Stoke Space, a Dallas, TX-based company building a fully and rapidly reusable rocket, raised $100m in Series B funding. The round was led by Industrious Ventures with participation from the University of Michigan, Sparta Group, Long Journey, and others. Existing investors Breakthrough Energy, YCombinator, Point72 Ventures, NFX, MaC Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and In-Q-Tel also participated. As part of this round,… Continue reading Stoke Space Raises $100M in Series B Funding
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Verkor Secures More Than €2 Billion in Financing
Verkor, a Grenoble, France-based industrial company designing and manufacturing green batteries, secured more than €2 billion in financing. This included: the signing of a minimum of €850m Series C funding, led by Macquarie Asset Management, via its Energy Transition Solutions Fund, with participation from Meridiam, Renault Group, EQT Ventures, EIT InnoEnergy and Sibanye-Stillwater, the SPI… Continue reading Verkor Secures More Than €2 Billion in Financing
Industry Ventures Raises Over $1.7 Billion in Two New Funds
Industry Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based investment firm focused on private technology investments, raised over $1.7 Billion in two new funds. The firm held the final closing of: Industry Ventures Secondary X with over $1.45 billion of new commitments, and Industry Ventures Tech Buyout II with over $260 million of new capital commitments across the Fund… Continue reading Industry Ventures Raises Over $1.7 Billion in Two New Funds
Scentian Bio Closes $2.1M Seed Funding
Scentian Bio, an Aukland, New Zealand-based biosensor platform provider, raised $2.1M in Seed funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $4.4M, was led by Finistere Ventures and Toyota Ventures, with participation from Icehouse Ventures and Our Crowd, among others. Scentian Bio also announced the addition of Finistere Ventures’ Dean Tilyard to its Board of Directors.… Continue reading Scentian Bio Closes $2.1M Seed Funding
apexanalytix Acquires Darkbeam
apexanalytix, a Greensboro, NC-based provider of global supply chain risk management data, software and services, acquired Darkbeam, a London, UK-based provider of supplier cyber risk management solutions. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. With the acquisition, apexanalytix provide enhanced capabilities to clients, including the ability to sense and reduce risk to their critical… Continue reading apexanalytix Acquires Darkbeam
Blacklane Closes Series F Funding Round
Blacklane, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of a chauffeur service, received an investment of undisclosed amount from SIXT. SIXT invested in the company in a second closing of the series F round after previous investments by Mercedes-Benz Mobility and Gargash Group. SIXT and Blacklane will jointly drive international growth by initially focusing on North America. In… Continue reading Blacklane Closes Series F Funding Round
P1 Ventures Holds First USD25M Close of Second Fund
P1 Ventures, a Pan-African Seed VC firm, completed the first $25m close of its second fund. Founded in 2020, P1 Ventures focuses on a small number of African founders and companies building transformational software businesses with regional and global potential. The firm works alongside the visionary founders it invests in across fintech, e-commerce, healthtech, SaaS… Continue reading P1 Ventures Holds First USD25M Close of Second Fund
Fernride Raises $50M in Series A Funding
Fernride, a Munich, and Wolfsburg, Germany-based autonomous trucking innovator, closed a further $19M in Series A funding, bringing the total round amount to $50M. New investors included Deep Tech and Climate Fonds (DTCF), Munich Re Ventures, Bayern Kapital, and Klaus Kleinfeld. The company intends to use the funds to expand its business reach and development… Continue reading Fernride Raises $50M in Series A Funding
Spectarium Raises €5M in Seed Funding
Spectarium, an Oulu, Finland-based company building cross-platform action RPGs, raised €5M in Seed funding. The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures with participation from Delphi Digital and Framework Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to scale the team and further develop the gameplay of its first RPG title, Myths, which is scheduled to… Continue reading Spectarium Raises €5M in Seed Funding
Harbinger Motors Secures $60M in Series A Funding
Harbinger CEO John Harris, pictured. Harbinger announced today it has secured $60 million in Series A funding from a diverse consortium of investors led by Ridgeline and THOR Industries. Harbinger Motors, a Garden Grove, CA-based automotive manufacturer, raised $60M in Series A funding. The round was led by Ridgeline and THOR Industries, with participation from Greycroft, and… Continue reading Harbinger Motors Secures $60M in Series A Funding