Technology Private Placement and M&A Transactions Review Week Ending February 8, 2026

Anthropic: The company is in the process of raising $35 billion of venture funding in a deal led by Coatue Management and GIC Private on February 7, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $325 billion. Microsoft, Nvidia, Teachers’ Venture Growth, MAGNA Investment, BlueSky Capital Management, Redpoint Ventures, Exitfund, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Koru Capital, Korea Investment Partners, EAI Investments, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Guindy Alumni Angels, Seed9, Mozza Angels, and ICONIQ Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of large language models and AI systems used for enterprise applications, automation, and advanced reasoning tasks.

Waymo: The company raised $16 billion of venture funding in a deal led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global and Sequoia Capital on February 2, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $110 billion. GV, CapitalG, Silver Lake, Perry Creek Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global Management, Kleiner Perkins, Fidelity Management & Research Company, BDT & MSD Partners, T. Rowe Price Group, Temasek Holdings and Alphabet also participated in the round. The company is a developer of autonomous driving software and sensor systems used in self-driving vehicles for ride-hailing and logistics services.

Cerebras Systems: The company raised $1 billion of Series H venture funding in a deal led by Tiger Global Management on February 4, 2026. Advanced Micro Devices, Coatue Management, Alpha Wave Global, Benchmark Capital Holdings, Altimeter Capital Management, 1789 Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Atreides Management also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI hardware systems, including wafer-scale processors and computing clusters, used for large-scale model training and inference.

ElevenLabs: The company raised $500 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Sequoia Capital on February 4, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $10.5 billion. AMP Coalition, Smash Capital, BroadLight Capital, Valor Capital Group, NFDG, ICONIQ Growth, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Evantic Capital, BOND Capital and Matthew McConaughey also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI speech synthesis software used to generate realistic voice audio from text inputs.

SambaNova Systems: The company raised $350 million of Series E venture funding in a deal led by Vista Equity Partners and Intel on February 7, 2026. Cambium Capital Management also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI computing systems for combining custom processors, memory architecture, and model software for machine learning and data analytics workloads.

Positron: The company raised $230 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by ARENA Private Wealth, Jump Trading and Unless on February 4, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $770 million. Arm, Valor Equity Partners, Resilience Reserve, Flume Ventures, 1517 Fund, Helena Special Investments, DFJ Growth, Qatar Investment Authority, Atreides Management,Koru Capital (New York) and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of custom hardware designed to accelerate machine learning applications, focusing on end-to-end appliances for generative artificial intelligence models.

Tomorrow.io: The company raised $175 million of venture funding in a deal led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners on February 3, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $825 million. Square Peg Capital, Canaan Partners, Fontinalis Partners, Clearvision Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital and Activate Capital Partners also participated in the round. The company is a developer of weather intelligence software that aggregates satellite, radar, and sensor data to generate localized forecasting models.

Machina Labs: The company raised an estimated $124 million of Series C venture funding from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Woven Capital, and Signal Rank on February 4, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at an estimated $222 million. Vannevar Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Balerion Space Venture, Zenith Capital, ATEL Capital Group, Tawazun Strategic Development Fund, and Chakra Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI-driven robotic systems used to automate metal forming and fabrication processes.

Connect Music: The company raised $80 million of venture funding in a deal led by Rockmont Partners and Variant Investments on February 5, 2026. The company is a developer of music distribution and digital rights management software used by artists and rights holders.

Ares Interactive: The company raised $70 million of venture funding in a deal led by General Catalyst on February 3, 2026. Niccolo De Masi also participated in the round. The company is a developer of mobile video games.

Osmo Labs: The company raised $70 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Two Sigma Ventures on February 7, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $340 million. WorkForge, Amazon.com, Lumina Partners PE, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Ventures, Amplo, Collaborative Fund, Alumni Ventures and Patrick Collison also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI systems that analyze molecular and chemical data to digitize scent and smell detection.

Urban SDK: The company received $65 million of development capital from Riverwood Capital on February 5, 2026. The company is a developer of mobility analytics software that processes real-time location data to model transportation patterns.

AtScale: The company raised $62 million of Series E venture funding in a deal led by Snowflake Ventures on February 2, 2026. The company is a developer of data virtualization and semantic layer software used to enable business intelligence tools to query large-scale data platforms.

Day.ai: The company raised $20 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Sequoia Capital on February 2, 2026. Conviction Investment Partners, Sound Ventures, Greenoaks Capital Partners, and Pat Grady also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI software that analyzes sales conversations and integrates insights into customer relationship management systems.

Gardia: The company raised EUR 8.5 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Peak XV Partners on February 5, 2026. Beurer, amberra, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, BonVenture, butterfly & elephant and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of wireless wearable safety devices that detect falls and transmit emergency alerts.

xAI / SpaceX: The company was acquired by SpaceX for $250 billion on February 2, 2026. The company is a developer of large language models and AI systems used for conversational interaction and knowledge retrieval.

Silicon Laboratories / Texas Instruments: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Texas Instruments for $7.5 billion on February 4, 2026. The company is a developer of wireless semiconductor chips and embedded systems used in connected devices and IoT applications.

Celestial AI / Marvell Technology: The company was acquired by Marvell Technology for $6 billion on February 2, 2026. The company is a developer of photonic interconnect and AI acceleration hardware used in data center computing systems.

MATRIXX Software / Amdocs: The company was acquired by Amdocs for $197 million on February 3, 2026. The company is a developer of cloud-native billing and digital commerce software used by telecommunications providers.

Stereolabs / Ouster: The company was acquired by Ouster for $35 million on February 4, 2026. The company is a developer of a stereoscopic three-dimensional analysis software used in robotics and autonomous systems.

Ambie Media / Soundtrack: The company was acquired by Soundtrack for an undisclosed amount on February 4, 2026. The company is a developer of licensed background music streaming software used in commercial and hospitality venues.

Apira Technologies / Woven Solutions: The company was acquired by Woven Solutions, via its financial sponsor Falfurrias Management Partners, through an LBO on February 5, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of 3D avatar and virtual persona software used in digital environments and interactive applications.

Asic Robotics / Renaissance: The company was acquired by Renaissance through an LBO on February 3, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a manufacturer of machinery intended for automation and industrial robotics.

Bibliotheque Music / Cezame: The company was acquired by Cezame for an undisclosed amount on February 6, 2026. The company is an operator of production music libraries licensing curated music catalogues to media and advertising clients.

Feedback Intelligence / ActiveCampaign: The company was acquired by ActiveCampaign for an undisclosed amount on February 3, 2026. The company is a developer of AI analytics software used to evaluate outputs generated by language model applications.

ONE Strategy Studio / Radius Global Market Research: The company was acquired by Radius Global Market Research, via its financial sponsors Star Mountain Capital and NewSpring Capital, through an LBO on February 2, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a provider of strategy and market research services using AI-driven analytics tools.

Seenit / Unseen Group: The company was acquired by Unseen Group, via its financial sponsor ThinCats and Pelican Capital, through an LBO on February 4, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of a video collaboration platform intended to improve hiring and decrease attrition.

TensorStax / Snowflake: The company was acquired by Snowflake for an undisclosed amount on February 4, 2026. The company is a developer of an AI-powered agentic platform designed to build and maintain data pipelines.

Tunify / Soundtrack: The company was acquired by Soundtrack for an undisclosed amount on February 4, 2026. The company is a developer of music streaming software designed for professional users to create personalized playlists.

Visual Endeavors / Hovercraft Ventures: The company was acquired by Hovercraft Ventures for an undisclosed amount on February 4, 2026. The company is a provider of design and creative technology services intended to deliver experiences for live entertainment, corporate activations, and artistic installations.