🧑‍🚀 Top 3 Deals You Can’t Miss

1️⃣ ŌURA – ~$900M raise pushing its smart ring health platform to a $5.5B valuation.

2️⃣ Lila Sciences – Valuation tops ~$13B with NVIDIA joining its frontier AI research push.

3️⃣ Black Forest Labs – Plans to raise $300M at a $3.25B valuation, accelerating its AI model ecosystem.

🧠 Dopamine Dealflow

🌳 Series B+ & Growth

• ŌURA, a San Francisco, CA-based maker of the Oura Ring, raised over $900M in funding, bringing its valuation to about $5.5B.

• Lila Sciences, a New York, NY-based AI lab, topped a $13B valuation following new backing from NVIDIA, fueling frontier research.

• Dexory, a London, UK-based provider of warehouse automation and real-time intelligence, raised $165M to scale globally.

• Govini, an Arlington, VA-based defense data and analytics company, raised $150M in growth funding.

• Ecorobotix, a Swiss agtech firm, raised $150M across Series C and D rounds to expand precision farming tools.

• Caracol, an Italian large-format robotic manufacturing firm, raised $40M in Series B funding.

• Chando Group, a Chinese cosmetics brand, received $40M in growth funding.

• Movandi, an Irvine, CA-based 5G infrastructure company, raised $40M in new funding.

• Sibel Health, a Chicago-based digital health firm, extended its Series C to $39M.

🚀 Series A

• Arbio, a Berlin-based AI proptech startup, raised $36M in Series A.

• Flow Engineering, a SF-based hardware collaboration platform, raised $23M led by Sequoia Capital.

• Glide Identity, a San Francisco digital ID company, raised $20M+ in Series A.

• FleetWorks, a Toronto logistics startup, raised $17M to improve trucker–cargo matching.

• Renew, a New York-based proptech platform, raised $12M in Series A.

• NxLite, a Michigan-based coatings company, raised $9.2M.

• HOOTL, a Virginia-based AI-first automation startup, raised $6.5M in Series A.

🌱 Seed & Early Rounds

• Airbound, a Bengaluru-based autonomous delivery firm, raised $8.65M in Seed funding.

• Planera, a construction collaboration tool, raised $8M.

• Alleviate Health, a Durham AI recruiter for clinical trials, raised $4.3M.

• Pimly, a Chicago-based Salesforce-native product cloud, raised $2.25M.

• Chainsight, an AI supply chain startup, raised $1M in strategic funding.

🤝 Strategic, M&A & Undisclosed

• Lenscape acquired WinFactor, expanding its working capital finance software footprint.

• zvoove acquired adata Software to broaden its HR tech solutions.

• Solentrex received strategic funding from Chair Capital for its solar SaaS platform.

• Ryft received investment from Ingenii VC and Pembroke VCT.

💸 VC Funds Raised & Raising

• Maia Ventures, a Milan-based early-stage Agtech and FoodTech VC, launched its first €55M fund.

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📚 Read of the Day

🚀 SpaceX Closes Starship V2 Chapter, Gears Up for Mars

SpaceX has wrapped its Starship V2 program after multiple successful orbital flights, marking a milestone in reusable rocket engineering. The company now shifts to Starship V3, built for deeper-space missions and higher payload capacity.

🧩 The Strategy

Starship V3 features enhanced engines, modular components, and a scalable design for lunar and interplanetary operations — with support from NASA’s Artemis program.

🕰️ The Backstory

The V2 phase helped SpaceX master booster recovery and reentry systems, setting the stage for rapid launch cycles and high reusability.

💥 Why It Matters

V3 represents a leap toward sustainable space transport and could make Mars missions commercially viable within the decade. For investors, it cements SpaceX’s dominance in launch economics and aerospace innovation.

👉 Read The Whole Story Here

📰 News You Don’t Want To Miss

🧠 OpenAI to Allow Mature Content for Verified Adults — The AI giant will roll out new content controls and age verification starting in December.

⚙️ OpenAI Partners with Broadcom on Custom AI Chips — A new collaboration aims to design accelerators that boost model efficiency and reduce training costs.

🇮🇳 Google to Invest $15B in Indian AI Hub — The funding will support new data centers and research facilities in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

🚀 SpaceX Ends Starship V2 Era, Eyes V3 Launches — After several successful orbital tests, SpaceX prepares its next-generation Starship for Mars missions.

🤖 Slackbot Gets Major AI Upgrade — Slack’s new assistant can summarize channels, schedule meetings, and automate tasks directly in chat.