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Updated 2h agoWhat's happening: AI fuels record $119.5B venture fundraising despite fewer rounds
Venture capital fundraising jumped 16.9% to $119.5 billion in 2025, the strongest recovery since the 2022 market reset. The total number of rounds fell 41% to 4,859, concentrating capital in larger AI‑focused financings, with AI startups capturing 58% of Series D cash and median valuations rising across all stages.
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By the numbers: OpenAI raises $110B in corporate funding
News•Feb 5, 2026
Duna Raises €30M in Series A Funding
Duna, an AI-native business identity platform operating from Amsterdam and Berlin, closed a €30 million Series A round. The financing was led by CapitalG with participation from existing backers Index Ventures, Puzzle Ventures and Snowflake chairman Frank Slootman. The new capital lifts Duna’s total funding to over $40 million, following a €10.7 million seed round. The company aims to streamline corporate verification, compliance and fraud‑prevention using generative AI.
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 5, 2026
Advance Raises $8.55M in Seed Funding
Advance, a New York‑based fintech, raised $8.55 million in seed funding to scale its insurance‑focused payment platform. The round was led by nvp Capital with participation from Crystal Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Mensch Capital, and strategic angels such as Assaf Wand. Funds...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 5, 2026
SENAI Inks $6.2M Seed Round
Washington‑based SENAI, an online video intelligence platform, closed a $6.2 million seed round led by 10D Ventures, with participation from FS Ventures, 1948 Ventures and investor Jonathan Kolber. The company transforms unstructured online video into geo‑specific, real‑time intelligence to counter security...
By VC News Daily
News•Feb 5, 2026
Feltsense Raises $5.1M Seed Funding
Feltsense Holdings announced a $5.1 million seed round led by Draper Associates, with participation from Precursor Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures and several prominent founders. The capital will fund the development of AI agents designed to act as fully autonomous founders—ideating, building,...
By VC News Daily
News•Feb 5, 2026
Global VC Investment Surged In January, With U.S. Dominating Funding But A Pair Of AI Model IPOs In China
Global venture capital funding surged to $55 billion in January 2026, more than doubling the year‑ago level and rising over 50 percent from December. The United States accounted for roughly 70 percent of the capital, with AI‑focused startups receiving 57 percent of all funding....
By Crunchbase News AI
News•Feb 5, 2026
Lawhive Raises $60M in Series B Funding
London‑based legal‑tech firm Lawhive announced a $60 million Series B round, led by Danaher co‑founder Mitch Rales and backed by investors such as GV, Balderton Capital and TQ Ventures. The capital will accelerate Lawhive’s AI‑native platform rollout across the United States, where...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 5, 2026
AgTech Startup Brilliant Harvest Secures $4 Million USD in Seed Funding
Calgary‑based AgTech startup Brilliant Harvest announced a $4 million USD seed round, led by returning investors Builders VC and AltaML and joined by FTW Ventures, Alpaca VC, Automotive Ventures, SVG Ventures and NYA Ventures. The AI‑driven platform, which parses technical manuals...
By BetaKit (Canada)
News•Feb 5, 2026
Does Bitcoin Seem Like a Reasonable Investment in 2026?
Seventeen years after its launch, Bitcoin is increasingly viewed as a viable investment, driven by near‑full supply mining, institutional adoption, and global accessibility. However, its price volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and lack of income generation remain significant drawbacks. Investors must weigh...
By FinSMEs
Podcast•Feb 5, 2026•27 min
How Zoom Grew 30x Almost Overnight
In this episode, Eric Yuan recounts his journey from a frustrated employee at a video‑conferencing startup to founding Zoom, detailing the company’s rapid 30‑fold expansion during the COVID‑19 pandemic. He explains how Zoom scaled its technology, culture, and operations to...
By Masters of Scale
News•Feb 5, 2026
Romanian EdTech Startup Kinderpedia Raises €2.2M in Growth Funding Round
Romanian EdTech startup Kinderpedia secured €2.2 million in a growth‑stage round led by Simpact Ventures, part of a €3.5 million target. The AI‑powered platform now serves schools in over 40 countries, reaching more than 500,000 teachers, parents and administrators. Funds will accelerate...
By The Recursive
News•Feb 5, 2026
Vexlum Raises EUR 10M in Funding
Finnish laser maker Vexlum announced a €10 million financing round to expand its semiconductor laser production. The round includes €6 million equity led by venture firm Kvanted, participation from state‑owned Tesi and the EU‑backed EIC Fund, a €2.4 million EIC Accelerator grant, and...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 5, 2026
Cerebras Systems Raises $1 Billion in Series H Funding
AI infrastructure specialist Cerebras Systems announced a $1 billion Series H round, valuing the company at roughly $23 billion. The round was led by Tiger Global and featured investors such as Benchmark, Fidelity, AMD and Coatue. Cerebras’ flagship Wafer Scale Engine 3 claims more...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 5, 2026
Stash Secured One of the Top US WealthTech Deals as Funding in the Country Fell by 56% in 2025
US WealthTech investment contracted sharply in 2025, with total capital falling 56% YoY to $3.6 billion and deal volume dropping 39% to 259 transactions. Despite the slowdown, New York solidified its leadership, accounting for 40% of the top ten deals, while...
By Fintech Global
Podcast•Feb 5, 2026•22 min
Beyond the Battlefield Deep Dive with Navy CTO Justin Fanelli
In this episode, Morgan Hitzig interviews Navy Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli to unpack the findings of the first annual Beyond the Battlefield survey, which examines how to accelerate the transfer of private‑sector technology to the warfighter. Fanelli explains the...
By Running Through Walls
News•Feb 5, 2026
Fintower Completes €1.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round
Swedish fintech Fintower announced the close of an oversubscribed €1.5 million seed round, drawing participation from new backers such as Chalmers Ventures, Akka and the Stena family, alongside existing investors like Almi and Inet. The company offers an AI‑driven SaaS platform...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 5, 2026
HR Tech Company Talentguide Raises €1.3M to Expand Data-Driven Skills Management in Europe
Ghent‑based HR‑tech firm talentguide raised €1.3 million to accelerate its European rollout. The round was led by NXT II, Travvant, Miles Ahead Capital, imec.istart and several founders. talentguide’s AI‑driven SaaS platform converts unstructured HR data into a skills intelligence layer for both...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 5, 2026
Robotics Startup Octobotics Raises Rs 10 Cr in Seed Round
Octobotics, an AI‑enabled non‑destructive testing robotics startup, raised roughly Rs 10 crore in a seed round led by Navam Capital with BYT Capital joining. The capital will fund accelerated product development, certification, and expansion into Singapore and the Middle East. Founded in...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 5, 2026
Beverage Startup CHINI KUM Raises Pre-Seed Funding
CHINI KUM, a zero‑sugar beverage startup, secured ₹1 crore in pre‑seed funding from a group of angel investors and founder participation. The capital will fund product innovation, flavor expansion, and nationwide distribution, with a focus on quick‑commerce channels. The brand launched its...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 5, 2026
Qontext Closes $2.7M Pre-Seed Round to Develop a Context Layer for AI
Berlin‑based Qontext announced a $2.7 million pre‑seed round led by HV Capital, backed by AI‑infrastructure veterans. The startup builds an independent context layer that supplies AI systems with up‑to‑date, enterprise‑wide data. Its platform targets fragmented customer, product, and policy information that...
By Tech.eu
Blog•Feb 5, 2026
CommerceX Raises ¥17.3B Series A for Retail Tec
CommerceX Holdings, a Japanese retail‑tech firm, raised ¥17.3 billion in a Series A round that combines equity and debt financing. The capital will fund an aggressive M&A strategy and upgrades to RECORE, its cloud‑based POS system for the reuse industry. Management targets...
By Shopifreaks
Blog•Feb 5, 2026
Google's 52x AI Growth
Google’s Q4 2025 earnings call highlighted a dramatic AI surge, with Gemini processing over 10 billion tokens per minute—a 52‑fold year‑over‑year rise to an annualized 430 trillion tokens. Serving costs fell 78%, delivering a 4.5× efficiency gain per GPU hour. Cloud revenue...
By Tomasz Tunguz
News•Feb 4, 2026
Stripe Alumni Raise €30M Series A for Duna, Backed by Stripe and Adyen Execs
Duna, a business identity verification startup founded by Stripe alumni, closed a €30 million Series A round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG with participation from current and former Stripe and Adyen executives. The company’s platform aims to create a reusable digital passport for...
By TechCrunch Enterprise
News•Feb 4, 2026
Multicoin Capital Co-Founder Kyle Samani Steps Down After Nearly a Decade to Pursue Other Areas of Tech
Kyle Samani, co‑founder and managing director of Multicoin Capital, announced his departure after nearly a decade at the firm. He will take time off to explore other technology areas while maintaining personal crypto investments. Samani highlighted the upcoming U.S. Clarity...
By CoinDesk
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Classic SaaS Scaling Model Is Dead, AI Reigns
SaaS isn’t dead, even with the massive sell off this year (and really since July 2025). But … what is dead is the classic pattern and way to scale: - 1, maybe 2 players, take over a space by $10m-$20m ARR - Massive...
By Jason Lemkin
News•Feb 4, 2026
What A16z Is Actually Funding (and What It’s Ignoring) when It Comes to AI Infra
Andreessen Horowitz raised $15 billion, earmarking $1.7 billion for its AI infrastructure team. The infra group backs a range of startups—from chip designers to voice‑AI platforms like ElevenLabs and multimodal marketplaces such as Fal. Led by partner Jennifer Li, the team continues a...
By TechCrunch Venture Feed
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Use AI Now or Get Left Behind
If you know AI can already do a part of your job, you should be the one taking advantage of that. Aggressively. If you're waiting for permission, someone else isn't. Here's what happens when you wait. Your competitor figures it out....
By Hiten Shah
News•Feb 4, 2026
Cerebras Systems Raises $1 Billion Series H
Cerebras Systems closed a $1 billion Series H financing round, valuing the company at roughly $23 billion post‑money. The round was led by Tiger Global and included investors such as Benchmark, Fidelity, AMD and Coatue. Proceeds will accelerate production of the Wafer Scale...
By EnterpriseAI (AIwire)
News•Feb 4, 2026
Cerebras Closes $1 Billion Funding Round at $23 Billion Valuation After Landing OpenAI Deal
Cerebras Systems announced a financing round exceeding $1 billion, lifting its valuation to roughly $23 billion. The round was led by Tiger Global and featured investors such as Benchmark, Fidelity, AMD, and Coatue. The capital infusion follows a newly disclosed multi‑year, $10 billion...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 4, 2026
Osmo Announces $70M in Series B Funding
Osmo, a digital scent design startup, closed a $70 million Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to $130 million. The round was led by Two Sigma Ventures and included new backers such as Valor, Atreides, Amplo, Alumni Ventures, Collab Fund, Lumina...
By VC News Daily
News•Feb 4, 2026
BoldVoice Raises $21M Series A to Give a Billion Non-Native English Speakers Their Own AI Voice Coach
BoldVoice announced a $21 million Series A round led by Matrix, with participation from Flybridge, Xfund, Corazon Capital, Alumni Ventures, Umami Capital and Y Combinator. The AI‑powered voice‑coaching platform has surpassed five million downloads and generated $10 million in annual recurring revenue. Its proprietary speech...
By The AI Insider
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Inside Benchmark's Unmatched Early‑Stage VC Playbook
New episode of Uncapped with the full Benchmark partnership. They're arguably the best early stage venture firm of all time and have retained a model and approach that very few others have. I learned a ton, hope you enjoy. https://lnkd.in/gEVbjkxN
By Jack Altman
News•Feb 4, 2026
ElevenLabs Closes $500M at $11B Valuation to Expand Voice AI Into Multimodal Agents
ElevenLabs announced a $500 million financing round led by Sequoia Capital, lifting its valuation to $11 billion—more than triple the level a year earlier. The round also brought Sequoia partner Andrew Reed onto the board and saw existing investors such as Andreessen...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 4, 2026
BDC Head Says Bank Pulled Back From Life Sciences “Too Early” As It Preps New VC Fund
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is preparing a new life‑sciences fund of roughly C$100 million to re‑enter direct medtech investing, launching before April. BDC’s president Isabelle Hudon said the bank withdrew from the sector too early after its 2013...
By BetaKit (Canada)
News•Feb 4, 2026
Apeiron Labs Closes $9.5 Million Series A
Apeiron Labs announced the close of a $9.5 million Series A round to fund its real‑time ocean intelligence platform. The financing was co‑led by S2G Investments, RA Capital Management’s Planetary Health Fund, and DYNE Ventures, with participation from Assembly Ventures, TFX Capital...
By VC News Daily
Blog•Feb 4, 2026
Interview With Guy Kawasaki
Brad Feld sat down with veteran entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki for the "Building What Lasts" podcast, exploring trust, mentorship, and long‑term thinking. The conversation quickly delved into personal stories, including Kawasaki’s early dating life and connections with industry figures like Heidi...
By Brad Feld
News•Feb 4, 2026
EnFi Secures $15m Series A to Scale AI Credit Workforce
EnFi, an AI-native platform that supplies virtual agents for commercial lending, announced a $15 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to $22.5 million. The round was led by FINTOP with participation from Patriot Financial Partners, Commerce Ventures, Unusual Ventures and Boston...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 4, 2026
The Arithmetic of Ambition: Engineering Rigor and Aesthetic Futurism in Deeptech VC
The episode critiques the current venture‑capital approach to SpaceTech and DeepTech, arguing that hype‑driven narratives often replace rigorous engineering and economic analysis. It highlights the “drunkard’s walk” of investment decisions, using orbital data centers as a case study to show...
By Space Ambition
News•Feb 4, 2026
Kingscrowd Offers Fund of More Mature, Profitable Private Firms
Kingscrowd has launched the Capital Profitability Fund, a $5 million vehicle aimed at mature private companies that are already profitable. The fund will invest in 25‑30 firms with revenues above $1 million and revenue multiples under 7.5×, targeting exits within three to...
By Crowdfund Insider
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Pear Deck’s Deal Showcases High Value, Competitive Bidding, Low Risk
Pear Deck was a fantastic company to work with. Some of the highlights from their transaction include: * A strong enterprise value resulting from high growth * A highly competitive process with multiple buyers * A short exclusivity period with minimal closing risk Thanks...
By Michael Lyon
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Seeking Founders Using AI Sales Agents for Collaboration
Any founders using AI sales agents creatively? Would love to connect you with a founder we backed to trade notes. DMs open. https://t.co/oPpD4IzGfC
By Ryan Hoover
News•Feb 4, 2026
Newcleo Raises USD85M in Financing
Paris‑based newcleo announced an $85 million financing round led by existing backers Kairos, Indaco Ventures, Azimut Investments, the CERN pension fund and Walter Tosto, alongside newcomers Danieli & C., Cementir Holding, Orion Valves and NextChem. The capital will fund the construction...
By FinSMEs
Social•Feb 4, 2026
VCs Fund Any Future They See Thriving Today
Thought: VC's can bet on different versions of the future. But there is only one version of the present. In other words, VCs will believe any version of the future if they are excited by what's happening right now.
By Rob Go
Social•Feb 4, 2026
From MEMS Startup to $7.5B TI Acquisition
Over 15yrs ago Lux partner @Farshchi and I worked close with Lux family co Silicon Clocks (MEMS resonators on CMOS circuits for timing products) thru their sale to Silicon Labs… Today Silicon Labs got acquired by Texas Instruments for $7.5B
By Josh Wolfe
News•Feb 4, 2026
Crypto VC Funding Doubled in 2025 as RWA Tokenization Took the Lead
Venture capital investment in crypto startups surged to over $34 billion in 2025, doubling the previous year’s total. Investors shifted toward later‑stage financing, with seed rounds down 18% and Series B funding up 90%. Real‑world asset tokenization emerged as the leading narrative,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Feb 4, 2026
Resolve AI Raises $125M in Series A Funding at $1B Valuation
Resolve AI, a San Francisco‑based SRE and engineering startup, closed a $125 million Series A round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Greylock, Unusual Ventures, Artisanal Ventures and A*. The capital will accelerate product development, expand...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 4, 2026
ElevenLabs Raises $500M Series D at $11B Valuation
ElevenLabs announced a $500 million Series D round that lifts its valuation to $11 billion, led by Sequoia Capital with Andreessen Horowitz and ICONIQ Capital increasing stakes. The funding backs the company’s push toward $330 million in annual recurring revenue by 2025 and fuels...
By The Recursive
News•Feb 4, 2026
Bedrock Robotics Raises $270 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate the Future of Autonomous Construction
Bedrock Robotics announced a $270 million Series B round, valuing the autonomous construction startup at $1.75 billion. The funding, led by CapitalG and Valor Atreides AI Fund, brings total capital raised to over $350 million and will support scaling of fleet‑level autonomy across excavation,...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 4, 2026
Midi Health Raises $100M as It Plans Expansion Into Urgent Care, Research
Midi Health, the pandemic‑born women’s health platform, announced a $100 million financing round that pushes its valuation past the $1 billion unicorn threshold. The capital, led by a consortium of venture firms, will fund the launch of a nationwide urgent‑care network and...
By Endpoints News
News•Feb 4, 2026
The Biggest Biotech Funding Rounds in January 2026
In January 2026 biotech firms secured record capital, with Parabilis Medicines leading private rounds at $305 million and Aktis Oncology topping public offerings at $365.4 million. Private fundraising totaled $2.986 billion across 31 rounds, while public markets raised $1.67 billion from nine offerings. Oncology and...
By Labiotech.eu
News•Feb 4, 2026
SNAK Venture Partners Raises $50M Fund to Back Vertical Marketplaces
Venture firm SNAK Venture Partners closed an oversubscribed $50 million debut fund, anchored by the Pritzker Group and other institutional LPs. The Chicago‑based team, led by Sonia Nagar and Adam Koopersmith, will write $1‑$2 million seed checks in up to 20 B2B...
By TechCrunch Venture Feed