News archive — June 2026
Funding🇨🇳Jun 16, 2026
DeepSeek closes $7.4B first round at $50B+ valuation in unusual founder-controlled deal
Funding🇮🇱Jun 16, 2026
Limitless Labs raises $20M Series A for agentic physical AI in CNC manufacturing
Funding🇬🇧Jun 16, 2026
Sloneek raises $6M Series A to push AI deeper into HR and expand to the UK and Poland
Funding🇺🇸Jun 16, 2026
Sovra raises $2M pre-seed to expand its self-custodial dollar account platform
Funding🇦🇺Jun 16, 2026
EP&T Global signs US$1.94M secured loan note facility with Partners for Growth
Funding🇨🇭Jun 16, 2026
Choco Up secures $15M private credit facility from AlteriQ Global for Singapore SMEs
Funding🇩🇪Jun 16, 2026
Causa Prima raises $10M pre-seed led by Creandum for agent-to-agent B2B payments
FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Jun 16, 2026
Talon Precision launches with $75M to re-shore US precision machining
Funding🇩🇪Jun 16, 2026
Cortea raises €12M seed led by Dawn Capital to bring AI agents to audit review
Enterprise Software🇯🇵Jun 16, 2026
HANAMII raises pre-seed from ANRI to scale its domestic Japanese PaaS
FundingEnterprise Software🇰🇷Jun 16, 2026
Plco raises US$3.35M pre-Series B to scale sports intelligence platform
Energy🇰🇷Jun 16, 2026
Uproot Why raises seed round from NUAccelerator for distributed small hydropower
Funding🇯🇵Jun 16, 2026
Global Brain leads round in Japan's be-FULL, maker of AI management platform PX Cloud
Investing In Startups🇺🇸Jun 15, 2026
Ratmir Timashev to invest $100M building Columbus, Ohio into an AI hub via OH.io