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Last week's funding report (ending February 23, 2026) highlights AI's continued ubiquity across US deals in power infrastructure (Heron Power, DG Matrix), agentic platforms (Adapt, Braintrust), semiconductors (ChipAgents, Taalas), and healthcare automation (Codoxo, Daffodil Health). Energy and deep tech feature prominently with cleantech (Energy Vault, LanzaJet), alongside fintech and biotech. UK shows AI supply chain (Mondra) and databases (SurrealDB); India blends AI cloud (Neysa) and fintech IPOs (Fractal).
Patterns Identified
AI tags saturate major rounds, evolving to agentic automation, observability (Portkey.ai, Braintrust), and hardware integration (chips, power for data centers). US dominates volume (~61 rounds) with energy/AI infra focus; smaller regions like UK/India emphasize niche AI/fintech. Mega-deals cluster in infrastructure vs. prior weeks' robotics/biotech.
Trends and Insights
Volatility persists: volume rebounded sharply from Feb 17's dip, but capital plunged vs. that week's spike and Feb 10's surge. AI shifts from inference/hardware (Eleven Labs Feb 10, CoreWeave Feb 3) to power/supply chain needs, signaling data center buildout amid Jan 27's cyber/energy mix. US lead steady (~50 rounds/prior weeks), non-US stable but lower scale.
Conclusion
AI infrastructure maturation drives trends, with US energy bets offsetting capital swings—expect hardware consolidation in 2026.
Last week's funding rounds
142 funding rounds, +31% from last week.
Number of funding rounds - February 23, 2026 by Parsers VC
Total raised $7.82 billion, -79% since last week
Total raised $, bln - February 23, 2026 by Parsers VC
Funding rounds in United States
61 funding rounds, total raised $4.22B
Heron Power (Develops industrial power electronics for a growing electricity sector with software-integrated infrastructure) Raises $140M Series B Round from Energy Impact Partners, a16z #Energy #Electronics #AI #Manufacturing #Infrastructure
Aalyria (Provides seamless networking for communications across land, sea, and space) Raises $100M Series B Round at $1.3B Valuation #Networking #Defense #Telecom #SpaceTech #Software
Adapt (Builds an AI computer for business, connecting data and tools with frontier AI agents) Raises $10M Seed Round from Headline, Susa Ventures, Activant Capital #Automation #AI #SaaS #Platform #B2B
Adronite (Provides full-system, AI-powered codebase intelligence technology) Raises $5M Series A Round from Gatemore Capital Management #Software #Security #Enterprise #DevOps #AI
Altesa Biosciences, Inc. (Develops oral medicine to prevent COPD exacerbations and improve lung health) Raises $75M Series B Round from Pitango Venture Capital, Medicxi, Forbion #ClinicalTrials #Biotech #Respiratory #Pharmaceutical #COPD
Ascent Funding (Provides financial products & student support to increase access to education) Raises $45M Series C Round #Education #EdTech #Loans #FinTech #FinancialServices
Braintrust (Provides an observability platform for evaluating, logging, and monitoring AI agents) Raises $80M Series B Round from Greylock Partners, a16z, ICONIQ Capital #Data #AI #SaaS #Platform #Observability
Certivo (Provides an AI-powered supply chain compliance management platform) Raises $4M Seed Round from Suffolk Technologies #Manufacturing #Compliance #AI #SupplyChain #SaaS
Chef Ann Foundation (Brings made-from-scratch meals to schools, promoting healthier eating habits) Raises $300K #Food #Education #Sustainability #Nonprofit #Health
ChipAgents (Automates chip design using coordinated AI agents to accelerate development cycles) Raises $50M from Bessemer Venture Partners, MediaTek, Ericsson Ventures, Micron Ventures #DeepTech #Automation #AI #Semiconductors #SaaS
Circuit (AI platform for manufacturing and service organizations, turning documentation into an intelligent engine) Raises $30M from Redpoint Ventures, Global Founders Capital #B2B #Automation #AI #SaaS #Manufacturing
Climbing Collective (Offers indoor and outdoor climbing facilities, fostering a community around the sport) Raises $150K #Community #Climbing #Sports #Recreation #Fitness
Codoxo (Provides AI-powered healthcare payment integrity solutions) Raises $35M Series C Round from Echo Health Ventures #Compliance #AI #SaaS #Healthcare #Fintech
Daffodil Health (AI-powered platform optimizing claims and pricing for U.S. health plans) Raises $16.3M Series A Round from Flare Capital Partners, Maverick Ventures, LRVHealth #Fintech #AI #SaaS #HealthTech #Healthcare
DG Matrix (Provides next-generation power infrastructure for AI data centers and electrification) Raises $60M Series A Round from MCJ Capital, Engine Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, ATV investments #Cleantech #AI #Power #Infrastructure #Energy
Eagle Wireless (Manufactures cellular modules for IoT and automotive markets) Raises $30M Series B Round #Connectivity #Automotive #5G #IoT #Hardware
Energy Vault (Develops sustainable grid-scale energy storage and AI power infrastructure solutions) Raises $135.5M #EnergyStorage #AI #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #GridTech
Fiserv (Provides financial technology and payment solutions to businesses) Raises $151M #FinTech #FinancialServices #Technology #Software #Payments
GelMEDIX, Inc. (Developing regenerative therapies to restore vision by regenerating damaged retinal cells) Raises $13M Seed Round from TiE-Boston, Beacon Angels, Boston Harbor Angels #RegenerativeMedicine #Healthcare #Biotech #Vision #Therapies
Grotto AI (Provides AI-powered real-time coaching for multifamily leasing teams to improve conversion rates) Raises $10M Seed Round from ICONIQ Capital #B2B #Automation #AI #SaaS #RealEstate
Hook (Artist-first social platform for fan-powered music creation and remixing) Raises $10M Series A Round from Waverley Capital #Music #AI #SocialMedia #Remixing #Platform
Industrial Decarbonization (Enables economic industrial decarbonization across hard-to-abate sectors) Raises $100M Series D Round from Ara Partners #Decarbonization #CCUS #Industrial #Hydrogen #Energy
Infleqtion UK (Develops quantum computing and sensing solutions for various industries) Raises $550M IPO Round #Innovation #Computing #Tech #Quantum #Physics
inKind Hospitality (Provides low-cost capital and dining rewards for restaurants and consumers) Raises $450M #Fintech #Commerce #Rewards #Restaurants #Platform
Jump (An AI platform for financial advisors, automating tasks and providing insights) Raises $80M Series B Round from Sorenson Capital, Allianz Life Ventures, Insight Partners, Pelion Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, Peterson Partners #FinTech #Automation #AI #WealthTech #SaaS
mea Platform (AI-native insurance tech improving combined ratios and margins) Raises $50M #EnterpriseTech #Automation #AI #SaaS #InsurTech
Funding rounds in United Kingdom
10 funding rounds, total raised $429M
Alloyed (Designs novel alloys for additive manufacturing, improving performance in extreme conditions) Raises $1.35M #Engineering #Alloys #Aerospace #AdditiveManufacturing #MaterialsScience
BrewDog (A craft brewery producing a range of beers, including Punk IPA and Elvis Juice) Raises $101.17M at $2.698B Valuation #UK #Retail #FoodAndBeverage #Food #ConsumerGoods
Debenhams (A fashion group owning brands like PrettyLittleThing and Karen Millen, undergoing a turnaround) Raises $53.96M #ConsumerGoods #UK #Turnaround #Retail #Fashion
FYLD (AI-powered frontline intelligence platform for global infrastructure) Raises $39.76M Series B Round from Energy Impact Partners #Construction #AI #SaaS #Infrastructure #FieldService
Klaris (AI-powered software automating regulatory compliance for medical device manufacturers) Raises $1M Pre-Seed Round from Antler Innovation, Meridian Health Ventures #MedTech #Healthcare #AI #SaaS #Regulatory
KluraLabs (Transforms food packaging through advanced materials science to reduce food waste) Raises $10.79M #Packaging #MaterialsScience #Innovation #FoodTech #Sustainability
Mondra (AI-powered supply chain intelligence for the food industry) Raises $13.8M Series A Round from AlbionVC #FoodTech #AI #Sustainability #SupplyChain #SaaS
Pinion Insurance (A specialty insurance platform providing capacity to MGAs with a tech-driven approach) Raises $180M from Barings #Insurance #Fintech #B2B #RiskManagement #MGA
SurrealDB (AI-native, multi-model database for real-time applications) Raises $23M Series A Round from FirstMark, Begin Capital, Chalfen Ventures, Georgian Partners #Cloud #AI #Rust #Database #Data
Toyo (Builds AI agents to automate business operations for non-technical founders) Raises $4.21M Seed Round from Inovia Capital, Frontline Ventures #Cloud #Automation #AI #SaaS #Productivity
Funding rounds in India
14 funding rounds, total raised $1.75B
Axis Max Life Insurance (Provides life insurance solutions through multiple distribution channels) Raises $741.3K #LifeInsurance #Insurance #FinancialServices #Retail #Partnerships
Craftif AI (Builds an AI-powered platform to automate embedded software creation for edge devices) Raises $3M Seed Round from Antler Innovation, IvyCap Ventures, Ankur Capital #EmbeddedSystems #Automation #AI #Software #IoT
Fractal (A global enterprise AI company powering human decisions in the enterprise) Raises $314M IPO Round #Analytics #AI #Reasoning #Healthcare #Enterprise
IDFC FIRST Bank (A leading Indian private sector bank offering a range of financial products and services) Raises $68.38M #FinancialServices #Banking #Loans #India #FinTech
Morepen Laboratories (A vertically integrated pharmaceutical company delivering APIs, generics, and healthcare products) Raises $95.62M #Healthcare #CDMO #APIs #Pharmaceuticals #Manufacturing
Myelin Foundry (Provides AI-driven edge computing solutions for video analytics and data processing) Raises $5.56M #DeepLearning #AI #VideoAnalytics #IoT #EdgeComputing
Neysa Networks (Provides AI cloud and platform-as-a-service for enterprises and institutions) Raises $1.2B from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Nexus Venture Partners, The Blackstone Group #Cloud #AI #Platform #Infrastructure #GPU
Peptris Technologies (An AI-led drug discovery company accelerating the development of novel therapeutics) Raises $8.11M Series A Round from Speciale Invest #Biotech #AI #Pharma #Healthcare #DrugDiscovery
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (Provides AI-ready colocation data centre services and digital infrastructure) Raises $486.8K from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts #Cloud #AI #Infrastructure #DataCenters #Colocation
Stable Money (A digital platform for fixed-income investments, offering FDs, bonds, and related products) Raises $25M Series B Round from Peak XV Partners #Finance #Digital #Investment #India #FinTech
Statiq (Operates EV charging networks and a consumer app for discovering and paying for charging services) Raises $18M from Shell Ventures, Y Combinator #Software #IoT #EVCharging #Energy #CleanTech
ToneTag (Develops sound-based payment systems for various devices and IoT applications) Raises $4.08M from Qualcomm Ventures #DeepTech #AI #Payments #IoT #FinTech
Unileverdiariesindia (India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods company) Raises $231.8K #FMCG #ConsumerGoods #Retail #Manufacturing #India
Vervesemi (A fab-less semiconductor company specializing in intelligent analog mixed signal solutions) Raises $10M Series A Round #IC #Fabless #Analog #Semiconductors #ML
Funding rounds in Switzerland
12 funding rounds, total raised $62M
Funding rounds in Sweden
4 funding rounds, total raised $15M
Funding rounds in Netherlands
4 funding rounds, total raised $81M
Funding rounds in Canada
6 funding rounds, total raised $88M
Funding rounds in Italy
4 funding rounds, total raised $53M
Funding rounds in Germany
9 funding rounds, total raised $76M
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