Startups

Moa Technology Raises £22.2 Million Series C To Advance Next-Generation Herbicides

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Moa Technology has raised £22.2 million in Series C funding to advance herbicides designed to address increasingly resistant weeds. The round was co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova Invest. New investors included Agri Investment Fund, GrainInnovate, Infinity Investment Partners and Magdalen College Oxford.

Avant Secures $300 Million Asset-Based Financing Facility Led By Aperture Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Avant has secured a $300 million asset-based financing facility led by Aperture Investors. The facility will provide flexible capital to support the growth of Avant’s consumer credit platform, particularly its credit card portfolio. The transaction expands an existing relationship between Avant and Aperture’s Asset-Based Finance team.

CAIS Raises $170 Million Series D At Valuation Above $2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

CAIS has raised $170 million in Series D financing at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. Vista Equity Partners was the lead participant. AllianceBernstein, Blue Owl Capital, Carlyle, Fortress Investment Group, Golub Capital, Lord Abbett and Royal Bank of Canada also invested.

Dimension Raises $1.65 Million Seed Round To Expand Seller OS For Social Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Dimension has raised $1.65 million in seed financing to expand Seller OS, an agentic AI platform designed to manage TikTok Shop and other social commerce operations. Investors included Science Inc., UpscaleX, OpenSky, Long Run Capital, 1864 Fund, Lawrence Hsu and creator-investor Austin Sprinz.

Centralize Raises $19 Million To Expand Enterprise Relationship Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Centralize has raised $19 million in total funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Salesforce Ventures, Y Combinator, 20SALES, Ritual Capital and Adverb Ventures also participated. Individual investors included Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and Metronome co-founder Scott Woody.

Shield AI: Innovation X Advisors Participating In $1.5 Billion Series G At $12.7 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Shield AI has raised $1.5 billion in Series G financing at a post-money valuation of $12.7 billion. Innovation X Advisors participated alongside other existing investors. The transaction also included $500 million of fixed-return preferred equity financing and a $250 million delayed-draw facility.

Adjuvia Therapeutics Raises $8 Million Series Seed To Advance ATI-105 Into Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Adjuvia Therapeutics has raised $8 million in Series Seed funding to advance ATI-105, its lead experimental treatment for mitochondrial diseases. The round was led by JLO Ventures, with participation from Portfolia Ventures and biotechnology industry investors.

Pangram Raises $9 Million To Expand AI Text And Image Detection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Pangram has raised $9 million to improve its AI-generated text detection technology and expand into image detection. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Haystack, ScOp Venture Capital, Script Capital, and Cadenza.

Wellumio Raises $9.75 Million Pre-Series A To Advance Portable Stroke Imaging Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Wellumio has completed an oversubscribed $9.75 million pre-Series A funding round to advance the clinical development, regulatory approval and commercialization of Axana, its portable brain imaging system for point-of-care stroke detection. The final close added Bioshore Ventures, an Australian medical technology investor, and Jumpspace Ventures, a U.S. early-stage venture capital firm focused on neurotechnology.

ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million Series F To Expand Zero Trust Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ThreatLocker has raised $190 million in Series F funding to accelerate product development, strengthen its artificial intelligence security capabilities and expand internationally. The round was led by Elephant, with continued participation from D. E. Shaw Ventures and Arthur Ventures. Koch Disruptive Technologies made a significant new investment in the company.

Freehand Raises $75 Million To Scale AI Teams Managing Supply Chain Spend

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Freehand has raised $75 million in funding to expand its autonomous AI platform for managing supply chain spending at large enterprises. The round was co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from PSP Growth, Nexus Venture Partners and other investors.

Qureight Raises $20 Million Series B To Expand AI Imaging Platform For Lung And Heart Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Qureight has raised $20 million in Series B funding to expand its three-dimensional deep learning imaging portfolio and grow its commercial operations across additional therapeutic markets involving lung and heart diseases. The round was led by Molten Ventures, with participation from existing investors Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, XTX Ventures, Guinness Ventures, Meltwind and Ascension.

groundcover Raises $100 Million Series C To Scale AI-Era Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

groundcover has raised $100 million in Series C funding to expand its observability platform for engineers and autonomous AI agents. The financing was led by One Peak, with participation from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and existing investors Zeev Ventures, Angular Ventures, Heavybit, and Jibe.

ChipAgents Expands Series A To $134 Million To Scale Autonomous Semiconductor Design Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ChipAgents has raised an additional $60 million in Series A2 financing, expanding its Series A round to $134 million six months after the initial closing. B Capital joined the round as a new investor alongside Bessemer Venture Partners, Micron, MediaTek, Ericsson, ScOp and other existing backers.

Curant.ai Raises $3.1 Million Seed Round Led By Diagram For AI-Powered Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Curant.ai has raised $3.1 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform for insurance claims and support broader adoption across the industry. The round was led by Diagram, with participation from Humania Insurance, Element Ventures, Blue Plains Capital and several angel investors.

Olomon Raises $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Round To Build Financial System Of Record For Households

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Olomon has raised $2.6 million through an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to expand its financial recordkeeping and collaboration platform for households and their professional advisors.

Terminal Raises $20 Million Series A To Scale Unified Telematics Data Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Terminal has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its unified telematics integration platform across the insurance, fleet management, logistics and financial services industries. The financing brings the Toronto-based company's total funding to $26 million since its founding in 2023. The round was led by Battery Ventures, with participation from new strategic investors Intact Private Capital and Penske. Existing investors Y Combinator and Wayfinder Ventures also participated. Battery Ventures General Partner and former Guidewire Software CEO Marcus Ryu will join Terminal's board of directors as part of the financing.

Revspot Raises $4.8 Million Series A To Scale AI-Native Qualified Pipeline Generation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Revspot has raised $4.8 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native platform for generating qualified sales pipelines for high-ticket business-to-consumer companies. The round was co-led by Inflexor Ventures and Info Edge Ventures. Pentathlon Ventures and Silicon Road Ventures joined as significant institutional investors, while existing investor Titan Capital also participated.

Mirae Raises $5.4 Million To Expand AI-Powered Specialty Care For Autoimmune Disease

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Mirae has raised $5.4 million in funding to expand an artificial intelligence-driven continuous care platform for autoimmune diseases and other complex chronic conditions. The round was led by Oxford Science Enterprises.

LearnVector: Coursera Invests $100 Million In Andrew Ng’s AI-Native Learning Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Harmony Raises $34 Million Seed Round Led By Lightspeed To Scale AI Employee Support Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Harmony has raised $34 million in seed funding to expand an artificial intelligence platform that resolves employee requests across IT, human resources, finance, procurement and legal functions. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Hitachi Ventures, Fin Capital, Mercer Ventures and Operator Partners. Angel investors included members of the Wiz founding team, including Assaf Rappaport, and Eon.io co-founder and CEO Ofir Ehrlich.

Antares Labs Raises $7.25 Million Seed Round To Build Custom AI Systems For Real Estate Institutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Antares Labs has launched publicly with $7.25 million in seed funding to build company-specific artificial intelligence systems for large real estate owners, developers, investors and asset managers. The round included participation from Fifth Wall, Base10 Partners, Bloomberg Beta and Sandwith Ventures.

Mate Security Raises $35 Million Series A To Scale Agentic Security Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Mate Security has raised $35 million in Series A funding to expand its open, agentic platform for security operations amid faster, increasingly automated cyberattacks. The round was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from Insight Partners, Team8 and M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund. All of Mate's original investors also participated.

Spur Intelligence Secures $200 Million From Insight Partners To Scale IP Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Spur Intelligence has secured a $200 million investment from Insight Partners to expand its internet protocol intelligence platform as businesses face growing fraud and cybersecurity risks involving VPNs, residential proxies, bots and AI-driven infrastructure.

Throne Science Raises $10 Million Series A For AI-Powered Smart Toilet Sensor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Throne Science has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its team and advance research and development for its smart toilet sensor, which tracks digestive health, hydration, and urinary patterns. The round was led by Will Ventures, with participation from Emerson Collective, Workshop, LEAD VC, Salt VC, Accomplice, Moxxie, Ventures Together, Symphony, Felix Capital, Cosmic Venture Partners, Offscript, V1.VC and Morrison Seger.

Zafran Security Secures Strategic Investment From Cisco Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Zafran Security has received a strategic investment from Cisco Investments to expand its AI-native Continuous Threat Exposure Management platform.

COR Secures $30 Million Investment From FTV Capital To Expand AI Profitability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

COR has secured a $30 million investment from FTV Capital to scale its artificial intelligence-powered project management and profitability platform for agencies and professional services firms.

Greyparrot Raises $27 Million Series B To Expand AI Waste Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Greyparrot has raised $27 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-powered waste-analysis network and build a larger data platform to measure recoverable materials. The round was led by technology investor Omar Mir and brings Greyparrot's total funding to $60 million.

Neon Raises $13 Million Series A With Investment From KRAFTON, Andreessen Horowitz And Renegade Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Neon has raised $13 million in Series A funding to expand its commerce and payments infrastructure for video game publishers. KRAFTON participated in the round as both an investor and strategic partner, while existing investors Andreessen Horowitz's A16Z Games and Renegade Partners also joined the financing.

Mandela Digital Secures $5 Million Investment From Datavault AI For Dollar-Backed Stablecoin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Mandela Digital has received a $5 million investment from Datavault AI to support the development and planned launch of the Mandela Dollar, a proposed U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. Datavault AI has begun deploying the committed capital and will also serve as Mandela Digital's primary technology partner.