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// Fascinating topics to discuss this week

deal flow

government

• DARPA seeks SSA capabilities for lunar water ice prospecting in a VLEO orbiter (SN).

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• ParaZero Tech & Heven Drones unlock international expansion with DECA clearance to autonomously airdrop payloads (AT).

seed

• NiaHealth exits stealth with $1.9M pre seed by Version One Ventures for preventative health diagnostics (BK).

series A+

• Chapter raises $75M Series D at a $1.5B valuation by Stripes & private equity (TC).

• HepaRegeniX raises $24.3M by Wellington Partners to advance phase 2 for liver regeneration drug (LT).

public

• L3Harris’ $125M Indiana facility switches from bespoke to mass manufacturing 48 payloads/year for Golden Dome & SDA (SN).

• Palantir secures $30M from DHS & ICE to build ImmigrationOS surveillance suite (TC).

headlines

🚀

• Sidus Space & Little Place Labs take real-time maritime vessel intelligence to orbit with edge computing (ST).

• QuantX Labs partners with Exotrail to launch an atomic clock aboard spacevan (SN).

• IonQ partners with Intellian Tech to explore quantum time as a GPS alternative (VS).

🤖

• Cosmic Robotics unveils a force multiplier robotic arm to accelerate solar deployment at data centers (TC).

• Florida’s bill to weaken encryption rekindles surveillance vs. security debate (TC).

• 1Password launches SDK for AI agents (BK).

🔬

• Seveno Capital launches $70M longevity fund targeting blue zone startups (LT).

community spotlight

today, 04/24

• Biotech pitch night (NYC).

• JPM happy hour (NYC).

• Gen Z founder & creator mixer (NYC).

• Seed & pre seed panel (NYC).

• Ballistic Ventures x Brex dinner (SF).

• Nirman Ventures climate panel (SF).

• Hardware meetup (SF).

• Founders in tech mixer (LA).

friday, 04/25

• Deeptech x Consumer fireside chat (LA).

saturday, 04/26

• Fossil fuels clean tech pitch night (NYC).

• Robotics club at Dolores (SF).

tuesday, 04/29

• Pivotal flight simulator (SF).

• Pivotal Helix eVTOL demo at Modern Day Marine (DC).

• NASA JPL space tour (LA).

upcoming

• Orbital data centers x Axiom Space x AWS (NYC).

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