Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects |

Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from…

Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US |

Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, said on Wednesday it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding…

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges |

6:20 AM PDT · July 21, 2026 Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy on Tuesday said it had raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding…

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe |

AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that can deliver freight, comparing prices, and messaging the vendor to organizing…

Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers |

AIinfrastructure company Infinityannounced a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation on Monday from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, andresearchersfrom companiessuch as OpenAI…

AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M |

In Brief Posted: 9:08 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile…

Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you |

The race to build the next AI interface is crowded with startups. The Sandbar ring, Plaud’s AI pin and desktop notetaker, and Pocket’s credit card-sized…

Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M |

In Brief Posted: 12:46 PM PDT · July 15, 2026 Neko Health, the body-scanning and health assessment startup founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above,…

Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits |

A number of companies, betting on various architectural approaches, are trying to build the first commercially viable quantum computer capable of significantly outperforming current systems.…

Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users |

The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells TechCrunch.…