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Mantel, the carbon-capture startup based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced a US$18 million strategic investment from Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV) and Azimut Investments, alongside existing investors. The round brings the company’s total funding to US$50 million and will support commercial deployment of its molten-borate CO₂-capture
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Mundi, a Mexican fintech that finances exporters, has secured a credit facility of up to US$150 million from Column, a nationally chartered US bank. The agreement is Column's first credit arrangement with a financial technology company focused on cross-border trade in Mexico. Combined with recent renewals
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Network Bio, a Palo Alto biotechnology company building disease-specific artificial intelligence models trained on human biological data, launched on August 19 with US$50 million in financing. Section 32 led the round, joined by Thiel Bio, Founders Fund, Breyer Capital, Blue Venture Fund, JSL Health Capital, and other life
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Flash, a Brazilian platform for managing corporate benefits, expenses, and human resources operations, has raised R$150 million, roughly US$29 million, in a Series D round led by Battery Ventures and investor Kevin Efrusy, with Endeavor Catalyst entering the cap table for the first time. The round follows a
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Apollo Atomics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts company spun out of MIT research, has raised US$31 million in seed funding led by Firsthand Venture Capital. Y Combinator, Telesoft Partners, Alumni Ventures, Robinhood Ventures, Nucleation Capital, Pelion VC, and Duke Capital Partners participated, along with angel investors including Y Combinator co-founder
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Ampaire, a Long Beach, California company developing hybrid-electric propulsion for regional aircraft, has raised US$19 million in a Series B round led by DiamondStream Partners, bringing total funding to US$68 million. The round drew two airline corporate venture arms: Alaska Star Ventures, backed by Alaska Air Group,
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Etched has raised US$700 million at a US$21 billion valuation in a round led by the quantitative trading firm Jane Street, roughly doubling the US$10.3 billion valuation it carried in July 2026 and quadrupling the US$5 billion it was assigned in December 2025. Existing backers
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Atera Energy, a Colombian energy services company led by chief executive Luis Felipe Vélez Restrepo and backed by Celsia, the utility arm of Grupo Argos, and Canadian asset manager Brookfield, is entering the Mexican market with a commitment reported at between US$350 million and US$500 million. Startups Latam
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Beacon, a Brazilian wealth management platform built for technology founders, has acquired 314 Capital, an asset manager founded in 2023 by Natan Epstein. The transaction was structured as a share exchange with no cash involved, and financial terms were not disclosed. The 314 Capital brand will cease to exist, and