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COPA Leads $7M Funding Round in Shoot 360, Forms Strategic Partnership

COPA Leads $7M Funding Round in Shoot 360, Forms Strategic Partnership

Vancouver, Wash. – September 12, 2026 -- Shoot 360 has secured a $7 million growth funding round led by COPA Innovation Laboratories and its investment arm, COPA Venture Capital, as part of a new strategic partnership between the two sports technology companies.

Shoot 360 scales technology-powered basketball training beyond 65 locations

Founded in 2012 by Craig Moody, Shoot 360 operates more than 65 franchise locations across the U.S. and internationally, pairing immersive basketball training with performance-tracking software. The company has built partnerships with several NBA teams and maintains a significant pipeline of new locations in development.

Airbility Raises $4.7M Series A Led by Sazze Partners for Counter-UAS eVTOLs

Airbility Raises $4.7M Series A Led by Sazze Partners for Counter-UAS eVTOLs

Seoul – September 07, 2026 -- Airbility, a South Korean aerospace and defense startup, has raised USD 4.7 million (KRW 6.5 billion) in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley-based Sazze Partners, bringing its total funding to USD 7.6 million (KRW 10.5 billion).

Sazze Partners makes its first defense-sector bet on Airbility

Existing backer Stonebridge Ventures joined the round with a follow-on investment, and Industrial Bank of Korea came in as a new shareholder. Airbility's cap table also includes Samho Green Investment, Mashup Ventures, BASS Ventures and 500 Global. Sazze Partners, founded in 2018, has backed more than 100 companies including Korean AI firm Upstage, but this marks its first defense-sector investment.