Weekly Top Venture Funding & Startup Moves — Feb 7–13 2026

Posted on February 13, 2026 at 08:25 PM

🚀 Weekly Top Venture Funding & Startup Moves — Feb 7–13 2026

Startup Name Sector Round Investors Valuation Notes
Anthropic AI / Generative AI Series G GIC, Coatue, D.E. Shaw, Founders Fund, Accel, Lightspeed, General Catalyst, Nvidia, Microsoft $380B One of the largest private funding rounds ever; strong enterprise AI demand & 10x revenue growth to ~$14B annualized. (Anthropic)
Simile AI / Predictive Modeling Series A Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, A*Capital, Hanabi, Fei‑Fei Li, Andrej Karpathy $100M raise; predictive human behavior AI with early enterprise pilots. (techstartups.com)
WitnessAI AI Security / Governance Series A Sound Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Fin Capital, Forgepoint $58M; critical AI security tool as enterprises expand AI deployments. (Startup Researcher)
Ever EV Marketplace / AI Series A Eclipse, Ibex Investors, Lifeline Ventures, JIMCO $31M; AI‑driven EV retail experience. (techstartups.com)
Keychain Supply Chain / CPG Tech Series B Wellington Management, BoxGroup $30M; AI‑powered supply chain orchestration for CPG. (techstartups.com)
Didero AI / Procurement Series A Chemistry Ventures, Headline, Microsoft M12 $30M; agentic automation of manufacturing procurement. (techstartups.com)
Galux AI / Biotech Series B InterVest, Yuanta Investment, Korea Dev Bank, Mirae Asset $29M; AI‑driven protein design platform. (techstartups.com)
Newo Voice & AI Assistants Series A Ratmir Timashev, Aloniq, Constructor, S16VC $25M; AI receptionists for SMBs. (techstartups.com)
Sapiom AI Infrastructure / Fintech Seed Accel, Okta Ventures, Gradient, Menlo Ventures, Coinbase Ventures $15M; payments & trust layer for autonomous AI agents. (techstartups.com)
Stanhope AI AI / Robotics & Autonomy Seed Frontline Ventures, Paladin Capital, Auxxo Female Catalyst, MMC Ventures $8M; brain‑inspired AI for autonomous systems. (techstartups.com)

1) AI Investment Momentum Remains Dominant

  • Anthropic’s $30B Series G at a $380 billion valuation dwarfs typical VC rounds and reflects continued mega‑capital flows into frontier AI — led by sovereign wealth (GIC) and top global funds (Coatue, Founders Fund) with participation from Accel, Lightspeed, and others. (Anthropic)
  • Security, governance, and enterprise trust layers — exemplified by WitnessAI’s $58M round — are now critical as corporate AI adoption accelerates. (Startup Researcher)

2) Strategic Sector Expansion Beyond Core LLMs

  • Predictive AI modeling (Simile), supply chain orchestration (Keychain), and EV marketplace workflows (Ever) are attracting tier‑1 investors, signaling AI’s diffusion into adjacent verticals. (techstartups.com)
  • Biotech AI convergence is gaining traction — Galux (protein design) shows biotech investors are embracing algorithm‑driven discovery. (techstartups.com)

3) Fintech + AI Infrastructure

  • Sapiom’s seed round led by Accel with crypto and identity investors underscores early bets on financial orchestration infrastructure required for autonomous AI agents to transact securely. (techstartups.com)

🔍 Actionable Investor Signals

  • AI Platform Leadership Matters: Anthropic’s milestone lift suggests investors are still willing to back giant plays on foundational AI competitors to OpenAI. Yet, risk remains high if market saturation or regulatory pressure increases.
  • Security & Governance Tools Rising: WitnessAI’s traction suggests governance tooling may be one of the next verticals with recurring enterprise spend as AI integrations widen.
  • AI’s Horizontal Expansion: Capital is flowing into AI‑enabled vertical applications — from EV marketplaces to supply chain digitalization — offering sector‑specific productization opportunities beyond core LLM deployment.