$115M Series D Extension
Reliable Robotics Tops $1B After $115M Raise
Reliable Robotics raised $115 million -- $90 million in equity led by Nimble Partners plus a $25 million Silicon Valley Bank term loan -- upsizing its Series D to $275 million and pushing the autonomous-aircraft startup's valuation above $1 billion.
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Fintech Funding Fell 21% In Q3 2026 As Deals Dried Up
FUNDING$10.6B, -21% YoY
Fintech Funding Fell 21% In Q3 2026 As Deals Dried Up
Global fintech startup funding fell 21.4% year over year to $10.6B in Q3 2026, with deal count hitting its lowest quarterly total since Crunchbase's data begins in 2018, driven almost entirely by a pullback in $100M+ rounds.
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Daytona Raises $60M At $1B Valuation | Revenue Up 25x Since January
FUNDING$60M Series B
Daytona Raises $60M At $1B Valuation | Revenue Up 25x Since January
Daytona, a three-year-old startup that rents cloud sandboxes where AI agents execute code, raised a $60 million Series B led by FirstMark at a $1 billion valuation, with revenue up 25-fold since January.
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SendCutSend Hits $2.1B Valuation In Series B, Up From $1.1B
FUNDING$2.1B valuation (Series B)
SendCutSend Hits $2.1B Valuation In Series B, Up From $1.1B
SendCutSend, the Reno, Nevada custom-metal-fabrication startup, raised a Series B led by Spark that nearly doubled its valuation to $2.1 billion just five months after a $1.1 billion Series A.
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Otter.ai Lands $320M From General Catalyst | Crossed 40M Users
FUNDING$320M Growth Capital
Otter.ai Lands $320M From General Catalyst | Crossed 40M Users
Otter.ai, the AI meeting-notes app, secured $320 million in non-dilutive growth capital from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, which ties returns to marketing performance rather than equity, as the company passes 40 million users.
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Fintech Funding Fell 21% To $10.6B In Q3 2026
FUNDING$10.6B Q3 funding (-21%)
Fintech Funding Fell 21% To $10.6B In Q3 2026
Global fintech funding fell 21.4% year-over-year to $10.6 billion in Q3 2026, with deal count dropping to its lowest level since Q1 2018, according to Crunchbase.
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Blackwall Quadruples Valuation To $2.2B In Series C
FUNDING$100M Series C
Blackwall Quadruples Valuation To $2.2B In Series C
Estonia's Blackwall raised $100M in Series C funding led by AVP at a $2.2B valuation, about 4x its 2025 mark, as it expands bot-traffic security tools for web hosting providers.
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OpenAI Speeds Up $30B Raise Ahead Of Anthropic IPO
FUNDING$30B Pre-IPO Round (In Talks)
OpenAI Speeds Up $30B Raise Ahead Of Anthropic IPO
OpenAI is accelerating a previously reported $30B raise at a valuation above $1.4T, with SoftBank and MGX now in talks to participate ahead of Anthropic's expected IPO.
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ZAP Surgical Raises $36M For Non-Invasive Brain Surgery
FUNDING$36M Financing
ZAP Surgical Raises $36M For Non-Invasive Brain Surgery
ZAP Surgical Systems raised $36 million led by Catalio Capital Management to expand its vault-free ZAP-X radiosurgery platform for brain tumors, as the 2014-founded company explores new neuropsychiatric uses.
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Dream Labs Raises $90M Seed To Build AI Models For Robots
FUNDING$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.
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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.
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Harbor Raises $10M To Insure The 'Agentic Economy'
FUNDING$10M Seed
Harbor Raises $10M To Insure The 'Agentic Economy'
Harbor emerged from stealth with a $10M seed led by Base10, Abstract and 8VC to build insurance and risk infrastructure for companies deploying AI agents.
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Antithesis Raises $105M Series A Led By Jane Street
FUNDING$105M Series A
Antithesis Raises $105M Series A Led By Jane Street
Virginia-based Antithesis raised $105M in Series A funding led by Jane Street, which is also a customer, bringing the deterministic-testing startup's total funding above $180M.
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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.
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Sunlight AI Raises $17.4M, Buys Its First Practice
FUNDING$17.4M Seed
Sunlight AI Raises $17.4M, Buys Its First Practice
Sunlight AI launched with $17.4M in seed funding and simultaneously acquired Bradford Medical Associates, aiming to cut administrative costs for independent physician practices.
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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.
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LatAm Startup Funding Jumped 26% In Q3 2026
FUNDING$1.3B, +26% YoY
LatAm Startup Funding Jumped 26% In Q3 2026
Latin American startup funding rose 26% year over year to $1.3B in Q3 2026, with Mexico out-raising Brazil for the year to date and angel/seed funding up 128% quarter over quarter.
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Blackstone Closes $8.7B Energy Transition Fund V
FUNDING$8.7B Fund Close
Blackstone Closes $8.7B Energy Transition Fund V
Blackstone closed Energy Transition Partners V at its $8.7B hard cap, more than 50% larger than its predecessor fund, after demand exceeded its fundraising target.
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Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B | Valuation More Than Doubles To $6.2B
FUNDING$1.5B Series E
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B | Valuation More Than Doubles 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 doubling its December 2024 mark.
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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.
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