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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Xpanner, a leader in construction automation, has raised USD $18 million in Series B bridge funding. The round was led by Korea Investment Partners Co., Ltd. (KIP) with participation from KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC), both existing global investors. The raise brings Xpanner’s total funding to USD $38 million and marks a focused effort to expand its […]
Read full articleMilan-based Lexroom has closed a $50 million Series B led by Left Lane Capital, just eight months after its $19 million Series A, bringing its legal AI platform to more than 8,000 law firms and in-house teams across Europe. Base10 Partners, Eurazeo, and Acurio Ventures also participated. Founded in 2023 by CEO Paolo Fois, Martina […]
Armada, which builds modular data centres for AI deployment in remote and sensitive environments, has closed a heavily oversubscribed Series B co-led by Overmatch, BlackRock, and 8090 Industries, bringing total funding to nearly $500 million. New strategic investors include Johnson Controls, NightDragon, Mitsui, and Singtel Innov8, alongside existing backers Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Felicis. […]
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bunch raised $35M in Series B funding to automate private fund operations across Europe, replacing manual workflows with an AI-native platform.
Gaiia, an AI-native operating system for communications service providers, has closed a $40 million Series B led by JMI Equity with participation from Inovia Capital, bringing total funding to $66 million. The founding team retains control following the raise, which comes after three consecutive years of more than 3x revenue growth. The Montreal-based company replaces […]
Insider Brief Construction automation startup Xpanner has raised $18 million in Series B bridge funding as the company expands its subscription-based robotics and automation platform across the U.S. construction market. The round was led by existing investors Korea Investment Partners and KB Investment, bringing Xpanner’s total funding to $38 million, according to the company. Xpanner […]
Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey. Just seven percent said they were "strongly" in favor of new data centers. According to Gallup, data centers are so strongly disliked that Americans would prefer to live near a nuclear power plant than a data center - even at its peak, opposition to nuclear power plant construction topped out at 63 percent. Gallup's data is based on a March 2026 survey of 1,000 randomly-selected American adults in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia, along with an April 2026 survey of 2,054 adults "who are members of the Gallup Panel." … Read the full story at The Verge.
Xpanner, a startup automating construction work through robotics and physical AI technology, has raised $18 million in a Series B round, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Existing backer Korea Investment Partners (KIP) led the financing, which is described as a bridge round. KB Investment Co. (KBIC) also participated. The raise brings Santa Fe Springs, […]
