Global Funding Radar

US renewable energy PE and VC deals reached $7.11 billion in 2025, up 28% from $5.57 billion in 2024, fueled by data center demand tied to AI growth.

NinjaOne raised over $400 million in a Series C extension for its IT operations and endpoint management platform, topping this week's biggest late-stage funding rounds in enterprise software.

Two massive raises highlight investor appetite for embodied intelligence over software-only AI.

• NEURA Robotics lands up to €1.2B Series C to build...

• AI startups took $242B (80% of global Q1 VC), with OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Waymo alone raising ~$188B or 65% of all dollars.
• Strip out those...

• Latin America now exceeds 50 unicorns, mostly Brazil-based but with high-value private standouts.
• India startups are scaling fast and approaching...

Mistral's talks for €3B at €20B valuation highlight Europe's push for a sovereign AI champion amid US dominance.

• Valuation leap: Nearly doubles its...

SpaceX priced the largest IPO ever at $135/share, raising $75B at a ~$1.75T valuation with trading starting Friday under SPCX.

• Extraordinary...

Italian unicorn Satispay plans a €120 million raise to accelerate growth, underscoring sustained investor interest in European payments.

Ex-DOGE employees raised $130M for an AI national security startup, highlighting fresh capital flowing into defense tech at the intersection of AI and government needs.

• Cyera leads with $600M round, hitting $12B valuation (4x in 18 months) and $2B+ total raised
• NinjaOne secures $400M Series C extension at $12.3B...

Finnish SAR satellite operator ICEYE raised $1.1B at an $11.5B valuation, led by General Atlantic with Nokia and Qatar Investment Authority...

AI Mega-Rounds in Europe

• 🔥 Nscale $2B Series C: UK-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale announced $2 billion in Series C funding led by...

• Largest seed ever in Europe: Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B at $5.1B val, founded months ago by ex-DeepMind RL lead David Silver.
• Targets...

• Bullish windfall: SpaceX $800B valuation surges Musk's wealth by $168B, widening richest person gap.
• Skeptical pushback: $1.75T valuation...

Key shift in climate investing: $193B (75% of capital) concentrated in 58 infrastructure mega-funds by top 10 investors.

• Brookfield closes $51B,...

India's AI boom accelerates: Sarvam AI becomes newest unicorn, raising $250-300M from NVIDIA, Accel & HCLTech at $1.5B valuation.

• Builds LLMs for 22...

Mega-PE Apollo backs Swiss healthtech unicorn vVardis at $1B valuation with its drill-free Curodont treatment for early cavities.

Key highlights:
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Nscale, the Nvidia-backed UK AI infrastructure hyperscaler, just raised $2B in Series C led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries – underscoring massive Europe bets in the compute wars.

India's Acko gears up for $250M fundraise at $2-2.5B valuation via confidential IPO filing.

Key signals:

• Bengaluru insurtech unicorn maturing...

Essential takeaways from VC legend Bill Gurley's chat at Forbes Under 30 Summit:

• Avoid career regret and thrive via lessons in his book Runnin’...