Sardine's $25M Extension: When Your Customer Becomes Your Lead Investor
National Bank of Canada led Sardine's $25M Series C extension after live deployment — total funding hits $170M as agentic fraud AI scales.
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National Bank of Canada led Sardine's $25M Series C extension after live deployment — total funding hits $170M as agentic fraud AI scales.
NYC's Vêtir closed $5.5M Series A at a $150M valuation — AI wardrobe OS for high-value consumers with luxury-adjacent strategic investors.
645 Ventures announced $347M in new capital — a $194M Fund IV and a $153M Select Fund I — pushing the seed and Series A firm past $550M in AUM.
Asymmetric Capital Partners led a $10M Series A in Voomi Supply, an AI-native HVAC and industrial parts marketplace, from its new Fund II.
Boston Metal raised $75M to deploy its MOE platform for critical metals production — industrial climate deals still close in May 2026.
Catena Labs raised $30M Series A led by Acrew and a16z crypto — Sean Neville's play to build financial infrastructure for AI agents.