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Shield AI Expands into Space Domain through Partnership with Sedaro
Shield AI , a deeptech company protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems, led by Gary Steele, Ryan Tseng, ex-Navy Seal Brandon Tseng, Nathan Michael, and others, and Sedaro , powering the future of aerospace & defense with mission simulation at scale, led by Daniel Martin, Robbie Robertson, PhD, and others, have announced a strategic partnership to advance autonomous operations in orbit. The partnership designates Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as the pri
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and the order is based on the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest) 1) Morph: Founded by Tejas Bhakta, Morph builds models that improve coding agents. They have launched WarpGrep: A 20x faster subagent to grep for code. Know More At: morphllm.com 2) AtlasGrid: Founded by Oleg Kostour, Aram Aghababyan, and Anton Krutiansky, AtlasGrid automatically builds a visual graph of your mobile app UI and displays analytics d
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How Autolane is Developing Infrastructure for Autonomous Commerce
Autolane , developing hardware & software infrastructure for autonomous commerce, led by Ben Seidl and Andy Seidl, has secured $7.4 million in funding co-led by Draper Associates and Hyperplane , with participation from LAUNCH and Feld Ventures . The funding will accelerate Autolane’s expansion across retail, restaurant, and commercial properties. Supporting autonomous ride-hailing and delivery vehicles, its infrastructure has demonstrated up to 50% reductions in curbside
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Shield AI Expands into Space Domain through Partnership with Sedaro
Shield AI , a deeptech company protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems, led by Gary Steele, Ryan Tseng, ex-Navy Seal Brandon Tseng, Nathan Michael, and others, and Sedaro , powering the future of aerospace & defense with mission simulation at scale, led by Daniel Martin, Robbie Robertson, PhD, and others, have announced a strategic partnership to advance autonomous operations in orbit. The partnership designates Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as the pri
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Donna Raises $4.8 Million to Cut Admin Work and Unlock Real Insights from Field Sales Teams
Donna , eliminating the admin burden for field sales, led by Nicolas Christiaen, Jonas Deprez, Xander Berkein, and others, has secured $4.8 M seed round, led by Frontline Ventures , with participation from existing funds: Pitchdrive , Fortino Capital , WeLoveFounders , Syndicate One , New School , Everywhere Ventures , and a group of seasoned angel investors. The funding will be used to deepen Donna’s product leadership and scale go-to-market operations across Europe and the
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Orq.ai Raises €5 Million to Close the AI Production Gap for Enterprises
Orq.ai , the all-in-one platform to build reliable LLM apps, led by Sohrab Hosseini and Anthony Diaz , has secured raised €5 million in seed funding, led by Seed + Speed Ventures and Galion exe , with continued support from Curiosity VC , Spacetime , XO Ventures , xdeck ventures , Waves Capital , and GoldenEggCheck , bringing the total funding to €7.3 million since the company’s founding in 2022. Strategic advisors joining include industry leaders such as Sam Bourto
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How Autolane is Developing Infrastructure for Autonomous Commerce
Autolane , developing hardware & software infrastructure for autonomous commerce, led by Ben Seidl and Andy Seidl, has secured $7.4 million in funding co-led by Draper Associates and Hyperplane , with participation from LAUNCH and Feld Ventures . The funding will accelerate Autolane’s expansion across retail, restaurant, and commercial properties. Supporting autonomous ride-hailing and delivery vehicles, its infrastructure has demonstrated up to 50% reductions in curbside
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How Autolane is Developing Infrastructure for Autonomous Commerce
Autolane , developing hardware & software infrastructure for autonomous commerce, led by Ben Seidl and Andy Seidl, has secured $7.4 million in funding co-led by Draper Associates and Hyperplane , with participation from LAUNCH and Feld Ventures . The funding will accelerate Autolane’s expansion across retail, restaurant, and commercial properties. Supporting autonomous ride-hailing and delivery vehicles, its infrastructure has demonstrated up to 50% reductions in curbside
Donna Raises $4.8 Million to Cut Admin Work and Unlock Real Insights from Field Sales Teams
Donna , eliminating the admin burden for field sales, led by Nicolas Christiaen, Jonas Deprez, Xander Berkein, and others, has secured $4.8 M seed round, led by Frontline Ventures , with participation from existing funds: Pitchdrive , Fortino Capital , WeLoveFounders , Syndicate One , New School , Everywhere Ventures , and a group of seasoned angel investors. The funding will be used to deepen Donna’s product leadership and scale go-to-market operations across Europe and the
Orq.ai Raises €5 Million to Close the AI Production Gap for Enterprises
Orq.ai , the all-in-one platform to build reliable LLM apps, led by Sohrab Hosseini and Anthony Diaz , has secured raised €5 million in seed funding, led by Seed + Speed Ventures and Galion exe , with continued support from Curiosity VC , Spacetime , XO Ventures , xdeck ventures , Waves Capital , and GoldenEggCheck , bringing the total funding to €7.3 million since the company’s founding in 2022. Strategic advisors joining include industry leaders such as Sam Bourto
Ricursive Intelligence Announces its Launch with $35 Million in Seed Funding
Ricursive Intelligence , the first frontier AI lab addressing the most fundamental constraint in AI progress: chip development timelines that can’t keep up with algorithmic advancement, led by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, announced its launch and a $35 million seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital( Stephanie Zhan ), along with other investors, including Modern Capital( Suhail Nimji , Jennifer Campbell ), 49Palms( Madhavan Ramanujam , Joshua Bloom ), and Striker ( M
PermitFlow Raises $54 Million Series B to Build Construction’s AI Workforce
PermitFlow , the leading AI pre-construction platform built for construction and trades, led by Francis Thumpasery and Samuel Lam, has secured a $54 million Series B funding round, led by Accel with participation from Kleiner Perkins , Felicis , Initialized Capital , Altos Ventures , Y Combinator , and other existing investors. Since its 2021 launch, PermitFlow has scaled its construction platform and AI agents to manage over $20 billion in construction value nationwi
Gradium Announces its Launch with $70 Million in Seed Round Funding
Gradium , building the technological backbone, models, and infrastructure to support all voice applications, led by Olivier Teboul, Alexandre Défossez, Neil Zeghidour, and Laurent Mazaré, has announced its launch with a $70 million seed funding round led by FirstMark Capital and Eurazeo with participation from DST Global Partners , Eric Schmidt, Xavier Niel, Rodolphe Saadé, Korelya Capital, Amplify Partners, Liquid2, Drysdale Ventures, and angels including Yann LeCun, Olivi
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Bitstack Aims to Become the European Leader in Bitcoin Savings
Bitstack , helping users invest and save in bitcoin, led by Kabir Sethi & Alexandre Roubaud, has secured a $15 million Series A funding round led by 13books Capital and including existing investors AG2R LA MONDIALE, Plug and Play Ventures , Serena, Stillmark , and Y Combinator . Eurozone prices have climbed 23.4% since 2020, eroding purchasing power, according to the ECB. With its capped supply of 21 million, Bitcoin is gaining traction; nearly 4 million people in France no
Bitstack Aims to Become the European Leader in Bitcoin Savings
Bitstack , helping users invest and save in bitcoin, led by Kabir Sethi & Alexandre Roubaud, has secured a $15 million Series A funding round led by 13books Capital and including existing investors AG2R LA MONDIALE, Plug and Play Ventures , Serena, Stillmark , and Y Combinator . Eurozone prices have climbed 23.4% since 2020, eroding purchasing power, according to the ECB. With its capped supply of 21 million, Bitcoin is gaining traction; nearly 4 million people in France no
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Sokin Raises $50 Million Series B Following 100% Year-on-Year Growth
Sokin , streamlining cross-border accounts payable, receivable, and treasury operations, led by Vroon Modgill, Gaurav Modgill, Tom Steer, and Malcolm Leach, has secured $50 million in Series B funding led by Prysm Capital (“Prysm”) and joined by Watershed Ventures , with continued participation from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Aurum Partners, Gary Marino, former Chief Commercial Officer at PayPal and Mark Britto, former Chief Product Officer
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Nevis Raises $40 Million to Accelerate AI Innovation in Wealth Management
Nevis , the first unified AI platform built for wealth management, led by Mark Swan, Philipp Burda, and Ivan Chalov, has secured $35 million in Series A from Sequoia Capital , ICONIQ , and Ribbit Capital , bringing the total funding to $40 million in under a year. Nevis enables advisors to complete operational work end to end, covering meeting preparation, client follow-ups, account openings, and ongoing service. The goal is straightforward: remove administrative burden so a
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BKN301 Extends Series B to € 33 Million, Opening a New Chapter of Global Growth and Acquisitions
BKN301 , a fintech architecture provider, led by Stiven Muccioli, Federico Zambelli Hosmer, and Luca Bertozzi, has secured a credit facility from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, and acquired Planky , a UK-based tech company specialized in AI-driven financial analytics and open banking. The credit facility goes alongside its latest Series B round, taking the total amount raised to €33 million. The new financing will accelerate BKN301’s roadmap, supporting the expansi
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How Techstars Backed Arrived is Democratizing Real Estate Investment for Everyone
Arrived , helping you build wealth through modern real estate investing, led by Alejandro Chouza, Kenny Cason, Ryan Frazier, Sue Korn, and others, has raised $27 million in new funding, led by Neo and supported by Forerunner Ventures , Bezos Expeditions , Core , and others. The company has officially launched the Arrived Secondary Market, a first-of-its-kind platform that allows investors to buy and sell shares of individual rental homes across the U.S. with just a few clic
Nov 23
How Stuut AI is Transforming Accounts Receivable
Stuut AI , an AI coworker that autonomously handles collections, cash application, payments, and deductions across SMS, email, and voice, led by Tarek Alaruri, Miraj Mohsin, and Ben Winter, has secured $29.5M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz , with participation from Activant Capital , Khosla Ventures , 1984.vc , Page One Ventures , Vesey Ventures , Carya Venture Partners , and Valley Ventures. Companies lose up to 5% of EBITDA to manual AR tasks. Traditional so
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Female Founders Fund Raises a $29 Million Fourth Fund
Female Founders Fund , investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent, led by Anu Duggal, Julie Cerick, Zabreen Khan, and Layla Alexander, has raised its fourth fund at $29 million, raised between November 2023 and this month. It brings Female Founders Fund’s total capital under management to $140 million across five funds, including a $14 million opportunity fund. LPs in the newest fund include firms headed by notable women: Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ve
Female Founders Fund Raises a $29 Million Fourth Fund
Female Founders Fund , investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent, led by Anu Duggal, Julie Cerick, Zabreen Khan, and Layla Alexander, has raised its fourth fund at $29 million, raised between November 2023 and this month. It brings Female Founders Fund’s total capital under management to $140 million across five funds, including a $14 million opportunity fund. LPs in the newest fund include firms headed by notable women: Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ve
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Expedition Growth Capital Raises $375 Million Fund III in First and Final Close
Expedition Growth Capital , a growth equity firm empowering bootstrapped
software founders, led by Oliver Thomas, Will Sheldon, Steve Twomey, David Olsson, and others, has raised its third fund of $375 million, continuing its focus on partnering with rapidly growing companies from across Europe that have built high-quality products and customer bases, without venture capital. Since launching in late 2020, Expedition has assembled a portfolio of 17 bootstrapped software leade
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6 Degrees Capital Closes €154 Million Fund
6 Degrees Capital , an early-stage investor backing companies at Seed & Series A, with substantial follow-on capital available for later rounds, led by Filip Coen, Maxime Vanderstichele, Lucas Stoops, Wouter Volckaert, Thomas Olszewski, Thibault D'hondt, and others, has closed a €154 million fund, with the fund backing enterprise software, AI and fintech startups at seed and Series A stages. Fund III marks 6DC’s third fund since its launch in 2023. The vehicle will write ini
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Future Energy Ventures Secures €205 Million to Power the Next Wave of Energy Innovation
Future Energy Ventures , supporting ready-to-scale start-ups active in Europe, Israel, or the USA whose mission is to accelerate the energy transition and decarbonize society, led by Jan Lozek, Veronique Hördemann, Patrick Elftmann, Ohad Mamann, and others, has announced the closing of Future Energy Ventures Fund II with a volume of €205 million, along with a dedicated capital fund for Italy of €30 million. With this milestone, FEV becomes the largest European advisor for...
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Carles Reina, Revolut Backer and ElevenLabs' First Investor, Launches Baobab Ventures
Baobab Ventures , empowering early-stage, deep-tech founders to reach momentum, led by Carles Reina, has launched a $15 million solo GP fund to back pre-seed and seed stage founders building startups across AI, robotics, and defence. The fund has already backed companies like Murphy , Theker , Altan , and Omnia . The Fund is backed by institutional LPs Cendana Capital, Isomer Capital, RSJ Investments, Emergence Ventures, and Cyber Fund. Partners from Concept Ventures, Credo V
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Firgun Ventures Launches $250 Million Quantum Fund, Closes First $70 Million Backed by Qatar Investment Authority
Firgun Ventures , the first VC firm focusing on Series A/B quantum companies, led by Kris Naudts, MD, PhD and Zeynep Korutürk, has launched a $250 million venture capital fund dedicated entirely to early-growth-stage quantum companies and announced its first close at $70 million. Backed by the Qatar Investment Authority, the fund is structured to support quantum companies in advancing from early pilot phases to deployable products positioned for use across sectors and regio
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Deep Tech
Shield AI Expands into Space Domain through Partnership with Sedaro
Shield AI , a deeptech company protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems, led by Gary Steele, Ryan Tseng, ex-Navy Seal Brandon Tseng, Nathan Michael, and others, and Sedaro , powering the future of aerospace & defense with mission simulation at scale, led by Daniel Martin, Robbie Robertson, PhD, and others, have announced a strategic partnership to advance autonomous operations in orbit. The partnership designates Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as the pri
Shield AI Expands into Space Domain through Partnership with Sedaro
Shield AI , a deeptech company protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems, led by Gary Steele, Ryan Tseng, ex-Navy Seal Brandon Tseng, Nathan Michael, and others, and Sedaro , powering the future of aerospace & defense with mission simulation at scale, led by Daniel Martin, Robbie Robertson, PhD, and others, have announced a strategic partnership to advance autonomous operations in orbit. The partnership designates Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as the pri
Ricursive Intelligence Announces its Launch with $35 Million in Seed Funding
Ricursive Intelligence , the first frontier AI lab addressing the most fundamental constraint in AI progress: chip development timelines that can’t keep up with algorithmic advancement, led by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, announced its launch and a $35 million seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital( Stephanie Zhan ), along with other investors, including Modern Capital( Suhail Nimji , Jennifer Campbell ), 49Palms( Madhavan Ramanujam , Joshua Bloom ), and Striker ( M
Moonshot Space Emerges from Stealth to Build Electromagnetic-Based Launch System that Accelerates Payloads
Moonshot Space , an Israeli startup building an affordable, on-demand delivery system for space infrastructure, led by Hilla Haddad Chmelnik, Fred Simon, and Shahar Bahiri, has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding to continue the development of a launch system, powered by electromagnetism. Moonshot plans to offer A&D primes its technology as a hypersonic test platform, while progressively developing capabilities to provide orbital launch services for companies se
How Antares is Building Fission Microreactors, Enabling Strategic Energy for Critical Mission Capabilities on Earth, In Space, and Underwater
Antares , building purpose-designed modular power for defense-critical assets, led by Jordan Bramble and Julia DeWahl , has secured $96 million in Series B led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt Capital , Caffeinated , 53 Stations , Industrious Ventures , and others. The capital provides the momentum and discipline needed to achieve a milestone not seen in the United States for decades: the ability to design, build, and test nuclear reactors within a few years ra
NVIDIA and Synopsys Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Engineering and Design
Synopsys , the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products, led by Sassine Ghazi, Shelagh Glaser, Ravi Subramanian, Shankar Krishnamoorthy, and others, announced an expanded, strategic partnership to revolutionize design and engineering across industries. R&D teams across sectors, from semiconductors to aerospace, automotive, and industrial, face growing workflow complexity, rising development costs, and
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Swiss-based Saporo is Scaling its Graph-Native Identity Security Platform
Saporo , helping security teams reduce attack paths, enforce least privilege, and prevent breaches, led by Olivier Eyries, Guillaume Eyries, and Dr. Eric Blavier, has secured €7 million in Series A funding led by TIN Capital , with participation from G+D Ventures , CDP Venture Capital through its Corporate Partners I – ServiceTech fund, XAnge , Lightbird VC , and Session VC . Each investor will play a targeted role in Saporo’s expansion: TIN Capital in Northern Europe,
Swiss-based Saporo is Scaling its Graph-Native Identity Security Platform
Saporo , helping security teams reduce attack paths, enforce least privilege, and prevent breaches, led by Olivier Eyries, Guillaume Eyries, and Dr. Eric Blavier, has secured €7 million in Series A funding led by TIN Capital , with participation from G+D Ventures , CDP Venture Capital through its Corporate Partners I – ServiceTech fund, XAnge , Lightbird VC , and Session VC . Each investor will play a targeted role in Saporo’s expansion: TIN Capital in Northern Europe,
Y Combinator-backed Raindrop is Building the Monitoring Platform for AI Agents
Raindrop , Sentry for AI Agents, led by Zubin Singh Koticha , Alexis Gauba , and Ben Hylak , has secured $15M in seed funding from Lightspeed and leading AI companies, including Figma Ventures, Vercel Ventures , founders of Replit (Amjad Masad and Michele Catasta), Cognition (Walden Yan), Framer (Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk), Speak (Andrew Hsu), Notion (Akshay Kothari), and YC . Over the past two years, the landscape has shifted from simple chatbots to agent systems capable
How Doppel is Outpacing Social Engineering Attacks
Doppel , defending your brand and people from social engineering attacks, led by Kevin Tian , Rahul Madduluri, Mike Ferrari, Bobby Ford, and others, has secured $70M Series C, led by returning investors Bessemer Venture Partners alongside Andreessen Horowitz , South Park Commons , Script Capital , 9Yards Capital , Sozo Ventures , and Strategic Cyber Ventures . In addition, new investors include George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Aurum Partners, the invest
Guardio is Leading the Future of Personal Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
Guardio , protecting your entire digital world by securing every account and interaction, led by Amos Peled, Michael Vainshtein, Daniel Sirota, Meital Baruch, Sharon Cohen, and others, has raised $80 million in a funding round led by ION Crossover Partners , with participation from existing investors, including Union Tech Ventures , Vintage Investment Partners , and Emerge . The funding follows Guardio’s recent partnership with Lovable , the fast-growing AI software compan
Truffle Security Raises $25 Million Series B to Expand NHI Security
Truffle Security , the company behind TruffleHog™, a leading open-source security project that makes it easier to identify and fix exposed secrets before hackers exploit them, led by Dylan Ayrey and Dustin Decker, has secured a $25 million Series B funding round led by Intel Capital and a16z . The round also includes participation from Abstract , Lytical Ventures , and prominent security leaders Casey Ellis (Founder, BugCrowd), Emilio Escobar (CISO, Datadog), and Haroon Mee
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