Today's Venture Capital Pulse
Qorelo secures $3.5M seed round to accelerate AI‑driven SAP migrations
AI‑focused startup Qorelo announced a $3.5 million seed round led by HPI Ventures and Caesar Ventures. The funding will be used to develop its AI‑powered layer that automates functional workstreams in SAP S/4HANA migrations, which the company says can cut project timelines by up to 45 percent ahead of the 2027 SAP migration deadline.
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By the numbers: Sygaldry Technologies raises $139M in seed and Series A round
Anthropic Files Confidential IPO, Targeting $965B Valuation in AI Gold Rush
Anthropic submitted a confidential Form S‑1 to the SEC, seeking a public listing after a $65 billion funding round that lifted its valuation to $965 billion. The filing puts the five‑year‑old AI startup head‑to‑head with rivals OpenAI and SpaceX for investor dollars in a market hungry for AI exposure.
Cyera Eyes $12B Valuation at 80x ARR Multiple Despite Operating Losses
Cyera, a data‑storage security startup founded in 2021, is closing a new financing round of at least $300 million that values the company at $12 billion. The valuation reflects an 80‑times multiple on its reported $150 million annual recurring revenue, a ratio that...
Uncover Raises $16M Series A Led by Cloud9 Capital
Uncover, a Brazilian marketing‑mix modeling startup, closed a $16 million Series A round led by Cloud9 Capital, with participation from ABSeed Ventures, Endeavor and three strategic investors. The funding will accelerate the company’s U.S. expansion and broaden its enterprise customer base. Uncover’s...
Mecka AI Announces $60 Million USD to Power Physical AI
Mecka AI, a Toronto‑New York startup focused on training robots with human‑generated sensor data, announced a $60 million financing round. The capital came from two previously undisclosed SAFE financings—a $25 million Series A in November and a $35 million extension closed this week. Led...
Plot Lands $10M Seed Round
Plot, a social video intelligence platform, announced a $10 million seed round, bringing its total capital to $14 million. The round was co‑led by XYZ Venture Capital and Mischief Ventures, with participation from Seven Seven Six and Acme Capital. Plot’s technology analyzes...
Ilant Health Raises $15M for AI Obesity Care
Ilant Health announced a $15 million Series A round, bringing total capital to over $22 million, to scale its employer‑directed obesity and cardiometabolic program. The company uses a value‑based care model, earning fees only when health outcomes improve, and has secured direct pricing...
Orbital Tug Startup Impulse Space Raises $500 Million in Private Investment Capital
Impulse Space announced a $500 million Series D round, bringing its total capital to over $1 billion. The funding, co‑led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, will accelerate hiring and manufacturing as the company expands its in‑space mobility platform. Founder Tom Mueller, a...
Coinbase CEO's NewLimit Secures 2nd Largest 2026 Biotech Round
NewLimit, the anti-aging startup co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, has closed the 2nd largest round in biotech for 2026: https://t.co/NBjbMOH8bX
STAT+: Longevity Startup NewLimit Raises $435 Million Ahead of First Clinical Trial
Longevity biotech NewLimit announced a $435 million Series C round, pushing its valuation to roughly $3.1 billion. The funding, led by Founders Fund and joined by Thrive Capital and Lilly Ventures, backs the company’s first clinical trial of a liver‑targeted therapy slated for...
Impulse Space Company Profile
Impulse Space announced a $500 million Series D on June 2 2026, pushing total capital raised above $1 billion and valuing the firm at roughly $4.26 billion. The funding will fuel expansion of its in‑space mobility portfolio, including the Mira payload‑hosting spacecraft and the high‑energy Helios...
Cognition AI Raises $1 Billion as Devin Writes 90% of Its Code
Cognition AI closed a Series D round of more than $1 billion, pushing its post‑money valuation to $26 billion. The funding underwrites the rollout of Devin, an autonomous coding agent that now produces roughly 90% of the company’s own software, highlighting a...
Mecka AI Secures $60M to Train Robots with Human Sensor Data
Mecka AI closed a $60 million financing round—$25 million Series A in November and a $35 million follow‑on—led by Framework Ventures. The New York‑based startup will use the capital to scale its human‑generated sensor data platform that trains robots for commercial use.
Version One Ventures Raises $108 Million USD Across Two New Funds
Version One Ventures, a Vancouver‑based early‑stage investor, closed two new funds totaling $108 million USD (about $150 million CAD). The fifth flagship fund raised $78 million and a third Opportunities Fund added $30 million. The capital raise follows a record‑breaking year that delivered outsized...
ZutaCore Raises $100M Series C to Scale Waterless Cooling for AI and HPC Data Centers
ZutaCore announced a $100 million Series C round backed by Mitsubishi Electric, Carrier Ventures and Samsung Ventures. The capital will accelerate global commercialization of its waterless, direct‑to‑chip two‑phase liquid‑cooling platform, which can handle AI and HPC processors exceeding 4,000 watts. The company, now...
Anthropic Files Confidential IPO, $965 B Valuation Puts VC Exit on Fast‑track
Anthropic confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO after a $65 B funding round lifted its post‑money valuation to $965 B. The move pits the startup against OpenAI and SpaceX in a high‑stakes race for public‑market capital, while offering venture‑backed investors a rare...
South Korean Rocket Startup Unastella Secures $24 Million Series B After First Domestic Launch
Unastella, the Seoul‑based rocket startup that flew its UNA EXPRESS‑I from Korean soil in May 2025, closed a $24 million Series B round led by Altos Ventures, lifting total capital to $44 million. The funding backs the upcoming UNA EXPRESS‑II and underscores accelerating investor interest...
Tenant Screening Firm Findigs Raises $32M Series C Round
Findigs, an AI‑driven tenant‑screening platform, closed a $32 million Series C round, bringing its total capital to $80 million. The funding, led by RPM Ventures, will accelerate product development, expand market reach, and deepen capabilities in affordable‑housing workflows such as LIHTC and Section 8....
Design and Preconstruction Startup LightTable Raises $22M Series A
LightTable, an AI‑driven design and preconstruction risk‑reduction platform, announced a $22 million Series A financing round. The round was led by Innovation Endeavors with participation from Blackhorn Ventures, DivcoWest, 9Yards Capital and existing backers. The capital will be used to scale its...
ZeroDrift Raises $10M to Protect AI Models From Themselves
ZeroDrift announced a $10 million seed round backed by a16z Speedrun, Reign Ventures, Pitchdrive and U&I Ventures. The startup offers an AI compliance layer that sits between large language models and end users, flagging messages that breach standards such as SOC 2...
Venture Capital’s Most Underrated Skill: Knowing when NOT to Invest
In a reflective piece, angel investor Husameddin AlMadani likens venture‑capital decision‑making to a pilot’s go/no‑go checklist, arguing that the most valuable VC skill is the discipline to walk away when conditions aren’t right. He warns that momentum, optimism and founder...
Impulse Space Closes $500M Series D
Impulse Space announced a $500 million Series D round, pushing its total capital raised above $1 billion. The round was co‑led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC and will fund workforce growth and expansion of its Redondo Beach manufacturing site. CEO Eric Romo emphasized that...
Startup Impulse Space Raises $500 Million, Valued at $4 Billion
Impulse Space, the satellite‑tug startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, announced a $500 million financing round. The injection lifts the company’s valuation to $4 billion, marking rapid growth since its 2021 launch. To date, the firm has raised roughly $1 billion in total capital....
Exclusive: D2C Fashion Brand Zouk to Raise Fresh Funds in Pre-Series C Round
Mumbai‑based D2C fashion accessories brand Zouk is raising roughly Rs 60 crore ($6.3 million) in a pre‑Series C round. Existing backers Aavishkaar Capital and Stellaris Venture Partners lead the round, each committing Rs 25 crore, with Sharrp Ventures and founder Mihir Gadani filling the balance. The company...
Gigascale Capital Launches $250 Million Climate‑Tech Fund Focused on Power, Grid and Minerals
Gigascale Capital announced a $250 million early‑stage climate‑tech fund led by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer. The fund targets power‑generation, grid‑resilience and critical‑mineral startups, aiming to accelerate deployment of cost‑competitive clean‑energy solutions.
SoftBank Is Reportedly in Early Talks to Back an $800m Agile Robots Round
SoftBank is in early discussions to contribute more than $300 million to an $800 million financing round for Munich‑based Agile Robots. The Japanese conglomerate previously led the startup’s $220 million Series C in 2021, which made Agile Robots Germany’s first robotics unicorn. Agile Robots,...
Anthropic Files Confidential IPO, Eyes Trillion‑dollar Debut Amid AI Race with OpenAI
Anthropic submitted a confidential Form S‑1 to the SEC, following a $65 bn funding round that lifted its post‑money valuation to $965 bn. The filing intensifies the showdown with OpenAI, which is also preparing an IPO, and raises questions about how investors will...
Anthropic Files Confidential IPO, Targeting $1 Trillion Valuation After $65B Funding Round
Anthropic submitted a confidential Form S‑1 to the SEC, following a $65 billion financing that lifted its post‑money valuation to $965 billion and pushed its annualized revenue run rate to $47 billion. The filing puts the Claude maker ahead of OpenAI in the AI‑IPO...
Decoding Scapia’s Series C: Valuation Jumps 3X, General Catalyst Acquires 9.2% Stake
Scapia, the Bengaluru travel‑fintech startup, closed a $63 million Series C round led by General Catalyst, bringing total funding to about $135 million. The round lifted its post‑money valuation to roughly $539 million, more than three times the $165 million valuation after its $40 million Series B....
Deals in Brief: SG Enviro Completes Series A Round, Return Helper Raises USD 4 Million, 14 New China Investments, and...
Singapore‑based SG Enviro closed a Series A led by Emerald Ventures to fund expansion across Southeast Asia and entry into data‑center, semiconductor and pharmaceutical sectors. Japan‑focused Return Helper raised $4 million to scale AI‑driven return‑processing and its recommerce business, while Tokyo health‑tech IWG...
Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Raises $250m Targeting Deeptech Startups ‘Rebuilding the Physical Economy’
Former Meta chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer’s venture firm Gigascale Capital announced a $250 million final close. The fund will back deep‑technology startups that aim to rebuild the physical economy, from advanced manufacturing to clean energy. Schroepfer leverages his AI and...
How Is Groq Raising More Money?
Groq, the AI‑chip specialist that licensed its technology to Nvidia, announced a $650 million funding round despite not being acquired. The company continues to run four inference‑focused datacenters that excel at low‑latency, small‑model workloads using its all‑SRAM architecture. Nvidia took Groq’s...
Socceroos Legend Tim Cahill Backs Sports Swag Design Platform Nardo in $1 Million Pre-Seed Raise
Australian startup Nardo, a software platform that streamlines apparel design, ordering and delivery for amateur sports clubs, raised a $1 million pre‑seed round with former Socceroo Tim Cahill as an investor and strategic partner. The platform consolidates over 130 manual supply‑chain steps...
Waypoint Bio Raises $20M Series A
Waypoint Bio, an AI‑native biotech based in New York, closed a $20 million Series A round led by Amplify Partners. The financing brings new board member Elliot Hershberg and adds General Catalyst, Time BioVentures, Mitsui Global Investments, and Lux Capital among others. The...
Amazon's AI Jackpot: Its $8 Billion Anthropic Holdings Are Now Worth $74 Billion
Amazon's original $8 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic has ballooned to roughly $74 billion, according to its latest quarterly filing. The surge reflects Anthropic’s rapid valuation climb to $965 billion and its confidential filing for an IPO. AWS now offers Anthropic models...
London AI Legal‑Tech Startup Crimson Secures $3.2M Seed Round and Opens New York Office
London‑based AI legal‑tech startup Crimson closed a £2.5 million ($3.2 million) seed round led by Y Combinator and multiple VCs, and opened a New York office headed by former Patterson Belknap litigator Rhick Bose. The funding fuels expansion into the U.S. market...
Hardware Revolution Gains $250M Backing for Early-Stage Growth
Today we're announcing Gigascale Capital's $250M first institutional fund to back early-stage founders rebuilding the physical economy. When we started, the thesis sounded non-obvious: hardware and infrastructure could produce venture-scale companies again. 3 years later, we're seeing it work. There's a revolution...
Northzone Brings on Firstminute Investor to Support AI Ventures
Northzone has hired Sam Endacott, formerly of Firstminute Capital, as a London‑based partner to lead applied and physical AI investments. Endacott will focus on early‑stage deals from seed to Series B, leveraging his track record with n8n, Storyblok, Stitch, Protex AI and...
Saris Lands $28.8m Series A to Scale Agentic Workflow Tech
US fintech Saris announced a $28.8 million Series A round to scale its agentic workflow platform for banks and credit unions. The solution embeds autonomous agents into core banking systems, automating high‑volume tasks in mortgages, consumer and commercial lending, compliance, and operations....
Black‑Founded Startups Secure $643 Million in Q1, Highest Since 2022
U.S. Black‑founder companies raised $643 million in the first quarter of 2026, the most since 2022, after 34 deals including a $350 million Series E for AI hardware firm SambaNova. The surge highlights both the concentration of capital in a few large rounds...
Gigascale Capital Secures $250M for AI-Driven Clean Tech
Gigascale Capital raised $250 million for early-stage clean tech startups as AI transforms the sector https://t.co/DenqaWQiWW
Gray Swan Raises $40m to Make AI Deployment Secure
Gray Swan, an AI security firm spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, closed a $40 million Series A round co‑led by Wing Venture Capital and Madrona. The funding will accelerate commercial operations, deepen ties with frontier AI labs, and expand the team...
Unastella, a South Korean Rocket Startup that Launched From Home, Raises $24M
South Korean rocket startup Unastella raised a $24 million Series B, bringing its total capital to $44 million, and successfully launched its UNA EXPRESS‑I orbital vehicle in May 2025. The company focuses on small‑satellite launch services, employing a kerosene‑liquid‑oxygen engine paired with an electric motor...
KorinMi Raises Rs 10 Crore From Lotus Herbals to Bring Korean Skin Treatment to India
KorinMi, a Gurugram‑based Korean‑beauty clinic, raised Rs 10 crore (≈$1.2 million) from Lotus Herbal’s Innovation Fund. The funding will support opening new clinics in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad and scaling its D2C product line made in Korea for Indian skin. KorinMi already serves...
Swedish Gridly Raises €1.2 Million to Automate Localization and Content Workflows at Scale
Swedish AI‑native localization platform Gridly raised €1.2 million (about $1.3 million) in two funding rounds, backed by gaming veteran Jörgen Larsson and other strategic investors. The Helsingborg‑based startup offers a cloud platform that automates multilingual content creation, translation, quality assurance and distribution for...
Invisix Closes €20M Seed Round to Transform Chip Metrology
Invisix, a semiconductor metrology startup founded by ASML alumni, closed an oversubscribed seed round of €20 million (approximately $21.8 million). The round was backed by Hitachi Ventures, Transition Ventures, imec.xpand, Doosan Investment and a tier‑one chip maker. Invisix is developing a soft‑x‑ray...
ASML Spinout Invisix Raises €20M to See Inside the Chips Optics Can’t
Invisix, an ASML spin‑out from Eindhoven, closed an oversubscribed seed round, raising €20 million (about $22 million). Investors include Hitachi Ventures, imec.xpand, Doosan Investment and a tier‑1 semiconductor manufacturer, likely Samsung. The startup will use the capital to build a soft‑x‑ray metrology...
Simple Energy Raises Rs 250 Cr in Debt and Equity Round Ahead of IPO Plans
Simple Energy, the Bengaluru‑based electric two‑wheelers maker, secured a Rs 250 crore ($30 million) debt‑equity round led by the family office of Thyrocare founder Arokiaswamy Velumani, with additional debt from HDFC Bank and other NBFCs. The capital will fund a rapid scale‑up of production...
Anthropic Secures $65B Series H, Valuation Hits $965B, Overtaking OpenAI
Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H round, lifting its post‑money valuation to $965 billion and briefly overtaking OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup. The capital, led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia, will fund safety research, compute expansion and enterprise...
Clouted Raises $7M Seed to Power AI‑Driven Viral Reels for Creators
Clouted, an LA‑based AI startup, announced a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures to expand its “Distribution Intelligence” platform that automates short‑form video testing and publishing. The funding backs a product that claims to turn every campaign into a...
UK Music Tech Faces Scale-Up Crunch as Growth Funding Collapses
Britain’s music‑tech sector is confronting a severe scaling crunch as growth‑stage funding collapsed by roughly 90% over the past five years, dropping from $128 million in 2020 to just $12.7 million in 2025. While total investment reached $1.03 billion and seed capital more...