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Sequoia shutting down its Scouts program marks the end of an era
Sequoia pioneered the scouts model and many VC firms followed suit, but a consensus now seems to be forming that the model has reached limits in its current form.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 7, 2026
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Nov. 02– Nov. 06)
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Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Airbnb can invest in Brian Chesky’s AI lab, its quarterly filing shows
Airbnb’s technology chief holds a stake in Chesky’s AI lab, and independent directors approved the deal. It landed with Airbnb’s fastest revenue growth in three years and a 2027 date for its own AI agent.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
DefenceTech unicorn TEKEVER strengthens Nordic ambitions amid €520 million funding round
Portuguese DefenceTech scale-up TEKEVER has today announced that they have secured €13 million from EIFO as part of their Series D raise of €520 million
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Sequoia closes its London office, saying it can back Europe from California
The firm has also shut its Arc accelerator and Scouts programme and merged its teams. Partner Luciana Lixandru turned down a move to San Francisco and is staying in Europe.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
CesiumAstro raises $730M at over $4.5bn to build a 737-satellite network
Janus Henderson led the Series D. CesiumAstro’s chief executive told Bloomberg that governments want “sovereignty over their own constellation” rather than relying on a proprietary system like Starlink.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
European VC investment hit a record €11.5bn in the first half of 2026
Invest Europe’s data shows defence investment more than doubled to €2.7bn. In its survey, 43% of fund investors expect to put more into Europe because of US trade policy.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
With a new equity round in sight, Candi Solar secures €44 million for solar projects in India
Candi Solar, a Swiss clean energy company distributing solar solutions, announced a €44 million ($50 million) financing partnership to build rooftop,
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Bioliberty raises €2.95 million to bring its AI-powered rehabilitation technology into the home
Bioliberty, an Edinburgh- and Boston-based rehabilitation technology startup, has raised a €2.95 million ($3.3 million) Series A extension, bringing its
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Oxford spin-out Alethio Therapeutics raises €80.46 million Series A to advance targeted blood cancer therapies
Alethio Therapeutics (Alethio), an Abingdon-on-Thames-based biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation therapies for myeloproliferative
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
altM raises $10.3M to turn crop waste into industrial chemicals
Bengaluru startup altM secures $10.3M in Series A funding to build a 1,000-tonne plant and commercialise bio-based chemicals from agricultural residue.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Applied Compute raises $350M at $3.25B valuation after hitting $100M ARR
AI cloud startup Applied Compute raises $350 million led by Elad Gil, valuing the company at $3.25 billion after hitting $100M in annualized revenue in under…
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Global venture funding nears $680 B in 2026 as seed deals shrink
Crunchbase data for Q3 2026 shows global venture funding nearing $680 billion, driven by billion-dollar rounds for AI giants, while seed and early-stage deal…
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 6, 2026
Harbinger raises $240M, moves into defense and batteries, and lands $300M FedEx order
Harbinger secures $240M in Series D funding led by Tiger Global and Ridgeline. The startup expands into battery storage and defense, lands a $300M FedEx order.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Zipline raises $1.5bn at $21.5bn valuation as Walmart adds 300 drone sites
Zipline’s valuation has nearly tripled since January. Uber is targeting a million drone deliveries a day with it by 2029, and Zipline plans to build more drones in the US.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M
Obvious Ventures led the Series A in the San Francisco start-up, which builds cabless electric freight trucks.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Shield AI buys radar maker Echodyne for $5.3B at a $28.8B valuation
The defence startup's value has more than doubled since March, as it eyes anti-drone work beyond the military.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Anthropic’s compute costs rose to 58% of revenue last quarter, filing shows
Anthropic compute costs took 58% of revenue in the third quarter, up from 48%. Broadcom has also agreed to cover losses on a $63bn chip lease if Anthropic defaults.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Isomorphic Labs in talks to raise $5bn at a $50bn valuation, Bloomberg reports
Bloomberg says the Google DeepMind spinout is in talks to raise roughly $5bn. The Isomorphic Labs valuation would be about $50bn, though it has no drug in human trials yet.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Revolut completes its $115bn share sale as it cuts AI coding bills by 90%
No new money came in: investors bought existing shares, which set the Revolut valuation. Its AI operations lead says self-hosted Chinese models now handle most of its engineers’ AI coding.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Numica raises $21M to buy accounting firms from retiring US owners
Roosh X and Flashpoint backed the New York start-up, which has bought seven practices since launching in June 2025.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Memrise founders raise $3.3M for Mindmax, an AI tutor for exams
Concept Ventures led the London start-up’s pre-seed round, joined by Helsing co-founder Torsten Reil and ex-Depop CEO Maria Raga.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026
Barcelona’s Kabilio raises €10M to bring AI agents to accounting firms
Picus Capital and Visionaries led the round as the startup nears 500 client firms, up from 100 a year ago.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 5, 2026