Funding Rounds

When Google stood up Gradient to back AI startups, even other VCs were skeptical. Eight years later, the firm is closing its fifth fund—and taking outside investors for the first time.

The Mumbai-based company is aiming to secure roughly $500 million to $600 million in capital and then file its formal listing documents within weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. It plans to raise a similar amount in the public offering.

Advances in AI are enabling some startups to scale to millions of users with lean teams.

The startup founded by two NYU students wants to turn your group chat into an actual plan—and has already processed $350 million in ticket sales.

Kalshi has raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation, doubling its worth in just three months.

The Warsaw-based fund, backed by the European Investment Fund and the Polish Development Fund, plans 20–25 pre-seed and seed investments in companies working on energy transition, industrial automation, and AI. The team behind Warsaw-based Montis Capital has …

Other investors, including We Founder Circle, Alkemi Growth Capital and Alpha Capital, have also exited the company, Venture Catalysts founder Apoorva Ranjan Sharma told ET. Zerodha-backed Rainmatter and Natco Pharma continue to be part of the company’s inves…

In February, Grotto AI announced a $10 million seed round to address multifamily housing vacancies, which reportedly cost owners $500 billion in lost property value. Iconiq, an AI investment firm that co-led Anthropic’s $30 billion Series G funding round, led…

PhonePe has postponed its $1.3-billion IPO due to volatile markets and a valuation gap with investors, highlighting cautious sentiment among public market participants. Multiple large public issues in the queue could be impacted. Currently, new-age companies …

The number of deals during the week was down significantly at 29, compared to 44 in the corresponding week last year.

In February 2026 alone, AI startups raised more than $189 billion globally — with 90% of total venture funding flowing to AI-related companies. The hyperscalers are collectively targeting $690 billion in AI infrastructure capital expenditure this year: Amazon…

Atlys has secured $36 million in Series C funding to expand its AI-powered visa processing platform into new international markets. The round, led by Susquehanna Asia VC, highlights a return to pre-pandemic growth trends in the global travel sector.

Atlys has secured $36 million in funding led by Susquehanna Asia VC, with support from existing investors and MakeMyTrip. The Bengaluru-based startup, processing 700,000 visas annually, plans to expand internationally and use AI to simplify visa verification,…

The Berlin startup, now valued at €640M, counts Revolut, N26 and Santander’s Openbank among its clients after processing more than 100 million investment orders last year. Twelve months after its last fundraise, Upvest has done it again, and at a price that s…

The all-in-one SaaS platform for independent restaurants, processing 1.5 million orders a month across nine CEE markets, is now targeting Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Choice, the Prague-founded restaurant management platform t…

The company has raised $7.47 million to date and will use the new funds to scale production to about 100,000 GaN components over the next two years as it moves from pilot deployments to commercialization. The round also marks Shastra VC’s first investment in …

Water purifier subscription service Drink Prime has secured $2.2 million in new funding to enhance its technology and expand into 20 new cities. The company, founded in 2016, aims to improve its IoT capabilities for better device monitoring and customer exper…

Three companies to receive funding through the government’s launch grant program in a bid to boost Canada’s space and defence capabilities

NBIS stock today: Nebius shares surged premarket after announcing a significant five-year agreement with Meta for AI infrastructure, potentially worth up to $27 billion. This deal includes $12 billion in dedicated computing capacity and up to $15 billion in a…

Each startup will receive a co-investment of up to $2 million, alongside up to $350,000 in compute credits spanning Google Cloud, Gemini, and Google DeepMind resources

Preventive paincare startup Betterhood has raised seed funding led by Kairon Capital. Founded in 2024, the company offers products for musculoskeletal health and posture support. The capital will fund product development, team growth, and offline and online d…

My first day of Spring (yay!) reads: • Finance Bros to Tech Bros: Don’t Mess With My Bloomberg Terminal: Professional investors spend more time with the computer system than they do with their spouses. So when AI evangelists declared it ‘cooked,’ it was war. …

There are already around $2 billion worth of stocks on the blockchain, and that number is set to grow exponentially.

Founded by two French serial entrepreneurs who have spent decades in Romania, the platform aims to be a trust-by-design alternative to X and Facebook, with a public launch set for May 2026. A new social media platform that embeds real-time fact-checking direc…

Anveshan is in advanced talks to raise Rs 150-200 crore from Vertex Ventures and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group’s investment arm, people aware of the discussions told ET. The round is likely to value the six-year-old startu…

Bioliberty raises $10.2 million to build functional intelligence capabilities for post‑acute care. ...

Scapia is in early talks to raise $50–60 million led by US VC General Catalyst, aiming to expand its co-branded credit cards and travel bookings. Founded by Anil Goteti, Scapia grew revenue 70% YoY to Rs 40.4 crore and cut losses, competing with Uni Cards, Ni…

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Ridgeline surpasses $650B in AUM, expanding globally and advancing AI-native innovation for modern investment managers. ...

Nursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in the process he bootstrapped a new national industry

Rowspace is stepping out of stealth with fresh capital and a clear pitch to Wall Street: your firm’s most valuable asset isn’t another model. It’s the judgment buried in decades of internal data. The San Francisco AI startup announced $50 million in combined seed and Series A funding, with the Series A co-led by Sequoia