Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Supabase Raises New Round at $5B Valuation
Open-source backend platform Supabase has secured new funding that values the company at $5 billion, up from a $2 billion valuation four months prior. The raise marks continued rapid growth for the developer-focused database platform amid strong investor interest.
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Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Lore Raises $1.1M Seed to Build Personalized Search for Fandoms
Lore raised $1.1 million in a seed round to develop a personalized search engine tailored to fandom culture, aiming to help obsessive fans explore deep internet rabbit holes. The funding will support product development and growth.
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Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Wave Function Ventures Raises $15M for Deep Tech Early-Stage Fund
Wave Function Ventures, founded by former SpaceX Falcon 9 engineer Jamie Gull, has closed a $15 million fund to invest in deep-tech startups and has already made nine investments. The new fund will back early-stage deep-tech companies.
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Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Nvidia Commits $100B to OpenAI in Milestone‑tied Vendor Financing Program
Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment commitment to OpenAI structured as 10 tranches of $10B tied to infrastructure deployment milestones, delivered via lease arrangements rather than upfront hardware purchases. The broader vendor financing program totals roughly $110B in direct investments...
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Deals•Oct 3, 2025
Naveen Rao's New AI Hardware Startup Raising $1B with Backing From A16z, Targeting $5B Valuation
Naveen Rao, former Databricks AI chief, is raising $1 billion to build an AI hardware company aimed at competing with Nvidia, with backing from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The startup is targeting a $5 billion valuation in the raise and plans...
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Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Perplexity Acquires Sequoia-Backed AI Design Startup Visual Electric
Perplexity has acquired Visual Electric, an AI design tool and former Sequoia-backed startup. The Visual Electric team will lead a new agents experience group at Perplexity following the acquisition.
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Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M in Growth-Stage Funding
Periodic Labs secured $300M in a growth-stage funding round reported in the article. The raise was highlighted among AI and tooling news in the October 2, 2025 briefing.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Omni Secures Strategic Investments From Snowflake and Databricks
Omni has received strategic funding from ecosystem players Snowflake and Databricks to accelerate go-to-market and partnership credibility. The investment is described as a strategic alignment to speed up integrations and market entry; financial terms were not disclosed.
Jason Lemkin
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Better Tomorrow Ventures Closes $140M Third Fund, Stays Bullish on Fintech
Six-year-old VC firm Better Tomorrow Ventures has closed its third fund at $140M, nearly matching the size of its previous 2022 fund. The firm said it remains focused on fintech investments as it deploys the new capital.
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Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Kevin Hart’s VC Firm Leads $35M Series B for AI Weight-Loss App Simple
Simple, an AI-powered health coaching app for weight loss, raised $35M in a Series B round led by Kevin Hart’s VC firm. The funding will be used to scale the product and growth efforts for the consumer health app.
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Deals•Oct 1, 2025
HIG Capital Completes Acquisition of France Workwear From Rentokil Initial
HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of France Workwear from Rentokil Initial, finalizing the carve-out on 2025-10-01. The France-based textile service provider will be rebranded in early 2026 and becomes part of HIG’s expanding European portfolio.
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Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M to Pursue AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
Periodic Labs, a new AI startup founded by ChatGPT co-creator Liam Fedus and former DeepMind researcher Ekin Doğuş Çubuk, has attracted over 20 researchers from major labs and secured $300 million in funding to focus on AI-driven scientific and physical-science...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Gusto Acquires Guideline for $600M, Plans to Divest Rival-Linked Customers
Gusto has acquired HR tech company Guideline for $600M, according to sources. The purchase—below Guideline's prior $1.15B valuation—may yield profits for many investors; Gusto reportedly plans to divest customers tied to rival providers.
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Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Chamath’s SPAC 'American Exceptionalism' Raises $345M in IPO
Chamath Palihapitiya’s new SPAC, American Exceptionalism, completed an IPO raising $345 million. Despite the successful offering, Chamath publicly advised retail investors to avoid buying the shares.
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Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M Seed Round to Automate Scientific Discovery
Periodic Labs, founded by former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers, raised a $300M seed round from a group of prominent tech investors to build AI-driven automation for science. Lead/backing investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Eric Schmidt, and...
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Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Cerebras Systems Raises $1.1B in Growth-Stage Funding While Remaining Private
Cerebras Systems, the AI chipmaker that filed to go public in September 2024, has raised $1.1 billion in a growth-stage funding round while remaining private amid regulatory delays. The capital infusion comes a year after its IPO filing and aims...
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Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Notion Capital Raises $130M Growth Opps III Fund to Close Europe’s Follow-On Gap
London-based VC Notion Capital has raised a $130M Growth Opps III fund aimed at providing follow-on capital to European growth-stage companies, including those in defense and supply-chain logistics. The fund targets later-stage B2B opportunities to address a gap in follow-on...
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Deals•Sep 30, 2025
Apiiro Secures $135M Funding From Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and General Catalyst
Application security platform Apiiro announced a $135 million venture funding round, with participation from Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and General Catalyst. The capital will accelerate the company's AI-era security solutions and product development. The announcement was made on September 30, 2025.
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Deals•Sep 29, 2025
Startup Behind Open-Source Data Tool Polars Raises $21M From Accel
The startup behind the open-source data processing tool Polars has raised $21M in a funding round led by Accel. The capital will support product development and growth for the company building on the Polars project.
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Deals•Sep 29, 2025
French VC Gabriel Jarrosson Raises $12M Fund to Back Y Combinator Startups
Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has raised a $12M venture fund dedicated to investing exclusively in Y Combinator companies. The fund will target early-stage YC startups in line with Jarrosson's established investment filter.
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Deals•Sep 29, 2025
Polars Raises €18M Series A Led by Accel
Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open source Polars data project, raised an €18 million Series A round led by Accel to accelerate product development and commercial growth. The funding will support the company's expansion of its commercial offerings around...
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Deals•Sep 29, 2025
AI Recruiter Alex Raises $17M Series A to Automate Initial Job Interviews
Y Combinator‑backed startup Alex raised $17M in a Series A round led by Peak XV Partners to expand its AI-driven platform that automates initial job interviews and candidate screening. The capital will be used to scale product and go-to-market efforts.
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Deals•Sep 26, 2025
Databricks Makes $100M Strategic Investment in OpenAI
Databricks has committed $100 million to OpenAI in a corporate strategic investment, reinforcing a partnership between the analytics platform and the AI research company. The deal underscores continued industry support for OpenAI's AI development and enterprise deployments.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 25, 2025
Agave Games Raises $18M Series A Led by Baldur’s Gate Capital, Felicis, and E2vc
Turkish mobile gaming studio Agave Games announced an $18 million Series A round to fund its upcoming title “What the Hex”. The round was led by Baldur’s Gate Capital with participation from Felicis and e2vc. The new capital will support the company’s expansion...
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Deals•Sep 25, 2025
Cohere Raises $100M at $7B Valuation, Partners with AMD
AI startup Cohere announced a $100 million funding round that values the company at $7 billion. The raise includes a strategic partnership with AMD, which will provide hardware acceleration for Cohere's language models. The round highlights continued investor confidence in...
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Deals•Sep 24, 2025
NVIDIA Commits up to $100B to OpenAI to Facilitate Chip Purchases
NVIDIA has committed up to $100 billion to OpenAI in a strategic corporate investment/commitment structured to facilitate the purchase of as many as 5 million NVIDIA AI chips, deepening ties between the firms and other partners like Microsoft.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 24, 2025
Emergent Raises $23M From Lightspeed to Expand Vibe-Coding Platform
Emergent raised $23 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed to advance its vibe-coding software platform that enables consumers to build apps. The capital will support product development and go-to-market growth.
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Deals•Sep 22, 2025
Earthmover Raises $7.2M Seed to Build Snowflake-Like Platform for Weather and Geospatial Data
Earthmover raised a $7.2 million seed round to build tools and a data platform for analyzing weather model outputs and geospatial data, targeting enterprise customers. The funding will support product development and go-to-market expansion.
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Deals•Sep 19, 2025
NVIDIA and Air Street Capital Unveil £2B Commitment to Accelerate UK AI Startups
NVIDIA is partnering with Air Street Capital on a new £2B commitment to invest in and support UK-based AI startups, providing capital, compute and technical expertise to accelerate the UK AI ecosystem. The partnership aims to scale AI infrastructure and...
Nathan Benaich
Deals•Sep 19, 2025
Air Street Capital and NVIDIA Commit £2B to Boost UK AI Ecosystem
Air Street Capital has partnered with NVIDIA on a £2 billion investment initiative to accelerate the UK AI ecosystem, with NVIDIA acting as a strategic corporate partner/investor. The capital will be deployed to back UK AI startups and scale companies,...
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Deals•Sep 13, 2025
OpenAI $10B Secondary Liquidity Event Creates Major Windfall
OpenAI completed a roughly $10 billion secondary sale, creating significant liquidity for insiders and early investors and generating numerous new millionaires. The secondary underscores strong late-stage investor appetite for AI assets and intensifies competition for AI talent.
Jason Lemkin
Deals•Sep 3, 2025
FirstClub Secures $23M Series A to Expand Curated Quick‑commerce in India
India‑based quick‑commerce startup FirstClub announced a $23 million Series A round, lifting its post‑money valuation to $120 million. The round was co‑led by Accel and RTP Global, with participation from Blume Founders Fund, 2am VC, Paramark Ventures and Aditya Birla Ventures. The funding will fuel FirstClub’s expansion...
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Deals•Sep 1, 2025
Anthropic Completes Oversubscribed $10B Funding Round
The article references Anthropic's oversubscribed $10 billion funding round for its foundation-model business, highlighting massive investor demand amid broad AI investment trends. The raise is presented as a major capital event underpinning growth in AI infrastructure and products.
Jason Lemkin
Deals•Aug 28, 2025
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863M in Series B2 with Participation From Google and Nvidia
Commonwealth Fusion Systems closed an $863M Series B2 round in August 2025 with participation from Google and Nvidia (and others), backing the company as it builds its Sparc demonstration reactor and advances commercial fusion efforts.
TechCrunch AI
Deals•Aug 27, 2025
Terraton Secures $11.5M Seed Funding to Franchise Biochar Solutions
Terraton announced a $11.5 million seed round to scale its biochar franchise model, aiming to replicate facilities worldwide. The round was led by Lowercarbon Capital and Gigascale Capital, with participation from ANA Future Frontier Fund, Takanawa Gateway Global Co‑Benefits Fund, and...
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Deals•Aug 22, 2025
CoreWeave Raises $11.2B in Debt to Fund AI Infrastructure Buildout
CoreWeave secured an $11.2 billion debt package to help finance roughly $22 billion in capital expenditures for AI data center capacity. The raise positions the company as a bellwether for AI infrastructure demand, hinging on long-term customer commitments to match...
Jason Lemkin
Deals•Aug 18, 2025
AI2 Secures $152M From NSF and NVIDIA to Build Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure
The Allen Institute for AI Research (AI2) received $152 million in combined funding—$75M from the National Science Foundation and $77M from NVIDIA—to support the Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI) project, aiming to build a national-level open AI...
Jack Clark
Deals•Aug 18, 2025
Paradigm Raises $5M Seed to Launch AI-Powered Spreadsheet to Public
Paradigm raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing its AI-powered spreadsheet, which embeds an AI agent in every cell, to the general public. The funding will support the product launch and further development of the AI spreadsheet.
TechCrunch Fundraising
Deals•Aug 13, 2025
NeoLogic Raises $10M Series A to Build Energy-Efficient CPUs for AI Data Centers
NeoLogic raised $10 million in a Series A round to develop energy-efficient server CPUs for AI data centers. The round was led by KOMPAS VC with participation from M Ventures, Maniv Mobility, and lool Ventures.
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Deals•Aug 5, 2025
Uzum Raises $65.5M in New Funding Round, Valuation Climbs to $1.5B
Uzbekistan’s homegrown unicorn Uzum announced a $65.5 million equity funding round co‑led by Tencent and VR Capital, with participation from FinSight Ventures, lifting its post‑money valuation to about $1.5 billion. The Tashkent‑based e‑commerce and fintech platform now serves 17 million monthly active users...
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Deals•Jul 30, 2025
Conversation Raises $28M for AI Marketing Automation
Conversation, an AI marketing automation startup founded by two UC Berkeley dropouts, raised $28M to scale its product and go-to-market. The financing will fund growth and product development for the AI-driven marketing automation platform.
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Deals•Jul 22, 2025
Lumotive Expands Series B to $59M with Backing From Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund
Lumotive reopened its February Series B to add Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group, increasing the round to $59 million. The funding bolsters the programmable optics startup's growth and development efforts.
TechCrunch Fundraising
Deals•Jul 22, 2025
Betaworks Closes $66M Fund III to Back Early-Stage AI Startups
Betaworks has closed its third fund at $66M to invest in early-stage AI startups, targeting at least 25 pre-seed to seed investments and roughly 50 total investments. The fund continues Betaworks' multi-year focus on AI investments dating back to 2016.
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Deals•Jul 22, 2025
RA Capital Planetary Health Closes $120M Fund
RA Capital Planetary Health has closed a $120 million fund to invest in planetary health-focused startups. The fund closing was announced in a TechCrunch piece outlining the firm’s investment rubric.
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Deals•Jul 21, 2025
AI Voice Startup Hyper Raises $6.3M to Automate 911 Call Handling
Hyper, an AI voice company building automated solutions for emergency call centers, raised $6.3M to scale nationwide, integrate with existing 911 systems, hire engineering leadership, and develop its next product. The funding will support commercialization and operational expansion across public-safety...
TechCrunch Fundraising
Deals•Jul 17, 2025
Substack Raises $100M at $1.1B Valuation From Chernin Group, A16z, Skims CEO and Others
Substack raised $100M in a growth-stage funding round led by investors including Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz and the CEO of Skims, valuing the company at $1.1 billion—about 70% above its 2021 valuation of $650M. The round expands Substack's capital base...
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Deals•Jul 17, 2025
Substack Raises $100M From Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz and Others
Substack has raised $100 million in a growth-stage funding round with participation from Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz and the CEO of Skims among others. The capital will support Substack's expansion of its paid-subscription publishing platform and product development.
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Deals•Jul 17, 2025
Substack Raises $100M Series C Led by BOND and The Chernin Group at $1.1B Valuation
Substack raised $100 million in a Series C round led by BOND and The Chernin Group, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Rich Paul, Jens Grede and others. The funding values the company at $1.1 billion and will be used to...
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Deals•Jul 15, 2025
Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2B Seed Round at $12B Valuation
Thinking Machines Lab, co-founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, raised a $2 billion seed round at a reported $12 billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
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Deals•Jul 11, 2025
Sarah Smith Raises $16M Fund to Back Startups, Cites AI as Force-Multiplier for Solo GPs
Solo GP Sarah Smith has launched a new $16M venture fund, saying AI tools help her make faster investment decisions without committee approval. The fund will be managed by Smith as a solo general partner to deploy capital into early-stage...
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