Funding
Jul 29, 2026
Pangram Raises $9M to Scale AI Content Detection
Pangram has closed a $9 million funding round to expand its AI detection platform, launching Pangram 4 for text and a new image detection model in research preview. The startup is positioning itself at the center of a growing battle against synthetic content flooding the web.
AI
Startups
Funding
Jul 29, 2026
Freehand Raises $75M Series B for Supply Chain AI
San Francisco-based Freehand has closed a $75M Series B co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, bringing total funding to $100M. The startup deploys autonomous AI agents to manage complex supply chain spend for enterprise clients including Meta, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer — targeting back-office workflows that still run largely on manual labor.
Enterprise AI
Supply Chain
Funding
Jul 29, 2026
Dwelly Raises $170M to Double Down on Property Rollups
UK proptech startup Dwelly has secured $170m from EQT Growth and General Catalyst to continue acquiring letting agencies and embedding AI across their operations. The round signals surging investor confidence in the 'AI rollup' model — acquiring traditional businesses and transforming them with proprietary software.
Proptech
AI
Venture Capital
Jul 29, 2026
Fish Audio Lands $50M Seed for AI Voice Models
Fish Audio has closed a $50 million seed round as it scales AI voice technology for both creators and enterprise customers. The startup already counts more than 8 million users across its open-source and hosted offerings, with $21 million in annual recurring revenue. It's an unusually strong commercial signal for a seed-stage company.
AI
Startups
Voice AI
Jul 27, 2026
Beelzebub Raises €3M to Fight AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Italian cybersecurity startup Beelzebub has closed a €3M seed round led by United Ventures to scale its AI-native platform that detects and responds to threats already inside enterprise networks. The platform combines attack simulation, deception technology, and automated malware analysis to counter AI-driven attacks at machine speed.
Cybersecurity
Enterprise AI
Startups
Jul 27, 2026
Multiverse Computing Targets $570M to Shrink LLMs
Spanish quantum-AI scaleup Multiverse Computing is raising up to $570M in a new round co-led by Forgepoint Capital, BNPP SIVF, and Bullhound Capital. The raise values the company at $1.7B — a five-fold jump from its Series B — and backs its bet that LLM compression is the key to cheaper, edge-deployable AI.
Enterprise AI
Quantum Computing
Funding
Jul 24, 2026
DealMonitor: telli and Passionfroot Each Raise €15M
A busy week for European startup funding: AI phone agent telli and creator monetization platform Passionfroot each close €15 million rounds, while defense giant Lockheed Martin Ventures takes a stake in industrial tech startup Spread. Plus a €4.2M seed for EV marketplace Aampere and an acquisition in the outdoor activity space.
Funding
AI
Startups
Jul 23, 2026
Yope Raises $12.3M for an Algorithm-Free Network
Yope has closed a $12.3M seed round to build a social app centered on small, private groups rather than algorithmic feeds and creator content. The startup is betting that the next wave of social networking looks more like intimate messaging than broadcast media — and it's using AI to reinforce real-world relationships.
Startups
Social Media
AI
Jul 23, 2026
Menlo's Matt Murphy on Why Anthropic Is Winning
Anthropic hit a $47 billion revenue run rate by May 2026, up from $9 billion in 2025. Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy — who led the company's $500M Series D — says the growth trajectory is unlike anything he's seen in 25 years of investing, and the reasons go well beyond model quality.
AI
Venture Capital
Startups
Jul 22, 2026
OpenAI, Datadog Leaders Back Arrakis's $38M Raise
London-based Arrakis has emerged from stealth with $38M raised in just over three months, targeting industrial companies struggling to move from AI experimentation to real operational deployment. Backed by OpenAI's head of business products and Datadog's founder, the startup is betting that the hard part of the AI era isn't building models — it's making them work on factory floors, energy grids, and logistics networks.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 20, 2026
Hamburg's Toern Pivots to AI Returns Management
After a strategic pivot, Hamburg-based startup Toern is now focused on AI-driven returns management for e-commerce. Founder Alena Schneck explains what drove the shift, how the team avoids building features nobody asked for, and what the latest funding round means for growth.
AI
E-Commerce
Startups
Jul 20, 2026
Bezos, UK Sovereign Fund Back CuspAI's $450M Series B
Cambridge-based CuspAI has closed a $450M Series B co-led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA, with notable participation from Bezos Expeditions and the UK government-backed Sovereign AI Fund. The round values the two-year-old materials discovery startup at $2.6B — a five-fold jump in under a year. Founding partners of its new AI Materials Foundry include Nvidia, Meta, Samsung, and Hyundai.
AI
Funding
Startups
Jul 18, 2026
European Startup Roundup: Helsing, SWISSto12, More
A busy week across European tech saw defense AI firm Helsing, satellite manufacturer SWISSto12, and care-sector platform Pflegia among the standout names making moves. Here's what happened in the ecosystem during calendar week 29, 2026.
Startups
Funding
Defense Tech
Jul 17, 2026
AI Travel Agency Fora Hits Unicorn With $60M Series D
Fora has closed a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, pushing the AI-powered travel agency to a $1 billion valuation. The milestone signals growing investor confidence in AI-native approaches to the travel booking market.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 16, 2026
Juno Bio Raises $3.8M, Opens Oakland Sequencing Lab
Juno Bio has secured $3.8 million in funding and opened its first dedicated sequencing lab in Oakland, California, advancing clinically actionable vaginal microbiome testing. With over 20,000 tests sold and one of the largest vaginal microbiome data repositories in existence, the UK-founded startup is scaling a platform that aims to fix a diagnostic system where 67.5% of patients were previously misdiagnosed.
Women's Health
Biotech
Startups
Jul 15, 2026
Saible Raises £2.9M to Fix Construction's Payment Chain
UK fintech Saible has closed £2.9M in angel funding to tackle one of construction's most stubborn problems: cash getting trapped or delayed as it moves through multi-tier supply chains. Its Digital Parallel Payment Account releases funds simultaneously to all supply chain tiers, rather than trickling down contractor by contractor.
Fintech
Construction
Startups
Jul 15, 2026
Rime Raises $24M Series A for Enterprise Voice AI
Rime has closed a $24M Series A to scale its voice AI platform, which is already handling over 100 million customer calls per month across multiple enterprise clients. The funding signals growing appetite for production-grade voice infrastructure as companies move beyond chatbots to automated phone channels. Here's what the raise means for the competitive voice AI landscape.
Enterprise AI
Voice AI
Startups
Jul 15, 2026
Emergent Hits Unicorn Status With $130M Series C
Indian AI coding startup Emergent has closed a $130M Series C round, reaching unicorn valuation only a year after launch. The company reports $120M in annualized revenue and over 200,000 paying customers, marking one of the fastest unicorn trajectories in recent AI history.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 15, 2026
Oak Emerges From Stealth With $60M for AI Agent Identity
Israeli identity management startup Oak has launched out of stealth with $60 million in seed funding, targeting the growing identity chaos introduced by AI agents. Cofounded by veteran entrepreneur Shai Morag, Oak aims to fix the foundational security gaps that autonomous AI systems are rapidly exposing.
AI
Cybersecurity
Startups
Jul 14, 2026
German Funding Roundup: Project Q, Skalar, MAIA Raise
A busy week in the German startup ecosystem sees five notable deals close, spanning defense tech, tax automation, AI, and a major acquisition in the professional networking space. Here's what moved in the latest DealMonitor.
Funding
Defense Tech
AI