Technology Private Placement and M&A Transactions Review Week Ending January 18, 2026

Etched: The company raised $500 million of venture funding in a deal led by Stripes on January 13, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $4.5 billion. Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital and Peter Thiel also participated in the round. The company is a developer of transformer-specific ASIC chips for LLM inference delivering faster performance than GPUs by hardwiring transformer architecture into silicon.

ClickHouse: The company raised $400 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Dragoneer Investment Group on January 16, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $14.6 billion. Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, GIC Private, T. Rowe Price Group and WCM Investment Management also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an online analytical processing database management system designed to generate analytical reports using SQL queries.

Onebrief: The company raised $359.3 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Battery Ventures and Sapphire Ventures on January 14, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $2.3 billion. Salesforce Ventures, General Catalyst, Insight Partners (New York) and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a visual strategy platform designed to provide mind mapping for the military.

Parloa: The company raised $350 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by General Catalyst on January 15, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $2.65 billion. EQT Ventures, Altimeter Capital Management, Mosaic Ventures and Durable Capital Partners also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a conversational AI platform for building automated customer service dialogs using machine learning.

Deepgram: The company raised $143.2 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by AVP (Paris) on January 13, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $1.18 billion. Citi Ventures, Twilio, ServiceNow Ventures, SAP (Business/Productivity Software), Wing Venture Capital, In-Q-Tel, Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group, Alkeon Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Princeville Capital, Y Combinator, BlackRock, University of Michigan, Columbia University and Stanford University also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an automated speech recognition platform for building voice-enabled applications with real-time transcription.

Mytra: The company raised an estimated $120 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by Avenir Growth Capital on January 15, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at an estimated $425 million. Eclipse Ventures, Ryder System, Abstract Ventures, Kivu Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Promus Ventures, Greenoaks Capital Partners, Offline Ventures, Lineage and The D. E. Shaw Group also participated in the round. The company is a developer of AI-powered warehouse robotics for automated material handling and three-dimensional storage optimization.

Higgsfield: The company raised $130 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by GFT Ventures on January 15, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at an estimated $1.17 billion. BroadLight Capital, NextEquity Partners, Founders Circle Capital, SLVC, Menlo Ventures, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Scale Asia Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Fellows Fund, Accel, MA7 Ventures, Alpha Square Group, Breakpoint Capital and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-driven video creation platform intended for cinematic content generation and editing purposes.

Tulip Interfaces: The company raised $120 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Mitsubishi Electric on January 15, 2026, putting the company’s post-valuation at $1.3 billion. The company is a developer of manufacturing operations analytics software for managing and visualizing factory operations and production workflows.

Wasabi: The company raised $70 million of venture funding in a deal led by L2 Point Management on January 13, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $1.8 billion. Pure Storage, Energy Ventures Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud storage platform for affordable, high-performance data storage.

Listen Labs: The company raised $69 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Ribbit Capital on January 14, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $431 million. Sequoia Capital, Pear, Conviction Partners, and Evantic Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-powered customer research platform for conducting automated interviews.

Prime Intellect: The company raised $64.9 million of venture funding in a deal led by Founders Fund on January 15, 2026. Menlo Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a decentralized AI training platform for distributed compute and collaborative model development.

Midnite: The company raised $35 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by The Raine Group on January 15, 2026. Makers Fund, Play Ventures, Discerning Capital, and Big Bets also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a sports betting and casino platform designed to let users bet on football matches and players.

Atoms: The company raised $31 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Ant Group and Cathay Innovation on January 15, 2026. Baidu Ventures, MindWorks Ventures and Jinqiu Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a multi-agent framework platform designed to automate and streamline software development processes.

Atlantic Screen Group: The company received $30 million of development capital from Corrum Capital Management on January 14, 2026. The company is a provider of music rights management and revenue services for music rights holders and content creators in film and television.

GovDash: The company raised $30 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Mucker Capital and British Columbia Investment Management on January 15, 2026. Northzone Ventures and Y Combinator also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-powered platform designed to assist government contractors with capture, proposal development, and contract management.

Quadric: The company raised $30 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by BEENEXT Capital Management on January 14, 2026. Volta Energy Technologies, Wanxiang America, Pivotal Ventures, Gentree, Pear, Uncork Capital and Silicon Catalyst Ventures also participated in the round. The company is a manufacturer of semiconductor processor IP designed for running AI and conventional algorithms on a single chip.

Fractile: The company raised $22.5 million of venture funding from Oxford Science Enterprises, Kindred Capital and NATO Innovation Fund on January 15, 2026. The company is a developer of AI inference chips optimizing energy efficiency and computational performance.

Fanvue: The company raised $22 million of Series A venture funding from Rene Rechtman and other undisclosed investors on January 18, 2026. The company is an operator of a subscription social platform enabling creators to share content and monetize fan engagement.

Superlinear: The company raised EUR 6 million of Series A venture funding from BDO Belgium and BDO France on January 13, 2026. The company is a developer of AI automation technologies for enhancing organizational productivity and profitability.

AI Lean: The company raised $6.8 million of Series A venture funding from MassVentures and other undisclosed investors on January 12, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $11.2 million. The company is a developer of auction software designed to automate and streamline the lien-to-auction process.

DaVinci Commerce: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Saama Capital, Amit Singhal and Sohaib Abbasi on January 12, 2026. Cosmos Nicolau and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of interactive advertising technology for enhanced digital marketing and e-commerce integration.

The 33rd Team: The company raised an undisclosed amount of Series B venture funding from Liberty Media, Forta Advisors and Silver Falcon Capital on January 13, 2026. Autumn Road Capital, Dan Senor, Nick Gross, Gary Vaynerchuk, Ryan Moore, Greg Ciongoli, George Pyne and John Lowell also participated in the round. The company is an operator of a football analysis and media platform providing game-related content and insights.

webAI: The company raised an undisclosed amount of Series A venture funding in a deal led by TIME Ventures on January 13, 2026, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $2.5 billion. Forerunner Ventures and Atreides Management also participated in the round. The company is an operator of a deployment platform intended to scale artificial intelligence algorithms across connected devices.

PrizePicks / Allwyn: The company was acquired by Allwyn, via its financial sponsors KKCG and J&T Arch Investments, through a $1.5 billion LBO on September 22, 2025. The company is a developer of a daily fantasy sports betting platform for playing against estimated player projections.

Altamira Technologies / Parsons: The company was acquired by Parsons for an estimated $375 million on January 15, 2026. The company is a provider of multi-intelligence consultancy and open-source intelligence services for national security applications.

Quobly / Sealsq: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Sealsq for an estimated $200 million on January 14, 2026. The company is a developer of semiconductor-based quantum technologies.

Astro / Cloudflare: The company was acquired by Cloudflare for an undisclosed amount on January 16, 2026. The company is a developer of a modern web framework for building fast, content-driven websites with server-side rendering.

Augie Studio / JWX: The company was acquired by JWX for an undisclosed amount on January 16, 2026. The company is a developer of a video creation platform designed to automatically transform text or audio prompts into video.

Battle Road Digital / Onebrief: The company was acquired by Onebrief through an LBO on January 13, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of cloud-based military games and simulation systems for virtual training environments.

Big Yellow Dog Music / Sony Music Publishing: The company was acquired by Sony Music Publishing, a subsidiary of Sony Group, for an undisclosed amount on January 13, 2026. The company is a provider of music publishing and licensing services for sync placements in television, film, and advertising.

CRE Marketing Hub / Pavonis Capital Partners: The company was acquired by Pavonis Capital Partners through an LBO on January 14, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a provider of marketing and creative services intended to serve businesses seeking brand growth and audience engagement.

DevCycle / Dynatrace: The company was acquired by Dynatrace for an undisclosed amount on January 13, 2026. The company is a developer of a customer engagement platform designed to improve and personalize applications, websites, and customer communication channels.

G=mc2 / Mobeus Equity Partners: The company was acquired by Mobeus Equity Partners and its management through an LBO on January 16, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. Mobeus Equity Partners has invested GBP 15.8 million to support the continued growth of the company. The company is a provider of brand strategy consulting services for market demand and cultural insight analysis.

Inlet / AdLarge: The company was acquired by AdLarge for an undisclosed amount on January 15, 2026. The company is a developer of an AI-powered podcast automation platform designed for content optimization, distribution, and monetization.

Lighthearted Entertainment / Blink49 Studios: The company was acquired by Blink49 Studios for an undisclosed amount on January 13, 2026. The company is an operator of a television production company designed to develop unscripted programming for broadcast and digital platforms.

Prodigy Agency / Sports Entertainment Group International: The company was acquired by Sports Entertainment Group International for an undisclosed amount on January 12, 2026. The company is a provider of esports representation services for player development and performance optimization.

Rayn.io / DigitalAudience: The company was acquired by DigitalAudience for an undisclosed amount on January 13, 2026. The company is a developer of AI-driven advertising intelligence tools for simplifying advertising signal analysis.

Scanalytics / East West Manufacturing: The company was acquired by East West Manufacturing for an undisclosed amount on January 14, 2026. The company is a developer of smart floor sensors designed to measure consumer behavior information in physical spaces.

SharpCloud / Lumivero: The company was acquired by Lumivero, via its financial sponsor TA Associates Management, through an LBO on January 13, 2026 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of data visualization software for displaying complex data and interdependencies.

Stardome Comedy Club / Helium Comedy Clubs: The company was acquired by Helium Comedy Clubs for an undisclosed amount on January 13, 2026. The company is an operator of comedy and entertainment venues for live stand-up performances and dining experiences.

Starglow Media / SuperAwesome: The company was acquired by SuperAwesome, a subsidiary of Epic Games, for an undisclosed amount on January 13, 2026. The company is a developer of an audio content platform for entertaining and educating kids and families.