Chinese brain-computer interface startup Gestala raised $21.6M co-led by Guosheng Capital and Dalton Venture at a $100M to $200M valuation, per CEO Phoenix Peng
Elon Musk's Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are pushing forward with brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in the U.S. Meanwhile …
Nevis, which develops AI agents to automate wealth advisers' grunt work, raised a $35M Series A from Sequoia and others at a $200M valuation, after a $5M seed
Many companies are trying to replace wealth advisers with artificial intelligence, but Mark Swan's bet is that humans are here to stay.
Dublin-based cross-border payment startup NomuPay raised a $40M Series C at a $290M valuation, following a $37M Series B at a ~$200M valuation in January 2025
As global trade evolves, there's an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options.
Dublin-based NomuPay, formed in 2023 out of some of Germany-based fintech Wirecard's regional payment licenses, raised a $37M Series B at a ~$200M valuation
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WaveForms, which aims to create AI assistants that pick up on emotional cues from verbal interactions, raised a $40M seed from a16z at a $200M valuation
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WaveForms, which aims to create AI assistants that pick up on emotional cues from verbal interactions, raised a $40M seed from a16z at a $200M valuation
WaveForms wants to help people have better spoken conversations with machines. — A lead researcher behind OpenAI's voice assistant …
Coactive, which provides AI tools to categorize visual data, raised a $30M Series B co-led by Emerson Collective and Cherryrock Capital at a $200M valuation
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, which is focused on building smaller AI models, raised a $30M seed led by Lux Capital, a source says at a $200M valuation
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Finland-based Wirepas, which is building mesh IoT tech, raised $22M led by Highland Europe, a source says at a $100M to $200M valuation, and claims ~160 clients
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : LinkedIn: Cory Vanderpool LinkedIn: Cory Vanderpool : Exciting time here at Wirepas as we embrace integral support to accelerate our mission of bringing ultra reliable wi...
Sources: EvolutionaryScale, founded by members of Meta's recently axed protein-folding team to build LLMs for biology, raised a $40M+ seed at a $200M valuation
Forbes : X: @_iainmartin and @kenrickcai X: Iain Martin / @_iainmartin : Meta shuttered it's AI project focused on protein-folding in April. Now that team have raised $40m to build new biological LLM...