Crunchbase's weekly top ten is led by AI chips and a new AI lab. The bet behind each round matters more than the size.

Legora's $550M Series E set the week's headline in European venture. The disclosed detail is about customer mix, not just price.

Elbow Beach led Neela's £2.1m round, but valuation and unit cost are undisclosed. The pilot will show whether the economics hold.

Slingshot Insurance raised $27M betting software can make checkout-sized policies pay. Its proof so far is one design partner and a 5% fee.

Índico and Lince co-led a €28M-plus round for the Portuguese drone maker; valuation and revenue were not disclosed.

FinBursa's new platform runs five AI agents under an orchestrator. Coverage names no customers or revenue, so the claims are untested.

Volare 01 reportedly hit its €15M budget, but terms of the €7.1M new money are undisclosed and unit economics are unpublished.

Founders at TechCrunch Disrupt argued that matched creators, phone sales and retention data matter more than chasing virality.

Tech.eu counted €27.8B in Q3 and over €1.5B last week. Four companies account for much of the quarter, while the long tail is small.

Vilnius-based Finbee Verslui has lifted its Pollen Street credit facility from €35 million to €55 million. The new capacity lets it lend up to €800,000 per business.

Crunchbase puts California at about $385 billion this year, over three-fourths of US funding. More than half of it went to two firms.