fundraising
$1.5B
DeepSeek targets $1.5B raise at $71B valuation ahead of planned 2027 IPO
Chinese LLM developer DeepSeek is reportedly lining up a $1.5B round at a $71B valuation as a prelude to a potential 2027 public listing.
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Latest startup funding rounds tracked by CTD — seed to growth, with amounts and round types.
18deals tracked
$4.8Bvolume
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Seed
€6M
Promptwatch raises €6m seed round in AI prompt monitoring race
Promptwatch has raised a €6m seed round, adding fresh capital to the emerging category of tools that monitor and manage AI prompts in production.
Series A
€15m
Project Q raises €15m Series A as European defence tech dealflow accelerates
European defence startup Project Q has closed a €15m Series A round less than a year after its previous raise, underscoring how fast capital is now circling dual‑use technologies.
Seed
€12M
Repeat founder raises €12m seed for new startup Skalar after Klarna exit
Serial entrepreneur behind a €110m Klarna exit is back with Skalar, a new venture that just closed a €12m seed round.
fundraising
$75M+
Nous Research targets at least $75M round at $1.5B valuation for Hermes AI agents
Nous Research is working on an AI funding round of at least $75M at a reported $1.5B valuation, signaling rising investor appetite for agentic AI platforms.
fundraising
$1.8B
Helsing’s $1.8B Round Signals a New Scale for European AI Defence Funding
European AI defence startup Helsing has raised $1.8bn in fresh capital, in a landmark financing backed by heavyweight investors including Goldman Sachs and Lightspeed.
Series G
$465M
Helion Energy’s $465M Series G Signals Deep-Pocketed Bet On Fusion Power Plants
Helion Energy’s late-stage $465M round shows that investors are still writing very large checks for cleantech ventures that can plausibly deliver grid-scale energy.
fundraising
$15M
Hive banks $15m to push its ‘silicon brain’ for cheaper machine operations
Hive’s $15m raise backs a ‘silicon brain’ that promises to slash the hourly cost of running industrial machines, a signal moment for AI hardware founders.
fundraising
€411m
Proxima Fusion pulls in €411m with Google on the cap table
Fusion energy startup Proxima Fusion has raised €411m with Google among its backers, marking one of Europe’s largest private rounds in next‑generation energy tech.
Series A
$130M
Prime Intellect banks $130M Series A to put enterprise AI agents in-house
Prime Intellect, founded in 2024, has raised a $130M Series A to let enterprises train their own AI agents instead of depending on frontier AI labs.
fundraising
$300m
Lovable Targets $300m Raise at $13.2bn Valuation: What That Signals for Late-Stage Rounds
Lovable is in discussions to raise $300m at a $13.2bn valuation, a potential late-stage round that would reset expectations for growth-stage founders in a cautious market.
Seed
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Gradium’s seed haul passes $100m with fresh backing from Nvidia
Voice AI startup Gradium has extended its seed financing past the $100m mark, adding Nvidia to its cap table in a deal that underlines how hot infrastructure for speech-based AI has become.
fundraising
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SambaNova’s New $11B Valuation Raises the Bar for AI Chip Startups
AI chip company SambaNova is now valued at $11 billion after its latest funding, underscoring how aggressively investors are pricing foundational AI infrastructure.
fundraising
$65M
Ollama raises $65M to push local AI development mainstream
Ollama’s $65M fundraise underscores rising founder interest in tools that keep powerful AI models running directly on laptops and workstations.
fundraising
$100M
Lyzr’s $100M raise puts AI fundraising agents to the test
Enterprise AI agent startup Lyzr raised $100 million by having its own agent run the process, offering a live case study in what automated dealmaking might look like.
Series B
$175M
Europe’s latest defence-tech unicorn banks $175m Series B
A Europe-based defence technology startup has joined the unicorn ranks after closing a $175m Series B round, underscoring surging investor interest in dual‑use and security-focused innovation.
fundraising
€91m
QuantumDiamonds raises €91m to push diamond-based quantum tech
QuantumDiamonds has closed a €91m funding round backed by World Fund and IQ Capital, underscoring investor appetite for diamond-based quantum technology.
fundraising
$500M+
Pasqal Plots Public Debut With Over $500M Quantum SPAC Raise
French quantum startup Pasqal is heading to the public markets via a SPAC deal that could deliver more than $500m in fresh capital and a valuation jump of around 100x.