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Massive Fundings

Hadrian, a 5-year-old Torrance, United States startup that provides an advanced automation manufacturing platform, raised a $260.0 million Series C led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital with participation from Morgan Stanley, Altimeter, 1789 Capital, a16z, Construct Capital, and 137 Ventures. More here.

Varda Space, a 5-year-old El Segundo, CA startup that produces drugs in space, raised a $187.0 million Series C led by Natural Capital and Shrug Capital with participation from Peter Thiel, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Caffeinated Capital. More here.

MaintainX, a 7-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides an equipment maintenance intelligence platform, raised a $150.0 million Series D from Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital, Amity Ventures, and August Capital. More here.

Bedrock Robotics, a 1-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that develops autonomous construction vehicles, raised $80.0 million in Series A & Seed funding led by 8VC and Eclipse, respectively, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, NVentures, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Raine Group, Tishman Speyer, Atreides Management, Al Rajhi Partners, and Samsara Ventures. More here.

ServiceUp, a 5-year-old Los Gatos, CA startup that provides a vehicle repair automation platform, raised a $55.0 million Series B led by PeakSpan Capital with participation from Hearst Ventures, Trestle Partners, Capital Midwest Fund, and Litquidity Ventures. More here.

RealSense, a 2025-founded San Francisco, CA startup that provides a computer vision platform for autonomous robotics, raised a $50.0 million Series A from Intel Capital and MediaTek Innovation Fund. More here.

Hived, a 4-year-old London, UK startup that provides an AI-powered parcel delivery network, raised a $42.0 million Series B led by NordicNinja with participation from Wex Venture Capital, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, and Elemental impact. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Emerald AI, a 1-year-old Washington, D.C. startup that provides an energy optimization platform for AI data centers, raised a $24.5 million Seed led by Radical Ventures with participation from NVentures, AMPLO, CRV, and Neotribe. More here.

Amogy, a 5-year-old New York, NY startup that provides an energy technology platform that turns ammonia into power, raised a $23.0 million financing led by Korea Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley LLC with participation from BonAngels Venture Partners, JB Investment, and Pathway Investment. More here.

Motor AI, an 8-year-old Berlin, Germany startup that provides AI systems for autonomous driving, raised a $20.0 million financing led by Segenia Capital and eCAPITAL. More here.

Parspec, a 4-year-old San Mateo, California startup that provides AI-powered construction product procurement, raised a $20.0 million Series A led by Threshold Ventures with participation from Innovation Endeavors, Building Ventures, Heartland Ventures, and Hometeam Ventures. More here.

Filics, a 6-year-old Munich, Germany startup that produces autonomous robots for pallet transportation, raised a $15.7 million Seed from Sandwater, Alven, F-LOG Ventures, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Bayern Kapital, Andrei Danescu, Helmut Schmid, Capnamic, and 10x Founders. More here.

Unchained Robotics, a 6-year-old Paderborn, Germany startup that provides a manufacturing automation platform, raised a $9.9 million Series A Extension from Direttissima Growth Partners, Navivo Capital, Future Industry Ventures, vent.io, and D11Z. More here.

Tibo Energy, a 3-year-old Eindhoven, Netherlands startup that provides an energy management platform for industrial and commercial energy sites, raised a $7.0 million Seed led by KOMPAS VC with participation from Hitachi Ventures, WEPA Ventures, SET Ventures, and Speedinvest. More here.

Parter, a 24-year-old Tel Aviv, Israel startup that provides a part management platform for hardware teams, raised a $5.5 million Seed led by StageOne Ventures with participation from Zenda Capital, Mercer Ventures, Shmil Levy, and Ariel Maislos. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Auriga Space, a 2-year-old Grove Garden, CA startup that develops electromagnetic launch tracks for space vehicles, raised a $4.6 million Seed led by OTB Ventures with participation from Trucks Venture Capital and Seraphim Space. More here.

Valstad, a 2025-founded Austin, TX startup that is building the first software-defined ship factory, raised a $2.6 million Pre-Seed led by N46P with participation from 10VC, Elementum, and Northside Ventures. More here.

Droneforge, a 2025-founded El Segundo, CA startup that develops aerial intelligence for drones, raised a $2.5 million Pre-Seed led by Outlander with participation from First In Capital, Tofino Capital, and Shor Capital. More here.

Exits

SafeAI, an 8-year-old Santa Clara, CA startup that provides an autonomous mining and construction platform, was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Pronto. More here.

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