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Oura's $2.2 billion IPO saw Forerunner Ventures plan to sell its entire stake for up to $1.26 billion, representing a significant liquidity event for early investors in the health wearables company. This exit demonstrates venture capital's substantial returns in consumer health IoT and signals maturing investor appetite in the sector.
Read original →Manus, which terminated its merger with Meta earlier in 2026, is raising $500M at a $4B valuation while resuming independent operations. This funding and valuation signal investor confidence in the haptics/robotics sector despite a failed Meta acquisition, and demonstrate alternative capital pathways for hardware AI companies outside mega-cap acquirers.
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