Global Startup Funding Watch

Hadrian's $1.4 billion raise at a $7.9 billion valuation underscores the defense tech funding wave, quadrupling its January value as capital...

AMD has acquired Toronto-based AI inference chip startup Taalas, founded by former AMD and Tenstorrent executive Ljubisa Bajic, whose team will join...

An ocean-powered data center startup is set to double its valuation to $2 billion, spotlighting the intersection of surging AI infrastructure needs and sustainable energy approaches.

• Revenue Surge: ARR jumped over 10x to exceed $60M since prior round, driven by self-learning Agentic CX platform adoption.
• NA Expansion Focus:...

Utah's tech scene is diversifying fast, drawing top investors across e-commerce, fintech, and digital health.

• Redo hits unicorn status with $81M...

DeepSeek's second funding round stalled in July after leaked comments from founder Liang Wenfeng on Nvidia reliance and China's AI lag behind the U.S....

• Funding details: $130M Series B pushes Acrab's total past $480M, backed by Vertex Ventures and Vertex Growth
• Platform focus: Full-stack AI system...

The €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund has cleared legal hurdles and will target late-stage AI, quantum, cleantech and biotech companies, with first...

• Massive AI Infrastructure Play: Tesla and SpaceX cite future compute needs exceeding global chip supply, building Terafab for Optimus robots,...

JPYC raised $38 million in a Series B extension led by logistics firm AZ-COM Maruwa, which will use the yen stablecoin for payments with Amazon Japan...

White Star Capital's new $250M Fund IV targets Series A and B startups using emerging tech, especially AI.

• Global footprint spans New York, London,...

• $14M extension led by Intact Private Capital, with Highland Europe, Index Ventures and new investor FT Ventures
• Total Series B reaches $84M;...

Orienspace has launched IPO coaching and closed a pre-C round of several hundred million yuan from investors including Shanghai STVC and AVIC Honghua...

AMD is accelerating its AI inference push by acquiring Toronto-based Taalas, whose specialized silicon targets computing and memory bottlenecks in...

Ambrook raises $30M Series B led by Lachy Groom, bringing total funding to $59M for its AI-native financial platform serving owner-operators. The...

SpaceX beat revenue expectations in its first public earnings report yet saw its stock decline, delivering an immediate valuation reality check for...

Tesla and SpaceX are making an initial $16.8 billion investment in the Terafab semiconductor facility in Grimes County, Texas, designed as a...

BlackStar Orbital Technologies is going public via SPAC merger with Pono Capital Four at a $380 million valuation, positioning its reusable SpaceDrone...

Athens-based Omilia just raised a $67M Series B, but its edge isn't flashy generative AI—it's knowing when not to use it.

While newcomers like...

Massive funding and cloud commitments show AI bottlenecks moving from chips to compute orchestration and connectivity.

• Mirendil landed a $100M+...