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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$500 million. Startups Latam
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TravelX, a Miami-based company that sells airlines software to squeeze extra revenue out of tickets already sold, announced on August 19, 2026 that Kaszek — Latin America's largest venture capital firm — has made what the company called a substantial investment, bringing TravelX's total funding to US$
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Abcuro, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Newton, Massachusetts, announced on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the closing of a US$66 million Series D financing led by New Leaf Venture Partners, an existing investor. Rock Springs Capital is the only new name in the round. Returning backers include funds
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Codio, a Cambridge, Massachusetts company that sells a learning experience platform to universities and workforce training providers, said on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, that it had raised US$5 million in strategic growth financing led by Armada Investment. The company said the money will fund expanded operations and product development.
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Reach Capital, the San Francisco venture firm founded in 2015, announced on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the close of an oversubscribed fifth fund at US$265 million. The firm was co-founded by Jennifer Carolan, Shauntel Garvey, Wayee Chu and Esteban Sosnik; Carolan, Chu and Sosnik remain co-founders and
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Astute, a New York-based B2B marketing startup founded in 2025 by Vida Stanić and Abhishek Manikandan, raised an oversubscribed US$1.2 million pre-seed round and launched its creator-partnership platform. The financing included Flyer One Ventures, Silicon Gardens, Marathon Fund, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator and strategic angels. The
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Palona AI, a Palo Alto, California company legally incorporated as Proactive AI Lab Inc., announced on August 17, 2026 that it had closed its Series A financing and unveiled what it calls a multimodal AI operating layer for physical businesses. The company said the round brings total funding to US$
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Naran, a mobility financing and fleet infrastructure company registered in the United Arab Emirates, said on August 13, 2026 that it had raised US$10 million in a combination of equity and debt from Landel, a UAE investment firm. The company was founded in 2025 by Bayaskhalan Alexeev, who serves