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Top News

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Cargo theft jumped 49% in the first half of 2024.

Massive Fundings

Zepto, a 4-year-old Mumbai, India startup that provides instant grocery delivery, raised a $340.0 million Series G led by General Catalyst and Mars Growth Capital. More here.

Re:Build Manufacturing, a 4-year-old Framingham, MA startup that provides manufacturing solutions, raised a $120.0 million financing led by General Catalyst. More here.

Guidewheel, a 7-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides an AI-powered factory optimization platform, raised a $31.0 million Series B led by Decarbonization Partners with participation from Ecolab, Rethink Impact, GSBackers, Greycroft, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. More here.

Wingtra, an 8-year-old Zurich, Switzerland startup that provides drone survey data for mining and construction companies, raised a $25.5 million Series B1 led by RKKVC with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures, DiamondStream Partners, Cadence Growth Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures, Helvetic Trust, Spectrum Moonshot Fund, Spring Mountain Capital, and SymbiaVC. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Vayana, a 15-year-old Pune, India startup that provides a trade finance platform for SMBs, raised a $20.5 million Series D led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund with participation from Chiratae Ventures, International Finance Corporation, and Jungle Ventures. More here.

Intramotev, a 4-year-old Saint Louis, MO startup that provides electric railcar retrofitting, raised a $14.4 million Series A led by Flybridge Capital Partners and Alpaca VC with participation from Advantage Capital, Aera VC, Band VC, Cantos Ventures, Cathcart Rail, Collide Capital, Decisive Point, and Idealab Arizona. More here.

Gaussion, a 3-year-old London, U.K. startup that provides rapid electric vehicle battery charging technology, raised a $12.2 million Series A led by Autotech Ventures with participation from BGF and UCL Technology Fund. More here.

Foundation, a 2024 San Francisco, CA startup that produces humanoid robots to address the labor shortage, raised an $11.0 million Pre-Seed led by Tribe Capital. More here.

Clarium, a 4-year-old New York, NY startup that provides a healthcare supply chain automation platform, raised a $10.5 million financing led by General Catalyst with participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Venture Fund, Yale New Haven Health, AlleyCorp, 1984 Ventures, and Alumni Ventures. More here.

PostEx, a 5-year-old Lahore, Pakistan startup that provides financial and logistics solutions for ecommerce companies, raised a $7.3 million financing led by Conjunction Capital with participation from Dash Ventures, Sanabil 500, VSQ, FJ Labs, and Zayn Venture Capital. More here.

DiMuto, a 6-year-old Singapore, Singapore startup that provides an agrifood marketplace & data insights, raised a $5.9 million Series A led by The Yield Lab Asia Pacific with participation from SiS Cloud Global Tech Fund 8, Gold Sceptre Limited, Dave Chen, SEEDS Capital, SGInnovate, and PT Great Giant Pineapple. More here.

Smaller Fundings

PLAIO, a 3-year-old Reykjavik, Iceland startup that provides demand forecasting & procurement for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $4.7 million Series A led by Icelandic Technical Development Fund with participation from Frumtak Ventures. More here.

Exits

Datum Source, a 3-year-old Costa Mesa, CA startup that provides a platform for hardware companies to find manufacturing partners, was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Hadrian, a space and defense manufacturing startup. More here.

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