Venture Capital stories - Page 13

Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.

Komodor hires a new CFO and elevates its people chief to steer global expansion of its AI-driven site reliability engineering platform.

AI platform Emergent raises USD $70m Series B from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank to speed global software creation for non-coders.

Attest launches Compass, an AI co-pilot to help insight teams design surveys faster, surface key findings and craft stakeholder-ready stories.

Language learning platform Preply secures $150 million to boost AI tools and global growth, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.

Claroty secures USD $150m Series F funding to accelerate global expansion and strengthen cyber-physical systems security platform.

AI app builder Emergent raises USD $70m Series B to deepen European push, add London offices and hiring as revenue soars to USD $50m ARR.

Scurri processes 180m shipments in 2025 as eCommerce GMV hits EUR €19.2bn and its platform annualises at over 200m parcels into 2026.

NEOintralogistics secures EUR €3m seed to scale pay-per-pick warehouse robots, shifting automation from upfront capital spend to RaaS.

Preply secures USD $150m Series D from WestCap at a USD $1.2b valuation to scale its human-led, AI-backed language learning platform.

AI compliance firm ThetaRay names ex-Symphony chief Brad Levy as CEO, tasking him with scaling its Cognitive AI platform globally.

Berlin's Cloover secures USD $1.222bn to scale AI-powered financing for home solar, batteries and heat pumps across Europe.

British Business Bank pledges up to GBP £50 million to IQ Capital Fund V, reinforcing a 20-year partnership backing UK deep tech.

Airwallex acquires Korean fintech Paynuri, securing local payment and FX licences as it accelerates its expansion across Asia-Pacific hubs.

AI contract software startup Ivo secures USD $55 million Series B to speed contract review, as revenue surges 500% and UK expansion looms.

Anthropic is setting up an Australian office in Sydney as Claude adoption soars, anchoring a wider global expansion and hiring push.

AI is shrinking routine coding vacancies but boosting demand for developers who can design systems, integrate tools and think strategically.

Elyos AI raises USD $13m to grow its AI agents that answer calls, book jobs and automate admin for trades and field service firms.

Cloudflare acquires UK AI marketplace Human Native to give creators more control and pay for data used to train and run AI systems.

German sustainability software firm osapiens raises USD $100m Series C led by Decarbonization Partners, propelling it to unicorn status.