VC Funding Digest
Monday, July 20, 2026
Covering news from – · 2 rounds · 7 news items · aggregated from 6 sources
Venture capital activity on July 17, 2026, saw continued investment across diverse sectors. While no single dominant theme emerged from the provided headlines, the mention of Databricks suggests ongoing interest in data infrastructure and analytics platforms.
Funding rounds
SiftMed#
SiftMed lands $5 million to find facts in medical records.
Sources:
- BetaKit — SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records
Greenjets#
Greenjets raises €35 million Series A with NATO backing.
Sources:
- EU-Startups — British aerospace technology company Greenjets raises €35 million Series A with NATO backing
News & Analysis
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
TechCrunch · analysis
Where Argentina And Spain Are Scoring Startup Goals
Crunchbase News (Venture) · analysis
Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup
TechCrunch · mna
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
TechCrunch · analysis
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation
TechCrunch Venture · no funding event
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (July 13-July 17 )
EU-Startups · weekly roundup
US investor Lockheed Martin Ventures commits at least €87 million to Europe as it opens new office in the UK
EU-Startups · other
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