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Dedalus Labs , building an infrastructure layer for shipping AI agents at a rocket-fast speed, led by Catherine Di and Windsor Nguyen, has raised  $11 million in seed funding co-led by   Kindred Ventures  and  Saga Ventures , with participation from  E14 Fund , Emergence Capital ,  Sunshine Lake ,  Transpose Platform ,  Liquid 2 Ventures ,  FPV Ventures ,  Twenty Two Ventures ,  Telescope Foundation ,  Spot VC ,  Operator Partners , and  Y Combinator . Dedalus Labs is also ba

LuxQuanta , enabling a new age of security in telecommunications with Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems, led by Vanesa Diaz, Ernest López, Dr. Sebastian Etcheverry, and others, has secured  €8 million Series A funding round. Led by  Big Sur Ventures , and with support of A&G as the main investor, the round also includes new investors  GMV ,  Wayra , and the  EIC Fund , alongside renewed commitments from existing investors  Corning  and  GTD . The funding marks LuxQuanta’

Impulse Space , developing the in-space mobility infrastructure to accelerate our future beyond Earth, led by renowned propulsion expert Tom Mueller, Eric Romo, Kevin Miller, and others, has announced  a Helios and Impulse-made lander combination, estimated to deliver up to 6 tons of payload mass to the Moon (across two missions) per year starting in 2028 at a cost-effective price point. The Space Race once promised a bold future beyond Earth, inspiring generations with rapid

Dexory , the leading provider of real-time warehouse intelligence, led by Andrei Danescu, Adrian Negoita, Oana Jinga, Kristen Shannon, and others, has secured  $165 million. Eurazeo , through its Growth team, led the $100M Series C round, with participation from LTS Growth and Endeavor Catalys t, alongside existing investors DTCP , Atomico , Lakestar , Elaia , Latitude Ventures, Wave-X , and others. In addition, Bootstrap Europe expanded the existing growth debt facility.  Si

Nabla Bio , making drug development designable with generative AI, led by Surge Biswas, Frances Anastassacos, Rose Harrison, and others, announced  a new, multi-year research collaboration with Takeda. Under the agreement, Nabla Bio will receive double-digit millions in upfront and research payments, with potential success-based payments exceeding $1 billion. The collaboration will deploy Nabla Bio’s Joint Atomic Model (JAM) platform across Takeda’s early-stage programs, incl

Reducto , offering robust and reliable document ingestion for any workflow, led by Adit Abraham and Raunak Chowdhuri, has secured  a new $75M Series B led by a16z , alongside existing investors Benchmark , First Round Capital , Y Combinator , and BoxGroup . Less than two years after launching the first Parse API that combined traditional computer vision with Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Reducto has set a new benchmark for transforming complex documents into LLM-ready data w

Clove , a wealth-tech platform, led by Christian Owens and Alex Loizou, has secured  £10m ($14m) in pre-seed funding, led by Accel  with participation from Kindred, Air Street , and a group of incredible angel investors. Despite advances in consumer technology, financial guidance has barely evolved. While products exist to move money or invest, few help answer critical questions about timing, trade-offs, and future planning. Moreover, the financial advice industry largely ser

Industry Ventures , a leading venture capital platform that invests across all stages of the venture capital lifecycle, led by Hans Swildens, Justin Burden, Roland Reynolds, and others, has entered  into an agreement to be acquired by Goldman Sachs . Industry Ventures manages $7 billion in assets under supervision and has completed over 1,000 secondary and primary investments since its founding in 2000. The firm reports a strong realized performance, with a net IRR of 18% and

Dezerv , a technology-driven wealth management platform, led by Vaibhav Porwal , Sandeep Jethwani , and Sahil Contractor , has secured ₹350 crore in Series C funding co-led by Premji Invest  and Accel’s Global Growth Fund, with continued participation from Elevation Capital  and Z47 -underscoring their deep conviction in the company’s long-term vision. The new capital will enhance client experience and fortify Dezerv’s foundation for long-term growth. The company plans to dee

AiPrise , a digital platform for KYB across the globe, led by Chaitanya Sarda  and Rushabh M. Shah , has secured  $12.5 million Series A...

Sensi AI , the pioneer in Care Intelligence, led by Romi Gubes, Nevo Elmalem, and Alon Brener, has secured  $45 million Series C funding...

Datacurve , providing high-quality and complexity data, unlocking model improvements and new capabilities, led by Serena Ge and Charley...

Reflection AI , an AI Research lab building superintelligence accessible to everyone, led by Misha Laskin and Ioannis Alexandros...

Stoke Space , developing 100% reusable Nova rockets, led by Andy Lapsa, Tom Feldman, and Kelly Hennig, has secured  $510 million in...

David AI , the world’s first audio data research lab, led by Tomer Cohen and Ben Wiley, has raised  $50 million in Series B from Meritech...

Energy Robotics , an AI Software Platform for autonomous inspection robots, led by Marc Dassler, Dorian Scholz, Stefan Kohlbrecher,...

FurtherAI , a trusted AI platform for insurance professionals led by Aman Gour and Sashank Gondala, has secured  a $25 million Series A...

Trogenix Ltd  (“Trogenix”), a pioneering biotech company dedicated to developing innovative cancer therapies, led by Prof. Steve Pollard,...

Feedzai , a fintech company on a mission to make the world a safer place for commerce, one transaction at a time, led by Nuno Sebastião,...

GreyLabs AI , an AI-powered platform transforming India's BFSI services through agentic voice AI, led by Aman Goel, Harshita Srivastava,...