Technology Private Placement and M&A Transactions Review Week Ending February 22, 2026

World Labs: The company raised $1 billion of Series C venture funding from AMD Ventures, Samsung Venture Investment and Nvidia on February 18, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $4.6 billion. Advanced Digital Information, Cisco Investments, Fidelity, Zoom Communications, Advanced Micro Devices, Autodesk, Sanabil Investments, Temasek Holdings, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Emerson Collective, Sea (Entertainment Software) and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of spatial intelligence models designed to enable machines to perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the three-dimensional world.

Temporal: The company raised $300 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Andreessen Horowitz on February 17, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $4.7 billion. Amplify Partners, Sequoia Capital, Madrona Venture Group, Index Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, GIC Private and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an open-source microservices orchestration platform enabling developers to build fault-tolerant, reliable, and scalable distributed applications. The platform simplifies complex microservices orchestration by allowing code to maintain state across failures.

Taalas: The company raised $169 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on February 19, 2026. The company is a developer of an AI-based software counterpart semiconductor chip designed for the implementation of AI models into custom silicon.

Code Metal: The company raised $125 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Salesforce Ventures on February 19, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $1.1 billion. RTX Ventures, B Capital Group, Shield Capital, J2 Ventures, Accel, Overmatch, Smith Point Capital and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-powered automation development platform designed to translate code into deployable, production-ready software.

Render: The company raised $100 million of Series C1 venture funding in a deal led by Georgian on February 17, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $1.4 billion. Bessemer Venture Partners, 01 Advisors, General Catalyst, Addition and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud infrastructure platform used to deploy and scale applications and AI agents in production environments.

ZaiNar: The company raised an estimated $100 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by AME Cloud Ventures on February 19, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at an estimated $900 million. Stephen Jurvetson, Tom Gruber, Jaan Tallinn, Nicholas Pritzker II, Andreas Weigend and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an automatic location tracking platform designed to track the location of phones, vehicles, drones, and physical assets.

Braintrust: The company raised $80 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by ICONIQ Capital on February 17, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $720 million. Base Case Capital, Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz, Elad Gil, and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence software used to support teams building and scaling AI products.

Novig: The company raised $75 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Pantera Capital on February 18, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $425 million. Forerunner Ventures, NFX, Perceptive Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Makers Fund, L2 Ventures, Jared Heyman and Equity Pledge Investments also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a peer-to-peer sports trading application designed to let users trade against other users rather than a house market maker.

ChipAgents: The company raised $74 million of Series A1 venture funding in a deal led by Matter Venture Partners on February 17, 2026. Micron Technology, MediaTek, Ericsson Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, ScOp Venture Capital, Amino Capital, Wally Rhines, Raúl Camposano and Jack Harding also participated in the round. The company is a developer of artificial intelligence-driven tools for semiconductor design and verification for hardware engineering teams.

Seasats: The company raised $20 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Konvoy Ventures on February 17, 2026. Shield Capital, Tanis Venture Management, Crumpton Ventures, Techstars, The Dorado Group, DNS Capital and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a manufacturer of small autonomous surface vehicles intended for defense, scientific, and commercial applications.

Hook: The company raised $15.7 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Khosla Ventures on February 18, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $46 million. Three Six Zero, Avex Entertainment, Palm Tree Crew Investments, The Raine Group, Imaginary Ventures, Waverley Capital, Point72 Ventures and Niles Hollowell-Dhar also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered music technology platform that enables users and content creators to create, customize, and share authorized, high-quality derivative music remixes.

Aliro: The company raised $15 million of venture funding in a deal led by Gutbrain Ventures on February 18, 2026. Cisco Investments, Argon Ventures, Wonderstone Ventures and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of quantum computing and networking systems designed to emulate, pilot, and deploy entanglement-based quantum networks.

Portkey: The company raised $15 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Elevation Capital (India) on February 19, 2026. Lightspeed India Partners also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a comprehensive platform designed to streamline and improve AI integration for developers and organizations.

BlastPoint: The company raised $14.2 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by MissionOG on February 18, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $43.9 million. Michigan Capital Network, Next Level Ventures, One Washington Financial, Curql, Strandview, BTech Consortium, Innovation Works, IrishAngels and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a predictive AI platform used to model behavior and generate customer intelligence for businesses.

Rapidata: The company raised CHF 8.5 million of venture funding in a deal led by Canaan Partners and IA Ventures on February 19, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at CHF 25.2 million. BlueYard Capital and Acequia Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a data labeling technology used to run human-in-the-loop labeling and validation with region-specific sentiment at scale.

Quadric: The company closed on $8.5 million of an undisclosed targeted amount of venture funding from International Finance on February 20, 2026. The company is a manufacturer of semiconductor processor IP designed for running AI and conventional algorithms on a single chip.

QC82: The company is in the process of raising $7.5 million of venture funding on February 16, 2026. The company plans to start the round in the second quarter of 2026. The company is a developer of high-efficiency room-temperature photon detectors designed to support advanced photonic infrastructure.

Blink: The company raised $7.1 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on February 20, 2026. The company is a developer of an AI-driven, non-intrusive eye-tracking software that enables touchless, gaze-based interactions with screens, devices, and retail environments.

Adronite: The company raised $5 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Gatemore Capital Management on February 19, 2026. The company is a developer of an AI-powered engineering assistant designed to help teams build, understand, and secure software.

FieldAI: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Hyundai Motors Group on February 22, 2026. The company is a developer of a field-proven artificial intelligence technology designed to equip mobile robots with a universal, risk-aware brain.

READO: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding in a deal led by BMH Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen on February 16, 2026. The company is an operator of a digital bookshelf application used to manage personal libraries, track reading progress and statistics, set reading goals, and run page-based social reading features.

Xtend Defense / JFB Construction & Development: The company is reportedly in the process of completing a $1.5 billion reverse merger with JFB Construction & Development as of Feburary 17, 2026. The company is a developer of an autonomous drone system used to execute indoor and outdoor tactical missions.

Blickfeld / Senstar Technologies: The company was acquired by Senstar Technologies for EUR 10.4 million on February 17, 2026. The company is a developer of three-dimensional LiDAR sensors designed for precise object detection and spatial analysis.

4CRisk.ai / CUBE Content Governance Global: The company was acquired by CUBE Content Governance Global, via its financial sponsor Hg, through an LBO on February 19, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of a regulatory AI platform used to map obligations to policies, procedures, controls, and risks for compliance and GRC teams.

Accelleran / Firecell: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Firecell for an undisclosed amount on February 18, 2026. The company is a developer of Open RAN private 5G network infrastructure designed to deliver secure and scalable enterprise connectivity.

Arts Alliance Media / Qube Cinema: The company, a subsidiary of Luxin-Rio, was acquired by Qube Cinema for an undisclosed amount on February 17, 2026. The company is a developer of digital cinema software used to manage theater operations and content workflows.

Auddia / Thramann Holdings: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thramann Holdings through a reverse merger, resulting in the combined entity trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MCFN on February 18, 2026. The company is a developer of an AI-powered audio platform used to personalize AM/FM radio and podcast listening experiences.

Botdog / Scale Shift Ventures: The company was acquired by Scale Shift Ventures through an LBO on February 17, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a LinkedIn automation platform used to automate outreach sequences and manage influence/visibility workflows.

Cysic / Tonso: The company was acquired by Tonso for an undisclosed amount on February 17, 2026. The company is a developer of zero-knowledge proof hardware acceleration technology designed to enhance cryptographic computation efficiency.

Dimensional Imaging / Clear Angle Studios: The company was acquired by Clear Angle Studios for an undisclosed amount on February 19, 2026. The company is a developer of a three-dimensional facial capture system used to generate high-definition surface scans via passive stereo photogrammetry for facial animation and VFX workflows.

Flash Sports and Media / Urban-gro: The company was acquired by Urban-gro for an undisclosed amount on February 17, 2026. The company is an operator of a sports media, esports, and immersive entertainment platform.

Griptape / The Foundry Visionmongers: The company was acquired by The Foundry Visionmongers, a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, for an undisclosed amount on February 18, 2026. The company is a developer of a modular open-source Python framework used to build LLM-based agents, pipelines, and workflows.

Koyeb / Mistral AI: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Mistral AI for an undisclosed amount on February 17, 2026. The company is a developer of a serverless cloud platform used to deploy and run applications and APIs globally.

Losant / Suse: The company was acquired by SUSE, via its financial sponsor EQT, through an LBO on February 19, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of an IoT cloud platform intended to help teams build complex real-time data securely.

OpenClaw / OpenAI: The company was acquired by OpenAI for an undisclosed amount on February 16, 2026. The company is a developer of an open-source personal AI assistant platform intended to serve developers and run user-defined skills and automations.

Spookland / Sony Music Entertainment France: The company was acquired by Sony Music Entertainment France for an undisclosed amount on February 19, 2026. The company is an operator of an independent record label and publishing company based in Paris, France.

TubeBuddy / GameSquare Holdings: GameSquare Holdings reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Company, a subsidiary of Branded Entertainment Network, for an undisclosed amount on February 20, 2026. The company is a developer of a browser extension intended to serve YouTube creators.

Vbout / ThriveCart: The company was acquired by ThriveCart, via its financial sponsor LTV SaaS Fund, through an LBO on February 20, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of an artificial intelligence-enabled marketing automation platform designed to provide email marketing and automation, social media, landing pages, and analytics in one dashboard.