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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- Nous Research — new round — $75M — Jul 13, 2026 — investors: Robot Ventures, USV
Nous Research is raising at least $75M in a new round led by Robot Ventures with participation from USV at a $1.5B valuation.
- Quadric — Series C extension (second close) — $46M — Jul 13, 2026 — investors: International Finance Corporation, Pear VC, Uncork Capital, BEENEXT, Offline Ventures
Quadric closed a Series C extension to $46M in a second close led by IFC, bringing total capital raised to $90M.
- 1X — Round — $100M — Jul 13, 2026 — investors: OpenAI, Samsung
1X raised $100,000,000 in 2024 and has been backed by OpenAI and Samsung.
- Nscale — £670M credit facility — undisclosed — Jul 13, 2026
Nscale secured a £670M credit facility.
- NexusTown — Government-backed startup loan and private loan — $124K — Jul 12, 2026 — investors: Japan Finance Corporation, brother's company
NexusTown borrowed about ¥20 million (≈$124,000): ¥10M from his brother's company and ¥10M via a Japan Finance Corporation startup loan.
- Together AI — Round — $800M — Jul 11, 2026 — investors: Saudi Aramco’s venture arm
Together AI raised $800M in a round led by Saudi Aramco’s venture arm.
- BrainCo — Round — $280M — Jul 11, 2026 — investors: IDG Capital, Walden International
BrainCo raised 2 billion yuan ($280M) in a funding round co-led by IDG Capital and Walden International.
- Known — $9.7 million funding round — $9.7M — Jul 11, 2026 — investors: Forerunner Ventures
Known raised $9.7M in a funding round led by Forerunner Ventures.
- Blue Star NBR — Round — $123M — Jul 11, 2026 — investors: U.S. federal government
Blue Star NBR received $123,000,000 in financing from the U.S. federal government for its factory.
- Intel — Conversion of federal grants — $9B — Jul 11, 2026 — investors: U.S. government
The U.S. government converted $9 billion in federal grants into a 10% stake in Intel, becoming its largest shareholder.
- Auriga Space — Round — $12M — Jul 10, 2026
Auriga Space has raised more than $12 million from investors and Department of Defense grants.
- nLIGHT Defense — DoD award — $86M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
nLIGHT Defense received an $86,000,000 initial DoD award (part of a program up to $847,000,000) to develop high-energy laser weapons.
- Keyfactor — private equity round — $1B — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Summit Partners, Insight Partners, Sixth Street Growth
Keyfactor raised a $1 billion private equity round led by Summit Partners.
- Axiom Space — Space Act Agreement — $140M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: NASA
Axiom Space received $140M from NASA under a Space Act Agreement.
- Nanya Technology — private placement — $2.4B — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: SanDisk, Kioxia, Solidigm, Cisco
Nanya Technology sold 10.19% in a private placement to SanDisk, Kioxia, Solidigm and Cisco for T$78.72 billion (~$2.44B).
- MiniMax Group — Share sale and convertible bond issue — $2B — Jul 10, 2026
MiniMax Group seeks to raise HK$16.04B ($2.05B) via a share sale (35.6M Class A at HK$268) and HK$6.5B zero-coupon convertible bonds.
- PhilWeb Corporation — Strategic investment — undisclosed — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Lance Y. Gokongwei
PhilWeb Corporation received a P2.03 billion strategic investment from Lance Y. Gokongwei announced July 10, 2026.
- Assort Health — Series C — $120M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Menlo Ventures
Assort Health raised $120,000,000 in a Series C led by Menlo Ventures at a $1.2B valuation.
- Elong Power Holding Limited — Public offering — $6.6M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Maxim Group LLC
Elong Power Holding Limited priced a registered public offering of 16,500,000 units at $0.40 each to raise approximately $6.6M.
- Jobs for the Future — Pay-for-Performance award — $40M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: U.S. Department of Labor
Jobs for the Future was awarded $40,000,000 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Pay-for-Performance program to expand Registered Apprenticeship nationwide.
- Oratomic — Round — $300M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures
Oratomic raised $300,000,000 to build a quantum computer; the round was co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures.
- World Central Kitchen — $1M grant — $1M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Mars Impact Fund, Mars, Incorporated
World Central Kitchen received a $1,000,000 grant from the Mars Impact Fund to provide more than 200,000 meals in Venezuela.
- Gradium — Seed — $100M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Nvidia, Eric Schmidt, Xavier Niel
Gradium raised a $100M seed round with Nvidia joining existing investors Eric Schmidt and Xavier Niel.
- Radical Numerics — Seed — $50M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Emergence Capital, Obvious Ventures, Triatomic Capital, Factory, First Spark Ventures, Patrick Collison
Radical Numerics raised $50M in a seed round led by Emergence Capital to build multimodal AI models for biology.
- Puncture Robotic — Series B — undisclosed — Jul 10, 2026
Puncture Robotic raised a multi-million-dollar Series B led by a globally leading AI technology company to advance product development and international expansion.
- Gale — seed funding — $2.7M — Jul 10, 2026 — investors: Y Combinator
Gale raised $2.7M in seed funding after being accepted into Y Combinator.
- MiniMax — new $2B funding round — $2B — Jul 10, 2026
MiniMax closed a $2B funding round, announced in a post by RyanLee on X.
- Talisman Design — Crowdfunding — undisclosed — Jul 9, 2026
Talisman Design is crowdfunding the PocketMage E Ink PDA on CrowdSupply, having already surpassed its goal; kits cost $185 and assembled units $235.
- TeraWulf Inc. — Debt financing — $3.5B — Jul 9, 2026
TeraWulf Inc. is preparing to raise about $3.5B in debt to build a Kentucky data center campus, including entering the leveraged loan market.
- Marker — Seed — $13M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Index Ventures, LocalGlobe, Steve Newman, Cal Henderson, Thomas Wolf
Marker raised $13M in a seed round led by Index Ventures with participation from LocalGlobe and angels including Steve Newman, Cal Henderson and Thomas Wolf.
- Catalyxx — €20 million grant — undisclosed — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: European Union, RenewChem, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), Arkema, Evonik
Catalyxx secured a €20 million grant from the European Union via RenewChem/CBE JU to build its first commercial bio-based chemicals plant in Europe.
- Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor — Hong Kong share sale — $902M — Jul 9, 2026
Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor seeks to raise HK$7.07B (~$901.98M) in a Hong Kong share sale, offering 14.9M H shares at HK$476 apiece.
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund — A$500 million investment — $346M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: AustralianSuper
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund received a A$500 million ($346M) investment from AustralianSuper.
- Zhipu AI — US$4 billion fundraising — $4B — Jul 9, 2026
Zhipu AI announced a US$4.0B fundraising, offering 19.78 million shares at HK$1,588 each in a placement.
- Pixel-Flo — Seed — undisclosed — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Northern Gritstone, SCVC, Parkwalk Northern Universities Venture Fund, HTGF
Pixel-Flo raised £5.25M in a seed round led by Northern Gritstone, with participation from SCVC, Parkwalk Northern Universities Venture Fund and HTGF.
- Grace Investment Machine — Series A — $20M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Hony Capital, IDG Capital, Monolith Capital
Grace Investment Machine raised $20,000,000 in a Series A co-led by a leading US venture capital firm and Hony Capital, with participation from IDG Capital and Monolith Capital.
- Open Health Stack Software Foundation — $3 million grant from Google.org — $3M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Google.org
Open Health Stack Software Foundation will receive a $3,000,000 grant from Google.org to support its launch.
- RyboDyn, Inc. — CDMRP PRCRP Impact Award — $1.3M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: U.S. Department of War (DOW), Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
RyboDyn, Inc. was awarded a $1.3M CDMRP PRCRP Impact Award from the U.S. Department of War to advance two lung-cancer antibody programs.
- Belgravia Hartford Capital Inc. — non-brokered private placement — undisclosed — Jul 9, 2026
Belgravia Hartford Capital Inc. announced a non-brokered private placement of up to 19,230,769 units at $0.026 per unit for aggregate proceeds up to $500,000.
- Kraken Technology — Series B — $175M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP), British Business Bank, NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), Rheinmetall, Inocea group, Hico Ventures, Thesiger Capital, BOKA Capital
Kraken Technology raised $175,000,000 in a Series B led by Digital Transformation Capital Partners at a $1B valuation.
- Kapture CX — pre-Series B — $10M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Bajaj Finserv Ventures, Cactus Venture Partners, India Alternatives
Kapture CX raised $10,000,000 in a pre-Series B round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures, with participation from Cactus Venture Partners and India Alternatives.
- MiniMax Group Inc. — Share sale and convertible bond offering — $1.9B — Jul 9, 2026
MiniMax Group Inc. is seeking about $1.9B (HK$14.54B) through a sale of new shares and convertible bonds.
- ScholarCHIPS, Inc. — Scholarship funding — $50K — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Securus Technologies
ScholarCHIPS received $50,000 in scholarship funding from Securus Technologies to support its programs for children of incarcerated parents.
- Recall.ai — Series B — $38M — Jul 9, 2026
Recall.ai raised $38,000,000 in a Series B round.
- State Bank of India — 1.42% stake sale — $174M — Jul 9, 2026
State Bank of India sold a 1.42% stake in SBI Funds to a group of 30 investors for about ₹16.55B ($173.52M) ahead of the unit's IPO.
- SK Hynix Inc. — US share offering — $26.5B — Jul 9, 2026
SK Hynix Inc. priced a US ADR offering of 177.9M ADRs at $149 each, implying about $26.5071B in proceeds.
- QIZ Security — seed round — $17M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Merlin Ventures
QIZ Security raised a $17M seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Merlin Ventures, CEO Ben Volkow told Axios Pro.
- Skapion — Seed — $36M — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: UP Partners, Khosla Ventures, Fusion VC, Stratos Ventures, TBD VC, q Fund
Skapion raised $36 million in a Seed round co-led by UP Partners and Khosla Ventures to develop counter-swarm drone defenses.
- Trinity Robotics — Round — undisclosed — Jul 9, 2026 — investors: Defence Builder Fund I, Front Ventures, Hede Capital
Trinity Robotics raised over €500,000 from Defence Builder Fund I, Front Ventures, and Hede Capital to scale manufacturing of its unmanned ground vehicles.
- Lyzr — Series B — $100M — Jul 9, 2026
Lyzr raised $100,000,000 in a Series B at roughly a $500M valuation, using its AI agent to run the fundraise.