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Senra Systems Closes $65M Series B Led by Lowercarbon and Interlagos

Jordan Black · Senra Systems' $65M Series B: Fixing Aerospace & Defense's Biggest Bottleneck · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Jul 15, 2026 · at 1:10

Jordan Black, co-founder and CEO of Senra Systems, announces the company's Series B funding round and participating investors on Sourcery with Molly O'Shea.

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“Senra Systems officially closed our Series B fundraising for sixty-five million dollars. We had Lower Carbon, Interlagos leading the round with a lot of our existing investors coming into the mix, such as Sequoia, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Andreessen Horowitz.”

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