Startups

Prime Intellect Raises $130 Million Series A To Build Open Superintelligence Stack

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Prime Intellect announced that it raised $130 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the open superintelligence stack. The round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from NVIDIA Ventures, Intel Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, and existing investors.

Pearl Health Raises $110 Million To Expand AI Platform For Medicare Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Pearl Health announced a $110 million capital raise to expand its AI platform for providers caring for Medicare patients. The financing includes a $50 million equity round led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $60 million credit facility led by Trinity Capital.

Hypefy Raises $7.2 Million Series A To Scale Creator Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Hypefy announced that it has closed a $7.2 million Series A funding round. The round was led by AYMO Ventures. Returning investors Interactive Venture Partners, Oktogon Ventures, and Euroventures also participated in the financing. Their continued participation reflects ongoing investor support for Hypefy’s growth and its position in the creator marketing market.

Digiclean Raises €2.5 Million Seed Round To Improve Industrial Fluid Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Digiclean Solutions announced that it has closed a €2.5 million seed funding round. The company said the milestone will support the next phase of its growth as it helps manufacturers gain better visibility into industrial process fluids.

Blue Origin Reportedly Raising About $10 Billion At $130 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Blue Origin is reportedly raising about $10 billion in its first outside funding round. The financing would value Jeff Bezos’ rocket company at about $130 billion.

SambaNova Raises $1 Billion Series F First Close At $11 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

SambaNova announced that it has completed the first close of $1 billion in strategic financing as part of a Series F round. The financing values the company at $11 billion post-money.

Leo Cancer Care Raises $65 Million Series D To Scale Upright Cancer Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Leo Cancer Care announced the close of an oversubscribed $65 million Series D financing round. The round was led by Yu Galaxy, with new investor Eventide Asset Management joining alongside continued support from existing investors.

Allotera Therapeutics Raises $35 Million To Advance Off-The-Shelf CAR-T Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Allotera Therapeutics announced the closing of a $35 million financing round. The financing includes equity and venture debt and brings the company’s total capital raised to $150 million.

Pediatrica Health Group Raises $28 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Pediatrica Health Group announced the closing of a $28 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Valspring Capital, with participation from existing investor M33 Growth.

Cyllene Therapeutics Raises €33 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Cyllene Therapeutics announced the closing of a €33 million Series C financing round. The company was formerly known as EG 427 and rebranded to Cyllene Therapeutics alongside the financing. The round was co-led by GordonMD Global Investments and Merck Ventures, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. T. Andera Partners, Bpifrance Investissement through its InnoBio 3 Fund, and Lamond Ventures also participated.

Agave Raises $15 Million Series A To Bring AI To Construction Financials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Agave announced that it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Accel, which also led Agave’s seed round, with continued participation from Y Combinator.

HIVE Raises $15 Million Seed To Build Physical AI Platform For Industrial Machines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

HIVE announced that it has raised $15 million in seed funding. The round was led by SuperSeed, with participation from Veriten, Skyfall, and Nysnø. Angel investors in the round include Børge Hald, founder of Medallia, and Jørn Lyseggen, founder of Meltwater. The company described the financing as one of Europe’s largest seed investments in Physical AI.

ARC Intelligence Raises €4 Million In Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

ARC Intelligence announced that it has secured €4 million in seed funding. The company is building an AI-native Finance OS for ERP-heavy businesses.

Z Squared Raises Approximately $15.3 Million To Advance AI Infrastructure Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Z Squared announced that it has raised approximately $15.3 million in capital through equity sales under its standby equity purchase agreement. The company incurred no new debt in connection with the financing and said it continues to maintain virtually no corporate debt.

Expeditions Closes €197 Million Fund II To Back European Security Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Expeditions announced the final close of its second fund at €197 million. The fund will invest in technologies and founders shaping the future of European defense, security, and sovereignty.

Proxima Fusion Raises €411 Million At €2.4 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Proxima Fusion announced a €411 million ($468 million) financing round. The round brings the company’s valuation to €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) and establishes Proxima Fusion as the best-funded fusion company in Europe.

inKind: Liberty Mutual Investments Commits $320 Million To Support Restaurant Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Liberty Mutual Investments announced a strategic financing partnership with inKind, a restaurant commerce enablement platform and technology company. LMI provided more than $320 million in financing, serving as both a senior and mezzanine lender.

Beeline Medicines Raises $426.3 Million Series A To Advance Autoimmune And Inflammatory Disease Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Beeline Medicines announced the closing of a $126.3 million Series A extension. The new funding brings the company’s total Series A financing round to $426.3 million. The extension adds to Beeline Medicines’ previously announced $300 million Series A financing. The funding came from existing shareholders and investors, including Bain Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bristol Myers Squibb, and certain members of the company’s management team.

Arato Raises $10 Million Seed Round To Improve AI Quality Assurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Arato announced that it has raised a $10 million seed round. The round was led by TLV Partners. Jibe Ventures also participated in the financing. Additional backers included a16z’s Raghu Raghuram, the former CEO of VMware, and Marianna Tessel, the former CTO of Intuit.

Keyfactor Raises Over $1 Billion Strategic Growth Investment Led By Summit Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Keyfactor announced a strategic growth investment of more than $1 billion led by Summit Partners. The company said the investment reflects rising urgency around machine identity security and the growing importance of trust infrastructure for enterprises operating in the AI and post-quantum era.

Even Realities Raises $150 Million At $1 Billion Valuation To Build AI Smart Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Even Realities Technology raised $150 million in a pre-Series B funding round. The round valued the Chinese smart-glasses company at $1 billion. The financing included investors such as Meituan and Tencent. The funding makes Even Realities a unicorn as it looks to compete in the AI wearable market.

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.