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Overmatch Ventures Closes Oversubscribed $250M Fund II
Overmatch Ventures announced the closing of its second fund at $250 million, fully oversubscribed. The deep‑tech, defense and space specialist will deploy larger checks to back later‑stage startups and accelerate growth across its target sectors.
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Garuda Aerospace, India’s leading drone‑as‑a‑service provider, has filed a confidential draft prospectus to raise roughly $120 million through an IPO, split between a $90 million fresh equity issue and a $30 million offer‑for‑sale. The filing, made via SEBI’s confidential route, postpones disclosure of...
Cognichip announced a $60 million funding round led by Seligman Ventures, with Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan investing through Walden Catalyst Ventures and joining the board. The deep‑tech startup claims its AI platform can slash chip‑design costs by more than 75% and...
Emerald AI closed a $25 million strategic expansion round led by Energy Impact Partners, adding investors such as Siemens, Samsung Ventures and NVIDIA’s NVentures. The funding will accelerate its Conductor platform, which lets AI‑heavy data centers act as flexible resources for...
FLORA announced a $52 million financing round led by Redpoint Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz to bring FAUNA, its AI‑driven creative platform, to market. The tool promises a visual, node‑based canvas and a library of industry‑tested workflows, positioning AI as a partner...
Anthropic acquired an AI for biological research startup for just over $400 million. You can read the letter Dimension wrote to their LPs which boasts a 38,513% IRR https://t.co/wneesuT5u7
Mumbai‑based D2C luggage brand Uppercase secured Rs 20 crore ($2.1 million) in a fresh funding round, with Accel India and Volrado Venture Partners each investing Rs 10 crore. The capital will support the company's expansion and growth, and the round values Uppercase at roughly Rs 534 crore...
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Monarch Quantum announced a $55 million Series A round to scale its integrated photonics infrastructure for quantum technologies. The round was led by Serendipity Capital with participation from 55 North and Global Innovation Labs. The funding will support engineering, manufacturing,...
The rise of AI is pushing private wealth/family offices to cut out the VC middleman and get directly on the cap table. Arena Private Wealth, which co-led a $230M AI chip startup round, is one such firm. I talked to...
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Overmatch Ventures announced the closing of its oversubscribed Fund II, raising $250 million. The larger fund will enable the deep tech, defense, and space investor to lead rounds and write bigger initial checks for portfolio companies.
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Antaris, an AI-driven satellite mission software startup, closed a $28 million Series A round. The round was led by Westwave Capital with participation from Lockheed Martin’s venture arm and other investors. The funding will be used to develop its digital...
OpenRouter, a startup that offers a single API to access and switch among hundreds of AI models, is in the final stages of a $120 million funding round led by Google’s CapitalG, valuing the company at $1.3 billion. The firm reports annualized...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that income‑tax relief for Venture Capital Trusts will fall from 30% to 20% in April, prompting a surge of ISA‑eligible investments. Platforms report a 21% jump in VCT buying, while industry leaders warn of a £500 million...
Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 demo day drew vigorous venture‑capital interest despite lingering criticism of the accelerator’s valuation. The cohort showed a marked shift away from generic ChatGPT‑wrapper concepts toward enterprise‑grade AI infrastructure, industry‑specific tooling for law and finance, and robotics...
Carbon Upcycling Technologies announced a $10 million financing round led by ATEL Ventures to commercialize its low‑carbon cement platform. The capital will fund the company’s first on‑site carbon capture facility at a major cement plant in Mississauga, slated to begin operations...
