Startups

CorePower Magnetics Raises $10.6 Million To Scale U.S. Manufacturing Of Advanced Magnetics For AI, Data Centers And Grid Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

CorePower Magnetics, a Pittsburgh-based developer and manufacturer of advanced magnetic components for power electronics, has raised $10.6 million in equity financing to expand domestic manufacturing capacity, accelerate hiring and scale commercialization of its technology.

barq Raises $329.5 Million Series A At $1.85 Billion Valuation As Saudi Fintech Expands Payments Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

barq has raised $329.5 million in a Series A funding round at a $1.85 billion valuation, giving the Saudi fintech substantial new capital as it expands its digital payments ecosystem through a series of strategic partnerships spanning merchant payments, banking, insurance, travel, e-commerce and social-impact initiatives.

Ridgeline Raises $250 Million Series E At $1.425 Billion Valuation To Expand AI-Native Investment Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Ridgeline, an AI-native investment management platform for asset and wealth managers, has raised $250 million in Series E funding at a $1.425 billion valuation as the company expands its artificial intelligence capabilities, managed services business and international footprint.

Portage Closes $600 Million Ventures IV Fintech Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Portage has closed Portage Ventures IV at approximately $600 million, giving the global fintech investment platform a substantial new pool of capital to back companies across wealth and asset management, banking, insurance, payments and other areas of financial services.

Factory Raises $200 Million At $5 Billion Valuation To Scale Self-Improving Software Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Factory has raised $200 million in new financing at a $5 billion valuation as the enterprise AI software company scales its platform for autonomous and self-improving software development. The round included Blackstone, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Evantic Capital, Sound Ventures, NEA, Mantis VC and Clearlake, along with angel investors including Nico Rosberg, Brad Gerstner and Marc Benioff. The financing brings Factory's total funding to more than $400 million.

BackOps Raises $42 Million Series B To Scale AI Resolution Layer For Supply Chain Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

BackOps, an AI platform that automates complex operational workflows for companies that make or move physical goods, has raised $42 million in Series B funding to expand its resolution layer across supply chain, finance, and customer service processes. Insight Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors Theory Ventures, Construct Capital, Gradient Ventures and 10VC.

Decimal AI Raises $4 Million Seed Round To Expand Customer Engineering Platform For Technical Support Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Decimal AI, an AI-powered customer engineering platform for technical support teams, has raised $4 million in seed funding to expand technology that helps software companies investigate and resolve complex customer issues using code, logs, production data and other technical context. The round was co-led by Khosla Ventures and Kearny Jackson, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and Weekend Fund. Additional investors include former Stripe COO Claire Johnson, Anrok founder and Executive Chairman Michelle Valentin, and former Eightfold Chief Customer Officer Rimple Patel.

Hang Ten Systems Raises Additional $53 Million For Enterprise AI Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Hang Ten Systems, an enterprise AI services company founded by former SAP CEO Vishal Sikka, has raised an additional $53 million in seed funding led by Xora, a Temasek-backed investment fund, bringing the company's total funding to $85 million.

Footprint Raises $25 Million Series B To Expand AI Financial Crime Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Footprint has raised $25 million in Series B funding to expand Percy, its agentic AI operating system for financial crime compliance, and Trust Fabric, the underlying infrastructure designed to turn individual investigations into reusable organizational knowledge.

Matter Venture Partners Closes $450 Million Fund II For HardTech, Robotics, And Physical AI Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Matter Venture Partners has closed its second fund at $450 million to invest in early-stage HardTech companies spanning semiconductors, robotics and Physical AI, AI infrastructure, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, energy technologies and AI applications for scientific research.

ETFBOOK Raises $13 Million To Expand ETF Data And Analytics Platform Into U.S. And Asia-Pacific

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

ETFBOOK, a Zurich-based ETF data and analytics platform, has raised $13 million to expand its intelligence infrastructure beyond Europe and accelerate growth across the U.S. and Asia-Pacific markets.

Gaia Dynamics Raises $7 Million Seed Round To Expand AI Platform For Global Trade Compliance And Tariff Optimization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Gaia Dynamics has raised $7 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Corazon Capital as the company expands its AI-powered global trade platform into strategic trade intelligence, compliance planning and tariff optimization.

UCL Spinout AcouBatt Raises £1.1 Million Pre-Seed Round For AI-Powered Battery Diagnostics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

AcouBatt, a University College London spinout developing AI-powered acoustic sensing technology for battery manufacturing and monitoring, has raised £1.1 million in pre-seed funding to help manufacturers produce lithium-ion batteries faster, with less waste and greater visibility into potential safety defects.

Embodied AI Launches With Funding To Automate European Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Embodied AI, a Lausanne-based robotics startup developing intelligent machines for manufacturing and logistics, has launched with a first financing round led by Faber VC as it seeks to build a robotic workforce capable of learning directly on industrial production lines. The company did not disclose the size of the round.

Hackuity Raises $19 Million For AI-Powered Vulnerability Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Hackuity, an AI-powered Vulnerability Operations Center platform, announced that it has raised $19 million in new funding led by Forgepoint Capital International, with participation from existing investors Bright Pixel, Bpifrance, and Seventure Partners. The round brings Hackuity's total funding to $38 million.

VerifAIX Raises $5 Million Seed Round To Build Trust Layer For Semiconductor Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

VerifAIX, an AI-native semiconductor verification company, has raised $5 million in seed funding to develop a verification platform designed to independently determine whether increasingly AI-generated chip designs are correct. The round was co-led by Endiya Partners and Bluehill VC and represents the company's first major institutional financing.

G5 Labs Raises $14 Million Seed Round To Turn Natural Language Into Source Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

G5 Labs, a spinout from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has emerged from stealth with $14 million in seed funding to develop a new abstraction layer for AI-native software development that treats natural language as source code.

Planted Raises $31.8 Million To Scale Robotic Fleet And Launch Sage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Planted, a company developing robotic systems and software to accelerate solar power deployment, has raised $31.8 million in new funding to expand its autonomous construction fleet and launch Sage, its next-generation field robot. The round was co-led by Piva Capital and RA Capital Management Planetary Health, with participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Google and Khosla Ventures.

Forty.5 Ventures Closes $30 Million First Fund For Pre-Seed And Seed Investments Across Southeastern Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Forty.5 Ventures has closed its inaugural $30 million venture fund to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, primarily backing founders building from Southeastern Europe for global markets. The firm will selectively invest in startups in the United States and Asia Pacific as well.

Zero Raises $10.3 Million Seed Round Led By Primary Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Zero has raised $10.3 million in seed funding led by Primary Venture Partners, giving the startup fresh capital as it moves into its next stage of product development and commercial expansion. The financing also included participation from Inception Fund, Defiant and Greens Ventures, along with a group of technology founders and operators connected with companies including Lovable, Supercell, Langdock and AMD Silo AI, according to an announcement shared by Zero Chief of Staff Markus Vapaavuori.

Delos Data Raises Over $100 Million To Build Networking Infrastructure For Agentic AI Inference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Delos Data has raised more than $100 million to launch Delos Nonstop AI, an infrastructure platform designed to address networking and data-movement bottlenecks as agentic AI workloads put increasing pressure on data centers. Investors include Matrix, Playground, Socratic Partners, Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund, Matter Venture Partners, IAG, and industry executives spanning compute, hyperscale infrastructure, networking silicon, infrastructure software, and optical connectivity.

Thatch Raises $108 Million At $1 Billion Valuation As Health Benefits Platform Expands To More Than 5,000 Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Thatch has raised $108 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation as the health benefits platform scales its model of helping employers replace traditional group health plans with individual healthcare budgets. The financing came from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from ADP Ventures, Paychex, Eli Lilly and Company, Scale Venture Partners, QuantumLight, SemperVirens, Quiet Capital and Avid Ventures.

Liquid Compute Raises $15 Million Seed Round To Build Regulated AI Infrastructure Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Liquid Compute has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a marketplace and financial infrastructure platform for buying, selling, pricing and managing AI computing capacity. FirstMark and Chemistry co-led the round, with participation from K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings and investor Dmitry Balyasny.

Jack & Jill Raises $40 Million Series A For AI Agent Hiring Platform That Matches Candidates Directly With Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Jack & Jill has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered hiring marketplace, where separate AI agents represent job seekers and employers and introduce candidates directly to hiring decision-makers without requiring a traditional job application. Air Street Capital led the financing, with participation from new investors Madrona and Antler. Existing investors Creandum, Ada Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Expedite Capital and Repeat.vc also participated.

Exein Raises $270 Million At $1.7 Billion Valuation To Expand Physical AI Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Exein has raised $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation as the cybersecurity company expands its platform for protecting robots, drones, autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines operating in the physical world. The significantly oversubscribed round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, the European Investment Bank Group through ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital.

Evvy Raises $40 Million Series B As AI-Powered Women’s Health Platform Reaches 100,000+ Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Evvy has raised an oversubscribed $40 million Series B funding round led by Catalio Capital Management to expand its AI-powered precision diagnostics and care platform across women's health, beginning with fertility. The financing includes new investors Catalio Capital Management, US Fertility Innovation Fund, Rethink Impact, Muse Capital and Alumni Ventures. Existing investors LabCorp Venture Fund, General Catalyst, Left Lane Capital, BBG Ventures, Amboy Street Ventures, Ingeborg and Foreground Capital also participated.

Eve Security Raises $4.5 Million For AI Agent Runtime Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Eve Security, a runtime security company focused on identifying and stopping dangerous AI agent behavior in real time, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in new funding, extending its seed round to $7.5 million in total funding. The new financing was led by Run Ventures, with participation from Dreamit Ventures and Blu Ventures, along with continued investment from LiveOak Ventures.

Implicity Raises $40 Million To Expand AI Cardiac Remote Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Implicity has raised $40 million in growth equity funding to accelerate U.S. expansion and further develop its AI-powered cardiac remote monitoring platform. The round was led by European technology growth investor IRIS alongside Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co.

Motive Secures More Than $1.3 Billion In Growth Financing From General Catalyst

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Motive has secured more than $1.3 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, providing the AI-powered physical operations company with additional capital to expand its platform and scale its go-to-market organization.

Kaiko Extends Series B To $110 Million Led By S&P Global To Expand Financial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Kaiko has extended its Series B funding to $110 million through a strategic investment led by S&P Global as the digital asset data company expands infrastructure for tokenized and onchain financial markets. S&P Global was joined by Alura Capital, BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Foundation, Coinbase Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada, Stellar and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. Existing investors Anthemis, Point Nine and Revaia also participated.