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 & PE Deals Dataset for June 2026.
Global Top 10 Funding Deals – June 2026
Prometheus Raised $12 Billion Series B Funding at a $41 Billion Valuation
Company: Prometheus
Funding Amount: $12 billion
Round: Series B
Valuation: $41 billion
Sector: Technology
Prometheus, the physical AI startup led by Jeff Bezos and former Google executive Vik Bajaj, raised $12 billion in Series B funding at a $41 billion valuation. The company is focused on industrial AI and aims to re-architect how physical products are designed and manufactured, from jet engines and medical devices to consumer electronics.
The company describes its goal as building an “artificial general engineer,” with AI tools designed to compress the product development cycle. According to Axios, Prometheus is not primarily about factory automation; instead, it is focused on optimizing pre-production machinery and processes such as prototyping.
Investors include JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, DST Global, Arch Venture Partners and Jeff Bezos himself, who was also the largest backer in the company’s earlier $6.2 billion Series A round.
DeepSeek Raises More Than $7.4 Billion at a $50 Billion-Plus Valuation
Company: DeepSeek
Funding Amount: $7.4 billion
Round: Venture Series Unknown
Valuation: $50+ Billion
Sector: Technology
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raised more than $7.4 billion in its first fundraising round, making it one of China’s most valuable AI startups with a valuation above $50 billion. WSJ reported that the funding will support the company’s costly AI development efforts.
DeepSeek raised from investors including Tencent and CATL, with the round potentially valuing the company between $52 billion and $59 billion. Founder Liang Wenfeng committed 20 billion yuan of his own money, while Tencent and CATL were expected to become the largest external investors.
The funding reflects China’s push to build domestic AI capabilities across models, infrastructure and AI agents. DeepSeek is expected to use the capital to strengthen AI development, compute capacity and agent-focused model capabilities amid growing global competition in AI.
DayOne DC Raised $4.5 Billion Series C for AI-Ready Data Centers
Company: DayOne DC
Funding Amount: $4.5 Billion
Round: Series C
Valuation: NA
Sector: Technology
DayOne Data Centers raised $4.5 billion in Series C equity financing. The round was led by existing investors Coatue and Hillhouse, with participation from Indonesia Investment Authority and Achi Capital Partners.
The company is building AI-ready digital infrastructure and high-capacity data center campuses. The funding will support expansion in key markets such as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, with broader expansion across Asia-Pacific and Europe.
This deal highlights how AI funding is moving beyond software companies into the physical infrastructure layer. As AI workloads grow, data center capacity, power availability, cooling and regional compute access are becoming strategic investment themes.
Baseten — $1.5 Billion Series F at Up to a $13 Billion Valuation
Company: Baseten
Funding Amount: $1.5 Billion
Round: Series F
Valuation: 13 Billion
Sector: Technology
Baseten raised $1.5 billion in Series F funding to expand its AI inference infrastructure platform. The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction and Spark Capital, with Sands Capital and Wellington Management as co-leads. Other investors included IVP, Greylock, 01A, Blackbird, Durable Capital Partners, Verified Capital, Battery Ventures and D. E. Shaw Ventures.
The round was completed across two tranches at valuations of $13 billion and $11 billion. The company plans to use the capital to expand its workforce, increase computing capacity and accelerate enterprise go-to-market initiatives.
Baseten sits in one of the most important layers of the AI stack: inference. As enterprises move from AI experimentation to production deployment, inference platforms are becoming critical for model performance, cost control, reliability and scalability.
NEURA Robotics Raised Up To $1.4 Billion Series C for Physical AI
Company: NEURA Robotics
Funding Amount: $1.4 Billion
Round: Series C
Valuation: NA
Sector: Technology
NEURA Robotics raised up to $1.4 billion in Series C financing to build a leading Physical AI platform. The company focuses on cognitive robotics, humanoids and a shared intelligence ecosystem called the Neuraverse.
Investors include Tether, Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon, NVIDIA, imec.xpand, Bosch, Schaeffler, the European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, InterAlpen Partners and others.
The funding will be used to accelerate global deployment of cognitive robots and humanoids, expand the Neuraverse platform, roll out NEURA Gyms for real-world robot training, scale manufacturing infrastructure and develop next-generation Physical AI systems.
ICEYE Raised €1 Billion-Plus Series F at Over €10 Billion Valuation
Company: ICEYE
Funding Amount: €1 Billion
Round: Series F
Valuation: €10 Billion
Sector: Technology
ICEYE raised a Series F funding round exceeding €1 billion, including €450 million in primary funding led by General Atlantic. The round valued the company at over €10 billion.
Additional investors included Solidium, Tesi, Varma, Ilmarinen, Lifeline Ventures, Nokia, Qatar Investment Authority and TCV. ICEYE plans to use the funding to expand its global footprint, deepen intelligence capabilities and deliver sovereign intelligence systems and data to governments and customers at greater scale.
ICEYE’s funding reflects rising demand for satellite-based intelligence, defense technology and sovereign data capabilities. While ICEYE is not a pure AI software company, its space-based intelligence platform is highly relevant to AI-driven monitoring, defense analytics and geospatial intelligence.
AppsFlyer Raised More Than $1 Billion Series E at a $2.7 Billion Valuation
Company: AppsFlyer
Funding Amount: $1 Billion
Round: Series E
Valuation: $2.7 Billion
Sector: Technology
AppsFlyer raised more than $1 billion in Series E funding at a $2.7 billion valuation. The round included strategic investments from Google, Meta, Unity and Moloco, each taking minority, non-controlling stakes.
The company said the deal will accelerate AI-powered measurement and attribution tools, including cross-platform measurement, omnichannel attribution and infrastructure for autonomous marketing workflows.
AppsFlyer is a strong example of how AI is reshaping marketing infrastructure. As advertising decisions become more automated, independent measurement and attribution data become increasingly important for brands, platforms and AI-driven ad systems.
CRED — Meta’s $900 Million Strategic Investment at a $4.5 Billion Valuation
Company: CRED
Funding Amount: $900 Million
Round: Series F
Valuation: $4.5 Billion
Sector: Fintech
Meta Platforms agreed to invest $900 million in Indian fintech startup CRED, valuing the company at $4.5 billion. As part of the deal, CRED founder Kunal Shah was tapped to lead WhatsApp globally.
The investment gives Meta a minority stake in CRED, without access to CRED customer data. CRED said it will use the capital to accelerate growth, strengthen leadership and institutional capabilities, and expand across product categories.
CRED is an AI-adjacent fintech deal rather than a pure AI startup round. However, large platforms are investing in data-rich, consumer-scale businesses that can support payments, lending, wealth, commerce and AI-enabled financial services.
Etched Raised $800 Million for AI Inference Chips
Company: Etched
Funding Amount: $800 Million
Round: Venture Series Unknown
Valuation: $5 Billion
Sector: Fintech
Etched raised $800 million from investors including VentureTech Alliance, Peter Thiel, Jane Street, Hudson River Trading, Jump Trading, Two Sigma, Stripes, Ribbit Capital, Radical Ventures, Primary VC and Positive Sum. The company is building AI inference clusters designed to make AI inference faster, cheaper and more abundant.
Etched is focused on competing in the AI chip market as demand shifts from model training to inference — the process of running trained AI models in production. The company had previously raised a $500 million round at a $5 billion valuation.
Investors are betting on specialized silicon and rack-scale systems that can reduce AI inference costs and improve performance as AI workloads scale across enterprises and consumer applications.
Ramp Raised $750 Million in Series F at a $44 Billion Valuation
Company: Ramp
Funding Amount: $750 Million
Round: Series F
Valuation: $44 Billion
Sector: Technology
Ramp raised $750 million in Series F financing at a $44 billion valuation. The round was led by ICONIQ, GIC and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. New investors included Goldman Sachs Alternatives, D.E. Shaw & Co., Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Generation Investment Management, Insight Partners and BroadLight Capital, alongside several existing investors.
The funding will support Ramp to further invest in AI advancements for customers. Recent launches include AI token spend management, procurement agents, accounting agents, Ramp Stack for accounting firms and AI-enabled finance operations.
Ramp is not a pure-play AI company, but it has become a major AI-adjacent fintech platform. Its focus on AI cost visibility, automated procurement and autonomous accounting workflows shows how AI is transforming finance operations.
Key Startup Funding Trends in June 2026
- AI Continues to Dominate Mega-Rounds
- Physical AI Is Becoming a Major Investment Category
- Strategic Investors Are Becoming More Active
- Sovereign AI and Security-Linked Infrastructure Are Rising
- AI Is Expanding Beyond Core Model Companies
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