💰 36 new AI-related deals profiled below by category.
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Surge in specialised AI hardware and infrastructure, alongside consolidations in logistics and B2B data sectors. Heavyweight investors like Nvidia and Prosus are doubling down on everything from optical networking to quick-commerce delivery.
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Ayar Labs: 🇺🇸 Optical interconnect co secures $500M to scale AI chip networking.
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Radnet: 🇺🇸 Imaging giant acquires Gleamer for $270M to lead radiology AI.
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Oxa: 🇬🇧 Autonomous vehicles - raises $103M for industrial mobility safety.
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PayPay: 🇯🇵 Softbank-backed fintech targets $1.1B US IPO at massive valuation.
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Flink: 🇩🇪 Berlin's quick-commerce platform raised $100M for growth led by Prosus
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💪 Mid-Fundings - 7
🚀 Smaller Fundings - 22
AI Chips
Ayar Labs
🇺🇸 ($500M) - Ayar Labs Inc., a networking
startup, has secured $500 million in
late-stage funding, achieving a valuation of
$3.75 billion. The Series E round was led by
Neuberger Berman, with participation from
Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and
MediaTek Inc.,...
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Neuberger Berman, Nvidia Corp., Advanced
Micro Devices Inc., MediaTek Inc.
Vertical Compute 🇧🇪 ($39.96M) - Vertical Compute, a Belgian startup, has raised €37 million to develop new memory components for AI chips, addressing the issue of memory overload in AI applications. The funding aims to transition their technology from the lab to the market, with... Read more
AI Hosting Infrastructure
Duos Technologies Group
🇺🇸 ($65M) - Duos Technologies Group, based in
Jacksonville, Florida, has closed a public
offering of 8,666,666 shares of common stock,
raising approximately $65 million. This
funding will support the company's $200
million letter of intent with Hydra Host and
accelerate the commercialization...
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Titan Partners
Elastixai 🇺🇸 ($18M) - Elastixai, a Seattle-based AI infrastructure startup founded by former Apple and Meta machine learning researchers, has raised $18 million in seed funding. The company aims to tackle systemic inefficiencies and high costs associated with generative AI inference. The funding will... Read more
Autonomous Vehicles
Oxa
🇬🇧 ($103M) - Oxa secured $103 million in its
Series D funding, including $50 million from
the UK National Wealth Fund and other
investors like Nvidia's venture arm. The
company addresses labor shortages and safety
risks in industrial sectors by providing
industrial mobility...
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UK National Wealth Fund, NVIDIA
Cybersecurity
Armorcode 🇺🇸 ($16M) - ArmorCode, a unified exposure management company based in Palo Alto, has raised $16 million in strategic funding, increasing its total funding to $81 million. The funding will help accelerate the development of its agentic AI platform and expand its global... Read more Find careers
Intelligrc 🇺🇸 ($3.5M) - Intelligrc, a cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance platform for managed service providers, has secured $3.5 million in seed funding. This investment, finalized on January 31, 2026, aims to enhance product innovation, expand AI capabilities, and accelerate market entry as the... Read more
Data Analysis
Groundhawk
🇫🇮 ($2.16M) - Finnish infrastructure software
company Groundhawk has raised €2 million in
seed funding to modernize underground utility
mapping and documentation. The funding, led by
Greencode Ventures and 2C Ventures, aims to
address the €100 billion in global damage
caused by outdated...
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Greencode Ventures, 2C Ventures
Portfolio Bi
🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - Portfolio BI, a New York
City-based provider of data solutions for
alternative investment managers, has secured a
multi-million-dollar growth investment from
Decathlon Capital Partners. This funding aims
to accelerate the development of artificial
intelligence capabilities within its platform
and expand...
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Decathlon Capital Partners
Defense & Security
Smack Technologies 🇺🇸 ($32M) - Smack Technologies, a frontier artificial intelligence lab, has raised $32 million in a seed and Series A funding round. The funding will be used to develop AI systems aimed at enhancing decision-making for the U.S. military and allied defense organizations. Read more
Mutable Tactics
🇬🇧 ($1.944M) - Cambridge-based defencetech
startup Mutable Tactics has raised €1.8
million ($2.1 million) in pre-seed funding to
enhance its agentic AI software for defense
and security applications. The funding round
was led by Seraphim Space, with support from
the UK’s National Security...
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Seraphim Space, UK’s National Security
Strategic Investment Fund
Financial Services & Wealth Management
Eldridge Capital Management
🇺🇸 ($120M) - Eldridge Capital Management has
closed a $120 million term loan facility with
Scrap Management Industries to support the
acquisition of Allmetal Recycling and its
network of 10 locations in Kansas. This
funding aims to enhance Scrap Management
Industries' operations in...
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Eldridge Capital Management
Renofi
🌍 ($22M) - Renofi, a Philadelphia, PA-based
provider of an AI-enabled financing platform,
raised $22 million in Series B funding,
bringing its total funding to $65 million. The
round was led by Fifth Wall, with
participation from various investors including
Progressive Insurance and...
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Fifth Wall, Progressive Insurance, Highsage
Ventures
Procode AI
🇺🇸 ($4M) - Los Angeles-based Procode AI has
secured $4 million in funding, led by New
York-based Story Ventures, to enhance revenue
cycle management for surgeons. The company
addresses inefficiencies in billing for
plastic surgery and dermatology, boasting over
300 provider clients. Procode...
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Story Ventures
Gaming
Gamesquare 🌍 (Undisclosed) - GameSquare: Acquisition Of Creator Technology Platform TubeBuddy Read more
General Enterprise Workflows
Breezeway
🇺🇸 - Breezeway, a leading operations platform
for vacation rentals, secured a strategic
investment led by Resurgens Technology
Partners, part of an $800 million fund. This
funding will enhance Breezeway's product
platform and AI capabilities, addressing the
growing need for specialized operations...
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Resurgens Technology Partners
Kdg 🇺🇸 (Undisclosed) - kdg has acquired square foot consultants, a Pennsylvania-based provider of business advisory and ERP consulting services, to enhance its capabilities in helping mid-market manufacturers streamline operations and improve data management. This strategic acquisition aims to combine their expertise in artificial... Read more Find careers
Health
Radnet 🇺🇸 ($270M) - Radnet, a U.S.-based provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services, has acquired Paris-based radiology AI company Gleamer in a deal valued at up to €230 million (approximately $270 million). This acquisition aims to integrate Gleamer into Radnet's DeepHealth digital health subsidiary,... Read more
Ease Health
🇺🇸 ($41M) - Ease Health, an AI-native CRM,
EHR, and RCM platform for behavioral health
providers, has raised $41 million in Series A
funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. This
funding aims to develop the first AI-native
operating system tailored for behavioral
health.
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Andreessen Horowitz
Keycare
🌍 ($27.4M) - Keycare, a virtual care company
built on Epic, has raised $27.4 million in a
financing round led by HealthX Ventures, with
participation from 8VC, LRVHealth, Bold
Capital Partners, and Ikigai Venture Partners.
This funding aims to expand its AI-powered
virtual...
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HealthX Ventures, 8VC, LRVHealth, Bold
Capital Partners, Ikigai Venture
Partners
Antiverse
🇬🇧 ($8.75M) - Antiverse, a biotech company
based in Wales, has secured a $9.3 million (£7
million) Series A investment to support its
AI-designed therapeutic antibody technology.
The company aims to address the challenge of
treating diseases with 'undruggable' molecular
targets. The investment,...
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Soulmates Ventures
Delphyr
🇳🇱 ($1.89M) - Delphyr, an Amsterdam-based
provider of an AI platform for medical
professionals, raised €1.75 million in
funding. The round included participation from
notable investors such as the founders of
Hugging Face and Degiro. The company plans to
use the funds to...
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founders of Hugging Face, Degiro
Qura
🇮🇹 ($1.62M) - qura, a Bologna, Italy-based
developer of an AI-driven preventative health
platform, raised €1.5 million in pre-seed
funding. The round was led by United Ventures,
with participation from Vento, Italian Angels
for Growth, and several individual angel
investors. The funds will...
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United Ventures, Vento, Italian Angels for
Growth
Medimaps Group S.a. 🌍 (Undisclosed) - Medimaps: Strategic Merger With Radiobotics To Expand Musculoskeletal Imaging Portfolio Read more
Industrials
Isaac Antisismica
🇮🇹 ($15.12M) - Italy's Isaac Antisismica has
closed a €14 million funding round, bringing
total funding to €21.7 million. The company
develops non-invasive active mass damper
systems that protect buildings from
earthquakes, addressing the significant
seismic activity in Italy. Key investors
include CDP...
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CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital Partners,
Axon Partners Group
Bacta
🇫🇷 ($7.56M) - Paris-based biotechnology
company Bacta has raised €7 million in seed
funding to enhance its production of
industrial ingredients using engineered
microorganisms. The funding round was led by
LocalGlobe and Daphni, with participation from
Ovni Capital and several business angels,
including...
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LocalGlobe, Daphni, Ovni Capital
Other AI Category
Flink
🇩🇪 ($100M) - Berlin-based Flink, a
quick-commerce platform, has raised
approximately $100 million in growth capital
led by Prosus, with participation from
existing investors and BtTomorrow Ventures.
Founded in 2021, Flink operates local
fulfillment centers for fast grocery delivery
via its app, focusing...
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Prosus, BtTomorrow Ventures
Bindbridge
🇬🇧 ($3.8M) - Cambridge-based Bindbridge has
raised $3.8 million in early-stage funding
from Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital to
develop next-generation crop protection
technologies. The company addresses challenges
in traditional crop protection methods, such
as environmental persistence and herbicide
resistance, by using an AI-driven...
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Speedinvest, Nucleus Capital
Escargot
🇺🇸 ($2.75M) - Escargot, a NYC-based developer
of an AI-powered greeting card mobile app,
raised $2.75 million in funding. The round was
co-led by Wischoff Ventures and Hannah Grey
Ventures, with participation from South Park
Commons and Magic Fund. The company plans
to...
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Wischoff Ventures, Hannah Grey Ventures,
South Park Commons, Magic Fund
Mycoverse
🇩🇰 ($2.592M) - mycoverse, a Danish agtech
startup, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed
equity funding to develop fungal-based
biological crop protection solutions targeting
potato late blight, a major crop disease in
Europe. The funding round was co-led by Future
Food Fund and...
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Future Food Fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds,
Pinc
Payments
Paypay
🇯🇵 ($1.1B) - PayPay, a softbank-backed fintech
company, is targeting a valuation of up to
$13.4 billion in a planned US IPO, aiming to
raise around $1.1 billion by selling nearly 55
million shares at $17 to $20 each. Founded in
2018, PayPay...
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Qatar Investment Authority, Visa
Robotics
Rlwrld 🇰🇷 ($26M) - rlwrld, a physical AI company focused on developing robotics foundation models in real industrial environments, has secured $26 million in its seed 2 funding round, raising its total seed investment to around $41 million. This funding aims to enhance its... Read more
Sales and Marketing
Gushwork
🌍 ($9M) - Gushwork has raised $9 million in
seed funding led by Susquehanna Asia VC, with
participation from Lightspeed, B Capital,
Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital,
and 2.2 Club. The funding will accelerate the
development of AI feeds, an AI-native content
management...
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Susquehanna Asia VC, Lightspeed, B Capital,
Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital,
2.2 Club
Devotion
🇺🇸 ($4M) - Devotion, a NYC-based developer of
an AI-driven influencer marketing platform,
raised $4 million in seed funding led by
Basecase and Will Ventures. The funds will be
used to hire additional engineers and brand
operators to enhance its proprietary
technology stack.
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Basecase, Will Ventures
Expandi 🇬🇧 (Undisclosed) - Expandi Limited has acquired 100% of Kompass, creating the largest independent European provider of B2B data, technology, media, and services. This deal combines over 250 employees across eight countries, enabling the new entity to offer comprehensive solutions for businesses aiming... Read more
Supply Chain
Cargo.one
🇩🇪 ($18.36M) - Berlin-based cargo.one has
secured nearly €17 million ($20 million) in
investment and acquired Lisbon's cargofive,
enhancing its AI technology for logistics.
This deal aims to modernize freight
procurement and rate management by integrating
air and ocean freight data into a...
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Bessemer Venture Partners
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