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17 August 2026 on AfterRaise

13 companies raised $2.3B in disclosed rounds of $5M or more. Every figure links to its source, and every company page follows what happens next.

MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Dimension Energy
Debt · Atlanta, USA · Energy & Climate
What happened

Raised $857M in Debt funding, led by MUFG Bank.

The company said the funding supports accelerate the growth of its distributed solar platform.

Likely next InferredProduct launches and new tiersProduct leadership hiringPlatform and infrastructure scaling
Where you helpGrid and utility partnershipsIndustrial partnershipsProduct leadershipDesign partnersSpecialist engineering
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Higgsfield
Series B · San Francisco, USA · Media & Creative
What happened

Raised $400M in Series B funding, led by DST Global.

The company said the funding supports fund continued investment in research and development, expand global infrastructure, recruit elite AI talent, and scale its global go-to-market efforts.

Likely next InferredTeam growth across core functionsSenior leadership appointmentsNew market entry
Where you helpDistribution partnershipsBrand partnershipsExecutive searchTalent partnersEmployer infrastructure
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Groq
Series A · Mountain View, USA · AI & Data Infrastructure
What happened

Raised $350M in Series A funding, led by Disruptive.

The company said the funding supports support those seeking usage of medium and larger sized clusters of NVIDIA accelerated computing for training and inference, and scale its operational capacity from 54 megawatts to 200+ megawatts in 2027.

Likely next InferredProduct launches and new tiersProduct leadership hiringManufacturing capacity expansion
Where you helpInfrastructure and computeSecurity reviewData partnershipsProduct leadershipDesign partners
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Wispr
Series B · San Francisco, USA · AI & Data Infrastructure
What happened

Raised $280M in Series B funding, led by Menlo Ventures.

The company said the funding supports hire technical and research talent for its lab, launch new products, expand global infrastructure, and build the next era of human-computer interaction around voice.

Likely next InferredTeam growth across core functionsSenior leadership appointmentsNew market entry
Where you helpInfrastructure and computeData partnershipsProduct leadershipExecutive searchTalent partners
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Gravis Robotics
Series A · Zurich, Switzerland · Robotics & Manufacturing
What happened

Raised $200M in Series A funding, led by co-founders Ryan Luke Johns (CEO) and Dr.

The company said the funding supports accelerate a global commercial rollout of its autonomous vehicle fleet across four continents, deep engineering and machine learning talent acquisition, and expand its retrofitting infrastructure to embed its operating system into global infrastructure networks.

Likely next InferredTeam growth across core functionsSenior leadership appointmentsNew market entry
Where you helpEngineering hiringDistribution partnersIndustrial partnershipsExecutive searchTalent partners
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Medicare Platform
Debt · Irvine, USA · Healthcare & Medtech
What happened

Raised $50M in Debt funding.

The company said the funding supports support the scaled onboarding of ACO partners across the country, increase capital investment in its proprietary artificial intelligence and data assets, expand support for physicians and provider groups to succeed in value-based care, and increase payments to physician organizations.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup
Where you helpProvider partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnershipsProduct leadership
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Trajectory
Series A · San Francisco, USA · AI & Data Infrastructure
What happened

Raised $40M in Series A funding, led by Sequoia Capital.

The company said the funding supports scale its automated model-tuning infrastructure, expand its research and engineering team, and accelerate development of enterprise tooling that optimizes open-source and closed-source AI agent harnesses.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup
Where you helpInfrastructure and computeSecurity reviewData partnershipsProduct leadershipMarket-entry advisers
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Leal Therapeutics
Series A · Worcester, USA · Biotech & Pharma
What happened

Raised $30M in Series A funding.

The company said the funding supports advance LTX-001 through an initial readout of its Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in schizophrenia patients, as well as progress LTX-002 through additional dosing cohorts in an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Likely next InferredResearch programme expansionScientific team growthAccelerated hiring across functions
Where you helpClinical operationsScientific hiringScientific advisersResearch operationsSpecialist suppliers
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Terra Industries
Seed · Danville, USA · Other
What happened

Raised $18M in Seed funding.

The company said the funding supports open its first international office in London, expand manufacturing capacity, accelerate deployments across the Global South, and grow its engineering, operations, and business development teams.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup
Where you helpCommercial leadershipGo-to-market partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnerships
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Ranchbot
Undisclosed · Fort Worth, USA · Other
What happened

Raised $15M, led by Lewis & Clark Partners.

The company said the funding supports grow its U.S.

Likely next InferredOperational scaleMarket consolidation
Where you helpCommercial leadershipOperations hiringGo-to-market partnershipsFinance and compliance
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Worldscape.ai
Seed · Seattle, USA · Defence, Space & Aerospace
What happened

Raised $10M in Seed funding, led by Scout Ventures.

The company said the funding supports expand engineering and go-to-market teams, advance self-service onboarding and marketplace capabilities, and deepen partnerships across the Department of Defense, allied governments, enterprise customers, and hyperscale cloud providers.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup
Where you helpSecurity clearance hiringMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnershipsRevenue leadership
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Takt
Series A · Reston, USA · Enterprise Software
What happened

Raised $9M in Series A funding, led by Ballast Point Partners.

The company said the funding supports expand across the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Asia-Pacific, further enhance its order orchestration, resource scheduling, and engineering tools.

Likely next InferredAsia market entryUK market entryEuropean market entry
Where you helpCloud infrastructureChannel partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnerships
Approach preferences not yet specified
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MoveFundingObserved14 days ago
Xpander
Seed · San Francisco, USA · AI & Data Infrastructure
What happened

Raised $8M in Seed funding, led by Pico Venture Partners.

The company said the funding supports accelerate its market penetration with its AI enablement platform.

Likely next InferredProduct launches and new tiersProduct leadership hiringFounding team growth
Where you helpData partnershipsProduct leadershipDesign partnersSpecialist engineeringInfrastructure and compute
Approach preferences not yet specified
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