Alpaca, a San Mateo-based provider of brokerage infrastructure APIs, has raised a $150 million Series D round, valuing the company at $1.15 billion. The financing also includes a $40 million line of credit, strengthening Alpaca’s balance sheet as it expands its global regulatory and trading infrastructure. As part of the round, Drive Capital co-founder and partner Chris Olsen will join Alpaca’s board of directors. The new capital will support Alpaca’s […]

Odys Aviation, a dual-use aviation company building hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, has raised $26 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Nova Threshold, with participation from Tuchen Ventures and key insiders. This investment will fuel full-scale U.S. flight testing of Odys’s flagship Laila aircraft, expand its engineering and certification teams, and prepare for the company’s first international operational launch in Q1 2026. Pioneering the […]

Eight Sleep, the New York-based “sleep fitness” company, announced a $50 million Series D led by Tether Investments. The round values the startup at $1.5 billion, building on a cumulative capital base of more than $310 million. The cash infusion will fund the rollout of new AI-driven product lines, deeper international expansion, and the pursuit of FDA clearance for medical-grade sleep apnea solutions. Eight Sleep already ships its smart mattress […]

Alpaca, the self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure API, just announced a $52 million Series C funding round from its new office in Manhattan, New York. The funding round marks a major milestone for Alpaca as it continues its push toward global expansion and product innovation. The new cash injection will help the company build on its momentum, targeting both enterprise institutions and fintechs across the US, the Middle East, and […]

Stoke Space, a pioneer in fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, announced the successful closing of a $260 million Series C funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $480 million. The Series C funding round reflects the growing demand for Stoke’s innovative approach to creating ultra-low-cost on-demand space transportation, as well as the exceptional progress the company has made in developing the fully reusable solutions that make low-cost access to […]

Inversion Space, a leader in space logistics, has successfully raised $44 million in its Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its cutting-edge Arc vehicle, designed to deliver critical goods from space on demand. This brings Inversion’s total funding to $54 million, following an earlier $10 million seed round. The milestone comes as Inversion continues to transform space transportation for both the commercial and defense sectors. Paving the […]