Comp AI raises $34M Series A to automate security compliance
Cybersecurity startup Comp AI raised a $34 million Series A led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures to build an agentic platform for security and compliance work.
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809 storiesIceland's Treble raises $18M to simulate sound for AI and hardware makers
Iceland-based startup Treble raised an $18 million extension of its Series A to build a physics-based sound simulation platform used by voice AI labs, robotics companies, and consumer hardware makers.
Noise raises $5.5M to turn everyday people into paid content creators
Marketing platform Noise, which pays ordinary people per view to create branded content, raised a $5.5 million seed round, bringing its total funding to $7.2 million.
Fluxnium says the ocean holds 50,000 years or so of nuclear fuel
Clean tech startup Fluxnium has raised $7 million to commercialize technology that extracts uranium from seawater, a resource it says could supply nuclear fuel for roughly 50,000 years.
Hang Ten, ex-Infosys CEO's AI startup, raises another $53M
Hang Ten Systems, founded by ex-Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, raised $53 million more just five weeks after its $32 million seed, reaching $85 million total.
Health benefits startup Thatch hits $1B valuation as costs surge
Thatch, a platform that helps employers offer individual health plans, raised $108 million at a $1 billion valuation, up from $410 million 17 months ago.
AEO startup Profound raises $180M Series D at $1.8B valuation
Profound, which helps brands appear in AI search results, raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation less than seven months after its $96 million Series C.
Wonder and DoorDash strike $425M in deals as ghost-kitchen chain expands
DoorDash will acquire Wonder's Grubhub Campus Dining business for $300 million and add $125 million to Wonder's $650 million Series D, as the Marc Lore-founded food company keeps building out its delivery empire.
Women's health startup Evvy raises $40M to expand microbiome research
Evvy, which sells an at-home vaginal microbiome test, raised a $40 million Series B to build a broader dataset linking microbiome biology to fertility, gynecological cancer, and other health outcomes.
Startup AIUC raises $40M to certify AI agents like a SOC 2 for safety
AIUC, founded by an early Anthropic employee and a former METR COO, raised a $40 million Series A to run enterprise AI agents through a safety-certification standard modeled on the cybersecurity audit SOC 2.
Italian cybersecurity startup Exein hits $1.7B valuation on physical-AI bet
Rome-based Exein has raised $270 million at a $1.7 billion valuation, betting that securing physical AI devices — from robots to self-driving cars — is the next chapter after its original IoT security focus.
OpenAI reportedly buys camera-tech startup Glass Imaging for over $300M+
OpenAI has bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging in a deal worth over $300 million, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The 9 startups VCs are buzzing about from YC's latest Demo Day
Investors named nine standout startups from Y Combinator's latest Demo Day, a batch TechCrunch says skewed more toward deep tech than in past years, with one VC describing the ideas as feeling "like science fiction."
Khosla Ventures opens its first office outside Silicon Valley, in New York
Khosla Ventures is opening its first-ever office outside Sand Hill Road, a New York outpost on 14th Street expected to open this fall, partner Keith Rabois confirmed.
Collaborative Fund takes a stake in D.C. United, following Thrive's lead into sports
Collaborative Fund, a roughly $1 billion venture firm, is taking a stake in MLS club D.C. United and its stadium, Audi Field, becoming the latest VC firm to follow Thrive Capital into pro sports ownership.
Furo's founders left Silicon Valley — and it's paying off
Furo, a German industrial battery-storage startup founded by three 28-year-olds who left Silicon Valley, has raised $4 million and signed enterprise clients including Deutsche Bahn within a year.
The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE
Elon Musk's Boring Company raised a $3 billion Series D round led by the United Arab Emirates, pushing its valuation to $23 billion.
Bending Spoons buys Miro for $1.36B, a 90% cut from 2022
Bending Spoons is buying workplace-collaboration platform Miro for $1.36 billion in cash, about 90% less than the $17.5 billion valuation Miro commanded in late 2021.
Mach Industries doubles valuation to $3.7 billion in three months
Defense-tech startup Mach Industries raised $600 million in a Series C extension, doubling its valuation to $3.7 billion in just three months.
Listen Labs scrapped a $1.5B round amid Salesforce talks
Listen Labs walked away from a signed $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation as it held acquisition talks with Salesforce.