Funding news on the Startups desk

The latest funding news

1. Oct 14 Berkshire adds $330 million to its Bending Spoons holding 2
2. Sep 9 After 14 Years Bootstrapped, Tanda Takes First Outside Capital 3
3. Sep 8 Cognition AI raises $2 billion at $48 billion valuation 2
4. Sep 8 ClaimQI closes seed funding round, cites pending Nebraska grant 2
5. Sep 4 business-standard.com: “Sneaker startup Comet raises ₹100 crore in Series B led by Verlinvest” 2
6. Aug 22 Starcloud raises $250m for orbital AI data centers 2
7. Aug 7 1 AI Startup a Month: Inside the Fund with a 0.2% Acceptance Rate 2
8. Jun 11 Antier Solutions signs MoU with NIELIT on blockchain and AI skilling 1
9. Jul 9 Amprion agrees growth investment from Decathlon Capital Partners 1
10. Jun 14 newkerala.com: “PM Modi Meets Investors in Nice for Bharat Innovates 2026” 2
11. Jul 6 winnipegfreepress.com: “Feds say theyll simplify procurement to get more contracts to small businesses” 3
12. Jul 24 Novum Studio says it raised funding for AI enterprise platform 2
13. Jul 14 Google launches AI tools and partnerships for India 2
14. Jul 14 ABB makes minority investment in UK startup Gridcog 3
15. Jul 16 Whale’s $40M Series C3 Extension Brings Total AI Ops Funding to $100M 2
16. Jul 14 Leon Capital Group closes about $19 million in structured equity investments 2
17. Jul 13 moneycontrol.com: “BITS Pilani - backed AI edtech startup Sortmyprep raises $350, 000 in funding” 2
18. Jul 10 Türkiye draws $172 million in startup funding in first half of 2026 2
19. Jul 6 The Hans India: “Stronger Investment Ties with Hong Kong in ESDM, Startups and Advanced Manufacturing: M. B. Patil” 2
20. Jul 1 Ex-Intel Exec Raja Koduri’s OXMIQ Lands $35M to Build ‘Arm for AI GPUs’ 2
21. Jun 29 Marwari Catalysts says portfolio startups announced funding rounds 3
22. Jun 29 8090 Labs raises $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures 1
23. Jun 27 MeitY says Digital India focus shifts to AI, semiconductors 3
24. Jun 25 Reports: China future industries push triggers venture capital flood, bubble concerns 2
25. Jun 24 Ex-Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka’s Hang Ten Bags $32M Seed to Ride AI Wave 2
26. Jun 19 Nisha Dua said raising a fund as an emerging manager is harder than ever 2
27. Jun 16 DeepSeek raises over $7.4 billion in first funding round 2
28. Jun 15 Radical Numerics raises $50M seed for AI-generated DNA 2
29. Jun 15 Kazakhstan signs AI accords with Nvidia-backed Firebird 2
30. Jun 12 Vitrafy Life Sciences raises $30m placement for Guardion production 2
31. Apr 20 Amazon to invest up to $25B more in Anthropic 2
32. Mar 25 aninews.in: “ISPL Hosts "Pitch & Play" Weekend in Mumbai; Minister Shri Mangal Prabhat Lodha to Attend as Chief Guest” 1
33. Mar 23 Noida-based AI startup Mayson raises pre-seed funding for full-stack vibe coding platform 2
34. Mar 23 Microsoft-backed Lace raises $40 million for advanced chipmaking equipment tech 3
35. Mar 23 Report: $20m boost for Australian quantum company 3
36. Mar 23 Scanabull raises NZD $1.1 million for cattle weighing tech 2
37. Mar 21 North Carolina Allocates $8.5M for Western Small Business Infrastructure 2
38. Mar 20 Indian startup VC funding rises to $358 million in third week of March 2

Who is named most?

1. NVIDIA 3
2. Piyush Goyal 2
3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) 2
4. Founders Fund 2

Counted over the 40 events listed above. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.