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| 31.08.2026 | Castelion Gets $1B Fundraise | - |
| 23.08.2026 | US Defense Tech Leader Castelion Bags $1 Billion for Hypersonic Production | Castelion, a vital defense technology company, just secured a staggering $1 billion in Series C funding. This massive capital injection will dramatically accelerate the production of its flagship low-cost, mass-producible hypersonic strike ... |
| 21.08.2026 | Castelion Reaches $13 Billion Valuation for Mass Production of Hypersonic Missiles | Set Trending Topics as a preferred source on Google.
Castelion, a rocket startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has closed a $1 billion Series C funding round at a valuation of $13 billion, TechCrunch reports. Founded in 2022, the you... |
| 21.08.2026 | Castelion Raises $1 Billion Series C At $13 Billion Valuation As U.S. Military Contracts Top $500 Million | Castelion has raised a $1 billion Series C financing at a $13 billion valuation to scale production of its Blackbeard hypersonic strike missile and accelerate development of longer-range strike weapons and defensive systems. The financing i... |
| 20.08.2026 | Castelion Receives $1B Series C Round |
TORRANCE, CA, Castelion, a cutting-edge defense technology company working to restore America's conventional deterrence capability, has announced a $1 billion Series C fundraise.
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| 20.08.2026 | Muon Space Raises $250 Million To Mass-Produce Satellites | When you need thousands of satellites for climate monitoring, defense, and real-time data, you also need a different model. If you leave the job to an engineer, there’s no telling how much time will stretch.
Muon Space raises $250 million t... |
| 20.08.2026 | Castelion Raises $1 Billion in Series C Funding | Castelion, a Torrance, CA-based defense technology company, raised $1 Billion in Series C financing.
The round, consisting of $800M in equity financing and $250M in committed financing for a revolving credit facility, was co-led by JPMorgan... |
| 20.08.2026 | Castelion Raises $1 Billion To Scale Production of Low-Cost Hypersonic Weapons | High-tech development today faces a massive roadblock in the soaring upfront cost of building AI infrastructure and advanced physical hardware at scale. To tackle this exact cost bottleneck in defense hardware, news broke that Castelion rai... |
| 20.08.2026 | Callosum Raises $100M To Cut AI Costs By Routing Workloads To Specialized Chips | The human brain doesn’t use one giant processor for everything. It uses small circuits built for specific jobs. AI companies do the opposite, and it’s killing their margins. To change that, Callosum raises $100M to build software that route... |
| 19.08.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 19, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, ICONIQ, JPMorgan Chase, Prosus & More | Venture capital’s message over the past twelve hours is unusually coherent: investors are paying up for companies that control hard-to-replicate systems, data, infrastructure, manufacturing capacity, or regulated distribution, not simply fo... |
| 17.07.2026 | Pentagon Bets $12.6B on 28,000 Low-Cost Cruise Missiles to Overwhelm Enemy Defenses | By Scott McCain
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| 14.07.2026 | SpaceX alumni building remote-controlled construction equipment land $115 million fund round | TerraFirma, a construction tech company founded by two former SpaceX engineers that’s looking to build on Mars, raised $115 million.
SpaceX’s historic $86 billion IPO last month and NASA’s push to establish a lunar base on the Moon and Mars... |
| 14.07.2026 | Ex-SpaceX engineers raise $115 million for construction startup TerraFirma to build infrastructure on Mars | The race to build humanity’s future beyond Earth is creating a new generation of startups. TerraFirma, a construction tech startup founded by two former SpaceX engineers, has raised $115 million from a group of high-profile investors to bri... |
| 13.05.2026 | DOD builds framework for faster development and deployment of cruise missiles | The Defense Department has signed new agreements with four companies to get approximately lower-cost cruise missiles into the field over the next three years.
DOD announced Wednesday that Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 are participati... |
| 08.12.2025 | Top Startup and Tech Funding News – December 8, 2025 | It’s Monday, December 8, 2025, and we’re back with the day’s top startup and tech funding news across fintech infrastructure, defense tech, enterprise security, synthetic satellites, cleantech, and generative AI. From pre-seed to Series G, ... |
| 08.12.2025 | Castelion Closes $350M Series B Funding | Castelion, a Torrance, CA-based defense technology company, raised $350M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Altimeter Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Lavrock Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Cat... |
| 07.12.2025 | Castelion: $350 Million Series B Closed To Advance U.S. Hypersonic Weapons Production | Castelion has raised $350 million in Series B financing to scale the domestic production of affordable hypersonic weapons, advancing one of the Pentagon’s highest modernization priorities. The Series B round was led by Altimeter Capital and... |
| 05.12.2025 | Castelion Closes $350 Million Series B |
TORRANCE, CA, Castelion, a cutting-edge defense technology company working to restore America's conventional deterrence capability, announced it raised $350 million in Series B financing.
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| 02.04.2025 | As US Defense Tech Surges, Europe Lags | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Last week, news broke that Anduril Industries — perhaps the poster child for defense tech startups — is considering plans to open a factory in the U.K.
The startup, valued now at $14 billion, recentl... |
| 06.03.2025 | The Surge of Defense and Tech Funding: A New Era of Innovation | February 2025 marked a seismic shift in the funding landscape, with defense technology and cybersecurity startups leading the charge. The infusion of capital into these sectors reflects a growing recognition of their importance in an increa... |
| 06.03.2025 | Defense Tech Startup Shield AI Hits $5.3B Valuation Mark | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The direct hits just keep coming for the defense tech sector.
Just a day after anti-drone tech startup Epirus raised a $250 million Series D, defense and aerospace startup Shield AI locked up a $240 ... |
| 05.03.2025 | Defense Startup Epirus Secures $250M For Anti-Drone Tech | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Startup Epirus raised a $250 million Series D led by 8VC 1 and Washington Harbour Partners in the latest example of a defense tech raising big.
The Los Angeles-based company has developed a high-ener... |
| 17.02.2025 | Castelion Scores $100M in Financing
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| 12.02.2025 | Defense Tech Venture Funding Gains Traction | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Venture funding for defense tech startups grew last year, but despite some large and notable funding rounds the total amount invested was lower than some might have anticipated.
Funding to VC-backed ... |
| 04.02.2025 | Castelion: Defense Manufacturing Company Raises $100 Million | Castelion – a new defense manufacturer helping America and its allies preserve peace through deterrence with long-range hypersonic strike weapons – announced it has raised $100 million in debt and equity financing. And with rising tensions ... |
| 03.02.2025 | Drone Defense Startup Hidden Level Locks Up $100M in Two Rounds | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Another day and another big round for a defense tech firm.
Hidden Level raised a $65 million Series C led by DFJ Growth with participation from Booz Allen Ventures, Revolution Capital, Costanoa Ventu... |
| 31.01.2025 | The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Helion Energy Takes Top Spot In Another Slow Week | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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| 29.01.2025 | Weapons Startup Castelion Strikes $100M Series A
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Castelion, a defense manufacturer developing long-range hypersonic strike weapons, raised a $100 million Series A in a mix of debt and equity.
The El Segundo, California-based startup creates what it... |
| 09.10.2023 | Max Q: Castelion comes out of stealth | Hello and welcome back to Max Q!
In this issue:
Meet Castelion
News from Amazon and more a16z-backed Castelion wants to mass-produce defense hardware, starting with hypersonics
One builds weapons in the hope that they are not used. Thus goe... |
| 06.10.2023 | Castelion Raises $14.2M in Initial Funding | Castelion, an El Segundo, CA-based modern defense production company, raised $14.2m in funding.
The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lavrock Ventures, with participation from First In, BlueYard Capital and Champion Hill Ventures.... |
| 05.10.2023 | a16z-backed Castelion wants to mass-produce defense hardware, starting with hypersonics | One builds weapons in the hope that they are not used. Thus goes the central premise of deterrence theory, which says it is the credible threat of aggression — not the use of aggression — that will ensure states avoid war.
This theory has d... |
| - | Castelion – a ‘New Kind of Defense Manufacturing Company’ – Raises Initial Investment | Defense manufacturing startup Castelion has emerged from stealth mode to announce $14.5 million in initial funding.
Orrick represented Castelion in a funding round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lavrock Ventures. THE COMPANY
Castelion de... |
| - | Castelion | “We are a modern defense production company building the next generation of military hypersonic, vehicle, and strike systems to deter future wars.” |
| - | Castelion Raises $1B Series C to Scale Production of Low-Cost Hypersonic Weapons | Castelion, a cutting-edge defense technology company working to restore America’s conventional deterrence capability, today announced a $1 billion Series C fundraise. This financing will accelerate the scaled production of Blackbeard, Caste... |
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