Venture Capital stories - Page 9

Airwallex acquires Korean fintech Paynuri, securing local payment and FX licences as it accelerates its expansion across Asia-Pacific hubs.

AI is shrinking routine coding vacancies but boosting demand for developers who can design systems, integrate tools and think strategically.

Elyos AI raises USD $13m to grow its AI agents that answer calls, book jobs and automate admin for trades and field service firms.

Cloudflare acquires UK AI marketplace Human Native to give creators more control and pay for data used to train and run AI systems.

London's Cyb3r Operations raises $5.4m to expand real-time monitoring of third-party cyber risk as supply-chain threats intensify.

SEON posts over 80% ARR growth, boosts API usage 250% and secures USD $80 million Series C to scale AI-powered fraud and AML platform.

Instabase appoints Omkar Pendse to spearhead product and technology as it doubles down on AI workflow automation after $100 million raise.

Team Cymru and Filigran link Pure Signal and Scout with OpenCTI to enrich threat investigations, automate hunts and deepen global context.

Cloudflare snaps up Human Native in bid to reshape how AI models pay for online content, promising new tools for pricing and discovery.

Singapore's Agnes AI hits 5m users in six months and open-sources its SEA-focused 8B-language model to cut reliance on foreign tech stacks.

GrowthPal raises USD $2.6m to scale its AI platform for off‑market M&A deal sourcing and global expansion from its Singapore base.

AI in 2026 will be less about dazzling breakthroughs and more about fragile data, hybrid clouds and investor pressure for real profits.

DryRun lands USD $8.7m seed round as demand grows for its AI-native code security tools targeting LLM-driven and autonomous coding workflows.

Riverlane launches an AI-driven quantum error correction hub in Delft, led by Barbara Terhal, bolstering its European R&D footprint.

Horizon3.ai names veteran marketer Andres Botero CMO to spearhead global expansion after a USD $100 million funding boost.

Elon Musk's xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.

January Capital raises over USD $130m for an Asia-Pacific growth credit fund targeting sponsor-backed technology companies.

Quobly starts running custom silicon-28 FD-SOI quantum wafers at STMicroelectronics' Crolles fab, aiming at scalable million-qubit processors.

Barcelona cyber start-up Zynap raises EUR €6 million seed extension to scale its AI-driven preventive defence platform globally.

Airwallex snaps up Indonesian fintech PT Skye Sab Indonesia to secure a key payments licence and accelerate its Asia-Pacific expansion.