đ¸ A seed that looks like a Series C; Series A stacks in satellites, undersea, and closed-loop labs; growth capital backs execution | Deep Tech Capital Movements n.50
The Weekâs State of Deep Tech Capital: whoâs Raising, whoâs Betting, and why.
If you Build or Back Deep Tech, you canât afford not to know where capital moves. Deep Tech Capital Movements is your weekly, global read on who got funded, which funds wrote the checks, and what that means for your next investment, raise, or strategic move.
In this weekâs issue, youâll:
A clear look at how capital concentrated around power-constrained AI infrastructure, dual-use space + defense manufacturing, agentic operations layers, and biology/chemistry platforms that close the loop between software and the physical world.
Understand the rounds that actually move the constraint frontier â from a $475 million seed in energy-efficient compute and a $462 million Series E in next-gen geothermal to $250 million for high-power satellite manufacturing, $105 million for deterministic simulation testing, and $230+ million for quantum industrialization â and what they imply for timing, moats, and capital intensity.
Get a clean snapshot of the funds and vehicles behind the week, from seed-to-Series A deeptech programs and CEE âbridgeâ growth vehicles to India-focused energy-transition managers, secondaries strategies, and infrastructure debt stacks that increasingly substitute for late-stage equity.
This week at a glance:
63 items tracked: 53 startup and transaction rounds + 10 funds & vehicles.
By stage: activity stayed dense in seed and Series A, but with an unusually loud signal: scale-stage capital moved decisively toward manufacturing and deployment (geothermal, satellites, AI infra), while seed inflated in select âfoundationalâ categories (compute hardware, defense platforms).
By theme:
Compute, inference & reliability: energy-efficient AI compute, serverless GPU inference, unified inference APIs, deterministic simulation testing, internal developer portals evolving into agent governance layers, and homomorphic-encryption silicon.
Defense, space & sovereignty stacks: AUVs, orbital defense concepts, satellite radio production, debris intelligence, launch ecosystem enablement, and high-power satellite manufacturing at scale.
Energy, electrification & distributed infrastructure: next-gen geothermal, fleet electrification-as-a-service, off-grid solar rollout, heat pumps, industrial battery optimization, and multiple battery chemistry/manufacturing scale-up moves.
Bio + âphysical AIâ labs: robotics + AI for drug discovery, autonomous chemistry operations, ultra-long-acting obesity candidates, and clinical-trial operations intelligence.
Quantum infrastructure: quantum networking/interconnects, industrialized neutral-atom roadmaps, and full-stack quantum systems scaling.
Industrial & construction workflow AI: construction estimating automation, factory intelligence platforms, SMB manufacturing operating systems, and commerce data graphs for agentic shopping.
By geography:
North America: largest checks into AI infrastructure economics, defense/space manufacturing, and firm power (geothermal, batteries, electrification platforms).
Europe (incl. UK): strength in quantum networking, space software, logistics automation, wind compliance tech, and a steady flow of mid-sized Series A rounds.
Israel: capital concentrated in developer productivity control planes and full-stack quantum.
Asia-Pacific: continued momentum in autonomous chemistry and deep R&D-to-industrialization pathways.
Africa: growth capital reinforcing distribution + financing rails for off-grid energy.
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