Series A activity: Week of July 5, 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

Bespoke Labs raised $40 million from Wing VC on July 6, 2026. Applied AI research company for reasoning data and models. Bespoke Labs is based in Mountain View, CA, United States. Website: www.bespokelabs.ai

Agave raised $15 million from Accel on July 7, 2026. Unified API for accessing data across construction software systems. Agave is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.agaveapi.com

Bidbus raised $15 million from Ibex Investors on July 7, 2026. AI-driven C2B marketplace for sourcing used cars through auctions. The CEO is Duke Yan. Bidbus is based in Irvine, CA, United States. Website: www.bidbus.com

Cognitfy raised $15 million at a $200 million valuation from OrionChain, Sinergy Alliance and investor Jorge Martínez Arroyo on July 7, 2026. Agentic AI systems for automating tasks and workflows. Cognitfy is based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Website: www.cognitfy.com/en

Legalfly raised $17.1 million from Notion Capital on July 7, 2026. Automated legal services platform enhancing efficiency and privacy. The CEO is Ruben Miessen. Legalfly is based in Ghent, Belgium. Website: www.legalfly.ai

Luffy AI raised $10.8 million from BGF on July 7, 2026. Adaptive neural networks for UAVs and robotics. The CEO is Matthew Carr. Luffy AI is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom. Website: www.luffy.ai

Oratomic raised $300 million from ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures on July 7, 2026. Neutral-atom quantum hardware for fault-tolerant quantum computing. The CEO is Dolev Bluvstein. Oratomic is based in South Pasadena, CA, United States. Website: www.oratomic.com

Turing raised $42.1 million at a $600 million valuation from AMD Ventures, BIPROGY, DataDirect Networks, GMO Internet, Mitsubishi Corporation, MUFG Bank, Super Micro Computer, and Tokyo Electron Device on July 7, 2026. Develops and manufactures fully autonomous electric vehicles. The CEO is issei yamamoto. Turing is based in Higashi-shinagawa, Japan. Website: www.turing-motors.com

Alta raised $25 million from IN Venture on July 8, 2026. Data and AI solutions to drive business growth. The CEO is Stav Neumark. Alta is based in New York, NY, United States. Website: www.altahq.com

Axle Energy raised $24 million from Energize Capital on July 8, 2026. Software optimizing electricity grid flexibility and energy usage. Axle Energy is based in London, United Kingdom. Website: www.axle.energy

Bohr Énergie raised $11.4 million from Suma Capital through SC Net Zero Ventures on July 8, 2026. AI firm making the energy market accessible to independent producers. Bohr Énergie is based in Toulouse, France. Website: www.bohr-energie.fr

EdVisorly raised $13.3 million from Breachway Capital on July 8, 2026. AI software for higher education admissions and enrollment operations. EdVisorly is based in Los Angeles, CA, United States. Website: www.edvisorly.com

Graph AI raised $14 million from Insight Partners on July 8, 2026. AI safety and alignment solutions for language models and agentic AI. The CEO is Raghavendra Parvataraju. Graph AI is based in Pleasanton, CA, United States. Website: www.graphsafety.ai

Gridcog raised $12.5 million from ABB Electrification Ventures, AXPO Ventures, DNV Ventures and Verbund Ventures on July 8, 2026. Energy transition planning and optimization software for renewable projects. The CEO is Fabian Le Gay Brereton. Gridcog is based in London, United Kingdom. Website: www.gridcog.com

Hostie raised $12 million from Obvious Ventures on July 8, 2026. AI-driven customer experience platform for restaurants. Hostie is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.hostie.ai

Kord raised $8.6 million from Guinness Ventures on July 8, 2026. API platform for identity, AML, onboarding and payments. Kord is based in London, United Kingdom. Website: www.kord.com

Prime Intellect raised $130 million at a $1 billion valuation from Radical Ventures on July 8, 2026. Democratizes AI development and distributed training at scale. Prime Intellect is based in San Francisco, CA, United States. Website: www.primeintellect.ai

aviva raised $18 million from Valor Capital Group on July 8, 2026. AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underbanked communities. aviva is based in Mexico City, Mexico. Website: www.avivacredito.com

Cerca Magnetics raised $65 million at a $1 billion valuation from Dragonfly on July 9, 2026. Advanced wearable brain scanner for health and sickness monitoring. The CEO is David Woolger. Cerca Magnetics is based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Website: www.resonance.holdings

Infinia raised $13.5 million from Bain Capital and Variant Fund on July 9, 2026. Open banking payments and transfer charge management platform. The CEO is Ianai Urwicz. Infinia is based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Website: www.infinia.xyz

Keyper raised $11 million from Speedinvest on July 9, 2026. Digital real estate investment management and automation platform. The CEO is Omar Abu Innab. Keyper is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Website: www.realkeyper.com

Klinic raised $24 million from Proofpoint Capital, I2BF Global Ventures, Tau Ventures, Upstream Ventures, Draper Associates, and Wicklow Capital on July 9, 2026. Practice-in-a-box and marketplace for fast affordable treatment. The CEO is Avish Bhama. Klinic is based in Seattle, WA, United States. Website: www.klinic.com

QuantumDiamonds raised $17.1 million from World Fund on July 9, 2026. Quantum-based semiconductor inspection systems for chip defect detection. The CEO is Kevin Berghoff. QuantumDiamonds is based in Munich, Germany. Website: www.qd-st.com

Aria raised $8 million from 115K on July 10, 2026. Payment-terms-as-a-Service for small business growth. The CEO is Clément Carrier. Aria is based in Paris, France. Website: www.helloaria.eu

Reformed raised $22 million from IRIS Ventures on July 10, 2026. Functional coffee and matcha subscription brand. Reformed is based in London, United Kingdom. Website: www.feelreformed.com

Three Most Interesting Deals

Oratomic ($300M from ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures): Oratomic builds neutral-atom quantum computers aimed at running fault-tolerant workloads, not just lab demos. Neutral-atom systems are gaining traction because they can scale qubit counts with array-based architectures while keeping the hardware footprint relatively compact. The interesting momentum here is the sheer ambition implied by the build plan: the company is positioning around error-corrected operation, which forces progress across control electronics, calibration software, and error correction—not a single “better qubit” claim. Oratomic pulled in a $300M Series A led by ARCH, Spark, and Khosla, a bankroll that suggests a push from prototype to a credible, integrated machine on an aggressive timeline.

Prime Intellect ($130M from Radical Ventures): Prime Intellect is building infrastructure to let teams train large AI models using distributed compute, with an emphasis on making serious training accessible beyond the handful of hyperscalers. What stands out is the timing: training demand is rising faster than centralized GPU supply, so tooling that can orchestrate heterogeneous, geographically scattered clusters is becoming core plumbing. The company is also leaning into “democratized” development—more like a networked training layer than a single-lab model shop—which could widen the pool of groups that can run frontier-ish experiments. It raised $130M at a $1.0B valuation with Radical Ventures leading, putting real fuel behind scaling the platform and onboarding bigger training runs.

Cerca Magnetics ($65M from Dragonfly): Cerca Magnetics makes a wearable brain scanner designed to monitor health and sickness by measuring brain signals without the bulk and constraints of traditional systems. Wearable neurotech is moving from research novelty to clinical and remote-monitoring tool, and Cerca’s angle is continuous or repeatable scanning where hospitals and pharma would prefer something portable and patient-friendly. The momentum to watch is category pull: better sensors plus growing interest in objective neurological biomarkers for conditions where symptoms are episodic and hard to quantify. The company raised $65M at a $1.0B valuation led by Dragonfly, giving it runway to push from impressive hardware into broader clinical validation and deployments.

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