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Massive Fundings

Flink, a 4-year-old Berlin, Germany startup that provides rapid grocery delivery, raised a $150.0 million financing from BOND Capital, REWE, Mubadala, and Northzone Ventures. More here.

AtoB, a 5-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a fleet payments platform, raised a $130.0 million Series C led by General Catalyst and Bloomberg Beta with participation from Mastercard. More here.

Cayena, a 5-year-old São Paulo, Brazil startup that provides a procurement platform for restaurants, raised a $55.0 million Series B led by Bicycle Capital with participation from Astella Investimentos, Canary, Clocktower Ventures, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Endeavor Global, FJ Labs, Norte Ventures, and Picus Capital. More here.

Qualifyze, a 7-year-old Frankfurt, Germany startup that provides supply chain risk management for the life sciences industry, raised a $54.0 million Series B led by Insight Partners with participation from HarbourVest Partners, Cherry Ventures, HV Capital, and H14. More here.

Spare Labs, a 9-year-old Vancouver, Canada startup that provides mobility operations software, raised a $42.0 million Series B led by Inovia Capital with participation from Kensington Capital Partners and Nicola Wealth. More here.

GreenLite Technologies, a 2-year-old Austin, TX startup that provides a construction permitting platform, raised a $28.5 million Series A led by Craft Ventures with participation from 53 Stations, Trust Ventures, and LiveOak Ventures. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Inbolt, a 5-year-old Paris, France startup that provides 3D Vision guidance technology for robots, raised a $16.4 million Series A led by Exor Ventures with participation from MIG Capital. More here.

Maritime Robotics, a 22-year-old Trondheim, Norway startup that provides autonomous navigation systems for the maritime industry, raised a $12.0 million financing led by NRP Zero and Nysnø Climate Investments with participation from Umoe Group and Holta Invest. More here.

Pathao, a 9-year-old Dhaka, Bangladesh startup that provides a rideshare and food delivery platform, raised a $12.0 million Pre-Series B led by VentureSouq with participation from Openspace Ventures, Anchorless Bangladesh, South Asia Technology Partners, and The Osiris Group. More here.

Tidal Metals, an 8-year-old Hamilton, NJ startup that produces magnesium through seawater desalination, raised an $8.5 million Seed led by DCVC with participation from Bidra Innovation Ventures and First Spark Ventures. More here.

Two Boxes, a 2-year-old Denver, CO startup that provides a returns processing platform, raised a $5.3 million Seed led by Peterson Ventures, with participation from Matchstick Ventures, Range Ventures, Vinyl, and Assembly Ventures. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Karman Industries, a 2024-founded Los Angeles, CA startup that provides electric industrial heat pump technology, raised a $4.0 million Pre-Seed led by Riot Ventures with participation from Space VC. More here.

PinPoint, a 4-year-old Manalapan, NJ startup that provides an AI-powered road construction platform, raised a $3.2 million Seed led by HG Ventures with participation from ComposeVC. More here.

AltiusHub, a 1-year-old Hyderabad, India startup that provides a supply chain visibility software platform, raised a $2.3 million Seed led by Endiya Partners. More here.

Cavela, a 1-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a product manufacturer sourcing platform for brands, raised a $2.0 million Seed led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from Propel Ventures and Go Global Ventures. More here.

Bonx, a 2-year-old Toulouse, France startup that provides ERP for SMB and mid-market manufacturers, raised a $1.2 million Pre-Seed led by Dynamo Ventures with participation from Lakestar, Prequel Ventures, and OSS Ventures. More here.

Exits

Nickelytics, a 5-year-old Tampa, FL startup that provides a car-wrap advertising platform, was acquired by Kiwibot, a food delivery robot startup, for $25.0 million. More here.

MyCarrierPortal, a 12-year-old Simi Valley, CA startup that provides carrier onboarding and risk monitoring solutions, was acquired by Descartes Systems Group (TSE: DSG), the global logistics software provider, for $24.0 million. More here.

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