Top News

Ex-Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak is raising $100 million for a humanoid robot startup.

201 Ventures closed a $22 million Seed fund focused on European defense tech.

Coreweave, the AI infrastructure company, is raising $1.5 billion in debt after disappointing IPO.

Timeline

Massive Fundings

Wonder, a 7-year-old New York, New York startup that provides a vertically-integrated cloud kitchen platform, raised a $600.0 million financing from NEA, Accel, Google Ventures, Forerunner, and Amex Ventures. More here.

X-Bow Systems, a 9-year-old Albuquerque, NM startup that produces manufactured solid rocket motors, raised a $105.0 million Series B led by Lockheed Martin with participation from Razor's Edge Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Balerion Space Ventures, Boeing Ventures, Bravo Victor Venture Capital, Upsher Management Company, Capital Factory Ventures, Arkenstone Capital, and Event Horizon Capital. More here.

TensorWave, a 2-year-old Las Vegas, NV startup that operates data centers, raised a $100.0 million financing led by Magnetar with participation from AMD Ventures, Maverick Silicon, Nexus Venture Partners, and Prosperity7. More here.

Flock Freight, a 10-year-old Encinitas, California startup that provides a shared truckload platform, raised a $60.0 million Series E led by O'Neil Strategic Capital with participation from Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, SignalFire, GLP Capital Partners, and Bracket Capital. More here.

Saildrone, an 11-year-old Copenhagen, Denmark startup that provides real-time maritime data via unmanned surface vehicles, raised a $60.0 million financing led by EIFO with participation from Lux Capital, Washington Harbor Partners, Crowley, Academy Securities, Pinegrove, BZH Capital, What If Ventures, and Calm Ventures. More here.

Arkestro, an 8-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a predictive procurement platform, raised a $36.0 million financing led by Altira Group and Aramco Ventures with participation from NEA, KDT, and Activant. More here.

Realta Fusion, a 3-year-old Madison, WI startup that provides a fusion energy platform, raised a $36.0 million Series A led by Future Ventures with participation from Avila VC, GSBackers, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, SiteGround, TitletownTech, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. More here.

WakeCap, an 8-year-old Dubai, UAE startup that provides a wearable tech platform for real-time construction project monitoring, raised a $28.0 million Series A led by UP.Partners with participation from Graphene Ventures. More here.

Clarium, a 1-year-old New York, NY startup that provides an AI-powered healthcare supply chain resiliency platform, raised a $27.0 million Series A led by Northzone. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

InventWood, a 9-year-old College Park, MD startup that develops Superwood, a wood-based material stronger than steel, raised a $15.0 million Series A led by Grantham Foundation with participation from Baruch Future Ventures, Builders Vision, and Muus Climate Partners. More here.

Onebeat, a 7-year-old Tel Aviv, Israel startup that provides a dynamic inventory optimization platform, raised a $15.0 million financing led by Schooner Capital with participation from Magenta Venture Partners, Surround Ventures, AnD Ventures, J-Ventures, and INcapital Ventures. More here.

Exterra Carbon Solutions, a 4-year-old Montreal, Canada startup that produces sustainable material from mining waste, raised a $14.3 million Series A led by Clean Energy Ventures and BDC Capital with participation from Government of Quebec, Investissement Quebec, MOL Switch, and Kinetics. More here.

Foundation Alloy, a 3-year-old Cambridge, MA startup that provides a net-zero new metal manufacturing platform, raised a $7.5 million Seed led by Alumni Ventures with participation from America's Frontier Fund, Engine Ventures, El Cap, Material Impact, and Yamaha Motor Ventures. More here.

Stackpack, a 2-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides an intelligent vendor management platform, raised a $6.3 million Seed led by Freestyle Capital with participation from Elefund, Upside Partnership, Nomad Ventures, Layout Ventures, and MSIV Fund. More here.

IPercept, a 6-year-old Stockholm, Sweden startup that provides a machine data analytics platform, raised a $5.6 million Seed led by Luminar Ventures with participation from RunwayFBU, Backstage Invest, AI.Fund, and J12. More here.

Smaller Fundings

CarbonSix, Inc., a 1-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides an AI-powered robotic manipulation platform, raised a $4.0 million Seed led by Foothill Ventures and Storm Ventures with participation from Zeitgeist Capital and Xquared. More here.

Bovotica, a 2-year-old Queensland, Australia startup that provides methane emission reduction solutions for cattle, raised a $3.4 million Seed from undisclosed investors. More here.

3D Spark, a 4-year-old Hamburg, Germany startup that provides an AI-powered manufacturing decisioning platform, raised a $2.2 million Seed led by Triplefair with participation from Fraunhofer Technologie-Transfer Fonds and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg. More here.

Pulse Charter Connect, a 3-year-old Chicago, IL startup that provides a healthcare logistics platform, raised a $2.0 million Seed led by Ivy Ventures and Simplex Ventures with participation from Cedars Sinai Health Ventures, Belal Badat Ventures, Techstars, and The Josephine Collective. More here.

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