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AI-Native Startups Keep Pulling Big Early Checks — June 13, 2026


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Hypha’s $50 million seed round anchors a fresh wave of AI-native startup financing, with PhoenixAI, Coram AI and Equal AI adding sizable Series B rounds as investors keep backing workflow infrastructure from finance to databases, security and consumer calls.

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  1. Hypha Raises $50M Seed to Build AI‑Native Asset Platform — FinanceInsyte

    Hypha Raises $50M Seed to Build AI‑Native Asset Platform

Hypha, an AI‑native asset intelligence platform, announced a $50 million seed round as it emerges from stealth. The funding, led by TriEdge Investments and backed by a range of investors from banking services to private equity, is intended to expand engineering, go‑to‑market, design, marketing and R&D operations, including a new presence…

  • PhoenixAI Raises $80M Series B Funding Led by Sky9 Capital — Startuprise io

    PhoenixAI Raises $80M Series B Funding Led by Sky9 Capital

  • # PhoenixAI Raises $80M Series B Funding Led by Sky9 Capital
    Jun 12, 2026 | By Startuprise io
    PhoenixAI (fka CelerData), a Menlo Park, CA-based company developing an agentic AI database, has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by Sky9 Capital.
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    The round also saw participation from Atypical Ventures…

  • Coram AI Raises $35 Million Series B to Accelerate the Future of AI-Native Physical Security — Business Wire

    # Coram AI Raises $35 Million Series B to Accelerate the Future of AI-Native Physical Security

  • Published: 2026-06-11T11:31:00+00:00
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    Coram AI Raises $35 Million Series B to Accelerate the Future of AI-Native Physical Security
    Jun 11, 2026 7:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time
    # Coram AI Raises $35 Million Series B to Accelerate the…

  • Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don't have to | TechCrunch — TechCrunch

    # Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don't have to | TechCrunch

  • Author: Ivan Mehta
    Published: 2026-06-12T04:30:00+00:00
    Source: TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
    Language: en
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    Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don't have to | TechCrunch
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    # Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to
    9:30 PM PDT · June 11, 2026
    In India,…

  • Holocene closes Southern Africa's first dedicated climate-tech fund - Disrupt Africa — Disrupt Africa

    Holocene closes Southern Africa's first dedicated climate-tech fund - Disrupt Africa

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    VC firm Holocene has announced the final close of Holocene Ventures Fund I (HVF1), Southern Africa’s first dedicated high-growth climate tech fund.
    Holocene targets promising, local founders at the earliest stages, but who lack capital and hands-on operational support…

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