Imagi, an edtech platform focused on coding and AI literacy for K-12 students, announced a $4.5 million seed round on July 23, 2026. The round was backed by Brighteye Ventures, Day One Capital, and…
SoundCloud acquired Nina Protocol on July 22, 2026, taking over its editorial archive and “genre map” for artist discovery; terms weren’t disclosed. Nina launched in 2021 on Solana with Arweave storage, kept 100% revenue, and shut down May 28, 2026.
Passionfroot, a Berlin-based startup that connects B2B creators with brands, announced in July 2026 that it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Existing…
Construction AI startup Cascade raised $3.5M in a July 2026 seed led by Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun (Ada Ventures, Snowball VC). Its AI aggregates state-to-federal job portals and predicts who’s most likely to win grants, tracking prior winners for a $100M affordable housing award.
New York venture firm Dimension Capital announced an $800 million third fund on Tuesday, July 22, 2026 — its largest to date and 60% bigger than the $500 million second fund it closed just 18 months…
Einride will buy EV charging software startup Flipturn for a $38M all-stock deal announced in July 2026, expected to close this month—its first acquisition since going public on Nasdaq in June 2026. Flipturn (founded in 2022) uses the Open Charge Point Protocol and has 17 employees.
Natural raised $30M Series A in 2026 led by Kirsten Green (Forerunner) for payment infrastructure that lets autonomous AI agents move and store funds without human approval at each step. The 2025-founded startup (Kahlil Lalji, Eric Wang, Walt Leung) targets credit-card/ACH rails built for human-initiated payments.
AI infrastructure startup Infinity announced in July 2026 that it has raised $15 million at a $100 million valuation. The round drew investment from Touring Capital, Principal VC, and individual…
General Compute, an AI inference cloud startup, has secured a $400 million loan from tech investment firm Upper90, in what may be the first financing deal to use inference-specific chips as…
Newsletter platform Beehiiv announced in July 2026 a set of new features aimed at expanding the platform beyond newsletters, including a community discussion tool, an AI assistant called Copilot, and…
Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment into Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that uses AI and smartphone cameras to assess vehicle body damage and generate detailed inspection…
Applied Computing, a London-based startup, announced in July 2026 that it has raised a $20 million Series A to expand its foundation AI model for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry. The round…
