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ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
DealsOct 21, 2025

ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer Venture Partners

ChipAgents, an agentic AI platform for chip design and verification, closed a $21M Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $24M. Participants included Micron Ventures, MediaTek, Ericsson and angel investors such as Wally Rhines and...

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Arbor Energy Secures $55M Series A Co-Led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures
DealsOct 21, 2025

Arbor Energy Secures $55M Series A Co-Led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures

Arbor Energy, a clean power company based in El Segundo, CA, raised $55M in a Series A round co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures, with participation from Gigascale Capital and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. The company will use the funds...

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Casium Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Maverick Ventures
DealsOct 21, 2025

Casium Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Maverick Ventures

Casium, a Seattle-based AI-powered immigration and mobility platform for enterprises, raised $5M in a seed financing led by Maverick Ventures with participation from AI2 Incubator, GTMfund, Success Venture Partners, and angel Jake Heller. The company will use the proceeds to...

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Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners
DealsOct 21, 2025

Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners

Knack, a Miami-based student success technology platform that powers peer learning programs for higher education, raised a Series B round led by New Markets Venture Partners. The company will use the undisclosed proceeds to scale higher-education partnerships.

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Lette AI Raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to Scale Agentic AI for Property Teams
DealsOct 21, 2025

Lette AI Raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to Scale Agentic AI for Property Teams

Dublin-based Lette AI raised $1.4M in a pre-seed round led by Pitchdrive with participation from Baseline Venture, Lugus Capital and angel investors including Mark Ransford and Conor Sheridan (Nory AI). The company will use proceeds to grow the team and...

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Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital
DealsOct 21, 2025

Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital

Anrok, a San Francisco-based global sales tax compliance platform, raised $55M in a Series C round led by Spark Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. The financing brings Anrok’s total funding to over...

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Diversis Capital Closes $1.2B Fund III to Back Software and Tech-Enabled Services
DealsOct 21, 2025

Diversis Capital Closes $1.2B Fund III to Back Software and Tech-Enabled Services

Diversis Capital Management closed Diversis Capital Partners III, L.P. with over $1.2 billion of total commitments from a global mix of institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, investment advisers and fund-of-funds. The fund will invest in software and technology-enabled services companies.

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Bronto Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Cercano Management
DealsOct 21, 2025

Bronto Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Cercano Management

Bronto, a Dublin-based log data platform, raised $14M in a seed funding round led by Cercano Management with participation from Heavybit Venture Capital and Conviction Capital. The company will use the proceeds to build go-to-market and engineering functions.

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MATR Foods Raises €40M in Series A Equity and Venture Debt
DealsOct 21, 2025

MATR Foods Raises €40M in Series A Equity and Venture Debt

Copenhagen-based fermented plant-based meat maker MATR Foods closed a €40M funding round comprising €20M Series A equity and €20M in venture debt. The round was co-led by existing investor Novo Holdings and incoming investor the Export and Investment Fund of...

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Faeth Therapeutics Raises $25M Led by S2G Investments
DealsOct 21, 2025

Faeth Therapeutics Raises $25M Led by S2G Investments

Faeth Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech focused on tumor metabolism, raised $25M in a financing round led by S2G Investments with participation from Khosla Ventures, Future Ventures, Digitalis Ventures, KdT Ventures, Cantos, B Capital Group and Avicella. The new capital brings...

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ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer to Scale Agentic AI for Chip Design
DealsOct 21, 2025

ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer to Scale Agentic AI for Chip Design

ChipAgents closed a $21M Series A on 2025-10-21 led by Bessemer Venture Partners with strategic participation from Micron, MediaTek, Ericsson, ScOp Venture Capital, Amino Capital and notable angels. The funding will accelerate product development, customer acquisition, and industry partnerships for...

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PleoPharma Raises $36M in Series B to Advance Cannabis-Related Therapies
DealsOct 21, 2025

PleoPharma Raises $36M in Series B to Advance Cannabis-Related Therapies

PleoPharma, a clinical-stage company developing treatments for cannabis-related neuropsych and addiction issues, closed a $36M Series B financing. The round was undisclosed as to backers and will support clinical development efforts under CEO Ginger Constantine, MD.

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Moonshot AI Raises $10M Seed Round Led by Mighty Capital
DealsOct 21, 2025

Moonshot AI Raises $10M Seed Round Led by Mighty Capital

Moonshot AI, an NYC-based AI platform that automates and optimizes websites, raised $10M in a seed round led by Mighty Capital with participation from Oceans Ventures, Uncorrelated, Garuda Ventures and Almaz Capital. The company will use the funds to expand...

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Throne Labs Raises $15M Series B to Expand Smart Public Restroom Network
DealsOct 21, 2025

Throne Labs Raises $15M Series B to Expand Smart Public Restroom Network

Throne Labs raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Brentwood Associates with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures, Dipalo Ventures, Rabil Ventures, and Arpinine Management. The funding will support national expansion of its data‑driven smart restroom network and open...

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Moniepoint Raises Over $200M in Series C Led by DPD’s ADP III, Anchored by LeapFrog
DealsOct 21, 2025

Moniepoint Raises Over $200M in Series C Led by DPD’s ADP III, Anchored by LeapFrog

Moniepoint Inc., a Nigerian financial platform for businesses and customers across Africa, closed a Series C equity financing round raising over US$200M. The round was led by Development Partners International’s ADP III fund and was anchored by LeapFrog Investments, with...

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Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners
DealsOct 21, 2025

Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners

Knack, a student success technology platform for higher education, raised a Series B funding round led by New Markets Venture Partners and appointed Megan Dusenbery as CEO. The round will support scaling peer learning and tutoring programs across partner institutions.

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Armstrong Raises $12M to Build AI-Powered Kitchen Robots
DealsOct 21, 2025

Armstrong Raises $12M to Build AI-Powered Kitchen Robots

Armstrong, a San Francisco-based robotics startup developing AI-powered general-purpose robots for restaurant kitchens, has raised $12M in funding to date from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Bloomberg Beta, Next Play Ventures, Transmedia Capital and WestWave Capital. Founded by Axel Hansen and...

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Estuary Raises $17M Series A Led by M13
DealsOct 21, 2025

Estuary Raises $17M Series A Led by M13

Estuary, a right-time data platform for enterprises addressing AI data bottlenecks, raised $17 million in a Series A round led by M13 with participation from Firstmark and Operator Partners. The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts to simplify...

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Findem Secures $51M Series C to Expand AI Talent Acquisition Platform
DealsOct 21, 2025

Findem Secures $51M Series C to Expand AI Talent Acquisition Platform

Findem, an AI-driven talent acquisition and management platform based in San Francisco, raised $51M in a Series C led by SLW with participation from Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital and Four Rivers Group, plus growth financing from J.P. Morgan. The capital...

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Defakto Raises $30.75M Series B to Advance Non-Human Identity Security
DealsOct 21, 2025

Defakto Raises $30.75M Series B to Advance Non-Human Identity Security

Defakto (formerly SPIRL), a Palo Alto-based non-human identity security company, raised $30.75M in a Series B round led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from The General Partnership, Bloomberg Beta, WndrCo, Michael Coates, Adverb Ventures and J.P. Morgan. The company...

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A16z‑backed Codi Previously Raised $16M Series A
DealsOct 21, 2025

A16z‑backed Codi Previously Raised $16M Series A

Codi, an a16z‑backed startup building an AI office‑management SaaS, last raised a $16 million Series A in 2022 led by Andreessen Horowitz; the company has raised $23 million to date.

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Hyro Raises $45M Growth Round Led by Healthier Capital
DealsOct 21, 2025

Hyro Raises $45M Growth Round Led by Healthier Capital

Hyro, a New York City-based responsible AI agent platform for healthcare, raised $45M in growth financing led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Norwest, Define Ventures, Bon Secours Mercy Health and ServiceNow Ventures. The round will support Hyro's expansion of...

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Arbor Energy Raises $55M Series A Led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures
DealsOct 21, 2025

Arbor Energy Raises $55M Series A Led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures

Arbor Energy raised $55 million in a Series A round co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures, with participation from Gigascale Capital and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. The funding will complete a 1 MW pilot (ATLAS) and advance development of a...

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Knownwell Raises $25M in Financing Led by CVS Health Ventures
DealsOct 21, 2025

Knownwell Raises $25M in Financing Led by CVS Health Ventures

knownwell, a Boston-based obesity medicine and weight-inclusive primary care company, raised $25M in a funding round led by CVS Health Ventures with participation from MassMutual Catalyst Fund, Intermountain Ventures and others, including continued support from a16z Bio + Health and...

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Sesame Raises $250M Series B to Build Conversational AI Smart Glasses, Opens Beta
DealsOct 21, 2025

Sesame Raises $250M Series B to Build Conversational AI Smart Glasses, Opens Beta

Sesame, a conversational-AI startup building lightweight smart glasses and personal AI voices, raised $250 million in a Series B round and has opened an early beta of its iOS app to select testers. Investors include Sequoia and Spark, with other...

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Gravwell Raises $15.4M Series A Led by Two Bear Capital
DealsOct 21, 2025

Gravwell Raises $15.4M Series A Led by Two Bear Capital

Gravwell closed a $15.4M Series A to accelerate its data analytics and security platform, expand product development, and support go-to-market efforts. The round was led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Gula Tech Adventures, Next Frontier Capital and others.

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Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital to Scale AI-Native Tax Compliance
DealsOct 21, 2025

Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital to Scale AI-Native Tax Compliance

Anrok secured a $55 million Series C round led by Spark Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures. The funding will accelerate Anrok’s AI-native automation for global sales tax compliance across 100+ countries and...

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Acelab Raises $13.5M Series A Led by Navitas Capital
DealsOct 21, 2025

Acelab Raises $13.5M Series A Led by Navitas Capital

Acelab, a NYC-based developer of an AI-powered platform for researching and documenting building materials, raised $13.5M in a Series A round led by Navitas Capital with participation from JLL Spark, DivcoWest and strategic investors. The round brings Acelab’s total funding...

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Magma Math Closes $10M Follow-On Round From Five Elms Capital
DealsOct 20, 2025

Magma Math Closes $10M Follow-On Round From Five Elms Capital

Magma Math, an AI-powered K-12 instructional platform, closed an additional $10 million funding round led by existing investor Five Elms Capital. The capital will support product development and expansion of its teacher-focused AI tools to deepen student understanding and engagement.

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Adaptyx Biosciences Raises $14M Seed Round to Advance Continuous Multi‑Analyte Biowearable
DealsOct 20, 2025

Adaptyx Biosciences Raises $14M Seed Round to Advance Continuous Multi‑Analyte Biowearable

Adaptyx Biosciences raised $14M in a seed financing round led by Interlagos with significant participation from Overwater Ventures and several strategic investors. The funding will advance its continuous multi‑analyte biowearable platform that pairs molecular sensing with AI analytics to monitor...

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CoMind Raises $60M Led by Plural to Advance Optical Neurotechnology
DealsOct 20, 2025

CoMind Raises $60M Led by Plural to Advance Optical Neurotechnology

London-based neurotechnology company CoMind raised $60M in a funding round led by Plural with participation from Angelini Ventures, Octopus Ventures and LocalGlobe. The capital will support development and deployment of its optical brain sensing technology; total funding to date is...

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Finster AI Raises $15M in Combined Series A and Seed Round to Expand Into New York
DealsOct 20, 2025

Finster AI Raises $15M in Combined Series A and Seed Round to Expand Into New York

London-based Finster AI raised $15M in a combined Series A and Seed funding round to fund New York expansion and accelerate product development for its AI-native platform serving investment banks and asset managers. The Series A was led by FinTech...

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Fourier Health Raises $8.4M Seed Round to Expand Clinician-in-the-Loop AI Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

Fourier Health Raises $8.4M Seed Round to Expand Clinician-in-the-Loop AI Platform

Miami-based Fourier Health, which consolidates patient clinical data into use-case specific summaries to reduce administrative burden, raised $8.4M in a seed round led by Yosemite with participation from Innospark Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Tau Ventures and others. The funding will...

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LuxQuanta Closes €8M Series A Led by Big Sur Ventures
DealsOct 20, 2025

LuxQuanta Closes €8M Series A Led by Big Sur Ventures

Barcelona-based deep tech company LuxQuanta raised €8M in a Series A round led by Big Sur Ventures. Main investor A&G participated alongside new backers GMV, Wayra and the EIC Fund, and existing investors Corning and GTD also supported the round.

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AdsGency Raises $12M Seed to Scale LLM Advertising Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

AdsGency Raises $12M Seed to Scale LLM Advertising Platform

AdsGency, an LLM advertising platform that enables AI agents to run paid marketing workflows, raised $12 million in a seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital with participation from Streamlined Ventures, HF0, Hat-Trick Capital and others. The funding will support...

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Magic Raises $10M Seed Round Led by Lerer Hippeau to Build AI for Real-World Experiences
DealsOct 20, 2025

Magic Raises $10M Seed Round Led by Lerer Hippeau to Build AI for Real-World Experiences

Magic, an AI startup focused on real-world experiences, raised $10M in a seed round led by Lerer Hippeau. Participating investors include Bling Capital, Floodgate, Major Food Group, VCR Group, Gary Vaynerchuk and David Rodolitz's hospitality group.

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Creditstar Group Secures Additional $10M Debt Facility From Kilde, Bringing Total to $20M
DealsOct 20, 2025

Creditstar Group Secures Additional $10M Debt Facility From Kilde, Bringing Total to $20M

Creditstar Group, an Estonian fintech offering digital consumer credit and fixed-return investment products, secured an additional $10M funding facility from Singapore-based Kilde, increasing the total facility to $20M. The capital builds on an initial $10M agreement signed in November 2024...

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Hyperlayer Raises £30M ($41M) to Expand Fintech Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

Hyperlayer Raises £30M ($41M) to Expand Fintech Platform

London-based fintech Hyperlayer raised £30M (US$41M) in a funding round led by CDAM with participation from Mouro Capital, Iona Star, Flintlock Capital and existing backer Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. The company will use the proceeds to expand product development and...

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Baghdadi Capital Makes Strategic Equity Investment in Teybridge Capital Europe, Facilitates £50M Funding Line
DealsOct 20, 2025

Baghdadi Capital Makes Strategic Equity Investment in Teybridge Capital Europe, Facilitates £50M Funding Line

Madrid-based family office Baghdadi Capital completed a strategic equity investment in Dublin-based Teybridge Capital Europe. In addition to the undisclosed equity deal, Baghdadi Capital will facilitate an initial £50m funding line to support Teybridge's working-capital and trade finance solutions.

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Golpo Raises $4.1M Seed Round Led by BNVT Capital to Build AI Video Explainer Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

Golpo Raises $4.1M Seed Round Led by BNVT Capital to Build AI Video Explainer Platform

Golpo, an AI-powered platform that turns documents and prompts into interactive explainer videos, raised $4.1M in a seed round led by BNVT Capital with participation from Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, Afore Capital and others. The company will use the proceeds...

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Adaptyx Biosciences Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Interlagos Capital
DealsOct 20, 2025

Adaptyx Biosciences Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Interlagos Capital

Adaptyx Biosciences, a Menlo Park biowearables firm developing continuous multi-analyte molecular monitoring, raised $14M in a seed round led by Interlagos Capital with participation from multiple investors, bringing total funding to $23M. The financing will support development of its molecular...

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Chatfuel Raises $1.5M Seed Round Led by Pre-Seed to Succeed
DealsOct 20, 2025

Chatfuel Raises $1.5M Seed Round Led by Pre-Seed to Succeed

Chatfuel, a San Francisco-based communication automation startup, raised $1.5M in a seed round led by Pre-Seed to Succeed (backed by AltaIR Capital) with participation from Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital, I2BF Ventures, Alber Blanc fund and angel investors including Ershad...

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Magic Raises $10M Seed Round to Build AI for Real-World Experiences
DealsOct 20, 2025

Magic Raises $10M Seed Round to Build AI for Real-World Experiences

Magic, a New York City–based AI company focused on real-world experiences, raised $10M in a seed round led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from Bling Capital, Floodgate, Major Food Group, VCR Group, Gary Vaynerchuk and David Rodolitz’s hospitality group. The...

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Andel Raises $4.5M Seed Round to Expand Pharmacy Benefits Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

Andel Raises $4.5M Seed Round to Expand Pharmacy Benefits Platform

Andel, a New York City-based platform that helps employers include GLP-1s in pharmacy benefits, raised $4.5M to expand operations and business reach. The round was led by Jay Bregman and backed by Lightbank, Seedcamp, Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Houghton Street Ventures,...

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Logic Raises $4.3M Seed to Expand AI-Powered No-Code Business Automation Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

Logic Raises $4.3M Seed to Expand AI-Powered No-Code Business Automation Platform

Logic, a Seattle-based AI-powered decision automation and no-code business automation platform founded in 2024, raised $4.3M in a seed round led by investors including Founders’ Co-op, Audacious and Ali Partovi’s Neo, with participation from current/former Brex execs and Convoy co-founder...

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Crown Raises $8.1M Seed Round Led by Framework Ventures
DealsOct 20, 2025

Crown Raises $8.1M Seed Round Led by Framework Ventures

São Paulo-based fintech Crown raised $8.1M to advance digital, flexible and programmable money solutions in emerging markets. The round was led by Framework Ventures with participation from Valor Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Norte Ventures, Paxos and Ed Wible, who joined...

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Logic Raises $4.3M Seed to Commercialize AI Decision-Automation Platform
DealsOct 20, 2025

Logic Raises $4.3M Seed to Commercialize AI Decision-Automation Platform

Seattle-based Logic raised $4.3M in a seed round to advance and commercially launch its AI-powered decision automation platform, exiting a year-long beta and removing its waitlist. Investors include Founders' Co-op, Audacious, Ali Partovi's Neo, Brex current/former executives, Convoy co-founder Dan...

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Faeth Therapeutics Raises $25M Strategic Financing to Advance PIKTOR
DealsOct 20, 2025

Faeth Therapeutics Raises $25M Strategic Financing to Advance PIKTOR

Faeth Therapeutics raised $25 million in a strategic financing led by S2G Ventures to advance its lead program PIKTOR in endometrial cancer. The round includes participation from existing investors Khosla Ventures, Future Ventures, Digitalis Ventures, KdT Ventures, and Cantos, plus...

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Milvus Advanced Raises $6.9M Seed Round Led by Hoxton Ventures
DealsOct 20, 2025

Milvus Advanced Raises $6.9M Seed Round Led by Hoxton Ventures

Milvus Advanced, an Oxford-based startup developing lab-grown rare metal alternatives, closed a $6.9M seed funding round led by Hoxton Ventures with participation from LQD Ventures, Übermorgen, Tuesday Capital, Mark Leslie Enterprises, van Den Bosch Dynasty Fund, Bluebirds, Md One, EQT...

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