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CADDi raises $114M at $1.2B valuation to bring manufacturing AI to North Americasiliconangle.com/2026/09/16/caddi-raises-114m-at-1-2b-valuation-to-bring-manufacturing-ai-to-north-america/
CADDi raises $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation to expand its manufacturing AI platform in North America. The company’s platform organizes engineering drawings, purchase orders and inspection records, while CADDi Explorer and CADDi Agent support discovery and workflow actions; more than half of Japan’s 100 largest manufacturers use CADDi Drawer. New investors include Moore Strategic Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Toyota’s Woven Capital, and CADDi plans to invest in AI, platform development and hiring.
Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article
Exclusive: Manufacturing AI startup CADDi valued at $1.2 billion in $114 million funding roundfortune.com/2026/09/15/caddi-manufacturing-startup-valuation-funding-round-series-d-exclusive/
CADDi raises $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation to expand its AI platform for manufacturers. Founded in 2017, the Tokyo- and Chicago-based company integrates drawings, CAD files, and enterprise systems, with products for parts standardization, design review, and quality assessments. Sales are more than doubling year over year, and CADDi says customers span 22 countries, while proceeds fund product development, manufacturing-specific AI, North American expansion, and hiring.
Sep 2026 · FortuneNews article
What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/whats-scaleup-europe-the-5-7b-fund-that-just-backed-satellite-company-iceye/
Scaleup Europe, a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) public-private fund managed by EQT, co-leads the Series F round of Finnish satellite intelligence company ICEYE, its first publicly announced investment. The fund plans to back growth-stage startups in the EU or partnering countries across strategic sectors including deep tech, life sciences, clean tech, advanced manufacturing, and digital technologies. The European Commission anchors the fund’s first close with a €1 billion investment alongside institutional investors, and fundraising is expected to continue into 2027.
Aug 2026 · TechCrunchNews article
The groupthink boom: what 3 top VCs really think about the AI frenzytechcrunch.com/2026/05/30/the-groupthink-boom-what-three-top-vcs-really-think-about-the-ai-frenzy/
Verdict Capital’s Niko Bonatsos, Threshold Ventures’ Andreas Stavropoulos, and Atomico’s Ben Blume discuss AI’s impact on venture investing at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in Athens. Bonatsos says three-quarters of venture capital raised over the prior year went to five companies, while AI tools let two founders achieve in two months what previously took a 10-person team a year. The investors see a possible market correction but identify consumer fintech and AI applied to robotics and the physical world as opportunity areas.
May 2026 · TechCrunchNews article