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How Verda is Building the Next Generation of AI Cloud Infrastructure
Verda, the full-stack AI cloud of tomorrow, led by Ruben Bryon and the team, has raised $117 million. The round combines equity funding led by Lifeline Ventures with participation from byFounders, Tesi, Varma, and other investors, alongside debt financing from a group of Nordic financial institutions. “We’re building next-generation AI cloud infrastructure for teams globally,” said Ruben Bryon, Founder and CEO of Verda. “This funding enables accelerated development and expans
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QuoIntelligence is Scaling Unified Risk Intelligence Across Europe with New Funding
QuoIntelligence, the Frankfurt-based provider of Unified Risk Intelligence, led by Marco Riccardi and the team, has announced the close of a EUR 7.3 million Series A financing round led by Elevator Ventures, the venture capital arm of Raiffeisen Bank International, and co-led by BMH BeteiligungsManagementgesellschaft Hessen (BMH), with participation from returning investor eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS, and further supported by Mercurius Private Equity. Proceeds will fund
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How Verda is Building the Next Generation of AI Cloud Infrastructure
Verda, the full-stack AI cloud of tomorrow, led by Ruben Bryon and the team, has raised $117 million. The round combines equity funding led by Lifeline Ventures with participation from byFounders, Tesi, Varma, and other investors, alongside debt financing from a group of Nordic financial institutions. “We’re building next-generation AI cloud infrastructure for teams globally,” said Ruben Bryon, Founder and CEO of Verda. “This funding enables accelerated development and expans
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest) 1) Autosana: Founded by Yuvan Sundrani and Jason Steinberg, Autosana is the end-to-end testing layer for your coding agents across iOS, Android, and Web apps. They have launched Autosana 2.0: The E2E validation layer for mobile & web apps. Know More At: autosana.ai 2) Kinect: Founded by Kratik Agrawal and Varun Kandula, Kinect is the AI shopping assistant l
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Vast Unveils a Large Docking Adapter Standard
Vast, the only operational commercial space station company to have flown and operated its own spacecraft in orbit, led by Jed McCaleb, Max Haot, and the team, has announced the Large Docking Adapter, including its current development, its availability for purchase, and Vast’s plans to open-source its interface. Future space stations will feature larger modules, greater mass, and next-generation crewed vehicles, requiring new docking standards and universal hardware. The Lar
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Decade Energy Secures €22 Million to Scale Europe’s Depot Power Infrastructure for Truck Electrification
Decade Energy, making electric the most reliable and competitive transportation choice for road transport operators, led by Casper Norden, Alexandre Cleret, Carl-Magnus Norden, and Alejandro Ortega, has raised €22 million to scale deployment across France, expand its product offering, and enter new international markets. The financing is led by Eiffel Investment Groups and SET Ventures, along with existing investors. Powering Truck Electrification As truck electrification acc
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How Cloudsmith is Securing the AI-Powered Software Supply Chain
Cloudsmith, a cloud-native artifact management platform, led by Glenn Weinstein, Lee Skillen, Alan Carson, and the team, has raised a $72M Series C financing led by TCV and with participation from Insight Partners, along with investments from other existing investors. The additional funding positions Cloudsmith for significant growth as it aims to power the next phase of AI-driven software development. The investment supports rapid growth at Cloudsmith, as enterprises shift t
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How Verda is Building the Next Generation of AI Cloud Infrastructure
Verda, the full-stack AI cloud of tomorrow, led by Ruben Bryon and the team, has raised $117 million. The round combines equity funding led by Lifeline Ventures with participation from byFounders, Tesi, Varma, and other investors, alongside debt financing from a group of Nordic financial institutions. “We’re building next-generation AI cloud infrastructure for teams globally,” said Ruben Bryon, Founder and CEO of Verda. “This funding enables accelerated development and expans
How Cloudsmith is Securing the AI-Powered Software Supply Chain
Cloudsmith, a cloud-native artifact management platform, led by Glenn Weinstein, Lee Skillen, Alan Carson, and the team, has raised a $72M Series C financing led by TCV and with participation from Insight Partners, along with investments from other existing investors. The additional funding positions Cloudsmith for significant growth as it aims to power the next phase of AI-driven software development. The investment supports rapid growth at Cloudsmith, as enterprises shift t
Petual is Making Audit Creative with Agentic AI
Petual, delivering audit testing results from any dataset in minutes, with better than human precision, led by Snir Kodesh, Eliot Walker, and the team, has raised $20 million which includes a $17M round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and a $3.2M round led by First Round, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, Elad Gil, the founders of Lyft, Opendoor, and more. Efficiency in SOX Testing Audit is inherently a creative function, focused on understanding business risks and e
How Realm is Bringing the "Cursor Moment" to Enterprise Sales
Realm, Agents for RFPs and sales deliverables, led by Johan Jern, Miika Huttunen, and Mikko Mäntylä, has raised a $4.5 million Seed round led by Frontline and joined by HubSpot Ventures, Lifeline, the founders of Slack and Deel, and many other incredible angels. Building Toward the “Cursor Moment” in Sales Software development workflows have rapidly evolved, with engineers now managing multiple AI agents simultaneously. A similar transformation is expected in revenue teams. P
NeoCognition Emerges from Stealth With $40 Million Seed Round to Advance Specialized Intelligence and Expert Agents
NeoCognition , an Agent Lab for Specialized Intelligence, led by Yu Su, Xiang Deng, and Yu Gu, has announced its emergence from stealth with a $40 million seed funding round. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures , with participation from Vista Equity Partners and others. Angel investors and founding advisors include Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, Ion Stoica, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Databricks, A&E Investments , Salien
Linexa Just Raised Millions to Automate Europe's Factories
Linexa , a Munich-based deep tech startup that decodes decades-old industrial automation code across vendors, making Europe's factories AI-ready, led by Viktor Stryczek, Alexandros Vassiliadis, Tobias Drees, and the team, has raised €2 million pre-seed round led by Project A , with Thomas Böck (CEO Festo), Bastian Nominacher (founder Celonis), and Christian Schlögel (former CTO/CDO Kuka & Körber) as angels. European manufacturing is facing mounting pressure, with Volkswagen c
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How Agentic AI Is Transforming Private Credit - From Manual Servicing to Autonomous Operations
This is a guest post by Daniel Liechtenstein, Co-Founder & CEO @ Hypercore. Private credit has grown into a $2+ trillion asset class. The capital is there. The deals are there. What hasn't kept pace is how firms actually run their operations once the money is deployed. That gap is becoming harder to ignore. The Hidden Operational Problem. Most private credit firms run loan servicing through a combination of spreadsheets, legacy systems, and manual workflows. Payment waterfall
How Agentic AI Is Transforming Private Credit - From Manual Servicing to Autonomous Operations
This is a guest post by Daniel Liechtenstein, Co-Founder & CEO @ Hypercore. Private credit has grown into a $2+ trillion asset class. The capital is there. The deals are there. What hasn't kept pace is how firms actually run their operations once the money is deployed. That gap is becoming harder to ignore. The Hidden Operational Problem. Most private credit firms run loan servicing through a combination of spreadsheets, legacy systems, and manual workflows. Payment waterfall
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spektr Raises $20M Series A to Eliminate Manual Compliance Work Across Financial Services
spektr , building AI agents that handle the manual work behind compliance, led by Mikkel Skarnager , Ciprian Florescu , Jan-Erik Wagner , and Jeremy Joly , has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by NEA , with continued participation from Northzone , Seedcamp , and PreSeed Ventures . The new capital will go toward expanding our AI platform and accelerating adoption across financial institutions globally. The Problem Being Solved Compliance teams at banks and finan
Apr 17
How Juno is Scaling an AI Tax Preparation Platform that Automates 90% of Busy Work
Juno , the tax prep automation platform built by CPAs for tax professionals, led by Dave Hasse, has announced $12 million in seed funding led by Bonfire Ventures , along with Impression Ventures and X Fund . Juno automates tax return preparation, review, and advisory workflows, reducing time spent per return by up to 50% while keeping humans actively involved in the process. Tax preparation remains highly manual, while opaque AI tools introduce unacceptable risk in regula
Apr 10
Modus is Building an AI-Native Accounting Firm, Secures Funding from Lightspeed
Modus , the right partner for ambitious accounting firms, led by Arush Jain, Vinay Kasat, Pranav Pillai, and the team, has raised $85 million in Seed & Series A funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners , with participation from Comma Capital and Garry Tan. The capital will accelerate Modus’s technology development and support its strategy of investing in and partnering with audit-first accounting firms. Modus is building an AI-native accounting platform that combines pro
Apr 8
INXY is Scaling Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure As Stablecoins Are Rewriting Global Payments, Announces $7M Raise
INXY , your bridge to crypto payments, led by Ruslan Zholik and the team, has raised $4 million in a new funding round led by Flashpoint Capital , following a $3 million raise in 2025, bringing its total seed funding to $7 million. The capital will support product expansion, secure additional regulatory licences, and scale presence across key international markets. In 2026, demand for stablecoin payment infrastructure increased fivefold year-on-year, with active usage rising
Apr 8
Midas Reinvents Liquidity for Onchain Investment Products
Midas , the standard for onchain investment products, led by Dennis Dinkelmeyer, Fabrice Grinda, Romain Bourgois, and the team, has announced a $50M Series A led by RRE and Creandum , with participation from Framework Ventures , HV Capital , Ledger Cathay , North Island Ventures , Coinbase Ventures , Franklin Templeton , GSR, and others across crypto-native, institutional, and venture capital. Alongside this, Midas is launching Midas Staked Liquidity (MSL), the core
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Venture Capital
Eka Ventures Announces Fund II
Eka Ventures , investing in founders creating positive system change, led by Camilla Dolan, Jon Coker, and the team, has announced the final close of its second fund at $107m (£80m), making Eka the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC investing across health, wellbeing, and sustainability. Why These Sectors, and Why Now Eka’s thesis is that the biggest opportunities lie in reshaping core systems, health, consumption, and access, where impact and returns align. Three shifts dri
Eka Ventures Announces Fund II
Eka Ventures , investing in founders creating positive system change, led by Camilla Dolan, Jon Coker, and the team, has announced the final close of its second fund at $107m (£80m), making Eka the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC investing across health, wellbeing, and sustainability. Why These Sectors, and Why Now Eka’s thesis is that the biggest opportunities lie in reshaping core systems, health, consumption, and access, where impact and returns align. Three shifts dri
Apr 13
London-Based Venture Capital Firm SuperSeed has Launched Fund III to Support “Physical AI” Startups
SuperSeed , backing technical founders bringing AI to the physical world, led by Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer, has launched Fund III, a seed-stage fund focused on Physical AI startups. The fund has secured a cornerstone commitment of up to £50 million from the British Business Bank , which invested through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme. Christine Hockley of British Business Bank said SuperSeed’s backing will attract private capital to support applied physical AI comp
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Breakout Ventures is Building the Future Powered by Science with the Launch of Fund III
Breakout Ventures , partnering with exceptional founders scaling scientific innovation to build the breakout companies powering our future, led by Managing Partners Lindy Fishburne and Julia Moore, has announced the close of its $114M Fund III. Given Breakout’s ongoing success, the new fund received strong support from returning investors, including Cortes Capital , S-Cubed Capital , The Kraft Group, Pinegrove Venture Partners , and an affiliate of LH Capital, and is pleased
Mar 13
Elaia is Backing Europe's Deep Tech Future with Deep Tech Seed Fund 3
Elaia , backing ambitious tech entrepreneurs with capital and care, has closed its third deep tech seed fund (DTS3) at €134 million, double the size of its previous deep tech seed funds. Developed in partnership with leading European research institutions, including PSL , INRIA , CNRS , the Barcelona Supercomputing Center , and also the Max Planck Foundation , DTS3 reflects strong investor confidence in Europe's growing deep tech ecosystem. Since its first close of €60 mi
Mar 12
Techstars and Global Brain Formalize Strategic Partnership for Capital and Combined Networks
Techstars , the original mentorship-driven accelerator, led by David Cohen and the team, has announced a strategic partnership with Global Brain , Japan's leading independent venture capital firm, led by Yasuhiko Yurimoto and others. The collaboration brings together two organizations that have long admired each other’s work and share a remarkably similar philosophy on supporting founders. The partnership allows Global Brain and Techstars to explore joint investment opportun
Mar 12
FIRSTPICK Launches €25 Million Fund to Back Overlooked Talent at the Heart of Baltic Tech
FIRSTPICK , a first-check VC fund for Baltic founders, led by Partners Jonė Vaitulevičiūtė, Dmitrij Sosunov, Andra Bagdonaitė, Marijus Andrijauskas, and the team, has launched a new €25 million fund to invest in early-stage Baltic startups, focusing on founders who may be overlooked by traditional VC criteria. Some early and successful investments include Samphire Neuroscience by Emile Radyte, Copla by Aurimas Bakas, and Holo. Backed by local entrepreneurs and private invest
Mar 6
Deep Tech
Vast Unveils a Large Docking Adapter Standard
Vast, the only operational commercial space station company to have flown and operated its own spacecraft in orbit, led by Jed McCaleb, Max Haot, and the team, has announced the Large Docking Adapter, including its current development, its availability for purchase, and Vast’s plans to open-source its interface. Future space stations will feature larger modules, greater mass, and next-generation crewed vehicles, requiring new docking standards and universal hardware. The Lar
Vast Unveils a Large Docking Adapter Standard
Vast, the only operational commercial space station company to have flown and operated its own spacecraft in orbit, led by Jed McCaleb, Max Haot, and the team, has announced the Large Docking Adapter, including its current development, its availability for purchase, and Vast’s plans to open-source its interface. Future space stations will feature larger modules, greater mass, and next-generation crewed vehicles, requiring new docking standards and universal hardware. The Lar
Decade Energy Secures €22 Million to Scale Europe’s Depot Power Infrastructure for Truck Electrification
Decade Energy, making electric the most reliable and competitive transportation choice for road transport operators, led by Casper Norden, Alexandre Cleret, Carl-Magnus Norden, and Alejandro Ortega, has raised €22 million to scale deployment across France, expand its product offering, and enter new international markets. The financing is led by Eiffel Investment Groups and SET Ventures, along with existing investors. Powering Truck Electrification As truck electrification acc
How Spacebackend is Cutting Aerospace Hardware Integration from Years to Days
Spacebackend, redefining how mission-critical systems are integrated, led by Dmitry Goldenberg, Yoav Landsman, and the team, has announced the closing of a €1.8 million pre-seed funding round, bringing its total capital raised to over €2.2 million. The round included participation from Bynd Venture Capital, Athos Capital, and Draper B1, complemented by strategic non-dilutive funding from the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) through the national LuxIMPULSE programme, as well as a
How Bubble Robotics is Building the Ocean’s Autonomous Workforce, Powering Industries, Ecosystems, and Maritime Security
Bubble Robotics, building ocean robotics and AI for offshore resilience, led by Jean Crosetti, Patricia Apostol, and the team, has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve, following its launch out of Entrepreneurs First. Founded in 2025 by former robotics engineers from NASA and ETH Zürich, Bubble is building an autonomous ocean workforce, robotic systems designed to operate continuously at sea for months without h
QMatter Raises $1.2M in Funding and Introduces Quantum Compression
QMatter, a Quantum Technology startup, led by Dr. Tim Weaving and Dr. Alexis Ralli, has raised $1.2M in pre-seed funding, led by 55 North, the world’s largest pure-play quantum fund, with participation from XTX Ventures, Bellstate Oy, and the Conception X Angel Syndicate. The company will use the capital to further develop and scale its quantum compression platform. Quantum simulation remains computationally intensive, limiting progress in drug discovery and materials science
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TENEX.AI Announces $250M in Series B
TENEX.AI , the first leading AI-native, human-led SOC that triages every alert, investigates every threat, and frees your team for strategic work, led by Eric Foster, Venkata Koppaka, Ryan Shreve, Edwin Solis, Jan Grzymala-Busse, Elias “Lou” Manousos, and the team, has raised $250M in Series B funding led by Crosspoint Capital Partners . Nearly one year since entering the market, TENEX has achieved rapid growth, generating $25M+ in contracted revenue, scaling headcount by 3
How MindFort is Securing the World's Software in the AI Era
MindFort, building the security agent company, led by Brandon Veiseh and Akul Gupta, has raised a $3M+ seed round, led by Soma Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, CRV, Sandwith Ventures, and Blast. The raise comes as Anthropic showcases AI systems capable of uncovering thousands of hidden vulnerabilities, highlighting the limits of traditional security approaches. MindFort addresses this shift with an autonomous security engineer built for continuous,
TENEX.AI Announces $250M in Series B
TENEX.AI , the first leading AI-native, human-led SOC that triages every alert, investigates every threat, and frees your team for strategic work, led by Eric Foster, Venkata Koppaka, Ryan Shreve, Edwin Solis, Jan Grzymala-Busse, Elias “Lou” Manousos, and the team, has raised $250M in Series B funding led by Crosspoint Capital Partners . Nearly one year since entering the market, TENEX has achieved rapid growth, generating $25M+ in contracted revenue, scaling headcount by 3
XBOW Accelerates the Expansion of its Autonomous Hacker Platform
XBOW , transforming application security with AI-powered continuous offense, led by Oege de Moor, Nico Waisman, Niroshan Rajadurai, Jonaki Egenolf, and others, has raised $120 million in Series C financing led by DFJ Growth and Northzone , valuing the company at over $1 Billion. As part of DFJ Growth’s investment, Ramin Sayar will join XBOW’s board, bringing experience to scale enterprise growth. The round also includes Sofina , Alkeon Capital , and existing investors Alt
How Manifold is Securing AI Agents on Endpoints
Manifold , building runtime security for AI agents on endpoints, led by Oleksandr Yaremchuk, Neal Swaelens, and Michael McKenna, has announced the close of an $8 million seed funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Cherry Ventures , Rain Capital , and Modern Technical Fund , and notable angel investors including former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan and former Google DeepMind CISO Vijay Bolina. The funding will accelerate development of Manifold’s agentic AI D
Tracebit Announces Series A
Tracebit , the answer to assume breach, led by Andy Smith and Sam Cox, has announced its Series A investment round, led by FirstMark and joined by Accel , MMC Ventures , Tapestry VC , and CCL, with continued support from angel investors. This brings the total investment in Tracebit to $25M. Tracebit was founded three years ago on the belief that an “assume breach” mindset would become increasingly critical, with canary deployments designed to expose attackers the moment they
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