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Massive Fundings

Apptronik, a 9-year-old Austin, TX startup that produces humanoid robots, raised a $350.0 million Series A led by B Capital and Capital Factory with participation from Google. More here.

Archer Aviation (NYS: ACHR), a 7-year-old San Jose, CA startup that develops eVTOL aircraft, raised a $300.0 million PIPE from BlackRock. More here.

X-Energy, a 16-year-old Rockville, MD startup that provides nuclear reactor and fuel technology, raised $200.0 more in its Series C-1 from Segra Capital Management, Jane Street, Ares Management funds, and Emerson Collective. More here.

Chestnut Carbon, a 4-year-old New York, NY startup that produces carbon credits via planting trees, raised a $160.0 million Series B from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Cloverlay, and DBL Partners. More here.

Endera, a 7-year-old Ottawa, OH startup that manufactures EV shuttle and school buses, raised a $49.0 million financing led by Magnetar with participation from Pulse Fund and Pritchard Auto Company. More here.

HDVI, a 7-year-old Chicago, IL startup that provides commercial auto insurance, raised a $40.0 million financing from 8VC, Autotech Ventures, Munich Re Ventures, and Weatherford Capital. More here.

Roadsurfer, a 9-year-old Munich, Germany startup that provides camper van rentals, raised a $31.1 million financing from Avellinia Capital. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

BRKZ, a 3-year-old Riyadh, Saudi Arabia startup that provides a B2B marketplace for construction materials, raised a $17.0 million Series A from BECO Capital, Wa'ed Ventures, 9900 Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, RZM Investment, Class 5 Global, MISY Ventures, Knollwood Investment Advisory, and Fluent Ventures. More here.

Beam, a 3-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides financial & sales automation for contractors, raised an $11.0 million Series A led by Zigg Capital with participation from Accel, Teamworthy, RXR, and 20Sales. More here.

VilCart, a 7-year-old Bengaluru, India startup that provides rural grocery delivery, raised a $10.0 million financing from AI-X B.V., Spark Capital, and Nabventures. More here.

Le Fourgon, a 4-year-old Wambrechies, France startup that provides a glass bottle reusability platform, raised an $8.6 million Series A from ID4 Ventures, Teampact Ventures, La Poste Ventures, Bred, Noshaq, and Future Positive Capital. More here.

Desteia, a 2-year-old New York, NY startup that provides a supply chain data & visibility platform, raised an $8.0 million Seed led by Autotech Ventures, Nazca, and Village Global with participation from Foundamental, Bridge Latam, and Nido Ventures. More here.

Taager, a 6-year-old Cairo, Egypt startup that provides an eCommerce business-in-a-box platform, raised a $6.8 million Pre-Series B led by Norrsken22 with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Beltone VC, 4DX Ventures, RAED Ventures, BECO Capital, and Breyer Capital. More here.

Saeki, a 4-year-old Zurich, Switzerland startup that provides on-demand additive manufacturing of large, complex parts, raised a $6.7 million Seed led by Lightbird with participation from Founderful, 2100VC, and Danobat. More here.

MacroCycle Technologies, a 2-year-old Cambridge, MA startup that provides a plastic upcycling platform, raised a $6.5 million Seed led by Clean Energy Ventures and Volta Circle with participation from KDT Ventures and Neotribe Ventures. More here.

Podero, a 3-year-old Vienna, Austria startup that provides an energy management platform for utilities providers, raised a $5.7 million Seed led by Planet A Ventures with participation from Systemiq Capital, Pale Blue Dot, and Push Ventures. More here.

GreenSpark Software, a 4-year-old New York, NY startup that provides modern software for metal recycling, raised a $5.6 million Series A Extension led by BMW i Ventures with participation from Zero Infinity Partners and Third Prime. More here.

Keychain, a 2-year-old New York, NY startup that provides a manufacturing partner discovery platform, raised a $5.0 million financing led by Bright Pixel Capital. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Trace.Space, a 2-year-old Miami, FL startup that provides an AI-driven platform for engineering complex industrial products, raised a $4.0 million Seed led by Cherry Ventures with participation from Outlast Fund, Nebular, Fiedler, and Change Ventures. More here.

Self Inspection, a 4-year-old San Diego, CA startup that provides an automated vehicle inspection platform, raised a $3.0 million Seed led by Costanoa Ventures and DVx Ventures with participation from Westlake Financial. More here.

PIESHIP, a 2-year-old Riyadh, Saudi Arabia startup that provides warehouse management and last-mile delivery, raised a $2.1 million Seed led by Nama Ventures with participation from SEEDRA Ventures. More here.

Anscer Robotics, a 5-year-old Bangalore, India startup that provides smart robots for warehouse and factory automation, raised a $2.0 million Seed led by Info Edge Ventures. More here.

Tusk Logistics, a 4-year-old Chicago, IL startup that provides an alternative parcel delivery carrier network, raised a $2.0 million Seed led by Ivy Ventures with participation from TitletownTech and Forum Ventures. More here.

Grid.Online, a 1-year-old Prague, Czech Republic startup that provides a shared transportation network for parcel delivery, raised a $1.6 million financing led by Reflex Capital with participation from J&T Ventures and Grid Invest. More here.

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