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Wednesday 30 September 2026

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Oura vs Whoop: valuation, growth and the IPO. Oura and Whoop compared through private valuations, disclosed venture funding, headcount, commercial disclosures and strategic investors, followed by the private wearable peers.

Oura, from Finland, makes a smart ring that tracks sleep and health. Whoop, from the US, makes a fitness band. Whoop passed $1B first, but Oura reached $10B first, and its IPO filing priced it at $12.8B–$14.1B against Whoop's last round of $10.1B. Yesterday Oura postponed the listing, citing uncertainty in the IPO market.

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  • EliseAINew York$350M Series F

    AI-powered leasing automation enhancing property management efficiency.

  • KahuaAlpharetta$250M Growth

    Construction project management platform for owners & delivery teams — capital planning, cost & risk, portfolio & asset handover. Backed by Bain Capital and Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.

  • General IntuitionNew York$220M Series B

    Research lab developing AI agents that learn spatial-temporal reasoning from gameplay video.

By country

  • US$41B
  • China$6.3B
  • France$4.8B
  • UK$3.5B
  • Netherlands$1.1B
  • India$1B

By sector

  • Enterprise software$20B
  • Health$9.2B
  • Security$7.9B
  • Energy$7.7B
  • Semiconductors$6.7B
  • Transportation$6.6B

$66B across 1,990 rounds in September so far, by headquarters and by sector.

  • Sentinel AICheltenham

    Legal claims infrastructure for automated, compliant processing.

    AQSSFGAlisher Qosimov, Samandar Samandarov & Firdavs Ghafurov founded it. Qosimov studied at Bard College. Ghafurov studied at Vistula University.

  • Robotic technologies for in-orbit satellite manufacturing.

    MGMarek Gebura previously founded Space scAvengers and worked at GA Drilling.

  • AI-powered IoT for intelligent water management systems.

    NEABNevil Enyola Bofumbo & Alexandre Béchet founded it. Bofumbo worked at Henry Schein. Béchet worked at Carrefour and L-Acoustics.

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