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Massive Fundings

Castelion, a 3-year-old El Segundo, CA startup that provides hypersonic missile systems, raised a $350.0 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital. More here.

Galaxy General Robot Co, a 2-year-old Beijing, China startup that provides semi-humanoid mobile manipulator robots, raised a $153.0 million Series financing led by CATL and Puquan Capital with participation from China Development Bank, China Development Bank Science and Technology Innovation Fund, Beijing Robot Industry Fund, and Qiming Venture Partners. More here.

PhysicsX, a 6-year-old London, UK startup that provides an AI-powered physical system engineering platform, raised a $135.0 million Series B led by Atomico with participation from Temasek, Siemens, Applied Materials, July Fund, General Catalyst, NGP, Radius Capital, Standard Investments, and Allen & Co. More here.

Terra CO2, a 13-year-old Golden, CO startup that provides low-carbon cement, raised a $124.5 million Series B led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Eagle Materials, GenZero, and Just Climate with participation from Barclays Climate Ventures, Cemex, Prologis, and Siemens Financial Services. More here.

Genesis AI, a 1-year-old Mountain View, CA startup that provides a physical AI research lab and full-stack robotics company, raised a $105.0 million Seed led by Eclipse and Khosla Ventures with participation from Bpifrance, HSG, Eric Schmidt, and Xavier Niel. More here.

Halter, a 9-year-old Auckland, New Zealand startup that provides a livestock management platform using solar-powered smart collars for cows, raised a $100.0 million Series D led by BOND with participation from NewView, Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Icehouse Ventures, and Promus Ventures. More here.

Tacta Systems, a 2-year-old Palo Alto, CA startup that provides a smart nervous system that allows robots to sense and manipulate the physical world, raised a $64.0 million Series A led by America's Frontier Fund and SBVA with participation from B Capital, EDBI, Sojitz Corporation, CDIB -TEN Capital, Yazaki Innovations Inc., B5 Capital, Tyche Partners, and Woven Capital. More here.

Levelpath, a 3-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a mobile-first procurement platform, raised a $55.0 million Series B led by Battery Ventures with participation from Benchmark and Redpoint Ventures. More here.

Ambrook, a 4-year-old United States startup that provides financial infrastructure for agriculture, raised a $29.0 million Series A led by Thrive Capital and Dylan Field with participation from Homebrew Capital, Designer Fund, BoxGroup, Mischief, and Not Boring. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Snowcap Compute, a 1-year-old Palo Alto, CA startup that provides a superconducting compute platform for high-performance data centers, raised a $23.0 million Seed led by Playground Global with participation from Cambium Capital and Vsquared Ventures. More here.

Tailor, a 4-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a headless ERP platform, raised a $22.0 million Series A from ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments, NEA, Spiral Capital, and Y Combinator. More here.

AllSpice.io, a 5-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a collaboration and automation platform for electronics teams, raised a $15.0 million Series A led by Rethink Impact with participation from L'ATTITUDE Ventures, GingerBread Capital, DNX Ventures, Root Ventures, Benchstrength, and Flybridge. More here.

LIDROTEC, a 6-year-old Bochum, Germany startup that provides a semiconductor manufacturing platform, raised a $13.5 million Series A-2 led by Lam Capital and Goose Capital with participation from ZEISS Ventures, NRW.BANK, and Gründerfonds Ruhr. More here.

Bonx, a 3-year-old Paris, France startup that provides an AI-powered factory intelligence platform, raised a $8.6 million Seed led by 9900 Capital with participation from Kima Ventures, Purple, OSS Ventures, and Dynamo Ventures. More here.

Klutch AI, a 1-year-old Seattle, WA startup that provides an AI-powered construction management platform, raised a $8.0 million Seed led by Bain Capital Ventures and Bling Capital with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Original Capital, and Anthology Fund. More here.

Civ Robotics Inc., a 7-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for automated surveying in construction projects, raised a $7.5 million Series A led by AlleyCorp with participation from Bobcat and ff Venture Capital. More here.

Aircon, a 4-year-old Flower Mound, TX startup that provides an AI-powered freight forwarding platform, raised a $5.0 million Seed led by Blumberg Capital and Las Olas VC. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Lux Aeterna, a 1-year-old Denver, CO startup that provides a fully reusable satellite bus, raised a $4.0 million Pre-Seed led by Space Capital with participation from Dynamo Ventures, Mission One Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Service Provider Capital. More here.

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