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Oncology AI Startup Triomics Raises $22M From Battery
5 min readMay 28, 2026

Oncology AI Startup Triomics Raises $22M From Battery

Triomics builds software that uses oncology-specific AI to read messy cancer records and automate work like clinical trial matching, chart prep, and registry reporting. The oncology AI startup has now raised $22 million in Series B funding. Battery Ventures led the round, with returning backers Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed, Y Combinator, and others joining in. […]

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Tiea Connectors Funding: ₹77 Cr From IvyCap
5 min readMay 28, 2026

Tiea Connectors Funding: ₹77 Cr From IvyCap

Tiea Connectors makes high-performance electrical connectors and contact systems for sectors where failure isn’t an option. The Bengaluru-linked hardware startup has raised ₹77 crore in Series A funding led by IvyCap Ventures, with Jamwant Ventures, 8X Ventures, and a set of HNI angel investors also joining the round. That matters because India still imports a […]

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AI Sleep Earbuds: SOND Raises $7M for Dreambuds
5 min readMay 28, 2026

AI Sleep Earbuds: SOND Raises $7M for Dreambuds

SOND makes AI sleep earbuds that monitor your body overnight and change what you hear in real time. On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, the Boston startup came out of stealth with $7 million in funding and a new product called Dreambuds. The pitch is simple: most sleep gadgets tell you what went wrong after the […]

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WeRoad Series C: Airbnb Backs Austin Launch
5 min readMay 28, 2026

WeRoad Series C: Airbnb Backs Austin Launch

WeRoad is a Milan-based social travel company that sells age-banded group trips and local meetups for people who want to travel with strangers and actually click with them. Its WeRoad Series C round brings in $58 million, led by Airbnb, to fund a U.S. expansion that starts in Austin. The company is chasing a real […]

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Devin AI Funding: $1B Bet on Coding Agents
5 min readMay 28, 2026

Devin AI Funding: $1B Bet on Coding Agents

Cognition builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer for enterprise development teams. Its new Devin AI funding round — more than $1 billion announced on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — comes as companies try to cut engineering backlogs without hiring endlessly. Founded in 2023 by Scott Wu, Steven Hao, and Walden Yan, the San Francisco […]

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Stord Funding Round Backs AI Fulfillment
5 min readMay 27, 2026

Stord Funding Round Backs AI Fulfillment

Stord runs warehouses, fulfillment operations, and commerce software for e-commerce brands that don’t want Amazon owning the customer relationship. The Stord funding round announced on May 26, 2026 brought in $250 million at a $3 billion valuation, with Strike Capital leading and Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton, Baillie Gifford, G Squared, and Bond joining […]

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Flexprice Raises $1.5M for Usage Billing Infrastructure
5 min readMay 27, 2026

Flexprice Raises $1.5M for Usage Billing Infrastructure

Flexprice builds usage billing infrastructure for AI and SaaS companies that need to meter product activity, turn that usage into pricing, and send invoices without stitching together a pile of internal tools. The New Delhi startup has raised a $1.5 million seed round co-led by Shastra VC and Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal, with existing backer […]

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Fairdeal Market Funding: $15M for Dark Stores
5 min readMay 27, 2026

Fairdeal Market Funding: $15M for Dark Stores

Fairdeal.Market is a B2B quick commerce platform that supplies kirana stores and other neighborhood retailers with fast-turn FMCG inventory across Delhi NCR. The problem it’s chasing is simple and old: small retailers still lose time, margin, and sales when sourcing stock is fragmented and slow. Fairdeal Market funding just got a big boost, with the […]

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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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