Mesh Security Raises $12 Million Series A
Mesh Security announced a $12 million Series A round led by Lobby Capital, with participation from S Ventures and Bright Pixel Capital. The Palo Alto‑based startup claims to deliver the world’s first Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture (CSMA) platform, an execution layer that unifies disparate security tools. The new capital will accelerate product development and expand go‑to‑market efforts as enterprises seek interoperable, resilient security solutions. Mesh’s approach promises to reduce exposure while scaling across complex environments.
Robinhood Is Investing in Crypto Trading Platform Talos at $1.5 Billion Valuation
Robinhood is committing $45 million to Talos in an extended Series B round, pushing the crypto‑trading technology firm’s valuation to roughly $1.5 billion. The financing brings Talos’s total Series B capital to $150 million and adds strategic investors such as Sony Innovation Fund, IMC, QCP...
RobCo Raises $100M in Series C Funding
RobCo, a Munich‑based physical AI robotics firm, announced a $100 million Series C round. The financing was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lingotto Innovation, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Greenfield Partners, Kindred Capital, Leitmotif and The Friedkin Group. The company plans...
Datalinx Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding
AI data refinery Datalinx announced a $4.2 million seed round, led by High Alpha with participation from Databricks Ventures, Berkeley Frontier Fund and Aperiam. The funding will be used to scale its platform that converts unstructured data into AI‑ready assets...
Two Startups Want to Replace How AI Learns: One Just Raised $180M, Another Is Seeking up to $1B
Two AI‑focused startups are courting massive capital to reinvent how machine learning models acquire knowledge. Flapping Airplanes secured $180 million from GV, Sequoia and Index to build systems that learn with human‑like data efficiency, targeting a 100,000‑to‑1,000,000‑fold reduction in required data....
Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft Could Invest up to $60 Billion in OpenAI
OpenAI is negotiating a multi‑billion‑dollar funding round with Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon that could total up to $60 billion. Nvidia may contribute as much as $30 billion, Amazon between $10 billion and $20 billion, and Microsoft less than $10 billion. Existing backer SoftBank could add...
TetraxAI Raises Pre-Seed Funding for AI Risk Tools in Clean Energy
AI‑focused SaaS startup TetraxAI announced a €1.2 million pre‑seed round led by The Footprint Firm, bringing total funding to €1.5 million including a NEOTEC grant. The company’s platform automates due‑diligence and risk analysis for utility‑scale clean‑energy projects, cutting review times from weeks...
Doppler Raises $9M Led by Pantera Capital, Becomes the Default Launch Infrastructure for Onchain Assets
Doppler announced a $9 million financing round led by Pantera Capital, positioning the startup as the default launch infrastructure for on‑chain assets. The capital infusion will accelerate product development, expand its API suite, and broaden global node coverage. Doppler’s platform now...
Northwood Space Raises $100M in Series B Funding
Northwood Space, a Los Angeles‑based ground‑infrastructure provider for space missions, secured $100 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Washington Harbour Partners and co‑led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from several space‑focused venture firms. The capital will fund accelerated...
Decagon AI Raises $250M at $4.5B Valuation to Scale AI Concierge Platform
Decagon AI announced a $250 million Series D round that lifts its valuation to $4.5 billion. The funding, led by Coatue Management and Index Ventures, will accelerate the rollout of its AI concierge platform, which leverages large‑language models across chat, email and voice...
The SpaceX IPO Could Finally Happen (and It’s a Big Deal)
SpaceX is reportedly preparing a 2026 initial public offering, having engaged four major Wall Street banks to manage the process. The company recently completed a tender offer that placed its valuation at $800 billion, with market speculation that the IPO could...
HeyMax Raises $11m Series A to Scale Travel Loyalty Across APAC
HeyMax, a Singapore‑based travel rewards platform, closed an $11 million Series A round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Betatron Venture Group and notable angels such as Agoda’s co‑founder. The capital will fund AI‑enhanced product features and accelerate expansion from its...
Checkbox Inks $23 Million Series A
Checkbox secured a $23 million Series A round led by Touring Capital, with participation from Peak XV, Conductive Ventures, Tidal Ventures, Five V Capital and notable angels such as Jerry Ting. The capital will fuel the rollout of the company’s AI Legal Front Door, a...
Outtake Raises $40M Series B
Outtake, a digital‑trust platform that safeguards organizations from AI‑driven impersonation, closed a $40 million Series B round. The financing was led by ICONIQ with participation from CRV, S32, and a roster of high‑profile tech and security executives, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and...
Elon Musk Reportedly Wants a June SpaceX IPO to Align with His Birthday, the Planets
Elon Musk is reportedly planning SpaceX’s initial public offering for June, aiming to sync the date with his June 28 birthday and a rare Mercury‑Venus‑Jupiter alignment. The Financial Times says the IPO could raise at least $50 billion, valuing the company at...
Zocks Closes $45M Series B to Accelerate AI-Powered Automation for Financial Advisors
Zocks announced a $45 million Series B round co‑led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, lifting its total capital to $65 million since the March 2025 Series A. The funding will accelerate the rollout of its privacy‑first, agentic AI platform beyond routine admin automation...
Origin Raises Series B Funding
Origin, a Los Angeles‑based pelvic floor and musculoskeletal care provider for women, announced a Series B financing round led by SJF Ventures with participation from Blue Venture Fund, Gratitude Railroad, the California IBank and several high‑profile angels. The undisclosed amount will accelerate...
Curate Raises $10M in New Funding
Curate, a Los Angeles‑based hospitality platform, announced a $10 million funding round led by ZoomInfo co‑founder Kirk Brown, with participation from K5 Global, NFL star Amon‑Ra St. Brown, and Pieology founder Carl Cheng. The capital will fuel operational expansion and accelerate product development....
BoldVoice Raises $21M in Series A Funding
BoldVoice, a New York‑based AI voice‑coaching startup, closed a $21 million Series A round led by Matrix with participation from Flybridge, Xfund, Corazon Capital, Alumni Ventures, Umami Capital and Y Combinator. The funding will accelerate its global rollout and the development of proprietary...
Rogo Raises $75M in Series C Funding
Rogo, a New York‑based AI platform built specifically for finance, announced a $75 million Series C round. The financing was led by Sequoia Capital and featured participation from Henry Kravis, Wells Fargo, and existing backers such as Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Tiger Global...
Cellares Raises $257M in Series D Funding
Cellares, a San Francisco‑based Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization, secured $257 million in Series D financing. The round was led by BlackRock and Eclipse, with participation from T. Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford, and other institutional investors. The new capital lifts total funding to $612 million...
AI for Wealth Management Firm Zocks Lands $45 Million Investtment
Zocks, a privacy‑first artificial‑intelligence platform for wealth‑management advisors, announced a $45 million Series B round. The round was co‑led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, with participation from Illuminate Financial and existing backers such as Motive Partners, Expanse Venture Partners, Entrée...
Factify Gets $73M in Seed Funding to Replace Antiquated PDF Files with Intelligent Documents
Factify Technologies announced a $73 million seed round, led by Valley Capital Partners and backed by AI veterans and finance leaders. The startup aims to replace static PDFs with "Factified" documents that carry unique identities, version histories, access controls, and programmable...
Pace Raises $10m to Automate Insurance Operations
Agentic AI startup Pace announced a $10 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital to accelerate automation of insurance operations. The funding will be used to replace traditional business process outsourcing with AI systems that handle submissions, claims processing and other...
Waabi Raises $1B and Expands Into Robotaxis with Uber
Waabi announced a $1 billion financing round, including a $750 million Series C led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners and $250 million milestone‑based capital from Uber. The funding fuels a partnership that will place more than 25,000 Waabi‑powered robotaxis on Uber’s ride‑hailing...
What Messy Finance Stacks Signal to Investors – and How to Fix Them Before Series B
Venture capitalists are now treating operational discipline as a core due‑diligence criterion, especially as startups approach Series B. Investors from Accel, Octopus, Cherry, Firstminute and 13books warn that messy finance stacks, inflated ARR figures, and disorganized bookkeeping are strong red flags....
Pallma AI Closes $1.6M Pre-Seed Round for AI Agent Security
London‑based Pallma AI announced a $1.6 million pre‑seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital, with participation from tech leaders at AWS, Meta, and Google. The startup offers an AI‑native security platform that monitors, detects, and mitigates risks such as prompt injection...
PitchBook Forecasts Cautious Improvement for Venture-Backed IPOs in 2026
PitchBook’s 2025 report sees a cautiously optimistic outlook for U.S. venture‑backed IPOs in 2026, noting that the IPO window has reopened but remains thin. Only 48 companies went public last year, delivering modest exit value while more than $4.3 trillion stays...
Northwood Space Raises $100M in Series B and Works With Space Force on Satellite Control Network
Ground‑tech startup Northwood Space announced a $100 million Series B round, co‑led by Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, and disclosed a $49.8 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to bolster the Satellite Control Network. The financing follows a $30 million Series A and...
Memcyco Receives $37M Series A Financing
Memcyco announced a $37 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $47 million. The oversubscribed round was led by NAventures, E. León Jimenes, and PagsGroup, with existing backers Capri Ventures and Venture Guides participating. Memcyco’s real‑time, agentless platform protects enterprises from phishing,...
Republic Europe Promotes Later Stage Investments
Republic Europe has launched the R Access series, a platform that gives individual investors direct exposure to later‑stage private companies. The first offering, a Kraken special‑purpose vehicle, aggregates existing private shares ahead of the crypto exchange’s anticipated 2026 IPO. By...
Concourse Raises $12 Million Series A to Build AI for Finance Teams
Concourse announced the general availability of its enterprise‑grade AI agent platform for finance teams and closed a $12 million Series A round led by Standard Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, CRV and Y Combinator. The platform now lets any finance team connect...
Nerd Apply Raises $3.2M in Seed Funding
NYC‑based Nerd Apply, a privacy‑first college counseling platform, announced a $3.2 million seed round. The round was led by Riverpark Ventures and featured investors such as Alumni Ventures, 1.61 Ventures, Google Ventures CEO David Krane, and others. Nerd Apply currently supports...
AI Dominant Theme in Forge Q1 2026 Investment Outlook
Forge’s Q1 2026 Investment Outlook shows AI cementing its dominance across private‑market capital flows, with mid‑ and late‑stage companies raising $154.9 billion in 2025—more than double 2024’s total. AI‑focused firms alone attracted $56.7 billion, highlighted by OpenAI’s $40 billion round and Anthropic’s $16.7 billion, while...
Fiddler AI Raises $30M in Series C Funding
Fiddler AI announced a $30 million Series C round led by RPS Ventures, bringing its total funding to $100 million. The Palo Alto‑based AI observability and security platform plans to use the capital to scale across regulated sectors such as healthcare, financial services,...
Vention Raises $110M to Accelerate Physical AI Deployments in Manufacturing
Vention Inc., a Montreal‑based industrial automation firm, announced a $110 million Series D round to accelerate its “physical AI” strategy. The funding will expand its Zero‑Shot Automation platform, add AI‑driven tools, and support a four‑playbook growth plan focused on enterprise customers, AI...
Why Owning the Learning Loop Matters More Than Owning the Lab
Nimbus Therapeutics, founded in 2009, has built a successful small‑molecule drug engine without owning any laboratories, relying on a Design‑Make‑Test‑Analyze (DMTA) learning loop executed through CRO partners. By keeping hypothesis generation, molecular design, data integration and decision‑making in‑house, the company...
Symbiotic Security Raises $10M in Seed Funding
Symbiotic Security, a Paris‑based AI‑first customer research firm, announced a $10 million seed round. The round was led by Alven and Drysdale with participation from Lerer Hippeau, Axeleo, Factorial Cap and angels from Hugging Face and Adaptive ML. The capital will fund rapid product...
Healthier Capital Closes $220M Oversubscribed Fund 1
Healthier Capital announced the closing of its oversubscribed $220 million inaugural fund, attracting universities, endowments, family offices, and healthcare organizations. Led by former Amazon One Medical CEO Amir Dan Rubin, the fund targets early‑stage health‑tech innovators that blend AI, genomics, and...
Northwood Closes $100M Series B
Northwood Space announced a $100 million Series B round led by a16z and Washington Harbour Partners, following a $30 million Series A less than a year earlier. The funding will accelerate production of its Portal phased‑array ground systems, now capable of building eight units...
Northwood Space Secures a $100M Series B and a $50M Space Force Contract
Northwood Space announced a $100 million Series B funding round led by Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, following a $30 million Series A less than a year earlier. The startup also secured a $49.8 million contract with the U.S. Space Force to modernize the...
Northwood Space Raises $100 Million Series B, Lands $49 Million Space Force Deal
Northwood Space announced a $100 million Series B round led by Washington Harbour Partners and co‑led by a16z, following a $30 million Series A nine months earlier. The funding supports the rollout of its multi‑beam phased‑array ground station, Portal, which can handle eight to...
Barclays Axpands Demo Directory for Startups
Barclays has launched the second phase of its Demo Directory, a digital platform that matches UK‑based startups with corporate investors and partners. The expansion widens eligibility to a broader range of sectors and adds new tools for pitch preparation, due‑diligence,...
Brazilian Financial Infrastructure Startup Lerian Raises R$30 Million in Seed Round
Lerian, a Brazilian open‑source financial‑infrastructure startup, closed a R$30 million seed round led by MAYA Capital, surpassing its original US$3 million target. The oversubscribed round follows a prior R$18 million raise that funded its core banking platform. The new capital will fuel AI‑driven...
Brickanta Closes $8M Round to Expand AI Use in Construction Planning
Brickanta, a Stockholm‑based AI platform for construction, closed an $8 million seed round led by Northzone, with participation from tech‑savvy angels and Y Combinator. The startup’s AI‑native operating system focuses on pre‑construction workflows such as bid analysis, cost estimation, and procurement. It...
Brickanta Raises $8M in Seed Funding
Brickanta, a Stockholm‑based developer of an agentic AI platform for construction, announced an $8 million seed round. The financing was led by Northzone with participation from Y Combinator, 20VC, and angels linked to OpenAI, Google and Meta. High‑profile athletes Mario Götze...
Flowla Raises $2.5M to Scale Sales and Customer Automation
London‑based Flowla, an AI‑assisted automation platform for sales and customer success, closed a $2.5 million seed round led by Revo Capital. The funding will accelerate development of its buyer‑journey automation engine and fund a U.S. go‑to‑market team. Flowla’s no‑code digital sales...
Compa Gets $35M Series B for Real-Time Pay Analytics
Compensation platform Compa secured $35 million in Series B financing, led by Jump Capital with participation from Crosslink, Storm Ventures and others. The AI‑driven solution aggregates nine million real‑time market observations to replace traditional salary surveys, delivering instant pay analytics across salary,...
Miles Gerson, Sofia Guerra Among VCs Landing New Roles
Miles Gerson and Sofia Guerra, two prominent venture capitalists in the life‑science sector, have announced new senior positions at leading biotech‑focused firms. Gerson is joining XYZ Ventures as Managing Partner, while Guerra moves to ABC Capital as General Partner. Both...
Ricursive Intelligence Scores $300M Series A
Ricursive Intelligence, a frontier artificial‑intelligence laboratory based in Palo Alto, announced a $300 million Series A financing round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and featured participation from DST Global, NVentures, Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, Radical AI, and Sequoia Capital....
