GoKawiilBenchmark leads $25M seed round in missile-interceptor startup Furientis
Furientis, a one-year-old startup building mass-producible interceptor missiles, raised $25 million in a seed round led by Benchmark at a $125 million valuation. The company previously raised $5 million in a pre-seed round in May and has already secured a funded Pentagon contract to build mid-range interceptors. Co-founders Brody Franzen and Aris Simsarian bring backgrounds from Virgin Galactic, Castelion, and Virgin Orbit.