U.S. startups raised $42 billion in Series A funding through October 2026, up roughly 60% year over year, while deal counts remained on pace with recent years, Crunchbase data shows.
Ardian has raised €1 billion for its debut semiconductor investment platform, including nearly €700 million ($781 million) in fund commitments alongside co-investments, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg.
Nominal has raised $240 million at a $3 billion valuation, triple its valuation in a funding round earlier this year, Bloomberg reports. The startup builds software to make manufacturing more efficient.
Amsterdam-based Onodrim Industries has raised $300M in a round led by Lux Capital, valuing the defence group at $1.3bn, the company said Monday. Other investors include General Catalyst, Lakestar and Altimeter. The financing follows its €40M seed round in February.
SRTD Biotech has completed an oversubscribed €31.5 million seed financing to develop RNA therapies designed to act selectively inside diseased cells. Mérieux Equity Partners led the round, with NRW.BANK and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund joining as co-leads.
Ingenix says its 9-billion-parameter Thalamus Reasoning model ranks first among 29 models on LongevityBench, which tests language models on cellular aging research.