Axiom Space operates an international commercial space station that hosts government astronauts, tourists, private companies, and individuals for research, manufacturing, space exploration system testing, and tourism, enabling users and partners to access structured spaceflight opportunities and infrastructure for research, exploration, and microgravity utilization.

New Funding Raised: $175M, Series D

Round Investors: MUFG Bank (lead)

🚀Growth Focus: Support its efforts to build commercial space infrastructure as the industry transitions from government-operated stations to private alternatives.

Press: SpaceNews, Dealroom

HQ: Houston, TX

Industry: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Employee Count: 770

Generalist AI develops AI and robotics technology that enables general robotic interaction with the physical world, allowing industries and research teams to deploy robots that perform complex physical tasks.

New Funding Raised: $400M, Series B

Round Investors: Radical Ventures (lead), NVentures, Norwest, 8VC

🚀Growth Focus: Expand its physical AI research infrastructure, scale its robotics testing environments, and accelerate the development of next-generation adaptive control systems for industrial and domestic automation.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Startup Researcher

HQ: San Mateo, CA

Industry: Robotics Engineering

Employee Count: 78

Allen Control Systems develops autonomous systems for the military and allies' force protection, enabling defense forces to maneuver safely and accomplish their mission.

New Funding Raised: $200M, Series B

Round Investors: Smash Capital (lead), Litquidity Ventures, Inspired Capital Partners, Rally Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Scale manufacturing and accelerate the deployment of its autonomous weapon station for the United States and allied militaries, and advance the development of new product lines.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: Austin, TX

Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing

Employee Count: 216

Kalogon develops a smart medical cushion technology that prevents pressure sores and eliminates discomfort for wheelchair users, allowing healthcare professionals to help prevent, cure, and heal skin sores while improving the quality of life.

New Funding Raised: $5.75M, Series A

Round Investors: Enable Ventures (lead), Castellan Group, DeepWork Capital, Florida Opportunity Fund

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate global expansion of its products designed to reduce the physical stresses associated with prolonged sitting.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: Melbourne, FL

Industry: Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Employee Count: 32

Veritas Aortic Solutions provides a transcatheter cardiovascular implant for the treatment of complex aortic disease through a minimally invasive approach, enabling physicians to treat life-threatening aortic disorders while reducing reliance on conventional open-heart surgical procedures.

New Funding Raised: $12M, Seed

Round Investors: Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company, Judd Nordquist, Chad Martinson

🚀Growth Focus: Support the continued development of its transcatheter valved aortic root conduit through first-in-human clinical use.

Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0

HQ: Costa Mesa, CA

Industry: Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Employee Count: 7

Westmag manufactures electric motors and actuators for drone and robotics applications, allowing drone manufacturers, robotics companies, and autonomous systems integrators to access domestically produced motion control and propulsion technologies.

New Funding Raised: $11M, Seed

Round Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (lead), Lux Capital, NFDG Ventures, Menlo Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Expand its portfolio of standardized motor and actuator products to serve a broader customer base across the drone, robotics, and automation sectors.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: San Francisco, CA

Industry: Robot Manufacturing

Employee Count: 11

Shifters AI develops autonomous robotic systems that enhance security and safety across defense, national security, and critical infrastructure environments, enabling defense and infrastructure operators to conduct high-risk operations while reducing human exposure to danger and preserving lives.

New Funding Raised: $10.2M, Seed

Round Investors: Ace Capital Partners (lead), Arkin Capital, fresh.fund, Corner Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Support AI development, manufacturing readiness, and expansion of its operations across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

Press: Pulse 2.0, GlobeNewswire

HQ: Washington, DC

Industry: Robotics Engineering

Employee Count: 22

Red Metals manufactures a domestic copper refining and production company that shortens the refined supply chain within the United States, allowing power, mobility, and industrial manufacturers to secure a resilient domestic source of refined copper with greater speed and supply chain control.

New Funding Raised: $10M, Seed

Round Investors: Gigascale Capital (lead), MCJ, JB Straubel, Future Ventures

🚀Growth Focus: Support its mission of reshoring copper refining and finished copper product manufacturing to the United States.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: Charleston, SC

Industry: Manufacturing

Employee Count: 7

ZeroDrift develops a compliance-focused AI platform that ensures that every organizational output is validated, compliant, and trusted before release, enabling users to eliminate drift, reduce risk, and maintain consistent quality across all outputs.

New Funding Raised: $10M, Seed

Round Investors: Geek Ventures, Converge, Commonweal Ventures, Active Capital

🚀Growth Focus: Expand its regulatory rule coverage across global industries, broaden real-time channel support across AI voice and video, and scale its core API infrastructure for production agents.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Startup Researcher

HQ: New York, NY

Industry: Software Development

Employee Count: 9

OFFROAD develops an AI-powered identity security platform, allowing enterprises to investigate, govern, and autonomously remediate identity risks across human and machine identities, applications, service accounts, and AI agents.

New Funding Raised: $7M, Seed

Round Investors: Ibex Investors (lead), Skywell Capital Partners (lead)

🚀Growth Focus: Support its efforts to build what it describes as an AI-powered identity security team capable of operating across fragmented enterprise systems.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Business Wire

HQ: New York, NY

Industry: Computer and Network Security

Employee Count: 18

Willow develops an enterprise AI enablement platform, enabling organizations to securely connect AI agents to internal systems with built-in access controls, governance, auditing, and runtime security.

New Funding Raised: $7M, Seed

Round Investors: Hetz Ventures (lead), Avishai Abrahami, Nir Zohar

🚀Growth Focus: Enhance its next phase growth and go-to-market strategies, while accelerating product development.

Press: PR Newswire, Pulse 2.0

HQ: New York, NY

Industry: Computer and Network Security

Employee Count: 9

Zazume’s property management platform supports owners in transforming their real estate properties into serviced homes, allowing homeowners to find tenants for homes and get complete support through the renting process.

New Funding Raised: €2.5M, Series A

Round Investors: GTV Capital (lead), Nordstar (lead), Sabadell Venture Capital

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate its expansion across the country's residential rental market.

Press: EU-Startups, Startup Researcher

HQ: Barcelona, Spain

Industry: Real Estate

Employee Count: 37

Lune & Wild provides organic children's meals that support healthy eating habits for infants and young children, enabling parents to seek nutritious options for their kids while adhering to environmentally friendly packaging and sourcing practices.

New Funding Raised: €2.3M, Series A

Round Investors: Guinness Ventures (lead), Harry Bloice, Rupy Aujla, Doug Struthers

🚀Growth Focus: Support to increase production capacity, expand retail partnerships, including its recent launch on Ocado.com, and support marketing and hiring.

Press: Startup Rise EU, EU-Startups

HQ: London, England

Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Employee Count: 14

Ingenix develops a multimodal generative AI platform that simulates clinical trials and predicts outcomes across biological systems, allowing pharmaceutical and clinical research teams to improve drug development decisions and reduce trial uncertainty.

New Funding Raised: €13M, Seed

Round Investors: Sofinnova Partners (lead), OTB Ventures, Inovo.vc

🚀Growth Focus: Scale the development of its engine and improve its work with pharma and biotech partners.

Press: Yahoo Finance, Startup Researcher

HQ: Warsaw, Poland

Industry: Biotechnology Research

Employee Count: 36

Bayshore operates an AI-driven legal and compliance platform that automates complex regulatory processes while maintaining safety and controllability, enabling users to navigate complex rules seamlessly, reduce administrative burdens, and remain audit-ready without slowing down operations.

New Funding Raised: $8M, Seed

Round Investors: Earlybird Venture Capital (lead), Lucid Capital, BOOOM, Heliad AG

🚀Growth Focus: Support to continue developing its platform, expand its team, and support deployments for customers operating in highly regulated industries.

Press: Pulse 2.0, Tech.eu

HQ: Munich, Germany

Industry: Software Development

Employee Count: 10