The Daily Raise/September 24, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
9 startup funding rounds surfaced since our last edition, $468.1M raised in total. Island tops the day with $400M in Series F funding, led by Evolution Equity Partners. The ranking runs all the way down to $1M, with startups from United States, Netherlands, Japan.
The rounds leading today's news · 5 rounds
No. 1
$400M
Amount raised
Series F·Cybersecurity·United States
Island is Provides enterprise browser, data protection, and secure network infrastructure.
Island raised a $400 million Series F led by Evolution Equity Partners to expand its enterprise security and AI-agent governance platform. The round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Prysm Capital, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management.
No. 2
$37M
Amount raised
Web3Series A·web3 financial infrastructure·Sep 24
HIFI is Builds infrastructure for stablecoin payments and tokenized financial assets.
HIFI raised a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital to scale infrastructure for stablecoin payments and tokenized money. The round was led by Left Lane Capital.
No. 3
$20M
Amount raised
Series A·healthcare AI·Sep 24
Basalt Health is Automates patient transitions and admissions into post-acute care facilities.
Basalt Health raised a $20M Series A led by NEA to expand enterprise deployments and develop discharge planning, payer authorization, and benefits coordination workflows. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Frist Cressey Ventures, 25m Health.
No. 4
$4M
Amount raised
Cybersecurity·Sep 24
Kontext is Provides runtime security and control software for enterprise AI agents.
Kontext raised $4 million led by 42CAP, with backing from a16z CSX and HTGF, to expand its runtime security platform for AI agents. The round was led by 42CAP, with participation from a16z CSX, HTGF.
No. 5
$2.2M
Amount raised
Seed·Fintech·United States
Crux Analytics is Uses agentic workflows to help banks acquire and retain business customers.
Crux Analytics raised €1.9 million in seed funding to help financial institutions engage, acquire, and retain small-business customers.
Growth, Series A and everything in between · 4 rounds
No. 6
$1.7M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·Fintech·Netherlands
Duqu is Advances funds against outstanding invoices using AI underwriting.
Duqu raised €1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its working-capital platform and AI underwriting technology for invoice advances. The round was led by Curiosity VC, with participation from No Such Ventures.
No. 7
$1.2M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·robotics·Japan
O-ID is Builds modular humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and logistics.
O-ID raised pre-seed funding led by TAWANI Ventures to develop modular humanoid robots and prepare factory pilots. The round was led by TAWANI Ventures, with participation from Hustle Fund, Techstars, angel investors.
No. 8
$1M
Amount raised
Food waste·Sep 24
Life Lab Resources is Develops solutions to reduce food waste and recover value from discarded food.
Life Lab Resources raised $1 million in a round led by Decarb123 Pte Ltd through DC123FW Pte Ltd. The round was led by Decarb123 Pte Ltd.
No. 9
$1M
Amount raised
Pre-Seed·Artificial intelligence·Sep 24
ByteAsk is Builds AI coding agents for C and C++ software development.
ByteAsk will use its pre-seed capital for infrastructure, product development, hiring, GPU compute and training data. The round was led by Y Combinator, with participation from Entrepreneur First, angel investors from global quantitative trading firms.
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