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The scanning and bloodwork health startup founded by Spotify's founder will officially launch in New York in about a month.

Reuters reported that Pentagon demand after the Anthropic supply-chain dispute pushed Smack Technologies to raise a $61 million Series B. CEO Andy Markoff said the funds will accelerate Omega production and a wearable Alpha display, as headcount rose from 19 to 51 employees.

CAMO Hospitality announced the closing of its $4 million seed funding round to accelerate its expansion across the United States.

Xpander raised $7.5 million in seed funding for its AI agent management and governance platform, which is designed to help enterprises deploy and control AI agents.

Happy Health raised $75m in a financing round led by ARCH Venture Partners and OpenLoop to expand its at-home health monitoring platform beyond obstructive sleep apnoea.

CAMO Hospitality raised $4 million in seed funding to expand its hotel room-service platform across the U.S., following more than 200% year-over-year growth.

CAMO Hospitality closed a $4 million seed round to expand its hotel-branded room service platform across the U.S. The Anaheim company routes guest orders from in-room QR codes to partner kitchens and returns revenue share and order data to hotels.

Tectonic reported that Smack Technologies raised a $61 million Series B led by Costanoa Ventures and First In, bringing total funding above $90 million. CEO Andy Markoff said the capital will expand model scope and fund wearable Alpha hardware, with existing Navy, JFN, and MCWL prototype agreements totaling about $7 million.

The company has shifted from making van-life builds to custom outfitting vehicles for small businesses, all while the EV landscape in the U.S. changed dramatically.

Sonic Fire Tech raised its new funding to help get its sound-powered fire protection system into everything from commercial kitchens to apartment buildings.

African defense tech company Terra Industries announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $52 million.

The AI opportunity is huge, but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline," Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.

Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.

Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.