AI Funding Radar

Early-Stage Agentic AI Rounds

• Sequen Series A: Sequen raised $16M in Series A for TikTok-style personalization tech for consumer companies.
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Key funding alert for AI video generation:

• Singapore-based Video Rebirth secures $30M more in latest round
• Specializes in artificial video...

Zurich-based Rivia raises €13M to deploy agentic AI agents for managing complex clinical trial operations.

• Builds on prior €3M round to unify...

Mirai Robotics, an advanced robotics laboratory powered by AI, has closed a €3.5M pre-seed round totaling $4.2M – fueling early-stage innovation in next-gen robotics.

Trend alert: Investors ramp up backing for AI defenses against cyber threats and synthetics.

• RunSybil bags $40M led by Khosla Ventures (S32,...

Max Hodak's neurotech bet heats up: Ex-Neuralink co-founder raises $230M Series C at $1.5B valuation, total funding now $490M backed by Lightspeed,...

Sequen lands $16M Series A to scale its proprietary TikTok-style AI ranking and personalization tech to large consumer businesses – a prime bet on viral personalization for enterprises.

• $12M Seed round for Niv-AI's AI platform connecting electricity use
• Led by Glilot Capital Partners, with Grove Ventures support
• U.S. backers:...

Turing Award winner Yann LeCun's new Paris AI lab raises a record $1B seed round – the largest ever. Mega-bet on foundational AI talent.

• RunSybil raises $40M led by Khosla Ventures for AI agents automating offensive hacking on live apps.
• Manifold secures $8M seed led by Costanoa to...

Investor signal: Norway-based Newcode.ai raises $6.5M seed led by The LegalTech Fund, targeting agentic workflows for legal teams.

• Core tech: AI...

Roboforce secures $52M investment to accelerate growth, enhance robotics tech, and strengthen its position in the global automation market.

Robinhood's startup fund deploys $35M total, with $20M into ElevenLabs' Series D preferred stock—a strong corporate signal for growth-stage AI audio—and $14.6M in Stripe Class B.

Gradient, an early-stage VC firm founded in 2017 designed for AI founders, wraps $220M AI-focused fund. Signals sustained VC capacity for hot early-stage AI deal flow.

SuperSeed launches £50M Fund III for physical AI startups, backed by the UK's Enterprise Capital Funds programme and targeting B2B AI/SaaS applying AI to key industries. Signals rising institutional appetite for embodied AI investments.

Early-Stage AI Raises

• Niv-AI $12M Stealth Exit: Tel Aviv-based Niv-AI exited stealth with $12M to supercharge GPU power efficiency in AI data...

• Standard Template Labs, founded by former Datadog President Amit Agarwal, secures $49M debut funding
• High-profile talent spinout in AI signaling...

Gradient raises $220M fifth fund to seed next-gen AI founders, after investing in 500+ AI founders and leading rounds in CentML (NVIDIA-acquired), Krea, Lambda—prime signal of LP conviction in early-stage AI.

Weekly $446M flow in AI, FinTech, and Deep Tech spotlights smaller seeds:

• Mater-AI raises $7M seed for efficient discovery platform
• Nivaan Care...

Investor radar: Tel Aviv's Niv AI exits stealth with $12M seed backed by Glilot Capital, Grove Ventures, Arc VC, Encoded VC, Leap Forward, and Aurora...