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FinTech Navi Targets $2 Billion Valuation in India IPO
August 13, 2026

FinTech startup Navi is preparing to launch its initial public offering in India and will seek a valuation of as much as $2 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 13), citing unnamed sources. Navi aims to raise as much as 30 billion rupees (about $315 million)...

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ApartmentIQ Raises $25 Million for Real Estate Intelligence Platform
August 12, 2026

Real estate market intelligence platform ApartmentIQ has raised $25 million in new funding. The company announced the funding from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) Tuesday (Aug. 11) along with the news that its platform has surpassed 8 million units. “The next generation of multifamily intelligence platforms...

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HappyRobot Vaults to $1.2 Billion Valuation as Enterprise Demand for AI Automation Soars
August 11, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) agent platform HappyRobot was valued at $1.2 billion post-money in a Series C funding round in which it raised $150 million, the company said in an Aug. 4 press release. The round brought HappyRobot’s total funding to $200 million, according to the release. It was reported in...

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Amex Ventures Funds Fazeshift’s Agentic AI Expansion Beyond Accounts Receivable
August 11, 2026

Fazeshift has secured an investment from Amex Ventures to help expand its artificial intelligence agent platform beyond accounts receivable and into additional finance operations, Fazeshift said in a Tuesday (Aug. 11) press release. The investment from Amex Ventures, which is the corporate venture capital arm...

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Startup Bank Erebor Eyes Valuation of $8 Billion
August 10, 2026

Startup-focused bank Erebor is reportedly close to netting $1.5 billion in new funding. The lender, founded with the goal of filling the void left by Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion, is in discussions to raise financing at an $8 billion pre-money valuation, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Aug. 10), citing...

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Harvey Targets $15.5 Billion Valuation as Revenue Surges Past $350 Million
August 07, 2026

Legal artificial intelligence (AI) startup Harvey is in talks to raise $500 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, including the investment, The Information reported Friday (Aug. 7), citing an unnamed source. The reported valuation would be up from the $11 billion valuation Harvey achieved in a March funding round in...

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Live Commerce Platform Whatnot Raises $545 Million to Speed AI Expansion
August 07, 2026

Whatnot raised $545 million in a Series G funding round to grow its live commerce platform, the company said in a Friday (Aug. 7) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The round increased Whatnot’s valuation to $20 billion, up from the $11.5 billion valuation the company...

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Spotify Vets’ eCommerce-Focused AI Startup Raises $10 Million
August 06, 2026

Behavior intelligence company Malachyte has closed a $10 million seed funding round. The company was co-founded by the team behind the behavioral intelligence infrastructure that powers the bulk of Spotify’s recommendations and aims to bring the same technology to retail and eCommerce brands, Malachyte said in a Thursday...

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Robinhood Offers Retail Investors Chance to Back Y Combinator Firms
August 05, 2026

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator whose alumni include DoorDash, Instacart and Airbnb. Now, trading platform Robinhood says it wants to give retail investors a chance to back that organization’s future graduates as it announced Robinhood Ventures Fund II (RVII), the second fund from Robinhood...