Startup Funding Radar

India's New Capital Channels

• 🔥 Family Offices Rising: Family offices are increasingly participating alongside venture capital and private...

SK Hynix's record $26.5B Nasdaq listing—the largest U.S. share sale by a foreign firm—gives global investors direct access to the AI chip supply...

Family offices are emerging as influential backers in India's startup scene, delivering patient capital and hands-on mentorship rather than quick...

China's regulatory tightening is reshaping cross-border AI M&A, with Tencent leading a $2 billion buyback of Manus after blocking Meta's acquisition...

This week's AI funding landscape shows mega-round dominance and rapid scaling across hardware, tools, and agents.

• SambaNova raised $1B at $11B...

Late-Stage Infrastructure Rounds

• 🔥 Oxylabs $130M Round: Oxylabs closed a $130 million growth-stage round led by Warburg Pincus at a $3.6...

AI claimed five of the ten largest U.S. rounds this week, including two $1B deals.

• Keyfactor raised $1B for cybersecurity and digital identity...

• $130M growth round led by Warburg Pincus values Oxylabs at $3.6B after 10 years of bootstrapping
• Strong metrics: >$350M ARR and 350k+ customers...

China's order to unwind Meta's $2B Manus acquisition shows regulators treating AI agents as strategic national assets. Tencent is now leading a...

AI Mega-Rounds

• 🔥 MiniMax $2B Close: MiniMax closed a $2B round while committing to AGI milestones including CEO salary forfeiture until AGI and...

Global venture capital hit record highs in H1 2026, but gains are unevenly distributed.

• US surge: Companies raised $412.7 billion in H1, exceeding...

Two opposing dynamics define today's M&A environment for founders and investors.

• Strategic roll-ups accelerate: Corporates increasingly acquire...

AI funding momentum holds strong in 2026 as infrastructure and AGI plays attract massive capital.

• Positron eyes Nvidia competition via $750M AI...

Mercor is in early talks to raise at a $20 billion valuation, doubling its $10 billion mark from last October's $350 million Series C. The company...

Major AI Funding Rounds

• 🔥 EdVisorly Series A: EdVisorly raised $13.3M in a Series A led by Breachway Capital with participation from U.S. News...

A wave of AI startups founded by ex-hedge funders aims to replace human investment roles, shifting from tools that only boost efficiency.

• WithAI...

Lumen completed its acquisition of Alkira, merging physical infrastructure with on-demand networking to simplify enterprise connectivity for complex...

Catalyst Fund closed a $30 million second close for its Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund I to back pre-seed to Series A climate tech startups across...

EdVisorly raised a $13.3 million Series A, bringing total funding to $22 million, to scale its AI platform that automates transcript reading, GPA...

AI mega-rounds are reshaping corporate venture capital, driving fewer but much larger deals and record funding totals.

• Q2 2026 saw $146bn across...