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27 August 2026 on AfterRaise

14 companies raised $900M in disclosed rounds of $5M or more. Every figure links to its source, and every company page follows what happens next.

58raised in the last 7 days Live 3US expansion signals this month Inferred 22companies stated hiring plans this month Inferred 2advisory opportunities Preview 2active partner searches Preview

MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Regent Craft

Series B · North Kingstown, USA · Robotics & Manufacturing

What happened

Raised $240M in Series B funding, led by Mare Liberum and AE Ventures.

The company said the funding supports scale manufacturing, execute key certification milestones, expand engineering, advance commercial and defense pipelines, and deliver Seagliders to customers.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup

Where you helpManufacturing scale-upCertificationFactory operationsEngineering hiringDistribution partners

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Quaise Energy

Series B · Houston, USA · Energy & Climate

What happened

Raised $180M in Series B funding.

The company said the funding supports finance Project Obsidian, and accelerate the commercialization of its millimeter wave drilling system toward depths in excess of 5 km.

Likely next InferredCommercial team build-outRevenue leadership appointmentsAggressive multi-front expansion

Where you helpGrid and utility partnershipsIndustrial partnershipsRevenue leadershipChannel partnersSales hiring

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Socure

Undisclosed · Incline VIllage, USA · Cybersecurity

What happened

Raised $156M, led by Summit Partners.

The company said the funding supports global expansion and integration of Fravity's 1st party agent building capabilities natively into its RiskOS platform.

Likely next InferredGlobal market entryNew market entryFirst local hires in the new market

Where you helpChannel partnershipsSecurity research hiringThreat intelligence partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructure

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Cyclic Materials

Undisclosed · Toronto, USA · Energy & Climate

What happened

Raised $75M, led by T.

The company said the funding supports accelerate the deployment of its rare earth recycling campus in South Carolina and expand its Hub-and-Spoke infrastructure across the United States.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup

Where you helpGrid and utility partnershipsCertificationIndustrial partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructure

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

RQD*Clearing

Undisclosed · NYC, USA · Fintech & Insurance

What happened

Raised $74M, led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.

The company said the funding supports support its expansion across North America, Asia, and the Middle East, accelerate investment in its technology and product capabilities (including digital assets and tokenization), and expand its capacity to serve financial institutions accessing U.S.

Likely next InferredAsia market entryNew market entryFirst local hires in the new market

Where you helpBanking partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnershipsProduct leadership

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Deep Cogito

Series A · San Francisco, USA · Education & HR

What happened

Raised $43M in Series A funding, led by TQ Ventures.

The company said the funding supports expand its research and engineering team, scale the infrastructure required to train frontier models, advance future Cogito releases, and grow its work with enterprises building specialized intelligence on proprietary data.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup

Where you helpInstitutional partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnershipsScientific advisers

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

ProFound Therapeutics

Undisclosed · Cambridge, USA · Biotech & Pharma

What happened

Raised $35M.

The company said the funding supports advance its ProFoundry platform and agentic AI capabilities to discover novel biomarkers, protein drugs, and drug targets for preeclampsia and eclampsia Led by CEO John Lepore, ProFound Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on uncovering new protein drugs and drug targets hidden within the expanded human proteome.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup

Where you helpLicensing and BD partnershipsMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnershipsProduct leadership

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Digs

Series A · Vancouver, USA · Property & Construction

What happened

Raised $25M in Series A funding.

The announcement did not set out what the funding supports.

Likely next InferredProduct launches and new tiersProduct leadership hiringAccelerated hiring across functions

Where you helpProject partnershipsProduct leadershipDesign partnersSpecialist engineeringRegulatory and planning

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Levanta

Series B · Seattle, USA · Consumer & Retail

What happened

Raised $22M in Series B funding, led by Volition Capital.

The company said the funding supports support continued investment in its creator commerce technology and go-to-market organization, while accelerating expansion across retail marketplaces and advancing its vision for Creator Commerce Media.

Likely next InferredNew market entryFirst local hires in the new marketLocal entity and legal setup

Where you helpRetail partnershipsBrand leadershipMarket-entry advisersLocal employment infrastructureIn-market partnerships

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

TerraBlaster

Seed · Redwood City, USA · Semiconductors & Hardware

What happened

Raised $12M in Seed funding, led by Ulu Ventures.

The announcement did not set out what the funding supports.

Likely next InferredFounding team growthFirst commercial motion

Where you helpSupply chainFoundry and fabricationCertificationHardware engineeringProcurement

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Legato

Undisclosed · Boston, USA · Healthcare & Medtech

What happened

Raised $12M.

The company said the funding supports support its go-to-market rollout across online channels and eye care providers Led by CEO Mehul Trivedi, Legato is a hearing technology company that offers Legato Frames, AI-powered hearing aid glasses that integrate patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.

Likely next InferredCommercial team build-outRevenue leadership appointmentsOperational scale

Where you helpClinical hiringProvider partnershipsRevenue leadershipChannel partnersSales hiring

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Arga Labs

Seed · San Francisco, USA · Education & HR

What happened

Raised $10M in Seed funding, led by General Catalyst.

The announcement did not set out what the funding supports.

Likely next InferredFounding team growthFirst commercial motion

Where you helpInstitutional partnershipsEnterprise salesContent and curriculumCustomer successInternational expansion

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Cloverleaf AI

Series A · Denver, USA · AI & Data Infrastructure

What happened

Raised $8M in Series A funding, led by S3 Ventures.

The company said the funding supports expand hiring across sales, marketing, business development, scale platform capabilities, broaden its public-sector dataset, and expand native CRM and MCP integrations.

Likely next InferredTeam growth across core functionsSenior leadership appointmentsNew market entry

Where you helpInfrastructure and computeEnterprise salesData partnershipsProduct leadershipExecutive search

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MoveFundingObserved4 days ago

Mara

Pre-Seed · San Francisco, USA · Defence, Space & Aerospace

What happened

Raised $7M in Pre-Seed funding, led by Khosla Ventures.

The announcement did not set out what the funding supports.

Likely next InferredFirst hiresProduct build toward launch

Where you helpCertification and airworthinessGovernment relationsSecurity clearance hiringManufacturing scale-upSupply chain

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