Morning VC Brief丨2024.12.06

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00. TL;DR

1/ Recycle Robotics Solution AMP Robotics raises $91M Series D

2/ Muon-catalyzed Fusion Energy Startup Acceleron Fusion raises $24M Series A

3/ Electronics Supply Chain Platform Cofactr raises $17.2M Series A

4/ Logistics AI Agent Vooma raises $16.6M Series A

5/ Logistics AI Agent Happyrobot raises $15.6M Series A

6/ “Live AI” Startup Pathway raises $10M Seed Round

7/ Teacher AI Copilot Nectir raises $4M Seed Round

01. Venture News

1/ Recycle Robotics Solution AMP Robotics raises $91M Series D

AMP Robotics is a leading provider of AI-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry. This round was led by Congruent Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital, Range Ventures, and more. Link

2/ Muon-catalyzed Fusion Energy Startup Acceleron Fusion raises $24M Series A

Acceleron Fusion is a pioneer in muon-catalyzed fusion technology. Acceleron achieved a significant technical milestone by running its machine with highly compressed deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel, capturing data on 28 hours of continuous fusion, after more than 100 hours of testing with deuterium. This round was led by Lowercarbon Capital and Collaborative Fund. Link

3/ Electronics Supply Chain Platform Cofactr raises $17.2M Series A

Cofactr is a logistics and supply chain tech company that provides scalable warehousing and procurement for electronics manufacturers. This round was led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Floating Point Ventures, and more. Link

4/ Logistics AI Agent Vooma raises $16.6M Series A

Vooma Agent is the first-of-its-kind multi-channel AI platform for logistics, empowering companies to build autonomous agents with freight expertise that can execute complex workflows across email, voice and text. This round was led by Craft Ventures with participation from HOF Capital, Index Ventures, and more. Link

5/ Logistics AI Agent Happyrobot raises $15.6M Series A

Happyrobot’s voice AI agents automate inbound and outbound phone calls in the logistics industry. This round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Y Combinator, RyderVentures, and more. Link

6/ “Live AI” Startup Pathway raises $10M Seed Round

Pathway is offering includes what it calls “infrastructure components” that power live AI systems, feeding on structured and unstructured data, meaning that enterprise AI platforms can make decisions on up-to-date knowledge. This round was led by TQ Ventures with participation from Kadmos, Innovo, Market One Capital, and more.

7/ Teacher AI Copilot Nectir raises $4M Seed Round

Nectir is a powerful platform that allows educators to create customizable, FERPA-compliant AI Assistants that live within the LMS. This round was led by Long Journey Ventures with participation from Behind Genius Ventures, Entrada Ventures, and more. Link