Hoping to be the first company to commercialize fusion power, Commonwealth Fusion Systems led the pack by a long shot for funding this week, pulling in $863 million for its latest round.| Crunchbase News
For a topic that people mostly avoid bringing up in casual conversation, incontinence represents a huge addressable market. And startup founders and investors have taken note.| Crunchbase News
Website design platform Framer gained unicorn status with its Meritech Capital Partners- and Atomico-led $100 million Series D that values it at $2 billion.| Crunchbase News
FriendliAI, an AI inference platform startup that provides “last mile” artificial intelligence engagement, has raised $20 million in a seed extension round, the company told Crunchbase News in this exclusive.| Crunchbase News
Gusto, an HR tech company valued at nearly $10 billion, has agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup that provides retirement plans to small and medium-sized businesses, CNBC reported on Wednesday.| Crunchbase News
AI was yet again an inescapable theme this month as we looked for interesting startups that landed fresh investment. From a company using AI to help Alzheimer’s patients and their families better manage care, to another promising to streamline clothing production in the U.S. through advanced robotics, startups scooped up cash around a variety of AI-related businesses in August.| Crunchbase News
After hitting the brakes on its IPO in April, Swedish fintech giant Klarna is reportedly resuming its plans to go public in the United States in September, eyeing a valuation of between $13 billion and $14 billion.| Crunchbase News
The Japanese stockmarket has made an all-time high for the first time in 35 years. It is a big deal which has received surprisingly little press coverage. I have selected a high beta stock which will directly benefit from a revitalised Japanese stockmarket.| ByteTree
When ByteTree Venture began in September 2023, there was an overwhelming case for UK value stocks. Two years on, things are back to normal.| ByteTree
Big Tech and VC firms led the way in billion-dollar rounds going to AI companies in 2025, according to Crunchbase data. With a collective $73 billion raised, we take a look at the spendiest big investors in the sector.| Crunchbase News
Eight Sleep, a New York-based startup developing “sleep fitness” products, announced Tuesday that it has raised $100 million in a new funding round.| Crunchbase News
A handful of coastal metros, led by the San Francisco Bay Area, have long swallowed up the lion’s share of venture funding, and while the latest data shows that's not changing, the remaining states haven’t bowed out by any measure.| Crunchbase News
Discover why AI startups in the South are a prime investment opportunity. Download our latest pipeline insight report to explore top talent, strategic market trends, and thriving enterprise customers. The post South US Showing Unique AI Startup Strength appeared first on Valor Ventures.| Valor Ventures
Doug is one of the world's leading experts on "single button" cloud infrastructure recovery. His startup Arpio is relied on by airlines, tech leaders, and more to provide the assurance they remain serving their customers. The post Valor Visionaries: Doug Neumann of Arpio on Web3 Resilience appeared first on Valor Ventures.| Valor Ventures
Will startup funding maintain its momentum in H2 2025? To get a sense of what investors are seeing for the rest of the year, we spoke with VCs from Menlo Ventures, Founders Fund, Bain Capital Ventures and Left Lane Capital who told us how their firms decide to invest, and why AI infrastructure and applications are getting so much attention right now.| Crunchbase News
All the bankers we know are incredibly busy, but they do not have much to show for it. The capital markets are log-jammed and it is not clear what it will take to free them.| Digits to Dollars
We are pleased to announce that we have raised a new fund to continue our network-driven investing. Foundry 2022 is a $500 million fund that invests in early-stage technology companies and early-stage venture funds. We began investing the fund in 2022 and are excited to continue partnering with founders, GPs, and LPs. We transitioned to […] The post Announcing Foundry 2022 appeared first on Foundry.| Foundry
Our healthcare system stands at a critical juncture. Skyrocketing costs, widespread physician burnout, and overwhelming administrative complexities lead to limited access to quality care and, ultimately, compromised patient outcomes. Health systems are acutely aware of these issues and urgently seeking a better way forward. The promise of technology, particularly AI, offers the potential for transformation […] The post Our Investment in Ferrum Health appeared first on Foundry.| Foundry
Earlier this year, we announced that our current fund, Foundry 2022, will be the final Foundry fund. We are excited to complete the initial work of building the Foundry 2022 portfolio over the next 18 months. As stewards of capital to our LPs and engaged partners to our portfolio companies, we are all in on […] The post A Note to Colorado Entrepreneurs appeared first on Foundry.| Foundry
We are pleased to announce that we have raised a new fund to continue our network-driven investing. Foundry 2022 is a $500 million fund that invests in early-stage technology companies and early-stage venture funds. We began investing the fund in 2022 and are excited to continue partnering with founders, GPs, and LPs. We transitioned to […]| Foundry
The intersection of AI and coding is one of the hottest areas for venture funding of late. But even in a heated investment environment, this week was exceptional.| Crunchbase News
The week saw a handful of nine-figure rounds, and some at pretty big valuations. That included one large round minting a new unicorn that has developed an AI-powered coding co-pilot.| Crunchbase News
OpenAI’s reported $100 billion valuation is a staggering number, even by venture-backed unicorn standards. We put together a few comparable stats to put it in context.| Crunchbase News
AI investment towers over other sectors when it comes to venture funding, and Menlo Ventures, one of the oldest firms in Silicon Valley, led that charge, but it's looking for more.| Crunchbase News
San Francisco-based Cribl raised a $319 million Series E led by new investor GV and valuing the data infrastructure company at $3.5 billion.| Crunchbase News
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, presents a 101 guide to everything you need to know about working capital for startup businesses.| kruzeconsulting.com
Two decades of under-investment in semis has left US venture firms with little institutional memory for semis investment.| Digits to Dollars
Tally, a San Francisco-based startup that helped people manage and pay off their credit card debt, has closed its doors.| Crunchbase News
Vancouver-based legal tools platform Clio locked up a $900 million Series F at a $3 billion valuation — the largest round ever for a Canadian startup.| Crunchbase News
A spate of billion-dollar fundings contributed to May's funding total, with $11 billion — over a third of capital raised last month — invested in six companies in rounds at $1 billion or more.| Crunchbase News
Much of the venture landscape is adrift at sea, with no land in sight.| Digits to Dollars
Complex systems of life often contain a multitude of shortcuts: sources of alpha which, should you choose to exploit them, give notable advantage. Many classes of these shortcuts are features rather than bugs, and it is no accident of many systems that only a select minority are able to tactfully navigate them. | near.blog
This week our friends at Springbank announced their debut fund with $35 million in capital commitments, and we are thrilled to partner with them. Courtney, Elana, and Jen were introduced to us by our partners at Union Square Ventures as they began putting together their new fund. We couldn’t be happier to share the news […]| Foundry
A couple of years ago, Latin America was the fastest-growing region in the world for startup investment. Hot companies from Brazil to Mexico were securing large, later-stage rounds to scale up in sectors like real estate, deliveries and e-commerce. Not anymore.| Crunchbase News
Initial Crunchbase data shows a slower final quarter ending a lackluster year for global startup funding as venture capital investors continued to hold back in 2023.| Crunchbase News
OpenAI co-founder and AI wunderkind Sam Altman is out as the company’s CEO, and Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, has been named as the generative AI giant's interim CEO.| Crunchbase News
