--- title: "August 26–27 VC News: FPV C-UAS, SMB Agents, Korea AI Unicorn, Beef Data, BH Payers & LDES" description: "Gap-fill investment explainers for Aug 26–27: Mara $7M, Runable $21M, Wrtn ~$72M, Breedr $27M, Onos Health $17M, Certain Energy £10M, and Agentrys $24.5M — who uses the products and why these syndicates fit." date: 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z tags: ["2026-vc-news", "startup-funding", "venture-capital", "market-analysis", "artificial-intelligence", "defense-tech", "climate-tech", "healthtech"] source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-august-26-27-investment-news-defense-agents-grid --- # August 26–27 VC News: FPV C-UAS, SMB Agents, Korea AI Unicorn, Beef Data, BH Payers & LDES > Gap-fill investment explainers for Aug 26–27: Mara $7M, Runable $21M, Wrtn ~$72M, Breedr $27M, Onos Health $17M, Certain Energy £10M, and Agentrys $24.5M — who uses the products and why these syndicates fit. Earlier August batches already covered Emerald AI, Stability AI, Gatik, Generalist, Form Energy, and peers. **This roundup is the Aug 26–27 gap-fill** — seven deals that still needed VCT-style write-ups: who uses the product, why now, and why _this_ capital. ## Snapshot table | Company | Amount | Stage | Key capital | Job | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | [Mara](/2026-mara-7m-pre-seed-khosla-a16z-fpv-c-uas) | $7M | Pre-seed | [Khosla](/fund/khosla-ventures); [a16z](/fund/andreessen-horowitz) Speedrun | FPV-cost kinetic C-UAS | | [Runable](/2026-runable-21m-series-a-together-fund-ai-agents) | $21M @ $65M | Series A | Susquehanna/Nexus; [Together Fund](/fund/together-fund) | SMB build + grow agents | | [Wrtn](/2026-wrtn-72m-series-c-antler-korea-ai-unicorn) | ~$72M | Series C @ >₩1T | Coreline; [Antler](/fund/antler) returning | Consumer AI entertainment | | [Breedr](/2026-breedr-27m-series-b-partech-localglobe-beef) | $27M | Series B | Partech; [LocalGlobe](/fund/localglobe)/Latitude | Beef data + marketplace | | [Onos Health](/2026-onos-health-17m-series-a-behavioral-health-ai) | $17M | Series A | Costanoa; CVS Health Ventures | Payer BH clinical AI | | [Certain Energy](/2026-certain-energy-10m-series-a-manganese-flow) | £10M | Series A | British Business Bank; Centrica | Manganese flow LDES | | [Agentrys](/2026-agentrys-24-5m-agentic-chip-design-automation) | $24.5M | Seed + pre-seed | Etna Labs; MediaTek | Agentic chip design | ## Theme 1 — Physical security still clears checks at every stage **[Mara](/2026-mara-7m-pre-seed-khosla-a16z-fpv-c-uas)** is the pre-seed end of the C-UAS tape: Khosla-led $7M for Spike Spotter + Seeker sized to **FPV economics**, with a16z Speedrun in the round. Compare later-stage [Aurelius](/2026-aurelius-systems-40m-series-a-counter-drone) lasers and [Cambridge Aerospace](/2026-cambridge-aerospace-300m-series-c-counter-drone) interceptors. ## Theme 2 — Agents need buyers with wallets **[Runable](/2026-runable-21m-series-a-together-fund-ai-agents)** sells SMB outcome agents (ads/customers), not another coding IDE — negative gross margins disclosed. **[Onos Health](/2026-onos-health-17m-series-a-behavioral-health-ai)** sells payer BH intelligence with Aetna live. **[Agentrys](/2026-agentrys-24-5m-agentic-chip-design-automation)** sells agent workforces chip teams can own inside EDA. **[Wrtn](/2026-wrtn-72m-series-c-antler-korea-ai-unicorn)** proves consumer AI services can print a Korea unicorn without being a foundation-model lab — [Antler](/fund/antler) returning. ## Theme 3 — Real-economy rails and grid physics **[Breedr](/2026-breedr-27m-series-b-partech-localglobe-beef)** digitizes beef with a marketplace fee — [LocalGlobe](/fund/localglobe)’s Latitude on the growth check. **[Certain Energy](/2026-certain-energy-10m-series-a-manganese-flow)** is UK LDES Series A against curtailment waste — read next to [Form Energy](/2026-form-energy-750m-series-g-sequoia-coatue) and [Emerald AI](/2026-emerald-ai-150m-series-a-1-05b). ## How to use these pages | Audience | Start here | | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Founders (defense / deep tech) | Mara + Agentrys — field tests and benchmarks beat slideware | | Founders (AI apps / health) | Runable + Onos — named buyers and COGS honesty | | Investors / scouts | Follow `/fund/khosla-ventures`, `/fund/andreessen-horowitz`, `/fund/together-fund`, `/fund/antler`, `/fund/localglobe` | | Operators / climate | Breedr for livestock data; Certain Energy for LDES demos | Browse more funds in the [directory](/directory). ### Sources Primary links live on each deep-dive. Roundup anchors: 1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/runable-hits-21m-to-bet-ai-agents-can-go-from-building-businesses-to-growing-them/ 2. https://www.trendingtopics.eu/mara-raises-7-million-for-autonomous-defense-against-fpv-drones/ 3. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260826/wrtn-raises-72-mil-in-series-c-funding-round 4. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onos-health-raises-17-million-series-a-to-accelerate-adoption-of-its-behavioral-health-ai-platform-for-health-plans-302860046.html 5. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/imperial-energy-storage-spinout-certain-energy-raises-10m-from-investors/ 6. https://agentrys.ai/news/agentrys-raises-24-5-million **By:** [Venture Capital Tracker](https://venturecapitaltracker.com/editorial-policy) **Editorial note:** AI tools assisted with research, structure, or drafting. 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