VC Funding Digest
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Covering news from · 3 rounds · 4 news items · aggregated from 5 sources
Venture capital activity on July 29, 2026, saw a notable focus on AI infrastructure and autonomous systems, with companies like Freehand and Waymo securing significant funding rounds. Nimble and Y Combinator graduate Terminal also appeared in headlines, suggesting continued investor interest in software and technology platforms.
Funding rounds
Freehand#
Freehand raises $75M Series B to automate supply chain spend for Fortune 500 companies.
Sources:
- Crunchbase News (Startups) — Freehand Raises $75M Series B To Automate Fortune 500 Supply Chain Spend
Terminal#
Y Combinator grad Terminal raises $20-million USD Series A round.
Sources:
- BetaKit — Y Combinator grad Terminal raises $20-million USD Series A round
Sigvi#
Vilnius-based Sigvi raises €1.2 million to scale its AI-powered car rental platform across Europe.
Sources:
- EU-Startups — Vilnius-based Sigvi raises €1.2 million to scale its AI-powered car rental platform across Europe
News & Analysis
At Waymo, an AI project isn't ready until its evals are — not when the model performs well
VentureBeat · analysis
Nimble claims its new, domain-specialized Web Search Agents cut token costs in half while boosting retrieval accuracy
VentureBeat · analysis
Microsoft Azure tops $100B in annual revenue as record AI spending cuts into cash flow
GeekWire · analysis
VC is changing dramatically — what’s a founder to do?
GeekWire · analysis
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