Startup investors were in a spendy mood this week, backing more than a dozen rounds in the multiple hundreds of millions. Of those, the biggest one went to spend-management platform Ramp, which closed on $750 million, followed by three $500 million rounds for companies in the AI and space tech sectors. 1. Ramp, $750M, finance software: Spend-management software provider Ramp secured $750 million in a financing led by Iconiq, GIC, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The round set a $44 billion valuation for the seven-year-old, New York-based company. 2 (tied). Impulse Space, $500M, space tech: Redondo Beach, California-based Impulse Space, a developer of spacecraft and propulsion systems for transport, moving and orbital repositioning in space, raised $500 million in Series D funding. 137 Ventures and Banner VC led the financing which brings total investment to date to more than $1 billion. 2 (tied). Supabase, $500M, AI developer tools: Supabase, provider of an open source platform...
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