🧑‍🚀 Top 3 Deals You Can’t Miss

1️⃣ Reflection AI – $2B raise led by Nvidia, pushing the frontier AI valuation race past $8B.

2️⃣ Stoke Space – $510M seed round to scale its reusable rocket platform and push deeper into commercial space.

3️⃣ n8n – $180M Series C led by Accel, joining the growing list of workflow automation unicorns.

🧠 Dopamine Dealflow

🌳 Series B+ & Growth

• Reflection AI, a U.S.-based generative AI company, raised $2B in a round led by Nvidia, valuing it at ~$8B.

• Yendo, a Dallas, TX-based vehicle-secured credit card provider, raised $50M in Series B funding.

• Sensi.AI, a Palo Alto, CA-based care intelligence company, raised $45M in Series C funding.

• Spellbook, a Toronto, Canada-based AI legal assistant startup, raised $50M in Series B funding.

• Quilter, a Los Angeles, CA-based autonomous PCB design company, raised $25M in Series B funding.

• Nexl, a Sydney, Australia-based AI-driven growth platform provider, raised $23M in Series B funding.

🚀 Series A

• RealSense, a San Francisco, CA-based AI computer vision startup, raised $50M in Series A funding.

• Coinflow, a Chicago, IL-based payments infrastructure company, raised $25M in Series A funding.

• Realm.Security, a Boston, MA-based security data platform, raised $15M in Series A funding.

• Anthea, a Bermuda-based crypto life insurance company, raised $22M in Series A funding.

• Datacurve, founded by Serena Ge, raised $17.5M (split between a $15M Series A and $2.5M Seed extension) to build its AI-driven data orchestration platform.

🌱 Seed & Early Rounds

• Stoke Space Technologies, a Kent, WA-based rocket company developing reusable launch vehicles, raised $510M in Seed funding.

• Mentium, an Austin, TX-based AI-native digital workers platform, raised $3.2M in Seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau.

• Reo.Dev, a San Francisco, CA-based intent platform for developer-first software companies, raised $4M in Seed funding.

• Centralize, a workplace automation platform, raised $4M in Seed funding.

• Kneu Health, a London-based precision neurology platform, raised $5.6M in Seed funding.

• Neuronoff, a Cleveland-based clinical-stage medical device company, raised $4.5M in funding.

• Onos Health, a San Francisco-based AI healthcare startup, raised $6M in funding.

• Asterix Foods, a Tel Aviv-based plant cell culture systems provider, raised $4.2M in Seed funding.

• Enurgen, an Ottawa-based solar performance modeling startup, raised $4.1M in Seed funding.

• Focal, a New York-based AI startup, raised $5M in funding.

🤝 Strategic, M&A & Undisclosed

• Novo Nordisk acquired Akero Therapeutics in a $52B deal to expand its NASH pipeline.

• Veritas Prime, an Orlando-based SAP technology services provider, received a $31.5M strategic investment from a BPaaS-focused PE firm.

• n8n, a Berlin-based AI automation startup, raised $180M in a Series C led by Accel, valuing it at $2.5B.

💸 VC Funds Raised & Raising

• May Ventures, a Münster, Germany-based firm, raised €30M+ for its first AI-focused fund.

• Origin Ventures, a U.S.-based early-stage VC, closed its sixth fund at $140M.

• Xcellerant Ventures, based in Scottsdale, AZ, launched the Jetstream Venture Fund, an SEC-cleared interval fund.

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📚 Read of the Day - Sora’s 1M+ Downloads in 5 Days

A Viral AI Moment

AI video app Sora just hit 1 million downloads in under five days, becoming one of the fastest-growing creative tools ever. The surge reflects explosive demand for generative media creation, with users flooding social feeds with hyperreal, short-form AI clips.

💡 The Product Pitch

Sora allows anyone to generate realistic, cinematic video sequences from text prompts, turning simple descriptions into high-quality visuals. The app’s frictionless UX and real-time rendering have made it a TikTok-era favorite for creators, marketers, and studios alike.

📈 The Strategy

The app’s virality comes from a tight loop of creation and sharing. Users export directly to major social platforms, driving organic growth and feedback. Early creator partnerships and influencer showcases amplified its breakout trajectory.

🔍 Why It Matters

Sora’s rise signals the next consumer wave for generative AI and the era of AI-native media creation at scale. For VCs, it’s a glimpse at how quickly product-led virality can reshape content platforms. Expect copycats, M&A interest, and infrastructure plays around real-time rendering to follow.

👉 Read The Whole Story Here

📰 News You Don’t Want To Miss

🚀 Sora hits 1M+ downloads in just 5 days — the AI video app’s viral breakout shows how fast creative AI is going mainstream.

🧠 Google launches Gemini Enterprise for the workplace — new integrations bring AI into Docs, Sheets, Meet, and Gmail across corporate users.

👓 Meta & Ray-Ban aim to sell 10M AI glasses by 2026 — betting that AI-powered wearables will become the next big consumer platform.

🤖 Google to bundle Gemini AI app with every Android phone — a massive distribution move that puts Google’s assistant directly in users’ hands.

🕹️ Google unveils model that can control browsers and mobile apps autonomously — pushing further into “agentic AI” that executes tasks end-to-end.