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Thursday 24 September 2026
TEKEVER raises $580M for defence drones
- Chart of the day Unicorn conversion by years since Seed.
- Just raised TEKEVER $580M, Enveda Biosciences $311M, Hubble Network $200M.
- Just founded Toadworx, Moonshot, Limosa Immunodiagnostics.
- In the news Mastercard exits Pine Labs entirely in $110M block deal, and two more stories.
Chart of the day
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Of the startups that raised a $1M–$4M Seed round in 2015–2019, 2.8% in the Bay Area became unicorns within six years. In London it was 1.2%. The faded lines are the two earlier cohorts, 2005–2009 and 2010–2014, tracked for longer.
Just raised
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TEKEVERLisbon$580M Series DAI-powered autonomous UAS and surveillance-as-a-service for defence and maritime security. Led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford.
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Enveda BiosciencesBoulder$311M Series EAI-native biotech discovering oral medicines from life's chemistry. Led by Catalio Capital Management.
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Hubble NetworkSeattle$200M Series CGlobal Bluetooth-to-satellite connectivity for everyday IoT devices.
By country
- US$36B
- China$6.2B
- France$4.6B
- UK$3.4B
- Netherlands$907M
- India$852M
By sector
- Enterprise software$17B
- Health$8.5B
- Energy$7.3B
- Semiconductors$6.5B
- Transportation$6.3B
- Security$5.7B
$59B across 1,712 rounds in September so far, by headquarters and by sector.
Just founded
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ToadworxWichita$25K raised
Affordable night vision and tactical hardware.
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JHLogan Schraeder, Blain Egan & Jed Heersche founded it. Schraeder worked at US Department of Defense, Special Operations Command and Textron Aviation. Egan worked at Pizza Hut and Mid Continent Controls. -
MoonshotSan Francisco$125K raised
Personal intelligence that lives on your iPhone and listens 24/7.
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TYDylan Pak, Ojas Kandhare & Tario You founded it. Pak worked at Keiretsu Forum Toronto and Digital Mapping Solutions. Kandhare worked at Uwmheartinstitute and RunwayAI. -
Limosa ImmunodiagnosticsEmmen$385K raised
Platform for high-sensitivity, single-cell T-cell proliferation analysis.
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GVFrans Bianchi & Geert van den Bogaart both studied at University of Groningen.
In the news
View all news stories- Mastercard exits Pine Labs entirely in $110M block deal
Mastercard has sold its entire 4.31% stake in Indian fintech Pine Labs for Rs 933.5 crore (about $110 million) through a bulk deal on the BSE on Tuesday.
- Eight Sleep's Pod 6 launches at $1,999 with half-size hub, 9x more sensors
Eight Sleep has launched Pod 6, the sixth generation of its smart sleep system, starting at $1,999 — the most accessible price in the company's history.
- Spire wins $33.2M NOAA weather-data deal, could double to $66M
Spire Global has secured a $33.2m contract from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to supply atmospheric data for two years.
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