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Massive Fundings

X-Energy, a 15-year-old Rockville, MD startup that provides nuclear reactor and fuel technology, raised a $500.0 million Series C-1 led by Amazon with participation from Ken Griffin, NGP, and University of Michigan. More here.

Lightmatter, a 7-year-old Mountain View, CA startup that provides a silicon photonics to increase data center performance, raised a $400.0 million Series D led by T. Rowe Price with participation from Fidelity and GV. More here.

Koloma, a 3-year-old Denver, CO startup that provides a Geologic hydrogen explorer, raised a $50.0 million Series B Extension from Osaka Gas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. More here.

Xscape Photonics, a 2-year-old Fort Lee, NJ startup that provides silicon photonics to increase data center performance, raised a $44.0 million Series A led by IAG Capital Partners with participation from Altair, Cisco Investments, Fathom Fund, Kyra Ventures, LifeX Ventures, NVIDIA, and OUP. More here.

Ghost, a 3-year-old Los Angeles, CA startup that provides a B2B marketplace for wholesale and surplus inventory, raised a $40.0 million Series C led by L Catterton with participation from USV, Cathay Innovation, Equal Ventures, and Eniac. More here.

CorPower Ocean, a 12-year-old Stockholm, Sweden startup that produces devices that convert ocean waves into energy, raised a $35.4 million Series B1 led by NordicNinja, SEB Greentech, and InnoEnergy with participation from Santander Asset Management, Iberis Capital, and Cisco Investments. More here.

Omnea, a 3-year-old London, U.K. startup that provides an automated procurement management platform, raised a $25.0 million Series A led by Accel with participation from First Round Capital, Point Nine, David Clarke, Claire Hughes Johnson, and Anne Raimondi. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Autone, a 4-year-old London, U.K. startup that provides an AI-powered inventory optimization platform, raised a $17.0 million Series A led by General Catalyst with participation from Speedinvest, YCombinator, Seedcamp, 2100VC, Motier, and Financière Saint James. More here.

Lidwave, a 3-year-old Jerusalem, Israel startup that provides a 4D LiDAR-on-chip technology, raised a $10.0 million Seed led by Jumpspeed Ventures and Next Gear Ventures with participation from Sapir Venture Partners, OurCrowd, Teramips Technologies, Beyond-Electronics, Howard Morgan, and Israel Innovation Authority. More here.

Fin, a 2-year-old London, United Kingdom startup that provides sustainable last-mile logistics, raised a $7.0 million Seed led by MaC Venture Capital with participation from Side Door Ventures, Pearls Capital, and Simplex Ventures. More here.

Aerleum, a 1-year-old Strasbourg, France startup that provides a platform for CO2 capture and conversion into fuel, raised a $6.0 million Seed led by 360 Capital and HTGF with participation from Norrsken, Bpifrance, and Marble. More here.

Power Roll, a 12-year-old Durham, U.K. startup that develops lightweight, low-cost solar film for energy generation and storage, raised a $5.7 million financing from Maven Capital Partners. More here.

Molg, a 4-year-old Chantilly, VA startup that provides a robotics-enabled circular electronics manufacturing solution, raised a $5.5 million Seed led by Closed Loop Partners with participation from Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, ABB Robotics & Automation Ventures, Overture, Elemental Impact, and Techstars. More here.

Storio, a 1-year-old Aulnay-sous-Bois, France startup that provides a Battery management platform to store solar energy, raised a $5.5 million Seed led by Lowercarbon Capital with participation from Bpifrance and Kima Ventures. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Perceptyne, a 3-year-old Hyderabad, India startup that provides full-stack robotics automation solutions for manufacturing customers, raised a $3.0 million Seed led by Endiya Partners and Yali Capital with participation from Whiteboard Capital. More here.

Andalin, an 8-year-old Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia startup that provides a digital freight forwarding platform, raised a $1.5 million financing from undisclosed investors. More here.

Elixia, a 13-year-old Mumbai, India startup that provides a logistics automation and visibility platform, raised a $1.0 million financing led by JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation with participation from Motilal Oswal, Vimal Shah, Sparsh Jain, Vinod Dugar, Vimal Khinvasara, Ashok Shah, and Amit Chandwar. More here.

Exits

SellerCloud, a 14-year-old Cranbury, NJ startup that provides omnichannel ecommerce solutions, was acquired by Descartes, the large supply chain management software provider, for $110 million. More here.

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