Startups

Quaise Energy Raises $134 Million Series B Initial Close To Build Superhot Geothermal Power Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Quaise Energy announced the initial close of its Series B financing, raising $134 million. The round was led by Prelude Ventures, with strategic investments from JERA and Idemitsu, two of Japan’s largest energy companies. Nearly all existing investors, including Safar Partners, also participated in the round. The Series B brings Quaise Energy’s total funding raised to date to $230 million, with additional equity and debt capital expected to close soon.

Spense Raises $2.8 Million Seed Round To Build Agentic Credit Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Spense announced that it has raised a $2.8 million seed round. The round was led by Arkam Ventures, with participation from Razorpay, GrowthCap Ventures, AtriumVC, and a group of operators and angel investors.

Aylight Raises €4.5 Million Pre-Seed To Address AI’s Optical Bottleneck

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Aylight announced that it has raised €4.5 million in pre-seed funding. The company is developing laser technology designed to address the optical bottleneck created by the rapid scaling of AI infrastructure. The round was co-led by Elaia and Swisscom Ventures. Verve Ventures and Plug and Play also participated in the financing.

Storika Closes Seed Round To Scale AI-Native Creator Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Storika announced the closing of a seed funding round to scale its AI-native creator marketing platform. The round terms were not disclosed. The round included a strategic investment from Amorepacific. Additional participants included Schmidt, Hustle Fund, BonAngels Venture Partners, and Krew Capital.

Bespoke Labs Raises $40 Million To Build Reliable AI Agent Training Environments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Bespoke Labs announced that it has raised $40 million across seed and Series A funding rounds. The company is building an AI agent training platform focused on environments that help agents become more reliable.

alqem Raises €8 Million To Scale AI-Driven Materials Discovery Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

alqem announced that it has raised €8 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-driven materials discovery engine. The round was co-led by UVC Partners and Union Square Ventures.

Stoa Raises $2.4 Million To Build Savings-Powered Spending Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Stoa announced that it has raised $2.4 million to build a new category in financial technology. The company is starting in the UK, plans to expand to the U.S., and is building for a global market.

Worldmodeldata Raises £7 Million To Build Data Layer For World Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Worldmodeldata announced that it has emerged from stealth and raised £7 million, or about $9.3 million, in seed funding. The company said the capital will accelerate its mission of transforming gameplay into training-ready datasets for world models and embodied AI.

CurifyLabs Raises $14 Million Series A To Power Personalized Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

CurifyLabs announced that it has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its personalized medicine platform. The round was co-led by Sandwater and HealthCap, with participation from Tesi and existing investors, including Lifeline Ventures. The round also included participation from U.S. customers and employees. CurifyLabs said the funding will be used to expand U.S. operations, strengthen supply chain infrastructure, enhance customer support, and accelerate product innovation.

Telum Therapeutics Raises €18 Million Series A To Advance Antimicrobial Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Telum Therapeutics announced the completion of an €18 million Series A financing round. The funding will advance the company’s lead antimicrobial program targeting hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii.

Ruya Ventures Launches With $50 Million Fund To Back European Deep Tech Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Ruya Ventures announced its official launch after raising a $50 million fund. The firm said the fund was oversubscribed and that it declined additional limited partner capital to stay aligned with its strategy.

Dawnguard Launches Secure Cloud Architecture Platform With $3.3 Million In Fresh Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Dawnguard announced the public launch of its security architecture automation platform. The platform is designed to help organizations design, build, and operate secure cloud-native systems from day zero through production.

Venice Raises $65 Million Series A At $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Venice announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, and other investors.

Taxwire Raises $25 Million Series A To Scale Indirect Tax Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Taxwire announced that it has raised $25 million in Series A funding. The company plans to use the funding to support its goal of becoming a trusted global provider of indirect tax compliance.

Alva Industries Raises €16 Million To Scale Electric Motor Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Alva Industries announced that it has secured €16 million in financing. The funding will support expanded manufacturing capacity, continued product portfolio development, and international growth.

TISSIUM Secures €60 Million Financing Package To Support Commercial And Clinical Activities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

TISSIUM announced a €60 million financing package to support its commercial and clinical activities and platform expansion. The package combines a completed €30 million Series D2 financing with a €30 million financing facility from the European Investment Bank.

Wayout International Raises €2.42 Million Series A Extension To Scale Distributed Drinking Water Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Wayout International has raised €2.42 million in a Series A extension. The Stockholm-based climate technology startup will use the funding to execute its first commercial projects and accelerate international market activities.

Alkimii Receives Investment From August Equity To Expand Hospitality Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Alkimii announced that it has received an investment from August Equity, a U.K. lower-middle-market private equity firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million Series B To Build Video Superintelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

TwelveLabs announced that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with participation from Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital, and Red Bull Ventures.

EquiLibre Raises Series A At $500+ Million Valuation To Scale AI Trading Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

EquiLibre Technologies announced the closing of its Series A funding round at a valuation of more than $500 million. The round was led by Creandum, and the company plans to use the capital to scale compute infrastructure, expand into more markets, and grow its team of researchers and engineers.

InSoil Secures €120 Million Credit Facility To Scale Agri-SME Lending Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

InSoil announced that it has secured a €120 million senior secured credit facility from Pollen Street Capital. The facility represents one of the largest private credit commitments to date for sustainable agriculture lending in Europe.

Talp Secures Backing From Formus Capital, Aito Capital, Sunshine Lake, And a16z Scout Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Talp co-founder Baran Ataş announced that the company has secured backing from its first group of investors. The backers include Formus Capital, Aito Capital, Sunshine Lake, a16z Scout Fund, and angel investors including Juan Abundes and Kadir Danisman.

Wallbox Raises €11.8 Million And Secures Additional €4 Million Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Wallbox announced the completion of the conditions for the effectiveness of its previously announced financial restructuring. This included an approximately €11.8 million equity raise, along with a separate €4 million investment by FOCUS ON NEXT FRONTIER, the investment company through which Rafael Ruiz channels his industrial holdings.

LinqAlpha Raises $22 Million Series A To Build Alpha Intelligence Layer For Global Public Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

LinqAlpha announced it has raised $22 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the Alpha Intelligence Layer for global public markets. The funding round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures. And the round also included participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms.

KredosAi Raises $7 Million Series A To Expand Enterprise Revenue Recovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

KredosAi announced it has raised $7 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered collections platform for enterprise revenue recovery. The oversubscribed funding round was led by BMW i Ventures. New investors Motley Fool Ventures and Walter Ventures also joined the round, along with existing investors Okapi Venture Capital, StartFast Ventures, SaaS Ventures, and Stout Street Capital.

Magnify Ventures Closes $46.6 Million Fund II To Build AI Infrastructure Layer Of The Care Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Magnify Ventures announced the launch of Fund II with $46.6 million closed. The early-stage venture capital firm will use the fund to invest in category-defining technology companies driving AI innovation across health, wealth, family care, and the systems that support them.

Kling AI Raises $2.8 Billion To Expand AI Video Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Kuaishou Technology’s Kling AI has raised about $2.8 billion from a group of investors to expand its AI video operations. The financing values the AI video business at about $15 billion on a pre-money basis.

geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round To Advance AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2026

geoSurge announced an oversubscribed $12 million Seed round. The financing was led by AlbionVC and included participation from Play Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Celero Ventures, Boost Capital, existing investors Passion Capital and Tuesday Capital, and angel investors from Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, and Signal AI.

CarbonSix Raises $40 Million Series A To Deploy Physical AI Across Global Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2026

CarbonSix announced it has raised $40 million, or about KRW 60 billion, in Series A funding to deploy Physical AI across the manufacturing sector. The funding round was co-led by DSC Investment and LB Investment. New investors in the round included IMM Investment, Korea Development Bank, SV Investment, Cortentia, and ASQ. And all existing seed investors — including Foothill Ventures, Storm Ventures, Zeitgeist Capital, Xquared, and CarbonBlack Fund — participated with follow-on investments.

Celea Therapeutics Raises $180 Million To Advance Deupirfenidone As Potential New Standard Of Care For IPF

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2026

Celea Therapeutics announced the completion of a $180 million financing round to support the development of deupirfenidone, also known as LYT-100, as a potential new standard of care for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).