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Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security

The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.

Modelence raises $13 million to smooth out the vibe-coding stack

How do you build tooling for the AI software stack? A company called Modelence has an interesting answer.

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Standard Nuclear raises $140M as nuclear power enters its gold rush era

Investors including a16z are betting that nuclear industry suppliers will be the big winners of the AI demand-driven nuclear renaissance.

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Node-based design tool Flora raises $42M from Redpoint Ventures

Flora’s node-based design tool is being used by companies like Pentagram and Lionsgate.

Northwood Space secures a $100M Series B and a $50M Space Force contract

This is the El Segundo, California-based startup’s second raise in less than a year.

VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges

Europe-based venture fund 2150 raised the money to invest in climate tech startups that help solve cities’ carbon footprint.

Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out

British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago.