Western Hemisphere

Western Hemisphere delivers concise, curated news and insights on capital markets, investment trends, and venture activity across the Americas for forward‑looking investors.
25
Aug

Autonomy Lands $8M Series A to Put 10,000 Cars in Drivers' Hands by 2027

Autonomy, a Buenos Aires-based mobility and financial services startup, has closed a Series A round of $8 million to
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25
Aug

Quintessent Raises US$40M Series A to Scale AI Datacenter Laser Chips

Quintessent, a Santa Barbara, California-based maker of optical interconnect chips for AI data centers, raised US$40 million in
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25
Aug

Starcloud Raises US$250M to Scale Orbital Data Centers Amid Tightening Launch Capacity

Starcloud, a Redmond, Washington-based startup building orbital data centers and space-based GPU infrastructure, raised a US$250 million
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24
Aug

Real and RE/MAX Complete US$880 Million Merger to Build Global Real Estate Platform

The Real Brokerage Inc. and RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. completed their previously announced business combination on August 24, 2026, forming
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24
Aug

Mantel Raises US$18M From Constellation and Azimut to Scale Industrial Carbon Capture

Mantel, the carbon-capture startup based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced a US$18 million strategic investment from Constellation Technology Ventures
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21
Aug

Mundi and Column Partner on a US$150 Million Facility for Mexico-US Trade Finance

Mundi, a Mexican fintech that finances exporters, has secured a credit facility of up to US$150 million from Column,
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21
Aug

Network Bio Launches With $50M to Train AI on Patient Tissue From Major US Hospitals

Network Bio, a Palo Alto biotechnology company building disease-specific artificial intelligence models trained on human biological data, launched on
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21
Aug

Flash Raises US$29 Million Series D Led by Battery Ventures to Fund AI and Acquisitions

Flash, a Brazilian platform for managing corporate benefits, expenses, and human resources operations, has raised R$150 million, roughly US$
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20
Aug

Apollo Atomics Secures $31 Million to Turn Proven Reactor Technology Into a Factory-Built Product

Apollo Atomics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts company spun out of MIT research, has raised US$31 million in seed funding led
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20
Aug

Ampaire Lands $19M to Certify a Hybrid Engine That Cuts Regional Fuel Burn by More Than Half

Ampaire, a Long Beach, California company developing hybrid-electric propulsion for regional aircraft, has raised US$19 million in a
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