Startup Funding News
Quartermaster Raises $43M for SmartMast Maritime Intelligence
Quartermaster builds maritime intelligence hardware and software that turns working vessels into real-time sensing nodes. On May 20, 2026, the Arlington, Virginia startup said it raised a $43 million Series A co-led by First Round Capital and Quiet Capital. The pitch is pretty blunt: oceans are huge, shipping still runs on incomplete visibility, and the […]
Mythik Funding: $5M More for Eastern Stories
Mythik is a tech-first entertainment startup turning Eastern mythology, history, and folktales into global digital franchises. The latest Mythik funding update is an additional $5 million, adding fresh momentum to a company trying to package culturally rooted stories for modern, mobile-first audiences. Founded in April 2025 by Jason Kothari, Mythik is betting that Eastern stories […]
Bharat Tech Fund Bets ₹800 Crore on Indian Deeptech
Bharat Tech Fund is Piper Serica’s new growth-stage vehicle for Indian deeptech startups. The Mumbai-based asset manager has launched the fund with a target corpus of ₹800 crore, made up of a ₹600 crore primary raise and a ₹200 crore green shoe option, at a time when a lot of IP-led startups in India still […]
ACE Fund III Targets ₹500 Crore in Secondaries
Oister Global runs private-market funds that buy existing stakes in late-stage Indian startups, and it has now launched ACE Fund III with a target corpus of ₹500 crore, including a ₹250 crore greenshoe option. That matters because India has built a lot of startup wealth on paper, but actual liquidity between early funding rounds and […]
NanoClaw Funding Lands $12M for Safer AI Agents
NanoCo builds NanoClaw, a security-first AI agent platform that runs tasks inside isolated containers instead of giving an agent the keys to your whole machine. Its $12 million NanoClaw funding round matters because the pitch isn’t “agents are cool” — it’s that enterprises want agents they can trust with real work. Founded in early 2026 […]
Enzyme engineering startup Imperagen raises £5M
Imperagen is an enzyme engineering startup that uses quantum simulation, AI, and robotics to design better enzymes faster. The Manchester company raised a £5 million seed round on Thursday. PXN Ventures led the deal, while IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone also participated. The pitch is simple: enzyme engineering is still too slow and too dependent […]
Stilta Raises $10.5M for Patent Litigation Software
Stilta is building patent litigation software that automates the heavy research and analysis behind intellectual property disputes. The startup raised a $10.5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with backing from Y Combinator and operators linked to OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable. Patent litigation still involves large amounts of repetitive review work. That process is […]
Ocean Raises $28M for Agentic Email Security
Ocean builds agentic email security software that investigates incoming messages before employees act on them. The startup has now come out of stealth with $28 million in total funding as email fraud gets sharper, cheaper, and more personalized in the age of generative AI. Founded in 2024 by Shay Shwartz and Oran Moyal, Ocean is […]
Status AI Funding: $17M Bet on AI Social Gaming
Status AI is an AI social gaming app that lets people role-play as original or fandom characters inside a simulated social network. Status AI funding reached $17 million across seed and Series A on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, as investors backed a blunt thesis: younger users are getting bored of passive feeds and want entertainment […]