Sydney-founded Gridsight has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by Insight Partners to scale its AI-powered platform helping electricity utilities identify unused grid capacity, accelerating renewable energy connections.
China-based generative 3D AI startup VAST has completed Series B and B+ financings totalling approximately $446 million, led by Matrix Partners China, as investors bet on 3D generation becoming a major new AI application category.
India's startup ecosystem raised close to $1 billion in funding during August 2026, marking a strong rebound following a comparatively muted July and signalling renewed investor momentum heading into the festive quarter.
Online insurance marketplace InsuranceDekho is preparing to file its draft red herring prospectus by the end of September, targeting an initial public offering worth between ₹2,500 crore and ₹3,000 crore by March 2027.
India's sovereign-anchored National Investment and Infrastructure Fund has raised ₹19,000 crore as the first close of its ₹30,000 crore Infrastructure Fund II, backed by the Government of India, sovereign wealth funds and pension investors.
Gurugram-based climate-tech startup YOGa Clean Air has raised ₹20 crore in its first external funding round, led by Info Edge Ventures with backing from Eternal founder Deepinder Goyal, to expand its indoor air-purification systems.
Power-electronics manufacturer Zenergize Technologies has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round led by Giraffe Studios, combining equity and venture debt to scale production capacity amid surging order demand.
India's Kepler Aerospace has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Blue Ashva Capital and Finvolve India Accelerator, marking its first external financing round since the company was founded in 2018.
Battery-swapping startup Yuma Energy has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Magna International, alongside acquiring battery technology company Grinntech in a strategic push toward vertical integration.
Brussels-based Motion has raised €1.7 million in pre-seed funding to launch a Humanoids-as-a-Service platform bundling robot deployment, training and maintenance for factories and warehouses.