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Emergent, an Indian-origin AI software startup building tools that help users create and ship software faster using AI, has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round. The company has seen rapid momentum in a short span, with strong traction from builders and teams using its platform to develop products, automate workflows, and experiment with AI-powered coding and development agents. Emergent plans to use the fresh capital to expand its R&D capabilities and strengthen product development across key markets, with a focus on scaling teams and accelerating the rollout of new AI-driven software creation features.In this round, the funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund and Khosla Ventures, marking a major signal of confidence in Emergent’s speed of execution and product-market pull. The Series B also saw participation from existing investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Prosus, Together Fund, and Y Combinator, reinforcing continued backing from top global funds. The company will deploy the funding to expand its research and engineering teams across San Francisco and Bengaluru, and further build out new product lines including next-gen coding agents designed to make software creation more accessible at scale.
2 days ago|by Team S
Elyos AI, a London-based AI startup building intelligent automation agents for the trades and field services industry, has successfully raised €11.1 million (approx. $13 million) in a Series A funding round to accelerate product development, deepen CRM integrations, and expand internationally in 2026. The company is developing AI agents that act like virtual front-office teams capable of handling inbound calls, booking jobs, managing dispatch, and automating email follow-ups for service businesses such as plumbers, electricians, HVAC professionals, and facilities operators- significantly improving responsiveness and reducing operational overhead in an industry traditionally dependent on manual workflows. This Series A round was led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator (YC) and Pi Labs, bringing Elyos AI’s total capital raised to roughly €13.7 million. The fresh funding will support scaling the engineering and go-to-market teams, deepening voice, messaging, and email agent capabilities, and expanding the company’s footprint across Europe and North America as demand grows for specialised AI tools that automate customer communications and improve booking efficiency in trades services. The backing from seasoned investors highlights strong confidence in Elyos AI’s vision to define the AI agent category for field services.
2 days ago|by Team S
Brisil Technologies, an India-based climate-tech startup focused on sustainable industrial materials, has raised ₹3 crore in a pre-seed funding round to scale its circular economy-driven solution for silica production. Founded in 2016 by Tanmay Pandya, Brisil is building a zero-waste chemical process to manufacture sustainable silica using rice husk ash, a by-product generated from power plants that process agricultural waste. With global demand for sustainable raw materials accelerating across tyres, footwear, paints, and allied industries, the company plans to expand production, strengthen execution capability, and grow its international footprint.This pre-seed round was led by Momentum Capital with participation from Fondation Botnar, signalling strong investor confidence in Brisil’s vision to decarbonise the silica value chain through cleaner manufacturing. The company will use the fresh funds to expand production capacity, build its team, and scale operations to meet rising demand, including a reported monthly demand pipeline of 6,000 metric tonnes. Brisil currently operates a commercial facility with 400 tonnes per month capacity and is planning to scale it up to 3,000–5,000 tonnes per month, with a strong focus on customers in South East Asia and Europe.
2 days ago|by Team S
Lorazzo, a 2024-founded home improvement brand from Delhi-NCR, has raised ₹5 crore in a seed funding round to broaden its product innovation, strengthen design and technology capabilities, and scale omnichannel distribution across India’s growing kitchen and bathroom solutions market. The company specializes in durable and design-led fixtures including smart bidets, premium faucets, stainless steel and quartz sinks, and modular accessories tailored specifically for Indian household conditions such as varying water pressure and TDS levels, addressing a gap between low-end mass products and expensive imports. This seed round was led by Sprout Venture Partners and First Cheque by India Quotient, with participation from Chandigarh Angel Network and a syndicate of angel investors backing Lorazzo’s vision to modernise everyday home essentials throughout India, support product development, and expand both online and retail channels. The funding underscores confidence from investors in the brand’s market positioning, design focus, and growth potential in a category experiencing rapid demand driven by rising incomes, urbanisation, and renovation activity.
2 days ago|by Team S
L’Oréal, the world’s largest cosmetics and beauty company, has announced plans to invest over ₹35 billion (about $383.4 million) to establish a global beauty tech hub in Hyderabad, India aimed at driving innovation in digital and AI-enabled beauty solutions. The investment was formalised at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, where L’Oréal’s leadership partnered with the Government of Telangana to position Hyderabad as a centre for advanced technology, data engineering, and artificial intelligence in beauty products and services. The hub is expected to integrate deep tech work on AI, generative AI, data platforms, and digital tools that will support the company’s global operations, accelerating rollout of next-generation beauty innovation while creating significant employment opportunities. The investment reflects L’Oréal’s growing commitment to leveraging India’s engineering talent and technology ecosystem as a strategic part of its global innovation network. Through this collaboration with state officials, L’Oréal expects to create around 2,000 technology jobs by 2030, including roles for AI specialists, software engineers, and data scientists. The hub will link into L’Oréal’s global tech footprint alongside existing technology and innovation centres in countries such as France, the United States, China, Singapore, Spain, Poland, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico, further integrating India into the company’s long-term digital transformation strategy.
2 days ago|by Team S
Sensesemi Technologies, a Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor startup, has raised ₹25 crore in a seed funding round to accelerate development of its edge AI chip architecture built for high-performance, power-efficient on-device intelligence. The company is focused on enabling real-time AI inference at the edge, reducing dependency on cloud processing for latency-sensitive applications. With demand rising across industrial IoT, automotive systems, and medical devices, Sensesemi aims to deliver efficient silicon designed specifically for always-on sensing and compute at low power.This seed round was led by Piper Serica, with participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund, Sun Icon Ventures, MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, and support from additional backers including REAN Foundation and notable angels. The funding will be used to advance first-generation system-on-chip (SoC) designs, complete tape-outs and validation, and strengthen the core engineering team. Sensesemi is also targeting test chips in 2026, progressing toward production-grade versions and future commercial deployments as India’s semiconductor ecosystem continues to scale.
2 days ago|by Team S
Full-stack re-commerce company Grest, headquartered in Gurugram, India, has successfully raised ₹16 crore in a growth funding round led by Equentis Wealth with strong participation from several notable investor groups. The fresh capital will be deployed to scale direct-to-consumer (D2C) operations both online and offline, upgrade infrastructure and supply chain capabilities, enhance technology platforms, and strengthen brand awareness as the company accelerates its market expansion in India’s booming refurbished electronics segment. Grest operates a full-stack recommerce model that manages sourcing, renewal, quality assurance, distribution, and after-sales service in-house, delivering premium renewed devices with structured warranty and support to consumers. In this funding round, Equentis Wealth led the investment with the largest contribution, joined by credible backers including JIIF, The Chennai Angels, India Accelerator, Lead Invest, and 8i Ventures reflecting robust investor confidence in Grest’s growth strategy and recommerce model. The company’s revenue has surged significantly with a nine-fold increase from ₹2.9 crore in FY23 to ₹25.7 crore in FY25, and it is targeting ₹50 crore in revenue in FY26. Grest also plans to expand its retail footprint with additional company-owned stores and deepen partnerships with large format retailers and Apple premium resellers as part of its omni-channel growth strategy.
2 days ago|by Team S
iMaintain, a Gloucestershire, United Kingdom-based AI-driven maintenance technology company, has successfully closed a £250,000 pre-seed funding round to accelerate development and adoption of its AI-enabled platform that helps manufacturers capture, structure, and reuse critical maintenance knowledge. The company’s software combines predictive maintenance, real-time asset tracking, and workflow automation to help manufacturing organisations optimise asset management and reduce unplanned downtime by turning everyday engineering experience into shared intelligence. The new capital will be deployed to accelerate product development, expand customer deployments across manufacturing environments, and enhance AI-driven features that support practical, outcome-focused maintenance solutions in real-world factory settings. iMaintain was founded by Hannah Savagar and Adam Stockwell, two industry veterans with deep operational and product expertise in the industrial tech sector, and serves customers across the UK manufacturing and engineering landscape.At the centre of this funding round was a key investment from SFC Capital, a UK-based early-stage investment firm known for backing ambitious technology companies and supporting innovation across sectors. This pre-seed round marks a significant milestone for iMaintain as it transitions from proof-of-concept to scaling its product and market reach. The backing from experienced investors underscores confidence in iMaintain’s vision to modernise maintenance practices by building reliable AI foundations that deliver real operational value.
3 days ago|by Team S
Blackstone, the global alternative asset manager, has raised $5.9 billion toward its new opportunistic credit fund, part of its Capital Opportunities Fund V with an overall target of $10 billion. The strong initial raise reflects sustained investor appetite for flexible private credit strategies that can deploy across corporate capital structures and multiple credit sectors. The opportunistic credit strategy sits within Blackstone Credit, the firm’s expansive credit investment platform that manages a broad array of financing solutions across direct lending, mezzanine credit, distressed opportunities, and asset-based lending. Investors in the fund are seeking exposure to higher return segments of the credit spectrum, backing Blackstone’s flexible approach to sourcing and structuring capital that can adapt to varied market conditions. Blackstone’s private credit capability has grown rapidly over recent years as institutional investors increasingly allocate to alternatives amid low yields in public markets. The firm has consistently expanded its credit platforms and strategies, with its private credit business delivering strong results and commanding significant capital inflows.
3 days ago|by Team S
Galaxy Digital, the diversified digital-asset investment firm founded by Mike Novogratz, has secured $100 million in commitments to launch a new crypto-focused hedge fund scheduled to debut in Q1 2026. The fund aims to capitalise on both rising and falling trends in the digital­asset market by combining exposure to cryptocurrencies with strategic positions in traditional financial services stocks influenced by blockchain technology and regulatory shifts. The $100 million backing comes from a mix of family offices, high-net-worth investors, and select institutional backers, with Galaxy Digital also contributing a seed investment of its own. The hedge fund is structured to take both long and short positions across digital assets and equities, with up to 30 % of capital allocated to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, while the remaining portion is targeted toward financial services and fintech-related stocks that may benefit from shifts in digital asset adoption and regulation. Joe Armao, who will head the new hedge fund, noted that the strategy is designed for the current market environment, where traditional crypto rallies may be slowing and volatility presents opportunities across both digital and traditional finance sectors. By balancing crypto and equity positions, Galaxy Digital is aiming for a flexible approach that can generate returns in diverse conditions and attract sophisticated capital into the emerging digital finance landscape.
3 days ago|by Team S
Bengaluru-based early-stage venture capital firm Exfinity Ventures has launched its fourth flagship fund (Fund IV), strengthening its focus on B2B technology and deep-tech startups in India. The new fund launch comes at a time when investors are increasingly backing firms with strong early-stage conviction and the ability to support startups through longer innovation cycles in frontier sectors. Fund IV is targeting a corpus of ₹850 crore, with an additional ₹250 crore greenshoe option, taking the total potential size to ₹1,100 crore. The capital is expected to be deployed into early-stage companies while reserving a larger share for follow-on rounds, as deep-tech ventures often require extended timelines for product development and commercialization. Alongside the fund rollout, Exfinity has also achieved a major milestone by returning 100% of the committed capital from its 2016 vintage Fund II to investors. This was supported by multiple deep-tech exits over the past year, including acquisitions of portfolio companies such as Kinara.ai, Locus, and AI Palette, signaling rising global demand for Indian-built enterprise technology and AI solutions.
3 days ago|by Team S
EQT is preparing to shift a selection of venture capital holdings from its first venture fund into a new continuation vehicle, highlighting the growing adoption of secondary-led structures within venture markets. The move signals a broader push by large private market firms to create liquidity options and extend holding periods for high-conviction assets as IPO timelines continue to stretch globally. The continuation fund is expected to raise at least $500 million, with EQT planning to transfer around five to ten investments from EQT Ventures I, the firm’s 2016 vintage venture fund that raised roughly €505 million and made approximately 40 investments. The final fund size will depend on negotiations with buyers and how many existing investors choose to roll their stakes into the new vehicle, reflecting a flexible structure designed to balance liquidity needs with long-term upside potential. Jefferies is advising EQT on the process, and at least one of the assets expected to be included is Handshake, a US-based HR and early-career hiring platform first backed by EQT in 2018. The fund formation underscores how continuation funds are increasingly being used beyond traditional buyouts, now expanding into venture capital as the secondary market grows and investors seek more structured ways to manage exit timing and portfolio exposure.
3 days ago|by Team S
Lendable, a London-based asset-backed credit provider focused on fast-growing companies in emerging and developed markets, has announced the first close of two new blended-finance impact funds, raising more than $300 million toward a target of over $500 million. The milestone marks a major step in the firm’s effort to deliver commercial returns alongside measurable social and sustainable impact globally. Lendable’s two funds Lendable MSME Fintech Credit Fund 2 (LMFCF2) and the Lendable Transportation and Energy Fund (LTEF) were designed to support technology-enabled businesses that expand financial access and foster sustainable economic growth. LMFCF2’s senior tranche has secured a rare investment-grade rating, highlighting confidence in the firm’s disciplined credit strategy and performance history. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed $86 million across both funds, joined by a US-based publicly owned financial institution as well as leading development finance institutions (DFIs), family offices and philanthropic foundations. LMFCF2 aims to provide asset-backed capital to next-generation financial services companies expanding access for underserved populations, while LTEF targets small and medium enterprises advancing sustainable technologies in sectors such as clean mobility, renewable energy and resilient agriculture. Lendable’s combined assets under advisory now approach $1 billion following this first close. The fresh capital will be deployed to help global growth companies scale with both commercial returns and tangible impact strengthening financial inclusion, sustainable transport, and energy solutions in key emerging markets across Latin America, Africa and Asia.
3 days ago|by Team S
Global investment firm KKR has successfully closed $2.5 billion for its second Asia-focused private credit fund, underscoring strong investor demand for performing credit strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. The fundraise nearly doubles the size of KKR’s first Asia Pacific private credit vehicle, which closed at $1.1 billion in 2022 and sets a new benchmark for pan-regional credit funds dedicated to privately originated performing credit. The new capital comprises $1.8 billion committed to the KKR Asia Credit Opportunities Fund II (ACOF II) and an additional $700 million raised via separately managed accounts targeting similar types of performing credit investments. At final close, ACOF II has become the largest pan-regional performing private credit fund in Asia Pacific, reflecting both broad institutional interest and deepening appetite for tailored credit solutions in markets ranging from Japan and India to Southeast Asia. KKR’s Asia Credit platform has already executed multiple investments through ACOF II, with approximately $1.9 billion of commitments and a total transaction volume nearing $4.6 billion, highlighting early deployment momentum and diversified deal flow. The fund will primarily target senior and unitranche direct lending, capital solutions, and collateral-backed investments, providing bespoke private credit financing to companies and financial sponsors across the region. KKR’s Asia credit strategy has been active since 2019, completing more than 60 investments and deploying roughly $8.3 billion in capital with a cumulative transaction value of about $27.5 billion, signalling the firm’s long-standing commitment to Asia’s expanding credit landscape.
4 days ago|by Team S
Bain Capital has successfully completed the final close of its third flagship real estate investment fund, securing $3.4 billion in commitments from a diverse group of institutional investors. The new fund part of Bain Capital Real Estate’s broader strategy marks a significant milestone for the Boston-based alternative investment firm as it seeks to capitalise on secular trends shaping global property markets. The fundraise attracted both new and existing limited partners globally, reflecting strong confidence in Bain Capital’s research-driven, value-add investment approach. A portion of the capital has already been deployed, including into specialty assets such as marinas and golf course assemblages across the United States, while the broader strategy will span a diversified mix of property types from industrial and open-air retail to medical outpatient facilities, senior housing, storage assets and digital real estate infrastructure. Under the leadership of Bain Capital Real Estate, the latest fund aims to leverage long-term demographic and consumption shifts that are driving demand in both traditional and non-traditional sectors. With interest in active ownership and operational improvement rising among investors, the firm plans to deploy the capital to grow its portfolio and deepen partnerships with experienced operators worldwide.
4 days ago|by Team S
Replit, the San Francisco-based AI coding startup known for its “vibe coding” platform that enables developers to build applications with natural language instructions, is nearing a new funding round that could value the company at about $9 billion roughly triple its valuation from the last major round. Investors are reportedly preparing to back the round as demand surges for AI-assisted development tools that simplify software creation for users ranging from hobbyists to enterprise teams. The upcoming funding is expected to attract new and existing institutional backers, reflecting heightened investor confidence in Replit’s growth potential amid fierce competition in the AI coding space, which also includes major players like OpenAI, Cursor, and others pushing “AI coding” innovation. Replit’s tooling blends real-time collaboration, cloud IDE capability, and autonomous AI agents that plan, code, and refine projects features that are increasingly viewed as critical for the next generation of software development workflows. Founded by Amjad Masad and a team of AI and developer tools veterans, Replit has evolved from a collaborative in-browser coding environment into a full-stack AI development platform. Its revenue has reportedly soared in recent years and its user base continues to expand as enterprises and individual developers adopt its AI-augmented workflow tools. The nearing fundraise at an elevated valuation underscores the broad investor interest in infrastructure that democratizes software creation across skill levels and industries.
4 days ago|by Team S
33Brew, a Bengaluru-based tech-enabled beverage e-marketplace connecting consumers with neighbourhood and cloud-bar partners, has raised ₹20 crore in a Series A funding round to scale operations and accelerate technology development for its marketplace and fulfillment ecosystem. The fresh capital will help the company strengthen supply chain capabilities, deepen partnerships with partner bars and retailers, and expand its service footprint in key urban markets. The Series A round was led by Optimistic Capital, with participation from Ace Capital, Elbrus Capital, Xponentia Capital, Individual Investors, and Founder-Led Allocations. Investors cited confidence in 33Brew’s mission to create an efficient, tech-driven marketplace for beverages that streamlines customer acquisition and delivery to off-premise consumers. The funds will be deployed toward product enhancement, marketing initiatives, and geographic expansion into new Indian cities with high demand for on-demand beverage services. Co-founded by Sachin Naidu and Gaurav Awasthi, 33Brew blends marketplace technology with local bar networks to offer users a seamless ordering experience for drinks and cocktail deliveries. The company plans to leverage the Series A funding to upgrade its UI/UX experience, strengthen customer retention strategies, and build out data-driven fulfilment logistics to increase order frequency and overall customer lifetime value.
4 days ago|by Team S
Omniscient Neurotechnology, an Australian space in AI-driven connectomics and brain mapping, has secured a $20 million investment from Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) as part of an ongoing $36 million Series D funding round. The financing will support global commercialisation of its proprietary AI platform Quicktome, which generates personalized brain maps from MRI scans and is already used by major hospitals and research institutions worldwide. The Series D round is being co-led by NRFC and OIF Ventures, with NRFC taking a preferred equity stake in the company. Omniscient plans to deploy the new capital to expand and commercialise Quicktome, grow its data science team, and develop next-generation clinical applications of its connectomics technology. The startup also unveiled plans to establish a connectomics centre of excellence in Sydney and accelerate expansion into the United States where Quicktome has garnered regulatory approval and clinical adoption. Founded in 2019 by experienced technology leaders and neuroscientists, Omniscient operates in the emerging field of connectomics, which aims to comprehensively map and interpret individual brain connections to enable more precise clinical insights. With its FDA-approved platform, the company’s mission is to transform brain health care by providing clinicians with individualized risk and planning tools that improve patient outcomes across neurosurgery, neurology, and related fields.
4 days ago|by Team S
Monnai, a global identity and risk data infrastructure company, has announced the successful close of a $12 million equity funding round to accelerate its platform adoption and expand its global footprint. The fresh capital will support Monnai’s mission to become a trusted backbone for real-time identity, fraud prevention, and credit decisioning for financial institutions and digital businesses worldwide. The round was led by Motive Partners, with significant participation from existing investors including Commerce Ventures and 500 Global. Monnai plans to deploy the funds to enhance its core data infrastructure, improve data effectiveness and latency, expand operations into key markets across Europe and Latin America, and grow its engineering, data, and go-to-market teams over the next 12 to 18 months. Founded in August 2021 by Co-Founders Pierre Demarche and Ravish Patel, Monnai’s platform delivers ultra-low latency risk signals with enterprise-grade observability and back-testing capabilities across four continents. The technology enables customers to quickly deploy identity and risk decisioning in new markets, helping improve onboarding acceptance, reduce defaults, and enhance model accuracy. Monnai has achieved strong operating momentum, with fivefold revenue growth and high net revenue retention in 2025.
4 days ago|by Team S
Tulip, the Boston, Massachusetts-based enterprise software company that provides an AI-enabled frontline operations platform, has successfully closed $120 million in Series D funding at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. The fresh capital will be used to accelerate product innovation, deepen AI and analytics capabilities, and expand global go-to-market efforts as manufacturers and industrial operators adopt digital tools to boost productivity and operational insights. The Series D round was led by Mitsubishi Electric, reflecting a strategic partnership aimed at deploying Tulip’s composable operations technology across industrial environments and enhancing digital transformation efforts at scale. Investors cited confidence in Tulip’s modular platform which enables frontline teams to build, deploy, and iterate real-time applications without traditional enterprise software constraints as a key factor driving the round. The funding will support growth in key regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia, while enhancing capabilities around workflow intelligence and AI-augmented frontline execution. Tulip was founded by industry veterans including Natan Linder and Rony Kubat, and its platform is used by tens of thousands of frontline workers globally to digitize processes, improve operational quality, and generate actionable insights from real-time shop-floor data. With this new capital, Tulip aims to empower more manufacturers and industrial operators to leverage composable software to solve complex workflow and productivity challenges. #SeriesDFunding, #AI, #FrontlineOperations, #IndustrialSoftware, #EnterpriseTech, #StartupFunding, #DigitalTransformation, #ManufacturingTech, #InvestmentNews
5 days ago|by Team S
Startup investment across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reached a historic high in 2025, with $7.5 billion capital raised by 647 startups a 225 % year-on-year increase that signifies the strongest funding performance the ecosystem has seen to date. The surge reflects a combination of burgeoning investor confidence and accelerating entrepreneurial momentum across sectors such as fintech, proptech, and ecommerce. A significant portion of the 2025 total was driven by debt financing, which accounted for roughly $4 billion of the capital raised, helping fuel larger deal sizes and supporting momentum in an evolving financing landscape. Nonetheless, equity-led investments also grew strongly up 77 % year-on-year underscoring broader investor engagement beyond leverage-driven activity. Record year for MENA startups as funding climbs to $7.5 billion n in 2025 - Wamda
5 days ago|by Team S
Ethereal Exploration Guild (EtherealX), a space technology startup based in Bengaluru, India, has successfully raised $20.5 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate development of its first fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, the Razor Crest Mk-1. The Bengaluru-based company is working to disrupt traditional launch economics by lowering orbital transport costs and enabling more affordable access to space. The Series A round was co-led by TDK Ventures and BIG Capital, with significant participation from Accel, Prosus, YourNest Venture Capital, BlueHill Capital, Campus Fund, and Riceberg Ventures, demonstrating strong investor confidence in the company’s technology and team. EtherealX plans to use the fresh capital to expedite engineering, testing, and manufacturing of its reusable launch vehicle capable of deploying payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO), geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), and trans-lunar injection trajectories. Founded in 2022 by aerospace engineers Manu J. Nair, Shubhayu Sardar, and Prashanth Sharma, EtherealX aims to challenge incumbents by combining in-house rocket engine design with advanced reusable systems. The company has already developed two proprietary engines for its two-stage vehicle and is building infrastructure to support rapid testing cycles. With its Razor Crest Mk-1 vehicle, EtherealX is targeting a cost range of $500 to $1,000 per kilogram for orbital launches, a step change from current industry averages. #SeriesAFunding, #SpaceTech, #ReusableLaunch, #StartupFunding, #InvestmentNews, #AerospaceInnovation, #IndianStartups, #VentureCapital, #TechGrowth, #LaunchVehicle
5 days ago|by Team S
Indian startups collectively raised $268.6 million in fresh capital across 28 funding deals, marking a sharp 293% jump in investment activity compared with the prior week. Investor momentum returned strongly to the ecosystem, with multiple sectors including ecommerce, healthtech, personalised care, and edtech attracting significant allocations from both domestic and global backers as founders accelerate growth plans across markets. Leading the week’s activity was Pee Safe, the women’s hygiene and wellness brand, which secured a $32 million Series C funding round to deepen offline retail distribution, bolster brand marketing efforts, and expand across quick commerce and e-commerce marketplaces. This round was led by OrbiMed, with the investment comprising both primary capital infusion and secondary share sales by early investors a move signalling robust confidence in consumer-focused brands in India. Other notable rounds during the period included Sukino, a personalised care healthtech platform raising $31 million in a Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners alongside Rainmatter, and Emversity, an edtech startup closing a $30 million Series A led by Premji Invest with participation from Lightspeed and Z47. Together, these deals underpinned the broader rebound in startup capital deployment, particularly across high-impact sectors like healthcare and learning technologies. #StartupFunding, #IndianStartups, #InvestmentNews, #SeriesC, #SeriesB, #SeriesA, #TechEcosystem, #GrowthCapital, #FundingRound
5 days ago|by Team S
Atomic Insights, a New York-based fintech startup building money-movement and workflow automation tools for registered investment advisors (RIAs) and family offices, has closed a $10 million seed funding round to accelerate product development and expand its platform across the wealth management sector. The company’s technology aims to simplify manual payment processes, automate treasury operations, and unify disparate systems like CRM and custodian portals into a cohesive workflow environment that reduces risk and enhances operational efficiency. The seed round was led by Aquiline Capital Partners, with participation from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and existing investors. Investors are backing Atomic Insights’ vision to modernize money movement and backend operations in an industry where advisors and family offices historically rely on manual, error-prone processes. The fresh capital will be used to deepen integrations with custodians and portfolio management systems, refine real-time treasury workflows, and fuel go-to-market expansion to support a broad base of advisory firms seeking scalable digital infrastructure. Founded in 2023 by Lucas Babbitt (CEO) and a team of experienced fintech engineers, Atomic Insights leverages real-time APIs to connect directly with custodial platforms and financial systems. This allows advisors to automate payment requests, streamline reconciliation, and deliver a more sophisticated “family CFO” experience for high-net-worth clients. The company’s emphasis on seamless integration and operational automation positions it to capture growing demand from RIAs and family offices pursuing digital transformation across back-office functions. #SeedFunding, #Fintech, #WealthTech, #StartupNews, #MoneyMovement, #WorkflowAutomation, #FinancialInfrastructure, #InvestmentTech, #APIIntegrations, #OperationalEfficiency
5 days ago|by Team S
ClickHouse, the San Francisco-based data infrastructure company specializing in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML capabilities, has successfully closed a $400 million Series D funding round at a valuation of approximately $15 billion, more than doubling its valuation from the prior year. The new capital comes amid rapid customer growth and accelerated adoption of ClickHouse Cloud, the company’s fully managed analytics service. The Series D round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, with participation from major global investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, GIC, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price Associates (advised accounts), and WCM Investment Management. The funding will be used to accelerate global expansion, enhance product development particularly for AI and unified analytical workloads and support strategic initiatives including ClickHouse’s entry into LLM observability following its acquisition of Langfuse. Founded to deliver high-performance, cost-efficient data processing for demanding workloads, ClickHouse now serves more than 3,000 customers worldwide, with annual recurring revenue growing over 250 % year-over-year. The platform’s acceleration reflects strong demand for real-time analytics infrastructure that supports both traditional BI use cases and modern AI-driven applications enabling enterprises to build scalable, low-latency data systems that underpin mission-critical services. #SeriesDFunding, #DataInfrastructure, #RealTimeAnalytics, #AI, #StartupFunding, #InvestmentNews, #TechGrowth, #CloudServices, #MachineLearning
5 days ago|by Team S
Ares Management Corporation, the global alternative investment manager, has raised approximately $7.1 billion in capital for its inaugural Credit Secondaries strategy, underscoring growing investor demand for liquidity and diversification in the private credit markets. The fundraising marks one of Ares’ largest institutional capital raises and highlights the rapid expansion of the credit secondaries segment as a standalone asset class within private markets. The session included the final closing of the Ares Credit Secondaries Fund (ACS), which secured around $4 billion in limited partner equity commitments double its original target of $2 billion-alongside affiliated vehicles and anticipated leverage to bring the total to $7.1 billion. Ares’ strategy focuses on building a diversified portfolio of predominantly senior secured, private equity-backed and floating-rate private credit portfolios across LP-led secondary transactions and continuation vehicles, capitalizing on evolving allocators’ needs for liquidity and risk-adjusted returns. Led by Head of Credit Secondaries Dave Schwartz and Co-President Blair Jacobson, Ares’ ACS strategy is part of the broader Ares Secondaries Group, which manages approximately $38 billion in secondaries assets. The success of the capital raise reflects Ares’ early-mover advantage in the credit secondaries market and a strong base of institutional support for innovative solutions that help investors rebalance private credit exposures. #CreditSecondaries, #AlternativeInvestments, #Fundraise, #PrivateCredit, #InstitutionalInvesting, #CapitalMarkets, #InvestmentNews, #Finance, #AresManagement
5 days ago|by Team S
WeLab, the pan-Asian fintech and digital banking platform headquartered in Hong Kong, has closed a $220 million Series D funding round, marking it as one of the largest digital banking capital raises in Asia in 2025 and the biggest fundraising round in the company’s history. The strategic financing includes a mix of equity and debt, reflecting strong investor confidence in WeLab’s vision to scale innovative financial services across the region. The Series D round attracted participation from a diverse group of new and existing institutional and strategic investors, including Prudential Hong Kong Ltd, Fubon Bank (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC), TOM Group, Allianz X, and HSBC. The capital will support WeLab’s expansion into Southeast Asian markets, strengthen its digital banking leadership in Hong Kong and Indonesia, and back strategic initiatives including technology enhancements, broader product offerings, and potential mergers and acquisitions. This funding also aligns with WeLab’s AI-first strategy, which aims to develop advanced AI agents and hyper-personalization capabilities across its digital banking ecosystem. Founded in 2013 and operating multiple digital financial brands such as WeLab Bank in Hong Kong and Bank Saqu in Indonesia, WeLab serves more than 70 million retail users and 700 enterprise clients with lending, banking, and financial technology solutions. With this latest capital infusion, the company plans to accelerate customer acquisition, diversify its product ecosystem, and capture growth opportunities in fast-growing Southeast Asian markets where digital finance adoption continues to rise. #SeriesDFunding, #Fintech, #DigitalBanking, #AI, #StartupFunding, #InvestmentNews, #GrowthStrategy, #AsiaTech, #SoutheastAsia, #BankingInnovation
6 days ago|by Team S
JetZero, a Long Beach, California-based aerospace startup developing a next-generation all-wing commercial aircraft, has successfully closed $175 million in a Series B funding round to advance its innovative aircraft design and accelerate the path toward first flight and future commercial service. The capital infusion underscores robust investor confidence in JetZero’s mission to reshape aviation with more fuel-efficient and sustainable aircraft. The Series B round was led by B Capital, with participation from United Airlines Ventures, Northrop Grumman, 3M Ventures, RTX Ventures, and other strategic and institutional investors. This financing will be deployed to accelerate development of JetZero’s full-size Demonstrator prototype engineered to deliver significant aerodynamic and efficiency improvements over traditional tube-and-wing aircraft and support ongoing research, testing, and manufacturing planning as the company pushes toward its 2027 flight goal. Founded in 2020 by aerospace and technology veterans including Tom O’Leary (CEO) and Mark Page (CTO), JetZero is pioneering a blended-wing-body aircraft platform that aims to reduce fuel consumption and emissions while creating a compelling passenger experience. The company’s Z4 design promises up to 30% improved aerodynamic efficiency and is part of a broader strategy to help the aviation industry meet long-term sustainability goals while supporting future commercial service. #SeriesBFunding, #AerospaceInnovation, #SustainableAviation, #StartupNews, #FundingRound, #AircraftTech, #BlendedWingBody, #VentureCapital, #JetZero, #Aviation
6 days ago|by Team S
PumPumPum, a Gurugram-based corporate mobility and vehicle leasing startup, has raised ₹18 crore in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its technology-led leasing ecosystem. The company has evolved from its origins in used-car leasing into a full-stack B2B and B2B2C mobility solutions provider, offering leasing across new, used, and electric vehicles for corporate clients, SMEs, MSMEs and fleet operators in major Indian metro markets. The pre-Series A round was led by LC Nueva, with participation from Mufin Green Finance and Anupam Finserv. PumPumPum plans to deploy the fresh funds to accelerate development of its asset-light fintech platform, strengthen OEM and dealer partnerships across new, used and EV segments, expand employee leasing and B2B2C partnerships, deepen its presence in metro markets, and scale technology, sales and customer success operations. Co-founded by Tarun Lawadia and Sameer Kalra, PumPumPum operates a proprietary fintech infrastructure that enables banks and non-bank lenders to deploy capital seamlessly while the company manages the complete vehicle lifecycle - from sourcing to maintenance, health monitoring and resale. Over six years of execution, the startup has built deep operational expertise in employee leasing and business vehicle solutions, managing over 1,000 vehicles and crossing ₹100 crore in assets under management (AUM) while growing at approximately 70 % year-on-year. #PreSeriesA, #StartupFunding, #CorporateMobility, #AssetLight, #Fintech, #VehicleLeasing, #TechStartups, #Innovation, #MobilitySolutions
6 days ago|by Team S
VoiceRun, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based enterprise technology startup building a full-stack Voice AI platform, has closed a $5.5 million seed funding round to accelerate product development and go-to-market expansion for its code-first voice agent foundry. The company’s platform enables businesses to build, deploy, and scale custom AI-powered voice agents that can handle speech-to-text, large language models, text-to-speech, and enterprise tooling with control and security appropriate for production environments. The seed round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from RRE Ventures and Link Ventures. This financing will be deployed to enhance VoiceRun’s developer-focused tooling, support enterprise adoption across industries such as restaurant tech, insurance, banking, and telecommunications, and strengthen enterprise-grade features including deployment flexibility in public cloud, customer VPCs, or on-premises environments. Investors pointed to the expanding opportunity for voice AI platforms as enterprises move beyond pilot use cases toward scalable, production deployments. VoiceRun was co-founded by Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja, combining deep expertise in machine learning, enterprise software, and developer tooling. With the new funding, the company plans to grow its engineering, sales, and customer success teams while continuing to refine its orchestration layer that bridges speech technologies and AI models, helping teams ship robust voice-enabled applications faster and with greater control. #SeedFunding, #VoiceAI, #EnterpriseTech, #AIStartups, #MachineLearning, #SaaS, #DeveloperTools, #FundingRound, #StartupNews, #TechInnovation
6 days ago|by Team S
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