The Daily Raise/September 8, 2026
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
14 startup funding rounds surfaced since our last edition, $8.67B raised in total. Mistral AI tops the day with $3.48B in Series D funding, led by Samsung Electronics. The ranking runs all the way down to $3M, with startups from France, United States, India, United Kingdom.
The rounds leading today's news · 5 rounds
No. 1
$3.48B
Amount raised
Series D·Artificial intelligence·France
Mistral AI is Builds open-weight AI models and infrastructure for enterprises and governments.
Mistral AI closed a €3 billion Series D led by Samsung Electronics to develop AI models, infrastructure, and products for international expansion. The round was led by Samsung Electronics, with participation from Scaleup Europe Fund, PSG Equity, Advent.
No. 2
$3.48B
Amount raised
Series D·Artificial intelligence·France
Mistral is Builds open-weight AI models, infrastructure, and enterprise applications.
Mistral raised a €3 billion Series D led by Samsung Electronics to scale AI research, computing infrastructure, and international expansion. The round was led by Samsung Electronics, with participation from Scaleup Europe Fund, PSG Equity, Advent.
No. 3
$1B
Amount raised
Space technology·Sep 8
Stoke Space is Unknown.
Stoke Space raised $1 billion as it prepared for its first orbital flight.
No. 4
$450M
Amount raised
Series C·Space technology·Sep 8
The Exploration Company is Develops reusable space capsules and high-thrust rocket engines.
The Exploration Company will use the Series C funding to develop its Nyx reusable capsule, advance its Storm rocket engine and expand operations. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Atomico, Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, Balderton.
No. 5
$150M
Amount raised
Series C·Healthcare technology·United States
Forus is Connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma through AI agents.
Forus raised a $150M Series C to expand its AI-powered prescription platform across medical specialties and grow its technical and go-to-market teams. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Accel.
Growth, Series A and everything in between · 7 rounds
No. 6
$50M
Amount raised
Seed·Nuclear energy·United States
Bluecore Energy is Builds floating small modular nuclear reactors for ports and infrastructure.
Bluecore Energy raised an oversubscribed $50 million seed round to fund product development, regulatory work, nuclear fuel purchases, and hiring. The round was led by Silverton Partners, with participation from Slauson & Co., Harlem Capital, Chris Larsen.
No. 7
$20M
Amount raised
No. 8
$10.6M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·Defence technology·Sep 8
Ground A is Develops laser-based systems for defending against drones.
Ground A raised pre-seed funding from Vsquared and Quantum Systems to scale its laser-based drone defence technology. The round was led by Vsquared, with participation from Quantum Systems.
No. 9
$5M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·AgTech·France
Tellia is Provides voice AI for agricultural data capture and field operations.
Tellia will use its pre-Seed funding to improve its voice AI and agentic layer while expanding its team in the United States and Europe. The round was led by Revent, with participation from Grey Silo Ventures, Jeriko, Fund F.
No. 10
$4.5M
Amount raised
Climate technology·India·Sep 8
Circolife is Provides subscription-based cooling equipment with IoT monitoring and maintenance.
Circolife raised $4.5 million led by Bharat Jaisinghani to expand its cooling equipment fleet, geographic footprint, and predictive-maintenance platform. The round was led by Bharat Jaisinghani, with participation from Nitish Mittersain, Intelliquity Ventures, Sumit Jalan.
No. 11
$4M
Amount raised
Single sourceArtificial intelligence software·Sep 8
Lightsage is Helps software companies optimize products for discovery and use by AI agents.
Lightsage announced $4 million led by Nexus Venture Partners to build infrastructure helping software products become discoverable and usable by AI agents. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Steven Tamm, Abhinav Asthana, Matt Curl.
No. 12
$4M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·Financial technology·United Kingdom
Veridue is Uses AI to streamline due diligence for energy infrastructure investments.
Veridue raised a €3.44 million pre-Seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures to roll out its AI-native due diligence and M&A platform. The round was led by Episode 1 Ventures, with participation from HTGF, Pi Labs, Cameron Hepburn.
Seed checks and SEC filings nobody else covers · 2 rounds
No. 13
$3.7M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·Fusion energy software·Sep 8
Fusionality is Builds software infrastructure for operating and developing fusion reactors.
Fusionality secured pre-seed funding led by Founderful and Playfair to build software infrastructure for fusion reactors. The round was led by Founderful, with participation from Playfair.
No. 14
$3M
Amount raised
enterprise software·Sep 8
Outline is AI software replaces spreadsheet-based financial forecasting for businesses.
Outline raised $3 million to replace Excel-based forecasting with an AI-powered planning product.
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