Weekly startups: startups have raised financing to help others move in challenges
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Sometimes problems are just: problems. But often, they are also feed. This week brought us a mixture of startups facing adversity, sometimes from their actions, and other people who flourish.
The most interesting startup stories of the week
Some startups have achieved revenues and contracts; Others made cases of lawsuits.
nominationFintech starting to merge is more than twice its annual revenue to $ 700 million. In the sale of modern secondary shares, its evaluation has almost doubled to $ 13 billion.
Gong BossGong Integrity Predictions exceeded $ 300 million of annual revenue, which put the artificial intelligence company on the road to the potential public subscription.
Mach speedIts founder Ethan Thornton, 21, said that Mach Industries, a Sikoya defensive technology company, has obtained a contract with the American army and has plans for its first factory.
BomerrangAfter years of controversy, including an independent legal battle now, Ryan Brisslo is the CEO of Bolt, the Fintech company that he founded, which was worth 11 billion dollars.
One suitThe passes, which is a liquefied platform directly to the creators that collected the Alfawal Olosal series, led by Bond Capital in 2024, claimed that it was distributed to the materials of sexual assault on children.
Another lawsuit: A member of the Board of Directors of Fintech Startup, a friend of guilt, acknowledged the fraud of wires, and one of the participants was arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud investors, according to a federal criminal complaint.
The most interesting VC news and funding news this week
Many startups have announced large tours this week – in Amnesty International as usual, but also in different categories that help others to move in hairy situations.
Artificial intelligence makerAnthropor raised E -3.5 billion dollars, led by LightSpeed Venture Partners, with post -money evaluation of $ 61.5 billion.
You have a partnerTorring collection, which contributes to building LLMS, E $ 111 million chain led by the sovereign wealth fund in Malaysia, Nacional Berhad, rated $ 2.2 billion.
Human Resources CompetitionHRING Unicorn Darwinbox collected $ 140 million to expand international competitors and challenges like Deel.
Driver aircraft controlEpirus Startup US Defense Tech has collected $ 250 million to confront drones. German -based Alpine Eagle received about $ 10.96 million of financing for its mobile solution to the same problem.
Avoid volatilityTel Aviv’s start -up grains have emerged from the specter of $ 50 million in financing to help companies hedge against foreign exchange fluctuations.
Mobility definitions: With the presence of commercial barriers across the border in the spotlight, the swap collection is $ 40 million to build tools that help traders to deal with customs tariffs and other obstacles.
Avoid chemotherapyThe New York -based Ataraxis AI has raised its headquarters with a 20.4 million dollar chain to predict cancer results for individual patients and whether chemotherapy can be avoided.
Larger box: The Thirty-year-old Foundation Foundation, an early supporter of Solana and Cerebras, has gathered a major fund 11 million dollars -20 % more than its predecessor.
Last but not least
Ed Zitron, the best Bodcast host in non -communication mode, does not have the patience to grow at any cost and what he calls “mold economy”, but he does not mistake it because of technical hatred. In a recent episode of podcasts for stocks, he said that there is an opportunity for startups to do better than large technology in the position of users first.