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Hical Technologies Announces Commercial Launch and First Delivery of Indigenous Coreless BLDC Motor for Space Applications
India, 2nd September, 2026: Hical Technologies today announced the commercial launch and first customer delivery of its indigenously developed Coreless Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor for space applications, strengthening India’s ability to manufacture mission-critical satellite components locally. The product addresses a critical domestic capability gap in a technology category that has traditionally relied on imports. The […]
Nexeon Raises £100M to Scale Silicon Anode Battery Technology
Silicon has always looked like the obvious answer. It can hold around 10 times more lithium by mass than graphite, which makes it extraordinarily attractive for lithium-ion batteries. The problem is what happens when it actually does the job. Silicon expands as it charges, contracts as it discharges, and can gradually destroy the electrode around […]
a16z Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund for AI Hardware and Infrastructure
For most of the software era, money could buy engineers, distribution and time. It could not instantly erase a two-year technical lead. AI infrastructure is beginning to change that equation. More compute, memory, networking and electricity can translate directly into more capability, which means physical capacity is becoming part of the competitive advantage again. Andreessen […]
This Week in Funding: AI Capital Spreads Into Everything Around the Model
AI still commanded the biggest checks this week, but the more interesting pattern appeared underneath them. Capital moved into GPUs, physical AI, healthcare workflows, accounting, robotics, grid storage and quantum software. The model race is increasingly creating investment opportunities in everything models need to become useful. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Alibaba raises HK$80B for […]
Voya Energy Raises $35M to Test Whether Electricity Can Travel as Metal
What if electricity did not always have to travel as electricity? Voya Energy is building around that question. Its system stores energy inside aluminum, moves that aluminum through conventional freight networks, and converts it into electricity where power is needed. A 10-foot fuel container is designed to hold roughly 100 MWh of stored energy, turning […]
Nanolope Raises €800K to Turn Buildings Into Thermal Batteries
Nanolope wants the surfaces already surrounding people inside a building to do more than divide rooms. The Berlin deep-tech company has developed retrofit panels that absorb excess heat as indoor temperatures rise and release it again when temperatures fall, effectively turning ceilings, walls and floors into passive thermal storage. Its target is the enormous stock […]
Adiabatic Technologies Raises ₹8.3 Crore to Build Batteries forMachines That Can’t Afford to Quit
Adiabatic Technologies, a Maharashtra-based startup, has raised ₹8.3 crore in seed funding to build custom lithium-ion batteries for demanding machines like warehouse robots, drones, and defense equipment – the kind of systems where a dead battery means real downtime. The round was co-led by Malpani Ventures and Avinya Ventures, with Appreciate Capital, DeVC, Operators Studio, […]
ICEYE Wins First Scaleup Europe Fund Investment
Europe has spent years producing promising technology companies. The harder task has been giving them enough growth capital to scale globally without moving their centre of gravity elsewhere. ICEYE has now become the first investment made by the Scaleup Europe Fund, a European Commission-initiated vehicle managed by EQT. The fund co-led ICEYE’s recently announced €1 […]
Valar Atomics Raises $1B Series B Led by Sequoia Capital
Valar Atomics has raised a $1 billion Series B led by Sequoia Capital to move its nuclear reactor platform from demonstration into mass production. The company also secured a $200 million credit facility led by Erebor Bank, alongside J.P. Morgan, Crescent Cove and Hercules Capital. Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire will join Valar Atomics’ board. Other […]
K2 Space Raises $500M to Scale High-Power Satellites
Smaller satellites have made space cheaper to access. K2 Space is taking the opposite approach: building larger spacecraft with more power, payload capacity and onboard capability. The Torrance, California-based company has raised a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, with participation from CapitalG, […]
Yaanendriya Secures ₹15 Cr From Piper Serica
Drones, robots and unmanned vehicles depend on accurate positioning. That becomes difficult when GPS signals are blocked, disrupted or deliberately jammed. Bengaluru-based Yaanendriya has raised ₹15 crore from Piper Serica to expand its indigenous sensing, navigation and control technologies. The capital will support research, faster product development and a wider portfolio of high-precision systems for […]
ZuriQ Raises $25.5M to Scale 2D Quantum Processors
Trapped-ion quantum computers are known for accuracy, but scaling them remains difficult. Most systems arrange ions in a single line, which becomes harder to control as more qubits are added. ZuriQ is trying to solve that problem by spreading ions across a two-dimensional chip. The ETH Zürich spinout has raised $25.5 million in Seed funding, […]