Aureka’s $100M Series B: Lab-in-the-Loop Biological Foundation Models
Granite Asia backed Aureka Biotechnologies’ $100M Series B (~$200M cumulative) to scale AuraIDE — closed-loop AI + wet lab for antibody discovery.
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Granite Asia backed Aureka Biotechnologies’ $100M Series B (~$200M cumulative) to scale AuraIDE — closed-loop AI + wet lab for antibody discovery.
DFJ Growth led Cambridge Aerospace’s $300M Series C as Lux, Accel, and Lakestar returned — Skyhammer sells low-cost air defence against Shahed-class drones.
Sequoia led Corma’s $60M seed with Khosla and Coatue — a Tel Aviv/SF lab building defensive cybersecurity foundation models as AI attackers pull ahead.
Matrix Partners China led Noen (Knowin) Intelligence’s 500 million RMB Angel++ round for GLOW embodied models and the sub-40cm foldable KNOWIN-X1 home robot — Redpoint among participants.
Point2’s Series B now totals $136M after an Aug 10 extension led by LB Investment, with Arm joining NVIDIA, Molex, and Bosch Ventures. Performance numbers are company PR. Revenue was not disclosed. Here is the RF vs optics read.
ICONIQ, Lightspeed, and Avra led Whatnot’s $545M Series G at $20B as a16z, YC, and Kleiner Perkins stayed in — GMV already passed full-year 2025 in H1 2026.