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August 5, 2026

Neuraspace lands €15.6M to strengthen AI-enabled space safety and defence operations

The financing was led by Lince Capital, Explorer Investments, and Armilar Venture Partners.

August 5, 2026

HappyRobot becomes a unicorn after raising $150M to scale enterprise AI agents

The Series C saw support Prysm Capital, Eurazeo, Andreessen Horowitz, Base10 Partners, and Y Combinator.

August 5, 2026

ICEYE becomes first investment by the €5B Scaleup Europe Fund

ICEYE secures backing from the newly launched Scaleup Europe Fund as the EU-backed vehicle begins deploying capital into European scaleups.

August 5, 2026

Top European funding rounds closed in July 2026

Meet startups and scaleups from Europe that closed funding rounds in July 2026.

August 4, 2026

Bending Spoons to acquire Airtable for $1.28B in first post-IPO deal

The deal has been approved by both companies’ boards and is expected to close later in 2026, pending regulatory approval and other standard conditions.

August 4, 2026

Shiplog lands $1M pre-seed to build AI-powered customer intelligence platform

The round was supported by Kima Ventures and Project Europe, alongside Purple, No Label Ventures, 100IN, and Station F Fund.

August 3, 2026

Index Ventures closes $2B fundraising to support AI founders from seed to growth

The new capital includes a $400 million Seed fund, a $900 million Venture fund, and an additional $700 million allocated to the firm's existing Growth fund.

August 3, 2026

UK AI chip startup Olix raises $312M Series B at $3.3B valuation

The round was led by Fundomo, with participation from Arm, Hudson River Trading, and Reed Hastings.