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California-based Oratomic raises $475 million, while UK-based Universal Quantum raises more than $100 million in Series A funding. Oratomic’s Series B, co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Bezos Expeditions, brings its total funding to $775 million and its valuation to $5.5 billion. Universal Quantum develops modular trapped-ion systems and plans to use its funding to advance commercialization and support expansion in Singapore, the United States and Japan.

Oct 2026 · SiliconANGLENews article

Australian clean-tech startup Endua raises AU$11.8 million to scale its modular hydrogen generation and storage systems. Its electrolyzers use renewable power to produce hydrogen, which the company stores in high-pressure tanks and converts into electricity with fuel cells when needed; each module can support loads of up to 100 kW. Endua plans to use the funding to scale pilot systems and hire over the next 18 months.

May 2023 · TechCrunchNews article

Endua raises A$11.8 million (about US$7.8 million) to scale modular hydrogen generation and storage systems that address renewable power intermittency. New investors Queensland Investment Corporation, Melt Ventures and 77 Partners contribute A$7.5 million, with the rest coming from returning investors Main Sequence and Ampol. Endua plans to scale its pilot systems and hire over the next 18 months, while establishing manufacturing facilities in Queensland.

May 2023 · TechCrunchNews article