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Mueon logo
InvestmentSeries A · AI semiconductors / data center infrastructure
Mueon raises $65M · Maverick Silicon (lead)
Maverick Silicon led the round, and Intel Capital, Geodesic Alliances Fund, Oregon Venture Fund, M-Ventures, Wellington Capital, IQT and Defined participated. Maverick's…
Oct 15
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InvestmentGrowth equity · AI accounting services
Dougs raises $58M · Expedition Growth Capital (lead)
Expedition Growth Capital, already an investor, supplied the €50M (about $58M at current rates). The company says it serves more than 50,000 small businesses, has…
Oct 15
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InvestmentVenture round (equity) · AI for science / battery materials discovery
Holyvolt raises $45M · Zone II
The round was entirely equity and no lead was named. Zone II, CC.VC and a group of angels from the finance and defense industries invested, and existing investor Fifth…
Oct 15 · val. $245M
Anduril Industries logo
InvestmentEmployee tender offer (reported) · Defense AI / autonomous systems
Anduril Industries raises $1.3B
Bloomberg reported that the tender opened on Oct. 13 and closes Nov. 9. Shares are priced at $94.80 and the total offer is capped at about $1.3B. Current and former…
Oct 14 · val. $90B
Modal logo
InvestmentSeries D · AI infrastructure / inference
Modal raises $750M · Accel (lead)
Accel led the Series D, with Kleiner Perkins and about half a dozen existing investors joining. AlleyWatch lists Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Redpoint, Lux Capital…
Oct 14 · val. $15.8B
Salience Labs logo
InvestmentSeries B · AI infrastructure / photonic networking chips
Salience Labs raises $125M · Bullhound Capital (lead)
Bullhound Capital led the oversubscribed round, and its principal Callum Stewart joins the board. AMD Ventures, Intel Capital, SBI Group, Hudson River Trading and…
Oct 14
Labelbox logo
InvestmentSeries E (equity + credit facility) · AI training data / RL environments
Labelbox raises $100M · Infinitum (lead)
Infinitum Partners led the Series E. Wipro Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital, Tau Ventures and Snowpoint Ventures also took part. The round combines equity with a…
Oct 14 · val. $1.25B
Harmonic Security logo
InvestmentSeries B · AI security / data protection
Harmonic Security raises $50M · Crosspoint Capital (lead)
Crosspoint Capital Partners led the round, with unnamed existing investors participating. Earlier rounds were led by Next47 on the $17.5M Series A and Ten Eleven…
Oct 14
Zenzap logo
InvestmentSeries A · AI agents / workplace messaging
Zenzap raises $33M · Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead)
Zenzap's $33 million Series A was co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with The Garage also investing, according to Calcalist. The round…
Oct 14
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InvestmentSeries A · AI agents / enterprise operations automation
Duvo raises $32M · Balderton Capital (lead)
Balderton Capital led the round, with existing investors Index Ventures, Northzone and Credo Ventures participating. Duvo was founded in 2025 by a team associated with…
Oct 14
Scimplify logo
InvestmentStrategic round · AI-enabled specialty chemicals and materials
Scimplify raises $25M · Hitachi Ventures (lead)
Bengaluru-based Scimplify, founded in 2023, closed an all-equity strategic round led by Hitachi Ventures. Customers Henkel and Teknor Apex joined as new investors, and…
Oct 14 · val. $250M
Tamr logo
InvestmentGrowth equity · AI data management
Tamr raises $21M · Volition Capital (lead)
Volition Capital of Boston led the growth equity round, with existing investors participating, though the company did not name them. CEO Anthony Deighton gave the news…
Oct 14
Confido Health logo
InvestmentSeries A · AI healthcare administration
Confido Health raises $13M · Z47 (lead)
Z47 led the Series A, with Justin Saks, Together Fund and Blume Ventures participating. AlleyWatch puts total reported equity funding at $25.5M. No valuation or revenue…
Oct 14
SUNMMIO (算苗科技) logo
InvestmentPre-A2 and Series A · AI inference chips
SUNMMIO (算苗科技) raises Undisclosed (nearly RMB 2B raised over past year across rounds) · Yizhuang State-Owned Capital Investment
Beijing-based SUNMMIO, known in China as 算苗科技, announced the two financings with backing from government-linked platforms including Yizhuang State-Owned Capital…
Oct 14
Yundie Technology logo
InvestmentSeries B+ · Embodied AI / service robotics
Yundie Technology raises Several hundred million yuan (undisclosed) · Changzhe Investment
The Guangzhou company announced a series of B+ financings with StellarS Capital, Asia Allied Infrastructure and Changzhe Investment among the investors. The exact amount…
Oct 14
Astribot (Stardust Intelligence) logo
InvestmentVenture round · Embodied AI / humanoid robotics
Astribot (Stardust Intelligence) raises $149M · Shenzhen Investment Holdings (lead)
The Shenzhen company, also called Stardust Intelligence, was founded in December 2022 and builds humanoid robots that use cable-driven bodies. Shenzhen Investment…
Oct 13 · val. $2.24B
Albert (Albert Invent) logo
InvestmentSeries B · Chemistry AI / materials R&D software
Albert (Albert Invent) raises $55M · TCV (lead)
The Oakland company sells software and AI tools to scientists who develop chemical formulations and materials, used in products such as paints, adhesives and consumer…
Oct 13 · val. $340M
Reach Security logo
InvestmentSeries B · AI security operations
Reach Security raises $50M · Top Tier Capital Partners (lead)
Top Tier Capital Partners led the round. Ballistic Ventures, In-Q-Tel, M12 (Microsoft's venture fund) and existing investors participated. The company said the amount…
Oct 13
Scuba logo
InvestmentPre-seed + seed · AI agents / team context
Scuba raises $34M · Accel (lead)
The $34M was raised over two rounds. Accel led the pre-seed, and IVP joined Accel to co-lead the seed. BoxGroup, Conviction, Homebrew and Scribble Ventures also…
Oct 13
Pluto Security logo
InvestmentSeries A · AI security
Pluto Security raises $34M · Jump Trading (lead)
Israeli startup Pluto Security closed a Series A of roughly $34M led by Jump Capital, bringing total funding to about $42M. Skinos Ventures, Ansa Capital and investors…
Oct 13
Brellium logo
InvestmentVenture round · Healthcare AI, compliance and revenue integrity
Brellium raises $23M · Left Lane Capital (lead)
New York-based Brellium was founded in 2021 by Alex Tu, Henry Kasa, Max Katzman and Zach Rosen. Left Lane Capital and First Round Capital led the round, with Digital…
Oct 13
Mogul logo
InvestmentSeries A · AI real estate investing platform
Mogul raises $16M · Draper Associates (lead)
The Washington, D.C. company lets investors buy fractional stakes in residential rental homes and uses AI for sourcing, underwriting, performance analysis and portfolio…
Oct 13 · val. $126M
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InvestmentPre-A · Confidential AI infrastructure
Jinghua Confidential Computing raises $14M · Zhongguancun Science City (lead)
Zhongguancun Science City and Beijing Venture Capital co-led the Pre-A round. Huacang Capital and Jizhi Investment joined, and existing shareholders Inno-linked capital…
Oct 13
Ubitium logo
InvestmentSeed · AI chips, edge and physical AI
Ubitium raises $14M · Ibex Investors (lead)
The Düsseldorf semiconductor startup was founded in 2024 and is building a reconfigurable processor for robots, drones, vehicles and industrial machines. Ibex Investors…
Oct 13
Readily logo
InvestmentSeries A · Healthcare compliance AI
Readily raises $11M · Define Ventures (lead)
San Francisco-based Readily closed a Series A led by Define Ventures, with Y Combinator and the California Health Care Foundation Innovation Fund participating.…
Oct 13
Clueso logo
InvestmentSeries A · AI video agents
Clueso raises $10M · Dharana Capital (lead)
Clueso was founded in 2023 by Akash Anand, Prajwal Prakash and Neel Balar and operates from California and Bengaluru. Dharana Capital led the Series A. Founders Future…
Oct 13
Infinigence AI (无问芯穹) logo
InvestmentSeries C · AI infrastructure / inference cloud
Infinigence AI (无问芯穹) raises $324M
IPO Zaozhidao reported that the round, about $324 million, has fully closed. That brings Infinigence's total funding since its 2023 founding to RMB 4.3 billion, about…
Oct 12
Konst logo
InvestmentSeries B · AI compute infrastructure
Konst raises $30M · ADATA Technology (lead)
ADATA Technology led the Series B. Pegatron Venture Capital, M Mobility and other corporate investors joined as strategic backers. Konst sells AI compute as one bundled…
Oct 12
Mistlabs (Ambi) logo
InvestmentVenture rounds (incl. Pre-A) · Ambient AI assistants
Mistlabs (Ambi) raises $26M · Huaqin Technology (lead)
Mistlabs, the San Francisco company behind Ambi, said on Monday that the $26 million came in across several rounds. Luminous Ventures and contract manufacturer Huaqin…
Oct 12
Baiqu Biology logo
InvestmentSeries B · AI for multi-omics and diagnostics
Baiqu Biology raises $14M · CSC Financial Capital (lead)
CSC Financial Capital led the round on its own, and Qiming Venture Partners followed on. Baiqu was founded in 2013 in Shanghai's Jiading District and runs mass…
Oct 11
Pongbot logo
InvestmentSeries B · AI sports robotics
Pongbot raises Hundreds of millions of yuan (undisclosed) · Shanghai State Investment Pilot Fund (lead)
Shanghai State Investment Pilot Fund led the round. Yuanhe Puhua and Pudong Venture Capital followed, and existing backer BlueRun Ventures put in more. Gaohe Capital was…
Oct 11
Zhuhai Wujiefangzhou Intelligent Technology logo
InvestmentSeries A · On-device AI models
Zhuhai Wujiefangzhou Intelligent Technology raises Undisclosed · Shokz
The round size was not disclosed. Zhuhai Wujiefangzhou Intelligent Technology says its business model line reached $20.6M in annual recurring revenue in its first year…
Oct 11 · val. $300M
Juxie Intelligent Drive logo
InvestmentSeries A+ · Robotics components
Juxie Intelligent Drive raises $14M · Huatai Zijin Investment (lead)
PEdaily reported the round on October 10. Huatai Zijin Investment led, with Johnson Electric, Ninebot Capital and embodied AI startup X Square Robot taking part, while…
Oct 10
NIMO logo
InvestmentAngel · AI wearables
NIMO raises Several hundred million yuan (undisclosed) · Gobi Partners
Chinese outlet The Capital first reported the angel round on October 8, and TechNode picked it up on October 10. It values the company behind the NIMO brand at RMB 1.5B…
Oct 10 · val. $211M
Ramp logo
InvestmentGrowth round (reportedly) · AI finance automation
Ramp raises $1.85B · Dragoneer (lead)
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on October 9 that Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital led the round, with Founders Fund also…
Oct 9 · val. $60B
micro1 logo
InvestmentDebt financing · AI training data
micro1 raises $1B · Hercules Capital (lead)
The San Francisco data lab said on October 9 that it will spend $1B over the next 12 months buying and licensing operational data through its Company Data Partnerships…
Oct 9
TypeSafe AI logo
InvestmentSeries A · Foundation models
TypeSafe AI raises $870M · Andreessen Horowitz (lead)
Bloomberg reports that Andreessen Horowitz wrote the largest check, with Sequoia Capital and angel investors also joining. The San Francisco company was founded in 2024…
Oct 9 · val. $7.5B
Oxide Computer Company logo
InvestmentSeries D · AI compute infrastructure
Oxide Computer Company raises $445M · Eclipse (lead)
Existing backers USIT, Riot Ventures and Jane Street took large allocations, and Friends and Family Capital and Counterpart also joined. Atreides Management is the only…
Oct 9 · val. $6B
DiffuSpace logo
InvestmentTwo venture rounds · Foundation models (diffusion LLMs)
DiffuSpace raises $70M · Matrix Partners China (lead)
DiffuSpace said on October 9 that it closed two back-to-back rounds worth several hundred million yuan. It did not give an exact figure, but investors told Chinese…
Oct 9
Ultra logo
InvestmentSeries A + seed · Robotics
Ultra raises $62M · Framework Ventures (lead)
The total is a $50M Series A led by Framework Ventures, with Y Combinator participating, plus an earlier $12M seed led by Y Combinator and Next View. Brooklyn-based…
Oct 9