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Latest AI startup funding news, investment rounds, Series A/B/C announcements, and venture capital activity in the artificial intelligence sector.
Farsoon Technologies plans up to 3.91 billion yuan private placement for AM capacity and global expansion
Farsoon Technologies, the publicly listed Chinese industrial 3D printing OEM, disclosed on April 29, 2026, a plan to raise up to 3.91 billion yuan (approximately $540 million) through a private share...
Wuhan Ruiyi New Materials Closes Multi-Million Yuan Funding Round for Solid-State Electrolyte Production
Wuhan Ruiyi New Materials, a developer of oxide-based solid-state electrolyte materials for solid-state batteries, has completed a new funding round worth tens of millions of yuan (RMB). The round was...
KOMPAS VC closes €160M Fund II for industrial tech startups
KOMPAS VC, an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, has announced the final close of its second fund at €160 million. The fund attracted continued backing from existin...
Firestorm Labs Raises $82M Series B for Containerized Defense AM Platform
Firestorm Labs, a San Diego-based defense technology company, announced an $82 million Series B funding round on April 29, 2026, bringing its total raised to $153 million. The round was led by Washing...
Velo3D raises $50M in stock offering led by Cantor Fitzgerald, Elmet IPO also underwritten
Velo3D has raised $50 million through a registered direct offering of 3.57 million shares priced at $14 each, with Cantor Fitzgerald serving as sole book-running manager. The deal, expected to close a...
Farsoon Technologies to Raise $5.4 Billion for AM Capacity Expansion and Global Platform
On April 29, 2026, Changsha-based Farsoon Technologies announced a plan to raise up to 39.1 billion Chinese yuan (approximately $5.4 billion USD) through a private placement of shares to specific inve...
Industrial 3D printing startup StellarStack closes tens of millions RMB angel round for core tech and commercial expansion
Chinese industrial metal 3D printing startup StellarStack (叠序宇宙科技) has closed a tens of millions RMB angel round in April 2026, the company announced. The funding will be directed toward core technolo...
DOE Opens $10M+ HPC4Mfg Solicitation for Small Manufacturers Using Supercomputers
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation announced a new solicitation under the High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program on April 28, 202...
Rochefort Asset Management Closes Senior Secured Loan for Firehawk Aerospace to Scale Domestic Propulsion and Munitions Capacity
Rochefort Asset Management, a U.S. national security-focused investment firm licensed under the Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital, has closed a senior secured loan for Firehawk Aerospace...
Eclipse raises $1.3B across two funds to back manufacturing and robotics startups
Eclipse Capital has raised $1.3 billion across two funds — $720 million in Eclipse Fund VI and $591 million in Early Growth Fund III — to invest in startups focused on physical AI, robotics, automatio...
ANU spin-out Syenta raises $37M for chip interconnect tech using electrochemical AM
Syenta, a semiconductor technology company spun out from the Australian National University, has secured $37 million in funding from the Australian Government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporatio...
Beehive Industries wins USD 29.7M U.S. Air Force contract to advance 3D-printed jet engine production
Beehive Industries has secured a USD 29.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, awarded through the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the SOSSEC Consortium. The funding will accelerate de...
ELEGOO closes 500M+ yuan (USD 73M) Series B+ round led by Meituan, six months after DJI investment
Zhinengpai Technology, the Shenzhen-based parent company of consumer 3D printer brand ELEGOO, closed a Series B+ funding round exceeding 500 million yuan (approximately USD 73 million) on April 20, 20...
3D-FAB opens applications for 2026 crowdfunding support program for 3D printing startups
Seoul-based 3D-FAB, operated by the 3D Printing Research Association under the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, has opened applications for its 2026 crowdfund...
Ethereal Machines raises USD 28.5 million in Series B led by Avataar for AM expansion
Bengaluru-based Ethereal Machines has secured INR 264.5 crore (approximately USD 28.5 million) in a Series B funding round led by Avataar Venture Partners, with participation from Peak XV Partners, No...
Capital-A secures Rs 160 crore first close for Fund II, targets manufacturing and deeptech startups
Capital-A, an operator-led venture capital firm based in India, has announced the first close of its second fund at Rs 160 crore (approximately $19 million). The fund targets a base corpus of Rs 300 c...
Capital-A raises Rs 160 crore first close of Fund II, targeting manufacturing and deeptech startups
Capital-A, a venture capital firm led by founder and lead investor Ankit Kedia, has raised Rs 160 crore (approximately $19 million) in the first close of its second fund. The fund targets a total base...
India launches ₹10,000 crore deep tech and manufacturing startup fund
The Indian government has launched the ₹10,000 crore (approximately $1.2 billion) Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 (FoF 2.0), a structured capital initiative managed by SIDBI through SEBI-registered Ca...
Freemelt triples revenue to $5.9M, secures follow-on defense order for E-PBF qualification
Swedish electron beam powder bed fusion (E-PBF) specialist Freemelt has received a follow-on order from an unnamed leading Swedish defense company, moving from feasibility study into proof-of-concept...
Daejeon City secures 2 billion KRW to support 20 defense and aerospace startups, including 3D printing-based firms
Daejeon City has been selected for South Korea's '2026 Regional Advanced Manufacturing Startup Scale-up Support Project,' securing 2 billion KRW (approximately $1.5 million USD, including 1.4 billion...