
Smaller satellites have made space cheaper to access. K2 Space is taking the opposite approach: building larger spacecraft with more power, payload capacity and onboard capability. The Torrance, California-based company has raised a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, with participation from CapitalG, […]

Small businesses are adopting AI faster than many can manage the security risks that follow. London-based Inforcer has raised a $50 million Series C led by Insight Partners. Existing investors Dawn Capital and Meritech Capital remain backers. Founded by Jamie Daum, Richard Thompson and William Connor, Inforcer helps managed service providers manage Microsoft 365 security […]

Most healthcare systems become involved after symptoms appear. Ahead Health is building its service around an earlier point: tracking changes before they become more difficult to address. The Zurich-based company has secured €8.7 million, equivalent to $10 million, in funding led by 3VC and RTP Global. The investment supports Ahead Health’s expansion from Switzerland into […]

Clinical trials can collect thousands of medical scans across different hospitals. Turning those images into consistent evidence is often slower and more difficult than collecting them. Qureight has raised $20 million in Series B funding, led by Molten Ventures. Existing investors Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, XTX Ventures, Guinness Ventures, Meltwind, and Ascension also participated. The […]

Drones, robots and unmanned vehicles depend on accurate positioning. That becomes difficult when GPS signals are blocked, disrupted or deliberately jammed. Bengaluru-based Yaanendriya has raised ₹15 crore from Piper Serica to expand its indigenous sensing, navigation and control technologies. The capital will support research, faster product development and a wider portfolio of high-precision systems for […]

Security teams do not need another tool that processes alerts faster but still leaves people checking every conclusion. Mate Security has raised $35 million in Series A funding, bringing its total financing to more than $50 million only eight months after emerging from stealth. Canaan Partners led the round, with Insight Partners, Team8 and M12 […]

Diagnosing chronic lung disease still depends heavily on a test that many patients find difficult to complete. Spirometry requires forceful exhalation, specialist training and equipment that is not consistently available in community care. In the UK alone, at least 600,000 people are waiting for a formal COPD diagnosis, according to figures cited by TidalSense. Cambridge-based […]

Most AI systems become less reliable when the world stops resembling their training data. A machine-learning model built for one factory, market or energy network may perform well until equipment changes, demand shifts or a previously unseen event occurs. Adapting it often means collecting more data, retraining the model and validating it again. Heidelberg-based kausable […]

Modern software is assembled as much as it is written. Developers routinely pull libraries, frameworks and packages created outside their companies. That model makes software faster to build, but it also gives attackers a direct route into trusted development workflows. London-based Ossprey has raised $2.65 million in oversubscribed pre-seed funding to identify malicious open-source packages […]

Building batteries, solar projects and data centers requires enormous amounts of capital. Deciding what those assets are worth still relies too heavily on disconnected models, static reports and inconsistent assumptions. Modo Energy has raised $30 million in Series B funding to build a more consistent valuation layer for the electrification economy. Molten Ventures led the […]

A fashion retailer may photograph a new collection in one afternoon. Turning every image into accurate, searchable and multilingual product pages can take far longer. Icelandic AI company Sowilo has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round to expand Catecut, its fashion product intelligence platform. The financing included Iceland’s Kría fund, TGC Capital and angel investors from […]

Saudi SMEs do not only need more financing. They need capital that moves with the way they operate. Fina has secured a $75 million Shariah-compliant facility from Fasanara Capital to expand embedded financing for small and medium-sized businesses in Saudi Arabia. Fina is the fintech arm of SILQ, the B2B commerce and financial ecosystem formed […]