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Pomegra Startups
Funding rounds, valuations, acquisitions, and IPOs - daily coverage of the companies shaping the private markets
US voice AI startup Wispr raises $280M Series B at a $2B valuation led by Menlo Ventures to expand its AI dictation platform into meetings, note-taking, and broader productivity tools.
Manchester cybersecurity startup Cytix raises $7M Series A led by Northern Gritstone for its platform that continuously monitors and validates security risk in every AI-driven software change, with KPMG and NCC Group among its customers.
US biotech EpiCrispr Biotechnologies closes a $90M oversubscribed Series C led by Octagon Capital and Janus Henderson to advance its lead epigenetic gene therapy toward pivotal studies in rare muscle disease FSHD.
Stockholm fintech Quartr raises $18M led by Altos Ventures to expand its AI-ready investor relations data platform, which covers 15,000+ public companies and is used by four of the world's five largest hedge funds.
US healthcare data startup Ours Privacy raises a multiple-times-oversubscribed $15M Series A led by Lightbank for its HIPAA-compliant customer data platform, now used by 200+ healthcare organizations.
US AI biology startup Outer Biosciences exits stealth after raising ~$23M; the company keeps living human skin alive outside the body for over a month to train AI models that discover new cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredients.
US-Spanish enterprise AI startup HappyRobot raises $150M Series C at a $1.2B unicorn valuation, led by Prysm Capital and Eurazeo, to deploy AI agents that automate complex enterprise workflows for clients like DHL and Uber.
British-Nigerian autonomous vehicle fleet company Moove raises $250M Series C at a $2.1B valuation led by Mubadala to own and operate vehicle fleets, charging depots, and city operations for the robotaxi industry.
US critical minerals startup Mariana Minerals raises $310M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and a16z to expand its AI-powered autonomous mining operations for copper and other strategic materials.
AI video and image generation startup Higgsfield raises $400M Series B at a $5.4B valuation led by DST Global, having reached $700M in annualized revenue in under eight months, with 390 Fortune 500 customers.
US defense startup Castelion raises $1B Series C at a $13B valuation, co-led by JPMorgan, a16z, and Carlyle, to mass-produce its Blackbeard low-cost hypersonic strike missile for the US military.
US orbital infrastructure startup Starcloud raises a $250M extension to its Series A to build and operate data centers in space as terrestrial launch capacity tightens.
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