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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- Gradient Sports, Inc. — Form D (SEC Form D) — $10.4M — Jul 20, 2026
Gradient Sports, Inc. filed a Form D on 2026-07-20 disclosing a $15,253,340 offering with $10,363,681 sold to 5 investors (first sale 2026-07-08).
- Tristar AI Inc. — Form D offering (SEC Form D) — $13M — Jul 20, 2026
Tristar AI Inc. filed a Form D showing a $13,000,000 fully subscribed offering, first sale on 2026-07-06 (filed 2026-07-20).
- Play Versus Inc. — Form D (SEC Form D) — $4M — Jul 20, 2026
Play Versus Inc. filed a Form D disclosing a $3,976,446 equity offering fully sold to 4 investors; first sale May 1, 2026.
- Mentium Technologies Inc. — Form D offering (SEC Form D) — $7.5M — Jul 20, 2026
Mentium Technologies Inc. filed a Form D showing $7,525,000 sold of an $8,775,890 offering; date of first sale 2026-06-26.
- Sortera Technologies, Inc. — Form D offering (SEC Form D) — $87M — Jul 20, 2026
Sortera Technologies, Inc. filed a Form D for a $144,499,788 offering, with $86,999,962 sold and $57,499,826 remaining (filed 2026-07-20).
- Driven Ventures, Inc. — Form D offering (SEC Form D) — $3.3M — Jul 20, 2026
Driven Ventures, Inc. (Driven Plastics) filed a Form D showing $3,257,918 sold toward a $5,508,038 offering.
- Maisonette World, Inc. — Form D offering (SEC Form D) — $550K — Jul 20, 2026
Maisonette World, Inc. sold $550,005 in a Form D offering (signed 2026-07-20), part of a 2026 rolling raise totaling about $8.3M.
- Clip — private-equity deal — $500M — Jul 20, 2026
Clip raised $500,000,000 in a private-equity deal at a valuation exceeding $2.5 billion.
- goNEON Agentic Systems — €160,000 from Venture Kick — undisclosed — Jul 20, 2026 — investors: Venture Kick
goNEON Agentic Systems secured €160,000 from Venture Kick to accelerate its AI-powered infrastructure planning platform.
- Helsing — Series E — $1.8B — Jul 20, 2026
Helsing secured $1.8B in a Series E at an $18B valuation.
- DeepJudge — Series A — $42M — Jul 20, 2026 — investors: Felicis, Coatue
DeepJudge raised a $42M Series A in November backed by Felicis and Coatue.
- Monumental — Round — $32M — Jul 20, 2026
Monumental raised $32,000,000 to build autonomous brick-laying robots.
- Pudu Robotics — new financing round — $150M — Jul 19, 2026
Pudu Robotics closed a new financing round of nearly $150M in April 2026, valuing the company at over $1.5B.
- TRACT — Round — undisclosed — Jul 19, 2026
TRACT raised €18.6 million to scale sustainability data sharing.
- Posh — Series A — $22M — Jul 18, 2026
Posh raised $22,000,000 in a Series A for its event-based social network.
- Alphabet — private placement — $10B — Jul 18, 2026 — investors: Berkshire Hathaway
Alphabet received a $10.0B private placement investment from Berkshire Hathaway in June.
- Ontic Labs — Grant — undisclosed — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: SPRIND
Ontic Labs was selected for a SPRIND-backed cohort, receiving backing after being chosen among ten teams from more than 500 applicants.
- Walden Robotics — Seed — $300M — Jul 17, 2026
Walden Robotics launched with a $300M seed round at a reported $1.1B valuation.
- Open Book Touch — Crowd Supply campaign — $46.5K — Jul 17, 2026
Open Book Touch's Crowd Supply campaign has raised $46,542 toward a $45,000 goal (103% funded).
- Earth Fire Alliance — Grant — $15M — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Google, Bezos Earth Fund
Earth Fire Alliance received over $15M from Google to support initial deployment of the FireSat satellites; Bezos Earth Fund committed $26M.
- Fireworks AI — Series D — $1.5B — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Atreides Management, Index Ventures, TCV
Fireworks AI raised $1.505B in a Series D led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures and TCV at a $17.5B valuation.
- Valar Atomics — $1 billion equity round — $1B — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Sequoia
Valar Atomics is in talks to raise a $1B equity round at about a $6B valuation, with Sequoia expected to lead.
- Higgsfield — Series A extension — $130M — Jul 17, 2026
Higgsfield closed a Series A extension that pushed its Series A total past $130,000,000 and its valuation above $1.3 billion.
- Aston Martin — £50 million funding boost — $67.2M — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Lawrence Stroll-led consortium
Aston Martin turned to a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll for a £50 million ($67.2M) funding boost.
- Manufact — Seed — $6.3M — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: PeakXV, founders of Supabase
Manufact raised $6.3M seed in four days before YC demo day; lead investor PeakXV and angels including founders of Supabase.
- Sightera Biosciences — pre-seed — undisclosed — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Entourage, Anacura, QBIC
Sightera Biosciences raised €3 million in a pre-seed round led by Entourage, Anacura and QBIC to expand its AI drug discovery platform.
- Aura — equity placement — $100M — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Hari Ravichandran, WndrCo, Accel, General Catalyst
Aura raised US$100,000,000 through an equity placement from existing shareholders including Hari Ravichandran, WndrCo, Accel and General Catalyst.
- BosonQ Psi Federal LLC — SpaceWERX Open Topic SBIR award — undisclosed — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: SpaceWERX
BosonQ Psi Federal LLC won a SpaceWERX Open Topic SBIR federal contract to develop quantum-assisted AI for space domain awareness.
- General Compute — $400 million chip-backed loan — $400M — Jul 17, 2026
General Compute secured a $400M chip-backed loan to finance its AI inference cloud.
- AdvanCell — funding round — $315M — Jul 17, 2026
AdvanCell raised $315,000,000 in a funding round to develop targeted alpha therapies for prostate cancer.
- Reo.Dev — Series A — $11.3M — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Elevation Capital, Heavybit, India Quotient, Foster Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures
Reo.Dev raised $11.3M in a Series A led by Elevation Capital to scale its AI GTM platform for engineering-focused sales.
- Dangote Petroleum Refinery — private placement — $2.5B — Jul 17, 2026
Dangote Petroleum Refinery raised $2.5 billion in a private placement to strengthen its financing ahead of a planned IPO.
- Sateliot — ongoing fundraising round — $172M — Jul 17, 2026
Sateliot is seeking to expand an ongoing fundraising round to as much as €150M ($172M) to offer satellite connectivity directly to smartphones.
- Etched — Round — undisclosed — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Jane Street, Sequoia Capital
Etched is raising new rounds led by Jane Street (about a $20B valuation) and Sequoia Capital (at a $10B valuation); amounts undisclosed.
- PLD Space — Series C — $206M — Jul 17, 2026
PLD Space closed a $206,000,000 Series C in March to fund its space transportation services.
- ENGO — Round — undisclosed — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Ventech, Odyssée Venture, Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel, Blueprint Partners
ENGO raised €5.1M to expand internationally and advance its lightweight smart sports eyewear; round led by Ventech, Odyssée Venture and Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel.
- SoftBank Group Corp. — ¥60 billion notes offering — $369M — Jul 17, 2026 — investors: Daiwa Securities Co., Nomura Securities Co., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
SoftBank Group Corp. planned to sell about ¥60 billion ($369M) of three- and five-year notes to institutional investors, arranged by Daiwa, Nomura and SMBC Nikko.
- Sunday Robotics — Round — $165M — Jul 16, 2026
Sunday Robotics raised $165 million earlier this year at a $1.15 billion valuation.
- Flamme — Acquisition — undisclosed — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Arya
Arya acquired Flamme, an app for couples with 200,000 users; price undisclosed and payout will be tied to milestone payments.
- Rhoback — nearly $50 million minority investment — $50M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: CHAMP, L Catterton, Patricof
Rhoback received a nearly $50M minority investment from CHAMP (L Catterton and Patricof).
- Elorian — Seed — $55M — Jul 16, 2026
Elorian raised a $55 million seed round, according to CEO Andrew Dai.
- Noetra Corp. — NEDO public tender — $2.4B — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: NEDO, AIST, SoftBank Corp., Sony, NEC, Honda
Noetra Corp. and AIST won a NEDO public tender to run FRONTia, receiving ¥387.3B (~$2.4B) first-year funding and up to ¥1T (~$6.1B) over five years.
- Juno Bio — Round — $3.8M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Ada Ventures, Artesian, Entrepreneur First, Illumina Accelerator
Juno Bio raised $3.8M to fund growth and open its first women's-health sequencing lab; investors include Ada Ventures, Artesian, Entrepreneur First and Illumina Accelerator.
- Shapoorji Pallonji Group — debut dollar debt sale — $650M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, AllianceBernstein, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Centiva Capital
Shapoorji Pallonji Group raised $650,000,000 via a debut three-year dollar bond sale (issued by Mercury Finance).
- Aina — Round — $5.5M — Jul 16, 2026
Aina raised $5.5M to build devices that control AI agents rather than just record users.
- Beacon Security — Seed funding round — $13M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Notable Capital, Holly Ventures, AlphaDrive Ventures, SVCI, Jefferies Family Office, Talon, Descope, Gem Security
Beacon Security raised $13M in a seed funding round led by Notable Capital with participation from several venture and corporate investors.
- EthSystems — Round — undisclosed — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc., Sharplink, Inc., Joe Lubin
EthSystems launched with a lead financing from Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin to build institutional privacy solutions on Ethereum.
- Venus Aerospace — Series B — $91M — Jul 16, 2026
Venus Aerospace raised $91 million in a Series B to scale its RDRE propulsion system and expand operations.
- Csquare — IPO — $1.1B — Jul 16, 2026
Csquare raised $1.05 billion ahead of its IPO and began trading on the NYSE.
- DeweyLearn — Series A — $5M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: SJF Ventures, Catalysis Capital, Morningside, Owl Ventures
DeweyLearn raised $5,000,000 in an oversubscribed Series A led by SJF Ventures with participation from Catalysis Capital, Morningside, and Owl Ventures.