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Massive Fundings

Archer Aviation (NYS: ACHR), a 6-year-old San Jose, CA startup that develops eVOTL aircraft , raised a $430.0 million PIPE from United Airlines, Stellantis, Wellington Management, and 2PointZero. More here.

Oishii, an 8-year-old Jersey City, NJ startup that provides an indoor vertical strawberry farm, raised a $150.0 million Series B led by Nippon Telegraph & Telephone with participation from Resilience Reserve, Miyako Capital, Bloom8, McWin Capital Partners, Mizuho Bank, Japan Green Investment Corporation for Carbon Neutrality, and Yaskawa Electric Corporation. More here.

JET Charge, an 11-year-old Melbourne, Australia startup that provides an EV charging station installation platform, raised a $46.4 million financing led by Mirova with participation from Clean Energy Finance Corporation, RACV, and Kilara Capital. More here.

Nanoramic, a 15-year-old Woburn, MA startup that develops advanced sustainable battery technology, raised a $44.0 million financing led by GM Ventures and Catalus Capital with participation from Samsung Ventures, Top Material, Fortistar Capital, and WindSail Capital Group. More here.

Prima, a 2-year-old Mexico City, Mexico startup that manufactures custom industrial parts, raised a $42.5 million financing from Acrew, Quona Capital, Nazca, Greenoaks, Canary, NXTP, Picus Capital, Endeavor, Fluent Ventures, K50 Ventures, Marathon Ventures, BoxGroup, and WTI. More here.

Raptor Maps, a 9-year-old Somerville, MA startup that provides a solar asset management platform, raised a $35.0 million Series C led by Maverix Private Equity with participation from MKB, Blue Bear Capital, Congruent Ventures, Buoyant Ventures, and Y Combinator. More here.

Slip Robotics, a 4-year-old Atlanta, GA startup that develops truck unloading robots, raised a $28.0 million Series B led by DCVC with participation from Eve Atlas, Tech Square Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Overline, and Pathbreaker Ventures. More here.

Embotech, an 11-year-old Zurich, Switzerland startup that provides an autonomous driving solutions platform for ports and yards, raised a $26.5 million Series B led by Emerald Technology Ventures, and Yttrium with participation from BMW i Ventures, Nabtesco Technology Ventures, Sustainable Forward Capital Fund, and RKK VC. More here.

Sound Agriculture, an 11-year-old Emeryville, CA startup that provides a plant and soil health platform, raised a $25.0 million Series D Extension led by BMO Impact Investment Fund and S2G Ventures. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Boon, a 1-year-old San Mateo, CA startup that provides a connected AI platform for fleets, raised a $15.5 million Series A led by Redpoint Ventures and Marathon Ventures. More here.

Vaeridion, a 3-year-old Munich, Germany startup that produces electric commercial aircraft, raised a $14.7 million financing led by World Fund with participation from Project A Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, Andreas Kupke, Schwarz Holding, and InnovationQuarter. More here.

Agridex, a 3-year-old London, United Kingdom startup that provides a Solana-based digital marketplace for agricultural trade, raised a $9.0 million financing led by Portal Ventures with participation from Endeavour Ventures, Hawkwood Capital, HU Investments, FS Ventures, Sycamore Gap Management Ltd. Company, Tobechi Bolanle Taiwo and Anna Yuan. More here.

Zingbus, a 5-year-old Gurugram, India startup that provides an electric bus network, raised a $9.0 million Series A led by bp Ventures. More here.

Starboard, a 2024-founded Toronto, Canada startup that provides AI-powered logistics tools for SMB freight forwarders, raised a $5.5 million financing led by Eclipse with participation from Garuda Ventures and Everywhere Ventures. More here.

Smaller Fundings

QuiD, a 3-year-old Bangalore, India startup that provides a supply chain finance platform, raised a $4.5 million Pre-Series A from Piyush Jain and MINTCAP. More here.

GoleRobotics, a 1-year-old Seoul, South Korea startup that develops autonomous construction robots, raised a $4.0 million Pre-Series A from SoftBank Ventures Asia, IBK Industrial Bank, Primer Sazze, and Kim Gisa Lab. More here.

Loadar, a 3-year-old Magherafelt, UK startup that provides a freight procurement & management platform, raised a $4.0 million Seed led by Frontline Ventures with participation from Techstart Ventures. More here.

Zuri, a 7-year-old Prague, Czech Republic startup that develops hybrid VTOL planes, raised a $3.1 million financing led by Jan Barta with participation from Boris Renski and 10X Fund. More here.

Buildpeer, a 3-year-old San Pedro Garza García, Mexico startup that provides a construction project management platform, raised a $2.5 million Seed led by Brick & Mortar Ventures. More here.

Zimi, a 1-year-old Hawley, PA startup that provides a cross-border ecommerce platform, raised a $2.0 million financing led by Fearless Fund with participation from Y Combinator. More here.

NOX Energy, a 1-year-old Antwerp, Belgium startup that connects energy markets with renewable energy asset manufacturers, raised a $1.0 million Seed led by Volve Capital with participation from Seeder. More here.

Ritesize, a 1-year-old New York, NY startup that provides AI-powered trading for recycle commodities, raised an undisclosed Pre-Seed led by Schematic Ventures. More here.

Exits

Frenet, a 9-year-old Birigui, Brazil startup that provides an ecommerce shipping marketplace, was acquired by Skydropx, the ecommerce and retail shipping platform, $5.2 million. More here.

OceanX, an 8-year-old El Segundo, CA startup that provides fulfillment operations for Guthy-Renker, was acquired by Cart.com, the unified commerce and logistics platform, for an undisclosed amount. More here.

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