Top Funding Rounds Week of August 31st
From The Boring Company’s $20B round to Crusoe Energy's $3B raise, see how capital is pouring into AI infrastructure and hardware this past week.
Published September 7, 2026 by Jacob Klionsky
- 01$20BEquity
The Boring Company, the tunneling and transportation startup, closed a $20 billion funding round.
- 02$3BEquity
Crusoe Energy Systems, an AI infrastructure and data center developer, raised a $3 billion round at a $30 billion valuation co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners with participation from Mubadala Capital.
- 03$1.5BEquity
FluidStack, a chip-agnostic AI infrastructure builder, raised $1.5 billion in a private equity round at an $18 billion valuation led by Jane Street Capital
- 04$550MSeries C
Israeli-Dutch AI startup Wonderful, an AI customer-service and platform company, raised $550 million in a Series C at a $5 billion valuation led by Insight Partners with participation from Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards, Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce.
- 05$450MEquity
FNZ, a wealth-management technology platform for large financial institutions, raised $450M in new equity funding from existing institutional shareholders including La Caisse, CPP Investments, Generation Investment Management and Motive Partners.
- 06$445.4MSeries B
Tripo AI (VAST), AI 3D startup, raised approximately ¥3 billion in Series B and Series B+ rounds led by Matrix Partners China with participation from Perfect World, BlueFocus, CorePower Investment, Yanqu Games, ThunderSoft, Guangdian Investment, 37 Interactive Entertainment, CDH VGC, CICC Capital, CMC Capital, Hongtai Fund, Sanzhen Health Investment, Zhongping Capital, Fujian Industrial Investment Fund, Fujian Venture Capital, Zhuoyuan Asia, and Jiangxi Financial Holdings
- 07$300MSeries B
Gimlet Labs, an Applied AI research and product company, raised $300 million in a Series B at a $3 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Sapphire Ventures, M12, Arm, Menlo Ventures, and Factory.
- 08$300MEquity
Upwind Security, an Israeli cloud security company, raised about $300 million in a financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV, with participation from Craft Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Alta Park Capital and Penny Jar Capital
- 09$300MEquity
Polymarket, a prediction market platform, raised $300 million from 1789 Capital as part of a funding round totaling around $1 billion led by 1789 Capital
- 10$300MEquity
WIOCC Group, an African digital infrastructure platform, secured a $300 million strategic investment from Africa Finance Corporation and Vision International Investment Company.
- 11$250MSeries B
Medici Brands, the parent company of David Protein and HallPass, raised $250 million in a Series B co-led by Greenoaks and Valor Equity Partners with participation from CEO Peter Rahal, ICONIQ, and Imaginary Ventures.
- 12$175.3MEquity
DCX Liquid Cooling Systems, Polish liquid-cooling data center systems company, raised $176M in a strategic minority investment valuing the company pre-money at nearly PLN 2 billion led by LiteON Technology.
- 13$166.1MEquity
HiBob, a modern people platform and workforce data startup, raised £122.6m in a growth funding round led by Salesforce with participation from Farallon Capital Management
- 14$165MSeries C
Lyte, a robotics perception startup, raised $165M in a Series C at a $1.6B post-money valuation led by Maverick Silicon with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Atreides Management, Key1 Capital, Ora Global and additional investors.
- 15$155MEquity
TabaPay, a money-movement and payments infrastructure provider, raised $155 million in strategic growth financing led by FTV Capital.
- 16$140MEquity
ProducePay, a digital platform for the global fresh produce industry, raised more than $140 million in new equity and finance capital (with potential to expand to $300 million) in a round led by Avenue Capital and Astanor and supported by The i80 Group, AgAide, Thiele Capital Management and Millenium Capital
- 17$135.3MEquity
Nexeon, a UK-based developer of advanced silicon-based battery materials, raised €116.7 million in an investment round led by a €61.4 million commitment from the National Wealth Fund with participation from Korea Development Bank and Honda Xcelerator Ventures
- 18$125.4MSeries C Extension
PLD Space, an Elche-based space transportation company, raised €108 million as an extension to its Series C, bringing the round to €288 million, led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation with co-investors COFIDES, Endeavor Catalyst and Spain Oman Private Equity Fund (SOPEF).
- 19$125MSeries B
iPronics, a silicon photonics-based optical circuit switching company for AI infrastructure, raised $125 million in a Series B co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital with participation from NVIDIA, Triatomic Capital, Bosch Ventures, Catalight Capital, European Innovation Council Fund, The Tate Family Trust, Fine Structure Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, Build Collective, and Criteria Venture Tech.
- 20$125MSeries E
Thyme Care, an oncology navigation startup, raised more than $125 million in a Series E at a $2B+ valuation led by Morgan Health with participation from CVS Health Ventures, Humana, AlleyCorp, HealthQuest Capital, Foresite Capital, Concord Health Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, and a16z Bio + Health
