Verified Events
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Xona raises $250M Series D at $2.45B valuation
- Total capital raised now exceeds $570 million.
- Four of the six additional Pulsar satellites sent to orbit earlier in the week are intended to begin customer service in 2027.
- Two of the additional spacecraft were designed and manufactured entirely in-house in Burlingame.

Dynamic Map Platform joins Daiwa House and Hacobu autonomous-truck hub trial
- DPL Hiratsuka and DPL Shin-Yokohama III will host validation of facility guidance, camera-assisted safety and mobility-hub operations.
- Dynamic Map Platform will provide high-precision 3D maps and a cooperative mobility platform; Hacobu will connect MOVO Berth reservations and develop hub-management software.
- The project plans to use TIER IV autonomous trucks to assess Level 4-equivalent facility driving and tractor–trailer exchange operations.

OSCP announces New Science Ventures-led Series A closed in August
- New Science Ventures led, with Emerging Ventures and 2050 Capital participating.
- Capital supports production, engineering and sales hiring and the next generation of photonic inertial sensors.
- New Science Ventures managing partner Somu Subramaniam joined the board.

Dynamic Map-led team selected for Automated Logistics Road trial
- The team includes Kajima, Mitsubishi Electric and Seino Transportation.
- Trials are planned from November to mid-December 2026 using two ZELOSTECH Z5 autonomous cargo vehicles and one Z10.
- The planned tests use a 10 km/h baseline and selected straight-road runs at 30 km/h, with optical-fibre sensing for infrastructure-assisted driving.

Locus Lock closes strategic funding round led by Range Ventures
- Range Ventures led the round, with In-Q-Tel, Backswing Ventures, Aurelia Foundry, Techstars, Golden Seeds, Creations VC and POV Ventures participating.
- The capital supports customer programmes, software-defined PNT development, the Leo200 launch and engineering-team growth.
- Leo200 is scheduled to launch in October 2026 as an evaluation and integration platform for aerospace, defence and autonomous systems.