Deals•Jul 6, 2025
Melio Sells for $2.5B After Growing to $153M ARR
Melio, a SaaS payments company with $153M ARR and 127% YoY growth, was sold for approximately $2.5 billion, reflecting roughly a 16x revenue multiple. The transaction outcome was discussed as a disappointing valuation for similar high-growth portfolio companies.
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Deals•Jul 1, 2025
Catalio Capital Closes Fund IV Raising over $400M
Catalio Capital has closed its fourth fund, Fund IV, at over $400 million to continue investing in early-stage life sciences and biotech companies. The new fund will support the firm's existing strategy of backing founders in therapeutics and platform technologies.
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Deals•Jun 25, 2025
Kalshi Raises $185M in Growth-Stage Funding
Prediction markets startup Kalshi closed a $185 million funding round, signaling strong investor interest in forecast-market platforms. The raise comes as rival Polymarket is reportedly seeking $200 million.
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Deals•Jun 17, 2025
Applied Intuition Raises $600M to Expand Into Defense
Applied Intuition, an AI-driven autonomous vehicle software company, raised $600M in a growth-stage funding round, more than doubling its valuation year-over-year as it pushes further into defense markets. The capital will support product development and expansion into defense-focused applications.
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Deals•Jun 11, 2025
Sam Altman-Backed Coco Robotics Raises $80M
Coco Robotics, backed by Sam Altman, has raised $80M in a growth-stage funding round announced on 2025-06-11. The capital will support the company’s development and scaling of its robotics and AI-driven automation products.
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Deals•Jun 11, 2025
Sam Altman-Backed Coco Robotics Raises $80M
Coco Robotics secured an $80M funding round to expand deployment of its zero-emissions delivery robots, which have completed over 500,000 deliveries since 2020. The round is backed by investors including Sam Altman to accelerate growth and scale operations.
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Deals•Jun 11, 2025
Sam Altman‑backed Coco Robotics Raises $80M to Expand Autonomous Delivery and AI Platform
Coco Robotics raised $80 million from angel investors Sam Altman and Max Altman alongside VC firms including Pelion Venture Partners and Offline Ventures. The Los Angeles startup will use the capital to expand its zero‑emissions last‑mile delivery robots and its...
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Deals•Jun 1, 2025
Yuri Milner Invested $100M Into Airwallex at $1.1B Valuation
Airwallex received a $100M investment from Yuri Milner at a reported $1.1B valuation, recounted by CEO Jack Zhang on the 20VC podcast. The anecdote highlights a rapid, high-conviction check after a brief personal conversation.
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Deals•Apr 16, 2025
Capsule Raises $12M to Build Next-Gen AI Video Editor for Brands
Capsule has raised $12M to develop the next version of its AI-powered video editor targeted at brands. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts for its B2B video editing platform.
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Deals•Apr 14, 2025
Conifer Raises $20M Seed to Commercialize Rare-Earth-Free Electric Hub Motor
Conifer, a startup founded by former Lucid and Apple EV engineers, raised a $20M seed round to advance its drop-in electric hub motor that uses ferrite magnets instead of rare earth elements. The funding will support product development and commercialization...
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Deals•Apr 14, 2025
Isomorphic Labs Announces $600M Raise
Isomorphic Labs announced a $600M fundraising round, per coverage in the RAAIS 2025 speaker roundup. The raise was noted alongside the company’s continued push in AI‑first drug development.
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Deals•Apr 10, 2025
Symphonic Capital Raises $13.5M for Inaugural Fund
Symphonic Capital, founded by Sydney Thomas, raised $13.5M for its inaugural fund to invest in early-stage companies, focusing on founders outside the Bay Area. The firm launched in 2022 after Thomas left Precursor Ventures.
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Deals•Apr 10, 2025
Symphonic Capital Raises $13.5M for Inaugural Fund
Symphonic Capital, founded by Sydney Thomas, has raised $13.5 million for its inaugural fund to invest in early-stage healthcare and financial-services companies, with typical checks around $250,000. The firm says it is backed by a group of institutional investors and...
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Deals•Apr 10, 2025
Sydney Thomas's Symphonic Capital Raises $13.5M for Inaugural Fund
Symphonic Capital, founded by Sydney Thomas, has closed an inaugural $13.5M fund to back early-stage companies. The new fund marks the firm's market entry and will deploy capital into its target sectors (article published 2025-04-10).
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Deals•Apr 10, 2025
Dig Ventures Raises $100M to Back Early-Stage European Startups
Dig Ventures has secured a fresh $100M to deploy into early-stage European startups, aiming to expand its presence and support more founders across the region. The capital appears targeted at increasing dealflow and backing seed to growth-stage companies.
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Deals•Mar 27, 2025
OpenAI Nearing Close of SoftBank-Led $40B Funding Round
OpenAI is reportedly close to finalizing a $40 billion growth-stage funding round led by SoftBank, with SoftBank initially contributing $7.5B and plans for additional tranches. Other investors in discussions include Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund and Altimeter Capital.
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Deals•Mar 27, 2025
OpenAI Nearing Close on SoftBank-Led $40B Funding Round
OpenAI is reportedly close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank. The mega-round would represent a major growth-stage financing for the AI company and include SoftBank as a lead investor.
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Deals•Mar 27, 2025
OpenAI Reportedly Nearing Close of SoftBank-Led $40B Growth-Stage Round
Reports indicate OpenAI is set to close a SoftBank-led $40 billion growth-stage financing round imminently. The massive capital raise would be led by SoftBank (likely via its Vision Fund) and further solidify OpenAI's valuation and funding runway.
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Deals•Mar 26, 2025
Amazon’s Alexa Fund Backs Four AI Startups as It Expands Into Gen AI
Amazon’s Alexa Fund announced investments into four early-stage AI startups as the fund broadens its remit to back generative AI and multimodal models alongside Alexa+. The corporate venture program will increase focus on AI solutions supporting voice and multimodal experiences....
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Deals•Mar 26, 2025
Island Raises $250M Series E at $4.85B Valuation Led by Coatue
Enterprise browser startup Island raised $250 million in a Series E round led by Coatue, valuing the company at $4.85 billion. The round comes less than a year after its prior fundraise and significantly increases the company's valuation.
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Deals•Mar 26, 2025
Island Raises $250M Series E at $4.85B Valuation Led by Coatue
Dallas-based enterprise browser startup Island raised $250M in a Series E round led by Coatue at a $4.85B valuation, bringing total funding to $730M. Other participants include Insight Partners, Sequoia and Canapi Ventures; Island serves 450 customers with secure, enterprise-focused...
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Deals•Mar 14, 2025
Kerry Washington Leads Pre-Seed $550K Raise for Wedding Marketplace Cheersy
Cheersy, a 2024-founded marketplace helping couples find day-of-service wedding coordinators, raised $550,000 in a pre-seed/seed round led by actress and angel investor Kerry Washington. Other investors include Elizabeth Cutler and unnamed angels supporting the platform’s early growth.
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Deals•Mar 13, 2025
Vento Launches €75M Fund to Back Italian Founders Globally
Vento has launched a new €75 million fund aimed at investing in Italian founders regardless of where they live. The fund targets startups founded by Italians to stimulate Italy’s startup ecosystem.
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Deals•Mar 13, 2025
Vento Launches €75M Fund to Back Italian Founders Worldwide
Vento has launched a new €75M venture fund aimed at backing Italian founders regardless of their location, seeking to boost Italy's startup ecosystem. The fund will invest in early- to growth-stage Italian founders and support cross-border entrepreneurship.
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Deals•Mar 12, 2025
Vento Launches €75M Fund II to Back Italian Founders Worldwide
Vento, an Italy-based early-stage VC, has closed a second, hard-capped fund of €75M to invest in Italian founders globally. The sector-agnostic Fund II plans ~375 investments over five years and targets Italian entrepreneurs regardless of domicile.
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Deals•Mar 6, 2025
Intangible Raises $4M Seed to Build AI-Powered No-Code 3D Creation Studio
Intangible raised $4M in a seed round led by a16z Speedrun and Crosslink Capital with participation from several angel investors. The startup will use the funding to develop its AI-driven no-code 3D web studio, hire talent, and prepare for a...
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Deals•Feb 24, 2025
Cambridge Innovation Capital Launches £100M ($126M) Opportunity Fund to Back Later‑stage Deep Tech and Life Sciences
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) has launched a £100 million ($126M) Opportunity Fund anchored by Aviva Investors and British Patient Capital to invest up to £20M per deal in later‑stage deep tech and life sciences companies. Two portfolio companies cited are...
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Deals•Feb 20, 2025
SmartSuite Raises $38M in Series A Funding Led by Canapi Ventures
SmartSuite announced a total of $38 million in new financing, highlighted by a $13 million Series A round led by Canapi Ventures with participation from Sorenson Capital and High Alpha. The funding will support product expansion and hiring as the collaboration platform scales...
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Deals•Feb 19, 2025
Sanas Raises $65M at >$500M Valuation to Scale AI Accent‑conversion Tech
Sanas closed a $65M funding round led by Quadrille Capital and Teleperformance, with participation from Insight Partners, Quiet Capital, Alorica and DN Capital, valuing the company at over $500M. The startup will use the capital to expand speech‑to‑speech algorithms, grow...
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Deals•Feb 18, 2025
Hightouch Raises $80M Series C at $1.2B Valuation to Expand AI-Powered Marketing Platform
Hightouch raised $80M in a Series C led by Sapphire Ventures at a $1.2B post-money valuation to advance its AI-driven customer data platform and AI Decisioning product. The round includes participation from NVC, Amplify Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Bain Capital Ventures...
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Deals•Feb 18, 2025
Hightouch Raises $80M at $1.2B Valuation for AI-Powered Marketing Tools
Hightouch raised $80M in a growth-stage funding round at a $1.2B valuation to expand its AI-powered marketing tools and customer data activation platform. The round will fuel product development and go-to-market expansion for the B2B SaaS company.
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Deals•Feb 18, 2025
Hightouch Raises $80M at $1.2B Valuation to Power AI Marketing Tools
Hightouch raised $80M in a growth-stage funding round that values the company at $1.2B. The round will support expansion of its AI-powered marketing tools and go-to-market efforts. (Article date: 2025-02-18)
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Deals•Feb 14, 2025
Elon Musk's xAI in Talks to Raise $10B in Growth-Stage Funding
xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, is reported to be in talks to raise about $10 billion in a growth-stage funding round. The discussions signal major investor interest in the company as it scales its AI efforts.
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Deals•Feb 14, 2025
Elon Musk’s xAI in Talks to Raise $10B in Growth-Stage Funding
xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, is reportedly in talks to raise roughly $10 billion in a private funding round. The potential capital raise would be aimed at supporting the company’s AI development and scaling efforts.
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Deals•Feb 6, 2025
European VC Firm Emblem Raises $85M for Inaugural Fund
Emblem, a European venture capital firm, has closed its first fund at $85 million to invest in early-stage startups across Europe. The fund will be deployed to back founders in Emblem's target sectors and geographies, with limited partner commitments totaling...
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Deals•Jan 15, 2025
Nelly Secures €50M Series B to Accelerate European Healthcare Fintech Expansion
Berlin‑based fintech Nelly announced a €50 million (≈$51 million) Series B round led by Cathay Innovation and Notion Capital, with participation from existing backers b2venture, Lakestar, Motive Ventures and Arc Investors. The funding will fuel product rollout across Europe and deepen its SaaS...
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Deals•Dec 18, 2024
Hauler Hero Secures $10M Seed Round to Accelerate AI‑Powered Waste‑Management Platform
Hauler Hero announced a $10 million seed round led by I2BF Ventures, with participation from K5 Global, Somersault Ventures and executives from Gusto and ServiceTitan. The funding will fuel product development, engineering hires, and expansion into larger enterprise waste‑management customers.
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Deals•Dec 17, 2024
Nuon Secures $16.5M Funding Round Led by Uncork Capital, M12 and Others
Nuon announced a $16.5 million financing to accelerate its BYOC platform, attracting investors including Uncork Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Mantis VC and Redpoint Ventures. The round, disclosed on Dec 17 2024, aims to help SaaS firms deploy software directly into customers’ cloud accounts and...
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Deals•Dec 11, 2024
Stigg Secures $17.5M Series A to Power AI‑Driven SaaS Pricing
Stigg announced a $17.5 million Series A round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Unusual Ventures, Emerge Ventures, Redseed and Cerca Partners. The funding will help the startup expand its monetization platform that enables SaaS companies to price AI‑driven features...
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Deals•Dec 1, 2024
Odyssey Raises Series A Led by EQT Ventures
Odyssey has raised a Series A round led by EQT Ventures with participation from Air Street and GV, announced in Nathan Benaich & Alex Chalmers' December 1, 2024 newsletter. The company secured Series A financing to support its next stage...
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Deals•Nov 26, 2024
Volta Raises €6 Million Pre‑seed Round to Build B2B SaaS Catalog Platform
Italian startup Volta announced a €6 million pre‑seed funding round to develop its B2B SaaS catalog platform, positioning itself as a Shopify for wholesale transactions. The round was led by European VC Emblem with participation from Robin Capital, Founders Future, Sequoia,...
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Deals•Nov 20, 2024
LogicMonitor Secures $800M Funding Round to Fuel AI-Driven Observability Expansion
LogicMonitor announced an $800 million financing round led by investors including PSG and Golub Capital, valuing the SaaS observability provider at $2.4 billion. The capital will support strategic M&A, market expansion, and product diversification as AI drives demand for data‑center monitoring. Vista...
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Deals•Nov 12, 2024
LocalStack Raises $25M to Help Developers Emulate and Test Cloud Apps Locally
LocalStack raised $25M to expand its platform that enables developers to emulate and test cloud applications locally across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and other environments. The round will help the company scale its product and support growth in developer adoption.
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Deals•Nov 5, 2024
Mitra Chem Raises over $80M in Funding Round
Mitra Chem, a lithium‑ion battery materials startup, announced it has raised more than $80 million from investors including Social Capital, General Motors and Alpha Wave Ventures. The capital will accelerate AI‑driven battery material development and help shorten the lab‑to‑production timeline.
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Deals•Oct 29, 2024
GMI Cloud Raises $82M Series A to Expand GPU Cloud Infrastructure
San Jose‑based GMI Cloud raised an $82M Series A led by Headline Asia with participation from Banpu and Wistron. The round includes $15M in equity and $67M in debt and will fund a new Colorado data center and team expansion...
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Deals•Oct 29, 2024
GMI Cloud Raises $82M Series A to Scale GPU Cloud Infrastructure
San Jose-based GMI Cloud, a provider of GPU cloud infrastructure for enterprises integrating AI, raised $82M in a Series A round to expand its GPU offerings and grow its business. The funding aims to help customers access GPUs and accelerate...
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Deals•Jun 25, 2024
Tengo Secures €3M Seed Round Led by Point Nine to Scale AI‑powered Public Procurement SaaS
Spanish startup Tengo, which uses AI to automate public‑sector tender discovery and response, announced a €3 million seed round. The round was led by venture firm Point Nine, providing capital to expand its SaaS platform for B2B customers handling government contracts.
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Deals•May 15, 2024
Alkira Raises $100M to Expand Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Alkira raised $100M to fund its network infrastructure-as-a-service that virtualizes and orchestrates hybrid cloud assets. The capital will support product growth and customer adoption of its cloud networking solution.
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Deals•May 10, 2024
CoreWeave Raises $1.1B in Growth Funding at $19B Valuation, Opens European HQ
GPU cloud provider CoreWeave raised $1.1 billion in a funding round that valued the company at about $19 billion and is using proceeds to expand internationally, opening a London HQ and planning two UK data centers as part of a...
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Deals•May 9, 2024
AI Chip Startup DEEPX Raises $80M Series C at $529M Valuation
DEEPX, an AI chip startup, raised $80M in a Series C round at a $529M post-money valuation. The funding will likely support product development and go-to-market expansion for its AI hardware offerings.
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