Rounds

AccuQuant, a fintech platform focused on AI-driven automated financial infrastructure, raised $20 million in funding.

Syneron Bio, a macrocyclic peptide drug discovery company, raised $150 million in a Series B led by an international life-science fund, with co-lead participation from Decheng Capital and CDH VGC.

Daydream, an AI-native agency for organic search combining SEO agents with human experts, raised $15 million in a Series A led by WndrCo, with participation from First Round Capital and Basis Set Ventures.

Acurion, a precision oncology company developing AI-powered cancer biomarker detection through its OncoGaze platform, raised $4.3 million in seed funding led by TK & Partners.

Omniscient, a Paris-based decision intelligence platform for boards and senior executives, raised $4.1 million in pre-seed funding led by Seedcamp.

Miravoice, a startup that uses AI voice agents to conduct long-form phone surveys, raised $6.3 million in a seed round led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Neo, 25madison and angel investors from Ramp, PubMatic, Atlassian and Google.

Anvil Robotics, a San Francisco-based hardware, software and manufacturing platform for building custom robots, raised $5.5 million in seed funding led by Matter Venture Partners.

Venture funding to foundational AI startups reached $178 billion across 24 deals in Q1 2026, doubling all of 2025's $88.9 billion, with OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI capturing the largest share, according to Crunchbase data.

Standing Ovation, a Paris-based precision fermentation startup, secured a €25 million Series B led by Bpifrance and Credit Mutuel Innovation.

Cross-border payments infrastructure startup OpenFX secured a $94 million Series A from investors including Accel, Atomico and Lightspeed Faction.

Colorado-based Ambrosia Biosciences, which focuses on metabolic disorders, raised a $100 million Series B led by Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities.

London-based AI chip developer Fractile is in talks to raise more than $200 million at a $1 billion valuation, the Financial Times reported.

Cybersecurity startup Tenex received $250 million in a round led by Crosspoint Capital at a valuation of over $1 billion.

Global venture funding reached a record $297 billion across 6,000 startups in Q1 2026, up roughly 150% year over year, with AI companies accounting for $239 billion, or 81%, of total investment, according to Crunchbase data.

Pickmybrain, a Tallinn-based startup building AI-powered digital counterparts that allow professionals to scale and monetise their expertise, raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed round backed by Raison.app and business angels.

Audicin, a Finland-based neurotechnology company developing real-time nervous system regulation tools using brainwave entrainment and auditory engineering, raised $1.9 million in funding backed by Petteri Lahtela, Virpi Tuomivaara, and Business Finland.

Whoop, which provides wearable fitness technology and a subscription platform tracking physiological data, raised $575 million in a Series G led by Collaborative Fund at a $10.1 billion valuation.

Treeline, which provides an AI-native IT operating system for managed IT, security, and compliance services, raised $25 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Also, a micromobility company spun out of Rivian that builds small electric delivery vehicles, raised $200 million in a Series C led by Greenoaks Capital, with DoorDash participating, at a valuation above $1 billion.

9fin, which provides debt market data and analytics to financial services firms, raised $170 million in a Series C led by HarbourVest at a $1.3 billion valuation.