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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round UPS raised.
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Profile of Brett Adcock probing Figure's $39 billion valuation, narrow robot deployments, disputed claims involving BMW and OpenAI, and his habit of raising vast sums for ventures like Hark before products ship.
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Australian drone delivery firm Swoop Aero marked a million deliveries, received a USAID grant, added $10 million from Levitate Capital to its Series B, and plans a future raise.
Blackbird's founder chat interviews HIVERY's Franki Chamaki on the company's origins in a Coca-Cola hackathon, its values, and its growth plans following this year's Series B round.
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A funding roundup covering Hnry's trans-Tasman expansion raise, Josef's legal-tech round with US investors, and Beta Technologies' large electric aircraft Series A backed by Amazon's climate fund.
Biotech Vaxxas has won a US government award via BARDA worth US$22 million to advance its needle-free vaccine patch for pandemic influenza; the piece recalls founding backing from OneVentures, Brandon Capital, MRCF and HealthCare Ventures.