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// This week in deep science

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government

• Rocket Lab & Stoke Space win $5M each on SSC NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 IDIQ for national security payload launches (ST).

• Gravitics wins $60M SpaceWERX STARTFI deal for tactically responsive Orbital Carrier (GT).

seed

• Tribune Therapeutics raises $40M Seed for anti-aging targeting CCN5 protein (LT).

series A+

• Construct Capital VC raises third fund at $300M targeting defense, manufacturing & transport (TC).

• Sateliot raises $75M Series B by Hyperion Fund for LEO 5G-IoT connectivity in defense & cybersecurity (EU).

• Isomorphic Labs, spun from Deepmind, raises $600M by Thrive for AI drug discovery (TC).

• Retym raises $75M series D by Spark Capital, Kleiner Perkins, for faster data centre communication 5nm DSP chips (TC).

• Galatea Bio raises $25M Series A from F-Prime & Helios for global genomic biobank (LT).

m&a

• Terrestrial Energy merges with SPAC to IPO in a $280M deal for small modular nuclear reactors (TC).

public & IPO

• XTI Aerospace, VTOL pioneer, raises $4 million additional capital to repay outstanding notes (PR).

headlines

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• Sierra Space & General Dynamics Mission Systems’ R-GPS demo unlocks opportunity for Phase One of USSF Quick Start (VS).

• NATO simulate Monte-Carlo runs to preempt hypersonic threats catching up to US (AT).

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• Cambridge partners with Intel & Dell tackle supercomputing for cancer detection, fusion energy & climate dynamics (AR).

• Swarm Robotics boost productivity & accuracy for complex autonomous mining (AR).

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• KA Imaging launched first Li-powered X-Ray Machine with Fram2 to study astronaut bone density (BK).

community spotlight : ny deep tech week

today, 04/01

• Neurotech presentations (NYC).

• Nuclear Manhattan’s Project (NYC).

• DeSciNYC: creating superbabies (NYC).

• Biotech summit (NYC).

• Defense & intelligence in AI (SF).

• vibe coding hackathon (SF).

wednesday, 04/02

• Cybersecurity x national security panel (NYC).

• Space panel x NGA x Seraphim x Pixxel x Tomorrow.io (NYC).

• 8090 heavy manufacturing (NYC).

• Hardware meetup (NYC).

• CTRL+ALT+CREATE happy hour (SF).

• SPC poker night (SF).

thursday, 04/03

• Physics tech (NYC).

• Deep tech speakeasy x Alumni x Decisive (NYC).

• Deep techies happy hour (LA).

• AI policy happy hour (LA).

friday, 04/04

• Frontier physics (NYC).

• Extraterrestrial life (NYC).

saturday, 04/05

• Web3 Moonshot x Jupiter talk (LA).

• AI-agents hackathon (NYC).

sunday, 04/06

• Women in clean tech hike (LA).

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DEEP TECH DRIVERS THIS WEEK

Following the deep tech money trail reveals strong momentum toward national security, AI-powered biotech, and industrial innovation.

• National security priorities drive inflows to responsive launch, cybersecurity, & LEO infrastructure.

• Life extension & precision medicine fueled by AI reshape biotech & drug discovery, with computational science.

• Industrials & energy resurge with inflows to advanced manufacturing, nuclear power, & next-gen semiconductors.

• Space solidifies as critical infrastructure, expanding military-backed navigation, intelligence, & security applications.

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