News•Nov 24, 2025
Huha Wear Raises $20M in Funding
Vancouver‑based women's intimate‑apparel brand Huha Wear announced a $20 million financing round led by District Ventures Capital, with participation from Export Development Canada. The capital will be deployed to accelerate product innovation and expand the company's market reach. Founded in 2019 by entrepreneur Alexa Suter, Huha Wear has positioned itself as a niche player in the fast‑growing women's undergarments segment. The funding underscores investor confidence in the brand’s growth trajectory and its potential to capture a larger share of the North American intimate apparel market.
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News•Nov 24, 2025
Hippocratic AI Expands Leadership Team
Palo Alto‑based Hippocratic AI, which builds generative AI agents for the healthcare sector, announced a major expansion of its executive team, adding seasoned veterans to oversee product, engineering, and commercial functions. The hires come shortly after the company closed a...
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News•Nov 21, 2025
How Venture Capital Is Evolving in a Market Driven by AI and Web3
Venture capital is being reshaped by the rapid adoption of AI and Web3, forcing firms to accelerate due‑diligence and decision‑making. New metrics such as AI model stress performance, tokenomics, code audits and on‑chain transparency now sit alongside traditional revenue and...
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News•Nov 21, 2025
The Physics of Finance: How Yaniv Bertele Applies Scientific Thinking to Investment Strategy
Yaniv Bertele, a physicist‑mathematician turned investor, applies scientific methodology to venture‑capital and corporate investment decisions. His framework starts with rigorous problem identification, then validates solution viability, financial feasibility, market size, and go‑to‑market strategy before committing capital. The approach has been...
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News•Nov 20, 2025
Sortera Technologies Inks $45M
MARKLE, IN, Sortera Technologies today announced the close of $45 million in funding.
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News•Nov 20, 2025
B2BINPAY Obtains El Salvador DASP Licence From CNAD, Cementing Its Lead in Regulated Crypto Payments
B2BINPAY has secured a Digital Asset Service Provider (PSAD) licence from El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD), authorising the firm to conduct regulated digital‑asset transfers, custody, and fiat‑crypto exchange operations under the country’s Digital Assets Issuance Law. This...
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News•Nov 20, 2025
The Marketing Guru Who Helped Turn Khosla Ventures Into an AI Powerhouse Is Moving On
Shernaz Daver, the first chief marketing officer of Khosla Ventures (KV), is leaving after nearly five years, having built the firm’s brand around the mantra “bold, early, impactful” and positioning KV as the first investor in marquee AI and tech...
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News•Nov 20, 2025
Runlayer Raises $11M in Seed Funding
Runlayer, a U.S. startup focused on Model Context Protocol security, emerged from stealth with an $11 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures and Felicis. The funding will be used to scale its team and accelerate development of its platform that...
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News•Nov 19, 2025
Orion Raises $3.5 Million Funding
Orion, a Denver‑based provider of AI‑driven risk intelligence, secured $3.5 million in a funding round led by Dynamo Ventures, with participation from Bravo Victor Venture Capital, Techstars, Service Provider Capital and a Puerto Rico government grant. The capital will be used...
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News•Nov 19, 2025
Aplos Secures $5 Million in Funding
Aplos, a leading functional non‑alcoholic spirits brand, announced the closing of a $5 million financing round on November 19, 2025. The capital infusion is intended to accelerate growth in the rapidly expanding alcohol‑alternative market after the company posted triple‑digit growth across...
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News•Nov 19, 2025
Profluent Announces $106M Funding Round
Profluent, a frontier AI platform for protein design based in Emeryville, California, announced a $106 million financing round co-led by Altimeter Capital and Bezos Expeditions, with participation from existing backers Spark Capital, Insight Partners and Air Street Capital. The new capital...
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News•Nov 19, 2025
Arbiter Emerges From Stealth with $52M
Arbiter, a healthcare technology startup, announced its emergence from stealth with a $52 million Series A round led by TriEdge Investments and MFO Ventures, alongside WindRose Health Investors and other operators. The funding values the company at $400 million and will be used...
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News•Nov 19, 2025
European Tech Gets Political
Atomico’s 2025 State of European Tech report shows rising venture investment and marks a shift toward organized lobbying by European startups and investors. The report, authored by partner Tom Wehmeier, puts forward four policy recommendations—Fix the friction, Fund the future,...
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News•Nov 18, 2025
‘Our Funds Are 20 Years Old’: Limited Partners Confront VCs’ Liquidity Crisis
Limited partners (LPs) are confronting a venture‑capital liquidity crunch as fund lifespans have stretched to 15‑20 years, leaving billions of dollars locked in under‑performing startups. LPs are revising allocation models, extending fund‑life assumptions to 18 years, and turning to the...
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News•Nov 18, 2025
Hummink Raises €15M in Funding
Paris‑based Hummink, the spin‑out that commercialises High‑Precision Capillary Printing (HPCaP) technology, closed a €15 million funding round co‑led by KBC Focus Fund, Cap Horn and Bpifrance, with participation from Elaia Partners, Sensinnovat and Beeyond. The capital will fund the rollout of...
By FinSMEs
News•Nov 17, 2025
Backflip Raises $10M in Equity Funding
Backflip, a Charlotte, North Carolina‑based real‑estate fintech platform founded in 2020, announced a $10 million equity raise. The round was led by FirstMark Capital alongside LiveOak Venture Partners and Vertical Venture Partners. The capital will be deployed to broaden the company’s...
By FinSMEs
News•Nov 14, 2025
Theo Ai Lands New Funding
Theo Ai, an AI‑driven prediction platform serving Am Law 200 firms and corporate General Counsels, announced the creation of a General Counsel Advisory Board and a new funding round led by Run Ventures, pushing total capital raised above $10 million. The round...
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News•Nov 13, 2025
Tom Priore: What Pro Teams Need From Their Payment Platforms
Tom Priore, CEO of Priority, unveiled Priority Sports – a fintech platform built specifically for the complex payment ecosystems of professional and collegiate sports teams. It automates contract‑linked payouts such as NIL deals and performance bonuses, provides invoice‑level, multi‑party reconciliation,...
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News•Nov 13, 2025
Build Mode Starts at the Beginning: How Forethought AI Found Product-Market Fit
In the debut episode of TechCrunch’s Build Mode podcast, co‑founder Deon Nicholas explains how Forethought AI achieved product‑market fit by obsessively targeting its ideal customer profile and delivering tangible value before chasing hype. The company’s “7‑Failure Rule” encouraged rapid iteration,...
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News•Nov 13, 2025
After 5 Months, the $1,200 Bottles of Besties All-In Tequila Are Finally Starting to Ship
The $1,200 Besties All‑In tequila, launched by the All‑In podcast hosts in June and sold out in its 750‑bottle run, has finally begun shipping after a five‑month delay caused by the handcrafted, collector‑style bottle. Distribution partner Flaviar pushed the delivery...
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News•Nov 13, 2025
The 10 Companies that Just Launched From Betaworks’ Latest Startup Camp
Betaworks unveiled the ten startups graduating from its 13th Camp, a 13‑week biannual residency focused this year on "Interfaces" that shape how users experience AI. The cohort includes Nora, a browser extension that tracks shopping habits; Primitive, a voice‑driven idea‑to‑task...
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News•Nov 13, 2025
Cronvall Raises €3.9M in Funding
Cronvall, a Helsinki‑based industrial procurement technology firm, closed a €3.9 million funding round led by Greencode Ventures, Stephen Industries and Innovestor. The capital will be used to speed up international expansion and further develop its digital procurement platform, which links construction...
By FinSMEs
News•Nov 12, 2025
Arrived Bags $27 Million
Seattle‑based Arrived, a platform that lets investors buy fractional shares of real‑estate assets, announced it has closed a $27 million financing round. The new capital, raised from a group of venture investors, will be used to broaden its property inventory, enhance...
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News•Nov 12, 2025
NextSense Receives Investment From Corundum Neuroscience
NextSense, a Mountain View‑based developer of in‑ear EEG wearables called Smartbuds, announced it has secured an undisclosed investment from Corundum Neuroscience. The funding will fuel the company’s next growth phase as it prepares to launch its clinically‑accurate EEG earbuds to...
By FinSMEs
News•Nov 12, 2025
The Best Business Credit Monitoring Tools
The article reviews five leading business credit monitoring solutions, highlighting their features, pricing, and target users. FairFigure offers a $35‑monthly plan with four bureau scores, AI podcasts, darknet scanning, and credit‑building reporting to five bureaus, plus financing options. Lili’s BusinessBuild...
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News•Nov 12, 2025
The Global Race for the AI App Layer Is Still On
The 2025 Accel Globalscape report finds that while the U.S. still leads in large AI models, Europe and Israel are closing the gap in the AI application layer, attracting 66% of U.S. private funding this year. Emerging European AI‑native app...
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News•Nov 11, 2025
Why Harvey’s Hardest Problem Isn’t AI, It’s Multi-Entity Collaboration
Harvey, the legal‑AI startup founded by Winston Weinberg, has surged to over $100 million in annual recurring revenue, with corporate clients now accounting for roughly a third of its sales. The company’s growth hinges on solving a multi‑entity collaboration problem—building a...
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News•Nov 11, 2025
Uare.ai Scoops Up $10.3M Seed Financing
Uare.ai, formerly Eternos.life, announced a $10.3 million seed round led by Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures. The funding will be used to develop its Individual AI platform, which creates digital counterparts that replicate a person’s memories, voice, and decision‑making. The company plans...
By VC News Daily
News•Nov 11, 2025
How Founders Can Prepare for Their Late-Stage Fundraises From the Start
Founders are urged to plan for late‑stage fundraises from day one, targeting capital‑intensive growth paths such as asset‑backed credit cards. CEOs like Sadi Khan and investors including Lila Preston and Zeya Yang stress building relationships with future Series C‑E investors at...
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News•Nov 10, 2025
VC Jennifer Neundorfer Explains How Founders Can Stand Out in a Crowded AI Market
January Ventures co‑founder Jennifer Neundorfer told TechCrunch’s Equity podcast that in the crowded AI‑driven market, investors are looking for founders who use AI to create entirely new experiences or workflows rather than incremental improvements. She emphasized the need for clear...
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News•Nov 10, 2025
TRIP Raises $40M in Funding
TRIP, a New York‑based drinks brand that markets calming beverages and supplements, secured $40 million in a funding round backed by celebrities Joe Jonas, Alessandra Ambrosio, Paul Wesley, Ashley Graham and consumer fund Coefficient Capital. The capital will be used to scale operations, broaden...
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News•Nov 10, 2025
Sapphire Sport Spins Out, Rebrands as 359 Capital with $300M AUM
Sapphire Sport, the sports‑media‑entertainment venture fund of Sapphire Ventures, is spinning out and rebranding as independent firm 359 Capital. The new firm inherits the fund’s $300 million in assets under management, including a $181 million second fund that is halfway deployed, and will...
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News•Nov 8, 2025
How Startups Can Lure Good Talent Fairly without Big Tech Bank Accounts
Startups can attract top talent despite being unable to match big‑tech salaries by adopting generous, fair, and flexible equity‑centric compensation frameworks, as discussed by founders and investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Pulley’s CEO Yin Wu advocates offering equity in the...
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News•Nov 7, 2025
Vinod Khosla on Softening the Blow From AGI, and Other Future Bets
In a live TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 interview, Vinod Khosla argued that AI will turn every profession into a startup opportunity and warned that Fortune 500 extinction rates could triple by 2035. He advocated building AI workers rather than mere tools, urging...
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News•Nov 7, 2025
MiSalud Health Pulls In New Funding
MiSalud Health announced a new investment round led by IGNIA, with participation from Redwood Ventures, Amplifica Capital, existing backers Ulu Ventures and Magnify Ventures, and client Taylor Farms; earlier rounds included Lowercase Capital and Samsung Ventures. The bilingual AI‑powered platform delivers...
By VC News Daily
News•Nov 7, 2025
SoftBank Is Back, and the AI Hype Cycle Is Eating Itself
SoftBank and OpenAI have formed a 50‑50 joint venture called Crystal Intelligence to market enterprise AI solutions in Japan, marking SoftBank’s first direct partnership with the OpenAI ecosystem. While the deal appears to be a straightforward expansion, analysts on TechCrunch’s...
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News•Nov 6, 2025
E647 | Kristaps Ronis, ION Pacific: The Rise of Structured Secondaries in Venture
In this EUVC Podcast episode, Kristaps Ronis of ION Pacific explains how structured secondaries are reshaping venture liquidity by offering DPI‑focused deals that provide cash without forcing founders or GPs to sell shares or signal weakness. He highlights the market’s...
By The European VC (EUVC)
News•Nov 6, 2025
Rebuilt From Rejection Into a Billion-Dollar Model W/ Michael Loeb
The episode chronicles Michael Loeb’s journey from being fired at 36 to creating billion‑dollar ventures like Synapse, Priceline.com, and the healthcare discount platform ScriptRelief, now operating under his venture collective Loeb.nyc. He argues that entrepreneurial instincts appear early—often evident in...
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News•Nov 5, 2025
SOC Prime Secures Strategic Investment
SOC Prime, the Boston‑based provider of an AI‑native detection intelligence platform, announced the closing of its latest investment round. The round was led by u.ventures and included participation from DNX Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, J Ventures and Angel One. Proceeds will...
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News•Nov 5, 2025
Liminal Custody Expands EMEA Leadership with Appointment of Ilinca Cartoflea as Head of Sales
Liminal Custody, a digital‑asset custody and wallet‑infrastructure provider, announced the promotion of Ilinca Cartoflea to Head of Sales, EMEA, based in Dubai. In her new role she will drive regional growth, enterprise partnerships and institutional client engagement across Europe, the...
By FinSMEs
News•Nov 5, 2025
Bringing Trust Back to Healthcare
In the "Bringing Trust Back to Healthcare" episode, Matt Holt of New Mountain Capital argues that the sector must rebuild trust among all stakeholders to prioritize patient outcomes, calling for greater collaboration across the industry. He and Venrock hosts highlight...
By Running Through Walls
News•Nov 5, 2025
NVIDIA, Qualcomm Join U.S., Indian VCs to Help Build India’s Next Deep Tech Startups
NVIDIA has joined the India Deep Tech Alliance (IDTA) as a strategic technical advisor, while Qualcomm Ventures is contributing over $850 million in new capital alongside six Indian venture firms. The IDTA, launched in September with more than $1 billion in pledged...
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News•Nov 4, 2025
Roelof Botha on Sequoia, Startup Building, and Washington — Days Before Stepping Down
In a live TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 podcast, Sequoia partner Roelof Botha outlines the firm’s method for spotting and backing outlier companies, emphasizing fierce internal debates and consensus voting on investments. He argues that venture capital is not a conventional asset...
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News•Nov 4, 2025
Sequoia Names Alfred Lin and Pat Grady as New Co-Stewards as Roelof Botha Steps Down
Sequoia Capital announced that partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will replace Roelof Botha as co‑Stewards, ending Botha’s three‑year tenure as senior steward. Lin, who joined in 2010, has led investments in Airbnb, DoorDash and Kalshi, while Grady, a 19‑year...
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News•Nov 4, 2025
Ceres AI Lands New Financing
Ceres AI, a San Francisco‑based data and artificial‑intelligence firm that provides high‑resolution agricultural and environmental risk insights, announced a new financing round led by Remus Capital. The company’s platform integrates advanced satellite imagery, AI analytics, and field‑scale data to serve...
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News•Nov 4, 2025
A16z Pauses Its Famed TxO Fund for Underserved Founders, Lays Off Staff
Andreessen Horowitz announced it is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund, a program launched in 2020 to support underrepresented founders with a 16‑week curriculum and a $175,000 investment via a donor‑advised fund. The pause follows an email from partner Kofi Ampadu...
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News•Nov 3, 2025
Elad Gil on Which AI Markets Have Winners — and Which Are Still Wide Open
Elad Gil, a veteran solo VC, told TechCrunch Disrupt that while AI’s rapid evolution makes many segments unpredictable, several markets now have clear leaders. Foundational model providers such as OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, xAI and Mistral dominate the model space,...
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News•Nov 3, 2025
Popai Health Nabs $11M
Popai Health, a patient‑conversation intelligence startup, announced an $11 million financing round led by Team8 and NEA with participation from strategic investors. The capital will be used to strengthen go‑to‑market efforts, accelerate adoption across health systems, medical groups, health plans and...
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News•Nov 3, 2025
Popai Health Raises $11M in Funding
San Francisco‑based Popai Health, a patient conversation intelligence startup that uses Voice AI to capture and analyze information from phone calls, announced an $11 million financing round. The round was led by Team8 and NEA, with participation from strategic investors. The...
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News•Nov 3, 2025
Lettuce Financial Raises $28M in Funding
San Francisco‑based fintech Lettuce Financial, which offers the soloOS platform to help solopreneurs manage taxes and business finances, announced a $28 million financing round led by Zeev Ventures. The capital will be used to broaden its operations and accelerate product development....
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