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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- Fora — Round — $60M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Forerunner, Tactile Ventures, Thrive Capital, Insight Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners
Fora raised $60M at a $1 billion valuation in a financing led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures.
- Whale — Series C3 extension — $40M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: CMB International, SMBC Asia Rising Fund (SARF), Krungsri Finnovate, Singtel Innov8, Hyundai Motor Group, Charisma Partners
Whale raised a $40M Series C3 extension led by CMB International and SMBC Asia Rising Fund, bringing its Series C to $100M.
- American Growth Insurance — committed equity funding — $70M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Rockbridge Growth Equity, Atomic
American Growth Insurance launched with nearly $70M in committed equity funding from Rockbridge Growth Equity and Atomic.
- Self Inspection — Round — $10M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Sheryl Sandberg
Self Inspection raised $10,000,000 in an investment led by Sheryl Sandberg for its AI-powered vehicle inspection service.
- DMG Bancshares, Inc. — Round — undisclosed — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Nir Zuk, Daniel Cohen, Betsy Cohen
DMG Bancshares, Inc., parent of Liberty Bank, completed share purchases by Nir Zuk and Daniel and Betsy Cohen; terms and amount were not disclosed.
- Fora — Series D — $60M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Forerunner, Tactile Ventures, Insight Partners, Thrive Capital
Fora raised $60M in a Series D led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures at a $1B valuation.
- AtaiBeckley — Acquisition — $3.8B — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Eli Lilly
AtaiBeckley agreed to be bought by Eli Lilly for up to $3.8 billion, announced on 2026-07-16.
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation — Public offering of depositary shares (Series N) — $500M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation priced a $500,000,000 underwritten public offering of 500,000 depositary shares representing Series N preferred stock on July 16, 2026.
- Databricks — strategic funding round — $3B — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Coatue Management
Databricks signed a term sheet for a Coatue-led strategic funding round valuing the company at $188B; WSJ reported a $3B investment.
- Databricks — strategic funding round — undisclosed — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Coatue
Databricks signed a term sheet on 2026-07-16 for a strategic funding round valuing the company at $188 billion, led by Coatue.
- DeepSeek — Round — $7.4B — Jul 16, 2026
DeepSeek raised $7.4 billion in June at a reported $50 billion valuation.
- Hyperion Robotics — growth funding round — $7.4M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Course Corrected, European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund), RE Ventures, Romande Energie Group, Lifeline Ventures, Übermorgen Ventures, PC Rettig Impact & Co.
Hyperion Robotics raised $7.4M in a growth funding round co-led by Course Corrected and the European Innovation Council Fund.
- Arq — pre-seed — $1.4M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Ground State Ventures, Big Sur Ventures
Arq raised $1.4M in a pre-seed round led by Ground State Ventures with participation from Big Sur Ventures to develop quantum internet hardware.
- SWISSto12 — Series C — $70M — Jul 16, 2026
SWISSto12 raised $70M in a Series C to expand manufacturing and integration capacity for its HummingSat and HummingLink products.
- Applied Computing — Round — $20M — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: KBR, Databricks Ventures
Applied Computing raised $20M in a funding round led by KBR with participation from Databricks Ventures to expand foundation AI for energy.
- Thinking Machines Lab — Seed round — $2B — Jul 16, 2026 — investors: Nvidia, AMD, Cisco, Andreessen Horowitz, Jane Street
Thinking Machines Lab raised a $2,000,000,000 seed round at a $12,000,000,000 valuation backed by Nvidia, AMD, Cisco, Andreessen Horowitz and Jane Street.
- Emergent — Series C — $130M — Jul 15, 2026
Emergent raised $130,000,000 in a Series C round, valuing the company at $1.5 billion.
- Saible — Angel round — undisclosed — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Phil Brown
Saible raised £2.9M from angel investors (including an £800k angel tranche), taking its total funding to £2.9M.
- Monumental — Series B — $32M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Khosla Ventures, Plural, Hummingbird
Monumental raised $32M in a Series B led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Plural and Hummingbird.
- GetWhys — oversubscribed funding round — $5.2M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: EPIC Ventures, CEAS Investments, Portland Seed Fund, Next Frontier Capital, Tuesday Capital, Capital Eleven
GetWhys raised $5.2M in an oversubscribed funding round led by EPIC Ventures.
- InsideDesk — Growth financing — $12.6M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Pender Ventures, Round13 Capital, Graphite Ventures
InsideDesk raised $12.6M in growth financing led by Pender Ventures with participation from Round13 Capital and Graphite Ventures.
- Senra Systems — Series B — $65M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Lowercarbon Capital, Interlagos, General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Dylan Field, CIV
Senra Systems raised $65M in a Series B led by Lowercarbon Capital and Interlagos to fund expansion including a third factory.
- Centroid — Platform investment (Fund V) — undisclosed — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Gridiron Capital
Gridiron Capital invested in Centroid as the final platform investment of its Fund V; financial terms were not disclosed.
- Oak — Seed — $60M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Accel, Greylock Partners, CRV, Hetz Ventures, AlphaDrive Ventures
Oak raised $60M in seed funding co-led by Accel, Greylock Partners, and CRV to build an AI-native identity operating system.
- Emergent — Round — $130M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Creaegis, Claypond, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, Y Combinator
Emergent raised $130M in a round that values it at $1.5B; led by Creaegis with co-leads Claypond and Sentinel Global.
- ORANGE JUICE — Raised $40 million — $40M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Ricardo Salinas
ORANGE JUICE raised $40M to launch a permanent-capital company backed by a Bitcoin treasury.
- Regatta Data — Round — $68M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, 83North, TPY Capital, Salesforce, Comcast, Amdocs, Frank Slootman, Eyal Waldman
Regatta Data raised $68M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, 83North, TPY Capital, Salesforce, Comcast, Amdocs and others.
- Hemispheric — early-stage funding — $52M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Howard Morgan
Hemispheric raised $52M in early-stage funding to advance its AI models that decode brain activity for diagnostics.
- Rime — Series A — $24M — Jul 15, 2026
Rime raised $24M in a Series A to help enterprises field customer calls.
- Speakeasy — oversubscribed round — $8.8M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Positive Sum, Yamaha's Music Innovations Fund, Seamless, TigerConnect, Genius, D.C. United, Swansea City FC, Tegus
Speakeasy raised $8.8M in an oversubscribed first institutional round led by Positive Sum with participation from Yamaha's Music Innovations Fund and strategic investors.
- Volvo Cars — MoU support package (up to €119M) — $136M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Belgium federal government, Flanders regional government
Volvo Cars signed an MoU to receive up to €119M (~$136M) from Belgium's federal and Flanders regional governments for its Ghent plant.
- Glacis Labs — Seed — $6.8M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Lightspeed Faction, Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, Again (formerly IDC Ventures), Protein Capital, Techni Ventures
Glacis Labs raised $6.8M seed round led by Lightspeed Faction with participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, Again, Protein Capital, and Techni Ventures.
- Proaction — Undisclosed funding — $4.2M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: GTMfund, Breakers, Aviso Ventures, Iowa InnoVenture, Holman Growth Ventures, Iowa Economic Development Authority
Proaction announced $4.2M in funding from GTMfund, Breakers, Aviso Ventures, Iowa InnoVenture, Holman Growth Ventures and the Iowa EDA.
- Misfits Attic — Funded by Stray Signal — undisclosed — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Stray Signal, Max McGuire
Misfits Attic announced Duskers 2.0 has been funded by Max McGuire’s project fund, Stray Signal.
- Neko Health — Series C — $700M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, O.G. Venture Partners
Neko Health raised $700M in a Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and O.G. Venture Partners.
- Standard Nuclear Inc — U.S. initial public offering (IPO) — $150M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, UBS Investment Bank
Standard Nuclear Inc raised $150,000,000 in a U.S. IPO, selling 10 million shares at $15 each.
- Applied Computing — Series A — $20M — Jul 15, 2026
Applied Computing raised $20M in a Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.
- Syntetica — Series A — $30M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Lululemon
Syntetica raised a $30M Series A that includes investment from Lululemon.
- Fireworks — Series D — $1.5B — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Atreides Management, Index Ventures, TCV
Fireworks raised $1.505B in a Series D led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures and TCV at a $17.5B valuation on 2026-07-15.
- Taktile — Series C — $110M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Taktile raised $110,000,000 in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
- OpenArt AI — Series A — $30M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Canaan Partners
OpenArt AI raised $30,000,000 in a Series A led by Canaan Partners.
- Nous — Seed — undisclosed — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: dsm-firmenich Ventures, FoodSeed, CDP Venture Capital's National Accelerator Network, Eatable Adventures, Accelera Ventures
Nous raised €2.315M in a seed round led by dsm-firmenich Ventures to commercialise its Koncentra botanical ingredient.
- Senra — Round — $65M — Jul 15, 2026
Senra raised $65,000,000 to modernize wire-harness manufacturing; CEO Jordan Black is a SpaceX veteran.
- Neko Health — Growth — $700M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: will.i.am, Maria Sharapova, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Thierry Henry, Alexis Ohanian, Zoë Saldaña
Neko Health raised $700M to fund U.S. expansion and open a New York clinic, backed by investors including will.i.am, Maria Sharapova, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Thierry Henry, Alexis Ohanian and Zoë Saldaña.
- Refer — Seed — $7.5M — Jul 15, 2026
Refer raised a previously unannounced $7.5M seed funding round.
- ChangXin Memory Technologies — IPO — $8.6B — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Anhui Investment Group, China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Phase II
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) expects to raise at least $8.6B in a STAR Market IPO; offering could rise to 66.6 billion yuan with overallotment.
- Danger Testing — Round — $2.6M — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: Long Journey Ventures, Asylum Ventures, Tiny VC, Common Magic
Danger Testing has raised $2.6M in venture capital from Long Journey Ventures, Asylum Ventures, Tiny VC, and Common Magic.
- Float — Series A — undisclosed — Jul 15, 2026 — investors: CHAPTERS Group AG
Float raised €4.5M in a Series A led by CHAPTERS Group AG.
- Overtone — Round — $18M — Jul 14, 2026
Overtone raised $18,000,000 in a fundraise announced by founder Justin McLeod to build an AI dating service.
- TYLSemi — Round — $43M — Jul 14, 2026
TYLSemi raised $43 million to create building blocks of custom AI chips.