AI Funding Radar

Core AI Infrastructure Funding

• 🔥 Aria Networks: US AI networking firm Aria Networks raised $125M in Series A to build networking...

Trend: VCs betting big on agentic AI ecosystem tools amid data exhaustion and scaling needs.

• Deeptune raises $43M Series A (a16z-led) for virtual...

• €3.5M pre-seed led by Seedcamp with backers from France to Japan/US, fueling engineering hires and commercial rollout for Paris-based startup...

Trend alert: Investors are pouring into early-stage AI infrastructure to fix GPU underutilization and scale workloads via specialized networking.

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Red Bear AI just raised $29M in Series A funding led by Huayu Ventures, targeting physical AI that fuses memory science with multi-modal large models—a fresh push into embodied intelligence.

Modus secures $85M across Seed and Series A, led by Lightspeed, to build its AI-native audit platform and expand partnerships with accounting firms. A big push into AI-powered financial auditing tools.

New AI VC Funds

• 🔥 Eclipse: Venture capital firm Eclipse raised $1.3 billion to invest in startups working in physical industries such as...

Record Series B for Europe's top AI earth intelligence startup: €112.6M ($130M) round brings total funding to €195M ($225M).

Key syndicate: Nazca...

Zero Shot, founded by ex-OpenAI leaders like Evan Morikawa, Andrew Mayne, and Shawn Jain, hits $100M first close targeting early AI startups.

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• Massive $1.3B raise by Eclipse for AI infrastructure and defense startups
• Builds on 11 years creating ecosystem of startups for national strength, sovereignty, and security
• Signals big VC push into AI amid national security priorities

Major AI biotech play: Anthropic acquires New York-based Coefficient Bio, a 2025-founded stealth startup with 6 employees, in a $400M stock deal.

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Australian AI infra unicorn Firmus raises $505M led by Coatue with Nvidia, hitting $5.5B valuation—third round in 6 months totaling $1.35B.

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Record North American Funding Surge

• 🔥 U.S. and Canadian companies secured $252.6 billion in seed-through growth-stage funding rounds in Q1...

Unprecedented AI Boom: North America Q1 funding smashed prior $95.7B record, with 87% ($221B) to AI categories—6x prior quarter.

• Later-Stage...

• A$3.7M ($2.3M) pre-seed led by Peak XV Partners and Intact Private Capital for AI-native brokerage.
• Focuses US small/mid-market in construction,...

Medvi's AI-fueled scale: Launched in 2 months with $20k and AI tools for code, ads, CS, analytics. Hit $401M revenue in 2025 (1 employee), on track...

Emerging embodied AI funding spotlight:

• Seed round from Seoul Techno Holdings for South Korean startup's Vision AI outdoor mobile robots, handling...

Seed Funding Highlights

• Cara: Cara raised $8M in seed funding led by Kearny Jackson to expand its AI platform automating insurance brokerage...

AI investments explode beyond US labs into applied sectors:

• China's Galaxea AI raises $290M Series B+ at $29B valuation for embodied intelligence,...

Key funding highlight in niche AI mining tech:

• Beijing Horist Technology (Tsinghua-affiliated team) completes nearly RMB 200M Series C
• Develops AI...