Several tech startups — Zocks, Turing, Outmarket AI, Axelera AI, Shield AI, Daupler, AIceberg, among others, have announced their venture capital funding to bolster innovation and business growth.
Zocks Secures $13.8 mn
Zocks, an AI-driven client intelligence platform, raised $13.8 million Series A led by Motive Ventures, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Expanse Venture Partners, Entrée Capital, and 14Peaks.
Zocks analyzes client conversations, integrates insights into business systems, and enhances workflow automation while maintaining personalized relationships. Funding supports AI advancements and team growth.
Turing Secures $111 mn
Turing, an AGI infrastructure company, secured $111 million Series E led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, with WestBridge Capital, Sozo Ventures, UpHonest Capital, AltaIR Capital, Amino Capital, Plug and Play, MVP Ventures, Fortius Ventures, Gaingels, and Mastodon Capital Management. Valued at $2.2 billion, Turing advances AGI models and real-world AI applications for reasoning, coding, and intelligence solutions.
Outmarket AI Secures $4.7 mn
Outmarket AI, an intelligence platform for commercial insurance, launched with $4.7 million seed funding led by Fika Ventures, with TTV and Dash Fund. Using NLP, ML, and insurance-specific knowledge graphs, Outmarket AI seamlessly integrates into broker and carrier workflows, delivering actionable AI insights.
Axelera AI Secures €61.6 mn
Axelera AI secured up to €61.6 million from EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and member states under the DARE Project to develop Titania, a scalable AI inference chiplet using Digital In-Memory Computing architecture, supporting Europe’s supercomputing ecosystem.
Shield AI raises $240 mn
Shield AI, specializing in AI-powered defense autonomy software, raised $240 million in an F-1 round, valuing the company at $5.3 billion. Investors include L3Harris, Hanwha Aerospace, Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. Innovative Technology, and Washington Harbour. Funds will expand Hivemind Enterprise, a robotics and drone autonomy platform.
Daupler Raises $15 mn
Daupler, a response management solution for utilities, secured $15 million Series B led by Aqualateral, with Burnt Island Ventures and KCRise Fund. Funds will enhance AI-driven incident response automation, expand electric utility reach, and scale global infrastructure management.
AIceberg Secures $10 mn
AIceberg, a leader in AI trust, security, and compliance, raised $10 million seed funding led by SYN Ventures and Sprout & Oak. AIceberg’s trust platform provides real-time, automated validation for AI traffic across speech, text, images, and source code, positioning it as a leader in AI transparency and compliance.
