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Remondo , offering high-res satellite imagery from low-cost nanosatellites, providing sharper intelligence, led by Ido Priel, Oren Berger, and the team, has debuted  a new class of space-based imaging technology during  DGI 2026 , the premier conference for Geospatial Intelligence for Defense and Security for GEOINT leaders. The solution delivers sub-30 centimeter resolution from low-cost microsatellites in Lower Earth Orbit (LEO), without the expense and complexity of tradit

Rapidata , a company that accelerates AI development through scalable, on-demand data labeling via digital ads, led by Jason Corkill , Luca Strebel , Marian Kannwischer , Mads Alber , and the team, has raised  an $8.5 million seed round co-led by Canaan Partners  and IA Ventures with participation from Acequia Capital  and BlueYard . Rapidata addresses a key AI bottleneck: the slow manual collection of human feedback used to train and improve models. Its platform provides fas

Cognee , AI Agents that adapt and learn from your feedback, led by Vasilije Markovic and the team, has raised  a $7.5 million seed round led by  Pebblebed , with participation from  42CAP  and  Vermilion Ventures , and angel investors from  Google DeepMind ,  n8n , and  Snowplow . Cognee was founded in 2024 in Berlin to address why AI agents forget context between sessions despite patched RAG pipelines and vector stores. Drawing on cognitive science and research from the Univ

Grotto AI , an AI that supercharges leasing teams in the moments that matter most, led by Nick Deveau and Ben Epstein, has raised  a $10 million seed round led by  ICONIQ . Advisors and angel investors also include industry veterans David Dear (BILT, formerly Equity Residential), Caren Maio (Co-founder, Get100 and Funnel Leasing), and Avi Dorfman (Co-founder, Compass), with participation from Asymmetric Capital Partners . While many industries attempt to replace frontline wor

Flinn , leading the way in medtech compliance, led by Markus Mueller, Bastian Krapinger-Ruether, Hasib Samad, MBA, and the team, has raised $20 million in additional funding led by HV Capital , followed by US-based healthcare specialist BHI - Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments , with continued support from existing investors Cherry Ventures , Speedinvest , and SquareOne . With the new funding, Flinn will expand its platform across the full MedTech and Pharma lifecycle, from r

Aizy , an AI-powered performance marketing platform for small and mid-sized businesses, led by Stefan Nuijten and the team, has secured €2 million in additional funding, bringing its valuation to €22 million less than a year after launch. The round was led by founder Stefan Nuijten, alongside existing investors Michiel Mol, Joost van der Klooster, and Gijs Nagel. The follow-on investment comes just months after the company raised €1.5 million in August, underscoring strong in

OSS Ventures , a Paris-based venture studio building next-generation industrial software, led by Renan Devillieres and the team, has announced the first close of its new investment fund with a target of $80 million. The round is led by Decathlon PULSE  and Teknor Apex, with participation from existing investors including Groupe Peugeot Frères . The fund serves as OSS Ventures’ strategic investment arm, dedicated to follow-on financing for companies emerging from the studio’s

Render , an intuitive infrastructure to scale any app or agent from your first user to your billionth, led by Anurag Goel , Meagan Gamache , Michael Greer , Eli Staykova , and Shuting Zhang , has raised  $100M in an extension of its Series C, valuing the company at $1.5B. Led by Georgian , who also led the Series C, the round includes strong participation from all the major partners, including Addition, Bessemer , General Catalyst , and 01A , and brings the total funding to $

Braintrust , the AI observability platform helping teams measure, evaluate, and improve AI in production, led by Ankur Goyal and the team, has raised  $80M in Series B funding led by ICONIQ , with participation from prior investors Andreessen Horowitz , Greylock , Elad Gil, Basecase Capital , and others. Like many founders, building Braintrust came from a personal pain point. While at Impira and Figma, internal tools had to be created just to run evals. That repeated experien

Sphinx , the company building browser-native compliance agents for financial institutions, led by Alexandre Berkovic and Chrisjan Wust, has raised a $7.1 million seed round led by Cherry Ventures , with participation from Y Combinator , Rebel Fund , Deel Ventures, and Singularity Capital. Unlike traditional RegTech platforms, Sphinx does not require teams to adopt a new system. Its AI agents operate directly within existing tools, case management systems, third-party portals,

SatVu , capturing the highest resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth, led by Anthony Baker, Tobias Reinicke, Camilla Taylor, and Scott Herman, has closed  a £30m ($40m) funding round bringing its total equity funding to £60m ($80m), as it accelerates from single-satellite demonstration to execution of a multi-satellite constellation. The round completes with a strategic investment from the NATO Innovation Fund ( NIF ), together with  British

Neysa , purpose-built systems and services to help you accelerate AI adoption and integrate AI seamlessly into your operations, led by co-founders Sharad Sanghi, Anindya Das, and the team, has announced that private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone  (collectively, “Blackstone”) and co-investors have entered into definitive agreements to invest in Neysa, enabling a $1.2 billion capital raise. Blackstone and co-investors have provided equity capital of up to $600 million

Sitegeist , delivering easy-to-use, modular construction robots that boost productivity, led by Claus Carste, Nicola Kolb, Julian Hoffmann, and Dr. Lena-Marie Pätzmann, has raised  €4M in a pre-seed funding round co-led by  b2venture  and  OpenOcean , with participation from UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators  and several angel investors, including Verena Pausder, Lea-Sophie Cramer, Alexander Schwörer, and additional strategic backers from the construction and robotics sec

Xyall BV , a next-generation innovator in molecular pathology, led by Guido du Pree, Mike Roele, Reinhold Wimberger, PhD, and the team, has secured  an investment of €7.6 million from a consortium led by Capricorn Partners via their Capricorn Healthtech Fund II , alongside existing investors Sioux Technologies , Brabant Development Agency (BOM) , Health Investment Partners , and several private investors. The funding will support the global rollout of Xyall’s Tissector TableT

Simmetry.ai , providing high-quality, annotated training data for your machine learning applications, led by Kai von Szadkowski, Anton Elmiger, and Prof. Dr. Stefan Stiene, has raised €330,000 from NBank , the investment and development bank of the German state of Lower Saxony, as part of the High-Tech Incubator (HTI) accelerator programme. simmetry.ai generates photorealistic, annotated synthetic data to train computer vision models for robotics, autonomous machines, and in

Quantum Systems , transforming decision-making processes through aerial data intelligence, led by Florian Seibel, Sven Kruck, and Dave Sharpin, has announced  a new financing package supported by the European Investment Bank  (EIB) and leading European commercial banks, including Commerzbank , Deutsche Bank , and KfW . The financing will fund Quantum Systems’ investments in technology, manufacturing capacity, and organizational expansion, reinforcing its role in European secu

Anterior , the clinician-led artificial intelligence platform for health plans, led by Tahseen Omar, Abdel Mahmoud, and others, has announced  a $40 million funding round, bringing total capital raised to $64 million. The oversubscribed round included continued participation from NEA and Sequoia Capital , alongside new investors  FPV  and  Kinnevik. Anterior enables health insurers to deploy AI directly into real clinical workflows, combining technology with embedded clinicia

Didero , the leading AI procurement agent, led by Tim Spencer, Lorenz Pallhuber, Tom Petit, and the team, has raised  a $30 million Series A financing round co-led by Chemistr y and Headline , with participation from  M12 , Microsoft’s Venture Fund. The Problem - Procurement teams at manufacturers and distributors handle thousands of supplier interactions across email, ERP systems, and spreadsheets, with much of the work still done manually. The Solution - AI agents work with

Take2 , transforming healthcare recruiting with AI agents, led by Yaniv Shimoni, Kaushik Narasimhan, and the team, has raised  $14M Series A led by Human Capital , with participation from Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital , SemperVirens VC , and Honeystone Ventures . Healthcare hiring is under strain: one-third of new U.S. jobs are in the sector, turnover can exceed 50%, and screening is still manual, consuming up to 70% of recruiter time while 85% of candidat

Blockbrain , where AI-powered process automation meets knowledge management, boosting efficiency, security, and profitability, led by Antonius Gress, Mattias Protzmann, and Nam Hai Ngo, has raised  €17.5 million in Series A funding led by Alstin Capital  and 13books Capital , with participation from the HARTING Family Foundation . Existing investors Giesecke+Devrient Ventures , Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Ventures , and Mätch VC  have also increased their financial commitmen