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| 03.04.2026 | Autonomous Maritime Future: Saronic Lands $1.75 Billion | Saronic Technologies secured a landmark $1.75 billion in Series D funding. This catapults its valuation to $9.25 billion. Lead investor Kleiner Perkins spearheads the round. The capital fuels aggressive expansion of autonomous surface vesse... |
| 01.04.2026 | Saronic: $1.75 Billion Raised For Autonomous Maritime Shipbuilding Expansion At $9.25 Billion Valuation | Saronic Technologies has raised $1.75 billion in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $9.25 billion, as it accelerates efforts to scale autonomous shipbuilding and strengthen maritime capabilities for the U.S. and its allies.
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| 31.03.2026 | Saronic Raises $1.75 Billion in Series D Funding | Saronic Technologies, an Austin, TX-based defense technology company, raised $1.75 Billion in Series D funding, at $9.25 Billion valuation.
The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Advent International, Bessemer Venture... |
| 31.03.2026 | Saronic raises $1.75B at $9.25B valuation to gear up autonomous ship production
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Cookies | Autonomous ship building startup Saronic Technologies Inc. announced today that it has raised $1.75 billion in new late-stage funding on a $9.25 billion valuation to deliver autonomous platforms at large scale across defense and commercial ... |
| 06.03.2026 | Endor Labs launches free tool AURI after study finds only 10% of AI-generated code is secure | Endor Labs, the application security startup backed by more than $208 million in venture funding, today launched AURI, a platform that embeds real-time security intelligence directly into the AI coding tools that are reshaping how software ... |
| 10.02.2026 | Positron AI Achieves Unicorn Status, Fuels Energy-Efficient AI Inference Innovation | Positron AI secured $230 million in Series B funding, achieving a post-money valuation exceeding $1 billion. This confirms unicorn status. The company champions energy-efficient AI inference hardware. Its flagship next-generation custom sil... |
| 04.02.2026 | Positron AI: $230 Million Series B At $1+ Billion Valuation Closed For Inference Hardware Platform | Positron AI said it raised an oversubscribed $230 million Series B at a post-money valuation exceeding $1 billion to scale what it describes as energy-efficient AI inference hardware and accelerate development of its next-generation custom ... |
| 26.09.2025 | Modular Secures $250M to Reshape AI Hardware Landscape | Modular, an AI software innovator, just raised $250 million. This propels its valuation to $1.6 billion. The funding targets Nvidia's powerful grip on AI computing. Modular's platform allows AI applications to run across diverse chips. No c... |
| 24.09.2025 | Modular raises $250M to simplify AI deployment across hardware
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Cookies | Artificial intelligence startup Modular Inc. said today it has raised $250 million in its third financing round, valuing the company at $1.6 billion.
The round was led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology fund, with DFJ Growth joining.... |
| 24.09.2025 | AI startup Modular raises $250 million, seeks to challenge Nvidia dominance | Synopsis
The funding, which nearly tripled the company's valuation from two years ago, was led by U.S. Innovative Technology fund. DFJ Growth and all existing investors, including GV, General Catalyst and Greylock also joined the round.
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| 31.07.2025 | Positron Rises: A New Era for AI Inference Chips | Positron directly challenges Nvidia in AI inference chips. It offers energy-efficient, memory-optimized hardware. Atlas, its current chip, slashes power consumption and costs for enterprise AI. Titan, launching 2026, targets future superint... |
| 30.07.2025 | Positron AI: $51.6 Million Raised For Transforming GenAI With High-Performance Compute Systems | Positron AI, a leader in American-made semiconductors and inference hardware, announced the closing of a $51.6 million oversubscribed Series A round, raising over $75 million this year. Led by Valor Equity, Atreides Management, and DFJ Grow... |
| 29.07.2025 | Positron believes it has found the secret to take on Nvidia in AI inference chips — here’s how it could benefit enterprises | Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now
As demand for large-scale AI deployment skyrockets, the lesser-known, private chip ... |
| 28.07.2025 | Positron AI Secures $51.6 Million in Oversubscribed Series A | Positron AI, a company that Oakseed co-led the pre-seed round in 2023, has raised over $50M in an oversubscribed series A. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management and DFJ Growth. Additional investment came from Flume... |
| 05.02.2025 | Hidden Level Soars with $65 Million Series C Funding | In the bustling heart of New York City, a tech company is making waves. Hidden Level, a pioneer in passive radar and radio frequency sensing technology, has secured $65 million in Series C funding. This significant investment marks a crucia... |
| 03.02.2025 | Hidden Level closes $65M Series C round | Hidden Level, a maker of sensing technology for detecting and locating drones, has captured $65 million in Series C capital to further expand its manufacturing capacity and staff.
This round closes approximately six months after Hidden Leve... |
| 10.05.2022 | Osmind Secures $40M to Expand Mental Health EHR Platform | What You Should Know:
– Osmind, a mental health EHR platform helping clinicians and researchers advance new life-saving mental health treatments, today announced a $40 million Series B investment led by DFJ Growth. The Series B round brings... |
| 14.12.2021 | 7 investors discuss web3’s present and peer into its future | Most people have experienced the internet only through Web 2.0: online applications, the social web and software as a service form the fabric of our lives.
But even as other technology rapidly evolves, basic web infrastructure has remained ... |
| 26.07.2021 | Brief: NotCo bags $235m funding to enhance its discovery AI for plant-based protein | Chilean alt-protein company NotCo has raised $235 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global with DFJ Growth and Zomalab among the others to invest. Sports stars Roger Federer and Lewis Hamilton also participated in the fundraise.
The S... |
| 26.05.2021 | Advent International : Salt Security Raises $70 million in Series C Funding to Expand Global Operations and Meet Surging Demand for API Security | PALO ALTO, Calif. - May 26, 2021 -Salt Security, the leading API security company, today announced it has secured $70 million in Series C funding, led by Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced private equity investors... |
| 04.03.2021 | London-based Virtual Events platform Hopin raises $400 million in series C funding | If you’re in the event business, you already know Hopin. If you’re not in the event business, you’re about to know Hopin thanks to a $400 million series C funding round.
Co-led by new investors Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst and e... |
| 12.01.2021 | Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko on their new fund, SPACs and the great tech exodus | Future Ventures — cofounded by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko, a colleague of Jurvetson at his last firm, DFJ, as well as an investor previously with Airbus Ventures and Khosla Ventures — has closed it... |
| 09.10.2020 | Neocis bagged US$72m funds by Vivo Capital and DFJ Growth | - |
| 08.10.2020 | Neocis raises $72M from DFJ, Fred Moll, others for its dental surgery robot | Neocis has raised $72 million in funding to help support its groundbreaking robotic surgery system for use in dental implant procedures.
The company’s series D round was led by DFJ Growth, with additional backing from Vivo Capital, Mithril ... |
| 08.10.2020 | Neocis raises $72M from DFJ, Fred Moll, others for its dental surgery robot | Neocis has raised $72 million in funding to help support its groundbreaking robotic surgery system for use in dental implant procedures.
Sponsored by Agilent Technologies
How would you like to win free bench space at Lab Central for one sci... |
| 20.04.2017 | DFJ Growth closes its third fund with $535 million | DFJ Growth, the 11-year-old growth-stage arm of the 31-year-old Sand Hill Road firm, has closed its third vehicle with $535 million, slightly more than it was targeting when it began fundraising in the spring of last year. It had closed its... |
| 25.01.2017 | Connected doorbell startup Ring raises $109 million from DFJ, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, others | From beds to fridges and beyond, the so-called Internet of Things took a giant leap forward in 2016, with consumers the world over encouraged to connect the most random of household items to the internet.
The new year is setting off on a si... |
| 25.01.2017 | Connected doorbell startup Ring raises $109 million from DFJ, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, others | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
From beds to fridges and beyond, the so-called Internet of Things took a giant leap forward in 2016, with consumers the world over enco... |
| 25.01.2017 | Ring Secures $109 Million Led by DFJ Growth and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners | LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ring, the leader in neighborhood security, today announced it has raised $109 million from DFJ Growth, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners and Qualcomm Ventures, with additional participation from Sir Richard Bra... |
| 24.07.2016 | David Dubick Joins DFJ Growth as Principal | David Dubick has joined the DFJ Growth investment team as a Principal.
Dubick – which is joining after spending the last two years investing in early stage technology companies at Lightspeed Venture Partners where he sourced or managed inve... |
| 21.06.2016 | DFJ Growth is targeting a new, $500 million fund | DFJ Growth, the 10-year-old growth-stage arm of the 30-year-old Sand Hill Road firm, is raising a new $500 million fund, suggests an SEC filing first flagged by Fortune.
The timing fits the narrative of many Silicon Valley venture firms, ma... |
| 17.12.2015 | Randy Glein of DFJ Growth On Today’s Crazy Late-Stage Market | DFJ, the renowned Sand Hill Road Firm, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. At the same time, its low-flying, later-stage offshoot, DFJ Growth, is turning 10.
This week, we caught up with DFJ Growth cofounder Randy Glein to unders... |
| 02.10.2015 | DFJ Growth Leads $90M Round for Green Lender Renovate America | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Renovate America, a San Diego company that finances solar panel installations and other sustainability-focused imrpovements for residential and commercial buildings, said yest... |
| 02.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 2, 2015 | Renovate America collected $90M; Dome9 Security raised $8.3M; Zeemee landed $5.8M
Propeller Aerobotics, a start-up that uses drones to make 3D maps for mining and construction companies has raised $1 million from investors including fund Bl... |
| 09.09.2015 | DevOps Automation Service Chef Raises $40M Series E Round Led By DFJ Growth | The Seattle-based DevOps and IT automation service Chef today announced that it has raised a $40 million Series E round led by DFJ Growth, DFJ’s fund for investing in $10 million+ rounds. One part of this round worth $32 million already clo... |
| 09.09.2015 | Chef raises $40M to expand globally, meet growing demand for IT automation technology | Chef CEO Barry Crist addresses the crowd at the company’s headquarters in Seattle.
Demand for Chef’s technology is increasing exponentially, and now the Seattle company is raising its largest funding round yet to help support the growth. Ch... |
| 09.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 9, 2015 | Didi Kuaidi scored $1B; Chef bagged $40M; Primus Power raised $25M
The battle for supremacy among e-hailing services in China is heating up, and fast. In the same week that Uber revealed that it has raised an additional $1.2 billion to expa... |
| 28.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 28, 2015 | Deliveroo took $70M; Kareo pulled in $55M; MacroFab closed $2M
Deliveroo, a food delivery startup based in the United Kingdom, took a $70 million round, according to a report from VentureBeat. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital and Inde... |
| 25.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 25, 2015 | Postmates landed $80M; Bitsight raised $23M; Celect nabbed $5M Postmates, a delivery platform, raised an $80 million funding round led by Tiger Global Management. A Postmates spokesperson also revealed to VatorNews that Slow Ventures partic... |
| 19.06.2015 | WeddingWire acquires GayWeddings.com [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S MAKING MOVES?
WeddingWire acquired GayWeddings.com.
GovLoop acquired TMGov, an Alexandria-based talent management network.
Earlier this month, MapQuest decided to start using Mapbox maps, and here’s why that makes sense. On the heels ... |
| 17.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 17, 2015 | LeadPages secured $27M; Doctor On Demand closed $50M; Mapbox landed $52.6M
Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides video visits with board-certified physicians on a patient's smartphone closed a $50 million round of Series B fi... |
| 17.06.2015 | Mapbox just raised $52.55 million | Mapbox, the D.C.-based mapping software we just profiled yesterday, announced today it has raised a $52.55 million Series B round.
“This is more than just creating the best mapping platform,” wrote CEO Eric Gundersen on the company’s blog. ... |
| 17.06.2015 | Mapbox Raises $52.6M Led By DFJ To Be The “Map Layer” For All Apps | With questions swirling over who may end up buying Nokia’s mapping division Here, a startup trying to disrupt it and other big boys like Google has raised some major funding. Mapbox, a developer of customizable maps used by third-party apps... |
| 01.06.2015 | Analyze This: Sumo Logic Raises $80M To Expand Data Analytics Service | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Redwood City, CA-based Sumo Logic is announcing an $80 million funding round today that will support a doubling of its staff and help it keep pace with customer demand for its... |
| 09.05.2014 | DFJ Closes Growth Fund at $470M | In a recent post, DFJ announced the close of its Growth Fund, at $470m.
The fund, combined with DFJ Venture XI, the $325m early-stage focused fund announced in February 2014 (read here), gave the firm nearly $800m in capital to be invested ... |
| 05.05.2014 | Box, Foursquare, SpaceX Backer DFJ Growth Raises $470M For Later-Stage Investments | DFJ Growth, the DFJ investment practice that focuses on later-stage investments in technology startups, has closed its latest fund of $470 million. This was an oversubscribed round that fund co-founder and MD Barry Schuler tells me was orig... |
| 19.12.2013 | Foursquare raises $35M from DFJ and Capital Group | Checkin service is turning itself around after taking on $41 million in debt earlier this year.
(Updated to reflect additional comment from Foursquare)
Is Foursquare on its way back?
The company, which pioneered the online check-in, saw int... |
| 25.06.2013 | Planet Labs Raises $13M From DFJ, OATV, Founders Fund To Build The World’s Largest Fleet Of Earth-Imaging Satellites | Planet Labs, a space and analytics company formerly known as Cosmogia, is announcing $13 million in funding from DFJ, Capricorn, OATV, Founders Fund Angel, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective and First Round Capital.
Planet Labs, which wa... |
| 29.02.2012 | Enterprise Social Networking Platform Yammer Raises $85M From DFJ Growth, Khosla, And Others | Enterprise social network and communications platform Yammer has finally closed that big round we and PandoDaily heard about earlier this year. The company has raised $85 million in new funding, bringing the total investment in Yammer to a ... |
| 11.10.2011 | Box raises massive $81M Series D round | The company welcomes new investors Salesforce, SAP, Bessember, and NEA
Box has seen the glory of the cloud. With seven million individuals and 77% of all Fortune 500 companies now using Box’s cloud-based content sharing service, the company... |
| 11.10.2011 | Box Raises $81M in Series D Expansion Funding | Box, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a content sharing platform, has raised $81m in a Series D expansion funding round.
Backers include salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, NEA, Andreessen Horowitz and Draper Fisher Ju... |
| 09.05.2011 | Gilt Groupe gets $138M for a $1B valuation | The flash sales giant plans to use the funds to expand its business categories
Fashion flash sales company Gilt Groupe announced Monday morning that it has raised a whopping $138 million for a valuation of $1 billion. The round was led by S... |
| 30.12.2010 | VentureBeat’s top 10 VC startup fundings in 2010 | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — at least for Silicon Valley startups in 2010. While many smaller, lesser known newbies languished as venture capital investments declined overall, those that did score, scored big, and h... |
| 12.11.2010 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/12/10 | Too many startups to list, this was definitely a killer week of funding
We covered nearly twenty startups and companies raising new venture capital this week, quite possibly a record! So much for a slumping economy. This week, we've separat... |
| 10.11.2010 | MyShape gets $5.5M for personalized shopping | The shopping site is the Pandora for women's apparel
My friends and I shop for a lot of things online: bags, shoes, scarfs, hats, picture frames, wall sconces, refrigerator magnets, assorted gadgets and doodads, but we don’t shop for clothe... |
| 21.07.2010 | DFJ May Invest $50M In India From Latest $350M Fund | US headquartered venture capital firm, DFJ has closed its latest fund- Draper Fisher Juvertson Fund X at $350 million. The monies will be used to invest across the DFJ global network comprising of 17 network partner funds spanning four cont... |
| 11.03.2010 | Incubator Betaworks raises $20M | Betaworks, the New York-based startup incubator and early-stage investor, has raised $20 million in a second round of funding.
The firm, which focuses on real-time web startups, was founded by former AOL executives John Borthwick and Andrew... |
| 11.03.2010 | Incubator Betaworks raises $20M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Betaworks, the New York-based startup incubator a... |
| 01.02.2010 | Yodle bags another $10m for local online advertising | Yodle, a company that helps local businesses advertise online, today announced it has landed round four financing of $10 million, bringing its funding total to $38 million.
According to a company spokesperson, the new round will be used to ... |
| 01.02.2010 | Yodle bags another $10m for local online advertising | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Yodle, a company that helps local businesses adve... |
| 26.11.2008 | Tween mobile provider Kajeet bags $1M | Kajeet, the cell phone service provider for kids and tweens, closed a $1.05 million second-round of venture backing to continue product and market development. The Bethesda, Md.-based company is coming off a big win last week, striking a de... |
| 17.08.2008 | DFJ To Diversify To Mid-to-Late Stage, Non-Tech Deals; Closes 17 Deals | Leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is shedding its pure early stage venture focus in India to be a stage and sector agnostic player. Globally, DFJ, which has backed companies like Skype and Baidu, has ... |
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| 24.10.2006 | Online storage co., Box.net, raises $1.5M from DFJ | Box.net, a Palo Alto start-up providing free web-based file storage and sharing, said it has raised $1.5 million in a first round of investment from venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
This is area of online storage is very crowde... |
| 27.09.2006 | DFJ has raised a $100M “Growth Fund,” may get bigger | Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the Silicon Valley firm that invested in Internet phone company Skype and Chinese search engine Baidu, has raised $100.6 million for a separate “Growth Fund” to invest in more mature companies than DFJ typically doe... |
