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Hark AI Funding Reaches $700M for AI Hardware
5 min readMay 26, 2026

Hark AI Funding Reaches $700M for AI Hardware

Hark is building an AI personal assistant platform and future hardware meant to become a universal interface for the digital tools people already use. Hark AI funding just landed at an eye-watering level: more than $700 million in a Series A round that values the company at $6 billion post-money. Founded in late 2025 by […]

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Fragrance Tech Startup Patina Raises $2M for Sense1
5 min readMay 26, 2026

Fragrance Tech Startup Patina Raises $2M for Sense1

Patina is a fragrance tech startup building new scent molecules with molecular design, machine learning, and sensory science, and it has now raised $2 million from investors including Betaworks and True Ventures. The pitch is simple, even if the science isn’t: a small set of specialist labs still controls a lot of how fragrance ingredients […]

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Convective Capital Raises $85M for Resilience Tech
5 min readMay 26, 2026

Convective Capital Raises $85M for Resilience Tech

Convective Capital is an early-stage venture firm that backs startups building tools to prevent, respond to, and insure against disasters in the physical world. Its new $85 million fund gives the Convective Capital thesis a lot more weight — especially as California’s fire season starts early, insurers pull back from risky markets, and utilities face […]

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Scapia Travel Fintech Lands $63M for AI Push
5 min readMay 26, 2026

Scapia Travel Fintech Lands $63M for AI Push

Scapia is a Bengaluru startup that combines a travel booking app with co-branded credit cards built for younger Indian travellers. The Scapia travel fintech has now raised $63 million, or about ₹600 crore, in a new round led by General Catalyst. That matters because travel rewards in India are still split across clunky bank cards, […]

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Gabit Funding: $3.7M Bet on Smart Rings
5 min readMay 26, 2026

Gabit Funding: $3.7M Bet on Smart Rings

Gabit sells a health and wellness platform built around a titanium smart ring, coaching plans, nutrition products, and skincare. The fresh Gabit funding round brings in about ₹36.2 crore, or $3.7 million, from angel investors at a time when consumers are getting tired of fragmented health apps and basic fitness bands that don’t really help […]

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Precision Fermentation Startup StrainX Bioworks Raises $13M
5 min readMay 26, 2026

Precision Fermentation Startup StrainX Bioworks Raises $13M

StrainX Bioworks is a precision fermentation startup building alternative proteins and other high-value biomolecules with engineered microbes. The Bhopal-based company has raised $13 million, or about ₹124 crore, in a round led by Prime Venture Partners and Leo Capital as it emerges from stealth. The bet is clear: India has scientific talent in abundance, but […]

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