Factorial lists at $1.3B, then Mercedes and Dodge put its solid-state cells on the road
Factorial's FEST cells drive a Mercedes EQS 1,205 km and a Dodge Charger Daytona test fleet — then the company SPACs onto Nasdaq at $1.3B in June 2026.
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A physician and an ex-Apple voice engineer bet hospitals will swap human interpreters for instant AI; $2.95/min, live in 10+ states.
事例を読むRapido's bike-taxi bet: 70% share of India's bike rides, $3B valuation, IPO next
Three founders bet Indians would hail bikes, not cars; a decade of regulatory fights later, Rapido leads ride-hailing at $3B.
事例を読むLemlist's no-VC bet: bootstrapped cold email to ~$40M ARR, then bought Claap
Paris cold-email SaaS Lemlist reached ~$40M ARR with zero outside funding, then bought AI sales platform Claap with its own money in October 2025.
事例を読むEnter bets AI wins Brazil's mass lawsuits: $35M A, then LatAm's first AI unicorn
A Stanford-dropout lawyer sells AI agents that defend Brazil's flood of consumer lawsuits; Founders Fund and Sequoia backed it to LatAm's first AI unicorn.
事例を読むAIPher raises ¥100M angel for AI that owns drug-R&D decisions
Tsinghua AIR spinout AIPher took a 100-million-yuan angel to make AI drug discovery's decision-maker, not its tool — with wet-lab teams inside from day one.
事例を読むStegra's €6.5B green-steel bet: world's first large-scale plant nears 2026 start
Boden plant, renamed Stegra, raised ~€6.5B to replace coking coal with green hydrogen; 60% built by 2025, new financing as costs rose.
事例を読むDouShengSheng: Douyin's no-feed deals app tops China App Store; 21M DAU in four months
Douyin spun local deals into DouShengSheng (Feb 2026) — no feeds, just coupons — topping App Store shopping charts and hitting 21.03M DAU in four months.
事例を読むProof of Play's fully on-chain game bet: $33M, Pirate Nation, then a 2026 shutdown
FarmVille co-creator Amitt Mahajan raised $33M from a16z to make timeless on-chain games; Pirate Nation peaked in 2024, studio ceased operations Aug 2026.
事例を読むBeConfident bets English is learned in WhatsApp: 3M users, $10M+ ARR, $15.8M Series A
Brazilian edtech teaches English through 24/7 AI tutors on WhatsApp; reached 3M users and $10M+ ARR before a Prosus-led $15.8M Series A in Feb 2026
事例を読むKalshi: regulated event-trading app tops US sportsbook downloads
CFTC-regulated event-contract exchange whose app hit 3M+ US downloads in Jan 2026 and 42.3% of betting-app installs in the World Cup window.
事例を読むAetherflux bets orbital data centers beat Earth's limits — then builds its own rockets
Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt's Aetherflux pivoted to solar-powered orbital AI data centers, rebranding as Cowboy Space with a $275M Series B at $2B.
事例を読むLimX Dynamics bets humanoids serve homes, not factories; ¥15B valuation, HK IPO filing
Shenzhen's LimX Dynamics bets full-size humanoids for homes and services, fully autonomous — no remote control; ¥15B valuation, 2026 HK IPO filing.
事例を読むCantourage rides Germany's 2024 cannabis law to record quarters and first profit
Medical-cannabis platform Cantourage bet legalization on Germany; after the April 2024 CanG, April revenue jumped 160% YoY and it turned its first profit.
事例を読むDelivrone's AED drone wins France's first SAMU go-ahead
After a year of tests, Delivrone's AED drone got France's first SAMU authorization, letting Rouen's emergency centre fly a defibrillator to bystanders in 2026.
事例を読むSkybridge's MCP-apps bet: Alpic open-sources the framework and lands #2 on Product Hunt
Alpic built Skybridge so developers can ship MCP apps that run inside Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor — 1.9k GitHub stars and a #2 Product Hunt launch by July 2026.
事例を読むCranium Bets EU AI Act Makes AI Safety a Necessity
KPMG-incubated AI security firm spun out in 2023, raised $25M, betting on regulation.
事例を読むEvelo Biosciences bets the microbiome can become a drug platform
Evelo Biosciences used venture-studio capital, patents and university research to turn the human microbiome into a possible therapeutic platform.
事例を読むHeirloom's limestone DAC bet: America's first commercial plant, then $150M Series B
Heirloom uses limestone to pull CO2 from the air; Tracy became America's first commercial DAC plant, and a 2024 $150M Series B funds Louisiana hubs.
事例を読むGenstore bets AI-native commerce beats dashboards; PH #1, $10M seed
An AI-native store builder bets merchants will run e-commerce by talking to agents, not clicking dashboards; #1 on Product Hunt weeks after launch.
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