Issue #42 • October 10, 2025
Hi Seedradar Squad! This week, capital was deployed into critical infrastructure at an incredible pace, underscoring the fierce competition to power the future. Base Power and Reflection AI secured massive funding rounds. This ambition was mirrored in the space sector, where Stoke Space raised over half a billion dollars for highly reusable launch vehicles. Meanwhile, Figma announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to inject generative AI into its core design platform.
🔋 Base Power Raises $1B to Expand Home Battery and Energy Storage
Base Power Inc. raised $1 billion in a Series C funding round to expand its energy-storage business and build a new manufacturing plant in Texas.
The round was led by venture capital firm Addition and included existing investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. Base Power will use the proceeds to boost the production of its residential backup power systems.
💰 Snapshots: What Else Is Happening?
• Stoke Space has raised $510 million in a Series D funding round. The investment was led by United States Innovative Technology (USIT). The funding will be used to advance the development of Stoke's space vehicles, which are designed to operate with aircraft-like frequency. - Read More
• Figma announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to integrate generative AI models into its design and product development platform. The collaboration will bring Google's models, including Gemini 2.5 Flash and Imagen 4, to Figma's millions of users, powering new image generation and editing features. - Read More
• EvenUp has secured $150 million in a new funding round. The investment will help the company scale its platform, which assists law firms in drafting demand letters and managing personal injury cases. - Read More
• Reflection AI has raised $2 billion in a funding round, valuing the company at $8 billion. The company's goal is to establish a U.S.-based, open-weight frontier lab to compete directly with international AI firms like China's DeepSeek. - Read More
💰 Sharks of the Week!
️🔥 Bessemer Venture Partners - Participated in a $200 million Series A for Souffle Therapeutics, a biotech startup. - Read More
️🔥 Prime Eight Capital - Led a $153 million Series E funding round for Arthrosi Therapeutics, a biotech startup focused on developing a next-generation treatment for gout. - Read More
️🔥 TCG - Co-led a $101 million Series A round for Nilo Therapeutics, a biotech startup targeting brain-body circuits to control systemic inflammation for neurology and immunology. - Read More
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