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Whatnot closed two funding rounds in 2025, each bringing in more than $200 million. The live shopping platform says this latest round is the largest ever raised in the live commerce sector. Source: tubefilter.com
The live commerce company's valuation has nearly doubled since its $11.5 billion Series F round last October. Source: finance.yahoo.com
Whatnot raised $545 million in a Series G round valuing the company at $20 billion. The funds will go toward expanding its live shopping marketplace and building out new AI-powered tools. Source: pulse2.com
AI startups captured 88% of all venture capital in early 2026, according to new data. Analysts at AlphaSense note that investor focus is now expanding beyond AI chips toward energy infrastructure needed to power AI growth. Source: alpha-sense.com
Advanced manufacturing startup Hadrian announced a $1.37 billion Series D funding round to expand its network of highly automated factories. The company says the investment will help revive domestic industrial production in the US. Source: prnewswire.com
Pinegap, a New York-based AI-powered equity research platform for institutional buy-side investors, has closed an $8 million Series A funding round. The company's valuation has more than tripled compared to its seed stage. Source: app.dealroom.co
Wordsmith, an Edinburgh-based startup building an AI platform tailored for in-house legal teams, has raised $14 million as an extension to its Series B round. Source: finsmes.com
The fresh capital builds on an earlier $70 million Series B round and will help Wordsmith expand its push into financial services and insurance markets. Source: law.com
Global venture funding kept accelerating in July, with startups raising a combined $65 billion — double the amount from a year earlier. The month also set a record for the number of billion-dollar mega-rounds closed. Source: news.crunchbase.com
Mariana Minerals, a startup applying AI to mining and mineral refining, announced it has closed a $310 million Series B round. Source: tectonicdefense.com
HappyRobot has raised $150 million in a Series C round led by Prysm Capital, with Eurazeo serving as co-lead investor. The startup aims to build what it calls enterprise-grade superintelligence. Source: businesswire.com
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics announced a $1 billion Series B funding round to scale up production of small nuclear reactors. The company plans to move from prototype development to mass manufacturing, aiming to meet the AI industry's growing energy demands. Source: siliconangle.com
Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy describes the current AI investment landscape as a rare land-grab opportunity for venture capital. The firm has raised $3 billion in fresh capital to invest in the next wave of AI startups. Source: news.crunchbase.com
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 closed a $250 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation. The company says demand is growing for continuous, AI-driven security testing instead of traditional annual audits. Source: techcrunch.com
DeepX, a South Korean designer of AI chips, closed the first tranche of its Series D funding at a $2.2 billion valuation. That's roughly four times higher than its previous valuation. Source: briefs.co
Startup Turner Caldwell is betting that metals, not oil and gas, will power the next century — largely thanks to AI's growing hunger for hardware. The company has attracted backing from investors including Khosla Ventures and a16z. Source: fortune.com
Food-tech company Wonder closed a $650M Series D round at a $9B valuation, aimed at scaling robotics-powered kitchens and growing from 46 to 140 locations. The company is eyeing a potential IPO in 2027. Source: marketscale.com
Satellite maker K2 Space raised $500 million in a Series D round, pushing its valuation to $6.8 billion. The funding will support increased production of large, high-power satellites. Source: pulse2.com
July saw Israeli startups raise a combined $1.5 billion, with investors clearly favoring firms that help businesses safely adopt AI over those building consumer-facing models. Source: calcalistech.com
Simile, a startup building synthetic user models for research and product testing, has closed a $200 million funding round valuing it at $2 billion. The raise comes only five months after the company left stealth mode with a $100 million Series A, marking one of the fastest unicorn ascents in the current AI boom. Source: techcrunch.com