KOR Protocol raises $7.5 million in Series A funding, valuing the company at $100 million.
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Chip startup SambaNova raises $1 billion, valuing the company at $11 billion.
Mars Finance reported on July 8th that SambaNova Systems, a chip startup backed by Intel's venture capital arm, has completed a $1 billion Series F funding round, valuing the company at $11 billion. The company is scheduled to officially announce the news on July 8th local time. (Wide Angle Observation)
AI-powered legal services company Norm has raised $120 million in funding, led by Khosla Ventures.
PANews reported on July 7th that, according to Bloomberg, AI legal startup Norm has completed a new funding round of $120 million, valuing the company at approximately $1.2 billion post-money. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue Management, and others, bringing its total funding to over $260 million. Founded in 2023, Norm differs from traditional software vendors by operating its own Norm Law firm, providing clients directly with legal services delivered by lawyers and AI engineers, charging based on results rather than hourly rates. The company is also developing "AI-driven regulatory AI" compliance agents for regulated industries such as finance and healthcare, and plans to use the new funding to expand its engineering and legal teams and strengthen its systems.
EDX Markets completes $76 million Series C funding round
According to Foresight News , Citadel-backed cryptocurrency exchange EDX Markets has completed a $76 million Series C funding round, led by SBI Holdings. This funding will support EDX's continued growth, enabling it to expand its trading, clearing, and settlement capabilities, accelerate product development, and scale its global operations.
"Derui Pharma" completes $52 million Series B financing.
Mars Finance reports that Derui Pharma, a technology company focused on AI-driven new drug development, has announced the completion of a $52 million Series B financing round, with multiple investment institutions and industry funds participating. Kaicheng Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor for this round. The funds raised will be primarily invested in the in-depth technological iteration of the company's self-developed full-chain AI pharmaceutical engine, MAP (Molecule Arts Platform), continuously improving its multi-agent collaborative system and clinical data-in-the-Loop. Simultaneously, the company will advance the Phase III clinical development and commercialization of its self-developed oral GLP-1RA small molecule MDR-001, accelerating the expansion of its differentiated innovative drug pipeline.
Google and RWE back Proxima Fusion in a €411 million funding round
Munich-based magnetic confinement fusion startup Proxima Fusion announced on Tuesday that it has raised €411 million ($469.69 million) in a funding round from investors including Alphabet's Google and German utility RWE. The company stated that the round was led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures, with RWE and Google participating as strategic investors. The company added that this funding round values Proxima Fusion at €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion). (Sina Finance)
HIFI raises $37M to expand stablecoin payments, tokenized markets
HIFI CEO Zach Walsh told Cointelegraph the $37 million Series A is the company’s first priced funding round, though HIFI did not disclose its valuation.