Startup funding activity remained strong in the first week of August 2026, with several companies announcing exceptionally large late-stage financing rounds across defense technology, energy storage, nuclear power, AI infrastructure and live commerce. Five companies — Hadrian, Base Power, Valar Atomics, Lumilens and Whatnot — raised more than $4.6 billion... read more →

Intellizence has curated a list of recent announcements of $100 million-plus mega Startup Funding and Venture Capital/Private Equity Investment Deals for market intelligence, competitive intelligence, customer intelligence, and risk intelligence activities. We'll continue to update this post to determine which startups in the growth stage will be the game changers in 2026. Global Startup... read more →

July 2026 produced several billion-dollar funding and growth investment transactions across artificial intelligence, robotics, defense technology, energy infrastructure, cybersecurity, fusion energy, and preventive healthcare. The top 10 deals covered raised approximately $18.2 billion in combined funding and strategic investment. The largest was Nvidia’s reported $5 billion investment in Safe Superintelligence,... read more →

Investors continue to place big bets on companies building the next generation of AI and technology infrastructure. Atoms, Meshy, Etched, Sila and Augustus have raised a combined $2.88 billion across robotics, generative AI, semiconductors, battery technology and financial infrastructure. Based on data curated from the Intellizence Startup Funding Dataset, here... read more →

June 2026 saw 23 startups reach or exceed the $1 billion valuation milestone, according to the Intellizence Startup Funding Dataset. Technology dominated the list, led by companies operating in artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, semiconductors, enterprise software and advanced computing. The new unicorns were spread across the United States, China, Europe,... read more →

Q2 2026 remained an exceptionally strong quarter for startup funding, but the nature of the funding activity changed compared with Q1. Q2 2026, by comparison, showed broader capital deployment across the AI and infrastructure stack. The capital showed concentration around companies building foundational technologies for the next decade. [table... read more →

Investors continue to place large bets on companies building the infrastructure required for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing and clean energy. Keyfactor, SambaNova, Oratomic, Quaise Energy, and Prime Intellect announced funding transactions totalling at least $2.56 billion. The two largest deals crossed the $1 billion mark, while Oratomic secured an... read more →

June 2026 was dominated by mega funding rounds across AI, defense tech, robotics, prediction markets, drug discovery, energy infrastructure, and enterprise automation. Intellizence publishes monthly trends about key Startup Funding and Venture Capital/Private Equity Investment Deals.  Below is a breakdown of each major deal from the Intellizence Startup Funding, VC... read more →

Recent mega funding rounds show continued investor appetite for companies operating in AI infrastructure, AI inference, marketing measurement, semiconductor infrastructure, biotech, and foundation models. The latest large funding announcements include Baseten, AppsFlyer, Groq, Ollin Biosciences, and General Intuition. Together, these deals highlight where growth-stage investors are placing major bets: AI... read more →

This week’s biggest startup funding activity shows where capital is flowing in 2026: artificial intelligence, carbon removal, sovereign AI, cyber defense and frontier simulation technologies. From DeepSeek’s reported multibillion-dollar raise in China to Sarvam becoming one of India’s newest AI unicorns, investors are backing companies that are building infrastructure for... read more →