German AI Startup Parloa Raises $350M Series D Valued At $3 Billion
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - German-founded Parloa, which builds AI voice agents for call centers, has raised $350 million in a Series D round, tripling its valuation to $3 billion in just seven months. The Series D round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participat…
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Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting?
@MarketWatch / x - Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting? trib.al/knLU72a— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) Jan 15, 2026
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OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.
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Parloa raises $350M to make enterprise customer experience fully conversational
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Parloa GmBH, a Berlin-based artificial intelligence customer experience automation platform startup, announced today it has raised $350 million in late-stage funding at a $3 billion valuation led by General Catalyst. The company’s existing investors showe…
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London’s Cyb3r Operations raises €4.6 million led by Octopus Ventures to tackle third-party cyber risk
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - London-based cybersecurity startup Cyb3r Operations has today announced that it has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) to help organisations tackle third-party cyber risk. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs. With…
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VoiceRun gets $5.5M in seed funding to give enterprises more control over voice AI agents
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - VoiceRun, a startup that’s helping enterprises to develop voice-enabled artificial intelligence agents that they control, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to help customers move beyond simple pilots and demonstrations and deploy voice-powered appli…
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depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security
Clinton / ventureburn - depthfirst Expands Its AI Security Platform With New Capital depthfirst has secured $40 million in a Series A round. The raise was led by Accel. Other investors include Alt Capital,The post depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security app…
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Mannheim’s osapiens Raises €85.8M Funding In Series C Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Mannheim-based osapiens, a provider of enterprise software for sustainable growth, has secured an €85.8 million ($100 million) Series C funding round led by Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek. With this round, osapiens…
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Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-native voice start…
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Touchwaves Raises €1.5M For Next-Generation Wearable Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups and scale-ups addressing innovation needs of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collabora…
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Klearly raises €12M from PayPal Ventures to fix restaurant payments chao
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Restaurants, bars, and clubs face a persistent challenge: legacy systems that stutter during peak service hours, disrupting operations…
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BitGo to Go Public, Targets $201 Million in IPO with $1.85B Valuation
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR BitGo plans to raise up to $201 million in its upcoming IPO targeting a $1.85 billion valuation. The company will offer 11 million newly issued shares and 821,595 shares from current stockholders. BitGo’s revenue surged to nearly $10 billion in the f…
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FluoSphera zips CHF 1.15M seed for 3D human organ models that cut drug failures
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Developing new medicines is a long and costly process, taking 10 to 15 years and billions of dollars.…
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Zepo Intelligence secures $15M to safeguard workspaces from AI risks
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Zepo Intelligence, the company redefining human-centric security, hasclosed a $15 million seed funding round, with participation from Kibo Ventures,eCAPITAL, and TIN Capital.Traditional cybersecurity ...
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Rain Raises $250 Million to Scale Platform for Launching Stablecoin Cards
PYMNTS / pymnts - Rain raised $250 million in a Series C funding round to scale its infrastructure for stablecoin payments and add new capabilities and products. The round boosted Rain’s valuation to $1.95 billion, which is 17 times higher than its valuation 10 months ago,…
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French MedTech FineHeart Raises €83 Million Funding
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - FineHeart, a Bordeaux- and Tours-based clinical-stage medical device company focused on cardiovascular technologies, has completed the first closing of its Series C financing round, raising €35 million. Investors in the round include Groupe Pasteur Mutual…
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Chinese AI start-up MiniMax shines on Hong Kong IPO debut
scmp - Shares of Chinese artificial intelligence start-up MiniMax Group surged on their Hong Kong debut on Friday, reflecting investor confidence after securing substantial support from global institutional backers.The company’s shares first changed hands at HK$…
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Protege Raises $30M in Series A Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Protege, a NYC-based AI data platform generating access to real-world data, raised $30M in Series a funding. Backers includes Footwork, CRV, Bloomberg Beta, Flex Capital, Shaper Capital, and more. The financing expanded the $25M Series A from August 2025 …
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Cyera bets big on AI data security with $400M round and $9B valuation
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Industry leading artificial intelligence and data security company Cyera Ltd. announced it raised $400 million in late-stage funding today, six months after its last capital infusion bringing the company’s valuation to $9 billion. The Series F round was l…
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Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub Secures €5M To Unlock Industrial Data For Modern Factories
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub (UMH), an open-source industrial data management platform for modern factories, has raised €5 million to accelerate its goal of building a foundational data layer for global manufacturing. The funding round was led b…
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