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Pomegra Startups
Funding rounds, valuations, acquisitions, and IPOs - daily coverage of the companies shaping the private markets
Hush Security (Israel) raises $30M Series A with Akamai joining as strategic investor, for its machine-access platform that governs AI agents with just-in-time permissions and a centralized kill switch.
Bridge to Life (US) closes $110M Series C led by Soleus Capital to commercialize VitaSmart, the only FDA-cleared hypothermic oxygenated perfusion system for liver transplants.
Cognition (US) — maker of AI coding agent Devin — is reported in early talks to raise at a $40B valuation, up from $26B in May, as annualized revenue approaches $1B.
Velaura AI (US, formerly Auradine) raises $110M Series A at a $1B+ valuation to commercialize ultra-low-power silicon that cuts AI data center energy consumption by two to four times.
Gravis Robotics (Switzerland) raises $200M Series A solely from SoftBank at a $1B valuation, becoming Europe's latest robotics unicorn with its retrofit kit that turns Caterpillar, Volvo, and John Deere heavy machinery autonomous.
Cityblock Health (US) raises $116M Series E led by General Catalyst and simultaneously acquires rural Medicare provider Homeward Health in an all-stock deal, combining urban and rural value-based care coverage for nearly 200,000 members.
UK AI chip startup OLIX raises €270.5M ($312M) Series B at a €2.8B valuation just two years after founding, backed by Arm, Hudson River Trading, and Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, to scale production of its next-generation AI processors.
Seattle biotech InduPro closes a $77M Series B led by The Column Group, dosing its first patient in a Phase 1 trial of IDP-001, an antibody-drug conjugate targeting advanced non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumors.
Swedish deeptech startup SweGaN raises $14M Series B led by Thisbe AB to expand production of its gallium nitride-on-silicon carbide epitaxial wafers, a key material for next-generation power electronics and RF semiconductors.
Munich aquaculture startup Oceanloop secures €38.5M — combining equity from Hatch Blue's Blue Revolution Fund and a €32M EIB venture-debt facility — to scale its software-driven, land-based recirculating aquaculture system for Giant Grouper production across Europe.
US-UK AI startup Twin1 exits stealth with a $20M seed co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Ventures, and Aramco Ventures, building AI digital twins that replicate each knowledge worker's expertise and institutional memory across the enterprise.
US satellite startup Muon Space raises $250M Series C at a $1.5B valuation led by Eclipse Capital, backed by Google and Salesforce, to scale production of its Earth-observation constellations and invest in orbital AI computing.
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