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Mach Industries Doubles Valuation to $3.7B in Three Months with Fresh $600M Round
Mach Industries, building next-generation defense systems, led by Ethan Thornton, raised $600 million more, taking its Series C total to $900 million. The extension pushes the Series C’s total size to $900 million and takes Mach’s lifetime funding past $1 billion, just over a year after a Series B valued it at $470 million. Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital, and Sequoia Capital all doubled down in the second tranche, the same group that led the June round. “Mo
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Positron AI Raises $875 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation to Bring Its Next-Generation Inference Silicon to Market
Positron AI, building the future of AI acceleration, led by Mitesh Agrawal, Thomas Sohmers, and the team, announced an $875 million Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation. The round was co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape. As part of the financing, Forest Baskett of NEA, Gavin Baker of Atreides Management, Thomas Jermoluk from
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Mach Industries Doubles Valuation to $3.7B in Three Months with Fresh $600M Round
Mach Industries, building next-generation defense systems, led by Ethan Thornton, raised $600 million more, taking its Series C total to $900 million. The extension pushes the Series C’s total size to $900 million and takes Mach’s lifetime funding past $1 billion, just over a year after a Series B valued it at $470 million. Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital, and Sequoia Capital all doubled down in the second tranche, the same group that led the June round. “Mo
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Seed Capital Closes €130M Fund V to Expand into Sweden and Cybersecurity
Seed Capital, partnering with remarkable entrepreneurs across the Nordics to build global winners, led by General Partners Lars Andersen, Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack, Geeta Schmidt, and Managing Partner Christian Brøndum, has now completed its fifth fund, valued at €130 million. Fund V will make investments ranging from €3 million to €6 million across 15 to 17 companies, from the seed stage through to Series A. The firm continues to concentrate on fintech and AI-driven B2B servi
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Aerospacelab Awarded €2.4 Billion Landmark Contract to Build 264 LEO Satellites for IRIS²
Aerospacelab has been selected as a key Prime Contractor for the LEO segment of the European Commission's IRIS² Programme (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite). Building Europe’s Sovereign Satellite Network. Following a competitive selection process with Eutelsat, Aerospacelab has been chosen to build 264 satellite platforms and deliver the fully integrated satellites for the SpaceRISE consortium. The satellites will form the backbone of
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Positron AI Raises $875 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation to Bring Its Next-Generation Inference Silicon to Market
Positron AI, building the future of AI acceleration, led by Mitesh Agrawal, Thomas Sohmers, and the team, announced an $875 million Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation. The round was co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape. As part of the financing, Forest Baskett of NEA, Gavin Baker of Atreides Management, Thomas Jermoluk from
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Positron AI Raises $875 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation to Bring Its Next-Generation Inference Silicon to Market
Positron AI, building the future of AI acceleration, led by Mitesh Agrawal, Thomas Sohmers, and the team, announced an $875 million Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation. The round was co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape. As part of the financing, Forest Baskett of NEA, Gavin Baker of Atreides Management, Thomas Jermoluk from
Motive Secures More Than $1.3 Billion to Scale AI Across Physical Operations
Motive, building AI that makes your operations safer and more efficient, led by Shoaib Makani and the team, secured more than $1.3 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF). Pranav Singhvi, Managing Director at General Catalyst, joins Motive’s Board of Directors. The funding will support further development of the AI platform, expansion of go-to-market teams, and growth across the world’s largest and most complex organizations. “Motive is b
Tavus Announces Phoenix-4.5: A New State of the Art in Real-Time Human Rendering
Tavus, the human computing company, led by Hassaan Raza and Quinn Favret, has announced Phoenix-4.5, a new state-of-the-art in real-time human rendering. Phoenix-4.5: More Natural Human Rendering. Realism in digital humans goes beyond facial appearance. Natural movement, head motion, posture, shoulders, and reactions while listening is what make an interaction feel present. Over three years, Phoenix has evolved from 3D conversational avatars to real-time facial and emotional
Maven Robotics Raises $100M Series A for the World's First General-Purpose Robotics System for Industrial Work
Maven Robotics, an intelligent industrial robotics company, led by Hamza Derbas and Khalid Derbas, has announced its launch with $100 million in Series A funding from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, and XTX Ventures, among others. Maven designs, builds, and deploys intelligent robotics for logistics and manufacturing. Founded in 2024, the company has created the world's first general-purpose robotics system for industrial work. The Industrial Robotics Opportunity. US
Arlequin AI Raises €28 Million to Accelerate a New AI Architecture Based on Topological Neural Networks
Arlequin AI, an AI native platform for critical decision-making and action, led by Hugo Micheron and Antoine Jardin, raised €28 million in Series A funding to accelerate the development of a new AI architecture based on topological neural networks (TNN*) and expand the international deployment of its technology. The round is backed exclusively by European investors and co-led by redalpine and OTB Ventures, alongside Bpifrance’s Defence Innovation Fund. Existing investors Vsqu
Cylake Closes $245 Million Funding Round Ahead of Beta Release for Next-Generation Cybersecurity Product
Cylake, the complete, AI-native cybersecurity platform that provides full visibility, sets fine-grained policy, and stops attacks in fully air-gapped sovereign environments, led by Nir Zuk, Udi Shamir, Wilson Xu, and the team, has closed $245 million through a convertible note, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Picture Capital, and Redpoint Ventures. This latest funding brings Cylake’s total raised to $290 million, following a $45 million seed round in Marc
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Volition Capital Announces Closing of Volition Capital Fund VI with $950 Million in LP Capital Commitments.
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Galaxia Closes Funding Round to Support Accelerated Growth
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Antares Selected for $161M Strategic Breakthrough Award to Demonstrate Space Reactor
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