Top 10 U.S. funding rounds: Electric vehicles and biotech lead with $650M for Slate Auto

Transportation and biotech startups dominated the largest U.S. funding rounds this week, led The electric pickup truck manufacturer raised the capital in a Series C round led Biotech was another major theme, with Beeline Medicines emerging from stealth with $300 million in Series A funding led Other notable rounds included $170 million for autonomous transportation startup Glydways, which is developing personal autonomous pods for dedicated lanes. The Series C funding was led Factory, a startup focused on autonomous software engineering, secured $150 million in a Series C round led Additional significant funding went to Terremoto Biosciences ($108 million), Zum ($100 million for student transportation), Neomorph ($100 million for cancer therapeutics), Slash ($100 million fintech round valuing the company at $1.4 billion), nEye ($80 million for optical interconnects), and Turion Space ($75 million for orbital intelligence). The funding activity reflects continued investor interest in transportation electrification, biotech innovation, and artificial intelligence applications across various sectors.