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Fieldguide raises USD $75m to expand agentic AI in audit

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Fieldguide secures USD $75m Series C from Goldman Sachs to scale agentic AI for audit firms, lifting its valuation to USD $700m.
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Ditto raises USD $9.2m for AI iMessage dating push

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Campus dating start-up Ditto lands USD 9.2 million to grow its AI-powered iMessage matchmaking service for US college students.
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GoCab raises USD $45m to grow African gig mobility

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GoCab secures USD $45m in equity and debt to expand gig driver vehicle financing and electric mobility across Africa and emerging markets.
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Forward Networks unveils AI twin for safer operations

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Forward Networks debuts Forward AI, a digital twin-powered agentic assistant promising safer, verifiable automation for network operations.
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Smartphone app claims to deliver full eye prescriptions

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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A Copenhagen startup says its Argus software can generate full eye prescriptions from a single smartphone photo in under a minute.
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RobCo raises USD $100m to scale Physical AI robotics

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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RobCo secures USD $100m in Series C funding to scale its Physical AI industrial robots across the US and Europe and deepen factory autonomy.
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Summize raises USD $50m to grow AI contract platform

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Summize raises USD $50m to accelerate its AI-powered contract platform, targeting rapid expansion across the UK and US legal markets.
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Fiddler raises $30m Series C to power the control plane for AI Agents

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Fiddler raises USD $30m to expand its AI agent control plane, targeting governance, security and observability for complex enterprise systems.
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Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.
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Mantas raises USD $1.77m to insure against cloud downtime

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Mantas raises USD $1.77m seed to launch parametric insurance that pays out automatically when verified cloud outages hit businesses.
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XYZ Reality hires Operations & Finance Chiefs to scale

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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XYZ Reality names new Operations and Finance Chiefs to steer global expansion as demand surges for its mission-critical construction platform.
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Jelou raises USD $10m to scale WhatsApp AI across US

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Jelou lands USD $10m Series A to scale its WhatsApp-based transactional AI platform Brain across the US and wider Americas market.
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2150 closes second fund at EUR €210m for urban tech

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Urban tech investor 2150 closes second fund at EUR €210m, lifting total assets to EUR €500m to back climate-focused city technologies.
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Sparkli raises USD $5m for AI play-based learning app

Mon, 26th Jan 2026
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Zurich startup Sparkli exits stealth with USD $5m to launch a multimodal AI play-based learning app for children aged 5 to 12 worldwide.
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Orbital raises USD $60m to scale AI for real estate law

Mon, 26th Jan 2026
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Orbital raises USD $60m to expand its AI platform for real estate law, targeting US growth and doubling headcount after UK success.
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Juspay secures USD $50m, hits USD $1.2bn valuation

Mon, 26th Jan 2026
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Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.
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Komodor bolsters leadership for AI driven SRE growth

Sat, 24th Jan 2026
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Komodor hires a new CFO and elevates its people chief to steer global expansion of its AI-driven site reliability engineering platform.
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Emergent raises USD $70m to fuel AI software surge

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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AI platform Emergent raises USD $70m Series B from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank to speed global software creation for non-coders.
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Learning marketplace Preply raises $150 million to fuel global AI push

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Language learning platform Preply secures $150 million to boost AI tools and global growth, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.
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Claroty raises USD $150m to boost CPS cyber security

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Claroty secures USD $150m Series F funding to accelerate global expansion and strengthen cyber-physical systems security platform.