30 deals today - by category below.
Nvidia results continued their upward financial momentum as the bellwether for AI - with record $215bn revenue for last Q, up 73% YoY. However, Nasdaq shares remained muted as Wall Street traders continue to ponder the staying power of AI growth rates and risks to existing tech companies.
🇬🇧 Back in the UK Kinfolk raised $7m for AI HR workflow tools and Seraphim Space raised a further €84m fund on the back of demand for defence and other strategic investments. The UK sovereign AI ecosystem has also had a boost as ARIA backs CommonAI’s £50M inference lab to power UK AI scale-ups while Callosom raised $10m to enable different AI chip architectures to interact with each other
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💪 Mid-Fundings - 10
🚀 Smaller Fundings - 18
AI Chips
Sambanova Systems
🇺🇸 ($350M) - Sambanova Systems has secured
over $350 million in Series E funding, led by
Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital,
with participation from Intel Capital and
others. The funding will enhance the
production of its new SN50 AI chip, which
offers...
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Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital,
Intel Capital
AI Hosting Infrastructure
Commonai
🇬🇧 ($62.5M) - CommonAI has announced a £50
million funding deal with Aria to launch the
Scaling Inference Lab in the UK, aimed at
enhancing AI performance in real-world
data-centre environments. This initiative,
supported by an initial £16 million grant,
addresses the critical...
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Aria
Encord
🌍 ($60M) - Encord, a data infrastructure
startup, has secured $60 million in Series C
funding to advance the deployment of robots,
drones, and other autonomous AI systems from
laboratory settings to real-world
applications. The funding round was led by
Wellington Management, with...
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Wellington Management, Bright Pixel, Isomer
Capital, Y Combinator, CRV
Callosum
🇬🇧 ($10.25M) - London-based AI software
startup Callosum has secured $10.25 million in
funding, led by European venture firm Plural,
to enhance multi-chip AI infrastructure. The
funding round also saw participation from ARIA
and notable angel investors. Callosum's
technology enables seamless collaboration
between...
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Plural, ARIA
Jetscale AI 🇨🇦 ($5.4M) - Jetscale AI, a Montréal-based cloud infrastructure optimization company, has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate growth and expand deployments across North America and Europe. The company was co-founded by Mehdi Merai and Gabriel De Lisi,... Read more
AI Research
Cesiumastro 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - CesiumAstro, a global provider of space and defense communications systems, has acquired Vidrovr, an AI company focused on real-time multimodal signal analysis. This acquisition aims to integrate AI into space telecommunications and enhance capabilities in intelligent radio frequency optimization and... Read more Find careers
Accounting
Dytto
🌍 ($1.62M) - Dytto, a Ghent-based fintech
startup, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed
funding round co-led by Entourage and Fortino
Ventures. The company aims to modernize the
accounting profession by developing an AI
assistant that reduces administrative
workloads for accountants, allowing...
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Entourage, Fortino Ventures
Agent Development
Vercept 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Anthropic has acquired Vercept, an AI startup known for its advanced tools for complex tasks, including the cloud-based agent Vy. This acquisition follows Anthropic's previous purchase of coding agent engine Bun. Vercept, which originated from Seattle's AI-focused incubator A12, is... Read more
Cybersecurity
Upguard
🌍 ($75M) - UpGuard, a cybersecurity and risk
management company, has raised $75 million in
a Series C funding round led by Springcoast
Partners. This investment will enhance its
AI-powered cyber risk posture management
platform and support global operations and
potential strategic M&A...
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Springcoast Partners, August Capital,
Square Peg Capital, Pelion Venture
Partners
Threataware
🇬🇧 ($25M) - ThreatAware, a cyber asset
management platform, has raised $25 million
from One Peak to expand its operations and
accelerate its product development, including
an AI-powered security workspace. The company,
founded in 2018, serves over 100 clients and
addresses critical security...
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One Peak
Defense & Security
Noda AI
🇺🇸 ($25M) - Noda AI Inc. has raised $25
million in Series A funding, led by Bessemer
Venture Partners, with participation from Booz
Allen Ventures and others. The funding will
help Noda AI enhance its algorithmic warfare
platform, addressing fragmented control
systems for...
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Bessemer Venture Partners, Booz Allen
Ventures
Woven Solutions
🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Woven Solutions, a
Virginia-based provider of AI-enabled mission
software, has acquired Valence to enhance its
capabilities in delivering commercial
technology solutions to the national security
community. This acquisition follows Woven's
previous acquisitions and a strategic
investment from Falfurrias Management
Partners....
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Falfurrias Management Partners
Financial Services & Wealth Management
Rowspace
🇺🇸 ($50M) - Rowspace has secured $50 million
in funding from investors including Sequoia
Capital and Emergence Capital to address the
challenge of integrating and analyzing
scattered internal data within investment
firms. The company aims to enhance AI adoption
by organizing firms' unique...
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Sequoia Capital, Emergence Capital
Trace
🇬🇧 ($3M) - Trace, a London-based startup, has
raised $3 million in seed funding to address
the slow adoption of AI agents in enterprises.
The company, part of Y Combinator's 2025
summer cohort, aims to provide context for AI
agents by mapping complex...
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Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Goodwater
Capital
General Enterprise Workflows
Robosizeme
🌍 ($2M) - Robosizeme has raised $2 million in
an oversubscribed seed round led by Seedtwo
Capital. This funding will enable the company
to expand its AI-powered workflow automation
platform within the global hospitality sector.
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Seedtwo Capital
HR
Kinfolk
🇬🇧 ($7.2M) - Kinfolk, a London-based AI-native
HR workforce operations platform, has raised
$7.2 million in a seed round led by AlbionVC,
bringing its total funding to $8.5 million.
The platform addresses inefficiencies in HR
and people operations by integrating agentic
AI within...
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AlbionVC
Health
Oska Health
🌍 ($11.88M) - Oska Health has secured an €11
million seed round led by Capricorn Partners
and Swisshealth Ventures to address chronic
care in Europe. The company, founded in 2022
in Frankfurt am Main, combines health coaches
with technology to support patients with...
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Capricorn Partners, Swisshealth
Ventures
Centauri Therapeutics
🇬🇧 ($7.5M) - Centauri Therapeutics, a UK-based
immunotherapy company, has raised £6 million
in a Series A extension led by the AMR Action
Fund, bringing total Series A funding to £30
million. The funds will be used to complete
Phase I clinical studies...
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AMR Action Fund
You(th)
🌍 ($4.5M) - you(th) health tech, a digital
health company, has secured $4.5 million in
funding led by Callisto Health, with
participation from several investors including
Caesar and Antler. The company addresses the
issue of low preventive screening rates, which
are hindered by...
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Callisto Health, Caesar, Antler
Large Language Models
Anthropic
🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Anthropic has acquired
Seattle-based AI start-up Vercept for an
undisclosed amount to enhance its AI model,
Claude Sonnet 4.6. Vercept, founded by former
AI2 researchers, raised over $50 million,
including a $16 million round in January 2025,
with notable investors...
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Seth Bannon, Eric Schmidt
Legal & Regulatory
Firmpilot
🇺🇸 ($27.25M) - Firmpilot, an AI-powered legal
marketing platform, has closed its
oversubscribed Series A-1 funding round,
raising a total of $27.25 million. Led by
Deepwork Capital with significant investment
from Data Point Capital, the funding aims to
address the inefficiencies in legal...
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Deepwork Capital, Data Point Capital
Other AI Category
Adt 🌍 ($170M) - ADT has acquired Origin AI for $170 million in cash to enhance its smart home and security offerings with advanced ambient intelligence capabilities. This acquisition brings Origin AI's AI sensing platform and related intellectual property into the ADT ecosystem. Read more
Foodforecast
🇩🇪 ($8.64M) - Foodforecast, a Cologne-based AI
foodtech startup, has raised €8 million in
Series A funding to enhance international
growth and enterprise expansion. Co-led by
Shift Invest and ECBF, the funding aims to
tackle the issue of food waste in ultra-fresh
supply...
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Shift Invest, ECBF
Productivity & Personal Assistants
Quill
🌍 ($6.5M) - Quill Meetings has secured $6.5
million in seed funding to launch Quilliam, an
AI-driven chief of staff agent aimed at
helping professionals manage their AI tools.
The funding round was led by Basis Set
Ventures, with contributions from 500
Global,...
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Basis Set Ventures, 500 Global, Naval
Ravikant, Morado Ventures, AME Cloud
Ventures
Real Estate
Dwelly
🇬🇧 ($86.25M) - Dwelly, a London-based proptech
company, has secured a £69 million funding
deal to expand its AI-powered rental
marketplace across the UK. The investment
includes a £32 million equity round led by
General Catalyst and a £37 million debt
facility from...
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General Catalyst, Trinity Capital
Recruitment
Elly
🇺🇸 ($8M) - Elly, an AI-powered hiring platform
by Recruit Tech Labs, has raised $8 million in
a funding round led by Sorenson Capital, with
participation from Atomic and Next Wave
Capital. The investment aims to enhance hiring
processes, and Rob Rueckert from...
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Sorenson Capital, Atomic, Next Wave
Capital
Sales and Marketing
Profound
🇺🇸 ($96M) - San Francisco-based Profound has
raised $96 million in a Series C funding
round, achieving a valuation of $1 billion.
Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with
participation from Sequoia Capital and others,
the funding aims to enhance product
development and integrations....
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Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia
Capital
Profitmind
🌍 ($9M) - Profitmind, a Pittsburgh, PA-based
provider of an agentic AI decision
intelligence platform, raised $9 million in
Series A funding. The round was led by
Accenture Ventures, with participation from
Thorndale Farm, Magarac Venture Partners, AI
Fund, Profitmind chairman Andrew Ng,...
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Accenture Ventures, Thorndale Farm, Magarac
Venture Partners, AI Fund, Andrew Ng,
Lightscape Partners, Mario Ciampi
Travel
Skylink 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Amadeus has acquired Skylink, a New York-based AI technology company specializing in orchestration and conversational automation for corporate travel. This acquisition aims to enhance the travel experience by enabling seamless booking and service through AI, resulting in cost savings and... Read more
Venture Capital Companies
Seraphim Space
🇬🇧 ($90.72M) - Seraphim Space, a London-based
spacetech investment firm, has closed its
oversubscribed early-stage venture fund,
exceeding its €84 million ($100 million)
target. Key investors include the British
Business Bank and the National Security
Strategic Investment Fund. The fund aims to
support...
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British Business Bank, National Security
Strategic Investment Fund
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