Cauldron Ferm raises $13.25 million for continuous fermentation
Cauldron Ferm raised $13.25 million in a Series A2 round to scale its continuous fermentation technology, which turns microbes into nonstop production assembly lines.
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804 storiesAI video startup Captions rebrands to Mirage, secures $75M
Mirage, formerly Captions, raised $75 million in growth financing to expand its AI video-editing platform and target high-growth Asian markets.
Investor distances from Delve following compliance fabrication claims
Insight Partners scrubbed its investment post for Delve, a startup facing allegations that it fabricated compliance data for customers.
Swish raises $38 million to expand its rapid food delivery model
Bengaluru-based Swish has raised $38 million in a Series B round, valuing the 18-month-old food delivery startup at $139 million as it plans further expansion.
Kalshi and Polymarket CEOs back new prediction market VC
5(c) Capital is raising $35 million for its debut fund, backed by the CEOs of rival prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket.
London’s Air Street Capital closes $232M fund to back AI startups
London-based Air Street Capital has raised a $232 million Fund III, bringing its total assets under management to $400 million to invest in early-stage AI companies.
Zipline raises $200 million to scale drone delivery
Zipline raised an additional $200 million, bringing its Series H round to $800 million, to accelerate its autonomous drone delivery expansion across the United States.
Lovable launches acquisition push to scale AI coding platform
Lovable, the $6.6 billion AI app-building platform, is launching an acquisition strategy to recruit 'builder-first' teams as it faces rising competition from major AI labs.
Gimlet Labs raises $80 million to optimize AI inference
Gimlet Labs raised an $80 million Series A led by Menlo Ventures to scale its multi-silicon inference cloud, which aims to improve AI workload efficiency by 3x to 10x.
Grab to acquire Foodpanda Taiwan for $600 million
Grab will acquire Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $600 million, marking its first expansion beyond Southeast Asia, pending regulatory approval.
Amazon acquires robotics startup Rivr
Amazon has acquired Zurich-based robotics startup Rivr to accelerate its development of General Physical AI for doorstep delivery; terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Jeff Bezos reportedly seeks $100 billion for industrial AI fund
Jeff Bezos is reportedly seeking $100 billion for a new fund to acquire and modernize industrial companies using AI models from his startup, Project Prometheus.
Bluesky raises $100 million in Series B funding
Bluesky raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Crypto, as the company scales its decentralized social network and transitions its leadership.
Anori spins out of Alphabet’s X with $26M to fix building approvals
Alphabet’s X has spun out Anori, a platform aiming to streamline building approval processes, with $26 million in funding led by Prologis and Builders VC.
Cloaked raises $375M to bring consumer privacy tools to enterprise
Cloaked raised $375 million in Series B and growth financing to expand its consumer-focused privacy and security bundle into the enterprise market.
Arc Boat Company raises $50 million for commercial and defense
Arc Boat Company raised $50 million in Series C funding to expand its electric propulsion technology into commercial and defense markets while maintaining its consumer boat business.
Nth Cycle secures $1.1B deal to expand critical mineral refining
Nth Cycle has secured a $1.1 billion agreement with Trafigura to expand its modular electrochemical refining capacity in the U.S. and Europe.
Edra raises $30 million to automate operational data workflows
New York-based startup Edra has raised a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia to automate workflows by converting operational data into a living knowledge base.
Trevor Milton seeks $1B for new autonomous aviation venture
Trevor Milton is reportedly trying to raise $1B for a new autonomous aviation venture, SyberJet Aircraft, following his presidential pardon.
Eragon raises $12 million to build an agentic AI operating system
Eragon raised $12 million at a $100 million valuation to build an agentic AI operating system that aims to replace traditional enterprise software interfaces with natural language prompts.