The July 2026 US Venture Capital Funding Report
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Image: Primary Chinese embodied AI companies raised approximately $13B across 322 deals in the first half of 2026, up 5x year over year, Reuters reported, citing ITjuzi.
An MIT-led team has received funding from the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health for a four-year project worth up to $38 million to develop a wearable patch that continuously monitors biomarkers of heart disease and sepsis.
India-based EloElo raised an $80M Series C led by Hornbill Capital and NBCU at a $500M valuation, TechCrunch reported. Its Story TV microdrama app has 33M+ estimated active users. The financing comes as more than 118 million users watch microdramas every month in India.
Manchester-based Crediflow AI has secured €1.8 million (£1.5 million) to develop its commercial loan processing platform, expand its engineering and product team, and bring on more banks and specialist lenders.
Leipzig startup JawBuddy has raised €818k in pre-seed funding led by healthcare platform HALBZEIT to fund an efficacy study and pursue health insurer reimbursement for its jaw therapy app. The total includes the Business Angel Bonus from Sächsische Aufbaubank.
CISA has added WordPress Core vulnerability CVE-2026-119977 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, citing active exploitation. Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must apply fixes by November 6, 2026.