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Healthcare Data Platform Wins CVS's $40M Bet
5 min readMay 29, 2026

Healthcare Data Platform Wins CVS's $40M Bet

The H1 healthcare data platform sells physician and provider intelligence to pharma companies, hospital systems, health plans, and digital health firms. H1 has now raised a new $40 million round led by CVS Health Ventures at a moment when older SaaS startups are getting ignored and AI-native companies are soaking up most of the hype. […]

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Corgi Insurance Startup Raises $106M for AI Cover
5 min readMay 29, 2026

Corgi Insurance Startup Raises $106M for AI Cover

Corgi is an AI-native insurance carrier that sells startup coverage without the usual broker maze and weekslong underwriting drag. The Corgi insurance startup just announced a $106 million Series B1 at a $2.6 billion valuation, only 3 weeks after a $160 million Series B valued it at $1.3 billion. That kind of jump is rare […]

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Anthropic Funding Sets Up Claude IPO Run
5 min readMay 29, 2026

Anthropic Funding Sets Up Claude IPO Run

Anthropic builds large language models and enterprise AI tools, and this Anthropic funding round is massive even by 2026 standards: $65 billion at a $965 billion post-money valuation. The core problem it’s chasing is simple — big companies want AI that can write code and run agentic workflows, while staying honest enough to trust in […]

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C2i Semiconductors Funding Backs AI Power Chips
5 min readMay 29, 2026

C2i Semiconductors Funding Backs AI Power Chips

C2i Semiconductors builds power delivery chips and control systems for AI servers. The latest C2i Semiconductors funding update takes its Series A to $16.7 million after TDK Ventures added fresh capital to the round on May 28, 2026, a few months after Peak XV Partners led the original $15 million close in February. The startup […]

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Thea Energy Raises $100M for Fusion Magnets
5 min readMay 28, 2026

Thea Energy Raises $100M for Fusion Magnets

Thea Energy is a New Jersey fusion company building stellarator reactors with software-controlled flat magnets instead of the twisted coil systems that have made stellarators brutally hard to manufacture. The startup has now raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series B led by Thomas Tull’s U.S. Innovative Technology Fund, a round that pushes it into the […]

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Oncology AI Startup Triomics Raises $22M From Battery
5 min readMay 28, 2026

Oncology AI Startup Triomics Raises $22M From Battery

Triomics builds software that uses oncology-specific AI to read messy cancer records and automate work like clinical trial matching, chart prep, and registry reporting. The oncology AI startup has now raised $22 million in Series B funding. Battery Ventures led the round, with returning backers Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed, Y Combinator, and others joining in. […]

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Tiea Connectors Funding: ₹77 Cr From IvyCap
5 min readMay 28, 2026

Tiea Connectors Funding: ₹77 Cr From IvyCap

Tiea Connectors makes high-performance electrical connectors and contact systems for sectors where failure isn’t an option. The Bengaluru-linked hardware startup has raised ₹77 crore in Series A funding led by IvyCap Ventures, with Jamwant Ventures, 8X Ventures, and a set of HNI angel investors also joining the round. That matters because India still imports a […]

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AI Sleep Earbuds: SOND Raises $7M for Dreambuds
5 min readMay 28, 2026

AI Sleep Earbuds: SOND Raises $7M for Dreambuds

SOND makes AI sleep earbuds that monitor your body overnight and change what you hear in real time. On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, the Boston startup came out of stealth with $7 million in funding and a new product called Dreambuds. The pitch is simple: most sleep gadgets tell you what went wrong after the […]

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WeRoad Series C: Airbnb Backs Austin Launch
5 min readMay 28, 2026

WeRoad Series C: Airbnb Backs Austin Launch

WeRoad is a Milan-based social travel company that sells age-banded group trips and local meetups for people who want to travel with strangers and actually click with them. Its WeRoad Series C round brings in $58 million, led by Airbnb, to fund a U.S. expansion that starts in Austin. The company is chasing a real […]

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