Billion-dollar rounds for Keyfactor and SambaNova top U.S. funding week
Crunchbase counted two $1 billion financings in the week’s biggest U.S. startup rounds, led by cybersecurity, AI infrastructure an...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoVenture Capital Reporter
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Ingrid covers the deals: who raised, who led, at what price, and what the round says about where the money is moving.
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Monumental raises $32 million for construction robots
Khosla Ventures led the Amsterdam startup’s Series B as it plans more European deployments and a 100-robot push into the US.
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StratX raises $1.19 million for landfill methane biocovers
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Fireworks AI raises $1.5B at $17.5B valuation for open model infrastructure
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Applied Computing raises $20 million for energy AI models
KBR led the round, with Databricks Ventures participating, as Applied Computing expands Orbital and opens a Houston office.
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Antler data ranks Klarna and Improbable as Europe’s founder pipelines
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Neko Health raises $700 million as CEO claims clinic-level profit
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Syntetica raises $30 million to scale nylon textile recycling
The French deeptech company will use the Series A to build a demonstration plant with Michelin and move its nylon recycling proces...
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SWISSto12 raises $70 million Series C to expand satellite production
The Swiss aerospace company will use the funding to build more HummingSat and HummingLink systems for commercial and government cu...
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Syntetica raises $30 million Series A for nylon recycling plant
Bpifrance led the Paris startup’s Series A, with Lululemon, MAS Holdings, SWEN Capital Partners, Indorama Ventures and EQT Venture...
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Tyred raises £2.5 million for AI bike maintenance platform
Raw Ventures and Ada Ventures backed the London startup, which says it services Lime bikes and is building predictive maintenance...
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