Venture Capital stories - Page 9

AutoGrab secures AUD $80m Series B at AUD $230m valuation to fuel AI-powered automotive data expansion across the UK and Europe.

Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.

XYZ Reality names new Operations and Finance Chiefs to steer global expansion as demand surges for its mission-critical construction platform.

Urban tech investor 2150 closes second fund at EUR €210m, lifting total assets to EUR €500m to back climate-focused city technologies.

Zurich startup Sparkli exits stealth with USD $5m to launch a multimodal AI play-based learning app for children aged 5 to 12 worldwide.

Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.

Komodor hires a new CFO and elevates its people chief to steer global expansion of its AI-driven site reliability engineering platform.

AI platform Emergent raises USD $70m Series B from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank to speed global software creation for non-coders.

Language learning platform Preply secures $150 million to boost AI tools and global growth, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.

Claroty secures USD $150m Series F funding to accelerate global expansion and strengthen cyber-physical systems security platform.

AI app builder Emergent raises USD $70m Series B to deepen European push, add London offices and hiring as revenue soars to USD $50m ARR.

Australia's Propel-AIR 2.0 robotics sprint launches in Brisbane, uniting ARM Hub, MassRobotics and innovators for a week of AI showcases.

Preply secures USD $150m Series D from WestCap at a USD $1.2b valuation to scale its human-led, AI-backed language learning platform.

AI compliance firm ThetaRay names ex-Symphony chief Brad Levy as CEO, tasking him with scaling its Cognitive AI platform globally.

Airwallex acquires Korean fintech Paynuri, securing local payment and FX licences as it accelerates its expansion across Asia-Pacific hubs.

Anthropic is setting up an Australian office in Sydney as Claude adoption soars, anchoring a wider global expansion and hiring push.

AI is shrinking routine coding vacancies but boosting demand for developers who can design systems, integrate tools and think strategically.

Elyos AI raises USD $13m to grow its AI agents that answer calls, book jobs and automate admin for trades and field service firms.

Cloudflare acquires UK AI marketplace Human Native to give creators more control and pay for data used to train and run AI systems.

German sustainability software firm osapiens raises USD $100m Series C led by Decarbonization Partners, propelling it to unicorn status.