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ChainCatcher сообщение, согласно отчету Techcrunch, метеорологическая компания WindBorne Systems завершила раунд финансирования B на сумму 37 миллионов долларов, который был совместно возглавлен Khosla Ventures и Galvanize, с постинвестиционной оценкой в 250 миллионов долларов.Компания использует долгосрочные воздушные шары для сбора метеорологических данных и подключения к AI прогнозным моделям, в настоящее время в мире есть 20 точек запуска и около 600 шаров в воздухе. Основными клиентами являются государственные учреждения, а средства этого раунда будут использованы для расширения коммерческой команды и развития бизнеса для клиентов из частного сектора, таких как инвестиционные фонды. С помощью AI-обогащенного метеорологического прогнозирования компания обслуживает множество отраслей, включая финансы и сельское хозяйство.

ChainCatcher Сообщение, согласно Fortune, программно-ориентированная горнодобывающая стартап-компания Mariana Minerals завершила раунд финансирования B на сумму 310 миллионов долларов, который возглавила Khosla Ventures, а также в нем участвуют Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Greenoaks, BHP Ventures и Mitsubishi Corporation. Таким образом, общий объем финансирования компании достиг 400 миллионов долларов, а оценка составила 1,5 миллиарда долларов.Mariana была совместно основана в 2024 году бывшими членами команды проектирования и строительства завода Tesla, включая Тёрнера Колдуэлла, и имеет штаб-квартиру в Сан-Франциско, стремясь преобразовать традиционную горнодобывающую отрасль с помощью программных технологий. В настоящее время компания управляет двумя шахтами: Copper One в штате Юта (медная шахта, целевой годовой объем производства рафинированной меди составляет 50 000 тонн) и Lithium One в штате Техас (литиевая шахта, ожидается, что она начнет коммерческое производство в 2027 году).

AI cybersecurity startup RunSybil has completed a $40 million financing round, led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from S32, Anthropic's Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures, Conviction, and Elad Gil. Angel investors include Nikesh Arora, Amit Agarwal, Jeff Dean, and several founders and executives from OpenAI, Palo Alto Networks, Stripe, and Google.RunSybil was co-founded in 2023 by Ari Herbert-Voss, OpenAI's first security researcher, and Vlad Ionescu, former head of offensive security red team at Meta. Its core product is the AI agent Sybil, which can continuously and automatically perform penetration testing on applications running online, discovering, exploiting, and documenting real security vulnerabilities without human intervention.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Lead Bank, a Missouri-based lending institution with a 97-year history that has been restructured to focus on serving fintech and cryptocurrency companies, has completed a $70 million financing round at a valuation of $1.47 billion—almost doubling its valuation from last year.The bank stated that the round was led by the well-known Silicon Valley investment firms Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Khosla Ventures, with existing investors Ribbit Capital, Coatue, and Zeev Ventures participating. New investors include Iconiq Capital and Greycroft. The funds will be used to strengthen the balance sheet to support its expansion in the fintech sector. Lead Bank's clients include "buy now, pay later" company Affirm Holdings Inc., corporate expense management platform Ramp Business Corporation, and the stablecoin business unit Bridge recently acquired by Stripe Inc.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune magazine, the Bitcoin lending platform Lava has completed a $10 million Series A funding round, with participation from Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures.Lava's founder and CEO Shehzan Maredia stated that the platform allows users to borrow against Bitcoin as collateral, "Our slogan is save in Bitcoin, spend in dollars."Lava plans to develop additional services, including the ability to pay and purchase Bitcoin, and does not intend to issue tokens (the Series A funding is an equity financing).

ChainCatcher news, according to informed sources and a regulatory document, venture capital firm Khosla Ventures has raised a $405 million special purpose vehicle (SPV) to invest in OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding round.Informed sources revealed that the SPV will consist of funds from Khosla Ventures and external investors. Venture capitalists typically support startups, but they also pool funds through SPVs to participate in later funding rounds.Previously, projects that Khosla Ventures has invested in include: NEAR ecosystem blockchain infrastructure company Calimero Network, Worldcoin, investment app Seashell, Chain (XCN), and others.

ChainCatcher news, NEAR ecosystem blockchain infrastructure company Calimero Network has completed a $8.5 million seed round financing, led by Khosla Ventures, Lyrik Ventures, and NEAR Foundation. This round of financing ended in December 2022, with participation from companies such as GSR, FJ Labs, and Warburg Serres.It is reported that Calimero Network is a private sharding service platform based on NEAR, enabling companies to store information on private shards while also allowing them to interact with public blockchains. Calimero's founders Sandi Fatic and Mario Halambek are among the first infrastructure engineers of the NEAR protocol. (Source link)