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AI, robotics, and deeptech startups secured significant funding this week as investors continued supporting companies that are developing technologies for industrial and enterprise applications.
US-based Bedrock Robotics was among the biggest deals with USD 600 million in a Series C funding round, raising its valuation to USD 4.1 billion.
Indian startups Live2.ai, Simplismart and Hunar.AI also announced fresh investments to expand their AI platforms and strengthen their operations. Meanwhile, European venture capital firm Entourage raised EUR 100 million for its second fund.
Bedrock Robotics raised USD 600 million in a Series C round co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital. The funding values the company at USD 4.1 billion.
The company will use the capital to accelerate the commercial deployment of autonomous excavators and self-driving construction equipment. It also plans to expand operations across construction sites and strengthen its field support teams and infrastructure to serve contractors.
Indian startup Live2.ai raised Rs. 130 crore (approximately USD 14 million) in a Pre-Series B funding round led by IvyCap Ventures. The round included both primary and secondary investments.
The company plans to accelerate the development of its agentic AI intelligence platform and expand its presence among enterprise customers and global brands. It will also strengthen its cloud infrastructure across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, while expanding its engineering, data science and customer success teams.
AI infrastructure startup Simplismart secured USD 14 million in a Series B funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital. NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC, and Micromax also participated.
The company will use the investment to advance its AI inference and model orchestration platform, develop dynamic GPU scheduling technology and expand partnerships with cloud providers and sovereign AI infrastructure operators.
Hunar.AI raised Rs. 40 crore (approximately USD 4.8 million) in a Series A round led by Blume Ventures. Hyderabad Angels Fund and Seedstars International also participated.
The funding will support the development of its conversational AI infrastructure and multilingual AI agents for frontline workforce hiring, onboarding, training and employee engagement. The company also plans to accelerate product development and expand its market reach.
European venture capital firm Entourage secured EUR 100 million (approximately USD 116 million) for its second fund. Led by Pieterjan Bouten, alongside partners Evert Beeckman and Maarten Mortier, the fund has backing from entrepreneurs, family offices and private investors.
Entourage plans to invest in around 25 pre-seed and seed-stage startups across AI, enterprise software, robotics, physical AI and deeptech. Initial investments will range between EUR 1 million and EUR 5 million, with additional capital reserved for follow-on funding.