Midu Daily · Friday, Nov 6, 2026
MIDU
Zipline raises $1.5B at $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands drone delivery to 300 sites
Zipline raised $1.5 billion led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global.
TechCrunch StartupsOriginal AI
BetaKitCPPIB takes $50-million USD stake in AI holding firm Beacon Software
CPPIB's Growth Equity Unit invested $50 million USD ($69 million CAD) in Toronto-based Beacon Software.
Fintech
Tech Funding NewsAlso 1 source reportsKalepa raises $75M Series B at $470M valuation for insurance underwriting AI
Kalepa raised a $75 million Series B at a $470 million valuation led by Updata Partners.
Enterprise Software
SiliconANGLEOcient raises $100M Series C to expand agentic AI analytics
Ocient raised a $100 million Series C, bringing total funding to $260 million.
Crunchbase NewsDropbox plans $350M Tigris acquisition, its largest deal yet
Dropbox plans to acquire Tigris Data for $350 million, its largest acquisition since founding in 2007.
Robotics/Hardware
Shield AI to acquire Echodyne in deal valued at up to $5.3B
Shield AI agreed to acquire Kirkland, Wash.-based radar maker Echodyne in a deal valued at up to $5.3 billion.
SiliconANGLEAgility Robotics debuts on Nasdaq after SPAC merger, raising $465M
Agility Robotics began trading on the Nasdaq after merging with Churchill Capital Corp XI.
Climate/Energy
TechCrunch StartupsHarbinger raises $240M Series D after expanding into defense
Harbinger raised a $240 million Series D co-led by Tiger Global, Capricorn's technology impact fund and defense-focused Ridgeline.
VÆRIDION raises €30M Series A2 plus €94.5M EU grant for electric regional aircraft
Munich-based VÆRIDION raised a €30 million Series A2 co-led by SHIFT Invest and Invest-NL and was selected for a €94.5 million European Commission Innovation Fund grant.
Tech Funding NewsAlso 1 source reportsOxford spinout FluoRok raises $30M Series A to make battery chemicals without hydrogen fluoride
FluoRok, an Oxford spinout founded in 2022, raised a $30M Series A led by Orano Venture Fund and Supernova Invest to scale its hydrogen fluoride-free process for battery and pharma chemicals. The round was oversubscribed and brings total equity funding to about $44M, with the money going to demonstrator facilities for reagents and battery electrolyte salts. Most Li-ion batteries use lithium hexafluorophosphate, roughly 85-90% of which is produced in China, according to Fastmarkets.
Crypto/Web3
Fortune Term SheetUranium Digital raises $16.5M Series A to move uranium trading on-chain
Uranium Digital raised a $16.5 million Series A led by Blockchain Capital, with Portal Ventures and Apeiron Investment Group participating.
Other & Roundup
Crunchbase NewsConstruction robotics funding hits $1.6B, tripling the 2021 peak
Construction and robotics startups raised about $1.6 billion through Oct. 29, more than 4x the $389 million recorded in all of 2025.