Venture Capital stories
Urban tech investor 2150 closes second fund at EUR €210m, lifting total assets to EUR €500m to back climate-focused city technologies.
Zurich startup Sparkli exits stealth with USD $5m to launch a multimodal AI play-based learning app for children aged 5 to 12 worldwide.
Orbital raises USD $60m to expand its AI platform for real estate law, targeting US growth and doubling headcount after UK success.
Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.
Komodor hires a new CFO and elevates its people chief to steer global expansion of its AI-driven site reliability engineering platform.
AI platform Emergent raises USD $70m Series B from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank to speed global software creation for non-coders.
Language learning platform Preply secures $150 million to boost AI tools and global growth, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.
Claroty secures USD $150m Series F funding to accelerate global expansion and strengthen cyber-physical systems security platform.
AI app builder Emergent raises USD $70m Series B to deepen European push, add London offices and hiring as revenue soars to USD $50m ARR.
Scurri processes 180m shipments in 2025 as eCommerce GMV hits EUR €19.2bn and its platform annualises at over 200m parcels into 2026.
Preply secures USD $150m Series D from WestCap at a USD $1.2b valuation to scale its human-led, AI-backed language learning platform.
AI compliance firm ThetaRay names ex-Symphony chief Brad Levy as CEO, tasking him with scaling its Cognitive AI platform globally.
Canadian proptech matures as AI embeds into daily workflows, funding slows to USD $450 million but adoption and discipline rise.
Attest launches Compass, an AI co-pilot to help insight teams design surveys faster, surface key findings and craft stakeholder-ready stories.
Claroty secures $150m in fresh funding to accelerate global expansion of its cyber-physical security platform for critical infrastructure.
TitanX secures USD $27m Series A to scale its Phone Intent AI, promising higher connect rates for pressured outbound sales teams.
The partnership opens the USD $100M Venture Scientist Fund to back over 55 AI-native startups spun out of Canada's leading research labs.
NEOintralogistics secures EUR €3m seed to scale pay-per-pick warehouse robots, shifting automation from upfront capital spend to RaaS.
Airwallex buys Korean fintech Paynuri, securing key licences to launch local payments and FX services for Korean and global businesses.
Australia's Propel-AIR 2.0 robotics sprint launches in Brisbane, uniting ARM Hub, MassRobotics and innovators for a week of AI showcases.
