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Resemble AI, a San Francisco‑based enterprise generative‑AI security platform, announced a $13 million funding round, bringing its total capital to $25 million. The round featured a roster of strategic backers including Google’s AI Futures Fund, Comcast Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund and Okta Ventures. The company’s flagship DETECT‑3B Omni model claims 98% deep‑fake detection accuracy across more than 38 languages, and it recently launched Resemble Intelligence powered by Google Gemini 3. Proceeds will accelerate global expansion and further development of its AI‑detection suite.
This report from OpenAI is the first time we’ve had a detailed map of what enterprise AI actually looks like inside companies. The patterns are unmistakable. The implications are big. Adoption matters, but the defining change here is how much of...
Does valuation or ownership matter more to a seed VC? Yes. https://lnkd.in/gMHd5pSP
Capitolis, the New York‑based fintech platform for banks and institutional investors, announced Okan Pekin as its new President. Pekin, based in London, will report to CEO Gil Mandelzis and help scale the firm’s next growth phase. He arrives with more...
Most SaaS AE interviews today, they're still looking for: - $300k OTE - Work from home - No travel - 100% in-bound - Side hustles fine - Strong SE support on product - Sell their way - Limited need to...
In some sectors, private equity has a reputation for loading companies with debt, and those companies eventually implode under the weight. But we haven't seen this so much with tech-oriented private equity firms. Rather, venture capital money can be more...
Rotostitch, a San Francisco‑based startup focused on automated textile manufacturing, announced a $1 million pre‑seed round. The financing was led by Boost VC and Nova Threshold. The capital will accelerate product development, expand manufacturing capacity, and fuel go‑to‑market initiatives. The company’s...
I love bootstrapped businesses like this. Live on @acquiredotcom: SaaS helping brands recover carts, segment audiences, and send high converting emails without the complexity. > $660K ARR > $46K TTM profit > 100+ merchants > 10% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/DjQQwM9Uux https://t.co/R10ru0NB9j
Which founder brand does @mansourtarek_ @Kalshi respect more than any other? "@eglyman @karimatiyeh have done a very good job at building a story and brand around the founders the team and how the company has come to be. I am learning...
The panel dissects Europe’s tech landscape, starting with Bending Spoons’ aggressive roll‑up strategy and the broader valuation reset driven by debt‑fuelled M&A and Italy’s PE‑VC hybrid model. They debate Brexit’s lingering economic fallout, the erosion of German automotive dominance, and...
🚀Is AI really expanding TAM in B2B? 🔄 Or will we end up again in a ... TAM Trap? The latest 20VC with @HarryStebbings @rodriscoll + me https://t.co/GZ0atD0MKB
Kalshi is one of the fastest growing companies on the planet. Last week: - Raised $1BN at $11BN valuation - Partnered with CNN and CNBC This is Tarek’s only interview post this news. - How Polymarket made @Kalshi better? - Is Kalshi just sports betting with...
X-energy Reactor Company announced the appointment of Daniel Gross as its new Chief Financial Officer. Gross joins from Amazon, where he directed the Climate Pledge Fund, and brings extensive experience in clean‑energy finance from Oaktree, Hudson Clean Energy, Goldman Sachs...
IBM announced an $11.1 billion acquisition of Confluent, valuing the streaming‑platform provider at 10 × its last‑twelve‑month revenue. Confluent, the commercial arm behind Apache Kafka, serves more than 40 % of Fortune 500 firms and posted Q3 revenue of $298.5 million, up 19.3 % YoY, with...
After 27 mins of interviewing @awxjack on 20VC, I asked in the middle of the show if I could invest in @airwallex. I invested $7M. Today, Jack announced Lee Fixel and Addition, one of the best in the world, have led...
In this episode, Joubin Mirzadegan discusses how his relentless discipline and frustration with broken infrastructure drove him to leave Kleiner Perkins and become CEO of Roadrunner, now a $7.2 billion company. He shares lessons from an early startup failure, emphasizing that...
A banger portfolio listing drop on @acquiredotcom B2B content + SEO automation tools. > $252K TTM revenue > $199K TTM profit > 5,000+ customers > Bootstrapped + lean Full listing: https://t.co/3BF9S0E0dv https://t.co/bttCqZrs4E
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Airwallex, the Singapore‑US fintech platform, closed a $330 million Series G round that values the company at $8 billion. The round was led by Addition with participation from T. Rowe Price, Activant, Lingotto, Robinhood Ventures and TIAA Ventures. Airwallex plans to use the capital to...
📰 Top AI+B2B News - Sat, Dec 6 https://t.co/MWFHfEuzpm Top Stories: 1. Wealthfront wants just $255 million net from IPO 2. Microsoft (MSFT) to Hike Prices for Commercial Office 3. Salesforce CEO calls AI a 'commodity feature' Top SaaStr Articles: 1. 4 Reasons to Send Investor...
OTR Therapeutics, a Shanghai‑based biotech, closed a $100 million Series A round in June 2025. The financing was led by True Light Capital, LAV, Pfizer Ventures and Sirona Capital. OTR will deploy the capital to accelerate its pipeline targeting immunology, inflammation, oncology...
When you’re first starting something and doing customer acquisition through a channel, if it works, it often performs well even though it’s unoptimized. If you have to spend a lot of time optimizing to get it to barely work, it's...
Most VCs don't really take the rest of the year off anymore No, it's more subtle It's kind of saying, Well, That's My Hand for 2025 That leads to a slowdown. The sense that maybe it's time to just acknowledge the hand for...
An ideal customer acquisition strategy as a pre-seed company is to try a handful of marketing channels and then quickly go all in on the one that is working well and optimize. The only issue is at some point that...
Made me realize that we rarely hear from Waymo leadership despite it being such an AMAZING technology. strategic i guess? https://lnkd.in/gMqtrxjR
There seems to be an accelerating trends of founders quitting successful start-ups in the Age of AI … to found new start-ups. I see it all over my feed, and it happened twice in my portfolio in past 18 months....
"When I arrived, our NPS was negative 26..." Get your popcorn ready, because my podcast with Cassie Young drops tomorrow. She's one of the brightest GTM minds in the game. Cassie has lived the entire go-to-market lifecycle... from CRO to...
"If you're a founder and feeling like your startup really isn't going anywhere, you should either 1) deeply re-assess how you can take more shots on goal or 2) go join one of the big labs. Right now is an...
i will never get tired hearing Zachary Perret talk about the early days of Plaid , here in interview with Ben Thompson https://lnkd.in/g6YzpMte
Modern Etiquette is really good from the Slow Ventures team - it seems like a joke but it's really not, and the advice can be helpful to anyone; especially your favorite tech twenty-something. https://t.co/mcZcrEuVbm https://t.co/9ryxw6oI0c
Measuring profit per person at a startup is a great metric to track.
That's big. Love the diversified public/private partnerships. Should lead to a ton of innovation - and state by state competition. Which is healthy!
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Most first-time founders underestimate how much discipline real progress requires.
Venture is changing faster than ever. If you are not up to date, you will fall behind. Coming soon next Wednesday 👇 - What’s really happening to valuations - How AI euphoria is reshaping winners and losers - The new capital stack every founder and...
Finding product-market fit is like pushing a boulder. The easiest way to grow a startup is to find the right boulder to push down the mtn rather than pushing it up. Unfortunately, if you have not experienced product-market fit, it's...
I think most pre-seed founders would be way better off hiring contractors for specific projects rather than hiring employees for roles - at least in the beginning.
If you have a mega platform Write super collaborative checks You will absolutely crush the next decade in venture. Distribution matters. 😉
Paribu, the Istanbul‑based digital‑asset platform, announced the acquisition of Bahrain‑originated crypto exchange CoinMENA in a deal that could value the target at up to $240 million. The transaction gives Paribu immediate access to more than 1.5 million users across 45 countries and...
I caught up with one of my portfolio founders this past week. He's a successful serial entrepreneur, and one of the things that sets him apart from many founders is his relentless focus on margins. He constantly is trying to...
What I read this week... 1) Kalshi Raises $1B at $11B Valuation Kalshi has closed a stunning $1 billion Series E funding round at an $11 billion valuation, more than doubling its worth in under two months. The round, led by crypto-focused...
Looking for startups with traction to syndicate to 11,000 angel investors
Larger VC funds want to cram more and more capital into their winners. More than ever. It’s not that complicated but two core reasons: #1. Fewer and fewer winners, so everyone wants to throw money at whatever truly breaks out...
One of the most BS statements: You do not want people to join your company because of an investor that led the round. People want to grow and they want to make money. When Sequoia invests, it is a massive stamp...
BEWARE, INVESTORS IN “FEEL GOOD” STARTUPS! We’ve all seen these startups… they have bold ambition and admirable goals, but lack a cutthroat business model that will guarantee future returns for investors. But it’s surprisingly easy to fall into what I...
Two of our faves from the latest Y Combinator cohort : Dome and Zephyr Fusion. YC just had their Fall ‘25 Demo Day, so Alex and I are running down some of their favorite contenders. Two startups that REALLY stand...
This is one of the better takes on the AI "bubble" I've seen recently. https://t.co/sMJsm1vnT2
Excited to have @immad, CEO / co-founder of Mercury join us on the 24 hour live founder advice hotline on Dec 17! Sign up here:
Solid post from Pete Warden sharing some learnings
The incumbents are still polishing their slide decks. You just shipped the product. While the world waits for permission, you are paving the road. Speed is your unfair advantage. Keep shipping!
