Startup Fundraising

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026 · 4 min

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AI infrastructure dominated today’s fundraising tape, from a £814 million superintelligence seed round to a $60 million orchestration Series B, while quantum investors showed there is still LP appetite for hard-tech venture funds.

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AI infrastructure dominated today’s fundraising tape, from a £814 million superintelligence seed round to a $60 million orchestration Series B, while quantum investors showed there is still LP appetite for hard-tech venture funds.

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  1. Ineffable Intelligence secures £814m seed round — Kirstie Pickering

    # Ineffable Intelligence secures £814m seed round - UKTN Published: 2026-04-28T08:00:24+00:00 Author: Kirstie Pickering ## Summary Ineffable Intelligence, a new generation of algorithms that learn through experience, has secured a £814m seed round with backing from the government's Sovereign AI Unit and the British Business Bank. The company believes its approach could lead to potential…

  2. Orkes Series B: AI Orchestration Infrastructure at Scale — Missionmedia

    Orkes Series B: AI Orchestration Infrastructure at Scale The promise of AI in business has always outpaced the reality. Companies can build impressive AI demos. Getting those demos to actually run reliably inside a real company, at scale, day after day, is a completely different challenge. That gap is exactly what Orkes is built to solve. The workflow orchestration platform just raised US$60…

  3. Mosaic Secures $18M Series A To Build AI-Driven Operating System For Deal Makers — AI Insider

    # Mosaic Secures $18M Series A To Build AI-Driven Operating System For Deal Makers Published: 2026-04-27T11:18:05+00:00 Author: James Dargan ## Summary Mosaic, an AI-driven deal modeling platform for private markets, has raised an $18 million Series A led by Radical Ventures to expand its capabilities across private equity workflows and expand into investment banking and private credit. The…

  4. QDNL Participations Rebrands to Ground State Ventures as Fund Hits $88 Million, Exceeds Target — The Quantum Insider

    # QDNL Participations Rebrands to Ground State Ventures as Fund Hits $88 Million, Exceeds Target Published: 2026-04-28T08:11:24+01:00 Author: Matt Swayne ## Summary Ground State Ventures, formerly QDNL Participations, has raised $88 million for its early-stage quantum fund, exceeding its $70 million target and signalling strong investor demand. The firm has expanded from being a…