Venture Capital (VC) News

• Anthropic in Talks to Raise $5B at $170B Valuation in Round Led by ICONIQ. VC News Daily 

• Chinese AI Firm Z.ai Secures $1.5B Backing from State-Linked Investors. VC News Daily 

• Crypto Exchange Kraken Targeting $500M Raise at $15B Valuation. TechCrunch 

• Fireworks AI Eyes Funding Round at $4B Valuation for Chip-Rental Cloud Services. TechCrunch 

• Bitcoin-Focused 180 Life Sciences Rebrands as ETHZilla, Raises $425M from Top Crypto VCs. VC News Daily 

• Battery Startup Lyten Raises $200M Led by Prime Movers Lab, Acquires Northvolt's Storage Unit. VC Daily News

• Healthcare AI Startup Aidoc Raises $150M to Build Foundation Model, Backed by General Catalyst. TechCrunch 

• Radiopharma Company ARTBIO Closes $132M Series B Led by Sofinnova and B Capital. VC News Daily 

• Multimodal AI Startup Reka Raises $110M from Nvidia, Snowflake and Others. TechCrunch 

• Aeva Technologies Secures $50M Investment from LG Innotek for 4D LiDAR Development. TechCrunch