Restate provides a durable-execution runtime that records the progress of backend services and AI agents so they can recover from failures without repeating completed work.
Startup Funding News
New startup rounds, lead investors and the businesses behind the funding.
6 rounds · $920M disclosed · $140M median
| Company | Amount | Stage / sector | Lead investor | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restate Restate provides a durable-execution runtime that records the progress of backend services and AI agents so they can recover from failures without repeating completed work. | $20M | Series A Developer Tools | Singular | |
| Emergent Emergent uses AI agents to turn natural-language instructions into full-stack web and mobile applications, handling design, coding, testing and deployment. | $130M | Series C+ Developer Tools | Creaegis, MNI Ventures - Claypond Capital, Sentinel Global | |
| Goodfire Goodfire develops tools and research methods that inspect the internal mechanisms of neural networks, helping researchers understand model behavior and change specific parts of it. | $150M | Series B Artificial Intelligence | B Capital | |
| Emergent Emergent uses AI agents to turn natural-language instructions into full-stack web and mobile applications, handling design, coding, testing and deployment. | $70M | Series B Developer Tools | Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 | |
| ClickHouse ClickHouse develops an open-source columnar database and a managed cloud service for fast analytics on large datasets. | $400M | Series C+ Data Infrastructure | Dragoneer Investment Group | |
| LMArena Human-feedback evaluations and public comparisons of AI models. | $150M | Series A AI | Felicis Ventures, UC Investments |
Emergent uses AI agents to turn natural-language instructions into full-stack web and mobile applications, handling design, coding, testing and deployment.
Goodfire develops tools and research methods that inspect the internal mechanisms of neural networks, helping researchers understand model behavior and change specific parts of it.
Emergent uses AI agents to turn natural-language instructions into full-stack web and mobile applications, handling design, coding, testing and deployment.
ClickHouse develops an open-source columnar database and a managed cloud service for fast analytics on large datasets.
Human-feedback evaluations and public comparisons of AI models.
Reports & briefings
September 2026 Startup Funding Report
74 sourced rounds, with company profiles and participating investors.
Sep 21 – 27, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
27 sourced rounds, with company profiles and participating investors.
Sep 14 – 20, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
5 sourced rounds, with company profiles and participating investors.
Active investors
| Investor | Rounds | Led | Recent investments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Lightspeed Venture Partners | 22 | 5 | Temporal TechnologiesNeko Health |
| 02Andreessen Horowitz | 21 | 7 | ArmadinEliseAI |
| 03Index Ventures | 20 | 6 | Temporal TechnologiesMistral AI |
| 04General Catalyst | 20 | 1 | General IntuitionDwelly |