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ClickHouse Raises $400 Million Series D led by Dragoneer to Accelerate Expansion Across Analytics and AI Infrastructure
ClickHouse , a leader in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML, led by Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, and Yury Izrailevsky, has announced the close of its Series D financing, raising $400 million, led by Dragoneer Investment Group , with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners , GIC, Index Ventures , Khosla Ventures , Lightspeed Venture Partners , accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and WCM Investment Management . ClickHouse conti
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ETH Zurich Spin-Offs of 2023
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and the order is based on the date of the recognition, from earliest to latest) 1) SURI BioTech: Led by Dr. sc. Vanesa Rocha Martin, Suri Biotech is a pioneering biotechnology company specializing in microbiome solutions for health and well-being. Know More At: suribiotech.com 2) Showzone: Led by Eren Akbiyik, Nicolas Zanotti, and Simon Beyer, Showzone is a platform that leaves a lasting impression with real-time transcriptio
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ClickHouse Raises $400 Million Series D led by Dragoneer to Accelerate Expansion Across Analytics and AI Infrastructure
ClickHouse , a leader in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML, led by Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, and Yury Izrailevsky, has announced the close of its Series D financing, raising $400 million, led by Dragoneer Investment Group , with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners , GIC, Index Ventures , Khosla Ventures , Lightspeed Venture Partners , accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and WCM Investment Management . ClickHouse conti
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ETH Zurich Spin-Offs of 2023
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and the order is based on the date of the recognition, from earliest to latest) 1) Akina: Led by Dr. Florian Haufe and Dr. Michele Xiloyannis, Akina is leading the world to embrace movement’s full potential through AI-enhanced physiotherapy. Know More At: akina.health 2) Univerbal: Led by Samuel Bissegger, Christopher Raffl, and others, Univerbal empowers language learners to practice new languages by talking about anything t
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and the order is based on the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest) 1) Constellation Space: Founded by Laith Altarabishi, Raaid Kabir, Kamran Majid, and Omeed Tehrani, Constellation Space builds ConstellationOS, an AI-driven platform that makes satellite networks autonomous and resilient. Know More At: constellation-io.com 2) GRU Space: Founded by Skyler Chan, GRU Space builds off-planet habitats using in-situ res
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Hydrosat Raises $60 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Growth
Hydrosat , providing irrigation and crop management solutions to help governments preserve water while increasing farmers’ crop yields, led by Pieter Fossel and others, has announced the close of $60 million in new funding to accelerate growth across commercial, civil government, and defense markets led by Hartree Partners , Subutai Capital Partners , and Space 4 Earth , with new investment from Truffle Capital . The round includes follow-on investment from the Luxembourg
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ClickHouse Raises $400 Million Series D led by Dragoneer to Accelerate Expansion Across Analytics and AI Infrastructure
ClickHouse , a leader in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML, led by Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, and Yury Izrailevsky, has announced the close of its Series D financing, raising $400 million, led by Dragoneer Investment Group , with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners , GIC, Index Ventures , Khosla Ventures , Lightspeed Venture Partners , accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and WCM Investment Management . ClickHouse conti
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ClickHouse Raises $400 Million Series D led by Dragoneer to Accelerate Expansion Across Analytics and AI Infrastructure
ClickHouse , a leader in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML, led by Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, and Yury Izrailevsky, has announced the close of its Series D financing, raising $400 million, led by Dragoneer Investment Group , with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners , GIC, Index Ventures , Khosla Ventures , Lightspeed Venture Partners , accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and WCM Investment Management . ClickHouse conti
Parloa Valued at $3 Billion with $350 Million Series D to Lead Agentic AI for Customer Experience
Parloa , the premier provider of AI agents elevating enterprise customer experience, led by Malte Kosub, Stefan Ostwald, Latane Conant, Csaba Tamas, Chris Silver, and Tino Mittelmeier, has announced $350 million in Series D funding led by General Catalyst , with strong continued support from Parloa’s existing investors, including EQT Ventures , Altimeter Capital , Durable Capital Partners , and Mosaic Ventures , bringing its valuation to $3 billion. Closing just seven months
WitnessAI Raises $58 Million for Global Expansion and Announces New Ways to Secure AI Agents
WitnessAI , a platform that helps enterprises protect and accelerate their AI journey across the rapidly evolving AI tech stacks, led by Rick Caccia, Gil Spencer, Stephanie Gilliam, and others, has secured strategic funding of $58 million led by Sound Ventures , with participation from Fin Capital , Qualcomm Ventures , Samsung Ventures, and Forgepoint Capital Partners . The company also unveiled expanded agentic AI governance capabilities that bring observability to global e
How Skild AI is Building the Industry's First Unified Robotics Foundation Model
Skild AI , building omni-bodied intelligence, led by Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, has raised $1.4 billion in Series C funding, led by SoftBank with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA), Macquarie Capital (entities administered by Macquarie Capital), and Jeff Bezos(via Bezos Expeditions ), valuing the company at over $14 Billion. Lightspeed , Felicis , Coatue , and Sequoia Capital have doubled down on their investments. Several strategic investors have also come on b
depthfirst Announces $40M Series A to Secure the World’s Software
depthfirst , an applied AI Lab solving security’s AI-era problems, led by Daniele Perito, Qasim Mithani, and Andrea Michi, has secured $40M Series A round, led by Accel with participation from Alt Capital , BoxGroup , Liquid 2 Ventures , Mantis VC , SV Angel , and notable angel investors including Jeff Dean, Kirsten Green, Colin Evans, Logan Kilpatrick, and Julian Schrittwieser. depthfirst’s General Security Intelligence platform introduces a unified AI system that detects,
VoiceRun Raises $5.5 Million to Build a Voice Agent Foundry
VoiceRun , building a secure, reliable voice infrastructure for enterprises, led by Derek Caneja and Nicholas Leonard, has secured $5.5 million in funding. In the near future, AI-powered voice agents will be able to communicate anytime, anywhere, and in any language, with billions expected to run on VoiceRun. Advances in real-time voice understanding and generation from companies like ElevenLabs, Deepgram, and Fish Audio, combined with intelligence from models by OpenAI, Ge
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Bluecopa Secures $7.5 Million Series A funding to Expand AI-Driven Finance Software
Bluecopa , the unified finance operations management platform, led by Satya Prakash, Nilotpal Chanda, and Raghavendra Reddy, has secured $7.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Singapore-based Analog Partners , with participation from existing investors Blume Ventures and Dallas Venture Capital , bringing the total funding to $11.6 million. “This funding fast-tracks our vision of autonomous finance, where routine processes run themselves, and teams focus on strategy
Bluecopa Secures $7.5 Million Series A funding to Expand AI-Driven Finance Software
Bluecopa , the unified finance operations management platform, led by Satya Prakash, Nilotpal Chanda, and Raghavendra Reddy, has secured $7.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Singapore-based Analog Partners , with participation from existing investors Blume Ventures and Dallas Venture Capital , bringing the total funding to $11.6 million. “This funding fast-tracks our vision of autonomous finance, where routine processes run themselves, and teams focus on strategy
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Rain is Scaling Stablecoin-Powered Payments Infrastructure for Global Enterprises
Rain , the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, led by Farooq Malik and Charles Naut, has secured a $250 million Series C funding round led by ICONIQ , with participation from Sapphire Ventures , Dragonfly , Bessemer Venture Partners , Galaxy Ventures , FirstMark , Lightspeed , Norwest , and Endeavor Catalyst , bringing the total funding to $338 million and valuing the company at $1.95 Billion. Stablecoins have shifted from a speculative niche to
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Indian Wealthtech Platform PowerUp Money is Expanding Access to High-Quality Mutual Fund Advisory
PowerUp Money , India's trusted Mutual Fund Advisory App, led by Prateek Jindal, Harshil Sharma, Navdha Khera, Mridul Mimansa, Gaurav Singh, and Arush Kapoor, has secured $12 million in a Series A round led by Peak XV , with support from existing backers Accel , Blume Ventures , Kae Capital , 8i Ventures , and DeVC . India today has nearly 60 million mutual fund investors, with SIP participation at an all-time high. Yet many working professionals struggle to make prudent fin
Dec 23, 2025
Nodu is Upgrading Europe’s Payment Rails as Stablecoins Surge
Nodu , a compliant platform bridging fiat and stablecoin payments, led by Alex Novozhenov , Vladislav Nikolayev , and Daria Dubinina , has closed a $1.45 million pre-seed round led by Digital Space Ventures . Nodu provides banks, fintechs, and businesses with a ready-to-use global compliance and payments framework for stablecoins, enabling services to be launched without the need to build internal infrastructure. The platform enables sending, receiving, and holding stable
Dec 20, 2025
Modern Brokerage Firm Cache Exceeds $1 Billion in Assets Just Twenty Months after Launch
Cache , building the best brokerage to manage your large stock positions, led by Srikanth Narayan and others, has crossed $1 billion in total platform assets. For more than fifty years, exchange funds have operated largely out of the spotlight, addressing a specific need for a narrow group of investors, primarily ultra-wealthy families with private banking relationships. While the structure proved effective, the overall experience saw little innovation. High minimums, elevat
Dec 19, 2025
FINNY Raises a $17 Million Series A to Help Great Financial Advisors Help More People
Finny , the organic growth engine for financial advisors, led by Eden Ovadia, Victoria Toli, and Theodore Janson, has secured $17 million in Series A funding led by Venrock , with participation from Activant , Altruist’s Jason Wenk, and continued support from Y Combinator , Maple VC, and Crossbeam Ventures . Nick Beim from Venrock and Bill McNabb, the former Chairman and CEO of Vanguard, will join the Board. Financial advisors play a critical role in helping Americans navigat
Dec 19, 2025
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Lux Capital Announces Lux Ventures IX, its Largest Fund to Date
Lux Capital , a Venture Capital Firm, started in 2000, investing in opportunities at the frontier of science and technology that others find too hard, too early, or too confusing, led by Peter Hebert, Josh Wolfe, and others, has announced its largest fund to date, Lux Ventures IX, a $1.5B commitment to investing in the people turning sci-fi into sci-fact. Entire sectors, from aerospace and biotech to defense and industrials, are being rebuilt by a bold new generation of sci
Lux Capital Announces Lux Ventures IX, its Largest Fund to Date
Lux Capital , a Venture Capital Firm, started in 2000, investing in opportunities at the frontier of science and technology that others find too hard, too early, or too confusing, led by Peter Hebert, Josh Wolfe, and others, has announced its largest fund to date, Lux Ventures IX, a $1.5B commitment to investing in the people turning sci-fi into sci-fact. Entire sectors, from aerospace and biotech to defense and industrials, are being rebuilt by a bold new generation of sci
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Cloudberry Launches Europe’s First Semiconductor Venture Fund
Cloudberry , a venture capital firm based in Helsinki and London, led by Rene Kromhof, Veera Pietikäinen, Lawrence Lundy-Bryan, Tuomas Hollman, and Lukas Steinmann, has announced the launch of Europe’s first semiconductor venture fund with an initial close of €30 million. The fund invests in companies advancing the technological frontier with semiconductors, photonics, and advanced materials to advance compute, connectivity, sensing, and power. Cloudberry’s fund, anchored
Dec 19, 2025
Fortino Capital Closes Oversubscribed PE III Fund at €700 Million
Fortino Capital , a specialist European investor in B2B SaaS companies, led by Duco Sickinghe, Renaat Berckmoes, and others, has announced the final close of its third private equity fund (“Fortino PE III”) at an extended hard cap of €700 million, surpassing its initial €600 million target, with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors across Europe and the US. Fortino PE III is around 85% larger than its predecessor and attracted a diverse base of i
Dec 19, 2025
MD One Ventures & Randox launch Accelerator Randox for Builders
MD One Ventures , Europe's first Defence and National Security Venture Capital, led by Will McManners, Kelvin Au, Edward Ebbern, and others, and Randox , a global diagnostics and healthcare company from the UK and Ireland, have announced the launch of Randox for Builders , a security and biotech incubator and accelerator for UK and European founders and their teams. Alongside funding, founders gain immediate access to world-class scientific, R&D, and commercial expertise, g
Dec 16, 2025
Aneli Capital Launches €35 Million Fund for Baltic and CEE Startups
Aneli Capital , investing in visionary startups to revolutionize industries and drive transformative change, led by Daiva Rakauskaitė, Jacek Blonski, Nerijus Baliunas, Sabina Siniciene, and others, has announced €35 million fund to support early-stage startups in the Baltics, Poland, and other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, that will primarily focus on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well as robotics, space, photonics, and energy startups, to
Dec 10, 2025
betacluster Ventures Launches New Early-Stage Fund betacluster Poland.One Under the PFR Starter Program
betacluster Ventures , fueling early-stage smart data startups from the beta phase to worldwide success, led by Florian Steger, Gabriela Brodzińska-Drozd, and Cezary Iwan, has launched betacluster Poland.One , a new early-stage fund under the PFR Starter program with a target capitalisation of €19 million (PLN 81.25 million). The fund will back technology startups primarily from Poland that are building solutions for the Smart Data Economy, where intelligent data systems, AI
Dec 9, 2025
Deep Tech
Merge Labs Announces its Launch with the Long-Term Mission of Bridging Biological and Artificial Intelligence
Merge Labs , a Brain Computer Interface Research Lab, founded by Mikhail Shapiro, Tyson Aflalo, and Sumner Norman, complemented by technology entrepreneurs Alex Blania, Sandro Herbig, and Sam Altman in a personal capacity, has announced its launch and support and collaboration from OpenAI. The goal centers on advancing a new class of brain-computer interfaces with high bandwidth, deep AI integration, and broad accessibility. Human experience emerges from billions of neurons
Merge Labs Announces its Launch with the Long-Term Mission of Bridging Biological and Artificial Intelligence
Merge Labs , a Brain Computer Interface Research Lab, founded by Mikhail Shapiro, Tyson Aflalo, and Sumner Norman, complemented by technology entrepreneurs Alex Blania, Sandro Herbig, and Sam Altman in a personal capacity, has announced its launch and support and collaboration from OpenAI. The goal centers on advancing a new class of brain-computer interfaces with high bandwidth, deep AI integration, and broad accessibility. Human experience emerges from billions of neurons
Slingshot Aerospace Awarded $27 Million Space Force Contract to Power the AI-Driven Training Environment for Space Warfare
Slingshot Aerospace , powering the future of space, led by Tim Solms, Julio Pekarovic, Andrea Powers, Kelli Furrer, Erik Ekwurzel, Dr. Adrian Thompson, and others, has earned a $27 million contract to modernize scenario training activities. Under the contract, Slingshot will advance the Space Force’s Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program by integrating existing training capabilities with AI-native technology designed to accurately replicate today’s ra
How AlphaLum is Enabling Mass-Scale AR Glasses and Spatial Computing
AlphaLum , building the world's most efficient AR displays & optical sensors, led by Markus Rossi, Eric Tremblay, Tim De Reyck, Tanja Koch, Carlos Macias, and Volker Zagolla, has announced the successful close of its CHF 3.4 million seed financing round led by Vsquared Ventures . The funding accelerates AlphaLum’s shift from advanced engineering to a core supplier for next-generation smart glasses and spatial-computing products, establishing it as a leading European provider
Aule Space is Building Satellite Life-Extension 'Jetpacks'
Aule Space , building the robotic workforce for the space economy, led by Jay Panchal, Nithyaa Giri, and Hrishit Tambi, has secured $2 million in pre-seed funding led by pi Ventures , with participation from a clutch of angel investors, including Eash Sundaram, former Board Member of Intelsat and Founder of Utpata Ventures, and Arvind Lakshmikumar, CEO of defence tech company Tonbo Imaging , among others. Aule Space has been part of the Entrepreneurs First accelerator progr
How Skild AI is Building the Industry's First Unified Robotics Foundation Model
Skild AI , building omni-bodied intelligence, led by Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, has raised $1.4 billion in Series C funding, led by SoftBank with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA), Macquarie Capital (entities administered by Macquarie Capital), and Jeff Bezos(via Bezos Expeditions ), valuing the company at over $14 Billion. Lightspeed , Felicis , Coatue , and Sequoia Capital have doubled down on their investments. Several strategic investors have also come on b
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WitnessAI Raises $58 Million for Global Expansion and Announces New Ways to Secure AI Agents
WitnessAI , a platform that helps enterprises protect and accelerate their AI journey across the rapidly evolving AI tech stacks, led by Rick Caccia, Gil Spencer, Stephanie Gilliam, and others, has secured strategic funding of $58 million led by Sound Ventures , with participation from Fin Capital , Qualcomm Ventures , Samsung Ventures, and Forgepoint Capital Partners . The company also unveiled expanded agentic AI governance capabilities that bring observability to global e
WitnessAI Raises $58 Million for Global Expansion and Announces New Ways to Secure AI Agents
WitnessAI , a platform that helps enterprises protect and accelerate their AI journey across the rapidly evolving AI tech stacks, led by Rick Caccia, Gil Spencer, Stephanie Gilliam, and others, has secured strategic funding of $58 million led by Sound Ventures , with participation from Fin Capital , Qualcomm Ventures , Samsung Ventures, and Forgepoint Capital Partners . The company also unveiled expanded agentic AI governance capabilities that bring observability to global e
depthfirst Announces $40M Series A to Secure the World’s Software
depthfirst , an applied AI Lab solving security’s AI-era problems, led by Daniele Perito, Qasim Mithani, and Andrea Michi, has secured $40M Series A round, led by Accel with participation from Alt Capital , BoxGroup , Liquid 2 Ventures , Mantis VC , SV Angel , and notable angel investors including Jeff Dean, Kirsten Green, Colin Evans, Logan Kilpatrick, and Julian Schrittwieser. depthfirst’s General Security Intelligence platform introduces a unified AI system that detects,
Aikido Just Raised $60 Million Series B
Aikido , securing your code, cloud, and runtime in one central system, led by Willem Delbare , Roeland Delrue , Felix Garriau , and others, has secured $60 million in Series B at a $1B valuation, led by Tom Stafford at DST Global , with participation from PSG Equity , Singular, Notion Capital , and others. Aikido was created to fix a core problem in security: developers were being burdened, not supported. Traditional tools generated noise instead of clarity and complexity ins
Torq Raises $140M Series D to Dominate the Future of Security Operations
Torq , the AI security platform, led by Ofer Smadari, Leonid Belkind, Eldad Livni, and others, has secured a massive $140 million Series D funding round led by Merlin Ventures with participation from all existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners , Notable Capital , Bessemer Venture Partners , Insight Ventures Partners , and Greenfield Partners , propelling its valuation to $1.2 billion and total funding to $332M. Torq is transforming Security Operations Center
Cyera Raises $400 Million to Secure AI Adoption at Scale for Every Enterprise
Cyera , the AI-native data security platform, led by Yotam Segev, Tamar Bar-Ilan, and others, has secured $400 million in funding. AI now demands a new security model. Public data powered the first wave; proprietary data will drive the next. As agentic AI spreads across enterprises, automated systems generate massive volumes of actions and decisions, expanding exposure. The real challenge is securing this ecosystem. Legacy security tools cannot see or control the data AI dep
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