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TriGemX Bio Raises $94M For Migraine Drug
TriGemX Bio, formerly Kallyope, raised $94 million co-led by The Column Group, TCGX and Viking Global to push its migraine drug elismetrep through Phase 3.
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Fairtide Puts $800M More Into Maxwell Power
FUNDING$800M
Fairtide Puts $800M More Into Maxwell Power
Fairtide Partners committed an additional $800 million to buy battery storage and solar projects from Maxwell Power, lifting its total commitment to Maxwell to $1.8 billion.
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Proximal's $15M Seed Already Values It At $300M
FUNDING$15M Seed
Proximal's $15M Seed Already Values It At $300M
Proximal emerged from stealth with a $15 million seed led by General Catalyst at a $300 million valuation, building AI infrastructure that automates the post-training feedback loop for frontier models.
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Petra Power Pitches Fuel Cells For Data Centers
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Petra Power Pitches Fuel Cells For Data Centers
Petra Power, a 15-person startup building solid oxide fuel cells, is targeting both data-center operators and the Defense Department, which has already awarded it nearly $9 million in contracts.
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VEIR Raises $110M For Superconducting AI Power Lines
FUNDING$110M Series C
VEIR Raises $110M For Superconducting AI Power Lines
VEIR closed an oversubscribed $110 million Series C, co-led by Matter Venture Partners and Tyche Partners, to scale superconducting power-delivery systems built for the energy demands of AI data centers.
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Fortastra Raises $30M For Maneuverable Defense Satellites
FUNDING$30M Series A
Fortastra Raises $30M For Maneuverable Defense Satellites
Fortastra raised a $30 million Series A led by First In to expand production of maneuverable spacecraft designed for on-orbit security and national defense.
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Vinci Pharmaceuticals Raises $8M For Eye Implant
FUNDING$8M Series A
Vinci Pharmaceuticals Raises $8M For Eye Implant
Vinci Pharmaceuticals raised more than $8 million in Series A funding, reportedly led by Dynagrow Capital, to advance EPIPLANT, a bioerodible implant designed to deliver drugs to retinal tissue without repeat injections.
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Atrium Therapeutics Raises $50M For Heart Drugs
FUNDING$50M Private Placement
Atrium Therapeutics Raises $50M For Heart Drugs
Atrium Therapeutics raised a $50 million private placement priced at market to fund two RNA-therapy programs for rare heart conditions through 2028.
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Valar Atomics Sues Its Own Investor Over $1B Round
FUNDING~$1B Series B
Valar Atomics Sues Its Own Investor Over $1B Round
Valar Atomics is suing early investor Day One Ventures in Delaware court over how its roughly $1 billion Series B was allocated and whether pro-rata rights were improperly stripped before closing.
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TypeSafe AI's Jev Hits $7.5B, Weeks After $40M Seed
FUNDING$870M at $7.5B Valuation
TypeSafe AI's Jev Hits $7.5B, Weeks After $40M Seed
TypeSafe AI raised $870 million led by Andreessen Horowitz at a reported $7.5 billion valuation for Jev, its non-text AI model that outputs probabilities instead of generating prose.
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Meticulous Raises $15M To Automate Software Testing
FUNDING$15M Series A
Meticulous Raises $15M To Automate Software Testing
Meticulous raised a $15 million Series A led by Chemistry to expand its autonomous software-testing platform as AI coding agents accelerate the pace of code shipped.
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Bitcoin Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M, Backed By Altman
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Bitcoin Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M, Backed By Altman
Bitcoin-native life insurer Meanwhile raised $37.5 million from existing backers, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, as it expands its all-crypto policies to wealthy clients in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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MMI Raises $125M To Scale Robotic Microsurgery
FUNDING$125M Series D
MMI Raises $125M To Scale Robotic Microsurgery
MMI raised $125 million in Series D funding led by BioStar Capital to expand access to its Symani robotic microsurgery system and fund a clinical trial exploring whether it can help clear neurotoxins linked to Alzheimer's progression.
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SoftBank's Son Seeks $100B From Gulf States For AI Fund
FUNDINGUp to $100B
SoftBank's Son Seeks $100B From Gulf States For AI Fund
Masayoshi Son is in early talks to raise up to $100 billion from Gulf sovereign investors for a fund that would buy and upgrade companies with AI, as SoftBank's own AI bets strain its balance sheet.
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Omni Bridgeway Closes $1B Legal Finance Fund
FUNDING$1B Fund
Omni Bridgeway Closes $1B Legal Finance Fund
Omni Bridgeway closed Funds 4 and 5 Series 2 at its full $1 billion target, with investors holding 99% of the prior series choosing to reinvest.
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Kapta Space Raises $24M For Spaceborne Radar
FUNDING$24M Series A
Kapta Space Raises $24M For Spaceborne Radar
Seattle-based Kapta Space raised a $24 million Series A led by Washington Harbour Partners to scale production of its spaceborne radar payloads and fund its first orbital demonstration.
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Shield AI's X-BAT Drone Program Hits $400M With New $150M From Navy
FUNDING$400M Combined Commitment
Shield AI's X-BAT Drone Program Hits $400M With New $150M From Navy
The U.S. Navy added $150 million to Shield AI's X-BAT vertical-takeoff fighter drone program, matched dollar-for-dollar by the company, pushing combined investment in the autonomous jet to $400 million.
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Oxide Computer Raises $445M To Scale Its Own Cloud
FUNDING$445M Series D
Oxide Computer Raises $445M To Scale Its Own Cloud
Oxide Computer raised a $445 million Series D led by Eclipse, with new backing from AMD Ventures and Atreides Management, to expand manufacturing of its on-premises cloud hardware.
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Xona's $300M GPS Rival Is About To Launch Its First Satellites
FUNDING$300M+ Raised
Xona's $300M GPS Rival Is About To Launch Its First Satellites
Xona Space Systems has raised more than $300 million, including $20 million from the U.S. Space Force, to build Pulsar, a planned 258-satellite constellation offering GPS-alternative positioning precise to the centimeter rather than the meter.
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Consonance Capital Closes $1.35B Healthcare Fund III
FUNDING$1.35B Fund III
Consonance Capital Closes $1.35B Healthcare Fund III
Consonance Capital Partners closed its third healthcare-focused private equity fund at a $1.35 billion hard cap after less than four months in market.
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Ultra Robotics Raises $62M, Pairs With Physical Intelligence
FUNDING$50M Series A
Ultra Robotics Raises $62M, Pairs With Physical Intelligence
Ultra Robotics has raised $62 million in total, including a new $50 million Series A led by Framework Ventures, to lease warehouses AI-controlled picking robots under a monthly 'robots-as-a-service' model built on Physical Intelligence's AI.
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Hone Raises $60M At $285M Valuation
FUNDING$60M at $285M valuation
Hone Raises $60M At $285M Valuation
Hone, a San Francisco startup building autonomous AI systems for enterprise outcomes, raised $60 million at a $285 million valuation in a round led by Benchmark and Index Ventures, with Elad Gil also participating.
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Medical Microinstruments Raises $125M Series D
FUNDING$125M Series D
Medical Microinstruments Raises $125M Series D
Jacksonville-based surgical robotics maker Medical Microinstruments raised $125 million in Series D funding to scale its Symani microsurgery system, now used in more than 3,500 procedures worldwide.
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Stord Lands $400M Credit Facility Led By Citi
FUNDING$400M Credit Facility
Stord Lands $400M Credit Facility Led By Citi
Stord has secured a $400 million credit facility led by Citi to expand the fulfillment, robotics and software platform it calls a 'physical intelligence platform for independent commerce.'
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Gallatin AI Raises $50M To Predict Military Supply Gaps
FUNDING$50M Series A
Gallatin AI Raises $50M To Predict Military Supply Gaps
Gallatin AI raised a $50 million Series A led by 8VC and Silent Ventures to expand Navigator, its AI platform for forecasting US military supply shortages, more than three times the size of its 2025 seed round.
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Arena Nearly Doubles To $3.1B In 10 Months
FUNDING$200M Series B
Arena Nearly Doubles To $3.1B In 10 Months
The AI leaderboard startup raised a $200M Series B led by Lightspeed and Khosla, nearly doubling its valuation from January as it pushes into AI-safety grading.
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Oratomic Triples To $5.5B Valuation In Three Months
FUNDING$475M Series B
Oratomic Triples To $5.5B Valuation In Three Months
Quantum computing startup Oratomic raised a $475 million Series B at a $5.5 billion valuation, up from $1.5 billion three months ago, the same day rival Universal Quantum closed a $100 million-plus Series A.
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AblePay Health Raises $20M To Ease Medical Bills
FUNDING$20M Series A
AblePay Health Raises $20M To Ease Medical Bills
AblePay Health raised a $20 million Series A led by F-Prime Capital to expand its platform for guaranteed provider payments and flexible patient billing.
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Spectrum Equity Closes Its Largest-Ever Fund At $2.5B
FUNDING$2.5B Fund XI
Spectrum Equity Closes Its Largest-Ever Fund At $2.5B
Spectrum Equity closed Fund XI at $2.5 billion in an oversubscribed single close, its largest fund since the growth-equity firm's founding.
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SEVA Growth Closes Oversubscribed $160M Fund II
FUNDING$160M fund close
SEVA Growth Closes Oversubscribed $160M Fund II
SEVA Growth closed its second fund, SEVA II, at $160 million -- well above its $125 million target and more than the firm's entire first fund -- in under one month.
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Waymo Takes On $5B In Debt To Fuel Robotaxi Expansion
FUNDING$5B debt financing
Waymo Takes On $5B In Debt To Fuel Robotaxi Expansion
Waymo secured its first-ever debt financing -- a $5 billion loan led by Goldman Sachs with PIMCO, Blackstone and Sixth Street -- to fund robotaxi expansion beyond its 15 current markets without diluting equity holders.
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Persona, From Cal AI's Teen Founder, Raises $10M
FUNDING$10M
Persona, From Cal AI's Teen Founder, Raises $10M
Zach Yadegari, the 19-year-old co-founder of calorie-tracking app Cal AI, raised $10 million led by Vine Ventures for Persona, a personal AI agent reachable via iMessage with a $179 wearable band shipping in December.
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Voltus Raises $225M To Power AI Data Centers
FUNDING$225M Series D
Voltus Raises $225M To Power AI Data Centers
Voltus raised a $225 million Series D co-led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management, Activate Capital and Vitol to scale a program that gives data centers facing grid interconnection delays access to flexible power capacity.
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Nvidia To Invest In Chip Rival d-Matrix, Last Valued At $2B
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Nvidia To Invest In Chip Rival d-Matrix, Last Valued At $2B
Nvidia plans to invest in inference-chip startup d-Matrix, a competitor, while linking its chips to Nvidia's NVLink Fusion interconnect -- deepening Nvidia's pattern of backing rivals it also competes against.
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Vesta Raises $30M As Mortgage Lenders Adopt AI Agents
FUNDING$30M
Vesta Raises $30M As Mortgage Lenders Adopt AI Agents
Vesta raised $30 million led by Conversion Capital, with Citi Ventures, a16z and customers Pennymac and New American Funding participating, to expand AI agents that automate mortgage loan origination and now handle some underwriting decisions.
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Sheridan Capital Closes $1.1B Fund IV For Healthcare Deals
FUNDING$1.1B Fund IV
Sheridan Capital Closes $1.1B Fund IV For Healthcare Deals
Sheridan Capital Partners closed its fourth flagship healthcare private-equity fund at a $1.1 billion hard cap in under 60 days, nearly double Fund III's $575 million, and separately closed a $245 million first dedicated healthcare IT fund.
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Rein Security Raises $25M To Police Rogue AI Agents
FUNDING$25M Series A
Rein Security Raises $25M To Police Rogue AI Agents
Rein Security raised a $25 million Series A led by Glilot Capital to expand its runtime monitoring platform for enterprise AI agents, bringing its total funding to $35 million.
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Manus Raises $500M After Unwinding Meta's $2B Deal
FUNDING$500M+
Manus Raises $500M After Unwinding Meta's $2B Deal
Manus's parent company closed the AI agent startup's first funding round as an independent company, with new backers stepping in after Chinese regulators forced Meta to abandon its roughly $2 billion acquisition.
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Europe Posts $25B Quarter, Best Since 2022
FUNDING$25B Q3 total
Europe Posts $25B Quarter, Best Since 2022
European startups raised roughly $25 billion in Q3 2026, up 77% from $14 billion a year earlier, as AI captured a record 75% of regional funding and Germany and France posted their strongest quarters since 2021.
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Universal Quantum Raises $100M, UK's Biggest Series A
FUNDING$100M+ Series A
Universal Quantum Raises $100M, UK's Biggest Series A
UK quantum computing startup Universal Quantum raised more than $100 million in a Series A co-led by DCVC and Firgun Ventures, the same day rival Oratomic closed a $475 million round at a $5.5 billion valuation.
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Endeavor Catalyst Closes $320M Fund to Back Founders 'Elsewhere'
FUNDING$320M Fund V
Endeavor Catalyst Closes $320M Fund to Back Founders 'Elsewhere'
Endeavor Catalyst closed an oversubscribed $320 million fifth fund, pushing total assets under management past $850 million, to keep co-investing in founders building outside Silicon Valley.
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TeddyHoldings.AI Raises $60M Seed For Legal AI
FUNDING$60M seed
TeddyHoldings.AI Raises $60M Seed For Legal AI
TeddyHoldings.AI raised a $60 million seed round and says it has surpassed $25 million in revenue, while keeping its focus, leadership and cap table confidential.
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North America VC Funding Fell 35% In Q3 Despite AI Boom
FUNDING$92B Q3 total
North America VC Funding Fell 35% In Q3 Despite AI Boom
North American startups raised $92 billion in Q3 2026, down 35% from Q2's megaround-fueled high but up 50% year over year, as AI companies captured roughly two-thirds of all venture dollars, per Crunchbase.
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Healthleap Raises $38M to Catch Hospital Patients Doctors Miss
FUNDING$38M (seed + Series A)
Healthleap Raises $38M to Catch Hospital Patients Doctors Miss
Healthleap raised $38 million combined seed and Series A funding for AI that flags hospital patients doctors may be missing, now live in 50-plus hospitals.
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Parallel Systems Raises $100M to Put Driverless Trains on US Rails
FUNDING$100M Series C
Parallel Systems Raises $100M to Put Driverless Trains on US Rails
Parallel Systems closed a $100M Series C to scale driverless electric freight trains that haul cargo up to 500 miles on existing track, undercutting short-haul trucking routes.
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Ledgebrook Raises $200M to Scale AI Underwriting
FUNDING$200M
Ledgebrook Raises $200M to Scale AI Underwriting
Boston-based Ledgebrook raised $200 million in primary equity co-led by Allianz X and Rockefeller Capital Management to scale Blackbird, its AI-native underwriting platform for excess and surplus insurance.
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Atomic Machines Exits Stealth With $250M AI Factory
FUNDING$250M
Atomic Machines Exits Stealth With $250M AI Factory
Atomic Machines, founded by ex-Amazon and Uber executive Jeff Holden, emerged from six years in stealth with $250 million in cumulative funding and PrimeSwitch, a relay built by its AI-native Matter Compiler manufacturing system.
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WhiteLab Genomics Raises $26M to Design Gene Therapies With AI
FUNDING$26M Series B
WhiteLab Genomics Raises $26M to Design Gene Therapies With AI
Paris-founded WhiteLab Genomics raised a $26 million Series B led by AVP to expand ALFRED, its AI platform for designing delivery systems for cell and gene therapies.
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Stuut Raises $52.5M to Make AI Agents Chase Invoices
FUNDING$52.5M Series B
Stuut Raises $52.5M to Make AI Agents Chase Invoices
Stuut raised a $52.5 million Series B from Insight Partners and a16z to expand AI agents that chase down enterprises' unpaid invoices.
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Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face Buy Anchors a Slower Q3
FUNDING$12.93B Hugging Face buy
Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face Buy Anchors a Slower Q3
North American startups raised $92 billion in Q3, down sharply from the prior quarter's AI megarounds, with Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face standing as the period's single largest deal.
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Ex-Ramp Engineers Raise $25M For AI Ad Platform Melius
FUNDING$25M ($20M Series A)
Ex-Ramp Engineers Raise $25M For AI Ad Platform Melius
Melius, an AI platform for generating ad campaigns, images and videos, raised $25 million total — a $20 million Series A led by CRV plus a $5 million seed led by General Catalyst — after scrapping its original product.
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SpaceX Seeks $40B From Apollo To Buy Nvidia Chips
FUNDING$40B (sought)
SpaceX Seeks $40B From Apollo To Buy Nvidia Chips
SpaceX is reportedly in talks to raise about $40 billion arranged by Apollo Global Management, split between bank loans and investment-grade debt, to fund a large Nvidia chip order, per the Financial Times.
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Lambda Raises $4B At $14.5B Valuation Before IPO
FUNDING$4B pre-IPO round
Lambda Raises $4B At $14.5B Valuation Before IPO
Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion valuation in what could be its final private round before a 2027 IPO.
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Spiko Raises $90M To Make Idle Cash Earn Yield Nonstop
FUNDING$90M Series B
Spiko Raises $90M To Make Idle Cash Earn Yield Nonstop
Spiko raised a $90 million Series B led by New Enterprise Associates to expand its multi-currency tokenized cash fund platform, which already manages about $2.7 billion for more than 10,000 businesses across 25-plus jurisdictions.
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Vitalize Raises $31M To Automate Hospital Staffing
FUNDING$31M Series A
Vitalize Raises $31M To Automate Hospital Staffing
Vitalize raised a $31 million Series A led by Oak HC/FT to expand its AI platform for real-time hospital labor scheduling and capacity management, which it says saves health systems over 2,000 clinical hours a day.
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Ampersand Raises $15M To Wire AI Agents Into ERPs
FUNDING$15M Series A
Ampersand Raises $15M To Wire AI Agents Into ERPs
Ampersand raised a $15 million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners to build integration infrastructure that lets AI agents read from and write into enterprise systems like CRMs and ERPs.
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KymaThera Raises $80M For A Precision Cancer Drug
FUNDING$80M Series B
KymaThera Raises $80M For A Precision Cancer Drug
KymaThera raised an $80 million Series B led by Alta Partners to advance K-1728, an oral PI3K-alpha inhibitor designed to treat breast cancer and vascular malformations while avoiding the toxicity that has limited earlier drugs in its class.
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LS Power Closes $6B Fund, 50% Above Its Own Target
FUNDING$6B Fund VI
LS Power Closes $6B Fund, 50% Above Its Own Target
LS Power closed its sixth flagship fund at $6 billion, 50% above its original $4 billion target, with the capital already partly committed to a roughly $1.7 billion deal buying gas-fired power plants from Constellation Energy.
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Multiply Labs Raises $75M To Automate Drug Manufacturing
FUNDING$75M Series B
Multiply Labs Raises $75M To Automate Drug Manufacturing
Multiply Labs raised a $75 million Series B led by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks to scale robotic systems that automate biologics manufacturing, pushing its total funding past $100 million.
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Vinci4D Raises $250M Series B At $1.5B Valuation
FUNDING$250M Series B
Vinci4D Raises $250M Series B At $1.5B Valuation
Vinci4D closed a $250 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation, co-led by Advent, Temasek and Xora, to scale an AI-driven engineering simulation platform that started with chip thermal modeling.
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