Top Funding Rounds Week of January 5th
From xAI's massive $20B round to GDS International's $2B capital raise, we analyze how data center and AI infrastructure are dominating early 2026 VC deal flow.
- 01Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$20BSeries E
xAI, an AI startup building the Grok chatbot and other AI agents, raised a $20B Series E round from Valor Equity Partners, StepStone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, Baron Capital Group, NVIDIA and Cisco Investments.
- 02Hardware • Information Technology•Central Region$2BSeries C
DayOne raised a Series C equity round of more than $2 billion led by Coatue, with participation from Indonesia Investment Authority and other institutions, to expand its hyperscale data-center platform.
- 03Hardware • Information Technology•England$1.9BEquity
Global Technical Realty raised a $1.9 billion equity round—$1.5 billion from KKR and approximately $400 million from Oak Hill Capital—to scale its build-to-suit data-center platform.
- 04Commerce and Shopping • Data and Analytics•Connecticut$1.8BPrivate Equity
Building-products startup QXO raised a $1.8 billion additional financing round led by Apollo Global Management and Temasek, with PGIM, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Iconiq participating.
- 05Energy • Natural Resources•California$1BEquity
SB Energy, a builder of large-scale AI data centers and energy infrastructure, raised $1 billion in new equity from SoftBank Group and OpenAI and secured $800 million in redeemable preferred equity from Ares.
- 06Financial Services • Lending and Investments•Ohio$350MEquity
Erebor Bank, a stablecoin digital bank, raised a $350 M funding round led by Lux Capital with Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, and 8VC participating.
- 07Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$350MEquity
AI cloud provider Lambda is reportedly raising a $350 million equity round led by Mubadala Capital.
- 08Energy • Manufacturing•Uttar Pradesh$344.3MEquity
Inox Clean Energy, a renewable energy IPP and solar manufacturing firm, raised a ₹3,100 crore equity round from CalPERS, SUN Group Global, Authum Investments, Akash Bhansali and other investors.
- 09Biotechnology • Health Care•Massachusetts$305MSeries F
Parabilis Medicines, developer of Helicon peptide cancer therapeutics, raised a $305 million Series F round co-led by RA Capital Management, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and Janus Henderson Investors.
- 10Health Care•California$250MSeries F
Orca Bio, a high-precision cell therapy developer, secured an aggregate $250 M in equity through its Lightspeed-led Series F and a prior round, and amended its Silicon Valley Bank credit facility for up to $100 M.
- 11Biotechnology • Health Care•California$250MSeries B
Mirador Therapeutics, a precision immuno-fibrotic drug developer, raised a $250 million Series B round led by T. Rowe Price Investment Management with participation from Adage Capital Partners, funds managed by Fidelity, and existing investors.
- 12Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•New York$250MSeries C
Stablecoin payments infrastructure startup Rain raised a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest and Endeavor Catalyst.
- 13Biotechnology • Health Care•California$200MSeries A
AirNexis Therapeutics, a COPD-focused biotech, raised a $200M Series A led by Frazier Life Sciences with participation from OrbiMed, SR One, Life Sciences at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Longitude Capital, and Enavate Sciences.
- 14Biotechnology • Health Care•California$200MSeries C
Soley Therapeutics, a cell-stress sensing drug discovery startup, raised a $200 million Series C equity round led by Surveyor Capital with participation from HRTG Partners, RWN Management, Doug Leone Family Fund, Breyer Capital, GordonMD Global Investment LP, and others.
- 15Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Ile-de-France$200MSeries B
Defense-tech startup Harmattan AI raised a $200 million Series B led by Dassault Aviation.
- 16Biotechnology • Science and Engineering•Pennsylvania$160MSeries A
Alveus Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech targeting obesity and metabolic disease, raised a $160M Series A led by New Rhein Healthcare Investors, Andera Partners, and Omega Funds.
- 17Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$150MSeries A
Crowdsourced AI benchmarking startup LMArena raised a $150 million Series A led by Felicis and UC Investments with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, The House Fund, LDVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Laude Ventures.
- 18Financial Services • Lending and Investments•New York$150MEquity
Real-estate credit platform Roc360 secured a $150 million investment from Temasek into its Roc360 Real Estate Income Trust, expanding capital for U.S. residential renovation lending.
- 19Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Tel Aviv$140MSeries D
Agentic AI security operations startup Torq raised a $140 million Series D round led by Merlin Ventures with participation from Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners, and Greenfield Partners.
