Auckland-based Outlier Space has raised NZ$10.5 million in pre-seed funding, backed by GD1, Airtree and Investible, to build orbital manufacturing technology.
Medellín-based fintech Plenti has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Tether, offering multicurrency accounts and investment services for freelancers and remote workers across Latin America.
Tel Aviv-based Guardio has raised $40 million, pushing its valuation to approximately $1.1 billion, as the consumer cybersecurity company surpasses one million customers using its AI-driven phishing and malware detection.
Emerald AI has raised $150 million in Series A funding at a $1.05 billion valuation, with its Emerald Conductor software dynamically adjusting AI data center power consumption to ease grid strain.
Identity verification company Socure has raised $156 million in new funding, lifting its valuation to $5.2 billion, and acquired AI agent technology firm Fravity to strengthen its RiskOS platform.
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is reportedly preparing for a Hong Kong initial public offering at a valuation approaching $50 billion, a move that could turn Chinese frontier-model competition into a public-market race.
Nextgen Finance has raised INR 215 crore, with prior RBI approval, to scale its secured MSME lending business beyond India's top 100 locations, led by Beams Fintech Fund.
Bengaluru-founded baby-tech startup Cradlewise has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by 3one4 Capital and Prudent Investment Management, taking its total funding to $26 million.
Chinese generative-3D start-up VAST has completed Series B and B+ rounds totalling roughly $446 million, led by Matrix Partners China, as investors bet on 3D generation becoming a major new AI application category.
Ringg AI, which builds AI agents to automate customer conversations and operational tasks for businesses, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Peak XV Partners.