Startup Funding 

It’s Thursday, July 2, 2026, and today’s funding activity makes one thing clear: investors are no longer just betting on AI—they’re funding the infrastructure, hardware, and specialized technologies needed to build the next generation of intelligent systems. If today’s funding […] The post Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, July 2, 2026 first appeared on Tech Startups.

Nickie Louise · 2 Jul 2026

China’s AI investment boom just got another major vote of confidence. Kling AI, one of the country’s most popular AI video generation platforms, has secured more than $2.8 billion in fresh funding from a group of investors led by tech […] The post Kling AI raises $2.8B at $15B valuation with backing from Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu first appeared on Tech Startups.

Daniel Levi · 3 Jul 2026

A Wall Street Journal investigation has found that crypto prediction market platform Polymarket paid dozens of social media creators to post videos showing what appeared to be large, profitable bets on its platform, even though many of those trades never […] The post Polymarket paid influencers to fake winning bets in 140 million-view marketing campaign, WSJ investigation finds first appeared on T

Daniel Levi · 3 Jul 2026

The race to replace smartphones with AI-powered wearables is attracting fresh investment. Even Realities, a smart glasses startup founded by former Apple engineer Will Wang, has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B funding round, lifting the company’s valuation to […] The post Apple veteran’s AI smart glasses startup Even Realities hits $1B valuation in $150M funding round first appeared on Tech

Daniel Levi · 6 Jul 2026

Artificial intelligence has already reshaped drug discovery. Katalyze AI is betting the next opportunity lies deeper inside pharmaceutical companies, where scientists and manufacturing teams still spend countless hours piecing together data from disconnected systems before critical decisions can be made. […] The post Katalyze AI raises $10.5M to bring agentic AI to pharma manufacturing and life sc

Daniel Levi · 6 Jul 2026

It’s Monday, July 6, 2026. Following the July 4 holiday weekend in the U.S., venture funding announcements were lighter than usual, but the deals that did emerge reveal where investors continue to place their biggest bets. Capital is concentrating where […] The post Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, July 6, 2026 first appeared on Tech Startups.

Nickie Louise · 6 Jul 2026

Google is placing another major bet on nuclear fusion, joining a €411 million ($468 million) funding round for German startup Proxima Fusion as Europe pushes to secure a place in the global race to commercialize fusion energy. The investment gives […] The post Google backs Proxima Fusion in $468M funding round to build Europe’s first commercial fusion power plant first appeared on Tech Startups.

Daniel Levi · 7 Jul 2026

Institutional crypto trading continues to attract fresh capital, even as many consumer-focused digital asset companies face a tougher funding environment. EDX Markets, a crypto trading platform built exclusively for financial institutions, has raised $76 million in a Series C round […] The post EDX Markets raises $76M led by SBI Holdings to expand institutional crypto trading platform first appear

Daniel Levi · 7 Jul 2026