Two creative AI checks near $148M

Six confirmed company financings near $259M cleared before the 08:45 AM PT cutoff on Aug. 26. Stability AI and South Korea's Wrtn accounted for nearly $148M of that stack on their own.

Stability AI closed a $76M Series B backed by Electronic Arts, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, AMD Ventures, and Pacific Alliance, with returning Coatue and Greycroft. The company says total funding has reached $232M; valuation was not disclosed. 12

Wrtn raised about ₩100B (~$72M) in a Series C at a valuation above $722M, with Coreline Ventures and Eugene Asset Management joining returning Goodwater Capital and Korea Development Bank. Reuters puts cumulative fundraising near $166M. 3

Four more confirmed rounds filled the rest of the window: Voya Energy closed a $35M Series A led by Energy Impact Partners; Celera Semiconductor raised a $30M Series B fully funded by Maverick Silicon; Transfyr Bio took a $25M seed led by General Catalyst; and Runable raised a $21M Series A at a $65M post-money valuation, co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners. 4567

Two Africa- and founder-facing fund closes sat beside the company stack and stay outside the $259M total: Ventures Platform closed an $84M Fund II, and FGV Capital raised a $35M Fund II. 89

Within this six-deal sample, the largest confirmed checks bought creative AI platforms and an agent-layer chat product, while the next tier funded clean-fuel hardware, analog chips, lab automation, and business-growth agents. Stage labels and disclosed valuation still matter more than a headline total when the reader moves from triage to diligence.