AI Deal Digest - 35 Announcements

AI Infrastructure

Databricks 🇺🇸 ($7000M) - Databricks Inc. has raised over $7 billion in equity and debt financing to accelerate its growth efforts, achieving a valuation of $134 billion. This funding aims to address the challenges in data analytics and artificial intelligence. The investment was first... Read more  Find careers

Qontext 🇩🇪 ($2.7M) - Berlin-based Qontext has raised $2.7 million in pre-seed funding to enhance its platform for building a reusable context infrastructure for AI applications. The funding round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Zero Prime Ventures and notable angel investors.... Read more 
HV Capital, Zero Prime Ventures

AI Research

Adaption Labs 🇺🇸 ($50M) - Adaption Labs, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $50 million in seed funding at a $1 billion valuation. The funding will help develop adaptive AI systems that evolve in real time, addressing the limitations of traditional static models in AI... Read more  Find careers

Autonomous Vehicles

Kiwi Charge 🇨🇦 ($1.7M) - Kiwi Charge, a Toronto-based robotics and AI startup, has launched an autonomous electric-vehicle charging initiative with $1.7 million in funding. The initiative is supported by the government of Ontario through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), along with backing from... Read more 
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network, General Motors Canada, Pfaff Automotive

Data Analysis

Dcycle 🇩🇪 ($6.48M) - dcycle, a sustainability data management platform, has acquired Munich-based esg-x, enhancing its capabilities in the DACH region. This acquisition combines dcycle's data management infrastructure with esg-x's AI technology for sustainability reporting, addressing the fragmented ESG software market. Founded in 2020,... Read more  Find careers
Samaipata

Vesiro 🇸🇪 ($1.728M) - Gothenburg-based Vesiro has secured €1.6 million in seed funding to enhance its performance-focused plug-in for Elasticsearch, aimed at improving search efficiency in large-scale data environments. The funding round was led by Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden, and several angel investors. Vesiro's technology... Read more 
Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden

Knowledgenet.ai 🇺🇸 ($0.5M) - tedco has invested $500,000 in knowledgenet.ai, a Maryland-based company that develops an AI-powered platform to unify relationship data across various corporate data silos. This funding will help accelerate product innovation and deepen integrations with existing workflows, addressing real business needs... Read more  Find careers
tedco

Defense & Security

Trm Labs 🇺🇸 ($70M) - Trm Labs, a blockchain intelligence provider, has secured $70 million in a Series C funding round, achieving a valuation of $1 billion. The funding aims to enhance its capabilities in combating financial crime and national security threats. The round was... Read more  Find careers
Blockchain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator

Energy

Firmus 🌍 ($10000M) - Firmus, an AI infrastructure company, has secured a $10 billion debt financing facility led by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Credit & Insurance, with additional support from Coatue. This funding will support the national rollout of Project Southgate, which focuses... Read more  Find careers
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, Blackstone Credit & Insurance, Coatue

Lunar Energy 🇺🇸 ($232M) - Lunar Energy has raised $232 million in financing through a $130 million Series C and an oversubscribed $102 million Series D. The Series D was led by B Capital and Prelude Ventures, while Activate Capital led the Series C. The... Read more  Find careers
B Capital, Prelude Ventures, Activate Capital

Tem 🇬🇧 ($75M) - Tem, a London-based AI-native energy transactions scale-up, has raised €62.9 million ($75 million) in an oversubscribed Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The funding aims to accelerate the rollout of its innovative infrastructure that addresses inefficiencies in energy... Read more 
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hitachi Ventures, Voyager Ventures, Allianz

Neara 🇦🇺 ($63M) - Australian startup Neara has raised over $63 million to assist electricity companies in managing the increasing energy demands from artificial intelligence data centers. The funding aims to enhance their digital twin technology for power grids, addressing a critical issue in... Read more  Find careers

Capalo AI 🇫🇮 ($11.88M) - Capalo AI has raised €11 million to enhance its international expansion and improve the optimization and trading of battery energy storage systems across Europe. This funding aims to support both stand-alone assets and batteries integrated with wind or solar farms. Read more  Find careers

Xwatts 🇬🇧 ($2M) - London-based xwatts has raised £1.6 million in a seed funding round led by Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, with participation from Cambridge Angels, Parkwalk, and R42. The company offers an intelligent energy management platform that utilizes AI and machine learning to optimize... Read more 
Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Cambridge Angels, Parkwalk, R42

Financial Services & Wealth Management

Alinea 🇺🇸 ($22.5M) - Alinea, an AI-powered wealth management platform for first-time investors, has secured $22.5 million in user acquisition financing from PVX Partners. The funding, structured as a credit facility, aims to enhance marketing efforts and broaden the distribution of Alinea's personalized wealth... Read more 
PvX Partners

Enfi 🇺🇸 ($15M) - Boston-based Enfi has secured a $15 million Series A funding round led by Fintop Capital, with participation from several investors including Patriot Financial Partners and Boston Seed Capital. The company addresses a critical talent crisis in the credit industry by... Read more  Find careers
Fintop Capital, Patriot Financial Partners, Boston Seed Capital

General Enterprise Workflows

Forerunner 🇺🇸 ($39M) - Forerunner, an AI-powered platform for government agencies to manage the built environment, has raised $39 million in funding. This includes a $26.3 million Series B led by Wellington Management and a $12.7 million Series A led by Union Square Ventures,... Read more  Find careers
Wellington Management, Union Square Ventures, Gutter Capital, Bright Ventures

Health

Galux 🇰🇷 ($29M) - Galux, a biotech company based in Seoul, South Korea, raised $29 million in Series B funding to develop AI-driven protein therapeutics. The funding round was led by Intervest and Dayli Partners, with participation from existing investors and new investors including... Read more 
Intervest, Dayli Partners, Yuanta Investment, Korea Development Bank

Microsynetics 🇩🇪 ($10M) - Microsynetics, a Soest, Germany-based startup, raised $10 million in Series A funding for its AI-powered senior safety solution called Gardia. The funding round was led by Peak, with participation from Amberra and Butterfly & Elephant, along with existing backers. The... Read more  Find careers
Peak, Amberra, Butterfly & Elephant

Industrials

Uptool 🇺🇸 ($6M) - Uptool, a San Mateo, CA-based developer of an AI platform aimed at enhancing manufacturing productivity, has raised $6 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Khosla Ventures, Eclipse, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins. The company plans... Read more 
Khosla Ventures, Eclipse, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins

Large Language Models

Anthropic 🇺🇸 ($20000M) - Anthropic is nearing a $20 billion funding round at a valuation of $350 billion, driven by high investor demand. This follows a $13 billion equity funding raised five months prior. The funding aims to address the intense competition in AI... Read more  Find careers
Nvidia, Microsoft

Other AI Category

Phylo 🇺🇸 ($13.5M) - Phylo, a South San Francisco-based developer of an integrated environment for AI-native biology, raised $13.5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures' Anthology Fund, with participation from Zetta Venture Partners, Conviction, SV Angel,... Read more  Find careers
Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures' Anthology Fund, Zetta Venture Partners, Conviction, SV Angel

Solaya 🇫🇷 ($2M) - Solaya, a French startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Betaworks, with participation from angel investors at Nvidia, Adobe, Santander, and Google DeepMind. The company has developed a mobile app that uses AI to convert smartphone videos... Read more 
Betaworks, Nvidia, Adobe, Santander, Google DeepMind

Alcove 🇺🇸 ($1M) - Alcove, a NYC-based developer of private pods for neighborhoods and hotels, raised $1 million in pre-seed funding. The funding was backed by Christine Wendell of Pronto Housing and former Congressman Patrick E. Murphy of Togal AI. The company plans to... Read more 
Christine Wendell, Patrick E. Murphy

Traumasoft 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Traumasoft, a provider of integrated EMS management solutions based in Portage, Michigan, has acquired Huly, an AI-native platform aimed at improving workflow efficiency and compliance in EMS operations. Huly will continue to operate independently under its founder and CEO, Nidhish... Read more 

Payments

Sapiom 🌍 ($15.75M) - Sapiom has secured a $15.75 million seed funding round to develop an access layer for AI agents, enabling safe transactions across paid APIs and real-world services. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Gradient, Array Ventures, Okta Ventures,... Read more 
Accel, Gradient, Array Ventures, Okta Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, Coinbase Ventures, Formus Capital, Operator Collective

Productivity & Personal Assistants

Linq 🇺🇸 ($20M) - Linq, a startup based in Birmingham, Alabama, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and angel investors, including a former Apple and Google executive. The company is developing... Read more  Find careers
TQ Ventures, Mucker Capital

Topview 🇸🇬 ($5.5M) - Topview, a Singapore-based developer of an all-in-one collaborative AI content workspace, raised $5.5 million in funding as part of its $14 million Series A round, led by Kamet Capital. The funds will be used to scale its newly launched Topview... Read more 
Kamet Capital

Real Estate

Cadastral 🇺🇸 ($9.5M) - Cadastral, an AI-native software company specializing in commercial real estate intelligence, has secured $9.5 million in funding. The investment was led by Navitas, JLL Spark Global Ventures, AvalonBay, Equity Residential, and 1Sharpe. This funding aims to enhance their 'AI analyst... Read more 
Navitas, JLL Spark Global Ventures, AvalonBay, Equity Residential, 1Sharpe

Marc 🇮🇪 ($1M) - Dublin-based AI company Marc has raised a $1 million pre-seed round from 23 angel investors, including notable backers like Jack Pierse and Tom Kennedy. The company addresses the inefficiencies in real estate asset management by using AI-powered contract agents to... Read more 
Jack Pierse, Tom Kennedy

Sales and Marketing

Naboo 🇫🇷 ($63.396M) - Paris-based eventtech startup Naboo has raised €58.7 million ($70 million) in a Series B funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors. The funding will help expand its AI-powered procurement platform to include companies' 'tail spend.'... Read more 
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Gocxm 🌍 (Undisclosed) - gocxm, a retail execution and consumer engagement technology provider, has acquired emotive technologies, the developer of the AI-powered consumer insights platform apex. This acquisition enhances gocxm's capability to transform shopper data into actionable insights through predictive intelligence and behavioral-science-trained AI. Read more  Find careers

Software Development

Linkup 🇫🇷 ($10M) - Linkup, a platform that enables AI products to search and retrieve real-time information from the web, has raised a $10 million seed round led by Gradient. The funding round included participation from Elaia, Leblon Capital, Weekend Fund, and existing investors... Read more  Find careers
Gradient, Elaia, Leblon Capital, Weekend Fund, Seedcamp, Axeleo Capital

Supply Chain

Emanate 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Emanate, an AI startup based in San Francisco, has secured funding from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Peter Thiel. Founded in 2025, the company aims to modernize the industrial supply chain by deploying autonomous revenue agents, addressing inefficiencies in... Read more  Find careers
Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel