Series Funding

• De startup voor agentic security operations, Exaforce, kondigde een Series B-financieringsronde van $125 miljoen aan bij een gerapporteerde waardering van $725 miljoen, wat een van de grootste rondes is in de opkomende markt voor AI-security operations centers. • De ronde werd gesteund door HarbourVest Partners, Peak XV Partners, Mayfield Fund, Khosla Ventures, Seligman Ventures en AICONIC; Exaforce heeft nu in totaal $200 miljoen opgehaald na een Series A van $75 miljoen iets meer dan een jaar geleden. • De financiering zal het door AI aangedreven security operations-platform van Exaforce schalen en de real-time threat reasoning-capaciteiten uitbreiden, wat de groeiende vraag van bedrijven naar autonome beveiligingsoplossingen weerspiegelt.

• Tech: NYC meldt dat 21 startups in april 2026 de Series A-drempel hebben overschreden, bijgehouden in hun maandelijkse 'Series A: A Series'-update. • Financieringsbedragen nemen merkbaar toe, wat wijst op een sterker investeursvertrouwen in early-stage techventures te midden van het economische herstel. • Het overzicht benadrukt het bruisende startup-ecosysteem van New York City, met een focus op de sectoren AI, fintech en climate tech.

• Shield AI, gevestigd in San Diego en opgericht in 2015, verzekerde zich in maart 2026 van 1,5 miljard dollar in haar Series G-financieringsronde, waarmee de totale financiering op 2,5 miljard dollar komt. • De investering ondersteunt vooruitgang in AI-gestuurde autonome systemen voor defensietoepassingen, ter verbetering van de nationale veiligheidscapaciteiten. • Deze enorme ronde onderstreept het groeiende vertrouwen van investeerders in Amerikaanse defensie-tech startups te midden van stijgende geopolitieke spanningen.

• Singapore‑headquartered AI‑analytics company NexaAnalytics raised $120 million in a Series B round led by Temasek Holdings on May 8, 2026, valuing the firm at $1.1 billion. • The startup, which specializes in real‑time marketing‑attribution and supply‑chain‑demand‑prediction models for ASEAN retailers, says it will allocate 60% of the capital to expand its GPU‑cluster footprint in Singapore and Malaysia and the rest to R&D and regional hiring. • NexaAnalytics reports current ARR of $49 million, up from $18 million a year ago, with its prediction models deployed across more than 850 enterprise clients including major e‑commerce and logistics networks in Indonesia and Thailand.

• XBOW, a leader in autonomous offensive security, raised $35 million in additional Series C financing with Samsung Ventures participating, announced on May 8, 2026. • Foley & Lardner LLP represented Samsung Ventures in the deal, bolstering XBOW's capabilities in AI-driven cybersecurity operations. • The funding arrives amid rising demand for advanced security tools, emphasizing the growing importance of autonomous systems in threat detection and response.

• Moonshot AI, a leading Chinese chatbot maker focused on commercial AI applications, secured $20 billion in its Series E funding round led by Meituan. • The massive investment, one of the largest in AI history, will accelerate development of advanced AI models and expand commercial deployments across Asia. • This funding underscores China's aggressive push in AI amid global competition, positioning Moonshot to challenge U.S. giants like OpenAI.

• Cogent Security, a vulnerability management developer, secured $42 million in Series A funding in February 2026 at a post-money valuation of $295 million. • Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from OpenAI, Datadog, and existing investor Greylock Partners, bringing the company's total capital raised to $53 million since its seed round. • The investment reflects growing enterprise demand for AI-powered vulnerability management tools as organizations prioritize cybersecurity infrastructure upgrades.

• DeepInfra, a Palo Alto-based AI infrastructure company, secured $107 million in Series B funding to expand its global AI inference cloud platform. • The funding will be used to enhance the company's cloud infrastructure capabilities and support for AI model deployment across regions. • DeepInfra competes in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market alongside companies like Together AI and Replicate, addressing demand for cost-effective inference services.