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Forbes, citing two people with knowledge, said AfterQuery reached a $3.2 billion valuation on September 1, 2026 — more than 10× the $300 million Series A five months earlier. Round size, lead, and close were not disclosed. The company did not comment. YC partner Gustaf Alströmer called it the accelerator’s fastest launch-to-unicorn.
Confirmed deals include Empirik’s $21M seed, Aslan’s $20.8M financing, INLEAP’s €20M seed, Norbert’s $14M Series A, Yuma’s $35M round and Cherubic’s $68.88M Fund VI.
Odyssey Energy Solutions raised $27M of equity and $47M of debt; the $74M package finances both its software platform and distributed-energy projects.
Matrix led Light’s $46M Series A as the company reported 10x run-rate revenue growth and distribution reaching more than 500,000 homeowners.
Marathon and Chemistry co-led Wafer’s $40M Series A, with AMD Ventures joining a bet that model-specific optimization becomes an independent infrastructure layer.
Andreessen Horowitz led $87M of equity for WhatsApp-based remittance platform Félix, while General Catalyst supplied a separate $113M lending facility.
