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Pomegra Startups
Funding rounds, valuations, acquisitions, and IPOs - daily coverage of the companies shaping the private markets
ASIO (Israel) raises $15M from Protego Ventures and Aliya Capital Partners to scale its GPS-independent tactical navigation, situational awareness, and command-and-control platforms globally, landing a component supply partnership with Anduril for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Ukrainian-founded London defense startup Uforce is in talks to raise fresh capital targeting a $4B+ valuation — up from $1B just six months ago — to expand manufacturing of its autonomous combat drones and surface vessels into allied countries.
Defense startup Castelion (US) closes a $1B Series C at a $13B valuation led by JPMorgan, Andreessen Horowitz, and Carlyle to mass-produce its Blackbeard low-cost hypersonic strike missile, backed by $500M+ in US military contracts.
UK anti-drone defense startup Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M Series C led by DFJ Growth at a $3.4B valuation to scale production of its Starhammer and Skyhammer autonomous interceptor systems.
US defense startup Castelion raises $1B Series C at a $13B valuation, co-led by JPMorgan, a16z, and Carlyle, to mass-produce its Blackbeard low-cost hypersonic strike missile for the US military.
British defense-tech startup Agon exits stealth with $30M led by Lux Capital and Northzone to build synthetic virtual battlefields where autonomous weapons and counter-drone systems train against adaptive AI adversaries.
Israeli defense-tech firm ASIO Technologies raises $15M in its first-ever external funding round after 20+ years of profitable bootstrapping, to globally deploy its GPS-denied tactical coordination systems; simultaneously closed a multi-million-dollar deal with Anduril.
UK air defense startup Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M Series C at a $3.4B valuation, backed by DFJ Growth and Accel, to scale its drone and missile interceptor products.
Autonomy testing startup Agon emerges from stealth with $30M across pre-seed and seed rounds to build validation software for self-driving and autonomous systems.
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