Cohere Announces Initial Close of Series E Targeting Up to CAD $7B
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcewww.prnewswire.com · Opens in a new tabCohere announced the initial close of its Series E funding round, targeting up to CAD $7 billion at a CAD $35.7 billion valuation. Schwarz Group leads the round, with new investors Bell Ventures, Bullhound Capital and the Government of Canada, and returning investors Inovia Capital, NVIDIA and Prosperity7 Ventures. The company reported 165% year-over-year ARR growth ending Q3 2026 and growth to 300 customers. Funds are earmarked for model development, vertical AI solutions and compute infrastructure.
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Cohere announced the initial close of its Series E funding round, targeting up to CAD $7 billion at a CAD $35.7 billion valuation. Schwarz Group leads the round, with new investors Bell Ventures, Bullhound Capital and the Government of Canada, and returning investors Inovia Capital, NVIDIA and Prosperity7 Ventures. The company reported 165% year-over-year ARR growth ending Q3 2026 and growth to 300 customers. Funds are earmarked for model development, vertical AI solutions and compute infrastructure.
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- Initial close targets up to CAD $7 billion at a CAD $35.7 billion valuation, led by Schwarz Group.
- Cohere reported 165% year-over-year ARR growth ending Q3 2026, driven by its North agentic AI platform.
- Customer base grew 20x over the past year to 300 customers, including RBC, TD Bank and Bell Canada.
- Funds will support model and product roadmap, vertical AI for regulated industries, and frontier-level compute infrastructure.
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Cohere announced the initial close of a Series E targeting up to CAD $7 billion at a CAD $35.7 billion valuation, which it calls Canada's largest private tech raise. Schwarz Group leads; the Government of Canada, Bell Ventures and Bullhound are new investors and NVIDIA returns. Cohere says ARR grew 165% year over year in Q3 2026. The target isn't fully raised; growth figures are Cohere's.
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