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Venture Capital
• Quantum Systems, a German drone startup, is in talks to raise around €600m from firms like Airbus and Blackstone, per Bloomberg. Go deeper
• Mind Robotics, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based industrial robotics spinout from Rivian, raised $400m. Kleiner Perkins led, joined by Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, SV Angel, Incharge Capital, A* Capital, and Garuda Ventures. Go deeper
• Fractile, a developer of inference hardware for AI, raised a $220m Series B. Accel, Factorial Funds, and Founders Fund led, joined by Conviction, Gigascale, O1A, Felicis, Buckley Ventures, and 8VC. Go deeper
🌎 Oishii, a Jersey City, N.J.-based vertical farm company, raised a $150m Series C led by Sparx Asset Management, with participation from Nomura Real Estate Development, Misumi Group, and Mizuho Bank. Go deeper
🚑 UroMems, a French developer of implantable stress urinary incontinence treatments, raised $60m from Ajax Health. Go deeper
🌎 Mantle8, a French hydrogen exploration startup, raised a €31m Series A. Sandwater led, joined by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Ecotechnologies 2, IP Group, Wind Capital, and Calderion. Go deeper
💊 BranchLab, a Boulder, Colo.-based pharma commercialization platform, raised a $26m Series A. McKesson Ventures led, joined by FCA Venture Partners, Sanofi Ventures and AIX Ventures. Go deeper
🚑 Anomaly Insights, an NYC-based provider of health care RCM tools, raised $17m. Sound Ventures led, joined by Alumni Ventures, Link Ventures, Redesign Health, and RRE Ventures. Go deeper
• Outmarket AI, an SF-based AI platform for insurers, raised a $17m Series A. Permanent Capital Ventures led, joined by SignalFire, Fika Ventures, TTV Capital, and Dash Fund. Go deeper
💊 Avant Genomics, a Charlottesville, Va.-based liquid biopsy sample prep company, raised $3m from TitletownTech, Halyard Ventures, Virginia Venture Partners, CAV Angels, and Global Impact Fund. Go deeper
• Dolfin, a Barcelona-based sales incentive and commission platform, raised a €2.1m seed. Swanlaab led, joined by Archipelago Next, Inveready, and Dozen. Go deeper
• Holmes, a Belgian software quality assurance startup, raised a €1.1m pre-seed. Syndicate One led, joined by NewSchool, RDY, and 100IN. Go deeper
💊 Autoimmunity BioSolutions, a Houston-based immuno-corrective therapy company, raised a $1m seed extension led by Eos BioInnovation. Go deeper
Private Equity
• Boyne Capital invested in YZY Fragrances, a Miami-based fragrance company that makes perfumes, colognes, and body mists. Go deeper
• Citation Capital invested in World Travel Holdings, the Florida-based parent of cruise agencies Dream Vacations and CruiseOne. Go deeper
• Gallant Capital Partners invested in NCCO, a St. Paul, Minn.-based provider of food service labels and consumables. Go deeper
• Good Springs Capital invested in Snyder Environmental Services, a Kearneysville, W.Va.-based provider of environmental and infrastructure services to the water, stormwater, and wastewater markets. Go deeper
• IK Partners completed its acquisition of Rhétorès Group, a French financial advisor focused on HNW individuals. Go deeper
• ve2ventures, an Athvance Capital portfolio company, acquired Content Stadium, a Dutch content operations platform focused on sports. Go deeper
Liquidity
• Carta, the SF-based cap table management platform, acquired compliance law firm Avantia, backed by Smedvig Ventures, Acequia Capital and Hoxton Ventures. Go deeper
It's Personnel
• Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPrize, was appointed to the board of Rockefeller Capital Management. Go deeper
• Kenneth Auchenberg joined Innovation Endeavors as a partner. He previously was with AlleyCorp. Go deeper
• Golub Capital promoted president David Golub to co-CEO, alongside brother Lawrence Golub. Go deeper
• Jordan Elkin joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a restructuring-focused partner. He previously was with Kirkland & Ellis. Go deeper
• Jessica Carey Lauria and Marc Beilinson were appointed board members and senior advisors at Ensis Partners. Go deeper
