October Update on Live Investments, Covering the Previous 90 Days
Series 19 - SpaceX
The United States Space Force has approved SpaceX’s plans to double launch rates at its Vandenberg facility, aligning with increased government demand for polar/other-orbits launches.
Series 16 - Boxabl
Announced a definitive SPAC merger with FG Merger II Corp. targeting a U.S. listing at a ~$3.5 billion valuation, accelerating its push into modular housing markets.
Series 20 - EPIC Games
No clearly reported major financing, acquisition or senior hire in the past 90 days found publicly.
Series 26 - xAI
The AI startup is raising about US$20 billion—including ~$7–8 billion equity and ~$12 billion debt—for its GPU/data-centre build-out with Nvidia support.
Series 31 - OpenAI
Announced a share sale that values the company at about US$500 billion (Oct 2 2025) and disclosed a roughly US$300 billion expansion plan involving 16 GW of compute and major vendor/energy contracts.
Series 15 - Ripple
Agreed to acquire treasury-management software firm GTreasury for approximately US $1 billion, marking a strategic move into the corporate-treasury and digital-assets infrastructure market.
Series 32 - Perplexity
The AI search firm raised US$200 million in September 2025 at a ~US$20 billion valuation as it competes in the AI-search space.
Series 23 - NewCleo
Signed a strategic partnership with U.S.-based Oklo alongside Swedish firm Blykalla. This collaboration includes up to $2 billion in newcleo-led investment to build advanced nuclear fuel fabrication and manufacturing facilities in the U.S.
America 2030 - Lightmatter
Published a technical paper (Oct 21 2025) on photonics as a sustainable solution for next-gen AI hardware; earlier this year raised large funding in photonics hardware (~US$400 million in Series D) and released a new high-bandwidth product.
Series 11 - Kraken
The crypto exchange dismissed four senior execs as part of job cuts ahead of a planned IPO; source says them leaving institutional sales, product lead, OTC heads.
Series 13 - Neuralink
Has implanted its BCI device in 12 individuals as of Sept 2025 and is starting a UK clinical study via UCLH & Newcastle Hospitals.
America 2030 - Terradepth
Achieved the internationally stringent IHO S-44 “Special Order” survey standard using its autonomous underwater vehicles (Sep 25 2025).
America 2030 - Impossible Metals
Received sponsorship from Bahrain for a deep-sea mining permit (Sept 9 2025) and signed an MOU with Aero/Metals partner Aqua Metals for a U.S. critical-minerals supply chain (Sept 16 2025).
Series 24 - Natilus
Continues development on its blended-wing commercial aircraft concept, with recent public positioning around “hyper-efficient blended wing” design updates.
America 2030 - Sambanova
No publicly disclosed major financing, M&A or C-level hire in the past 90 days.
America 2030 - KODIAK AI
Now listed on NASDAQ, ticker KDK at $8.80 or $3.5 billion valuation, completed a US$145 million PIPE investment in mid Sept 2025 to support its SPAC merger with Ares Acquisition Corporation II — bringing total committed financing to over US$220 million ahead of the proposed business combination.
Series 7 - Addepar
Completed the acquisition of AI-workflow firm Arcus to deepen its analytics platform and continues rolling out major trading infrastructure updates for wealth-management clients.
Series 14 - BlaBlaCar
Announced that in August 2025 India became its single largest market, reaching over 2 million passengers that month and projecting ~20 million riders in India for the year—marking ~50 % growth vs. 2024.
Series 2 - Impossible Foods
No publicly disclosed major financing, M&A or C-level hire in the past 90 days.
Series 18 - Flexport
Unveiled its “2025 Fall Technology Release” featuring 25+ new AI tools applied to customs, trade analytics and platform automation—emphasising technology rather than freight-volume growth.
Series 22 - Datarobot
No publicly disclosed major financing, M&A or C-level hire in the past 90 days.
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