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EquiLibre Technologies, building the next generation of algorithmic trading, led by Martin Schmid, Ph.D., Matej Moravcik, Ph.D., and Rudolf Kadlec, Ph.D., has raised Series A, now valued at $500 Million. The round was led by Creandum, and, although the VC also declined to disclose the size of the round, vice president Cameron Sellers confirmed that it was the largest single investment the firm “has ever made in one go into a company,” he told TechCrunch. Reinforcement Learni
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Nebex Raises $30M Seed Round Led by GV to Build Market Infrastructure for the Global Space Economy
Nebex, building the exchange for the global space economy, led by Tejpaul Bhatia, Anand Subramanian, and the team, has raised a $30M seed investment led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from other top-tier venture funds. The company also announced a banking relationship with J.P. Morgan. The funding and new banking partnership will support Nebex's expansion, enabling the platform to better connect sovereign space programs with the founders and companies developing
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StirlingX Secures Series A Funding
StirlingX, a sovereign intelligence platform turning multi-sensor data into critical insight, led by Dean Jones and the team, has announced a $20m Series A led by Ventura Capital and RCM Private Markets Master Fund managed by Rokos Capital Management US (LP). Chaired by the former Director of GCHQ, StirlingX is tackling one of modern national security's most pressing challenges: enabling the secure capture and rapid use of high-value data across complex and contested environm
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OXMIQ Raises $35 Million to Scale OxCoreTM Architecture
OXMIQ, a GPU and AI architecture company with expertise spanning every layer of the AI stack, led by Raja Koduri and the team, has closed its $35 million Series A financing, bringing the company's total capital raised to $60 million. The round was co-led by Fundomo and Samsung Catalyst Fund, with participation from MediaTek, AM Intelligence Labs, Pegatron Venture Capital, CDIB-TEN, Darwin Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital, among other financial and strategic investors. OXMIQ
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How LinqAlpha is Building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for Global Public Markets
LinqAlpha, an AI-powered investment research firm that turns fragmented data from global markets into a real edge, led by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Subeen Pang, Yongjin Kim, and Hojun Choi, has announced $22 million in Series A funding. The round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms. Founded by Jacob Choi, Subeen Pang, Jin Kim, and Hojun Choi, LinqAlpha combine
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TwelveLabs is Scaling the Video Cognition System, the Foundation for Video Superintelligence
TwelveLabs, a video intelligence platform and API led by Jae Lee, Aiden Lee, Dave Chung, Soyoung Lee, and Sungjun Kim, has raised $100 million, co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with participation from Amazon, alongside Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital, and Red Bull Ventures. The Bet. Five years ago, a simple observation shaped the company's direction: The world does not happen in text. It happens in motion. Language compresses re
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StirlingX Secures Series A Funding
StirlingX, a sovereign intelligence platform turning multi-sensor data into critical insight, led by Dean Jones and the team, has announced a $20m Series A led by Ventura Capital and RCM Private Markets Master Fund managed by Rokos Capital Management US (LP). Chaired by the former Director of GCHQ, StirlingX is tackling one of modern national security's most pressing challenges: enabling the secure capture and rapid use of high-value data across complex and contested environm
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StirlingX Secures Series A Funding
StirlingX, a sovereign intelligence platform turning multi-sensor data into critical insight, led by Dean Jones and the team, has announced a $20m Series A led by Ventura Capital and RCM Private Markets Master Fund managed by Rokos Capital Management US (LP). Chaired by the former Director of GCHQ, StirlingX is tackling one of modern national security's most pressing challenges: enabling the secure capture and rapid use of high-value data across complex and contested environm
OXMIQ Raises $35 Million to Scale OxCoreTM Architecture
OXMIQ, a GPU and AI architecture company with expertise spanning every layer of the AI stack, led by Raja Koduri and the team, has closed its $35 million Series A financing, bringing the company's total capital raised to $60 million. The round was co-led by Fundomo and Samsung Catalyst Fund, with participation from MediaTek, AM Intelligence Labs, Pegatron Venture Capital, CDIB-TEN, Darwin Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital, among other financial and strategic investors. OXMIQ
How LinqAlpha is Building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for Global Public Markets
LinqAlpha, an AI-powered investment research firm that turns fragmented data from global markets into a real edge, led by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Subeen Pang, Yongjin Kim, and Hojun Choi, has announced $22 million in Series A funding. The round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms. Founded by Jacob Choi, Subeen Pang, Jin Kim, and Hojun Choi, LinqAlpha combine
TwelveLabs is Scaling the Video Cognition System, the Foundation for Video Superintelligence
TwelveLabs, a video intelligence platform and API led by Jae Lee, Aiden Lee, Dave Chung, Soyoung Lee, and Sungjun Kim, has raised $100 million, co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with participation from Amazon, alongside Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital, and Red Bull Ventures. The Bet. Five years ago, a simple observation shaped the company's direction: The world does not happen in text. It happens in motion. Language compresses re
Together AI Announces $800M Series C to Accelerate the Shift to Open-Source AI
Together AI, the AI native cloud, led by Vipul Ved Prakash, Ce Zhang, Chris Ré, Tri Dao, and Percy Liang, has announced Series C funding of $800 million from Aramco Ventures, NVIDIA, Vista Equity, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, Schneider Electric, Pegatron, Salesforce Ventures, March Capital, DTCP Growth, Lux Capital, Geodesic, PSP Partners, and others. In addition to the equity capital, Together AI has secured commitments for over 500 MW of compute capacity to be capit
Venice AI Raises $65 Million Series A at a $1 Billion Valuation
Venice AI, building private AI for unlimited creative freedom, led by Erik Voorhees and Jesse Proudman, has raised a $65 million Series A led by Dragonfly, with backing from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, and others, at a $1 billion valuation, its first outside capital, to scale private, unrestricted AI globally. Privacy-First AI. As AI becomes central to how people think, create, and make decisions, the privacy of user interactions is becoming increasingl
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How LinqAlpha is Building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for Global Public Markets
LinqAlpha, an AI-powered investment research firm that turns fragmented data from global markets into a real edge, led by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Subeen Pang, Yongjin Kim, and Hojun Choi, has announced $22 million in Series A funding. The round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms. Founded by Jacob Choi, Subeen Pang, Jin Kim, and Hojun Choi, LinqAlpha combine
How LinqAlpha is Building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for Global Public Markets
LinqAlpha, an AI-powered investment research firm that turns fragmented data from global markets into a real edge, led by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Subeen Pang, Yongjin Kim, and Hojun Choi, has announced $22 million in Series A funding. The round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms. Founded by Jacob Choi, Subeen Pang, Jin Kim, and Hojun Choi, LinqAlpha combine
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Taxwire Raises $25M to Scale Fully Managed AI Sales Tax Automation Platform
Taxwire, a global sales tax automation platform led by Andrew Rea and Steven Schmatz, has announced $25M in Seed and Series A funding from Headline Ventures, XYZ VC, Vinyl, Recall Capital, and Nomo Ventures. The platform automates the complexities of sales tax collection, allowing businesses of all sizes to save time, reduce financial liabilities, and seamlessly manage compliance in the US and over 100 other countries. Addressing Tax Compliance Complexity. Indirect tax compli
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Warp Raises $60 Million Series B from Battery Ventures
Warp, an AI-native payroll, compliance, and benefits platform, led by Ayush Sharma and the team, has announced a $60 million Series B led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Peak XV, Sound Ventures, and Y Combinator, bringing the total funding to $85 million in just under a year. Support and Market Context. The company is backed by leaders from some of the most influential technology organizations of the past two decades, including Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, former Stri
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How Taktile is Powering the Agentic Financial Institutions of the Future
Taktile, the agentic decision platform for financial institutions, led by Maik Taro Wehmeyer and Maximilian Eber, has announced its $110M Series C fundraise, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The Opportunity. Financial services are undergoing one of the most significant technological transformations in their history. Recent advances in AI have pushed model capabilities to a point where many of the decisions that drive banking and insurance operations can now
Jun 25
Causa Prima Exits Stealth with $10 Million to Build the First Agent-to-Agent AI Network for B2B Finance
Causa Prima, the agent-to-agent network for finance teams, led by Maex Ament, Henrik Gebbing, and Philip Stanislaus, has raised a $10M pre-seed round led by Creandum, with participation from Kfund and HelloWorld, Angel Invest, alongside angel investors from Qonto, Pennylane, SAP, ING, SoFi, LIDL, and DeepMind. On its network, the approvals, disputes, and payment terms that used to bounce between humans and inboxes are handled between AI agents. Building the Financial Network
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Waniwani Raises $8M Seed Round
Waniwani, the leading revenue and compliance infrastructure for the agentic distribution of financial services, led by Maxime Antoine, Robin Diligent, Raphaël Vullierme, and Luiza Gusmao, has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Seedcamp, with participation from Redstone, Plug & Play, Zone II Ventures, OPRTRs Club, and Kima Ventures alongside a group of prominent angel investors. Waniwani has already become the infrastructure of choice for global financial institutions na
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Rick Hao - Ruya Ventures Closes $50 Million Solo GP Debut Fund to Back Europe's Deep Tech
Ruya Ventures, a solo GP fund led by Rick Hao, closes a $50M Solo GP debut fund to back Europe's deep tech. Ruya Ventures: Investment Philosophy. Ruya Ventures was founded to take a deliberate approach to venture investing rather than pursuing the easiest entry point into the asset class. The focus is on deep technology, informed by more than a decade of investing through cycles where long timelines and high capital intensity made the category less conventional for many inves
Rick Hao - Ruya Ventures Closes $50 Million Solo GP Debut Fund to Back Europe's Deep Tech
Ruya Ventures, a solo GP fund led by Rick Hao, closes a $50M Solo GP debut fund to back Europe's deep tech. Ruya Ventures: Investment Philosophy. Ruya Ventures was founded to take a deliberate approach to venture investing rather than pursuing the easiest entry point into the asset class. The focus is on deep technology, informed by more than a decade of investing through cycles where long timelines and high capital intensity made the category less conventional for many inves
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Menlo Ventures Turns 50 and Announces $3B in Fresh Capital
Menlo Ventures, an early-stage VC firm, marked its 50th anniversary and announced $3 billion in new capital, the largest raise in Menlo’s history, to back the next generation of AI leaders, from infrastructure and frontier models to AI-native applications across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets. Two Funds to Go All In on AI. Menlo Ventures XVII focuses on Seed and Series A investments, backing founders at the earliest stages as they develop breakthrough technologi
Jun 24
Seedcamp Announces $320 Million in New Funds
Seedcamp, partnering with Europe’s most exceptional tech founders from day one, led by Reshma Sohoni, Carlos Eduardo Espinal, and the team, has announced $320 million in new funds. Seedcamp was the first believer in Revolut, Wise, UiPath, Synthesia, and Fluidstack, back when those category-defining companies were just ideas. It has backed teams like BioOrbit, Sunrise Robotics, and Dust, building where software meets science and the physical world. Across every technology cycl
Jun 22
Pitchdrive Closes Oversubscribed €60 Million Fund IV to Back Europe's AI-Native Founders
Pitchdrive, backing the boldest founders and build alongside them from day one, led by Boris Bogaert, Koen Christiaens, Wim Derkinderen, Jonas Dhaenens, Lorenz Bogaert, and the team, has announced the closing of its fourth fund at €60 million, strengthening its commitment to the Co-founder Capital model. Fund IV is fully privately backed, with no government or institutional money, unusual for a European fund of this size. Strong Investor Demand. The fund attracted significant
Jun 9
Gigascale Capital is Backing Founders Rebuilding the Physical Economy with a New $250 Million Fund
Gigascale Capital, backing early-stage companies rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact, led by Mike Schroepfer and the team, has announced Gigascale Capital Fund I, a $250 million fund to back founders rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact. Climate Impact Starts in the Physical Economy. Most global emissions originate from the physical economy, the energy systems, factories, supply chains, and infrastructure that produce, transport, and consume energ
Jun 2
Convective Announces $85 Million Fund II for Disaster Resilience
Convective, investing in systems that keep the world running, led by Bill Clerico, Kat Mañalac, Mike Trapanese, Jay Ribakove, and Amy Brown, has announced $85 Million Fund II for Disaster Resilience. Fund II investments so far span supply chain, manufacturing, forestry, design, and grid resilience and include companies like Drafted, Edge, The Lumber Manufactory, and Voltair, and is backed by LPs like the Arbor Day Foundation, John & Patrick Collison, Pathstone, StepStone Grou
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Deep Tech
Nebex Raises $30M Seed Round Led by GV to Build Market Infrastructure for the Global Space Economy
Nebex, building the exchange for the global space economy, led by Tejpaul Bhatia, Anand Subramanian, and the team, has raised a $30M seed investment led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from other top-tier venture funds. The company also announced a banking relationship with J.P. Morgan. The funding and new banking partnership will support Nebex's expansion, enabling the platform to better connect sovereign space programs with the founders and companies developing
Nebex Raises $30M Seed Round Led by GV to Build Market Infrastructure for the Global Space Economy
Nebex, building the exchange for the global space economy, led by Tejpaul Bhatia, Anand Subramanian, and the team, has raised a $30M seed investment led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from other top-tier venture funds. The company also announced a banking relationship with J.P. Morgan. The funding and new banking partnership will support Nebex's expansion, enabling the platform to better connect sovereign space programs with the founders and companies developing
OXMIQ Raises $35 Million to Scale OxCoreTM Architecture
OXMIQ, a GPU and AI architecture company with expertise spanning every layer of the AI stack, led by Raja Koduri and the team, has closed its $35 million Series A financing, bringing the company's total capital raised to $60 million. The round was co-led by Fundomo and Samsung Catalyst Fund, with participation from MediaTek, AM Intelligence Labs, Pegatron Venture Capital, CDIB-TEN, Darwin Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital, among other financial and strategic investors. OXMIQ
Quantum Systems Raises $1.2Bn Series D to Accelerate Growth and Scale Software-Defined Autonomous Systems Across Air, Land and Sea
Quantum Systems, building the unmanned future, led by Florian Seibel, Sven Kruck, and Dave Sharpin, has announced the signing of its $1.2 billion Series D financing round, valuing the company at ~ $8 billion on a post-money basis. The round was co-led by Blackstone, Noteus, Airbus and Advent, and supported by a high-calibre syndicate of crossover and long-term institutional investors including BOND, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Wellington Management, A.P. Moller H
Etched Emerges Out of Stealth with $1B+ in Customer Contracts and $800M Raised
Etched, building frontier inference clusters led by Gavin Uberti, Robert Wachen, Chris Zhu, and the team, has emerged out of stealth with $1B+ in customer contracts and $800M raised. The Series B was led by Stripes, with participation from Ribbit Capital, Radical Ventures, Positive Sum, Primary, & Argo. Frontier Inference Infrastructure. The company builds hardware systems for frontier inference clusters, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing methods to optim
Realta Fusion Successfully Demonstrates Direct Energy Conversion (DEC) of Plasma Kinetic Energy into Electricity
Realta Fusion, decarbonizing industrial heat and power with compact, scalable, modular – CoSMo fusion™ – energy systems, led by Kieran Furlong, MBA, Cary Forest, PhD., Jay Anderson, PhD., Ben Lindley, PhD., Oliver Schmitz, PhD., and the team, in collaboration with partners at the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrated direct energy conversion (DEC) on the Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror (WHAM) prototype fusion device. This is the first time a commercial fusion company
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Dawnguard Launches Platform to Build Secure Cloud Systems from Day Zero, with Fresh Funding and US Office
Dawnguard, building the next-gen platform that makes security easy from day one, led by Mahdi Abdulrazak, Kim van Lavieren, Sarah van Lavieren, and David van der Hoeven, has announced the public launch of its security architecture automation platform, making it available to organizations looking to design, build, and operate secure cloud-native systems from day zero through production. Dawnguard announced the opening of its New York City office and an additional $3.3 million
Dawnguard Launches Platform to Build Secure Cloud Systems from Day Zero, with Fresh Funding and US Office
Dawnguard, building the next-gen platform that makes security easy from day one, led by Mahdi Abdulrazak, Kim van Lavieren, Sarah van Lavieren, and David van der Hoeven, has announced the public launch of its security architecture automation platform, making it available to organizations looking to design, build, and operate secure cloud-native systems from day zero through production. Dawnguard announced the opening of its New York City office and an additional $3.3 million
NeuralTrust Raises $20 Million to Secure the Growing Swarm of AI Agents in the Enterprise
NeuralTrust, the platform for AI & agent security, led by Joan Vendrell and Victor García, has announced a $20 million seed round led by Alstin Capital, with participation from VentureFriends, Seaya, Kibo Ventures, Banc Sabadell, EA Ventures Plug and Play Fund, and Finaves, the venture capital fund of IESE Business School. NeuralTrust is also backed by public funding from the European Innovation Council and Spain's State Research Agency (AEI). The round will fund engineering,
Ent Emerges from Stealth to Bring Prevention Back to Cybersecurity
Ent, the intent-aware security platform powering the AI-native enterprise, extending endpoint security into a real-time layer of prevention across human and AI-driven work, Elias(Lou)Manousos and Brandon Dixon, has emerged from stealth with $100 million in seed financing led by Decibel, with participation from Sequoia, Crosspoint Capital Partners, Craft Ventures, Shield Capital, Felicis, and In-Q-Tel (IQT). Preventing Cyber Threats Before They Become Incidents. Ent is pioneer
NewCore Emerges from Stealth to Rebuild Workforce Identity for the Agentic Era
NewCore, the security-first identity platform built for humans and AI agents, led by Zohar Alon, Amihai Neiderman, and Erez Yarkoni, has emerged from stealth and has raised $66 million from Cyberstarts, Index Ventures, and Evolution Equity Partners. It is led by a founding team of cybersecurity and enterprise-IT veterans whose prior exits include Check Point's acquisition of Dome9. Identity has emerged as the primary attack surface within modern enterprises. Many of the large
Cyera is Building The Trust Layer for Enterprise AI
Cyera, the AI security platform, led by Yotam Segev, Tamar Bar-Ilan, Yonatan Itai, and the team, has announced its Series G: $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Cyberstarts and Temasek, in addition to all existing investors, including Accel, AT&T Ventures, Blackstone, Coatue, Spark Capital, among others. Building The Trust Layer For AI. Cyera was founded to help enterprises understand what sensitive data they hav
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