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Crunchbase Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up
# Q3 2026 Venture Funding Hits $159 Billion as Billion-Dollar Rounds Surge Global venture funding reached $159 billion in Q3 2026, with approximately…
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
Etched, an artificial intelligence chip startup, is receiving investment offers at a valuation exceeding $40 billion, according to sources speaking wi…
Your Investors Can Make Or Break Your Startup. Here’s Who Founders Actually Need On Their Cap Table
Founders building their cap tables should prioritize investor selection based on value contribution rather than simply accepting capital from availabl…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Almost All About AI
Artificial intelligence dominated U.S. startup funding this week, with nine of the ten largest rounds going to AI-focused companies, according to Crun…
Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation
Flow Engineering has secured backing from three heavyweight venture firms, with Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, and Sequoia Capital all pa…
Is Neko Health’s body scan worth it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America
Daniel Ek's Neko Health just raised $700 million to expand its preventative body-scanning business into America, signaling serious investor conviction…
A Neko Health investor on the $700M bet to scan your whole body
Spotify founder Daniel Ek's preventative health startup Neko Health closed a $700 million funding round, betting that full-body scanning technology wi…
AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B
ElevenLabs, the AI voice synthesis company founded by Piotr Babiński and Ava Hahn, has doubled its valuation to $22 billion through a secondary tender…
Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars
Charter Space, an insurance platform built specifically for the space industry, closed a $5 million funding round to expand operations across one of t…
FedEx orders 2,000 electric trucks from Harbinger in $300M deal
FedEx has committed to purchasing 2,000 electric trucks from Harbinger Motors, marking the largest order in the startup's history and a $300 million v…
Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents
Restate, a startup building durable execution infrastructure for AI agents, raised $20 million in funding as demand accelerates for backend systems th…
a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B
Andreessen Horowitz-backed EliseAI has raised $350 million in fresh funding, doubling its valuation to $4 billion in just one year. The Series C round…
Tiny Health Raises $33M To Explore What Gut Data Can Reveal About Future Health
Tiny Health, an Austin-based microbiome testing startup, closed a $33 million Series B round led by B Capital. The funding addresses surging demand fo…
Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot
Atomic, a supply chain automation startup founded by former Tesla engineers, has closed a $12.5 million Series A funding round to expand its agentic s…
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Peak XV Partners, the Southeast Asia and India-focused venture firm formerly known as Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia and India, has raised its Surge s…
Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
Modal Labs has raised a Series C round that values the AI infrastructure startup at $15.75 billion, according to TechCrunch. The funding round approac…
Maritime intelligence startup Quartermaster raises another $140M
Quartermaster, a maritime intelligence startup, closed a $140 million funding round, cementing its position as the leading provider of real-time vesse…
Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative
Meta launched an enterprise-focused AI platform and appointed Dev Ittycheria, the longtime CEO of MongoDB, to lead the new business unit. The move sig…
Physical AI chip developer SiMa.ai hits $1.45B valuation
SiMa.ai, a developer of specialized chips designed for physical artificial intelligence workloads at the edge, raised $150 million in Series C funding…
MAVI bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant
MAVI, an accounting staffing platform, has emerged from stealth mode with $4 million in seed funding. The company bets that artificial intelligence wi…
Insurtech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
Outmarket, an insurtech startup that automates administrative work for insurance agencies and brokers using AI, raised $34.5 million in a Series B fun…
TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle allegations that the short-form video platform deceived users about safety practices …
Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
Anthropic is betting heavily on Akamai's infrastructure with an $11.6 billion, seven-year commitment that underscores a critical shift in how AI compa…
Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing
Nscale, the UK-based AI infrastructure company, has raised $3.36 billion in convertible debt financing to accelerate its aggressive data center expans…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Cybersecurity, AI And Health Take The Lead
# Cybersecurity and AI Dominate This Week's Mega-Round Sprint Startups across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and healthcare pulled in massiv…
Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI
Lightspeed Venture Partners is raising $250 million for a dedicated India fund focused on early-stage artificial intelligence companies, marking a str…
Exclusive: From Booking Calls To Late Check-Ins, Dextr AI Raises $6.7M For Hotel AI Agents
Dextr AI has raised $6.7 million in seed funding to launch AI agents purpose-built for hotel operations. The startup exits stealth with technology des…
Gaming Startup Funding Levels Up A Bit In 2026
Gaming startups have raised $2 billion in seed through growth-stage funding so far in 2026, already surpassing the entire 2025 full-year total. The su…
Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together
Ando, a nascent team messaging startup, closed a $20 million pre-seed and seed round led by Accel and Index Ventures, with participation from Emergenc…
Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials
Enveda Therapeutics, an AI-driven biotech company mining nature for drug compounds, raised $311 million in Series C funding at a $2 billion valuation.…
Jumbo-Sized Series A Rounds Are On The Rise
The startup funding landscape is shifting toward mega-rounds at the earliest institutional stages. Through 2024, global startups have already closed a…
Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
Snorkel AI has tripled its valuation to $3.5 billion in a Series E funding round that brought in $350 million, cementing the startup's position as a l…
Exclusive: Can You Trust That AI Agent? Baselayer Raises $35M To Help Companies Decide
Baselayer, a startup building trust infrastructure for the financial services industry, closed a $35 million Series A led by M13 to expand its identit…
Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google
Kairos Power locked down a transformational deal with Samsung C&T, the engineering and construction arm of Samsung Group, to develop its first 50-mega…
Corridor raises $25M seed to build a health benefits brokerage for SMBs
Corridor, a health benefits brokerage startup targeting small and medium-sized businesses, closed a $25 million seed round. The funding addresses a ma…
The US Navy just told us what’s on its tech wish list for the next several years
The U.S. Navy's approach to acquiring military technology is shifting away from traditional government-funded research toward venture capital partners…
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