AI Venture Capital Funding Rounds
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CatchAll identifies confirmed AI funding rounds each month from financial press, company blogs, and investor disclosures – startup name, funding amount, round stage (seed through Series D+), lead investors, and sector focus. Unannounced or rumoured raises are excluded. Coverage spans generative AI, AI infrastructure, robotics, computer vision, and applied AI verticals. Each record includes a source link for verification.
AI startup venture capital funding round Series A B C announced
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Investee Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Funding Round</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Investor Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Funding Amount</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Funding Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Announcement Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Startup Focus</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">Instinct Raises $1 Billion in Series C Round</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI agent firm Instinct said on Monday it has raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation in a Series C funding round.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series C</td><td style="min-width:140px">The round drew investments from Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and Coatue, Instinct said in a statement.</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-28</td><td style="min-width:140px">autonomous personal AI agents</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://ground.news/article/instinct-in-talks-to-raise-1b-at-10b-valuation-quadrupling-in-under-a-month" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ground.news/article/instinct-in-talks-to-raise-1b-at-10b-valuation-quadrupling-in-under-a-month</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Lyte Raises $165 Million in Series C Funding Led by Maverick Silicon</td><td style="min-width:140px">Physical AI perception company Lyte completed a US$165 million Series C financing round</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series C</td><td style="min-width:140px">led by Maverick Silicon</td><td style="min-width:140px">165,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">physical AI perception technology stack for robotics</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://panewscn.substack.com/p/polymarket-10figure717aikiavi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://panewscn.substack.com/p/polymarket-10figure717aikiavi</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Mistral AI Raises €3 Billion in Series D Funding Led by Samsung Electronics</td><td style="min-width:140px">French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI announced that it has completed €3 billion Series D round of funding</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series D</td><td style="min-width:140px">It was led by Samsung Electronics</td><td style="min-width:140px">3,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-08</td><td style="min-width:140px">large open source language models</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.panewslab.com/ja/articles/01a07fae-8ffa-77ec-ad4a-9d6d7fe0c6a6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.panewslab.com/ja/articles/01a07fae-8ffa-77ec-ad4a-9d6d7fe0c6a6</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Crusoe Raises $3.9 Billion in Series F Funding Round for AI Computing Infrastructure</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI compute company Crusoe closes $3.9B Series F</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series F</td><td style="min-width:140px">Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Investment (MUBADALA) are jointly leading the investment</td><td style="min-width:140px">3,900,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-17</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI computing infrastructure</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://panewscn.substack.com/p/kaiko11aicrusoe39f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://panewscn.substack.com/p/kaiko11aicrusoe39f</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">Forus Raises $150 Million Series C Round Led by Bain Capital Ventures</td><td style="min-width:140px">Healthcare automation startup Forus has raised $150 million at a $3 billion valuation</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series C</td><td style="min-width:140px">The series C round was led by Bain Capital Ventures</td><td style="min-width:140px">150,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-08</td><td style="min-width:140px">uses artificial intelligence to help patients get prescribed drugs more quickly</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/ai-health-company-forus-raises-150-million-at-a-3-billion-value" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/ai-health-company-forus-raises-150-million-at-a-3-billion-value</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">Cognition AI Raises $2 Billion Funding Round</td><td style="min-width:140px">Cognition AI, the startup founded by Scott Wu and Steven Hao</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series E</td><td style="min-width:140px">Andreessen Horowitz and Accel</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-08</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI coding agent</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://agroempresario.com/publicacion/121249/de-la-nba-a-silicon-valley-como-creo-un-fondo-de-us800m" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://agroempresario.com/publicacion/121249/de-la-nba-a-silicon-valley-como-creo-un-fondo-de-us800m</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Harvey Raises $550 Million Funding Round Co-Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners</td><td style="min-width:140px">Legal tech startup Harvey is now valued at $15.6 billion after raising $550 million in a new funding round</td><td style="min-width:140px">Other</td><td style="min-width:140px">The fundraise was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Diffusion</td><td style="min-width:140px">550,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">legal tech AI models for law firms and professional services</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/legal-ai-startup-harvey-hits-15-6-billion-value-with-550-million-round" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/legal-ai-startup-harvey-hits-15-6-billion-value-with-550-million-round</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">Exein Raises $270 Million Funding Led by Headline</td><td style="min-width:140px">Exein, the Italian physical AI cybersecurity company, closed this Tuesday a financing round of 270 million dollars</td><td style="min-width:140px">Other</td><td style="min-width:140px">The financing round has been led by Headline</td><td style="min-width:140px">270,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-15</td><td style="min-width:140px">Physical AI cybersecurity</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2026/09/15/la-firma-italiana-de-ciberseguridad-de-ia-exein-levanta-235-millones-y-logra-una-valoracion-de-1475-millones" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2026/09/15/la-firma-italiana-de-ciberseguridad-de-ia-exein-levanta-235-millones-y-logra-una-valoracion-de-1475-millones</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">EliseAI Raises $350 Million in Funding Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz</td><td style="min-width:140px">The company specializing in AI EliseAI announced on Tuesday that it had raised 350 million dollars</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series F</td><td style="min-width:140px">This $350 million funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners</td><td style="min-width:140px">350,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-29</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI applied to housing and health</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.boursorama.com/bourse/actualites/la-societe-d-ia-eliseai-est-valorisee-a-4-milliards-de-dollars-lors-de-son-dernier-tour-de-table-ffda987deeb487311a49aa322826c340" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.boursorama.com/bourse/actualites/la-societe-d-ia-eliseai-est-valorisee-a-4-milliards-de-dollars-lors-de-son-dernier-tour-de-table-ffda987deeb487311a49aa322826c340</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Wonderful Raises $550 Million in Series C Funding Led by Insight Partners</td><td style="min-width:140px">Wonderful, a startup that helps large enterprises deploy artificial intelligence, has raised $550 million at a $5 billion valuation to fund a worldwide hiring spree.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series C</td><td style="min-width:140px">Insight Partners, a returning investor, led the Series C round with a $150 million check.</td><td style="min-width:140px">550,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">helps large enterprises deploy artificial intelligence</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/ai-startup-wonderful-hits-5-billion-valuation-plans-1-000-strong-team-3d18bebe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/ai-startup-wonderful-hits-5-billion-valuation-plans-1-000-strong-team-3d18bebe</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Verda Raises $189 Million in Series B Funding Led by Emergence Capital</td><td style="min-width:140px">Finnish AI startup Verda raised $189 million</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series B</td><td style="min-width:140px">The funding round was led by venture capital firm Emergence Capital.</td><td style="min-width:140px">189,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-22</td><td style="min-width:140px">cloud infrastructure and software services for artificial intelligence</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.finversia.ru/news/markets/finskii-ai-startap-verda-privlek-189-mln-pri-otsenke-v-1-mlrd-178300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.finversia.ru/news/markets/finskii-ai-startap-verda-privlek-189-mln-pri-otsenke-v-1-mlrd-178300</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Positron AI Raises $875 Million in Series C Funding Led by NEA</td><td style="min-width:140px">American company «Positron AI»</td><td style="min-width:140px">Series C</td><td style="min-width:140px">led by «NEA»</td><td style="min-width:140px">875,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-21</td><td style="min-width:140px">developing artificial intelligence inference devices</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://mz-mz.net/2450821" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://mz-mz.net/2450821</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<h3>What funding stages are covered?</h3><p>All disclosed stages are included – pre-seed, seed, Series A through D, and growth or late-stage rounds. Rounds with undisclosed amounts are noted where the announcement is confirmed.</p><h3>How does CatchAll find AI funding rounds?</h3><p>CatchAll scans thousands of pages per month – TechCrunch, Bloomberg, investor blog posts, company press releases, and Crunchbase announcements – then applies event validators to confirm round details before inclusion.</p><h3>Is this data accessible via API?</h3><p>Yes. The same event data powering this page is available through the CatchAll web search API. Contact the team for access.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>