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Pomegra Startups
Funding rounds, valuations, acquisitions, and IPOs - daily coverage of the companies shaping the private markets
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.
Israeli AI world-model startup Decart is reported to be in advanced deal talks with Anthropic at a ~$7B valuation — up from the initial $6B report — after Anthropic beat out rival bidders including Nvidia; the company builds real-time interactive video and robotics simulation environments.
Santa Barbara semiconductor startup Quintessent closes a $40M oversubscribed Series A led by Cycle Capital, backed by Goldman Sachs and Ciena, to commercialize its single-chip quantum dot DWDM comb laser that simplifies optical connectivity inside AI datacenters.
US stablecoin neobanking startup Fasset raises $68M Series C at a $1B unicorn valuation led by Japan's SBI Group, following sixfold revenue growth and over $40B in annualized transaction volume across 125 countries.
UK anti-drone defense startup Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M Series C led by DFJ Growth at a $3.4B valuation to scale production of its Starhammer and Skyhammer autonomous interceptor systems.
US nuclear startup Valar Atomics raises $1B Series B led by Sequoia at a $6B valuation to mass-produce modular waterless nuclear microreactors purpose-built to power AI data centers.
US AI-native accounting startup Rillet closes a $100M Series C led by ICONIQ, hitting unicorn status at $1B valuation two years after emerging from stealth with 600+ enterprise customers.
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.
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