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What does it take to land venture capital for photonics-driven startups?
(L-R) Entrada Ventures' Alex Fang, co-founder and managing partner; Greg Fish, operating partner; and Eric Hall, managing partner....
Dec 7, 2023
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Prophetic Announces Completion of Seed Funding, Unlocking National Expansion
Portland based company closes seed funding led by Entrada Ventures with participation from SilverCircle and Progression Fund. Prophetic...
Apr 2

OpenTug Secures Strategic Investment Led by TMV to Amp Up the Barge Industry
SEATTLE, March 31, 2025 / PRNewswire / -- OpenTug, a pioneering maritime logistics software platform, today announced a $2.2 million...
Mar 31


Coreshell has a plan to slash the price of American-made batteries
TechCrunch · March 18, 2025 The electric vehicle transition is really a story about China. There, subsidies have helped juice not just...
Mar 18

Coreshell Raises $24M To Commercialize the Lowest-Cost and Domestically-Sourced Lithium-Ion Battery Anode
Strategic Funding Round to Scale Cell Production and Deliver Next-Generation EV Batteries to Global Automakers in 2025 SAN LEANDRO,...
Mar 18

Kapta Space Launches out of Stealth Mode to Develop the Next Generation of Advanced Spaceborne Radar Systems
Former Echodyne and Astranis Engineers Raise $5 Million to Field Advanced Spaceborne Radar Systems for National Defense and Commercial...
Feb 21

Oso Semiconductor Closes $5.2M Seed Round to Power the Next Generation of Phased Array Antennas in Satellite Communication, 5G and Radar Systems
The company’s novel, patent-pending microchips are ultra-low loss and can provide up to 4x improvement in efficiency compared to existing...
Feb 12


PseudolithIC Inc. Raises $6M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Wireless Chips with Proprietary Chiplet Heterogeneous Integration Technology
January 27, 2025 Hybrid approach pushes the boundaries of RF technology Enables cost-effective solutions for next-gen 5G/6G networks,...
Jan 27


Wald.ai Launches Contextual Data Loss Protection for AI Platforms, Closes $4M Seed Round
Introduces Wald Context Intelligence, Enabling Businesses to Use AI Assistants Safely December 10, 2024 PALO ALTO, Calif.--( BUSINESS...
Dec 10, 2024


Nectir lets teachers tailor AI chatbots to provide their students with 24/7 educational support
TechCrunch · December 5, 2024 More than 100 colleges and high schools are turning to a new AI tool called Nectir , allowing teachers to...
Dec 5, 2024

Quintessent raises $11.5M in seed funding to future-proof optical connectivity
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quintessent, a pioneer in heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot laser technology, has...
Mar 14, 2024

OpenTug Raises $3.1 Million in Seed Round Funding
OpenTug, the digital shipping startup built to connect freight with barges and terminals nationwide, reports that it has raised an...
Feb 23, 2024

10.5 Million EUR For German Quantum Software Company Kipu Quantum
● Closing of seed round led by HV Capital and DeepTech & Climate Fonds ● Investment used for further development of hardware-specific...
Dec 19, 2023


d-Matrix Announces $110M in Series B Funding to Make Generative AI Commercially Viable
Temasek and a global syndicate of new investors join existing investors Playground Global, M12 (Microsoft Venture Fund), Nautilus Venture...
Sep 6, 2023


Construction insurance company Billy raises additional $2.5 million
Construction insurance company Billy announced today the closing of an additional $2.5 million led by Entrada Ventures and MetaProp,...
Apr 5, 2023

A Constellation of International Investors Funds Anari AI’s AI-Powered Cloud Computing Solution
BY KOSTIANTYN TUPIKOVON JANUARY 31, 2023 Serbian provider of AI-powered cloud-based virtual chips Anari AI closed a USD 3M Seed round The...
Jan 31, 2023

Live Data Raises Its Series A to Provide Multiple Verticals with Real-Time Job Change Data
January 09, 2023 08:55 AM Eastern Standard Time SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- It takes resources to build something great. ...
Jan 9, 2023

Anari AI raised an investment to optimize domain-specific workloads in the cloud
Anari AI has raised an investment led by deep-tech fund Entrada Ventures, and joined by funds Tensor Ventures, Earlybird, Acequia...
Nov 30, 2022


Anchore Expands Federal Footprint with $1.58M Tactical Funding Contract Award
Recent contract, new customer installations, and marketplace listings further advance Anchore's presence in the federal market. Oct 27,...
Oct 27, 2022

Kipu Quantum Emerges From Stealth, Closes a €3 Million Funding Round
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 Kipu Quantum, a German quantum computing startup based in Karlsruhe and Berlin, emerged from stealth after closing a...
Sep 15, 2022


d-Matrix Secures $44M to Build a One-of-a-Kind DIMC-Based Inference Compute Platform
Playground Global, M12 (Microsoft Venture Fund), & SK Hynix join existing investors Nautilus Venture Partners, Marvell Technology and...
Apr 20, 2022
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