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Yoodli , the company on a mission to help people communicate with confidence, led by Varun Puri, Padmashree Koneti, Esha Joshi, Derek Sessions, Andy Larson, Betsy McKibbin, and others, has secured  a $40M Series B fundraise, led by  WestBridge Capital  with participation from Neotribe  and  Madrona . This funding marks Yoodli’s rapid progression to Series B, arriving just months after its Series A announcement in May and bringing total capital raised to nearly $60 million. Th

Castelion , a cutting-edge defense technology company working to restore America's conventional deterrence capability, led by Bryon Hargis, Sean Pitt, Andrew Kreitz, and others, has secured  $350 million in Series B financing led by Altimeter Capital  and Lightspeed Venture Partners , with participation from Lavrock Ventures , Andreessen Horowitz , General Catalyst , First In , Space VC , Cantos , BlueYard , Avenir , Champion Hill , and Interlagos . The capital raise supports

Imper.ai , a pioneer in real-time cyber impersonation prevention, led by Noam Awadish, Anatoly Blighovsky, and Rom Dudkiewicz, has announced its public launch and $28 million in new funding from Redpoint Ventures  and Battery Ventures , with participation from Maple VC , Vessy VC , and Cerca Partners. Imper.ai ’s platform identifies impersonation risks in real time, maintaining privacy and accuracy across widely used communication platforms including Zoom, Teams, and Slack. B