Latest Fundings
Startup funding rounds surfaced from RuntimeWire's story wire — press coverage plus SEC Form D filings — newest first. Coverage begins Jun 16, 2023; earlier rounds are not tracked.
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- Moonshot AI — Series C+ — $2B — May 18, 2026
Moonshot AI raised $2,000,000,000 at a valuation exceeding $20,000,000,000.
- Sound Wave Innovation — Round — $16.7M — May 18, 2026 — investors: iGlobe Partners, Fiducia, Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Sound Wave Innovation raised ¥2.65 billion (about $16.7M) from investors including iGlobe Partners, Fiducia and Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
- Kin Health — Round — $9M — May 18, 2026
Kin Health raised $9M to build an AI notetaker for patients.
- Decart — Series B — $300M — May 18, 2026 — investors: Nvidia
Decart raised $300M in a Series B, pushing its total funding above $450M; Nvidia is reported as a new investor.
- Photonic — Financing — $200M — May 18, 2026
Photonic closed a $200 million financing, securing a $2 billion valuation.
- Ciridae — Seed — $20M — May 17, 2026 — investors: Accel, a16z
Ciridae raised $20,000,000 in a seed round from Accel and a16z.
- Nectar Social — Series A — $30M — May 16, 2026 — investors: Menlo Ventures, Menlo Anthology Fund, Kinship Ventures, GV, True Ventures
Nectar Social raised $30,000,000 in a Series A led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, with participation from Kinship Ventures, GV, and True Ventures.
- Rapido — equity round — $240M — May 15, 2026 — investors: Prosus, WestBridge Capital, Accel
Rapido raised $240M in an equity round at a $3B valuation led by Prosus, with participation from WestBridge Capital and Accel.
- Firestorm Labs — Series B — $82M — May 15, 2026 — investors: Washington Harbour Partners, IQT, Lockheed Martin, Litquidity Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures
Firestorm Labs raised $82M in a Series B led by Washington Harbour Partners to build expeditionary manufacturing systems and modular drones.
- Start9 — Softcap — $24.6K — May 14, 2026
Start9's RISC-V Router crowdfunding campaign has raised $24,634 toward a $250,000 softcap from 89 contributors.
- Recursive Superintelligence — Round — $650M — May 14, 2026
Recursive Superintelligence raised $650,000,000 in stealth funding to build a recursively self-improving AI.
- Synthetic — seed funding round — $10M — May 14, 2026 — investors: Khosla Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Tobias Lütke
Synthetic raised $10,000,000 in a seed funding round led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Basis Set Ventures and Tobias Lütke.
- Xpanner — Series B (bridge round) — $18M — May 14, 2026 — investors: Korea Investment Partners (KIP), KB Investment Co. (KBIC)
Xpanner raised $18M in a Series B bridge round led by Korea Investment Partners, with participation from KB Investment Co.
- Furientis — Pre-seed — $5M — May 14, 2026 — investors: SilentVentures, BessemerVP, svangel, humbavc, bvvc_1776, Liquid2V, MVP_Ventures, Multiball Capital
Furientis launched and raised $5,000,000 in a pre-seed round backed by SilentVentures, BessemerVP, svangel, humbavc, bvvc_1776, Liquid2V, MVP_Ventures and Multiball Capital.
- Flick — Seed — $6M — May 14, 2026 — investors: True Ventures, GV, Y Combinator, Lightspeed, Pioneer Fund, Formosa Capital, Olive Tree Capital, N1
Flick raised $6,000,000 in a seed round backed by True Ventures, GV, Y Combinator, Lightspeed, Pioneer Fund, Formosa Capital, Olive Tree Capital and N1.
- Mark — Round — $1M — May 14, 2026
Mark raised $1,000,000 to launch Mark II, a $159 AI bookmark.
- Atech — pre-seed — $800K — May 14, 2026 — investors: Lovable, a16z scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, Nordic Makers
Atech raised $800,000 in a pre-seed round that included Lovable, a16z scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund and Nordic Makers.
- Saile — pre-seed round — $2.2M — May 13, 2026 — investors: Matchstick Ventures, Headwater Ventures
Saile raised $2.2M in a pre-seed round led by Matchstick Ventures with participation from Headwater Ventures.
- Halter — Series E — $220M — May 13, 2026 — investors: Founders Fund
Halter raised $220M in a Series E led by Founders Fund at a valuation just over $2B.
- Tangled — seed round — undisclosed — May 9, 2026
Tangled raised a seed round (amount undisclosed).
- AirForestry — pre-Series A convertible — undisclosed — Feb 24, 2026 — investors: Northzone
AirForestry secured SEK 28 million in a pre-Series A convertible led by Northzone to accelerate development and engineering hires.
- Intel — 9.9% stake — undisclosed — Aug 22, 2025 — investors: U.S. government
Intel sold a 9.9% equity stake to the U.S. government (announced via SEC 8-K on 2025-08-22); amount undisclosed.
- ALT5 Sigma — sold new shares — $750M — Aug 11, 2025
ALT5 Sigma raised $750,000,000 on 2025-08-11 by selling new shares and used $717,000,000 to buy World Liberty tokens.
- MCNC — HERO Project grants — $19M — Jun 16, 2023 — investors: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Golden LEAF Foundation, MCNC
MCNC completed its HERO broadband project backed by a $19M total infusion from NTIA, Golden LEAF Foundation and MCNC.