Weekly startups: startups have collected funding to help others face the challenges
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Sometimes problems are just that: problems. But often they are also fodder. This week brought us a mixture of startups confronted with adversity, sometimes to do their own, and others that thrive.
The most interesting start -up stories of the week
Some startups have accumulated income and contracts; Others have accumulated prosecution.
Acceleration: Start -up starter ramp more than doubled his annualized income $ 700 million. In a recent sale of secondary actions, also almost doubled its valuation $ 13 billion.
Gong: Gong income prediction startup exceeded $ 300 million in annualized incomeputting the company of AI on the way to a potential IPO.
Machine speed: Mach Industries, a Defense Technology Startup supported by Sequoia, won a contract with the American army And has plans for its first factory, said its 21 -year -old founder Ethan Thornton.
Boomerang: After years of controversy, including a legal battle now established, Ryan Breslow is Bolt CEO once againThe company Fintech it founded, which was once estimated at $ 11 billion.
A trial: Passes, a direct monetization platform for creators who raised a series A of $ 40 million led by Bond Capital in 2024, was prosecuted For having pretended to distribute children of sexual abuse for children.
Another trial:: A member of the board of directors of the startup fintech suction adapted to the climate plead guilty of wire fraud And a co-founder was arrested for allegedly plotting investors to defraud, according to a federal criminal complaint.
VC news and the most interesting financing this week
Several startups have announced large towers this week – in AI as usual, but also in different categories that help others navigate in hairy situations.
Ai Maker: Anthropic collected an E series of $ 3.5 billion Directed by Lightspeed Venture Partners to a post-money assessment of $ 61.5 billion.
You have a partner: Turing, which contributes to the construction of LLMS, increased a series of $ 111 million E Directed by the Malaysian sovereign fund, the National Khazanah was faced with an assessment of $ 2.2 billion.
HR competition: Indian HR Unicorn Darwinbox lifted $ 140 million To develop internationally and challenge competitors and Deel.
Drone counter: US Defense Tech Startup Epirus has increased A series of $ 250 million To counter drone swarms. Alpine Eagle, based in Germany, secure About $ 10.96 million in funding For its airborne solution to the same problem.
Avoid volatility: The start -up grain based in Tel Aviv came out of stealth with $ 50 million in funding To help companies go to bed against FX volatility.
Prices navigation: With cross -border commercial barriers under the spotlight, exchange lifted $ 40 million To build tools that help traders manage prices and other obstacles.
Avoid chemo: Startup based in New York Ataraxis Ai increased a series of $ 20.4 million To predict the result of individual cancer patients and if chemo can be avoided.
Larger fund: Foundation Foundation of thirty years Capital, a first donor of Solana and Cerebras, collected an 11th flagship fund of $ 600 million – 20% more than its predecessor.
Last but not least
Ed Zitron, host of the best offline podcast, has no patience for growth at all costs and what he calls “rotten economy”, but do not confuse with technological hatred. In a recent episode of the Podcast Equity, he Argued that there is an opportunity for startups Do better than Big Tech to put users first.
