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Funding RSS ↗Cognition reaches USD 445 million revenue run rate at approximately USD 25 billion valuation
On 2026/5/13, Colossus reported that AI coding agent company Cognition had reached a USD 445 million revenue run rate 18 months after founding and was reportedly raising funding at a valuation of approximately USD 25 billion. The funding amount was not disclosed.
ColdIQ bootstraps to more than USD 7 million in ARR
On 2026/5/10, X reported that sales growth services provider ColdIQ bootstrapped to more than USD 7 million in ARR, with 70 customers and a team of more than 30. The company did not disclose its valuation.
GetViktor exceeds USD 15 million ARR in approximately 10 weeks
On 2026/5/9, LinkedIn reported that AI collaboration tool GetViktor had reached USD 15 million ARR in approximately 10 weeks. It did not disclose funding or valuation.
Wrike grows ARR from USD 4 million to USD 75 million in three and a half years
On 2026/5/3, LinkedIn reported that enterprise collaboration platform Wrike had grown ARR from USD 4 million to USD 75 million in three and a half years. It did not disclose its latest funding or valuation.
StackOptimize scales ARR to USD 3 million through cold email
On 2026/5/1, LinkedIn reported that German sales optimization services provider StackOptimize scaled to USD 3 million in ARR primarily through cold email. The company did not disclose funding or valuation.
Windmill raises USD 12 million in seed financing
On 2026-04-28, according to Xiniu Data, Windmill completed seed financing, raising USD 12 million. Investors were lead investor Inspired Capital, participating investor Founder Collective, participating investor Oceans Ventures, participating investor Primary Venture Partners. The company is a developer of intelligent human resources systems.
Jianzhi Robotics raises hundreds of millions of RMB in equity financing
On 2026-04-16, according to Xiniu Data, Jianzhi Robotics completed equity financing, raising hundreds of millions of RMB. Investors were co-lead investor Mayi Group, co-lead investor Jiaxingjuzigongxiang Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), co-lead investor Wuhudelianxingchen Investment Fund Zhongxin (Limited Partnership), Shunwei Capital and others. The company is a provider of embodied intelligence data collection solutions.
Alex AI reaches million-USD-scale ARR before hiring its first salesperson
On 2026/4/12, LinkedIn reported that recruitment AI company Alex AI acquired Fortune 100 customers through cold outreach and its own recruitment AI without hiring its first salesperson. It reached million-USD-scale ARR, at least USD 1 million at the lower bound. It did not disclose funding or valuation.
Poletech raises angel funding, uses AI and IP to reshape digital content ecosystem
On 2026/3/24, Poletech of Xiamen announced angel funding of tens of millions of CNY led by Xinglian Capital, with Primavera Venture Partners participating. Funds would support technology R&D, team expansion and IP commercialization. Zhipu AI had begun deep collaboration with it.
Unnatural Products raises USD 45 million in Series B financing
On 2026-03-16, according to Xiniu Data, Unnatural Products completed Series B financing, raising USD 45 million. Investors were Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, The Venture Collective, ARTIS Ventures.
Clay raises USD 55 million in equity financing
On 2026-01-28, according to Xiniu Data, Clay completed equity financing, raising USD 55 million. Investors were Conviction Investment Partners, Operator Collective, DST.
Hupo raises USD 10 million in Series A financing
On 2026-01-13, according to Xiniu Data, Hupo completed Series A financing, raising USD 10 million. Investors were January Capital, DST, Strong Ventures, Collaborative Fund and others.
Proxima raises USD 80 million in seed financing
On 2026-01-13, according to Xiniu Data, Proxima completed seed financing, raising USD 80 million. Investors were Nvidia GPU Ventures, Data Collective, Magnetic Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments and others.
Tiantian Baiying raises tens of millions of CNY Series A
On 2025/11/24, 36Kr reported that commercial chain services platform Tiantian Baiying had recently raised tens of millions of CNY in Series A funding from Xiyue Investment. Funds will support blue-collar technician training, scheduling algorithm R&D and supply chain efficiency.
ClickHouse reaches USD 200 million ARR
On 2025/10/24, LinkedIn reported that US open-source columnar database company ClickHouse had reached USD 200 million in annual recurring revenue. It did not disclose its latest funding round, investors or valuation.
Customer.io exceeds USD 100 million ARR in 2025/9
On 2025/10/22, Customer.io co-founder and CEO Colin Nederkoorn disclosed that the company had exceeded USD 100 million ARR in month 9 of that year, served more than 8,000 businesses and sent approximately 64 billion messages over the past 12 months. The announcement did not disclose funding of the same amount.
Codepay reaches USD 3 million ARR
On 2025/10/10, LinkedIn reported that US payment company Codepay had rebuilt from near collapse to USD 3 million ARR in seven months. It did not disclose its funding round, investors or valuation.
Shuban raises CNY 10 million in angel funding as AI digital collectible Dipal exceeds ten million in crowdfunding
Shuban raised CNY 10 million in angel funding, focusing on its anime-style holographic AI collectible Dipal. It launched on Kickstarter in 2025/6 and raised over ten million CNY through crowdfunding; Chinese yuan converted at 7.2/USD was approximately USD 1.39 million.
Continua raises USD 8 million seed round to enhance group chat collaboration with AI agents
On 2025/8/12, TechCrunch reported that group chat AI collaboration company Continua had raised USD 8 million in seed funding led by GV, with participation from Bessemer Ventures. It uses AI agents to enhance group interactions on SMS, iMessage and Discord.
Lemlist reaches USD 30 million in ARR
On 2025/8/4, LinkedIn reported that cold email outreach platform Lemlist disclosed annual recurring revenue of USD 30 million. It helps sales teams send personalized cold emails at scale.
Robotics and AI startup OpenMind raises USD 20 million led by Pantera Capital, with Coinbase Ventures participating
On 2025/8/4, Anue reported that robotics AI company OpenMind had raised USD 20 million led by Pantera Capital, with Coinbase Ventures participating. Stanford professor Jan Liphardt founded it to build a general-purpose operating system and decentralized collaboration network for intelligent robots.
ColdIQ reaches USD 6 million ARR
On 2025/8/1, X reported that cold email outreach platform ColdIQ had disclosed USD 6 million in annual recurring revenue, growing steadily from USD 5 million ARR in month 6.
Missive reaches USD 7.5 million ARR
On 2025/7/29, X reported that collaborative team inbox platform Missive had disclosed USD 7.5 million in annual recurring revenue, growing steadily from USD 7 million ARR in month 6.
Missive reaches USD 7 million ARR
On 2025/6/27, X reported that collaborative team inbox platform Missive had disclosed USD 7 million in annual recurring revenue. The shared inbox supports collaborative allocation of emails and tasks.