Apollo Atomics Raises $31M Seed — YC-Backed Factory-Built Reactors for AI Power
MIT spinoff Apollo Atomics raised $31M seed (FCVC lead; YC, Alumni Ventures) for compact PWRs built in factories and trucked to site — >20 GW LOI pipeline claimed.
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Alice’s $140M Raise: AI Trust & Safety Gets a PE-Led Growth Check
Apax Digital led Alice’s (ex-ActiveFence) $140M round — total $280M — with CRV and Norwest returning as labs and enterprises buy model testing and guardrails.
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Airbound's $37M Series A: Rocket-Like Delivery Drones — Greenoaks Leads, Lightspeed In
Greenoaks led Airbound’s $37M Series A (Aug 24, 2026) with DoorDash, Lachy Groom, Lightspeed, and Humba. Bengaluru startup targeting truck-cost aerial logistics with 13,000+ autonomous flights.
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Fasset's $68M Series C at $1B: SBI Leads Stablecoin Neobank Into Unicorn Club
SBI Group led Fasset’s $68M Series C at a $1B valuation (Aug 24, 2026) — three months after a $51M Series B. $40B+ annualized volume, Own Network expansion, agentic corridor banking.
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Starcloud's $250M Series A Extension at $2.3B: Orbital AI vs Launch Scarcity
Manhattan West led a $250M extension to Starcloud’s Series A at $2.3B (Aug 21, 2026). Benchmark, Nvidia (~$25M), and Cisco joined — capital for Starcloud-2/3 and launch bookings as Falcon 9 winds down.
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Helcim’s $53M CAD Series C: Canadian Payments Scale After Bank Exits
BDC Growth Venture led Helcim’s $53M CAD Series C at $250M valuation — company claims $150M+ ARR and ~$10B payment volume run-rate as Canadian banks exit merchant services.