Orbital Data-Center Startup Aetherflux Raising New Financing at $2 Billion Valuation
Orbital data‑center startup Aetherflux announced a new financing round that values the company at $2 billion. The Series B round seeks between $250 million and $300 million, according to sources. Aetherflux is led by Baiju Bhatt, the co‑founder of Robinhood, and plans to develop data centers in low‑Earth orbit. The capital will fund satellite manufacturing, launch services, and ground‑segment integration.
Claude AI Maker Anthropic Considers IPO as Soon as October
Anthropic PBC, the creator of the Claude chatbot, is weighing an initial public offering as early as October 2026. The company has begun preliminary discussions with leading Wall Street banks to serve as underwriters. An IPO would provide fresh capital...
Kushner’s Thrive Holdings in Talks to Raise at Least $2 Billion
Thrive Holdings, the venture‑capital arm spun out of Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, is negotiating a new fundraising round of at least $2 billion. The firm has already locked in $1 billion of capital commitments and is gauging investor appetite for an additional...
Whither the Scarcity Premium for Tech IPOs?
The article examines how high‑net‑worth investors are using secondary‑market vehicles and private‑placement structures to access coveted tech startups before they list publicly. This growing “scarcity premium” reflects limited IPO supply and drives higher valuations in private trades. Analysts warn that...
IT Collaboration Startup Support Fusion Raises $1 Million Pre-Seed for Offshore Ambitions
Support Fusion, a Melbourne‑based startup that links managed service providers with enterprise IT tools, closed a $1 million pre‑seed round led by Func Ventures and Exhort Ventures. The platform now supports over ten connectors—including ServiceNow, Jira, and Zendesk—and operates in Australia,...
Cifrato Raises over $1M to Automate Accounting Processes with AI
Colombian startup Cifrato, which uses AI agents to automate accounting workflows, closed a seed round of over $1 million. Investors include Y Combinator, Fen Ventures, Decelera Ventures and Kuiper. The platform connects directly to Colombia’s tax authority, processes invoices, applies taxes...
Tazapay Raises $36M to Expand Cross-Border Payments
Tazapay announced a $36 million funding round aimed at scaling its cross‑border payments platform. The startup’s unified API lets businesses receive and send money worldwide without setting up local entities, offering card, bank‑transfer, instant‑network and e‑wallet options. The capital will accelerate...
Colossal Biosciences Spins Out AI Startup Astromech at $2B Valuation
Colossal Biosciences, the company aiming to resurrect the woolly mammoth through genetic engineering, has spun out its artificial‑intelligence venture Astromech. The new startup, founded by Colossal co‑founders Ban Lamm and renowned geneticist George Church, secured a $2 billion valuation, making it...
PAVE Space Secures $40 Million To Move Satellites Into Higher Orbits
German‑based PAVE Space announced the close of a $40 million seed round, led by Visionaries Club, Creandum and other investors. The funding will be used to develop its orbital transfer vehicles, LYOBA and IBEX, designed to reposition satellites from low‑Earth orbit...
ORAN Development Company Lands $45M
ORAN Development Company (ODC) closed a $45 million Series A funding round, led by a consortium of technology and telecom powerhouses. The round featured investors such as Booz Allen, Cisco Investments, Nokia, NVIDIA, AT&T, MTN, and Telecom Italia, alongside Phoenix Venture Partners...
Defense Tech Startups Raise $405 Million in New Funding Rounds
Defense technology startups collectively raised $405 million in recent financing rounds. ORAN Development Company (ODC) secured $45 million in a Series A to build an AI‑native, open‑architecture platform that turns cell sites into distributed compute hubs, a step toward the 6G era. Performance...
Cents Closes $140M Series C Round
Cents, a unified software, hardware, and payments platform for laundromats, closed a $140 million Series C round led by Sumeru Equity Partners with participation from Camber Creek. The financing is the largest software investment ever in the laundry vertical and backs Cents’...
Pinnacle Medicines Raises $89M Series B
Pinnacle Medicines announced the closing of an oversubscribed $89 million Series B financing, co‑led by LAV and Foresite Capital. The biotech firm leverages a proprietary platform that blends physics‑based molecular simulations, AI‑driven design, and advanced peptide chemistry to create oral peptide therapeutics....
MTN Invests in AI Network Start-Up Alongside Nvidia
MTN’s digital infrastructure arm has joined a $45 million Series‑A round for US‑based ORAN Development Company (ODC), alongside Nvidia, Cisco and other telecom giants. ODC’s AI‑RAN platform will embed AI processing into radio access networks, turning traditional cell towers into edge‑computing...
Power Management Company Claros Raises $30m Seed Round
Claros, a power‑management startup, raised a $30 million seed round led by General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners. The funding will accelerate development of its integrated voltage regulator (IVR) and Power Gateway direct‑current distribution platform. The IVR claims up to 30%...
Multiply Raises $9.5M, Focused on B2B Self-Learning Ads
Multiply, an AI‑native media agency for B2B firms, emerged from stealth with a $9.5 million Series A led by Mayfield. Its self‑learning advertising platform links Google Search and LinkedIn campaigns to sales call recordings, CRM data, and performance metrics, automatically generating and...
Venture Capitalists Eye Philippines
Venture capital activity in the Philippines surged in 2025, with private‑capital funding rising about 34% year‑on‑year despite a regional downturn. Foxmont Capital Partners alone raised $1.5 billion, up from $960 million in 2023, and e‑commerce now accounts for 67% of the country’s...
Blossom Health Secures $20M to Scale AI Psychiatry Platform
Blossom Health, a New York‑based telepsychiatry startup, raised $20 million in Seed and Series A financing led by Headline and a broad investor syndicate. The capital will fund geographic expansion, new payer contracts, clinician onboarding, and accelerated AI research. Blossom’s platform combines...
Tom Brady-Backed Telehealth Firm eMed Valued at over $2 Billion in Latest Funding Round
Telehealth company eMed announced a $200 million Series A round that lifts its valuation above $2 billion. The round was led by Aon Consulting and includes backing from Tom Brady, who also serves as founding chief wellness officer. eMed will use the capital to...
Tazapay Closes $36m Series B to Scale Emerging Market Payments
Tazapay announced the close of a $36 million Series B extension led by Circle Ventures, bringing total Series B funding to $36 million. The round added new investors CMT Digital and Coinbase Ventures alongside existing backers. The capital will fund licensing expansion, accelerate go‑to‑market...
DealWire and Capital Engine Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Private Markets Intelligence with AI-Driven Data Solutions
DealWire and Capital Engine have formed a strategic partnership that blends DealWire’s autonomous AI agents and global data ingestion engine with Capital Engine’s investment‑banking technology. The combined platform delivers real‑time, cross‑border intelligence on private equity, venture capital and private credit...
UK Insurtech Startups Continue to Secure Funding Despite Broader Slowdown in VC Activity : Analysis
A new CB Insights report identifies the 25 most active investors in UK insurtech, who together completed 97 equity deals between 2021 and 2025. Despite a broader slowdown in venture capital, 11% of UK insurtech equity deals involved companies ranked...
Loan Note: Fund Structuring Under Scrutiny; LPs Reveal Strategic Preferences
The latest Loan Note briefing highlights growing scrutiny over fund structuring, with mis‑selling and mis‑structuring flagged as core concerns for retail‑focused private debt vehicles. Regulatory attention is intensifying, prompting managers to reassess compliance and disclosure practices. Meanwhile, Blue Torch announced...
Swedish Noru Attracts Nordic and Global Investors for AI Compliance Platform
Swedish startup Noru announced a €553.9K (~$600K) pre‑seed round led by Ampli Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz a16z Seed Fund, SSE Business Lab and several Nordic operators. The company’s AI‑native “agentic compliance” platform embeds regulatory processes directly into developer...
Allday Goods Raises £765K to Scale Its Cult, Recycled-Plastic Knife Brand
Allday Goods, an East London kitchenware brand that turns landfill-bound plastic into colourful knife handles, has secured £765,000 (approximately $970,000) in a funding round led by FIGR Ventures. The round also includes Anotherway Ventures, Machroes Holdings and several angels, adding...
Textile Recycling Tech Startup Renasens Raises €10 Million
Swedish cleantech startup Renasens secured a €10 million (≈$11.5 million) seed round to expand its waterless, chemical‑free textile recycling platform across Europe. The company will use the capital to launch a pilot plant in Borås, Sweden, converting mixed textile waste into high‑quality...
Most UK Startups Aren’t in London. But Most Funding Still Is
A recent analysis shows that while 53% of the UK’s high‑growth startups are located outside London, they capture only 39% of venture funding. Entrepreneur Jenson Brook’s Britain’s Got Startups (BGS) platform is trying to bridge the gap by showcasing regional...
“Founders Hold the Keys to America’s Victory”: Overmatch Ventures Raises $250m Second Fund
Overmatch Ventures announced the close of its oversubscribed second fund, raising $250 million to back early‑stage deep‑tech, defense and space companies. The capital will be deployed to founder‑led startups developing technologies deemed critical to U.S. national security. By targeting high‑risk, high‑reward...
Oral Peptides Biotech Pinnacle Medicines Gets $89M From US, China Investors
Pinnacle Medicines, a two‑year‑old biotech focused on oral peptide therapeutics, secured $89 million from a mix of U.S. and Chinese investors. The financing will fund its platform that converts injectable peptides into pill form, building on the recent success of Novo...
Renasens Raises €10m to Scale Textile Recycling Tech
Renasens, a Swedish start‑up, secured €10 million (approximately $10.8 million) in seed funding to scale its textile‑recycling technology that uses supercritical CO₂ to recover fibres from blended waste. The capital, led by Extantia with participation from Course Corrected and Norrsken Launcher, will...
Pentathlon Ventures Closes Fund II at Rs 255 Cr
Pentathlon Ventures closed its second fund at Rs 255 crore (≈ $31 million), targeting 16–20 seed‑stage B2B tech startups. The fund expands its focus to enterprise AI transformation, fintech, healthtech, cybersecurity, logistics and manufacturing. Backed by family offices, HNIs and entrepreneurs across India, the...
ELMED Life Sciences Raises $2.7 Mn in Series A From NABVENTURES
ELMED Life Sciences secured a $2.7 million Series A round led by NABVENTURES' AgriSURE Fund. The capital will fund new manufacturing capacity in Hyderabad, R&D acceleration, and broader distribution across Indian tier‑2/3 regions and overseas markets. ELMED develops probiotic and microbiome‑based products...
Delaware Court of Chancery Sustains Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Based on Terms of LLC Agreement
On Jan. 29, 2026 the Delaware Court of Chancery denied Victory Park Capital Advisors’ motion to dismiss, sustaining Calumet Capital Partners’ breach‑of‑fiduciary‑duty, aiding‑and‑abetting, servicing‑agreement and implied‑covenant claims. The court held that the LLC’s protective provision could not blanket‑away fiduciary duties because Delaware law...
Insurtech Startup Plum Nets ₹193 Cr To Expand Employee Health Benefits Platform
Insurtech startup Plum announced a $20.6 million Series B round, raising ₹193 crore led by Peak XV Ventures with participation from Tanglin and GMO Venture Partners. The funding will finance talent acquisition, AI‑driven claims processing, enterprise‑grade security, and deeper HR‑payroll integrations. Plum also plans...
Meet Keith – the AI-First Law Firm Looking to Transform Conveyancing
AI‑first law firm Keith has secured $2.5 million in seed funding to launch a fully automated conveyancing platform this summer. The firm will use a network of 38 specialized AI agents to handle up to 80% of the transaction workflow, aiming...
Verse8 Raises $5M for AI-Driven Game Creation Platform
Verse8, an AI-native platform that lets creators instantly turn ideas into playable games, announced a $5 million seed round. Since its stealth launch in July, the service has attracted more than 3.5 million monthly active users, supported by over 5,000 active creators...
PDW Raises Over $110M to Expand Military Drone Production
Performance Drone Works (PDW) announced a Series B round that raised over $110 million, led by Ondas and joined by strategic investors such as Hood River, Cedar Pine, Hanwha’s venture fund and Booz Allen Hamilton. The capital will fund a hiring...
Private Stablecoin Platform Payy Network Raises $6 Million Seed Round
Payy Network announced a $6 million seed round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto. The private‑by‑default stablecoin platform uses zero‑knowledge proofs to conceal transaction details, addressing transparency concerns that deter enterprise adoption. Payy’s services, including...
SBI, Sony Back Startale’s $63 Million Push to Expand Japan’s Tokenized Finance Stack
Startale Group closed a $63 million Series A round, secured by SBI Group ($50 million) and Sony Innovation Fund ($13 million). The Singapore‑based firm builds blockchain infrastructure, including the Strium tokenized‑securities ledger, JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, and a consumer‑facing app. The capital will be...
M1X Global Raises $3m to Scale On-Chain Sovereign Finance
M1X Global, a public‑private partnership with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, announced the public launch of its on‑chain sovereign finance platform and closed an oversubscribed $3 million angel round. The funding, sourced from prominent crypto‑finance figures and the Stellar Development...
Swiss Orbital Tug Startup Pave Space Raises $40 Million
Swiss startup Pave Space announced a $40 million private funding round to develop a reusable orbital tug and conduct a demonstration flight. The round was led by Visionaries Club and Creandum, with participation from several European investors. Originating as a student‑led...
Y Combinator-Backed Mandel AI Raises $3.9M to Automate Global Supply Chains
Mandel AI, a Y Combinator‑backed startup, secured $3.9 million in seed funding to launch an AI‑driven supply‑chain coordinator. The platform sits atop existing email and ERP systems, using specialized agents to read supplier messages, reconcile purchase orders and invoices, and act...
Eunice Raises $8m to Transform Alternative Asset Due Diligence
London‑based Eunice, which builds AI‑driven due‑diligence infrastructure for regulated markets, announced an $8 million seed round led by Moonfire Ventures and Speedinvest, with participation from Openspace Ventures and a roster of high‑profile angel investors. The funding will accelerate the rollout of...
Sift Raises $42 Million in Series B Round
Sift, a Southern California startup founded by former SpaceX engineers, announced a $42 million Series B round led by StepStone Group with participation from Google Ventures and other investors. The capital will be used to grow its engineering team and enhance its...
Thesis Care (Formerly Trovo Health) Secures $45M to Scale AI-Powered Clinical Care Teams
Thesis Care, formerly Trovo Health, closed a $45 million Series A round led by Oak HC/FT, bringing total funding to $60 million. Founded in 2024 by ex‑Cedar executives, the startup uses AI agents backed by clinicians‑in‑the‑loop to automate end‑to‑end clinical workflows. By delivering...
EIF Launches €15bn Fund of Funds to Back 100 Growth-Stage VCs
The European Investment Fund announced a €15 bn (≈$16.2 bn) fund‑of‑funds, the second European Tech Champions Initiative, to back about 100 growth‑stage venture capital funds across the EU. The program will target mid‑size funds raising €300‑600 m (≈$324‑$648 m) and mega funds of €1 bn...
Qualified Health Raises $125M to Scale Generative AI in Health Systems
Qualified Health, a public‑benefit AI firm, closed a $125 million Series B led by NEA, adding investors such as Transformation Capital and Anthropic. The round will fund expansion of its generative‑AI platform that offers governance, risk‑alert, privacy safeguards and workflow automation for...
Microneedle Vaccine Patch Company Raises $50M for Pivot to GLP-1 Delivery
Terrestrial Bio, the microneedle vaccine patch pioneer originally founded as Vaxess Technologies, announced a $50 million Series B financing round to shift its focus from vaccines to GLP‑1 peptide delivery. The capital, led by a consortium of biotech investors, will fund clinical...
