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Pomegra Startups
Funding rounds, valuations, acquisitions, and IPOs - daily coverage of the companies shaping the private markets
Emerald AI (US) — Raises $150M Series A at $1.05B valuation, co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC, to deploy software that turns AI data centers into flexible power-grid assets, targeting 100+ GW of untapped US grid capacity.
Valar Atomics Raises $1B Series B at $6B Valuation Sequoia leads a $1 billion Series B in microreactor startup Valar Atomics, valuing the company at $6 billion amid surging AI data center power demand.
Boldr (UK) raises $5M pre-Series A from Unconventional Ventures and Ada Ventures to turn HVAC contractors into grid infrastructure providers by connecting home heating, cooling, and energy devices into flexible distributed grid capacity.
Emerald AI (US) closes an oversubscribed $150M Series A at a $1.05B valuation co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC — with Nvidia, Siemens, and GE Vernova joining — to build AI data centers that dynamically throttle their grid power draw to stabilize the electrical grid.
Base Power (US) raises another $1B Series D at $13B valuation co-led by Ribbit Capital and Valor Equity, installing 100 home batteries per day as its backyard-battery grid-support model reaches profitable scale.
US nuclear startup Valar Atomics raises $1B Series B led by Sequoia at a $6B valuation to mass-produce modular waterless nuclear microreactors purpose-built to power AI data centers.
Nuclear microreactor startup Valar Atomics raises $1B Series B at a $6B valuation led by Sequoia, to manufacture fleets of small reactors for AI data centers and heavy industry after becoming the first VC-backed company to achieve nuclear criticality.
Dutch long-duration battery startup Ore Energy raises $43M backed by Plural to supply AI data centers with grid-stabilizing energy storage.
Construction robotics startup Gritt exits stealth with $32M to deploy autonomous robots that build utility-scale solar farms.
Home battery startup Base Power raises $1B Series D at a $13B valuation, led by Ribbit and Valor Equity Partners, to expand residential grid-stabilizing battery deployment across the US.
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