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15 October 2026 on AfterRaise

20 companies raised $858M in disclosed rounds of $5M or more. Every figure links to its source, and every company page follows what happens next.

FundingPublic signalyesterday
ICON
$200M · Series D · Austin, USA · Robotics & Manufacturing
What changed

Raised $200M in Series D funding, led by Baillie Gifford and funds managed by BlackRock.

The company said the funding supports further enhance the manufacturing and deployment of its robotic construction systems, open a R&D facility in Austin, Texas, advance its new construction technologies, including Titan and Olympus, and expand its footprint across Texas, Florida, Washington D.C., and new U.S. markets.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Labelbox
$100M · Series E · San Francisco, USA · Education & HR
What changed

Raised $100M in Series E funding, led by Infinitum Partners.

The company said the funding supports support continued research and engineering across Horizon and Recursion Managed Agents, as well as expansion of the teams bringing these products to customers.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Stand
$70M · Series C · San Francisco, USA · Fintech & Insurance
What changed

Raised $70M in Series C funding, led by Saga Ventures.

The company said the funding supports expand operations and its development efforts.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Mueon
$65M · Series A · Portland, USA · Semiconductors & Hardware
What changed

Raised $65M in Series A funding, led by Maverick Silicon.

The company said the funding supports expand its engineering and operations teams and deepen customer engagements.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
North.cloud
$60M · Series B · NYC, USA · Robotics & Manufacturing
What changed

Raised $60M in Series B funding, led by PeakSpan Capital.

The company said the funding supports expand autonomous optimization across cloud providers, deepen integrations, accelerate AI spend management, and scale its engineering, product, and go-to-market teams.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Dougs
€50M · Growth · Lyon, France · Legal & Compliance
What changed

Raised €50M in Growth funding.

The company said the funding supports accelerate its proprietary AI agent and automation technology pipelines, broaden its comprehensive financial software platform across accounting, legal, and cash management verticals, and strengthen its commercial presence across France through a new localized partner network.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Rabot Energy
$50M · Series B · Hamburg, Germany · Energy & Climate
What changed

Raised $50M in Series B funding, led by Endeit Capital and DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF).

The company said the funding supports expand its proprietary technology platform, and connect additional devices, including home batteries, EV chargers, and heat pumps, to integrate them into a virtual power plant (VPP).

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Harmonic Security
$50M · Series B · San Francisco, USA · Cybersecurity
What changed

Raised $50M in Series B funding, led by Crosspoint Capital Partners.

The company said the funding supports accelerate growth, as well as expand engineering and go-to-market teams across the United States and the United Kingdom.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Sirona Medical
$40M · Series D · San Francisco, USA · Healthcare & Medtech
What changed

Raised $40M in Series D funding, led by Avidity Partners.

The company said the funding supports expand its U.S.-based implementation and 24×7 support teams, commercialize its agentic AI orchestration layer (Sirona Cortex), refine its Sirona Network tooling, and launch Sirona Global to expand into international markets including the UK, EU, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Allara
$30M · Undisclosed · NYC, USA · Healthcare & Medtech
What changed

Raised $30M.

The company said the funding supports build AI-enabled tools to personalize care and streamline provider workflows, expand access through ecosystem and provider partnerships, and advance research using its women's health dataset.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
EZ Bombs
$25M · Series A · Orlando, USA · Other
What changed

Raised $25M in Series A funding, led by CAVU Consumer Partners.

The company said the funding supports support wider retail distribution, expand manufacturing capacity, launch new products, and make executive hires.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Acta Pharmaceuticals
$24M · Seed · Boston, USA · Biotech & Pharma
What changed

Raised $24M in Seed funding.

The company said the funding supports advance its lead clinical candidate, GSM-779690T, into clinical evaluation and progress its Combination Therapies program.

Likely next AfterRaise intelligenceResearch programme expansionScientific team growthFounding team growth
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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Zippy
$20M · Series C · Dallas, USA · Robotics & Manufacturing
What changed

Raised $20M in Series C funding.

The company said the funding supports deliver new loan products across community, retail, and wholesale distribution channels, and expand its technology capabilities and balance sheet capacity.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
CarbonAI
$12M · Debt · NYC, USA · Energy & Climate
What changed

Raised $12M in Debt funding, led by Cowboy Ventures.

The company said the funding supports automate the manual work behind commercial real estate loans, expanding its AI agent capabilities for underwriting, due diligence, and post-close surveillance.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Fragment
$12M · Undisclosed · NYC, USA · AI & Data Infrastructure
What changed

Raised $12M, led by Firstmark.

The company said the funding supports expand operations and its development efforts, as it is actively hiring across GTM and engineering.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Mana Battery
$10M · Undisclosed · Broomfield, USA · Energy & Climate
What changed

Raised $10M, led by Voyager Ventures.

The company said the funding supports accelerate its core chemical research, expand its hardware prototyping laboratories, scale manufacturing capacity for its alternative battery cells, and support commercial pilot deployments across energy storage markets.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Fission
$10M · Series A · NYC, USA · Crypto & Web3
What changed

Raised $10M in Series A funding, led by Pantera Capital.

The company said the funding supports support its continued expansion across asset coverage, liquidity capacity, and institutional integrations.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Forgepoint
$10M · Seed · NYC, USA · Robotics & Manufacturing
What changed

Raised $10M in Seed funding, led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun.

The company said the funding supports grow its team and expand operations.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Otter Health
$8M · Seed · Washington, USA · Healthcare & Medtech
What changed

Raised $8M in Seed funding, led by Fika Ventures and Evidenced.

The company said the funding supports expand its operations and platform capabilities to replace traditional prior authorization with real-time clinical intelligence.

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FundingPublic signalyesterday
Holo
€5M · Seed · Vilnius, Lithuania · Robotics & Manufacturing
What changed

Raised €5M in Seed funding, led by Market One Capital.

The company said the funding supports further develop its autonomous marketing autopilot capabilities, expand its customer acquisition efforts among small businesses globally, and grow its core technical and product development teams in Vilnius.

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