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Happy Friday.
Khosla Ventures, DCVC, Breakthrough Energy Partners, Clean Energy Ventures, and a host of other funds (not uncommon to Scheduled Shipment) are joining the All Aboard Coalition to fund climate startups. All Aboard is raising a $300 million fund to usher climate startups from the early to growth stages. More details in Top News below.
$155 million raised across 7 startups.
Let’s dig in.
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Top News
All Aboard Coalition is raising a $300 million fund to combat the “valley of death” in climate funding.
GE is teaming up with Beta Technologies to build a hybrid-electric next-gen aircraft.
Why humanoid robots aren’t advancing as fast as AI chatbots.
Timeline
I'm excited to announce our $22M Series A here at Orchard!🍎
Here @orchard_robots, we’re securing America’s food supply by building the AI farmer that automates our nation’s farms.
Our mission is to make farming profitable, efficient, and sustainable again.
— Charlie Wu (@ccharliewu)
8:08 PM • Sep 3, 2025
Today we're unveiling F.02 loading the dishwasher autonomously
— Figure (@Figure_robot)
3:42 PM • Sep 3, 2025
Massive Fundings
HappyRobot, a 3-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides an AI communications platform for logistics, raised a $44.0 million Series B led by Base10 Partners with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Array Ventures, Y Combinator, Samsara Ventures, Tokio Marine, WaVe-X, and World Innovation Lab. More here.
OpenLight, a 3-year-old Santa Clara, CA startup that provides custom Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (PASIC) chip design and manufacturing, raised a $34.0 million Series A led by Xora Innovation and Capricorn Investment Group with participation from Mayfield, Juniper Networks, Lam Capital, New Legacy Ventures, and K2 Access. More here.
InstaLILY, a 2-year-old New York, NY startup that provides AI teammates for operationally intensive industries, raised a $25.0 million Series A led by Insight Partners with participation from Perceptive Ventures and Marvin Ventures. More here.
Mid-Size Fundings
Orchard Robotics, a 3-year-old Seattle, WA startup that provides robotics to optimize fruit crop management, raised a $22.0 million Series A led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital with participation from General Catalyst, Contrary Capital, Mythos, Valyrian, Ravelin, Nico Rosberg, and Howard Lerman. More here.
Offgrid Energy Labs, a 7-year-old Gurgaon, India startup that provides cost-efficient, sustainable battery technology, raised a $15.0 million Series A led by Archean Chemicals with participation from Ankur Capital. More here.
Laborup, a 1-year-old Knoxville, TN startup that provides a manufacturing labor marketplace, raised a $7.7 million Seed led by NVP with participation from Torch Capital, Threshold, Heartland VC, Jeff Dean, James Slavet, Evan Moore, Daybreak, Westbound, Jeff Jordan, Marketplace Capital, and Market Square Ventures. More here.
Nauta, a 1-year-old New York, NY startup that provides AI-powered logistics orchestration for importers, raised a $7.0 million Seed led by Construct Capital and Predictive. More here.
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-Greg
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