Defense technology startup Anduril Industries collected $ 2.5 billion in the funds financing round, above the double valuation to $ 30.5 billion for money, chairman of the company, Trae Stephenshe said Bloomberg TV on Thursday.
FoundersVenture, in which Stephens is also a partner, conducted financing.
Stephens told Bloomberg TV that when Anduril was still developing, “it was really important to increase the balance and make sure” that “she had the opportunity to implement capital in these sets of production and production problems we are working on.”
Since its inception in 2017, Anduril from California in California has collected over $ 6 billion Crunchbase data. Other investors cover General catalystIN Andreessen HorowitzIN Valor Equity PartnersIN Blackrock AND LightSpeed Partners.
Founders Fund, which was led by Andurila Series F $ 1.5 billion In July 2024, he brought $ 1 billion According to Stephens, for the latest financing. He noticed that it was the biggest check that the company has ever written.
Palmer Luckey Andurila co -founder after release FinishThe company that has sold its previous startup, Oculus. It seems that two corporations have buried an ax with Anduril Advertisement on May 29 that they work together on building augmented reality devices for the US army.
Financing for startups supported by VC in defense-designed here as military, national security and law enforcement agencies-last yr reached $ 3 billion in 102 transactions, at Crunchbase data. This is only 11% increase from 2023, which was recorded $ 2.7 billion in 100 announced rounds.
Thanks to this last round, it would not be surprising if he sees one other significant tumor this yr.