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Mountain View-based Ema, which develops AI agents for enterprises, raised $77 million in a Series B round led by Creaegis. Existing backers including Accel also participated, bringing the startup's cumulative funding to $140 million. Source: pulse2.com
Basecamp Research announced a $140 million Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to $800 million. The company uses AI to accelerate drug discovery and development. Source: reuters.com
Ema, a startup building teams of AI agents to automate corporate workflows in HR, IT, and finance, has closed a new $77 million funding round. The investment comes as AI increasingly takes over tasks traditionally handled by enterprise software and human staff. Source: techcrunch.com
The Series B round was led by Creaegis, with existing investors Accel, S32, and Prosus also increasing their stakes. Ema plans to use the funds to expand its go-to-market efforts and further develop its AI employee platform. Source: finance.yahoo.com
European autonomous systems developer TEKEVER announced the first close of a $580 million Series D funding round, valuing the company at $6.4 billion. The round was led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, backing TEKEVER's AI-powered autonomous technology. Source: pulse2.com
Confido secured a $55 million Series B round to speed up product development, expand into food service, and grow its product, engineering, and go-to-market teams. The startup builds AI-powered automation tools for the back-office operations of consumer brands. Source: businesswire.com
Confido closed a $55 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, giving the consumer packaged goods software provider fresh capital for expansion. The funding will help the company scale its AI-based platform further. Source: citybiz.co
Firecrawl Inc., which builds web scraping tools for AI agents, announced it raised $75 million in new investment. The funding will support further development of its scraping infrastructure used by AI-based applications. Source: siliconangle.com
The Israeli cybersecurity firm Cyera secured an additional $400 million from Goldman Sachs, extending its Series G round and bringing total funding raised in 2026 to $1.4 billion. The company is broadening its focus from data security toward AI agents and non-human identity protection. Source: calcalistech.com
Mind, a cybersecurity startup based in Seattle, plans to at least double its 70-person team after closing a $72 million Series B round led by Crosspoint. The fresh capital will fuel hiring and product expansion. Source: bizjournals.com
Rainmaker secured a $100 million Series B round to expand its research into low-cost water production and weather modification. The company says it's behind the first scientifically validated case of manmade precipitation. Source: prnewswire.com
An overview of the largest venture capital deals in the US during August 2026, based on CrunchBase data. The list highlights which startups attracted the most investor attention that month. Source: alleywatch.com
According to Oura's IPO filing, the wearable ring maker's public offering is valued at $2.2 billion, but much of the proceeds will go to existing shareholders rather than the company itself. Forerunner Ventures alone plans to sell its full stake for up to $1.26 billion. Source: techcrunch.com
Defense-tech startup Mach Industries closed a $600 million extension of its Series C round, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion. The funding will help scale up its military manufacturing capabilities. Source: latimes.com
Pave Finance raised an oversubscribed $15 million Series A round at a $100 million pre-money valuation. The company said assets under management by advisors using its AI-driven portfolio tools have now exceeded $130 billion. Source: pulse2.com
Luzern Risk has closed a $45 million Series B funding round to grow its AI-native platform for captive insurance. The company plans to use the capital to expand its alternative risk management solutions. Source: pulse2.com
Crusoe co-founder and CEO Chase Lochmiller appeared on CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to talk about the company's $3.9 billion Series F round and the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. He addressed the growing demand for AI-focused data centers driving the investment. Source: cnbc.com
AI data center developer Crusoe closed a $3.9 billion Series F funding round, co-led by Atreides, valuing the company at $30.9 billion. The fresh capital underscores surging investor interest in AI infrastructure buildout. Source: theaiinsider.tech
Weekly roundup tracks the largest startup funding deals of 2026, focusing on U.S.-based companies raising $100 million or more. Top deals this week went to AI infrastructure, space technology, and investment management startups. Source: news.crunchbase.com
AI infrastructure company Crusoe closed a $3.9 billion Series F round that values the firm at $30.9 billion. The funding will fuel expansion of its vertically-integrated data centers, so-called AI factories, and cloud offerings. Source: crusoe.ai