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$235 million raised across 13 startups; Hugging Face debuts physical AI
Greg Brainard
June 06, 2025
Planeteer raises $54 million Fund I
Happy Friday.
Hugging Face, the $4.5 billion AI community platform, expands its strategy into the physical realm. This week they debuted two open-source humanoid robots and an open-source robotics model. Bullish.
$235 million raised across 13 startups.
Let’s dig in.
Top News
Planeteer Capital closes $54 million Fund I to invest in climate tech.
Hugging Face releases two new open-source humanoid robots.
The Trump Administration is clawing back $3.7 billion of clean energy and manufacturing awards.
Timeline
Massive Fundings
Speedata, a 6-year-old Tel Aviv, Israel startup that develops a chip designed to accelerate AI workloads, raised a $44.0 million Series B led by Walden Catalyst Ventures with participation from 83North, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Pitango First, Viola Ventures, Lip-Bu Tan, and Eyal Waldman. More here.
Voxel, a 5-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides an AI-powered workplace safety platform, raised a $44.0 million Series B led by NewRoad Capital Partners with participation from Eclipse, Rite Hite, Tokio Marine, MTech, HG Ventures, and Whitestone. More here.
Heron Power, a 1-year-old Scotts Valley, CA startup that produces solid-state transformers to optimize the energy grid, raised a $38.0 million Series A led by Capricorn Investment Group with participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Gigascale Capital, Powerhouse Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, JB Straubel, and Zach Kirkhorn. More here.
Space Forge, a 7-year-old Cardiff, Wales startup that produces semiconductor materials in space, raised a $30.0 million Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund with participation from World Fund and Northrop Grumman. More here.
Treefera, a 3-year-old London, UK startup that provides a first-mile supply chain resilience platform, raised a $30.0 million Series B led by Notion Capital with participation from Albion VC, Triple Point, Twin Path Ventures, and Endeit Capital. More here.
Mid-Size Fundings
Portless, a 2-year-old Exeter, PA startup that provides eCommerce fulfillment services, raised a $18.0 million financing led by Commerce Ventures with participation from eGateway Capital, Ground Up Ventures, and FJ Labs. More here.
Auar, a 6-year-old London, UK startup that provides an automated construction platform for sustainable housing, raised a $6.9 million Seed led by Planet A with participation from Shadow Ventures, Common Magic, Concrete VC, Miles Ahead, and ABB Robotics Ventures. More here.
Handoff, a 6-year-old Austin, TX startup that provides an AI assistant for residential contractors, raised a $5.8 million financing led by Nemetschek Group and Masco with participation from Initialized Capital, Afore, Y Combinator, and Greycroft Capital. More here.
Smaller Fundings
Sention Technologies, a 3-year-old London, UK startup that provides a diagnostic platform for batteries, raised a $4.9 million Seed led by Twin Path Ventures with participation from Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, Endgame Capital, Energy Revolution Ventures, G.K. Goh Ventures, Green Angel Ventures, Third Sphere, and UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund. More here.
PiLogic, a 1-year-old Los Angeles, CA startup that provides an exact AI platform for aerospace and defense, raised a $4.0 million Seed led by Scout Ventures and Seraphim Space with participation from Sovereign's Capital, Flex Capital, FN Fund, and Gokul Rajaram. More here.
FarmQA, a 10-year-old Fargo, ND startup that provides an intelligence platform for agronomists, raised a $4.0 million Seed led by gener8tor with participation from Wonder Fund North Dakota and Badlands Capital. More here.
Way Data Technologies, a 1-year-old Helsinki, Finland startup that provides a fleet data management platform, raised a $3.0 million Pre-Seed led by Pale blue dot with participation from 10x Founders, Greens, Laura Modiano, Marianne Vikkula, Miki Kuusi, and Tuomo Riekki. More here.
WareMatch Inc, a 0-year-old Montreal, Canada startup that provides a warehouse marketplace platform, raised a $2.0 million Seed led by Fit Ventures with participation from Esanjo Capital and Farfill. More here.
Thanks for Reading!
-Greg
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