[Weekly funding roundup Oct 3-9] Steep decline in VC inflow
Venture capital funding into Indian startups recorded a sharp decline in the second week of October and this was primarily due to absence of large deals.
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NABARD-backed NABVENTURES raises Rs 450 Cr for second fund
NABARD’s venture capital arm has announced the first close of its second fund to back early- and growth-stage rural and agritech startups despite a broader funding slowdown in the sector.
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NeoGrowth raises Rs 85 Cr led by FMO
The company said the investment will support NeoGrowth's next phase of growth as it looks to expand access to credit for MSMEs, strengthen its digital lending capabilities and deepen its market presence.
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Bloom Raises $3.6M in Seed Funding to Expand AI Marketplace for Hardware Supply Chains
Insider Brief Detroit startup Bloom has raised $3.6 million in seed funding to expand its AI-native hardware supply chain marketplace. According to company, SNAK Venture Partners led the oversubscribed round, with participation from Flyover Capital, Mana Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Family…
The AI Insider4 min readVeir Raises $110M in Series C Funding to Scale Superconducting Power Systems for AI Data Centers
Insider Brief Veir has raised $110 million in Series C funding to move its superconducting power-delivery technology from testing into commercial deployment for AI data centers.
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Cal AI Co-Founder Zach Yadegari Secures $10M for Persona, an AI Assistant With a Wearable Band
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has secured $10 million for his new AI agent startup, Persona. The round was led by Vine Ventures, with participation from Z Fellows founder Cory Levy and Collective Global.
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Manus Parent Butterfly Effect Closes Over $500M in First Funding Since Collapsed $2B Meta Deal
Butterfly Effect, the parent company of Chinese AI lab Manus, has secured more than $500 million in new funding, its first round since Meta was forced to abandon its $2 billion acquisition of the startup.
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Healthleap Announces $38M in Funding From Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird to Flag Undiagnosed Hospital Conditions With AI
Healthleap, a startup whose AI platform reads patient records to identify people at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has secured $38 million in combined seed and Series A funding.
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Nous Research Raises $90M Series B at $1.5B Valuation to Bring Hermes AI Agents to Enterprises
Nous Research, the startup behind the open source Hermes Agent, has secured a $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation, confirming earlier reporting by TechCrunch.
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Stuut Secures $52.5M Series B Led by Insight Partners to Scale AI Agents for Order-to-Cash
Stuut, the New York-based AI platform that runs order-to-cash for large enterprises, has secured a $52.5 million Series B led by Insight Partners, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund and Activant.
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State of AI Q3’26
AI funding plummeted in Q3 to $103.3B, down 33% from Q2’s near-record $153.1B, which was driven largely by Anthropic’s three mega-rounds (totaling $65B).
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DailyObjects raises Rs 332 Cr in Series C funding round
The design-led lifestyle-tech brand will use the funding for retail expansion, R&D, brand building, and possible international expansion.
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Rein Security raises $25M to rein in insecure AI agents
Rein Security Inc. said today it’s trying to help enterprises protect themselves against two distinct security threats relating to agentic artificial intelligence after raising $25 million in early-stage funding from Glilot Capital, Sienna Venture Capital, Corner Ventures, Atlacle and RNP Capital…
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Chinese AI startup Manus drums up over $500m in fresh funding
HONG KONG -- Manus' parent Butterfly Effect has raised more than $500 million in fresh funding after Beijing's order to unwind the AI startup's $20 bi
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readMecka Raises $60M in Series B Funding to Build Data and Deployment Infrastructure for Robots
Insider Brief Mecka has raised $60 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to expand a business built around collecting real-world human activity data, training robotics systems and deploying robots for commercial customers.
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SafeWorld Emerges From Stealth With $12.2M in Funding to Build Robot-Safety Simulation Software
Insider Brief SafeWorld has emerged from stealth with $12.2 million in seed funding to develop simulation software designed to help companies test the safety of increasingly autonomous robots before deploying them in the real world.
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Deepslate Secures €7.7M Seed Funding to Build European Speech-to-Speech AI Models
Deepslate, a Brandenburg-based AI model lab headquartered in Templin, has secured €7.7 million in Seed funding to advance speech-to-speech AI models built and hosted entirely in Europe.
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Festive season bonanza: Recur Club launches Rs 500 Cr fund for D2C brands
The fund aims to address the two key capital challenges of D2C brands during the festive season: inventory financing and capacity expansion.
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