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// Fascinating topics to discuss this week

deal flow

• LG Electronics declares robotics as next growth driver taking majority stake in Bear Robotics at a $600M valuation (TC).

• Retro Biosciences is raising $1B Series A for longevity turning regular cells into stem cells (TC).

• Voyager Tech is filing for IPO around $2B-$3B after raising over $215M from Balerion Space and Afterburner Capital (TC).

• YC-backed Spaceium raises oversubscribed $6.3M seed round led by Initialized Capital with a strong pipeline of customers (TC).

headlines

• Anduril will receive $452M tax credits for investing $1B in weapons, drones, missiles and high-tech unmanned manufacturing in Ohio (CD).

• OroraTech, which raised Series B $27M for constellations, launches wildfire detection tool with Rocket Lab USA (SW).

• Raytheon expands market opportunity partnering with Umbra Space & Array Labs to create SAR-based 3D Earth imagery (SN).

community spotlight

today, 01/28

• Andrew Yeung x Rho tech kick-off (NYC).

• Deep tech x GoogleX salon (SF).

• GenAI x Google x Columbia University (NYC).

• GitHub x Robotics x Physical AI (SF).

• Cerebras x BCV x Cafe Compute (SF).

wednesday, 01/29

• Hard tech breakfast (LA).

• Climate pints (NYC).

• Pitch workshop x Lynx (NYC).

thursday, 01/30

• Bio Tech x Robotics pitch night (SF).

• Live demos x Betaworks (NYC).

• Biospace x Heal.LA x UniHealth (LA).

• Climate circuit meetup (LA).

friday, 01/31

• Boeing tour (Seattle).

• Deep tech breakfast (SF).

• Andrew Yeung x Rho x Founder breakfast (NYC).

saturday, 02/01

• Coinbase AI hackathon (SF).

upcoming funding deadlines

• $10,000 cash prize for Security, Robotics, Energy, and Industry 4.0 | Midwest House ‘25 SXSW

• $25,000 - $100,000 for Clean Tech | Caltech Rocket Fund

• $500,000 seed for Robotics, Bio Tech, Space Tech, Industry 4.0, Web3, Security | Y Combinator

• $10,000 stipend for Renewable Energy & Smart Agriculture Systems | Halcyon Climate Fellowship 

• $15,000 grant for Health Tech | VOA Futures Fund

• $100,000 investment for Climate Tech & Energy | NETI x OHUB Climate Tech Bootcamp

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