Startup Funding Recap: Fal's $1.3B Series F and More Raises

Funding news on November 5, 2026 was led by one very large AI infrastructure round, with a steady spread of growth, seed and pre-seed deals underneath it. Here is the recap, grouped by stage.

Mega rounds and growth capital

The biggest headline came from AI infrastructure, with smaller growth rounds in hardware, chemicals and software.

• fal: $1.3B Series F, led by Bessemer Venture Partners. NVIDIA, Sound Ventures, HOF Capital and T. Rowe Price joined. The round values the company at $16B, double its April valuation, according to Bloomberg. (source)
• Titan OS: €40M ($46M) financing for its smart TV operating system, with existing investors Highland Europe and Mangrove Capital Partners plus a credit facility from funds managed by BlackRock. (source)
• altM: $10M Series A, with Rainmatter by Zerodha and Mela Ventures joining as new investors. The Bengaluru specialty chemicals company will expand manufacturing capacity. (source)
• bit.bio: $25M Series D to expand its portfolio of human cell models, with participation from existing investor M&G Investments. (source)
• Biograil: €20M for its oral drug delivery device, backed by Verve Ventures and Megatrend Invest, with HTGF participating. (source)

Seed and pre-seed

Earlier-stage rounds were smaller but spread across property, health, maritime and learning.

• Supa: £21M seed to build an AI-native platform for UK residential block management. The equity round was co-led by 2150 and OpenOcean. (source)
• Mindmax: £3M raise for its AI learning product, with backing from the Helsing CEO. The lead investor was not stated in the item. (source)
• JawBuddy: €818k pre-seed, led by healthcare platform HALBZEIT. (source)
• Lazzaro One: a six-figure pre-seed from B#, the pre-seed fund of IBB Ventures, for its maritime platform HUAX. (source)

Grants, debt and comebacks

Not every deal was equity.

• Return: €835M in portfolio financing underwritten by Deutsche Bank and Rabobank, to expand battery storage in Germany. (source)
• Helium Health: a $3M grant from Google.org (about ₦3.4 billion) to roll out its HeliumMum maternal health AI tools in Nigeria. (source)
• Bariflo Cybernetics: Rs 2 crore in milestone-linked funding from MC² Plus, with a pilot planned with BPCL. (source)
• Hardt Hyperloop: a multi-million-euro round led by Green Rock after one of its entities entered bankruptcy proceedings earlier this year. The exact figure was not disclosed. (source)

What today's raises signal

Capital is concentrating at the top, while useful work continues underneath. One AI infrastructure round dwarfs everything else here, yet the rest of the list is practical: batteries, chemicals, drug delivery, property and maternal health. Debt, grants and credit facilities show up alongside equity, which suggests founders in capital-heavy sectors are mixing funding sources. For early-stage teams, the smaller rounds are a reminder that a clear, narrow problem still gets backed, even on a day when one cheque is larger than the rest combined.