Tagged: funding round

May 8, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prediction markets are experiencing steady growth, and Kalshi, a U.S.-based platform for event contracts, has become the latest emblem of this momentum. The company recently closed a $1 billion Series F funding round led by Coatue Management, with participation from heavyweights including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen… Read More

May 7, 2026 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Quantum Motion has raised $160 million in Series C funding. Founded in 2017, the company is a UK-based spin out from Oxford University and University College London. As the name belies, Quantum is developing quantum computers for diverse industries including finance and cybersecurity. Quantum states… Read More

May 5, 2026 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Agentic eCommerce firm ZyG has raised $60 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel. Sonali De Rycker, partner at Accel, will be joining the ZyG board of directors. Other investors include Felix Capital, as well as new and existing investors. ZyG claims… Read More

May 3, 2026 @ 12:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Trading platform Liquid has closed an $18 million seed funding round. It was co-led by Neo and Left Lane Capital, with participation from Haun Ventures, K5 Global, SV Angel, AntiFund, and Sunflower Capital, in addition to existing investors Paradigm and General Catalyst. Liquid is designed… Read More

April 27, 2026 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK-headquartered Ineffable Intelligence has raised $1.1 billion in seed funding. Ineffable Intelligence, founded in 2025 by David Silver, a former top Google DeepMind researcher, aims to beat top large language models by using “reinforcement learning” or AI training by trial-and-error/experience. In a post on X,… Read More

April 22, 2026 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Seapoint, an artificial intelligence-powered Fintech, has raised €7.5M in seed funding, according to a company statement. The funding round was led by 3Books, with participation from individual investors including Intercom co-founder Des Traynor, Mark Ransford, and Kota CEO Luke Mackey. In total, the company has… Read More

April 22, 2026 @ 1:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

OpenGradient, the compute layer for verifiable AI, this week announced $9.5 million in total funding to scale its network for open, auditable model execution. Major investors include a16z crypto, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Pragma, SALT, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Black… Read More

April 22, 2026 @ 12:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Slash Financial is now valued at $1.4 billion following a $100m Series C funding round led by Ribbit Capital. New investor Khosla Ventures and Goodwater Capital, who led Slash’s Series B 16 months ago, co-led the round. New Enterprise Associates and Y Combinator also participated… Read More

April 21, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plata, a technology-focused digital bank serving Latin America, has completed a $405 million Series C funding round. This investment values the company at $5 billion, establishing it as the most valuable privately held digital bank in Latin America. The round was spearheaded by Bicycle Capital… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Paxos Labs, the financial utility stack for digital assets incubated within Paxos, has closed a $12 million strategic funding round, led by Blockchain Capital, an early investor in Paxos, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom and Uniswap. Paxos Labs provides platforms the tools to turn… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 4:28 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Factory, an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup, has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures at a $1.5 billion valuation, underscoring continued investor appetite for enterprise AI platforms that promise to automate more of the software development process. The round… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A seemingly high-potential fintech startup called Slash, which challenges more established players like Ramp and was created by young founders, has closed a $100 million Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to $1.4 billion. Launched roughly five years ago by Victor Cardenas and Kevin… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 1:55 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Vietnam-based Farmnet, the trading arm of agricultural supply chain firm TechCoop, has secured a $11.75 million senior secured loan from Symbiotics, underscoring a growing shift among Southeast Asian startups toward alternative financing as venture capital remains tight. The facility, described as the first offshore institutional… Read More

April 17, 2026 @ 6:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SolvaPay, an AI payments platform based in Stockholm, this week announced $2.8 million in pre-seed funding to build out its new payment infrastructure platform. The funding was led by European Fintech VC Redstone and Silicon Valley-based MS&AD Ventures, with participation from Antler and Greens Ventures,… Read More

April 16, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A venture capital firm specializing in financial technology has led a $7.5 million seed funding round for an innovative startup reshaping private aviation operations. TTV Capital, with more than two decades devoted exclusively to fintech deals, took the lead on the investment in Hamilton AI…. Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the largest issuer of stablecoins in the world, has participated in the funding round of publicly listed Stablecoin Development Corporation (NYSE:SDEV). The company received $134 million in funding. Other investors included R01 Fund LP, Framework Ventures, and more. SDEV is a small firm that… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Y Combinator has executed its first-ever investment funded entirely through a stablecoin, disbursing $500,000 in USDC to Totalis, a fintech startup building advanced tools for prediction markets. This transaction, completed on the Solana blockchain and held through the financial platform Ramp, represents a milestone in… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Michael Wong  |  

Pipe, a Fintech firm offering embedded financing tools for small businesses, has raised $16 million in a funding round led by investors including Fin Capital and MaC Venture Capital, the company said. The deal marks Pipe’s first equity fundraising since it relaunched its embedded financing… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 12:54 am By Michael Wong  |  

Vietnam’s race to build a regulated crypto market is beginning to look less like a policy experiment and more like a capital test. Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange Joint Stock Company (CAEX) said it had signed investment agreements with OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital, with… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie is a tenacious participant in the investment crowdfunding sector. Founded by David Duccini in 2016 and based in the Midwest, the platform has continued to iterate and add new services as it adapts to the evolving marketplace of online capital formation. Over time,… Read More