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India startup funding update from Aug 10 to Sep 4, 2026, covering big rounds, AI deals, EV startups, D2C brands and founders to watch.
Creator technology startup Creedom has raised Rs 4.1 crore in seed funding at a valuation of Rs 42 crore, as it seeks to develop its AI-powered platform for content creators and expand in the US. The round included investments from Leigh Hopkins, a former executive vice-president and regional CEO at Walmart; Ravi Iyer; Raghunandan G, founder and CEO of Zolve; and Kartheeswaran KK, co-founder and CEO of Ninjacart. Startup Singam also participated in the funding. Creedom said the funding will be used to strengthen its product for creators in India, expand its presence in the US and further develop its AI capabilities. Founded by Naveen Murugan, Naveen Sowriraj and Aswin Dhananjai Krishnaswamy, Creedom began as a learning platform for content creators. The startup said the earlier platform reached more than 150,000 creators in India before it rebuilt its offering around personalised content insights. The platform connects to creators' Instagram and YouTube accounts and analyses their content and performance data. It uses the information to identify trends, suggest what creators could post next and explain why particular pieces of content performed well or poorly. The insights are delivered through Cree, Creedom's AI companion, which allows creators to interact with their performance information through a conversational interface rather than relying on conventional analytics dashboards. “Most creators are not short of effort; they are short of somebody in the room with them who knows their account as well as they do,” Murugan said. He said the startup aimed to provide that support as creators script, shoot, publish and analyse their content. According to Creedom, it was recognised as an Official Meta Tech Partner and YouTube Official Partner on 20 December 2025. The startup said its connections to Instagram and YouTube use the platforms' approved APIs, allowing it to analyse account and channel performance data. The funding comes as AI plays a growing role in creators' workflows. Adobe's 2026 Creators' Toolkit Report found that 96% of creators in India who use creative AI said it had accelerated the growth of their business or audience, while 85% described the technology as integrated into or essential to how they work.
Snehal Antani cofounded Horizon3, an AI hacking venture. He credits his experience in helping him navigate a funding downturn and the SVB collapse.
The week’s funding deals, beyond the usual headline-grabbers. From space infrastructure and aerospace to clean air, EV charging and AI for creators, here are some of the more interesting companies that raised capital this week.
This week, 25 Indian startups raised $303.7 million across five growth-stage deals, 16 early-stage deals and three undisclosed rounds. The week also saw seven key hires, four mergers and acquisitions, two startup shutdowns and 250 layoffs. In contrast, 24 startups had collectively secured about $218.7 million in the previous week. [ Growth-stage deals ] Growth-stage startups raised $201.9 million across five deals this week. Digital banking startup Slice led the funding with a $100 million round at a $450 million valuation, led by Neo Wealth with participation from Kado Global, Moore Strategic Ventures and Raise Financial. Wearable tech startup Ultrahuman has raised $70 million in a round led by Qualcomm Ventures, with participation from Labcorp, Alpha Wave, Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Alteria and other investors. D2C skincare brand SUGAR Cosmetics has raised Rs 144.5 crore ($15.2 million) from existing investor A91 Partners at a valuation of Rs 755 crore, down 75% from its last valuation of Rs 3,000 crore. Homegrown sneaker brand Comet has raised around Rs 100 crore in its Series B round led by Belgium-based investment firm Verlinvest. Pune-based deeptech company Aeron Systems has raised Rs 45 crore ($4.7 million) in a Pre-Series B funding round [ Early-stage deals ] Early-stage startups raised $101.8 million across 16 deals this week. BaaS provider Yuma Energy raised $35 million in Series A funding led by Magna International, while NextGen Finance raised Rs 215 crore led by Beams Fintech Fund. Consumer health startup Cradlewise raised $12 million in Series A funding led by 3one4 Capital and Prudent Investment Management. Space infrastructure startup Kepler Aerospace raised $8 million in seed funding led by Blue Ashva Capital. Former Google AI lead Prashant Jalan launched Guickly with $4.2 million in seed funding led by Engineering Capital. Deeptech startup Zenergize Technologies also raised $4 million in Pre-Series A funding led by Giraffe Studios. Other startups that raised funding this week included deeptech firms Zenergize Technologies, Minimac Systems and Alteon, along with indoor air-quality company YOGa Clean Air and six other startups. Voice-first AI tutoring platform YoLearn.ai, English learning app SpeakX, neurotechnology startup Neurotech and deeptech firm BQP also raised funding this week, with amounts undisclosed. [ City and segment-wise deals ] Bengaluru led the funding charts with 14 startup deals during the week, followed by Delhi-NCR with five. Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad also recorded deals. Deeptech startups led the sectors with five deals, followed by healthtech and AI with four deals each. E-commerce bagged 3 deals during the week while Fintech and edtech startups recorded two deals each, while e-commerce, EV, spacetech, manufacturing and other sectors also saw funding activity. [ Series-wise deals ] Series A rounds led the week with 8 deals, followed by Series A and pre-seed rounds with five deals and four deals respectively. Series D, Series B, Pre-Series A, Series C and pre-Series B also recorded one deal each during the week. [ Week-on-week funding trend ] On a weekly basis, startup funding surged over 39% to $303.7 million from $218.7 million raised in the previous week. The average weekly funding over the past eight weeks stood at around $218.25 million across 20 deals. [ Key Hirings / Departures ] This week, Bengaluru-based digital healthcare platform MediBuddy appointed Shalabh Shrivastava as its Head of Operations to strengthen processes and technology-led execution. Fintech platform Pine Labs also appointed Jayaram Karthik, former SVP of Business Operations at Razorpay, as its chief operations officer. Wingify has appointed Mehernaz Dalal as its chief financial officer. Boldfit has appointed former Lenskart chief business officer Oliver Kaye as its chief operating officer. Enterprise SaaS company Genefied has appointed Neha Lakhwara as Head of Investor Relations and Strategy. Technology-led credit inclusion platform BankSathi has appointed Nitish Kumar Bugalia as co-founder and chief operating officer. [ Mergers and Acquisitions ] Gurugram-based insurtech startups InsuranceDekho and RenewBuy have merged to create a unified pan-India insurance distribution platform under the InsuranceDekho brand, with founder and CEO Ankit Agrawal leading the combined entity. Bengaluru-based travel-fintech platform Niyo has agreed to acquire Capital India Finance’s forex and cross-border business, operated under the RemitX brand. The deal will bring RemitX’s branch network, distribution partners, employees and brand under Niyo. Adobe has picked up India based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving the licensing of its technology and acquisition of its team. This is Adobe’s second acquisition from India. Cloud-based lending platform Lenra AI has acquired Israel-based data science company Data Harbor in an undisclosed deal. Founded by Ephraim Goldin, Data Harbor provides real-time data consolidation, predictive analytics and data science services, with the acquisition aimed at strengthening Lenra’s Intelligence Stack and automation across the lending lifecycle. [ Layoffs ] Uber is set to lay off around 200-250 employees in India as part of a global restructuring, with cuts expected across its People and Earners teams, according to an ET report. Globally, the company is eliminating around 3,300 roles, or 10% of its workforce, in its largest workforce reduction since the Covid-19 pandemic. Eternal, the parent company of Zomato and Blinkit, is set to lay off around 250 employees as part of a restructuring of its customer support operations. [ Shutdown ] Gurugram-based e-grocery startup Satvacart has shut down after 12 years, with August 28 marking its last day of operations. The shutdown follows years of funding challenges, with smaller capital tranches proving insufficient to rebuild and scale the business. [ Financial results this week ] [ New launches and partnerships ] ▪️ Swiggy’s CREW forays into travel with an always-on concierge app ▪️ Swiggy and Hero MotoCorp announce strategic partnership to strengthen delivery partners across India ▪️ Scapia Pay Launches biometric authentication for PIN-free UPI payments ▪️ MapmyIndia Mappls partners with ClarityX to launch ‘Geo-FI’ ▪️ Flipkart enters microdrama space with short form content on app [ News flash this week ] ▪️ Investors cash out over $2.77 Bn from Indian tech stocks in August ▪️ Unacademy closes UpGrad deal at $200 Mn ▪️ UPI hits new record with 24.51 Bn transactions in August ▪️ TVS retains EV two-wheeler lead in August as market declines 11% ▪️Flipkart Minutes’ order value nears Blinkit’s: UBS ▪️Rentomojo files RHP for Rs 1,256 Cr IPO; targets Rs 4,200 Cr valuation [ Summary ] On a weekly basis, startup funding surged over 39% to $303.7 million from $218.7 million raised in the previous week. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded its highest-ever monthly transaction volume in August 2026, processing 24.51 billion transactions worth Rs 29.82 lakh crore, according to NPCI data. Transaction volume rose 3.6% MoM and 22% YoY, while transaction value declined 0.2% MoM but grew 20% YoY. UPI processed an average 791 million transactions worth Rs 96,205 crore daily during the month. India’s electric two-wheeler industry recorded an 11% month-on-month decline in August to 1.82 lakh units from 2.05 lakh units in July, with most major players witnessing a steep drop. TVS Motor retained the top spot with 48,873 registrations and a 27.04% market share, despite a 12.45% MoM decline. Indian new-age companies saw substantial secondary market activity in August, with 17 block and bulk deals worth Rs 26,337 crore ($2.77 billion) across 12 companies, including Lenskart, Groww, Meesho, Eternal and Paytm. The activity was largely driven by early-stage investors and promoters offloading their holdings, while mutual funds, insurers and global institutional investors emerged as key buyers. CREW, the premium concierge platform from the Swiggy ecosystem, has entered the travel space with a dedicated personal travel concierge offering for avid travellers. The platform plans, books and curates journeys end to end, from discovery to on-site assistance. The move follows a year of learnings since CREW’s launch, with travel emerging as the category seeing the strongest demand for seamless, end-to-end convenience. Swiggy and Hero MotoCorp have partnered to offer delivery partners exclusive pricing on Hero models, customised financing solutions with up to 90% LTV and competitive interest rates. The partnership will also provide road safety training under Hero MotoCorp’s Ride Safe India initiative, covering safe riding practices, traffic rules, hazard anticipation and emergency response. India’s leading travel fintech platform has launched biometric authentication for UPI payments on Scapia Pay, allowing users to authenticate transactions below Rs 10,000 through a fingerprint or face scan instead of entering their bank-linked UPI PIN. Payments are verified using Face ID on iOS and fingerprint recognition on Android, making transactions faster and more secure. MapmyIndia Mappls, in partnership with AI-driven data analytics firm ClarityX, has launched Geo-FI, a comprehensive geo-intelligence platform for lending. The platform integrates spatial insights into the lending process to help BFSI companies assess borrower risk and identify opportunities. Edtech major Unacademy has been acquired by UpGrad for just over $200 million, marking a 94% decline from its peak valuation of around $3.4 billion in 2021. Unacademy cofounder and CEO Gaurav Munjal confirmed the deal, noting that the company had raised funds at its peak but is now being sold at a fraction of that valuation.
India’s startup funding market opened September on a softer note, extending its decline for a second straight week. Between August...
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Coefficient Giving now deploys over $400 million yearly into AI safety, with plans exceeding $1 billion in 2026. As Anthropic and OpenAI approach IPOs, forecasts point to $37-100 billion in potential annual philanthropy from their ecosystems. This surge could transform risk research but raises questions about concentration and impact.
Early Investment Sudo AI Valued at Nearly $2B TAIPEI, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cherubic Ventures today announced the close of its sixth fund (Fund VI) at $68.88 million. The fund size reflects the auspicious meaning of the number eight in East Asian cultures, where it is traditionally associated with prosperity and good fortune. With this close, assets under management across the firm's six funds have surpassed US$500 million. Matt Cheng, Founder & Solo GP of Cherubic Ventures, at the firm’s 10th anniversary celebration in Taipei. Investors across all six funds include leading global institutional investors and foundations, as well as publicly listed companies, family offices, successful entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. Fund VI maintains the firm's early-stage focus, investing in AI-native companies across infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, healthcare, physical AI and robotics. Sudo AI, a robotics startup in the portfolio, has reached a valuation of nearly $2 billion two years after its founding, joining the ranks of unicorns. "After ten years, I am more certain than ever about why I chose to invest at the earliest stages," said Matt Cheng, Founder & Solo GP of Cherubic Ventures. "Working alongside exceptional founders, finding a path through uncertainty, and ultimately changing an industry is what keeps driving me." Investing Across AI, From Infrastructure to Industry Applications As AI reshapes industries, Cherubic Ventures continues to look for founders using the technology to build new products and redefine markets. Since 2024, the firm's AI-native investments have spanned infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, healthcare, physical AI and robotics. In robotics, Sudo AI was co-founded by Hao Su, a leading researcher in embodied AI and 3D vision and co-author of PointNet, and serial entrepreneur Robin Han. Its sudo R1 robotic system is trained through virtual simulation and can reliably handle objects it has never encountered without relying on real-world manipulation data. This addresses a key bottleneck to deploying robotics at scale. Cherubic Ventures was its earliest institutional investor. Cherubic Ventures is also an early investor in Entire, the developer platform founded by former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. The company raised US$60 million earlier this year, the largest seed round ever for a developer tools startup. While Fund VI is still at an early stage, its portfolio companies have already raised more than $500 million in subsequent funding. Other notable investments include AI-powered patent technology platform Patlytics, along with healthcare and drug development companies Max AI, Generation Lab and therapiAI. A Decade Alongside Founders, Supporting the Next Generation Founded in 2015, Cherubic Ventures was among the first venture firms in the world to adopt the solo GP model. It has invested in more than 200 companies globally, with early investments including Hims & Hers, Flexport, Calm, Paidy, 91APP and Astranis. Across its portfolio, Cherubic Ventures has been the earliest institutional investors in dozens of companies that went on to become unicorns. Hims & Hers is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and 91APP on the Taipei Exchange, while Paidy was acquired by PayPal for US$2.7 billion. Fund VI marks the beginning of Cherubic Ventures' second decade. "The past ten years have made me more certain that believing in founders before the answers are clear, and backing them through uncertainty, is at the heart of early-stage investing," Cheng said. "In the next decade, we will continue to 'Stay Early' and work with the most exceptional founders to build the future we want to see." About Cherubic Ventures Founded in 2015, Cherubic Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital firm that started in Taipei and has built a strong presence in the U.S. market. The firm backs outstanding founders from day one and was among the first venture firms in the world to adopt the solo GP model. Notable investments include Hims & Hers, Calm, Flexport, 91APP, Paidy, Formation Bio and Astranis. To date, Cherubic Ventures has invested in more than 200 startups and brings together more than 500 founders and investors in a distinctive global community.
Agrani Labs is being valued at around $160-200 million during the ongoing negotiations with Peak XV and 360 One for a new $50 million round. Ananant Systems is in talks to raise around $5 million in a fresh round of funding from the Uttar Pradesh government and the RDI fund, sources told Moneycontrol.
Early Investment Sudo AI Valued at Nearly $2B TAIPEI, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cherubic Ventures today announced the close of its sixth fund (Fund VI) at $68.88 million. The fund size reflects the auspicious meaning of the number eight in East Asian cultures, where it is...
Early Investment Sudo AI Valued at Nearly $2B TAIPEI , Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cherubic Ventures today announced the close of its sixth fund (Fund VI) at $68.88 million. The fund size reflects the auspicious meaning of the number eight in East Asian cultures, where it is traditionally associated with prosperity and good fortune. With this close, assets under management across the firm's six funds have surpassed US$500 million. Matt Cheng, Founder & Solo GP of Cherubic Ventures, at the firm’s 10th anniversary celebration in Taipei. Investors across all six funds include leading global institutional investors and foundations, as well as publicly listed companies, family offices, successful entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. Fund VI maintains the firm's early-stage focus, investing in AI-native companies across infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, healthcare, physical AI and robotics. Sudo AI , a robotics startup in the portfolio, has reached a valuation of nearly $2 billion two years after its founding, joining the ranks of unicorns. "After ten years, I am more certain than ever about why I chose to invest at the earliest stages," said Matt Cheng, Founder & Solo GP of Cherubic Ventures. "Working alongside exceptional founders, finding a path through uncertainty, and ultimately changing an industry is what keeps driving me." Investing Across AI, From Infrastructure to Industry Applications As AI reshapes industries, Cherubic Ventures continues to look for founders using the technology to build new products and redefine markets. Since 2024, the firm's AI-native investments have spanned infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, healthcare, physical AI and robotics. In robotics, Sudo AI was co-founded by Hao Su, a leading researcher in embodied AI and 3D vision and co-author of PointNet, and serial entrepreneur Robin Han. Its sudo R1 robotic system is trained through virtual simulation and can reliably handle objects it has never encountered without relying on real-world manipulation data. This addresses a key bottleneck to deploying robotics at scale. Cherubic Ventures was its earliest institutional investor. Cherubic Ventures is also an early investor in Entire , the developer platform founded by former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. The company raised US$60 million earlier this year, the largest seed round ever for a developer tools startup. While Fund VI is still at an early stage, its portfolio companies have already raised more than $500 million in subsequent funding. Other notable investments include AI-powered patent technology platform Patlytics , along with healthcare and drug development companies Max AI , Generation Lab and therapiAI . A Decade Alongside Founders, Supporting the Next Generation Founded in 2015, Cherubic Ventures was among the first venture firms in the world to adopt the solo GP model. It has invested in more than 200 companies globally, with early investments including Hims & Hers , Flexport , Calm , Paidy , 91APP and Astranis . Across its portfolio, Cherubic Ventures has been the earliest institutional investors in dozens of companies that went on to become unicorns. Hims & Hers is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and 91APP on the Taipei Exchange, while Paidy was acquired by PayPal for US$2.7 billion. Fund VI marks the beginning of Cherubic Ventures' second decade. "The past ten years have made me more certain that believing in founders before the answers are clear, and backing them through uncertainty, is at the heart of early-stage investing," Cheng said. "In the next decade, we will continue to 'Stay Early' and work with the most exceptional founders to build the future we want to see." About Cherubic Ventures Founded in 2015, Cherubic Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital firm that started in Taipei and has built a strong presence in the U.S. market. The firm backs outstanding founders from day one and was among the first venture firms in the world to adopt the solo GP model. Notable investments include Hims & Hers, Calm, Flexport, 91APP, Paidy, Formation Bio and Astranis. To date, Cherubic Ventures has invested in more than 200 startups and brings together more than 500 founders and investors in a distinctive global community.
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Much of the conversation about African venture capital in the last three years has been about what it lacks. Funding is down from its 2021-2022 peak. Exits are scarce. Small cheques that grow companies have thinned out, and startups with strong teams and revenue have shut down. But Eloho Omame, a partner at TLcom Capital, [...]
Funding will accelerate pilot-scale production of lithium-6 and lithium-7 isotopes, strengthening a critical domestic supply chain for next-generation energy technologies. SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Molten Salt Solutions, Inc. (MSS), a New Mexico-based company with a...
CITY, Country, 2026-08-31 — /EPR Network/ —The Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) at the Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, today conducted a two-hour workshop [read full press release...]
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On Monday, the network announced a $1.6 million seed round from top players in the media ecosystem, including Powerhouse Capital, Axel Springer SE (which owns Business Insider and Politico), the popular media publication LadBible, and angel investors from OpenAI and DeepMind. With this fresh capital, the network is announcing its largest expansion yet.
Southeast Asia’s startup story is usually told through ride-hailing, fintech, and e-commerce. But a quieter, stranger, and potentially more consequential sector is taking shape in the region’s labs, farms, and hospitals: biotech. Founders are using fermentation to turn waste into biomaterials, growing seafood and fat from cells, building AI tools for cancer care and heart [...] The post The 27 SEA biotech firms betting on cells, fermentation, and code appeared first on e27 .
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Opus 5 pushed the intelligence frontier forward, Atoms brought AI deeper into the physical world, and the rest of the week revealed the infrastructure, capital, and security challenges forming around
BitcoinWorld Prentis, AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus, seeks $100M at $1B valuation to automate office work Prentis, a new AI research lab focused on computer-use models, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The startup, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das alongside LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga founder Marc Pincus, launched in April with the goal of [...] This post Prentis, AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus, seeks $100M at $1B valuation to automate office work first appeared on BitcoinWorld .
Sydney startup BlueNexus raises A$2.0M seed to power its agent management platform: a 20-minute no-code wizard to build, run and monetise AI agents.
Founded in 2022 by CEO Marc Austin, a Cisco networking veteran, Hedgehog develops open-source software designed to make private AI data centers operate more like hyperscale clouds. Read More
The economic development efforts of StartUpNV continue to support the growth of Nevada’s startup ecosystem, and its affiliated venture capital fund, the 1864 Fund has now raised and invested $10 million in eight companies. Created to invest primarily in highly scalable startups with at least $500,000 in sales in the western region of the United [...] The post The 1864 Fund, a Nevada-Based Seed-Stage Venture Capital Fund, Completes Deployment of Its $10 Million Fund Across Eight Companies appeared first on Nevada Business Magazine .
Vieu, a Seattle startup founded by former Microsoft leaders, launched its "Business Graph" — a live map of business relationships built from observed signals like shared work history and board affiliations, rather than the self-reported connections on LinkedIn. Read More
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 7/14/2026 featuring funding details for Cover Genius, SONATA, and much more.
Great header — deep navy/steel blue background, sky blue accent ("US VENTURE CAPITAL" line), warm golden/amber from the skyline and flag, white for main text. Let me pull the US data and build it.Ran 3 commands, searched the webRan 3 commands, searched the webGood — Baseten verified at $1.5B. Now building the report.Created a file, read a fileCreated a file, read a fileThe US report is done. Palette is deep navy #0a1628 / sky blue #4a9fd4 / soft blue accents — pulled directly from the flag/skyline image, no pink or teal anywhere. Key figures: $19.27B across 429 companies, 46 rounds of $100M+, AI at 59.8% of all capital. California at 47.9%, New York at 24.6%. Editorial angle is the inference layer as a standalone asset class, with Baseten + Groq raising $2.15B between them in a single month. Two things to flag before publishing: Methodology note still references Crunchbase rather than the proprietary index — that's intentional for the US report since the index is NYC-only. Confirm you're happy with that. NinjaOne and Generalist AI both raised $400M and technically tie with Suno and Ionic Digital for 9th/10th. I dropped them into the footnote rather than expanding the table to 12, but let me know if you'd rather include all four in the table. Us vc report june 2026Code · HTML can you generate the report for the US for June 2025. here is the header image so align the color scheme to itI think you mean June 2026 (we just built that). Did you mean to ask for the US report for a different month, or did the file just send again by mistake? Just confirm and I'll get it sorted.i need a killer 3-4 line excerpt for this used to promote the piece online and in our daily emailUS venture capital hit $19.27 billion across 429 companies in June 2026, the highest single-month total of the year and a market defined by one overriding theme: AI infrastructure. Baseten raised $1.5 billion at a $13 billion valuation to serve over a billion AI inference calls per day, Groq raised $650 million for custom inference chips, and AI-focused startups collectively absorbed 59.8% of all venture dollars deployed nationally. With 46 companies raising $100 million or more and New York capturing a record 24.4% of national funding, June made clear that the race to own the AI stack is the dominant force shaping American venture capital in 2026.how do y9ou know its the single highest total of the yearYou're right to flag that — I don't know that. I only have the June data in front of me; I haven't seen January through May US totals to make that claim. Let me fix it: US venture capital hit $19.27 billion across 429 companies in June 2026, with AI infrastructure emerging as the dominant force shaping American startup funding. Baseten raised $1.5 billion at a $13 billion valuation to serve over a billion AI inference calls per day, Groq raised $650 million for custom inference chips, and AI-focused startups collectively absorbed 59.8% of all venture dollars deployed nationally. With 46 companies raising $100 million or more and New York capturing a record 24.4% of national funding, June made clear that the race to own the AI stack is the defining investment theme of 2026.our convention is to use B and M not billion and milion US venture capital hit $19.27 billion across 429 companies in June 2026, with AI infrastructure emerging as the dominant force shaping American startup funding. Baseten raised $1.5 billion at a $13 billion valuation to serve over a billion AI inference calls per day, Groq raised $650 million for custom inference chips, and AI-focused startups collectively absorbed 59.8% of all venture dollars deployed nationally. With 46 companies raising $100 million or more and New York capturing a record 24.4% of national funding, June made clear that the race to own the AI stack is the defining investment theme of 2026.US venture capital hit $19.27B across 429 companies in June 2026, with AI infrastructure emerging as the dominant force shaping American startup funding. Baseten raised $1.5B at a $13B valuation to serve over 1 billion AI inference calls per day, Groq raised $650M for custom inference chips, and AI-focused startups collectively absorbed 59.8% of all venture dollars deployed nationally. With 46 companies raising $100M or more and New York capturing a record 24.4% of national funding, June made clear that the race to own the AI stack is the defining investment theme of 2026.
LimX Dynamics secured $200M at a $2.21B valuation while Unitree cleared a fast-tracked Shanghai IPO. Chinese humanoid startups raised $6.95B in Q2 alone as over 100 firms chase listings amid surging competition. Morgan Stanley forecasts 50,000 shipments this year but warns of a looming shakeout. The technology has cleared basic hurdles yet real commercial traction still lies ahead.
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eNLife Research raises ₹6 crore in a seed round led by Piper Serica to develop an AI-powered blood test for early Alzheimer's detection.
Bengaluru-based deeptech startup eNLife Research has raised ₹6 crore in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica VC Fund to accelerate the development of its AI-powered blood biomarker platform for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The fresh capital will be used to expand the company’s research and development team, validate [...]
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Deep tech startup eNLife Research has raised Rs 6 crore in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica VC Fund. The proceeds will be deployed to build and validate its blood based biomarker platform, expand its Bengaluru based R&D team, and take its first diagnostic assay from prototype to clinical grade validation, eNLife said in a press release. Co-founded in 2025 by Deepak Kumaran Nair, Jojo Jacob, and Anish Mathew, eNLife Research is a deep tech startup building affordable, AI powered diagnostic platforms to detect Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases years before clinical symptoms appear. The Bengaluru based startup combines highly sensitive biomarker detection from accessible body fluids with machine learning to identify the earliest biological signatures of disease onset. eNLife says it is working with leading Indian research institutions to build a diagnostic platform designed specifically around Indian genetic and lifestyle risk profiles, with the broader goal of making early neurodegenerative disease detection accessible, scalable, and affordable. The startup is currently collaborating with researchers associated with leading institutions, including IISc, NIMHANS, TIFR Hyderabad, and CBR Bengaluru, to develop India specific biomarker datasets. It expects to begin filing patents over the next 9 to 18 months across biomarker binders, diagnostic assays, and its detection platform. eNLife's test can be administered through routine diagnostic centres and is designed to deliver results within two to five hours. The company's AI engine is being trained to identify subtle correlations between these biomarkers, helping detect early signs of disease progression years before clinical symptoms emerge.
YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
Dairy brand Doodhvale Farms, skin health company Neothera, diagnostics platform eNLife Research, and consumer rewards platform Onpoint have raised...
The Paris-based startup spun out of non-profit AI research lab Kyutai seven months ago
Velocity raises $27M to help AI apps monetize through intent-based advertising without sacrificing user growth. Read the full article on TechAnnouncer.
AI-powered SaaS platform Kapture CX has raised $10 Mn (₹94.5 Cr) as part of its Pre-Series B round led by...
Israeli startup Arato Software Ltd. is developing tools for developers to test and evaluate their artificial intelligence applications, and it has just gotten $10 million in seed funding to pursue that goal. Today’s round was led by TLV Partners and saw participation from Jibe Ventures. Former VMware Chief Executive and now Andreessen Horowitz partner Raghu [...] The post Software testing startup Arato gets $10M to stop businesses deploying AI systems blind appeared first on SiliconANGLE .