Surf Raises $57M to Automate Security With AI Agents
Surf, a New York‑based cybersecurity startup, announced a $57 million Series A round led by Accel to develop AI‑driven security agents. The funding underscores growing investor confidence in “agentic AI” that can autonomously detect and remediate threats. Surf’s platform continuously monitors cloud assets, identities, and applications, automatically fixing misconfigurations and orphaned accounts. The company aims to move enterprises from reactive incident response to proactive security hygiene across hybrid environments.
Why More Gamblers Are Turning to Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is becoming a mainstream payment method for online gambling, offering faster, cheaper, and more private transactions than traditional banking. Players benefit from near‑instant withdrawals, global wallet accessibility, and emerging provably‑fair gaming verification. Adoption is driven by a growing base...
Flink Raises $100M to Strengthen Quick-Commerce Business
Flink, the German‑Dutch quick‑commerce startup, raised $100 million in a funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Btomorrow Ventures, pushing its post‑money valuation to roughly $900 million. The capital infusion follows a turbulent post‑pandemic period that saw many rapid‑delivery firms cut costs...
VeryAI Secures $10M to Launch Biometric Palm Identity System
VeryAI raised $10 million in seed funding, led by Polychain Capital and backed by Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko, to launch a smartphone‑based biometric palm verification system. The solution creates a blockchain‑anchored digital identity using mathematical representations of palm prints, leveraging zero‑knowledge...
MetaComp Raises $13M to Expand Web2.5 Payment and Wealth Platform
MetaComp Pte. Ltd., a pioneer of unified Web2.5 payments and wealth management, closed a $13 million Pre‑A+ round, bringing its three‑month funding total to $35 million. The capital will fuel expansion of its StableX Network and accelerate AI development for hybrid fiat‑stablecoin...
Cryptio Raises $45 Million to Expand Enterprise Crypto Accounting
Cryptio announced a $45 million Series B round, co‑led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global. The funding will fuel expansion of its ERP‑based crypto accounting platform, adding loan and treasury management tools for stablecoin and tokenised securities. To date, Cryptio has...
StageOne Ventures Raises $165M to Back Israeli AI Infrastructure Startups
StageOne Ventures closed its fifth fund with $165 million in capital, pushing total assets under management past $650 million. The firm, a 25‑year veteran of Israel’s enterprise tech scene, is now targeting AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, physical AI, agentic orchestration and vertical AI....
Arycs Lands $24M to Power AI Expansion Worldwide
Arycs Technologies announced a $24 million financing round to accelerate its global AI‑infrastructure push. The capital will fund the rollout of next‑generation coherent optical connectivity designed to deliver high bandwidth with low power consumption. By targeting distributed AI workloads—edge, metro, and...
Vitestro Raises $70M to Advance Autonomous Blood Draw Tech
Vitestro announced a $70 million Series B round to accelerate the commercial rollout of its autonomous blood‑draw robot, Aletta. The financing, led by strategic investors Labcorp Venture Fund and Mayo Clinic, will fund global expansion and scale production. Aletta integrates AI, near‑infrared,...
Juicebox Raises $80M to Transform AI Recruiting
Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform, secured $80 million in Series B funding led by DST Global, with participation from Sequoia, Coatue, Y Combinator and others. Since its Series A, the company has tripled annual recurring revenue and grown to 5,000 customers, claiming up to...
PactFi Raises $25M to Scale Private Credit Operations
PactFi announced a $25 million Series A round led by 7RIDGE Ecosystem Impact Fund with participation from Vestigo Ventures. The secure operating system, launched in 2023, already supports over 3,000 fund entities and has processed more than $300 billion in private‑credit transactions. Eight...
Amber Raises $30 Million to Transform AI Data Center Power Delivery
Amber Semiconductor closed a $30 million Series C round to accelerate its PowerTile vertical power delivery solution for AI data centers. The technology routes power vertically through server boards, reducing distribution losses by over 85% and improving thermal efficiency. Amber...
From Idea to Investment: What Venture Capital Actually Sees in AI Startups
Artificial intelligence has transitioned from a novelty to core infrastructure, reshaping venture capital allocations. In early 2026, Fei‑Fei Li’s World Labs secured a $1 billion round and Saudi sovereign fund Humain pledged $3 billion to xAI, while Nvidia pledged support for up...
Liminal Custody Surpasses $100 Billion in Institutional Transactions
Liminal Custody announced it has processed over $100 billion in on‑chain transactions, encompassing nearly 5 million transfers across more than 20 blockchains. The platform’s annual volume surged from $1.4 billion in 2022 to $72 billion in 2025, driven largely by stablecoin‑focused cross‑border payment firms,...
Validio Secures $30M To Enhance Enterprise AI Data Quality
Validio announced a $30 million Series A round led by Plural, bringing total funding to $47 million after an 800 % revenue surge. The Stockholm‑based startup offers an automated data‑quality platform that monitors billions of records, detects anomalies, and maps lineage in days rather...
Aonic Secures $10M to Expand Global Drone Tech Innovation
Aonic, a Malaysia‑based drone technology firm, closed a $10 million Series A round led by Kairous Capital and backed by the national Fund‑of‑Funds. The funding will power its global rollout of vertically integrated drone systems that combine hardware, software, financing and training....
Circadence Secures $16.4M for AI Cyber Readiness
Cybersecurity firm Circadence announced a $16.4 million financing round led by Seneca Partners, coinciding with record revenue growth. The company also launched two AI‑powered solutions: RangeGPT, an LLM‑driven engine that creates cyber‑range scenarios in hours, and Project Ares GEN3, a cloud‑native,...
ARQ Raises $70M To Expand Stablecoin Banking In Latin America
ARQ, formerly DolarApp, raised $70 million in a Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. The funding will fuel a rebrand, team expansion, and rollout of new financial products beyond its core stablecoin remittance service. With more than two million...
JetStream Security Secures $34M Seed Round
JetStream Security announced a $34 million seed round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund and notable angels such as George Kurtz, Assaf Rappaport, and Frederic Kerrest. The startup, founded by veterans of CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, McAfee and other...
ArmorCode Raises $16 Million to Expand Agentic AI Platform
ArmorCode announced a $16 million Series B round, bringing its total capital to $81 million. The funding will accelerate its Agentic AI Platform, which unifies security findings across applications, cloud, infrastructure, and AI agents, processing over 200 billion detections annually. New board member Phil...
Ayar Labs Raises $500M To Scale AI Optical Interconnects
AI infrastructure startup Ayar Labs announced a $500 million Series E round, valuing the company at $3.8 billion. The funding, led by investors such as Neuberger Berman, MediaTek and Qatar Investment Authority, also brings NVIDIA and AMD on board as strategic partners. Ayar...
Flux Raises $17M to Expand Decentralized Cloud Growth
Flux secured a $17 million Series A round to accelerate its decentralized cloud platform. The funding will be used to expand the global node network, boost performance, and tighten security. Flux also plans to enhance developer tools, documentation, and integration pathways to...
Zura Bio Raises $144 Million To Advance Autoimmune Drug Pipeline
Zura Bio announced a $144 million public offering, bolstering its cash‑rich balance sheet and driving its market value above $622 million. The proceeds will fund Phase 2 trials of its lead antibody tibulizumab for hidradenitis suppurativa and systemic sclerosis, as well as accelerate...
How to Accept Crypto Payments in Your Business (2026 Guide)
Crypto adoption has exploded to about 741 million users, making digital‑asset payments a mainstream expectation. Modern crypto payment gateways now provide plug‑and‑play solutions that remove the need for in‑house wallet management. Businesses across ecommerce, SaaS, and retail can integrate crypto checkout...
ThreatAware Raises $25M to Scale Cybersecurity with AI
ThreatAware announced a $25 million growth equity investment from One Peak, aimed at scaling its AI‑driven cybersecurity platform across North America. The bootstrapped firm, founded in 2018, has achieved profitability while building a patent‑pending Timeline Matching technology and more than...
NationGraph Raises $18M to Expand AI Public Sector Platform
NationGraph announced an $18 million Series A round, led by Menlo Ventures, to scale its AI‑native platform that helps companies navigate the fragmented U.S. government procurement market. The solution aggregates data from roughly 110,000 state, local and education agencies across four million...
6 Ways Crypto Betting Aligns With Fintech’s Rapid Innovation Culture
Crypto prediction markets are emerging as a fintech‑adjacent innovation, letting users bet on price thresholds using digital assets. These platforms mirror fintech’s rapid‑iteration cycles, permissionless onboarding, real‑time trading, automated clearing, micro‑sized contracts, and crowd‑driven data analytics. By treating probability as...
Wishlink Raises $17.5 Million To Expand Creator Commerce Platform
Wishlink secured $17.5 million in a Series B round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, bringing its total funding to $27.5 million. The platform now supports over 40,000 active creators who produce more than 300,000 pieces of content each month, driving...
Hudson Secures $28.5 Million To Expand Texas Distributed Energy Platform
Hudson Sustainable Group closed a $28.5 million senior secured loan from Eagle Point Credit to fund Heritage Energy Holdings' Texas distributed‑generation rollout. Hudson acted as exclusive advisor and co‑sponsor, enabling Heritage to acquire battery assets and accelerate its pipeline of sub‑10 MW...
Ubicquia Secures $106 Million To Scale AI Infrastructure Solutions
Ubicquia announced a $106 million Series D round led by 67 Capital and Marunouchi Innovation Partners, aimed at scaling its AI‑driven infrastructure portfolio worldwide. The company already serves more than 1,000 utilities, municipalities and commercial clients across the U.S., Latin America, Europe...
Yendo Secures $200 Million To Expand Vehicle-Secured Credit Cards
Yendo announced a $200 million commitment from i80 Group to fund up to $200 million in new credit card originations, accelerating growth of its vehicle‑secured credit cards across the United States. The capital follows a $50 million Series B round and will be deployed...
PortKey Raises $15M Series A to Scale AI Control Platform
AI infrastructure startup PortKey announced a $15 million Series A round led by Elevation Capital with participation from Lightspeed. The funding will accelerate its unified control‑plane platform that monitors, governs, and cost‑optimizes enterprise AI model usage. PortKey’s AI gateway centralizes traffic, enforces...
Badge Raises $17M to Shape the Future of Digital Wallets
Badge, a digital‑wallet platform founded in 2023, raised $17.1 million in a Series A round—$13.8 million led by TTV Capital and a $3.3 million seed from QED Investors and Infinity Ventures. The company builds interactive elements for Apple Pay and Google Pay, letting brands embed loyalty,...
Eagle Wireless Raises $30M Series B for 5G Expansion
Eagle Wireless announced a $30 million Series B round, bringing its total capital to $44 million. The financing, led by Asymmetric Capital Partners and The O.H.I.O. Fund, will fund accelerated 5G research, development, and a shift to full‑device production in the United States....
DBA Secures $68 Million for Second Crypto Venture Fund
New York‑based venture firm DBA announced the close of its second crypto fund at $68 million, expanding on the $50 million raised for Fund I in 2023. The 10‑year closed‑end vehicle will invest across blockchain infrastructure, decentralized exchanges, stablecoins, ICO platforms and prediction...
Stacks Raises $23M Series A to Expand Web3 Growth
Stacks, a Bitcoin‑focused Layer 2 platform, closed a $23 million Series A round led by top venture and crypto investors. The capital will fund core infrastructure, scalability upgrades, developer tools, and global talent acquisition to accelerate ecosystem growth. Stacks aims to deliver native...
Thrive Raises $10B as LPs Eye Mega-IPO Windfall
Venture firm Thrive Capital closed a $10 billion fundraising round, the largest in its history. The capital comes from institutional limited partners such as endowments, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds eager to back late‑stage, AI‑focused startups. Thrive’s portfolio includes Stripe,...
Dragonfly Raises $650M for Crypto Venture Fund IV
Dragonfly Capital announced the close of its fourth crypto venture fund with $650 million in commitments, topping the original $500 million target. The fund will back early‑stage blockchain projects across infrastructure, DeFi, stablecoins and tokenized real‑world assets. Recent allocations include...
Lightworks Secures $12 Million To Advance Enterprise AI Control Systems
Lightworks announced it has secured up to $12 million in a financing round led by Round13 Capital. The capital will fund the launch of its flagship AI control services and accelerate expansion into regulated global markets. By targeting large institutions, Lightworks...
Inference Research Secures $20M for AI Quant Trading
Inference Research, an AI-driven quantitative trading startup founded by former Amber Group co‑founder Luke Li, announced a $20 million seed round led by Singapore‑based Avenir Group. The capital will fund the development of an AI‑native trading franchise that spans crypto, equities...
Real-Time Settlements: When Money Starts Moving Like a Text Message
Real‑time settlement in the United States is now delivered through two instant payment rails – the Federal Reserve’s FedNow service and The Clearing House’s RTP network – both operating 24 × 7 × 365 and providing finality at the moment of confirmation. The article...
Uptiq Raises $25M to Add AI Agents to Bank Workflows
Uptiq, a Dallas‑based AI platform for financial services, closed a $25 million Series B round led by Curql and backed by a slate of strategic investors. The capital will accelerate the rollout of its Qore AI orchestration platform, which embeds production‑ready AI...
Bretton AI Raises $75 Million To Expand Financial Crime Automation
Bretton AI, formerly Greenlite AI, announced a $75 million Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from existing backers and new investor TIAA Ventures. The capital will fuel expansion of its AI‑driven compliance platform, which automates high‑volume...
Deep Fission Raises $80 Million To Scale Underground Nuclear Reactor Technology
Deep Fission announced an $80 million financing round, selling over five million restricted shares at $15 each. The capital will fund its underground borehole‑installed small modular pressurised water reactors, a design the company says can cut construction costs by up to...
Varntix Expands the Conversation Around Fixed-Income Opportunities in Crypto
Varntix is introducing a digital‑asset treasury model that issues on‑chain fixed‑term convertible notes with income paid in stablecoins. The initiative reflects a broader shift from variable staking rewards toward structured, predictable crypto income. By combining treasury diversification with predefined payout...
Octopus Invests €40M in Metiundo for Energy Data Tech
Octopus Energy Generation has led a €40 million funding round for German‑based Metiundo, a digital metering and data platform for buildings. The capital will be used to scale installation teams, broaden the sensor network and accelerate software development for solar, battery...
