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Validio , the agentic enterprise data management platform, led by Patrik Liu Tran, Adrian Strömberg, Sophia Granfors, and Christopher Alfred Brown, has raised  $30 million in Series A funding led by Plural . Previous investors and angels such as Lakestar , J12 , Kevin Ryan (MongoDB), Denise Persson (Snowflake), and Emil Eifrem (Neo4J) also participated in the round. The round brings Validio’s total funding to $47 million and will be used to further scale go-to-market across t

Silverflow , the cloud-native payment processing company, led by Anne Willem de Vries, Paul Buying, Robert Kraal, and the team, has raised   $40 million (€37 million) in a Series B funding round led by Picus Capital , with participation from Rabo Investments  - Corporate Venturing, and existing investors, Inkef , GPT, Crane , and Coatue . This European-led investment will strengthen the global expansion of Silverflow, accelerate development of its payment processing platform,

Sierra Space , defining the new era of space defense technology, led by Dan Jablonsky  and the team, has raised $550 million in equity investment led by LuminArx Capital Management  (“LuminArx Capital”), a global alternative investment manager, with participation from existing investors. The financing values the company at $8 billion post-money. Sierra Space’s investors include General Atlantic , Coatue , Moore Strategic Ventures, and Andalusian Private Capital , among others

Infinite Orbits , providing geostationary operators with all the in-orbit services they need, from the inspection of their assets to the extension of their lifespan and the management of the end-of-life phase, led by Adel Haddoud and the team, has announced  the acquisition of UK-based Lúnasa Space , led by Amin Chabi, marking the company’s establishment in the United Kingdom and reinforcing its Endurance life-extension servicer through enhanced rendezvous and docking capabil

Delphyr , the Dutch AI platform that supports medical professionals with AI agents, led by Michel Abdel Malek, MD, has raised  €1.75 million from multiple investors, including the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO. With this funding, the company will accelerate its mission: reducing the administrative burden on healthcare professionals so they can focus fully on what matters most, delivering outstanding patient care. Delphyr integrates seamlessly into existing healthcare sy

Fainite AI , a physics AI engine empowering your engineering teams to run simulations in seconds and set up workflows in minutes, led by Alex Donzelli, Prof. Burigede Liu, Matthias Bonvin, and the team, has raised  €165,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick  to advance physics-based simulations and expand access to advanced engineering analysis across a wider range of applications. Modern hardware and materials development relies on physics-based simulations that are often slow

Ark Climate , a software company that offers an end-to-end solution for municipal climate action, led by Ruth Bosse, and the team, has raised €2.1M in a Pre-Seed round of funding, led by Satgana , joined by another.vc , the Voyagers Climate Fund , and several experienced angel investors, reflecting strong support from key opinion leaders. The Federal Ministry of Research also participated in the round. The German company will use the capital to expand its team, strengthen its

ZaiNar , building the foundation layer for physical AI, led by Daniel Jacker, Alexander Hooshmand, Eric Roselli, Philip Kratz, Jake Levy, and the team, has announced  commercial availability of its 5G positioning technology, the first 5G location system that operates entirely independent of device makers, using the network as a sensor (i.e., connectivity signals that devices already transmit) to deliver sub-10cm accuracy at ranges up to 1.5km. The network-side solution delive

CesiumAstro , delivering advanced communication capabilities for a diverse set of applications at compelling performance and cost, led by Shey Sabripour, has announced  the acquisition of Vidrovr, an artificial intelligence (AI) company specializing in real-time multimodal signal analysis. Following the acquisition, Vidrovr co-founder Joe Ellis is overseeing the integration of machine learning capabilities across CesiumAstro’s portfolio, advancing the development of next-gene

Saronic , redefining maritime superiority, led by Dino Mavrookas, Rob Lehman, Vibhav Altekar, Doug Lambert, and the team, has announced  a $392 million production contract for its Corsair autonomous maritime vessels, with nearly $200 million obligated at the time of award from the U.S. Navy. The announcement was made at the Reagan National Defense Forum, where Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said the deal reflects a new benchmark for rapid defense procurement. Phelan said t

Nimble , real-time intelligence powered by web search agents, Uriel Knorovich , Menachem Salinas, and the team, has raised  $47 Million Series B led by Norwest  with participation from returning investors Target Global , Square Peg , Hetz Ventures , Slow Ventures , R-Squared Ventures , J-Ventures, and InvestInData .  The Missing Infrastructure Consumer search was built for convenience. Enterprises need precision, completeness, and governance. Smarter models don’t fix incomple

Rowspace , the best way for investors to scale their edge with AI, led by Michael Manapat and Yibo Ling, has announced  its launch with $50M in backing from Sequoia , Emergence , Stripe , Conviction, Basis Set , Twine, and angels from across finance. Top investors build an edge over the years through institutional knowledge, memos, models, committee notes, emails, deal histories, and trading data, which captures what worked, what didn’t, and why. At most firms, this knowledge

Verley , a French nutrition-focused ingredient company developing high-performance whey proteins through precision fermentation, led by Stéphane Mac Millan and Hélène Briand, has raised an oversubscribed $38 million Series A financing round from new investors, including Alven  leading the round, Blast, and the French Tech Seed fund managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance as part of France 2030, and historical investors Sofinnova , Sparkfood , Captech, and Foun

BeyondMath , offering the world's first foundational AI model of physics, led by Alan Patterson, Darren Garvey, Wasil Rezk, David Sharp, and Dan Horner, has closed  a $10 million Seed extension led by Cambridge Innovation Capital , alongside existing investors including UP.Partners , Insight Partners , and InMotion Ventures . This closes the Seed Round at $18.5 million.  Engineering and industrial companies face mounting pressure to design increasingly complex systems with gr

Secfix , the all-in-one security compliance platform for Europe, led by Fabiola Munguia, Grigory Emelianov, and Branko Džakula, has raised  $12 million Series A led by  Alstin Capital , with participation from  Bayern Kapital  and continued backing from existing investor  Neosfer . The new funding is set to accelerate European expansion and strengthen capabilities. Over the next 12 months, priorities include advancing AI-native features, scaling the automation and CISO-as-a-S

Sceye , an aerospace company with a background in material science leading the industry of high-altitude platform systems (HAPS), led by Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen and the team, has unveiled  a first-of-its-kind custom-built antenna, SceyeCELL, designed to bring high-speed connectivity at scale from the stratosphere.  Described as a “cell tower in the sky,” Sceye’s SceyeCELL combines satellite-grade precision with the flexibility of cellular networks, creating a new class of

Basis , building the next era of accounting with agentic AI, led by Matt Harpe, Mitchell Troyanovsky, and the team, has raised  $100 million led by Accel  alongside GV  (Google Ventures). Basis was founded on the belief that AI agents will soon become central to knowledge work, with accounting emerging as one of the first and most critical domains. Structured, high-stakes, and essential to every business, accounting remains one of the most underbuilt areas in technology. Thre

Sophia Space , building orbital compute and data centers, solar powered, space-cooled, AI-ready, led by Rob DeMillo, Dr. Leon Alkalai, Brian Monnin, and Jim Chase, has raised  a $10 million seed round, led by Alpha Funds , KDDI Green Partners Fund , and Unlock Venture Partners .   Founded by former NASA/JPL Fellow Leon Alkalai, Sophia Space is redefining in-orbit computing with a scalable, space-native thermal management approach. Its technology is built for the extreme therm

The Hashgraph Group , a pioneering Swiss-based Web3 technology company operating exclusively within the Hedera Hashgraph ecosystem, led by  Stefan Deiss  and the team, has announced the launch of  TrackTrace , deployed as a fully managed enterprise-grade solution that transforms and enhances global supply chain transparency through real-time tracking of products from origin, ethical sourcing, and carbon emissions data. TrackTrace certifies product authenticity and creates imm

Hypercore , the company on a mission to modernize loan administration, led by Daniel Liechtenstein, David Yahalomi, Tomer Moshe, and Eitan Frailich, has announced  $13.5 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners. The investment will support the launch of Hypercore’s AI Admin Agent, introducing a new category of loan servicing that integrates established loan management technology with AI agents to provide end-to-end operational infrastructure for private credit fund