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Startup funding news: seed to late-stage rounds, valuations, acquisitions and the investors behind them.
Latest Funding stories
Sortrace raises $800K to expand AI-powered waste analysis
Stockholm-based Sortrace secures $800,000 to expand AI-driven waste analysis technology for municipalities and waste management companies.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 3, 2026
OBSESS raises Rs 3 crore in angel funding to integrate India’s fitness industry
Noida-based OBSESS secures Rs 3 crore in angel funding to integrate fitness venues, events, and services. Led by Centricity’s co-founder Pushpendra Singh.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 3, 2026
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Hyeglo Beauty raises Rs 7 crore in funding led by Sauce
Delhi-based D2C beauty brand Hyeglo Beauty secures Rs 7 crore in funding led by Sauce to expand R&D, launch products, and strengthen its brand.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 3, 2026
Flip Laboratories raises $1.4M pre-seed for AI finance agent built by open-source engineer
US-based fintech startup Flip Laboratories raises $1.4M pre-seed led by a16z speedrun and Pear VC.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 3, 2026
UK pension-backed fund backs four deeptech startups including quantum and battery firms
Scottish Widows, Aberdeen Investments, and IP Group launch the CG Scottish Widows Growth LTAF, investing pension capital in Oxford Quantum Circuits, Quantum…
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 3, 2026
Hypersonica raises €100M to develop hypersonic missiles for Europe
British-German defence startup Hypersonica secures €100M in Series B funding to accelerate hypersonic long-range missile development for Europe.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 3, 2026
Larridin raises $30M to show companies what their AI spending buys
Larridin went from one enterprise customer to 50 in under a year. Its new report finds AI-assisted pull requests rose from 35% to 62% as code review waits grew 50%.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 2, 2026
Tutor Intelligence raises $75M from a16z to put robots to work by the hour
Tutor Intelligence’s robots, Sonny and Cassie, work in US factories and warehouses with help from remote human ‘tutors’. Customers pay by the hour or by the pick.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 2, 2026
Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at a $2B valuation from a16z and DFJ growth
Space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, valuing the company at $2 billion.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 2, 2026
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Tarun Mottlia
Nov 2, 2026
OpenAI raises $11B at $1.25T valuation, misses $30B target
OpenAI secures $11 billion in funding, far below its $30 billion goal, as investor interest fades amid a tech sell-off.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 2, 2026
OpenAI reduces funding target to $20 billion at $1.25 trillion valuation
OpenAI lowers its latest funding round target by $10 billion to $20 billion, valuing the company at $1.25 trillion.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 2, 2026
Baseten set to more than double its value to $30bn, Bloomberg reports
Sands Capital is set to lead, with the round split between $26bn and $30bn prices. Baseten’s valuation stood at $13bn in June, after a $1.5bn round.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Navitas Solar raises $20M from responsAbility for solar cell expansion in India
Swiss impact investor responsAbility funds Navitas Solar’s 2.2 GW solar cell plant in India, supporting climate-focused expansion in high-growth markets.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
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Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Nvidia in talks to guarantee debt for Nscale’s Anthropic data centre
The guarantee would cover the West Virginia building that Anthropic plans to use. Nscale’s own filings say Anthropic can walk away if the financing misses a deadline.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Pile-ins, payouts, and pacing pressure: the investors behind the VCs open up
The money behind the money is thrilled, mostly.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Ex-Palantir executives raise $17 million for AI-powered construction startup Dream
Dream, founded by ex-Palantir executives, secures $17 million in seed funding to advance AI-driven building design and construction for the AEC industry.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
$100M+ Series A rounds surge for AI startups as seed progress stalls
AI startups dominate $100M+ Series A rounds, but seed-stage companies face steeper hurdles to advance, with only 16% progressing to Series A in 2024.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Ravical raises $17M to scale AI workflows for accounting firms
Ravical secures $17 million in seed funding led by MMC Ventures to expand its AI platform, which standardizes workflows for over 100 accounting firms in Europe…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Reflex raises $14M to build AI-powered custom enterprise apps
Reflex secures $14 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-driven platform for building custom business applications.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Anthropic spent $2.75m guarding Dario Amodei, four times his salary
Protecting his sister Daniela cost a further $1.29m. The same filing lets Dario Amodei vote shares that others give to two charity funds, and calls the founders’ 80% giving pledge revocable.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Cognition weighs funding at up to $80bn valuation, Business Insider reports
Cognition, maker of the Devin coding agent, has investor offers valuing it at $70bn to $80bn, Business Insider reports. Its last round, announced in September, valued it at $48bn.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Entourage closes €100m second fund, passing its target in two weeks
Showpad co-founder Pieterjan Bouten’s Entourage passed its €75m target in two weeks. The firm will back about 25 early-stage startups and rarely takes board seats.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026