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Charter Space raises $5M to insure satellites nobody else will
The El Segundo broker says it now serves more than 50 space and defence companies. Its pitch is that conventional insurers will not price a satellite.
Corridor raises $25m seed for small-business health benefits
A four-person founding team says brokers skip small accounts because the commissions are thin and the work is not. Bain Capital Ventures has put money behind the argument.
Newlight raises $9m seed after 8,500-mile hydrogen test voyage
A Bay Area startup injects hydrogen into cargo ship diesel engines. It ran the system from Singapore to Ghana before taking investors' money.
Atorie raises $9.5m to sell factory-direct luxury handbags
The company says it buys from the same factories that make high-end goods, and sells Italian leather handbags for a few hundred dollars. It ended last year on about $5m in sales and expects an annualised run rate above $55m.
Medly raises $8m seed for AI exam tutoring
Felix Capital led a €6.89m round in the London platform, which says it has passed 400,000 UK users 18 months after launch. Two former NHS doctors run it.
Detroit van outfitter Grounded raises $5m after dropping van life
Grounded built modular interiors for electric vans. Then GM killed BrightDrop, Ford dropped its next electric Transit, and the company started fitting out petrol vans for fleets.