The Intake
GlobalWho raised, and what they are actually building — one plain sentence per company, in our words, with a link to the outlet that reported it. Alongside it, the i-Index: which sectors are winning deals right now, ranked by deal count rather than by headline capital, because a single mega-round can make any sector look like the story of the week.
336 rounds held · 17 Jul 2026 → 15 Sept 2026 · last collected 15 Sept 2026
This week
9–15 Sep · 42 confirmed · share ↓42 companies raised in the seven days to 15 Sep — $2bn between the 41 that disclosed a figure, as reported. The busiest bucket was Other B2B Software, at 5 of them — a tally for one week, not a trend. 4 ideas drew more than one company each: AI for online shopping, Construction & project bidding and Grid & energy storage. The middle round was $7.2m. 17 of the 42 are AI-native — AI in the product, whatever sector they sit in.
- Rounds
- 42
- Reported capital
- $2bn
- 41 disclosed
- Median round
- $7.2m
- Sectors · countries
- 15 · 17
- Other B2B Software5$155.9m
- Fintech4$369.1m
- Cybersecurity4$294.6m
- Food4$34.7m
- Semiconductors3$442.8m
- Health Tech & Medtech3$100.9m
One week is far below the 30 deals at which we are willing to call a sector share a ranking, so this is a count of what landed, with the money beside it as a figure rather than a second bar — the cumulative i-Index below is the one that ranks, and the only one drawn as a comparison.
- 2AI for online shoppingTabby, Theater
- 2Construction & project biddingBuildots, Strong by Form
- 2Grid & energy storageRebaba, Furo
- 2Fleet & freight softwareFRYTE Mobility, Depotcharge
The i-Index
16 Aug – 15 Sep · 157 confirmed deals · rumours excluded · $9.9bn reported, converted at ECB rates
- Other B2B Software2315%5%$451.8m$4.7mOther B2B Software23 deals · med $4.7m15%5% · $451.8m
- Energy1711%3%$277.7m$5mEnergy17 deals · med $5m11%3% · $277.7m
- Fintech149%7%$651.3m$12.5mFintech14 deals · med $12.5m9%7% · $651.3m
- Health Tech & Medtech117%2%$204.1m$2.5mHealth Tech & Medtech11 deals · med $2.5m7%2% · $204.1m
- AI106%41%$4bn$32.5mAI10 deals · med $32.5m6%41% · $4bn
- Robotics106%16%$1.5bn$68.5mRobotics10 deals · med $68.5m6%16% · $1.5bn
- Marketing106%5%$535m$10.2mMarketing10 deals · med $10.2m6%5% · $535m
- Semiconductors96%5%$467.4m$5.7mSemiconductors9 deals · med $5.7m6%5% · $467.4m
- Cybersecurity85%5%$467.2m$7.7mCybersecurity8 deals · med $7.7m5%5% · $467.2m
- Food74%1%$102.3m$6mFood7 deals · med $6m4%1% · $102.3m
- Transportation74%1%$96.3m$5.8mTransportation7 deals · med $5.8m4%1% · $96.3m
- Biotech & Life Sciences64%1%$67.3m$4.8mBiotech & Life Sciences6 deals · med $4.8m4%1% · $67.3m
- eCommerce & Marketplaces64%0%$42.7m$7.5meCommerce & Marketplaces6 deals · med $7.5m4%0% · $42.7m
- Space53%9%$873.1m$58.1mSpace5 deals · med $58.1m3%9% · $873.1m
- Consumer Services53%0%$31.1m$5.3mConsumer Services5 deals · med $5.3m3%0% · $31.1m
- Defence43%0%$26.7m$2.8mDefence4 deals · med $2.8m3%0% · $26.7m
- Edtech43%0%$17.6m$4.2mEdtech4 deals · med $4.2m3%0% · $17.6m
- Aviation11%0%$2.5m$2.5mAviation1 deal · med $2.5m1%0% · $2.5m
Left bar is a sector’s share of the window’s deals, right bar its share of the reported capital, and both sides are drawn to the same scale — so a row that balances took its proportional share of the money, and a lopsided one did not. Capital is the sum of amounts as reported by the source outlets, converted to USD — it is not audited, and rounds with no disclosed amount count towards the deal share but not the capital share.
Rounds · 9–15 Sep
42 shown of 336 held- 15 Sept 2026Boxd$2m (reported)
Cloud computing built for software developers and the AI coding agents that write code for them.
Backed by BlueYard Capital
- 15 Sept 2026Buildots$130m (reported)
Uses 360-degree cameras worn on site managers' helmets to track how construction work is progressing.
- 15 Sept 2026Cornelis Networks$205m (reported)unverified read
Makes networking technology that links computers together in AI data centres, spun out of Intel.
- 15 Sept 2026Depotcharge€2.7m (reported)
Shared charging depots where electric lorries from different haulage firms can recharge.
- 15 Sept 2026EnforceShield€1.7m (reported)
Software that automates enforcing a company's intellectual property rights, such as trademarks and copyright.
Backed by Vendep Capital
- 15 Sept 2026EUCLYD€200m (reported)
Building energy-efficient chip systems for running large AI models, with the first hardware due from 2028.
Backed by Samsung · Somerset Capital Partners · Scaleup Europe Fund · Innovation Industries · EIFO
- 15 Sept 2026Exein$270m (reported)
AI-powered security software that protects robots, machines and other connected devices in the physical world.
- 15 Sept 2026Flam$40m (reported)unverified read
A platform businesses use to make interactive video, 3D content and AI-generated avatars.
- 15 Sept 2026Kaiko$110m (reported)
Supplies crypto market data gathered from more than 150 exchanges and blockchain networks.
Backed by S&P Global
- 15 Sept 2026Tabby$233m (reported)unverified read
Buy-now-pay-later payments that let shoppers in the Gulf pay for purchases over time.
- 15 Sept 2026Zero€8.9m (reported)
Customer-relationship software for sales and marketing teams, built to challenge Salesforce and HubSpot with AI.
Backed by Primary Venture Partners · Inception Fund · Defiant · Greens
- 14 Sept 2026Aeon
AI-assisted whole-body health check-ups for people who want to catch problems early.
- 14 Sept 2026Arcustin Games$500k (reported)
A mobile game studio that uses AI throughout how it makes its games.
Backed by Webrazzi GSYF
- 14 Sept 2026Chift€10.5m (reported)
Lets software companies plug their products into the accounting and finance tools their customers already use.
Backed by BlackFin Capital Partners
- 14 Sept 2026Custodea€350k (reported)
An AI data platform that pulls a small business's scattered data into one place it controls.
- 14 Sept 2026Eagle Cloud¥100m (reported)
Security and governance tools that let businesses control what their AI agents are allowed to do.
Backed by MTR Lab · Northern Light Venture Capital
- 14 Sept 2026ElitaAUD 1.9m (reported)unverified read
Health care for dogs: genetic banking, at-home tests and round-the-clock vet video calls.
- 14 Sept 2026Ferm Labs€3m (reported)unverified read
Uses fermentation-style bioprocessing to make natural, clean-label ingredients for food companies.
Backed by CDP Venture Capital · Fund F · Redstone
- 14 Sept 2026Freya Industries€533k (reported)
Low-cost smart sensors that detect drones, sold to security and defence customers.
Backed by Foundry Ventures · Longswan Ventures · Propel Capital · Saminvest · Schyssta Änglar
- 14 Sept 2026Greencovery€1m (reported)unverified read
Extracts valuable compounds from food-industry leftovers, starting with waste from cocoa processing.
Backed by ROM InWest · Brightlands Venture Partners
- 14 Sept 2026Open Cosmos€300m (reported)
Builds satellites and sells the connectivity and Earth-observation data they provide.
- 14 Sept 2026Tandem Health$100m (reported)
An AI medical assistant for clinics that handles doctors' paperwork and admin across European healthcare.
Backed by Scaleup Europe Fund · Kinnevik · Northzone · Amino Collective · Visionaries
- 11 Sept 2026Furo€3.4m (reported)
Software for running battery storage at factories and other industrial sites so that the batteries pay their way.
Backed by TQ Ventures · Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners
- 10 Sept 2026Arlequin AI€28m (reported)unverified read
Develops AI models built on a different underlying design, topological neural networks, and deploys them for customers.
- 10 Sept 2026Biorsaf€5.2m (reported)unverified read
Software that moves food businesses’ safety and quality checks off paper, now extended to managing food labelling information too.
- 10 Sept 2026Bynario€2.1m (reported)
Uses AI to find, rank and help fix security flaws in software, and has already turned up serious bugs in Apple’s operating systems.
Backed by 360 Capital Partners · PranaVentures
- 10 Sept 2026First TableAUD 10m (reported)unverified read
A booking platform that gives diners discounts for eating at restaurants during quieter, off-peak times.
- 10 Sept 2026Grubel€3m (reported)
An AI research lab building systems that adjust themselves to the details of each individual legal case.
Backed by Point Nine
- 10 Sept 2026IVEX€5m (reported)unverified read
AI software that runs safety testing for carmakers and the wider automotive industry.
Backed by The Faktory · Dedicated.lu
- 10 Sept 2026PHYMI$100m (reported)
Building AI-driven robots that can take a goal, move around and handle objects to carry it out.
Backed by IDG Capital · Yunqi Capital · DiDi · Fosun RZ Capital · Glory Ventures · Hesai Technology
- 10 Sept 2026Swish$24m (reported)unverified read
A fast food-delivery service built to get meals to customers in minutes.
Backed by Bertelsmann India
- 10 Sept 2026Theater₹750m (reported)
A fashion and accessories brand that sells direct to shoppers online and is now opening physical stores in Indian cities.
- 9 Sept 2026Actionable$10m (reported)
Analyses a company’s customer data to predict what customers will do next and what is driving it.
- 9 Sept 2026Anemo Labs£700k (reported)
Technology that picks up disease-related chemical compounds by smell, as a way to detect illness.
Backed by Zinc · SFC Capital
- 9 Sept 2026CloudNC$20m (reported)
Software that uses AI to plan and program precision machining in factories, automating a slow manual step in making metal parts.
Backed by Nimble Ventures
- 9 Sept 2026FRYTE Mobility€3.5m (reported)
Software that coordinates charging for electric lorry fleets, linking logistics schedules with the energy supply.
- 9 Sept 2026Fundcraft€12m (reported)unverified read
Software and services that handle the back-office running of alternative investment funds.
- 9 Sept 2026HelmGuard$7.3m (reported)unverified read
Software that automates companies’ risk, compliance and security assessments instead of running them on paperwork.
- 9 Sept 2026Metacognition AIAUD 10m (reported)unverified read
An operating system for robots that lets workers teach machines new tasks by talking to them.
- 9 Sept 2026Rebaba$4.6m (reported)
Builds battery storage systems out of batteries taken from used electric vehicles.
- 9 Sept 2026SCI Semiconductor£5m (reported)
Makes computer chips designed so that memory-related security bugs cannot happen, and is now scaling up production.
- 9 Sept 2026Strong by Form€5.8m (reported)
Engineers wood into a high-strength building material meant to replace some of the concrete used in construction.
How this is built
Where the rows come from
Thirteen startup-news feeds are read once a run and date-gated to the last few days. What survives is filtered down to primary investments into private operating companies — IPOs, acquisitions, corporate capex, buybacks, bond issues, fund closes and government grants are all thrown out, because none of them is a startup raising money.
What we write, and what we don't
The one-line description of each company is ours, written from the reported facts. We never reproduce a headline or article text, and every row links back to the outlet that did the reporting. Amounts are shown exactly as the source stated them, labelled (reported), with the original currency kept alongside the converted figure.
Why the ranking is by deal count
One $3bn round can hand its sector 60% of a week's capital while nothing else changed. Deal count is harder to distort, so it leads; capital and the median sit next to it so the gap between them stays visible. A window with fewer than 30 deals is shown as a tally and not ranked.
The sectors are not ours
Every company is filed under exactly one of eighteen sectors taken verbatim from Dealroom simplified sector taxonomy (18 sectors), so the index is comparable to how the rest of the industry talks — and so nobody, human or machine, improvises a category. See the eighteen and what each one means →
Every figure here is what a news outlet reported, not a verified or audited number, and outlets sometimes disagree about the same round. Rounds tagged “rumoured” are unconfirmed reports and are excluded from the index entirely. This page is general information — not investment advice, and not a recommendation of any company on it. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and it gets corrected.
vc-scan · collected from public news feeds