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Detroit-based Bloom raises $3.6 million in a seed round led by SNAK Venture Partners to build an AI-enabled marketplace connecting hardware companies with manufacturers and suppliers. The platform supports supplier discovery, bidding, quoting, booking and payment across contract manufacturing, assembly, engineering, freight, warehousing and other services. Bloom reports more than 2,000 matches for over 140 companies; Flyover Capital, Mana Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Invest Detroit Ventures and the Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund also participate.
Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article
Efficient Computer closes a $97 million funding round led by TQ Ventures, bringing its total funding to $650 million. The startup is developing data-flow chips that it says can use up to 100 times less energy than x86 chips while retaining programmability. Its first product, the Electron E1, targets battery-powered robots and autonomous drones, and the new funding will support production scale-up and increased customer shipments.
Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article
Rendezvous Robotics, a Golden, Colorado-based space infrastructure company, develops modular, autonomous in-orbit assembly. The company raised $3 million in pre-seed funding.
Sep 2025 · FinSMEsNews article
Bedrock Ocean raises $25 million to map the seafloor with robots. The company plans to use autonomous underwater vehicles to make seafloor mapping faster and cheaper.
Jun 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

Pre-seed and seed venture firm backing frontier-technology founders with operator-led deal support.