3 outlets·3 reports·over 2h
Finnish AI cloud company Verda raises $189M and it is now the latest unicorn in Europe
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Finnish AI-cloud company Verda closed a Series B round that raised $189 million, bringing its valuation above $1 billion. The funding was led by Emergence. Verda plans to raise up to $1.5 billion in equity and debt in 2026 and up to $10 billion in 2027.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Next Web·Finnish AI cloud company Verda raises $189M and it is now the latest unicorn in Europe
- Hacker News·Verda (Finland) raises $189M in Series B
- TechMeme·Finnish neocloud startup Verda raised $189M led by Emergence at a $1B+ valuation and aims to raise up to $1.5B in equity and debt in 2026 and up to $10B in 2027 (Paula Doenecke/Bloomberg)
Related stories
- AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round3 outlets
- Mistral raised €3B led by Samsung at a €21B valuation, up from €11.7B a year ago, as it expands to building data centers instead of solely developing AI models (Adam Satariano/New York Times)4 outlets
- Indian conglomerate Reliance plans to invest up to $110B in building AI-related infrastructure over the next seven years, and JioHotstar plans a ChatGPT bot (Bloomberg)3 outlets
- AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation3 outlets