Startup Funding News
Cowboy Space Raises $275M for Orbital AI Compute
Cowboy Space is building orbital data centers that it eventually wants to launch on its own rockets, and that pitch just brought in $275 million in new funding. The bet is simple: AI compute demand keeps climbing, while power, land, permitting, and launch slots are all getting tighter. Founder Baiju Bhatt started the company in […]
Helsing Funding Nears $1.2B With Dragoneer Lead
Helsing builds AI software and autonomous drones for European militaries. The latest Helsing funding talks point to a $1.2 billion round at about an $18 billion valuation, with Dragoneer expected to lead and existing backer Lightspeed set to co-lead. The pitch is simple: Europe’s armed forces still run too much of modern war through slow […]
Wingreens Safe Harvest Acquisition Follows ₹120 Cr Raise
Wingreens is a Gurugram-based packaged food company known for dips, sauces, juices, and breakfast foods. The company recently completed the Wingreens Safe Harvest acquisition and also raised ₹120 crore in a Series D round led by Ashish Kacholia with participation from Alchemy Fund. The company wants to solve a simple problem. Indian consumers want cleaner […]
Sindhuja Microcredit Raises $5M for Rural Lending
Sindhuja Microcredit is a Noida-based NBFC-MFI that gives small-ticket business loans to rural women and other underserved borrowers. On May 11, 2026, the company raised $5 million, or about ₹47 crore, in a pre-Series D round from existing backers Abler Nordic, GAWA Capital, and Oikocredit. The bet here is pretty simple: formal credit still doesn’t […]
Moonshot AI Raises $2B on Kimi Open-Model Demand
Moonshot AI builds open-weight large language models and AI tools aimed at coding, agents, and developer workflows. The Beijing startup has now raised about $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, a huge vote of confidence in a company betting that a lot of users will trade a bit of top-end model performance for cheaper […]
Kodiak AI Stock Drops After $100M Discount Deal
Kodiak AI builds self-driving truck technology for long-haul freight, industrial sites, and defense vehicles. Kodiak AI stock sank 37% in after-hours trading on Thursday, May 7, 2026, after the company disclosed a $100 million share sale priced at $6.50 — far below its $9.10 close. That gap told investors something simple: backers were still willing […]
Skyroot Aerospace Funding Hits $60M at $1.1B Valuation
Skyroot Aerospace builds small-satellite launch vehicles from Hyderabad, and it has now raised $60 million as it pushes toward the debut of Vikram-1. Satellite customers still deal with long waits and shared launches that don’t fit their timelines. India also has too few flexible options. That’s the gap Skyroot has been chasing since 2018, when […]
Pronto Home Services Funding Hits $20M From Lachy Groom
Pronto is a home services app that sends trained, background-verified workers to homes for chores like cleaning, laundry, utensil washing, meal prep, car washing, and gardening. The latest Pronto home services funding update is a big one: the startup has extended its Series B to $45 million with a fresh $20 million investment from Lachy […]
Alphadroid Robotics Startup Raises ₹36 Cr for RaaS
Alphadroid builds service robots and automation software for businesses that still waste too much time on repetitive, low-value work. The Alphadroid robotics startup has now raised ₹36 crore in a pre-Series A round led by Alkemi Growth Capital, with participation from Shree Vasu Logistics Limited and undisclosed HNIs. The pitch is straightforward: many Indian businesses […]