Series A activity: Week of August 2, 2026

Data for Series A deals done worldwide (ex-China) where amount raised is greater than $8M and the company is not focused on therapeutics

Andromeda Surgical raised $15 million from Standard Capital on August 3, 2026. Surgical robotics and medical device company. Andromeda Surgical is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.andromedasurgical.com

Dash Bio raised $30 million from Oak HC/FT on August 3, 2026. AI and robotics platform for automated drug-development bioanalysis. Dash Bio is based in Boston, MA, United States. Website: www.dash.bio

Buzz Solutions raised $20 million from S3 Ventures on August 4, 2026. AI-powered platform for fault detection in power line inspections. Buzz Solutions is based in Palo Alto, CA, United States. Website: www.buzzsolutions.co

Delightree raised $25 million from Accel, Emergent Ventures, Innovius Capital, Timber Grove Ventures on August 4, 2026. All-in-one franchising tech platform for emerging franchise businesses. Delightree is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.delightree.com

Ore Energy raised $43 million from HV Capital, Plural on August 4, 2026. Cost-effective multi-day energy storage for reliable renewable energy. Ore Energy is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Website: www.oreenergy.com

RWX raised $12 million from Hyde Park Venture Partners on August 4, 2026. Software tools for optimizing reliability and developer experience. RWX is based in Columbus, OH, United States. Website: www.rwx.com

Sinumy raised $35.2 million from mint, Miraidoa, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, NOW, The Seibu Shinkin Capital, Theta Times, University of Tokyo Edge Capital on August 4, 2026. Hands-free Bluetooth authentication for gates, payments, and access control. Sinumy is based in Osaka, Japan. Website: www.sinumy.com

AgriAI raised $12 million on August 5, 2026. AI-driven precision farming tools for smallholder farmers. AgriAI is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Website: www.agrikeai.com

Aurelius Systems raised $40 million from Draper Associates, KAS Venture Partners on August 5, 2026. AI-powered laser systems for defense against unmanned aerial threats. Aurelius Systems is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.aureliussystems.com

InRisk Labs raised $27 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Northpoint Capital on August 5, 2026. AI-led reinsurance and climate risk underwriting platform. InRisk Labs is based in Ahmedabad, India. Website: www.inrisklabs.com

MittiLabs raised $9.5 million from Aramco Ventures on August 5, 2026. Satellite and AI platform reducing methane and water use in rice farming. MittiLabs is based in New York, NY, United States. Website: www.mittilabs.earth

Moment raised $22 million from AlphaCode on August 5, 2026. Payments infrastructure for African markets. Moment is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Website: www.momentco.net

PineGap raised $8 million from Stellaris Venture Partners on August 5, 2026. AI-powered equity research platform for financial analysts. PineGap is based in New York, NY, United States. Website: www.pinegap.ai

Salus Scientific raised $10.1 million on August 5, 2026. Healthcare safety technology for workers and patients in procedural medicine. Salus Scientific is based in Mount Pleasant, SC, United States. Website: www.salusscientific.com

Sapiom raised $35 million from Dragonfly on August 5, 2026. Infrastructure for secure programmatic commerce for AI agents. Sapiom is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.sapiom.ai

Volta raised $299.4 million from Altimeter, Andreessen Horowitz, Azora, NVIDIA on August 5, 2026. AI cloud and data-center infrastructure company. Volta is based in Palo Alto, CA, United States. Website: www.volta.com

Gravity raised $30.5 million from Committed Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners on August 6, 2026. AI ad platform for monetizing conversations with contextual ads. Gravity is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.trygravity.ai

HomeRun raised $12 million from Nexus Venture Partners on August 6, 2026. On-demand platform for building and interior goods. HomeRun is based in Bengaluru, India. Website: www.home-run.co

Naïve raised $28.5 million from Nexus Venture Partners on August 6, 2026. AI platform for autonomous employees and business automation. Naïve is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.usenaive.ai

Somos Internet raised $18 million from Ribbit Capital, Union Square Ventures on August 6, 2026. Network and telecommunications startup providing secure internet connection. Somos Internet is based in Medellín, Colombia. Website: www.somosinternet.co

Three Most Interesting Deals

Volta ($299.4M from Altimeter, Andreessen Horowitz, Azora, NVIDIA): Volta is building AI cloud and data-center infrastructure at a moment when training and inference capacity is the binding constraint for frontier labs and enterprises. A ~$300M Series A co-led by Altimeter, Andreessen Horowitz, Azora, and NVIDIA stands out because it finances AI compute like critical industrial capacity—pairing top-tier software capital with the chipmaker whose GPUs define the stack.

Ore Energy ($43M from HV Capital, Plural): Ore Energy is building multi-day energy storage designed to keep renewables reliable when the wind and sun don’t cooperate. The interesting bit is the focus on “boring” economics—storage that can be deployed at grid scale without the cost curve and supply constraints that punish many long-duration approaches. As Europe tightens grid-balancing requirements and accelerates renewables buildout, multi-day storage is shifting from pilot projects to procurement conversations, and Ore is positioning itself for that step-change. The $43M Series A led by HV Capital and Plural gives it the runway to move from engineering proof to repeatable deployments.

Sapiom ($35M from Dragonfly): Sapiom builds the infrastructure layer that lets AI agents buy and sell things programmatically without turning payments, identity, and authorization into a security nightmare. As agentic workflows move from demos to real spend—booking, procurement, ad buying, and marketplace transactions—teams need auditable permissions, policy controls, and safer ways to let software act on behalf of a user or company. The company is riding a clear tailwind: commerce is becoming API-first again, but this time the “buyer” is software that needs guardrails and verifiable intent. Sapiom’s $35M Series A led by Dragonfly underscores how quickly agent commerce is becoming a real platform market.

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