Startups

Solace Health: $130 Million Series C At Over $1 Billion Valuation Raised For Healthcare Advocacy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Solace Health announced it has raised a $130 million in Series C financing to accelerate its effort to make healthcare advocacy a standard part of care for patients across the United States, positioning advocacy as essential infrastructure as costs rise and care delivery becomes more fragmented. The round was led by IVP and included participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, SignalFire, Torch Capital, Inspired Capital, and RiverPark Ventures. Solace said the financing values the company at over $1 billion.

Stoke Space Technologies Extends Series D Financing To $860 Million For Reusable Rockets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Stoke Space Technologies, the rocket company developing fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, said it has extended its previously announced Series D financing, bringing the total raised in the round to $860 million.

4Moving Biotech Closes €12 Million Financing To Push Knee Osteoarthritis Drug Toward Phase 2a Proof Of Concept

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

4Moving Biotech (4MB), a clinical-stage biotechnology company spun out of 4P-Pharma, said it has closed a €12 million financing to advance its lead disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD) program for knee osteoarthritis, a condition the company says represents a major unmet medical need.

BotGauge AI Raises $2 Million Seed Funding For Autonomous QA Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

BotGauge AI, a U.S.-headquartered autonomous quality-assurance-as-a-solution startup, has raised $2 million in funding led by Surface Ventures, with participation from IA Seed Ventures and Saka Ventures.

ArrayPatch: First Close Of €3 Million Funding Raised To Advance Microneedle Patch Treatment For Nail Fungus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

ArrayPatch, a Cork, Ireland-based biotech developing microneedle-based therapeutics, has announced the first close of a €3 million seed funding round to advance its lead program, ITZ-DerMap, a therapeutic designed to treat onychomycosis, commonly known as nail fungus.

Garner Health: $118 Million Series D At $1.35 Billion Valuation Raised For Digital Care Navigation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Garner Health announced it has raised $118 million in Series D funding to scale its provider-ranking and incentive platform, which the company says helps patients find higher-quality doctors while lowering healthcare costs for employers and members. Garner said the round values the company at $1.35 billion and brings total capital raised to approximately $200 million.

Linq: $20 Million Series A Raised For AI Agent Communication Layer Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Linq, a Birmingham, Alabama-based startup building a communications layer for AI agents, has raised a $20 million Series A round led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and angel investors, including a former Apple and Google executive.

Modveon: $10 Million Raised For Verified Operating System For Governments And Citizens

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Modveon, a Palo Alto-based startup building what it calls a verified operating system for governments and citizens, has raised $10 million to modernize how public-sector entities and individuals communicate, coordinate, and transact online. The financing was backed by Coinbase Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, Humla Ventures, Strategic Cyber Ventures, along with additional investors and angels.

Kiwi Charge Launches Autonomous EV Charging Project With $1.7 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Kiwi Charge, a Toronto-based robotics and AI startup, launched an autonomous electric-vehicle charging initiative backed by the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), with additional support from General Motors Canada and Pfaff Automotive.

Gather AI: $40 Million Series B Secured To Scale Logistics Intelligence Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Gather AI, a Pittsburgh-based Physical AI company focused on warehouse and intralogistics operations, has raised $40 million in Series B funding to expand its platform across global logistics and manufacturing networks. The round was led by Smith Point Capital Management, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Bling Capital, Dundee Venture Capital, XRC Ventures, and new investor The Hillman Company. The company said it has raised $74 million to date.

Galux: $29 Million Series B Closed For AI Protein Design In Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Galux, a South Korea-based biotech developing AI-driven protein therapeutics design, said it has closed a $29 million (KRW 42 billion) Series B financing, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $47 million (KRW 68 billion).

Pandorum Technologies Raises $18 Million Series B For Programmable Regenerative Exosome Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Pandorum Technologies, a biotechnology company developing programmable regenerative medicine, said it has closed an $18 million Series B financing to advance the clinical development of its tunable, exosome-based therapies, including its lead program Kuragenx, while scaling manufacturing and expanding operations across the U.S., Japan, and the Middle East.

Zoth: Privacy-First Stablecoin Neobank Raises Strategic Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Zoth announced it has closed an undisclosed strategic funding round as it works to build what it describes as the world’s first privacy-focused stablecoin neobank for both retail users and institutions.

omnispay: UAE Fintech Raises $2 Million Pre-Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

omnispay, a UAE-based fintech focused on payments and cash-flow tools for small and medium-sized enterprises, announced it has closed a $2 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Infinity Value Capital Group.

Supra Elemental Recovery: UT Startup To Recover Rare Earth Minerals From Industrial And E-Waste

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Supra Elemental Recovery, a startup that spun out of engineering and natural sciences labs at The University of Texas at Austin, has launched with a $250,000 investment from Discovery to Impact’s UT Seed Fund as part of its pre-seed funding round.

Qflow: £2 Million Raised From Autodesk To Expand Construction Material Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

London-based construction data platform Qflow has raised a £2 million strategic investment from Autodesk, extending an existing product collaboration to connect on-site construction reality to design intent. The companies say the relationship will deepen integration between Qflow and Autodesk Construction Cloud to help project teams reconcile real-time material quality, quantity, waste, and supply-chain intelligence with design specifications, with the goal of reducing delays, rework, budget overruns, and emissions.

Bound: $24.5 Million Series A Raised For Automating Currency Risk Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Bound, a platform focused on helping businesses manage foreign-exchange exposure, has raised $24.5 million in Series A funding led by AlbionVC as currency volatility continues to pressure companies operating across multiple markets.

QT Sense: €4 Million Raised To Advance Quantum Sensing For Drug Discovery And Spatial Biology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

QT Sense announced it has closed a €4 million investment round to accelerate development and commercialization of its quantum sensing platform, which the company is positioning for drug discovery and spatial biology use cases.

Axiology Raises €5 Million Seed Funding To Expand EU-Regulated Tokenised Securities Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has raised €5 million in seed funding to scale its regulated, distributed-ledger-based system for issuing, holding, trading, and settling securities in Europe. The round was led by Exponential Science, e2vc, and Coinvest Capital, and joined by new investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play. Axiology said the seed round also includes support from prior investors including BSV Ventures and NGL Ventures, bringing total funding raised to date to €7 million.

SlateVC Announces €132 Million First Close For Pan-European Climate Growth Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

SlateVC has announced the first close of its inaugural pan-European growth fund, securing €132 million to back B2B companies scaling solutions across the energy transition, low-carbon industrial processes, and circularity.

Novo Nordisk Foundation: BioInnovation Institute Launches Upscalator With Up To €25 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has allocated up to €25 million to launch a new initiative called Upscalator, designed to help early-stage Danish and European biosolutions startups scale their technologies toward market readiness and support the green transition. The program will be led by the BioInnovation Institute (BII), a life sciences and deep-tech innovation institute based in Copenhagen.

Firmus: AI Infrastructure Company Secures $10 Billion Financing To Scale Energy-Efficient Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

AI infrastructure company Firmus announced it has secured a US$10 billion debt financing facility led by funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, Blackstone Credit & Insurance, and affiliated funds, with additional support from Coatue, to fund the next phase of Project Southgate, a national rollout of the company’s AI Factory platform based on the NVIDIA DSX reference architecture.

AppFactor: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For Agentic Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

AppFactor, a London-based company building an agentic orchestration platform for autonomous enterprise software maintenance, has raised a $4 million seed round to accelerate go-to-market and expand product capabilities. The financing was led by Tensor Ventures, with participation from Begin Capital, Adara Ventures, and Narwhal Investments.

Capalo AI: €11 Million Raised For Battery Storage And Renewable Asset Optimizer Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

Capalo AI announced it has raised €11 million to accelerate international expansion and scale the optimization and trading of battery energy storage systems across Europe, including stand-alone assets and batteries co-located with wind or solar farms.

Adaption Labs: $50 Million Seed Funding At $1 Billion Valuation Secured To Build AI Systems That Evolve

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

Adaption Labs, a San Francisco-based startup developing AI systems designed to evolve in real time, has raised $50 million in seed funding at a $1 billion valuation. The company said the financing will support its push to build “adaptive” AI that learns from use and adjusts to specific tasks without relying on the costly, static approach that dominates much of today’s large-model deployment.

Sapiom: $15.75 Million Seed Funding Closed To Give AI Agents Trusted Access To The API Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

Sapiom has launched with a $15.75 million seed round as it builds what it describes as an access layer for AI agents to safely transact across paid APIs and real-world services. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Gradient, Array Ventures, Okta Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, Coinbase Ventures, Formus Capital, and Operator Collective.

Cadastral Raises $9.5 Million For Vertical ‘AI Analyst In A Box’ Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

Cadastral, an AI-native software company focused on vertically specific intelligence for the commercial real estate industry, has raised $9.5 million in funding from Navitas, JLL Spark Global Ventures, AvalonBay, Equity Residential, and 1Sharpe.

TRM Labs: $70 Million Series C Raised At $1 Billion Valuation For Scaling AI For Financial Crime And National Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence provider focused on disrupting criminal networks and countering national security threats, has closed a $70 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Blockchain Capital, which previously led TRM’s pre-seed financing in 2018, and included participation from returning investors CMT Digital, Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Venture Partners, DRW Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, Alumni Ventures, Citi Ventures, and Brevan Howard Digital, alongside new strategic investor Galaxy Ventures.

OneDome: $25 Million Pre-Series C Funding Secured For Advancing Integrated Housing And Financial Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

OneDome has raised $25 million in a pre-Series C funding round to accelerate the growth of its integrated housing and financial services platform, according to a LinkedIn post from founder and CEO Babek Ismayil. The round was backed largely by existing investors alongside Channel 4 Ventures, which Ismayil said reinforces investor conviction in the company’s mission and momentum as it pushes to simplify a homebuying process that remains fragmented across multiple providers and touchpoints.

GoCab: $45 Million Raised To Expand Electric Mobility And Ethical Vehicle Financing Across Africa

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2026

GoCab, a mobility and financial services platform, has raised $45 million in new financing to scale electric mobility and expand access to ethical, Shariah-compliant financing for gig-economy drivers and delivery couriers across Africa. The company positions its model around a structured pathway that helps workers generate stable income while progressively gaining ownership of the vehicles they use for work.