This Week’s Top 5 Startup & Tech Fundings

Curated by Tech Research Online

Reflection AI raised $2B in Series B at an $8B valuation, led by Nvidia. Building open-source frontier AI models to rival closed labs like OpenAI.

Reflection AI

Kailera Therapeutics raised $600M in Series B, led by Bain Capital PE. Funds will advance its obesity therapy into global Phase 3 trials.

Kailera Therapeutics

Deel raised $300M in Series E at a $17.3B valuation, led by Ribbit Capital, a16z, and Coatue. Expanding native payroll operations to 100+ countries by 2029.

Deel

Zepto raised $400M, led by CalPERS, to expand India’s quick-commerce network. Marks growing global interest in emerging-market infrastructure.

Zepto

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