Venture Capital

• Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket seeks $200M TechCrunch

  
  

•  Indian drone startup Raphne mPhibr raises $100M amid surging defense demand TechCrunch

  
  

• AI-powered healthcare company Abridge raised a $300M Series E at a $5.3B valuation led by a16z Crunchbase News

  
  

• Prediction market platform Kalshi raised a $185M round at a $2B valuation led by Paradigm CCN

  
  

• Prediction market platform Polymarket is set to raise a $200M round at a $1B valuation led by Founders Fund Bloomberg

  
  

• UK HR tech platform Metaview raised a $35M Series B led by GV TechCrunch

  
  

• Synthflow, a German easy-to-setup enterprise-grade conversational AI platform, raised a $20M Series A led by Accel TechCrunch