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Shenzhen-based Even Realities, a startup that makes smart glasses without cameras, raised a $150M pre-Series B led by Meituan and Tencent (techcrunch.com)
2026-7-6 Startup Tencent Shenzhen

Bending Spoons' Nasdaq IPO caps its 50+ deals across 10+ years that transformed the Italian startup into a highly leveraged internet company with ~$4.4B in debt (www.ft.com)
2026-7-5 Italy IPO Startup

Startup Targets Datacenters With 3D-Printed Nuclear Reactor Module (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-7-4 Startup

Source: crypto payments and settlement startup Mesh is raising funding led by Binance at a ~$2B valuation, six months after raising $75M at a $1B valuation (www.axios.com)
2026-7-3 Startup

Sources: ElevenLabs held early talks with investors on a secondary share sale for staff that would value the startup at ~$22B; it was valued at $11B in February (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-3 Startup

Global VC funding hit a record $510B in H1 2026, with OpenAI and Anthropic accounting for $217B, or 43% of the total; in Q2, VCs put $205B into 5K+ startups (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-7-2 Startup

B2B sales workspace startup Aligned raised a $60M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital, taking its total funding to $73.8M, and says it has 1,000+ customers (www.axios.com)
2026-7-2 Startup

Pie, a startup that uses AI to optimize marketing for brick-and-mortar small businesses, emerges from stealth with a $19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed (www.inc.com)
2026-7-1 Startup AI

A study of 22K US companies shows those spending most heavily on AI are adding workers faster than peers, but most gains are among tech companies and startups (www.ft.com)
2026-7-1 Startup AI

AI chip startup Etched says it has raised $800M from investors including Jane Street and a venture firm linked to TSMC, and has signed sales contracts worth $1B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1 Startup AI

Nebex, a fintech startup aiming to act as a broker platform connecting US space tech suppliers, foreign governments, and investors, raised a $30M seed led by GV (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-30 Fintech Startup

Sources: AI video startup Higgsfield is in talks to raise $300M to $500M at a $5B pre-money valuation, more than 4x its valuation in a January 2026 round (www.theinformation.com)
2026-6-30 Startup AI

AI coding startup 8090 raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; founder Chamath Palihapitiya announces that he will lead the company as CEO (techcrunch.com)
2026-6-30 Startup AI Salesforce

In Q2, there were thirteen $1B+ US venture-backed startup exits, either through acquisition or IPO, the most exits since the 2021 market peak (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-6-30 IPO Startup

Japanese prediction market startups Miraima and Poyp are utilizing a “point-to-voucher” system to bypass strict anti-gambling laws, in a bid to rival Polymarket (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-29 Japan Startup

Chinese robotics startup AI² Robotics raised ~$736M at a ~$2.9B valuation; Alibaba-backed X Square Robot raised an undisclosed amount at a ~$2.9B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-29 China Alibaba Startup AI Robot

Dealogic: Japan saw 18 IPOs in H1 2026, the lowest since 2011, despite stock market surges, partly due to Japan's lack of AI, data center, and chip startups (www.ft.com)
2026-6-29 Japan IPO Startup AI

Insurance tech startup Corgi denies accusations that it used Papermark's open source software code to develop its software and present it as its own (techcrunch.com)
2026-6-27 Startup Insurance

Despite the “DeepMind mafia” pulling billions into London AI startups, none of Demis Hassabis' former lieutenants is building a homegrown UK frontier AI model (www.ft.com)
2026-6-26 Startup AI London

Warp, a startup using AI to automate payroll compliance and employee management, raised a $60M Series B led by Battery, bringing its total funding to $85M (www.axios.com)
2026-6-26 Startup AI Battery

The US awards $250M in CHIPS funds to a startup co-founded by billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland to develop silicon-carbide chips and pulsed-power tech (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-26 Startup

Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman (www.axios.com)
2026-6-26 Startup AI

Meta's $900 million investment in an Indian startup: Why some are raising red flags (www.rt.com)
2026-6-26 India Startup

Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal (www.forbes.com)
2026-6-25 Blockchain Australia Startup

Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5B valuation, and is set for €1B+ in annual recurring revenue by year's end (www.ft.com)
2026-6-25 Startup Insurance Paris

SambaNova Executive Chairman Lip-Bu Tan says the AI chip startup is set to raise $800M to $1B, sources say at a ~$10B valuation, up from $2B in February (www.theinformation.com)
2026-6-25 Startup AI

AI creative tools startup Krea, which has raised $83M and claims to have 30M users, releases the open weights for its image model Krea 2 under a custom license (venturebeat.com)
2026-6-24 Startup AI

Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M+ registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M+ (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-6-24 Startup AI

xLight, a startup developing advanced lasers for EUV machines, told investors that it is in talks to raise $350M led by Boardman Bay and Bain Capital (www.theinformation.com)
2026-6-24 Startup

Menlo raised $3B for funds dedicated to backing AI startups, its largest haul to date; sources say Menlo's Anthropic stake is currently worth nearly $14B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-23 Startup AI

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