Topic: investor participation

  • Nvidia, Google, Bill Gates Back $863M Fusion Energy Funding

    Nvidia, Google, Bill Gates Back $863M Fusion Energy Funding

    Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $863 million from investors including Nvidia and Google, bringing its total funding to nearly $3 billion and highlighting growing confidence in commercial fusion energy. The company is building a prototype reactor, Sparc, aiming to achieve scientific breakeven b...

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  • Harvey in Talks to Raise $250M at $5B Valuation

    Harvey in Talks to Raise $250M at $5B Valuation

    Harvey, a legal tech startup, is negotiating a $250M funding round that could raise its valuation to $5B, led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue with Sequoia Capital's participation. The company's AI-driven legal solutions have gained global traction, reaching $75M annualized revenue, following a $300...

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  • Black Forest Labs Secures $300M at $3.25B Valuation

    Black Forest Labs Secures $300M at $3.25B Valuation

    Black Forest Labs, a German AI image generation startup, raised $300 million at a $3.25 billion valuation to accelerate R&D, signaling strong market confidence. The company, founded in 2024, has gained prominence as its technology is used by major firms, including powering image generation for El...

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  • Revolut Valued at $75 Billion in New Funding Round

    Revolut Valued at $75 Billion in New Funding Round

    Revolut has achieved a $75 billion valuation, making it one of Europe's most valuable private tech companies and highlighting strong investor confidence. The company is expanding globally with a banking license in the EU and operations in countries like the U.S., India, and Brazil, with plans to ...

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  • Kalshi Hits $11B Valuation With $1B Funding Round

    Kalshi Hits $11B Valuation With $1B Funding Round

    Kalshi raised $1 billion in funding, increasing its valuation to $11 billion, with backing from investors like Sequoia and CapitalG, reflecting rapid growth and investor confidence. The platform and its competitor Polymarket gained user traction by enabling bets on events like the U.S. presidenti...

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  • Mondoo Secures $17.5M to Expand Vulnerability Management Platform

    Mondoo Secures $17.5M to Expand Vulnerability Management Platform

    Mondoo raised $17.5 million in a Series A extension, bringing total funding to over $32 million, with HV Capital leading the investment to support platform enhancements and regional expansion. The company offers an agentic vulnerability management platform that identifies, categorizes, and priori...

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  • Replit Reaches $3B Valuation with $150M Annualized Revenue

    Replit Reaches $3B Valuation with $150M Annualized Revenue

    Replit achieved a $3 billion valuation after raising $250 million, significantly increasing from its previous $1.16 billion valuation in 2023. The company's annualized revenue surged from $2.8 million to $150 million in under a year, driven by its appeal to developers for accessible, collaborativ...

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  • Anthropic Raises $13B Series F at $183B Valuation

    Anthropic Raises $13B Series F at $183B Valuation

    Anthropic has raised $13 billion in a Series F funding round, reaching a post-money valuation of $183 billion to support enterprise adoption, safety research, and global expansion. The company's annual recurring revenue surged from $1 billion to $5 billion in 2025, driven by strong API usage and ...

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  • Context Secures $11M for AI-Powered Office Suite

    Context Secures $11M for AI-Powered Office Suite

    Context, an AI-powered office suite, raised $11 million in seed funding, led by Lux Capital, valuing the startup at $70 million and bringing total funding to $15.75 million. The platform integrates AI to enhance productivity by leveraging large context windows and cross-application intelligence, ...

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  • AI Startup Figure Hits $39B Valuation in Major Funding Round

    AI Startup Figure Hits $39B Valuation in Major Funding Round

    Figure, a humanoid robotics company, has secured a significant Series C funding round, achieving a $39 billion valuation and highlighting growing confidence in automation for industrial use. The investment, led by Parkway Venture Capital with major backers like Nvidia and Intel, will expand Figur...

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  • Pintarnya Secures $16.7M to Boost Indonesian Jobs and Financial Access

    Pintarnya Secures $16.7M to Boost Indonesian Jobs and Financial Access

    Pintarnya, an Indonesian platform for job seekers and financial solutions, raised $16.7 million in Series A funding led by Square Peg with support from existing investors. The platform uses AI-powered job matching and offers secured loans through asset-backed lenders, targeting Indonesia's large ...

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  • Fal AI Soars to $4.5B Valuation with $140M Sequoia-Led Round

    Fal AI Soars to $4.5B Valuation with $140M Sequoia-Led Round

    Fal, an AI infrastructure company, raised $140 million in Series D funding, tripling its valuation to $4.5 billion, with investment led by Sequoia Capital and participation from firms like Nvidia. The company provides a multimodal AI platform used by major clients like Adobe and Shopify, enabling...

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  • Quilt Secures $20M to Scale Heat Pump Sales Nationwide

    Quilt Secures $20M to Scale Heat Pump Sales Nationwide

    Quilt, a California-based heat pump startup, has raised $20 million in Series B funding to expand nationally, following a $33 million Series A round earlier in 2024. The funding round was led by Energy Impact Partners and Galvanize, with the latter's Veery Maxwell and former Nest CFO Tom vonReich...

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  • X-energy Secures $700M to Advance Nuclear Energy

    X-energy Secures $700M to Advance Nuclear Energy

    X-energy secured $700 million in Series D funding, bringing its total funding to $1.8 billion and highlighting strong investor confidence in advanced nuclear technologies. The funding will accelerate the development of its small modular reactor supply chain, with a robust order book for 144 units...

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  • Cursor AI secures $2.3B funding just 5 months after last round

    Cursor AI secures $2.3B funding just 5 months after last round

    Cursor raised $2.3 billion in funding, doubling its valuation to $29.3 billion and highlighting strong investor interest in AI development tools. The investment was led by Accel and Coatue, with support from Nvidia, Google, and Thrive Capital, aimed at advancing their in-house AI model, Composer....

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  • Klarna's $1.4B IPO Soars, Sequoia Reaps Biggest Rewards

    Klarna's $1.4B IPO Soars, Sequoia Reaps Biggest Rewards

    Klarna successfully launched its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, raising $1.4 billion and achieving a market valuation of $15 billion with strong initial trading performance. The majority of shares sold came from existing investors like Sequoia Capital and BlackRock, who partially cashed out ...

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  • Finom Raises €115M to Fuel SMB Fintech Growth in Europe

    Finom Raises €115M to Fuel SMB Fintech Growth in Europe

    Finom, an Amsterdam-based fintech for SMEs, secured €115 million in Series C funding, bringing total funding to $346 million, as it expands in Europe's competitive digital banking sector. The company combines business banking, invoicing, and AI-powered accounting tools, targeting markets like Fra...

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  • Ramp's Valuation Soars to $16B in Just 3 Months

    Ramp's Valuation Soars to $16B in Just 3 Months

    Ramp's valuation surged to $16 billion in its latest funding round, a $3 billion increase from three months prior, with $200 million raised in Series E financing led by Founders Fund. The company's valuation has more than doubled from $7.65 billion in just over a year, with annualized revenue exc...

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  • Intella Secures $12.5M Led by Prosus for AI-Powered Arabic Dialect Transcription

    Intella Secures $12.5M Led by Prosus for AI-Powered Arabic Dialect Transcription

    Intella secured a $12.5 million Series A investment led by Prosus, bringing its total funding to $16.9 million to support growth and development. The company specializes in AI-driven transcription and analytics, achieving a world-record 95.73% accuracy for Arabic dialects, which sets it apart fro...

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  • Function Health Raises $298M at $2.5B Valuation in Series B

    Function Health Raises $298M at $2.5B Valuation in Series B

    Function Health raised $298 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $2.5 billion, to advance its mission of transforming personal health data into actionable insights using AI. The company launched a Medical Intelligence Lab with a proprietary generative AI model, trained by doctors, ...

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  • Heidi Raises $65M to Build AI Care Partners for Clinicians

    Heidi Raises $65M to Build AI Care Partners for Clinicians

    Heidi secured $65 million in a Series B funding round, led by Point72 Private Investments, boosting its valuation to $465 million and total funding near $100 million to develop AI care partners for healthcare providers. The funding will advance Heidi's AI Care Partner platform, which automates ad...

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  • Mycroft Secures $3.5M for AI Security & Compliance Platform

    Mycroft Secures $3.5M for AI Security & Compliance Platform

    Mycroft, a Toronto startup, has secured a $3.5 million seed funding round led by Luge Capital to accelerate development of its autonomous AI platform for managing security and IT infrastructure. The company's platform acts as an AI Security and Compliance Officer, offering cloud and application s...

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  • Scribe Reaches $1.3B Valuation Proving AI's Real-World ROI

    Scribe Reaches $1.3B Valuation Proving AI's Real-World ROI

    Scribe, a workflow documentation startup, has raised $75 million in Series C funding, reaching a $1.3 billion valuation, to accelerate the launch of its new platform, Scribe Optimize, which identifies where automation and AI can deliver tangible business returns. The company addresses the challen...

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  • LangChain Hits $1.25B Valuation as Open Source AI Agent Startup

    LangChain Hits $1.25B Valuation as Open Source AI Agent Startup

    LangChain has reached a $1.25 billion valuation after raising $125 million in a funding round led by IVP, with participation from new and existing investors. Originally created in 2022, it gained popularity by simplifying the development of applications with large language models and secured earl...

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  • Motion raises $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents

    Motion raises $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents

    Harry Qi co-founded Motion, an AI-powered calendaring and task management app, after leaving a lucrative finance career to pursue meaningful impact. Motion's AI agent bundle for small and midsized businesses rapidly attracted over 10,000 B2B customers and reached $10 million in annual recurring r...

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  • Google Ventures Doubles Down on Blacksmith Just 4 Months After Seed Round

    Google Ventures Doubles Down on Blacksmith Just 4 Months After Seed Round

    Blacksmith, a startup specializing in continuous integration and delivery optimization, has secured a $10 million Series A investment led by Google Ventures, following strong early traction and rapid growth. The company differentiates itself by using high-performance, gaming-grade CPUs, which it ...

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  • Harbinger Secures $160M to Build FedEx Electric Trucks

    Harbinger Secures $160M to Build FedEx Electric Trucks

    Harbinger secured $160 million in Series C funding, co-led by FedEx, to boost production of its medium-duty electric truck chassis, with FedEx ordering 53 units for delivery this year. The company focuses on a streamlined approach to developing robust truck chassis, targeting a market segment lar...

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  • Dubai's Holo Secures $22M Series A to Expand GCC Digital Mortgages

    Dubai's Holo Secures $22M Series A to Expand GCC Digital Mortgages

    Holo raised $22 million in Series A funding led by Impact46, with participation from Mubadala and others, to support expansion in the GCC region. The company provides a digital mortgage platform that allows users to compare offers, apply online, and receive guidance, including its Hub feature con...

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  • Cognition AI Secures $400M at $10.2B Valuation Amid Market Turbulence

    Cognition AI Secures $400M at $10.2B Valuation Amid Market Turbulence

    Cognition AI raised $400 million, boosting its valuation to $10.2 billion, reflecting strong investor confidence despite market volatility. The funding was led by Founders Fund and supported by existing investors, driven by the success of its AI coding assistant Devin, which saw annual recurring ...

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  • General Fusion Secures $22M Investor Lifeline to Advance Fusion Power

    General Fusion Secures $22M Investor Lifeline to Advance Fusion Power

    General Fusion has secured $22 million in new funding from existing investors to support its operations, though this amount is significantly less than the $125 million it originally sought. The company recently reduced its workforce by at least a quarter and activated its Lawson Machine 26 protot...

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  • Coralogix Hits Unicorn Status, Plans India Expansion

    Coralogix Hits Unicorn Status, Plans India Expansion

    Coralogix has achieved unicorn status with a $115 million Series E funding round, valuing the company at over $1 billion, nearly doubling its 2022 valuation. The funding will support expansion in India and development of its AI-powered observability agent, Olly, led by NewView Capital and backed ...

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  • Charles Schwab Invests in Qapita, a Carta Rival in Singapore

    Charles Schwab Invests in Qapita, a Carta Rival in Singapore

    Qapita raised $26.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Charles Schwab, aiming to transform equity management and employee stock plans for private companies. The partnership introduces Schwab Private Issuer Equity Services, a platform using Qapita's technology to help U.S. startups manage ...

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  • Granola AI Note-Taking App Secures $43M Funding, Adds Collaboration Tools

    Granola AI Note-Taking App Secures $43M Funding, Adds Collaboration Tools

    Granola raised $43 million in Series B funding, reaching a $250 million valuation, led by NFDG Ventures and supported by existing investors and high-profile angels. The platform has evolved from a meeting transcription tool to a multipurpose workspace, serving as a central hub for notes, tasks, a...

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  • TDK invests $21M in Ultraviolette to expand India's electric motorcycles globally

    TDK invests $21M in Ultraviolette to expand India's electric motorcycles globally

    Ultraviolette, an Indian electric motorcycle startup, secured $21M from TDK Corporation to fuel global expansion, following its recent entry into 10 European markets. The company specializes in high-performance electric bikes like the F77 Mach 2, offering advanced features such as eSIM connectivi...

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  • Kalshi Hits $11B Valuation After $1B Funding Round

    Kalshi Hits $11B Valuation After $1B Funding Round

    Kalshi raised $1 billion in new funding, led by Paradigm and joined by top-tier VCs, dramatically increasing its valuation to $11 billion and signaling strong investor confidence. While known for political event trading, Kalshi's platform sees significant activity in sports predictions, indicatin...

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