# AI funding rounds led by Premji Invest

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Premji Invest led or co-led 3 funding rounds at 3 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between September 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026. The most recent: Clockwork.io, CScale and BigHat Biosciences.

| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Co-leads |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Clockwork.io](https://presspool.ai/companies/clockwork-io) | $31 million | Round type not disclosed | October 5, 2026 | Wing Venture Capital, [Seligman Ventures](https://presspool.ai/investors/seligman-ventures) |
| [CScale](https://presspool.ai/companies/cscale-ai) | $145 million | Series C | September 30, 2026 | [Atreides Management](https://presspool.ai/investors/atreides-management), [Valor Equity Partners](https://presspool.ai/investors/valor-equity-partners) |
| [BigHat Biosciences](https://presspool.ai/companies/bighatbio-com) | $75 million | Series C | September 24, 2026 | DFJ Growth |

## Each round and its sources

### 1. Clockwork.io: $31 million, round type not disclosed

Existing investors NEA and e& Capital participated.

- Announced: October 5, 2026
- Company record: [Clockwork.io on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/clockwork-io)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for October 5–10, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-05)
- Sources: [PR Newswire (Clockwork.io)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clockworkio-raises-31m-as-linkedin-together-ai-and-whitefiber-adopt-its-resilience-software-to-stop-wasting-gpu-hours-302897586.html), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/05/clockwork-io-bags-31m-in-funding-to-keep-ai-inference-and-training-workloads-running-like-clockwork/)

### 2. CScale: $145 million Series C

CScale exited stealth with the round, which brings its total funding to $188 million; Nvidia and Intel Capital joined as its first strategic investors.

- Announced: September 30, 2026
- Company record: [CScale on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/cscale-ai)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for September 28, 2026 – October 3, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-09-28)
- Sources: [CScale](https://www.cscale.ai/press/cscale-exits-stealth), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/30/scale-up-interconnect-startup-cscale-launches-with-188m-in-funding/)

### 3. BigHat Biosciences: $75 million Series C

- Announced: September 24, 2026
- Company record: [BigHat Biosciences on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/bighatbio-com)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for September 21–26, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-09-21)
- Sources: [BigHat Biosciences](https://www.bighatbio.com/news/bighat-biosciences-announces-75-million-series-c-financing), [BiopharmaTrend](https://www.biopharmatrend.com/news/ai-drug-discovery-startups-raise-526-million-in-two-days-1601/)

## What this page covers

Presspool records the lead investors of each round, as the company's announcement or the confirming outlets name them. This page lists the rounds this investor led on Presspool's record: every weekly AI startup funding roster, and the latest round of each company on a niche map. It is not the investor's full portfolio, and rounds it joined without leading are not listed.

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