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Forterra Raises $238 Million To Bolster C3, Production Efforts

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

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Forterra Raises $238 Million To Bolster C3, Production Efforts

Oshkosk Corp.'s ROGUE Fires platform in production for the Marine Corps. Forterra provides a self-driving solution for the system. Photo: U.S. Defense Department

Autonomous technology startup Forterra has raised $238 million in a new funding round to be put toward command, control and communications systems, and increasing production capacity, the company said on Wednesday. The Series C round was led by Moore Strategic Ventures. “This funding propels Forterra’s mission to be the connective tissue of modern operations,” Josh Araujo, the company’s CEO, said in a statement. “Our interoperable mission modules and autonomous stack are already enabling a new generation of platforms to move,…

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