| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.02.2026 | Private Space Ventures Propel Next-Gen Weather Intelligence | Weather forecasting stands at a critical juncture. Record funding fuels a rapid evolution in atmospheric observation. Private innovation now drives significant advancements, surpassing traditional limitations. This new era promises unpreced... |
| 09.02.2026 | Tomorrow.io Raises $175M in Equity Financing | Tomorrow.io, a Boston, MA-based provider of space-based weather intelligence and climate resilience solutions, raised $175m in equity financing.
The round was led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners, with participation from exist... |
| 07.02.2026 | Tomorrow.io: $175 Million Closed For Weather Intelligence Platform | Tomorrow.io announced it has raised a $175 million equity financing led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners to accelerate deployment of DeepSky, which the company describes as the world’s first AI-native weather satellite constel... |
| 06.02.2026 | VulcanForms: $220 Million Series D Raised For Digital Metal Manufacturing Platform | VulcanForms, a U.S. company building a fully integrated digital metal manufacturing platform, has closed an oversubscribed $220 Million financing round to expand capacity and accelerate its technology roadmap. The Series D was led by Eclips... |
| 04.02.2026 | VulcanForms Secures $220M to Expand U.S. Production, Cut Reliance on Foreign Supply Chains | Digital manufacturing firm VulcanForms has secured $220 million in an oversubscribed financing round led by Eclipse and 1789 Capital, with participation from Washington Harbour, Fontinalis, IEQ Capital, and other investors. The funding will... |
| 03.02.2026 | VulcanForms Secures $220M: Fuels US Digital Manufacturing Surge | VulcanForms, an advanced digital metal manufacturing firm, raised $220 million in Series D funding. The capital fuels expansion of its integrated U.S. production platform. This move strengthens domestic supply chains. It reduces reliance on... |
| 02.02.2026 | VulcanForms Raises $220M in New Funding | VulcanForms, a Devens, MA-based company building an integrated digital metal manufacturing platform, raised $220M in new funding.
The round was led by Eclipse and 1789 Capital, with participation from Washington Harbour, Fontinalis, IEQ Cap... |
| 30.01.2026 | VulcanForms: $220 Million Series D Raised To Expand Integrated U.S. Digital Metal Manufacturing Platform | VulcanForms announced it has closed an oversubscribed $220 million Series D financing round to scale what it describes as the first fully integrated digital metal manufacturing platform in the United States, as demand grows for secure domes... |
| 18.06.2024 | Swift Solar Revolutionizes Solar Energy Landscape with $27 Million Funding | Swift Solar, a cutting-edge American solar technology company, has secured a significant $27 million in Series A financing to advance its development of advanced perovskite photovoltaics. Founded in 2017 by a team of leading solar technolog... |
| 18.06.2024 | Swift Solar Closes $27 Million To Develop Advanced Perovskite Photovoltaics | Swift Solar, a leading American solar technology company developing advanced perovskite photovoltaics that was founded in 2017 by a global team of leading solar technologists, the company is a spinout of MIT, Stanford University, and the Na... |
| 05.03.2024 | New geospatial data startup streamlines satellite imagery visualization | These days we have a ton of geospatial data coming off the increasing numbers of satellites circling in our atmosphere, but it takes some serious processing power and engineering prowess to turn that data into something useful.
A couple of ... |
| 29.06.2023 | Fontinalis Partners Elevates Two Principals to Partner Roles and Welcomes New Operations Team Member | "Today, [Dan and Gabe] represent two of the most experienced venture investors in the mobility theme. We are incredibly pleased to elevate them to the role of Partner, and we look forward to building the future of Fontinalis with them,... |
| 30.08.2021 | Bill Ford’s VC firm closes $104 million to spend on the next generation of transportation startups | Fontinalis Partners is a Detroit-based venture capital firm focused on next-generation mobility founded by Ford Motors chairman Bill Ford. But Fontinalis is not currently affiliated with Ford Motor Company. Founded over a decade ago, Fontin... |
| 24.08.2021 | Why the end of Katerra doesn’t mean the end of construction tech investing | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 24.08.2021 | Why the end of Katerra doesn’t mean the end of construction tech investing | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
The high profile death of Katerra, a construction tech startup that aimed to slice and dice the c... |
| 23.08.2021 | Fontinalis Partners Closes $104M Fund III | Fontinalis Partners, a mobility-focused venture firm with offices in Detroit and Boston, closed a $104m third fund.
Fontinalis III brings the firm’s total committed capital to approximately $270m, and the fund is comprised of more than 30 l... |
| 19.08.2021 | Fontinalis Partners Announces Closing of $104 Million Fund III to Invest in the Next Wave of Mobility Innovation | "New frontiers in technologies & business models are continuing to stretch the reach of the mobility theme. We are more excited about the next several years of investing than at any point in our firm's history.” - Chris Cheever, Fo... |
| 19.08.2021 | Fontinalis Partners, the early mobility-focused VC firm, rolls out a third fund | Fontinalis Partners, a 12-year-old, Detroit-based venture firm that was among the earliest early-stage venture outfits to focus squarely on mobility, has collected $104 million in capital commitments for its third and newest fund.
Investors... |
| 14.04.2021 | A quick peek inside Fontinalis, one of Detroit’s best-known young venture firms | Fontinalis, the 12-year-old, Detroit-based early stage venture firm, is known for being among the very first investing outfits to focus squarely on mobility as an overarching theme. It wasn’t a surprising mandate, given that the outfit’s co... |
| 30.11.2020 | Indoor drone company Verity raises CHF7.5 million | With over 200,000 fully autonomous flights, Verity has established itself as a leader in the autonomous indoor drone space. The company is known for supporting acts like Céline Dion, Metallica or the China Central Television New Year’s Gala... |
| 30.11.2020 | Indoor drone company Verity raises CHF7.5 million | |
| 04.10.2018 | ClimaCell Raises $45M Series B | ClimaCell?, the microweather™ technology company that finds and forecasts location-specific, short-term weather that others can’t see, announced that it has closed $45 million in Series B funding. In a weather industry that relies on small ... |
| 04.10.2018 | Canaan Leads $45M Series B for ClimaCell | ClimaCell?, the microweather™ technology company that finds and forecasts location-specific, short-term weather that others can’t see, announced that it has closed $45 million in Series B funding. In a weather industry that relies on small ... |
| 06.06.2018 | $18 million to expand indoor drones in live events | |
| 30.11.2017 | How Detroit’s automotive roots made it a hub for transportation startups | 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!
Six years and 59 days ago, I moved from San Franc... |
| 30.11.2017 | How Detroit’s automotive roots made it a hub for transportation startups | Six years and 59 days ago, I moved from San Francisco to Detroit. My friends thought I was crazy moving from one of the fastest-growing American cities to one of the most downtrodden. But I saw an opportunity: the potential for Detroit, an ... |
| 19.09.2017 | Lockheed Martin Joins $18M Series A for Humatics Corporation | Humatics Corporation, the company developing breakthrough "microlocation" products, today announced the completion of its $18 Million Series A financing. Fontinalis Partners, a venture capital firm focused on next-generation mobil... |
| 19.09.2017 | Humatics Corporation Raises $18 Million Series A | Humatics Corporation, the company developing breakthrough "microlocation" products, today announced the completion of its $18 Million Series A financing. Fontinalis Partners, a venture capital firm focused on next-generation mobil... |
| 16.05.2017 | To stop hackers from invading self-driving cars, Karamba Security raises $12 million | By 2020, an estimated 75 percent of cars will be internet-connected worldwide, according to estimates from the FBI, Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That connectivity will allow drivers to... |
| 20.10.2016 | Hangar raises $6.5 million to give companies all the drone data they want without having to fly themselves | Drones and pilots legally permitted to fly them are here in spades. So American businesses are scrambling to figure out how to use drones to gain a competitive advantage.
Recent examples saw Travelers Insurance using drones to inspect prope... |
| 29.09.2016 | Karamba Security raises $2.5 million to keep self-driving cars safe from hackers | A cybersecurity startup based in Hod Hasharon, Israel, Karamba Security, has raised $2.5 million in new Series A funding to protect internet-connected cars and self-driving vehicles from hackers.
Fontinalis Partners, a venture firm that is ... |
| 14.07.2016 | Fontinalis closes second mobility fund at $100m despite ‘challenging’ fundraising environment | Despite the fundraising environment for venture being ‘challenging’ and ‘crowded‘ during the first half of the y |
| 14.07.2016 | Detroit VC Firm with Boston Office Closes $100M Fund for Mobility Startups | Fontinalis Partners, a Detroit-based venture capital firm with a Boston office, announced on Wednesday that it has closed a second, $100 million fund for mobility startups, bringing its total capital commitment to $165 million.
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| 13.07.2016 | Venture Capital Firm Fontinalis Partners Closes Second Fund, at $100M | Detroit and Boston-based venture capital firm Fontinalis Partners closed its second fund, at $100m.
Fontinalis Capital Partners II will continue the firm’s focus of investing in in next-generation mobility companies with focus areas includi... |
| 13.07.2016 | Fontinalis Raises $100M for Second Fund | Detroit-based Fontinalis Partners, which invests in transportation technologies, announced it has raised $100 million for its second fund. The firm, which also has an office in Boston, says it now manages $165 million in committed capital s... |
| 16.06.2016 | Cloud Supply Chain Platform Elementum Receives Investment from Fontinalis Partners | Elementum, a Mountain View, CA-based cloud supply chain platform that unifies procurement, logistics, manufacturing, and inventory operations, received an equity investment from Fontinalis Partners, LLC.
The company will use the funds to fu... |
| 26.05.2016 | Your Guide to Finding Startup Funding in Detroit | When it comes to running a business, there are few things more important than funding. It helps you produce your product, it helps you manage your business, and it allows your to spread the word of your company far and wide. And while many ... |
| 23.05.2016 | You Are ‘Brave’ to Startup in Detroit, Says Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company | In a filled theater in downtown Detroit, Bill Ford, Jr. – the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company and great-grandson of Henry Ford – addressed a crowd of startup and tech enthusiasts to kickoff Detroit Startup Week. Ford, Jr. was welco... |
| 05.04.2016 | Singapore Is Getting Driverless Taxi Cabs | NuTonomy, a driverless car startup that spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three years ago, has its sights set on operating a fully autonomous taxi service in Singapore.
The firm, which raised $3.6 million in seed funding... |
| 01.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 1, 2016 | Berkshire Partners closed Fund IX; LoanLogics raised $10M; Schoold closed $4.5M Seed round
Slack just raised a big new $200 million funding round. The round was led by Thrive Capital with participation by GGV, Comcast Ventures, and Slack’s ... |
| 04.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 4, 2016 | Lamudi raised $31.4M; Sonatype completed $30M funding round; Zendrive secured $13.5M funding
Zendrive raised $13.5 million in funding for its service to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to... |
| 29.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 29, 2016 | BloomReach announced $56M funding; BirdEye raised $8M; Sonovate closed $7.15M Series A funding
Velo Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of Skylock, a Bluetooth connected bicycle lock, raised $1 million in funding. The round was led by D... |
| 10.09.2014 | Telogis Receives Equity Investment from Fontinalis Partners | Telogis, Inc., a Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based provider of software products and services designed for companies with mobile workers, vehicles and other mobile assets, received an equity investment from Fontinalis Partners, LLC.
The amount of t... |
| 13.12.2013 | QuickPay Completes $5.5M in Funding | QuickPay Corp., a San Francisco, CA-based provider of mobile parking payment solutions, completed a $5.5m in additional funding.
Backers included Fontinalis Partners, Ecomobilite Ventures, SNCF, Total, Orange, and IncWell.
The company inten... |
| 13.12.2013 | QuickPay Raises $5.5M |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Premier provider of mobile parking payment solutions, today announced the completion of $5.5 million in additional funding.
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| 27.03.2013 | Nano-C Receives Growth Financing | Nano-C, Inc., a Westwood, Massachusetts-based developer of nanostructured carbon for use in energy and electronics applications, received a growth financing of undisclosed amount.
The investment was led by Fontinalis Partners, with particip... |
| 20.03.2013 | Masabi Raises $2.8M in Funding | Masabi, a London, UK-based provider of transit mobile ticketing and agile fare collection solutions, raised $2.8m in funding.
Backers included Fontinalis Partners, MMC Ventures and existing investor m8 Capital.
The company intends to use th... |
| 23.01.2013 | ParkMe Raises Funding | ParkMe, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based provider of database and analytics software solution for on-street and off-street parking locations and availability, raised a funding of undisclosed amount.
Backers included Los Angeles-based private eq... |
| - | See inside Ford’s new tech campus, a century-old Detroit train station restored for $950 million | Ford’s latest project out of Motor City is the restoration and reopening of an abandoned train station, now the automaker’s new technology campus.
The $950 million project encompasses the 18-story former train station called Michigan Centra... |
