10Beauty, the Boston-based robotics company behind what it calls the first full-service robotic manicure, has closed a $23.5 million funding round led by Story Ventures. The raise pushes the company’s total funding past $70 million and arrives as it moves from a single-market pilot into a multi-city rollout. What the Machine Actually Does Unlike nail-polish vending gimmicks or partial-automation concepts that have surfaced in the beauty space before, 10Beauty’s system handles the entire manicure workflow: polish removal, nail shaping, cuticle care, color application, top coat, and drying.

Halter is pushing deeper into the idea that livestock management can become a software-defined business, and its latest funding round shows investors believe that shift is no longer experimental. The New Zealand-founded agtech company said on March 25, 2026 that it has raised $220 million in Series E funding at a $2 billion valuation, in a round led by Founders Fund with participation from Blackbird, DCVC, Bond, Bessemer, NewView, Ubiquity, Promus, and Icehouse Ventures.