Venture Capital

Venture Capital (VC) News

• Kraken Technology, a UK maritime defense startup, raised  a $175m Series B at a $1B valuation led by Digital Transformation Capital Partners Robotic Media

• Gauntlet, a crypto yield curator, raised a $125M Series C from SBI Holdings Crunchbase News

• Databento, a market data platform for modern finance, raised a $97M Series B led by NEA FinSMEs

• Ollama, a developer platform for open models, raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures TechCrunch

• Auger, a supply chain technology startup, raised $50M Series B led by Eclipse Dealroom

• Skapion, a defense technology company developing systems to counter coordinated drone attacks, raised a $36M seed round co-led by UP Partners and Khosla Ventures Dealroom

• Hippo Harvest, a leafy greens grower using robotics and ML-powered greenhouses, raised a $30M Series C led by Cox Farms FinSMEs

• Infinia, a digital financial infrastructure layer connecting traditional banking networks and digital asset infrastructure, raised a $13.5M Series A led by Bain Capital and Variant Fund Fintech Global

• Marker, a UK AI writing startup, raised a $13M seed round led by Index Ventures Vestbee

• Kapture CX, a Indian verticalized full-stack agentic AI platform, raised a $10M pre-Series B led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures Dealroom