Startup Funding News
Fika Jobs Raises $4M for AI Video Hiring
Fika Jobs is a Stockholm startup that runs AI-led video interviews and turns them into searchable candidate profiles for employers. The company has raised a $4 million pre-seed round as it tries to fix a hiring process that still burns tons of time on resumes, cover letters, and screening steps that often tell you very […]
Menlo Ventures Fundraise Shows the Anthropic Effect
Menlo Ventures is a Silicon Valley venture firm that backs startups from early stage through growth and has become one of the more aggressive AI investors in the market. Its latest Menlo Ventures fundraise — $3 billion announced on Tuesday — is the biggest in the firm’s 50-year history. That matters because venture firms right […]
Seedcamp Fund VII Raises $320M for US Expansion
Seedcamp is a London-born venture firm that backs European startups at the earliest stage and helps them scale into global companies. On June 22, 2026, it said Seedcamp Fund VII had raised $320 million, its biggest pool of capital yet, as it pushes harder into the US market. The bet is simple: European founders often […]
Groq Inference Cloud Lands $650M After Nvidia Deal
The latest Groq Funding Round has brought the AI infrastructure startup another $650 million in fresh capital following its Nvidia licensing agreement. The funding reinforces investor confidence in Groq's inference cloud business despite increased competition in the AI hardware market. On Monday, the company raised $650 million, putting the Groq inference cloud story back at the center […]
Meta CRED Investment Targets India's Payments Race
CRED is an Indian fintech app that lets creditworthy users manage credit cards, pay bills, use UPI, and access other financial products inside one members-only product. The Meta CRED investment talks, first reported by Moneycontrol, center on a possible deal valuing the Bengaluru-based company at about $4 billion, or more than ₹37,000 crore, as Meta […]
HealthQuad Fund III Closes ₹550 Cr for Healthtech Bets
HealthQuad is an early-growth healthcare venture firm that backs Indian healthtech startups, and it has now pulled in ₹550 Cr in first-close commitments for HealthQuad Fund III against a target corpus of ₹1,700 Cr. Indian healthtech keeps producing strong products, but specialist capital is still scarce when companies hit the messy middle of regulation, clinical […]
Pitch To Get Rich Opens Season 2 With ₹100 Crore
Fashion Entrepreneur Fund runs Pitch To Get Rich, a reality-show-meets-venture-studio pipeline for early-stage fashion founders. FEF has now opened registrations for Season 2 with a ₹100 crore investment pool for selected businesses, turning up the size of its fashion startup bet in a category that still struggles to get specialist early capital. Founded by Sanjay […]
Recykal Recycling Platform Raises $23M for DRS
Recykal, a Hyderabad-based Recykal recycling platform for waste trade and compliance, has raised $23 million in a bridge round as brands and recyclers scramble for cleaner, more traceable material flows. The problem it's chasing is pretty simple: recycling in India still runs through too many disconnected middlemen. Documentation trails are weak, and compliance is messy. […]
Turtlemint IPO Draws ₹397 Cr for Insurance Scale-Up
Turtlemint, the Mumbai-based insurtech that helps advisors, consumers, banks, and enterprises distribute insurance digitally, has raised ₹397.2 crore from anchor investors ahead of its public issue. The Turtlemint IPO arrives when India’s insurance buying journey is still too dependent on messy offline advice, fragmented agent networks, and weak post-sale service. Founded in 2015 by Dhirendra […]