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Vine Ventures invests in Wonderful

Funding Provisional 86% confidence first seen 2 September 2026, 16:04

Israeli-Dutch AI startup Wonderful raised $550 million in a Series C round that valued the company at $5 billion, according to TechCrunch. Vine Ventures participated in the round alongside Insight Partners, Index Ventures, IVP, 9Yards, and Bessemer Venture Partners, with Salesforce joining as an investor for the first time. The funding is reported to be used to develop products faster and expand Wonderful’s forward-deployed engineering teams to meet demand for its “Wonderful AI OS” platform.

Vine Ventures Wonderful 9Yards Bessemer IVP Index Ventures Insight Partners Salesforce

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2 Sep, 16:04 Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months TechCrunch independent

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