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LoopFeedback launches to close AI feedback gap with $12M seed round
Former Google and Apple researchers Dr. Maya Patel and Dr. Alex Liu have founded LoopFeedback, a startup building a real‑time human‑in‑the‑loop feedback system for large language models. The company announced a $12 million seed round led by Andrees, aiming to improve model alignment and safety.
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By the numbers: abcoffee raises $7.35M in pre‑Series B
Segura Raises $8M Seed Round
Brazilian insurtech startup Segura announced an $8 million seed round co‑led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kaszek. The platform consolidates quotes, policies, renewals and billing for brokers, powered by its AI assistant Helena that interprets policy data and guides renewals. Segura already serves roughly 3,000 brokerage firms and integrates Brazil’s SUSEP regulatory framework. The new capital will fund engineering hires, deeper insurer integrations and geographic expansion across Latin America.
In LLM Era, Risk, Not Just Build, Drives Innovation
The advice for zero to one internet entrepreneurship to "just build something" has lost such an enormous amount of value in a short period of time with the explosion of LLMs, I propose a new idiom: "just risk something" This has...
Mercury Redefines Startup Banking with Direct Bank Partnerships
New Fintech Blueprint podcast episode with Immad Akhund (@immad), founder and CEO of @mercury , and you'll definitely want to take some notes. Mercury grew up through the period when the Banking-as-a-Service middleware layer was falling apart. Synapse, Unit, and...
Chesterfield Digital Marketing Agency Supports Over 150 Businesses Since Launch
Hello Social Avenue, a social‑first digital marketing agency founded by David and Abbie Coslett in January 2023, has expanded from a kitchen‑table startup to a full‑time team after a 74% turnover increase in 2025. The firm now supports more than...
Owning Your Warehouse Cuts Growth by 90%
Can owning your warehouse slow growth 90%?! Shockingly, yes. Here's the details + 2 more crazy findings from my deep dive on 300 stores. Starting with the warehouse one because it floored me. If you owned your warehouse, your avg rev growth...
From Iranian Refugee to Wall Street’s Top Commodities Trader
This Tiger Cub hedge fund founder's family fled Iran to become one of Wall Street's most feared commodities traders.
Guinness Enterprise Centre Start-Ups Generated €140M Revenues Last Year
The Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) released a 25‑year Economic Impact Report showing its start‑ups generated about $152 million in revenue in 2025, part of a cumulative $2.73 billion over the quarter‑century. The hub has supported more than 1,500 companies, creating roughly 13,225...
$188K in Delivery Fees Forced This Restaurant Owner to Ditch DoorDash and Uber Eats: ‘That’s Losses on Us’
Omaha restaurateur Javier Trujillo disclosed that his five eateries paid roughly $188,000 in delivery‑app commissions last year, prompting him to abandon DoorDash, Uber Eats and similar platforms. He said the fees eroded profit margins and even caused losses when drivers...
The Fintech Unicorn Playbook: The Roadmap I Wish I'd Had
Fintech founder Lex has launched “Launch A Fintech Unicorn From Scratch,” an app on Studio that codifies a nine‑stage roadmap for building unicorn‑scale fintech companies. The platform replaces fragmented podcasts, newsletters, and threads with a daily, AI‑driven coach that personalizes...
QuoIntelligence Raises €7.3m Series A for Threat Intelligence
QuoIntelligence, a Frankfurt‑based threat‑intelligence‑as‑a‑service firm, closed a €7.3 million (≈$8 million) Series A round led by Elevator Ventures and BMH Beteiligungs‑Management Hessen. The capital will fund an expansion of its European analyst team, accelerate product development, and broaden channel partnerships across the continent....
QuoIntelligence Raises €7.3m Series A for Threat Intelligence
QuoIntelligence, a Frankfurt‑based threat‑intelligence‑as‑a‑service provider, closed a €7.3 million (≈$8 million) Series A round led by Elevator Ventures with participation from BMH, eCAPITAL and Mercurius. The capital will fund an expansion of its European analyst team, further development of its Mercury platform and...
Altair Semiconductor Spins Off From Sony to Focus on 5G IoT and eRedCap Strategy
Altair Semiconductor has completed a spin‑off from Sony Semiconductor Solutions, backed by $50 million in new funding led by Pitango Group. The independent company will double‑down on low‑power cellular IoT chipsets and a 5G eRedCap roadmap, highlighted by the upcoming ALT1550...
Sean Wotherspoon Joins The KLEKT Family
European sneaker marketplace KLEKT announced a community crowdfunding campaign and the appointment of Sean Wotherspoon as investor and Chief Community Curator. The campaign will launch on Republic on April 8, allowing community members to fund the platform’s expansion beyond sneakers into...
Gaming FinTech PvX Partners Closes $10.5m Series A
PvX Partners, a fintech platform that finances user‑acquisition (UA) campaigns for gaming and consumer apps, closed a $10.5 million Series A round. The round was led by T‑Accelerate Capital and included investors such as Z Venture Capital, DraftKings’ Drive, Play Ventures, General...
Livestream Today: Building Supercompanies
Scott Galloway announces a live‑stream at 1:30 p.m. ET with Greg Shove, CEO of Section, to discuss "Building Supercompanies." A Supercompany is defined as an organization that converts AI adoption into business value faster than competitors, attracting superior capital, talent, and...
Per‑Booking Pivot Saved Zocdoc’s Healthcare Apprenticeship Model
New Lifers episode with @oliver_kharraz, CEO of @Zocdoc, on why healthcare is a "lifelong apprenticeship" and how they survived a near-death business model pivot. We discuss: * Why early digital schedules failed because office managers were still blocking time with physical...
From Series A to B: How Dreamdata Scaled Predictable Growth and Raised $55M
In this episode of Predictable B2B Growth, host Javier Lozano talks with Nick Turner, CEO of DreamData, about how the company scaled from Series A to a $55 million Series B round. Turner explains that investors were convinced by solid go‑to‑market metrics—steady...
Canada: Tech Firms Raise $1.5 Billion in Q1 2026, Down 8% Year Over Year
Canadian tech firms raised $1.5 billion CAD (≈$1.1 billion USD) in Q1 2026, an 8% drop from Q1 2025 but a 10% rise versus Q4 2025. While the number of funding rounds fell 62%, late‑stage capital surged 82% to $1.1 billion CAD (≈$0.8 billion USD). Auto‑Tech funding...
Deals in Brief: Cube and PvX Partners Raise Series A Funding; Singapore’s MPA Backs Six Firms; Eight China Investments; and...
Cube secured a $3.7 million Series A to broaden its e‑commerce data intelligence platform beyond Southeast Asia into North Asia and Latin America, while PvX Partners raised $10.5 million to scale its AI‑driven cohort financing model for consumer apps. Singapore’s Maritime and Port...
Owner Dependency Isn’t an Exit Problem. It’s a Today Problem for Founder-Led Manufacturers.
Founder‑led manufacturers often view owner dependency as a problem that only matters when they plan an exit, but the article argues it is a daily operational issue that drives stress, bottlenecks, and lost strategic time. Two neighboring print shops illustrate...
Building the AI Gateway for the Enterprise, with Nikunj Bajaj of True Foundry
Nikunj Bajaj, now leading True Foundry, explains how his Meta stint revealed that corporate machine‑learning workflows differ fundamentally from public AI ecosystems. He argues that the industry is approaching an inflection point where legacy stacks will no longer support enterprise‑scale...
Rapid Testing Stops Founders From Loving Imagined Ideas
Founder: “One guy I know is just throwing slop out there and waiting to see what gets a response. I don’t do that.” The main reason I love fast experimentation isn’t efficiency. It’s that there’s less time to fall in love with...
California Startup Fermeate Closes $2M Seed Round for Light-Based Fermentation Control Technology
California startup Fermeate closed a $2 million seed round led by Newfund Capital, with participation from SOSV and Ajinomoto Group Ventures. The company’s optogenetics platform embeds light‑sensitive proteins in microbes, allowing real‑time gene activation or repression via an external light‑delivery device...
SpaceX’s $60B Bid Crushes $2B Funding Round
Cursor was four days from closing $2 billion. Andreessen Horowitz was leading. Nvidia and Thrive were in. Then SpaceX showed up with an offer to buy the whole company for $60 billion. The round was dead by the end of...
The Trap of the Obvious Idea
The article warns that "obvious ideas" in startups are often already tried and failed, making them a risky foundation for new ventures. It urges founders to conduct deep category research, uncover why past attempts stumbled, and pinpoint a non‑obvious advantage...
SpaceX Eyes $60 Billion Purchase of AI Coding Startup Cursor
SpaceX has signed a deal that gives it the option to buy AI‑coding platform Cursor for $60 billion later this year, or to pay $10 billion for a collaborative partnership if the acquisition does not close. The terms, reported by multiple outlets,...
Somali Influencer Drives $310 M Cross‑Border E‑Commerce Surge From China’s Hubei Hub
Somali influencer Mohamed Issa Omar, CEO of Ezhou Shahai Business Bridge Trading, has turned Ezhou’s pilot zone into a $310 million cross‑border e‑commerce engine, selling AI‑powered glasses to a global audience. His live‑stream model, backed by China’s cargo infrastructure, showcases how...
David Silver Secures $1.1 B Seed Round for Ineffable Intelligence, Valuing Lab at $5.1 B
David Silver, ex‑DeepMind lead, closed a $1.1 billion seed financing for his London‑based AI lab Ineffable Intelligence, giving the startup a $5.1 billion valuation. The round, led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners and backed by Nvidia, Google, Index Ventures and...
Bubble Robotics Raises $5M to Deploy AI‑Infused Offshore Inspection Robots
Bubble Robotics, a startup founded by former NASA and ETH Zürich engineers, emerged from stealth in April 2026 with a $5 million pre‑seed round. The company will use AI‑infused autonomous robots to replace costly offshore vessels, aiming to cut inspection expenses...
LemFi to Invest £100m in UK as It Relocates to London
LemFi, a Nigerian‑born remittance fintech, will invest £100 million (≈$127 million) in the UK and move its global headquarters to London. The decision follows its 2023 acquisition of Pillar and a 60% increase in its UK staff. Over the next five years...
From Garage VR to $2B Exit, Staying Humble
Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for over $2B. We had him on MFM awhile back. His story: - At 14, scrubbed boats at a boat yard for minimum wage. On the side, bought broken iPhones on eBay, fixed them, and resold...
Sublime Security Debuts First Partner Program To Boost Agentic Email Security In The Channel
Sublime Security announced its inaugural channel partner program to accelerate adoption of its AI‑driven, agentic email security platform. The initiative offers margin protection on renewals and expansions, ensuring partners retain profitability over a customer’s lifetime. Backed by a recent $150 million...
Not My First Rodeo: Alfie Pearce-Higgins with Jenny Fielding
In this episode, co‑founder and CEO Alfie Pearce‑Higgins walks through his unconventional path from finance and international development to launching Rodeo, a London‑based startup that uses AI to give job seekers personalized career planning tools. He explains how traditional job...
Inside the Agency Turning TikTok LIVE Into a Creator Development System
TikTok LIVE has become a fast‑growing monetization channel, yet creators lack formal development support. Bill Herndon founded ATRX Agency in 2020 to fill that gap, offering a TikTok LIVE Partner service that handles live strategy, brand deals, and Shop integration...
The OG Revenue Model that Fuels Solopreneur Success Going Forward
The post argues that outcome‑based client services, powered by AI automation, will dominate solopreneur revenue models in 2026 and beyond. Historical data shows solo service firms already generate $1‑2.5 million annually, and AI can cut execution time by up to 80%,...
India’s MSMEs Get a Prime-Time Boost with SIDBI’s ‘MSME Samvaad’
SIDBI, in partnership with Prasar Bharati, has launched “MSME Samvaad,” a television programme aimed at providing Indian micro, small and medium enterprises with expert‑led business insights. The show airs every second and fourth Saturday at 7 PM on Doordarshan’s national and regional...
Ownable Ideas Come From Answering Five Strategic Questions
“How do I find my ownable idea?” The question I’ve been asked 146 times Here’s the answer: The top paid experts don’t just share ideas—they own one. An ownable idea is the strategic territory you claim and become known for. To find yours, answer...
Scale by Simplifying, Not Complicating, to Hit $2B
Most companies can reach $500M through hustle and heroics. Getting to $2B is different. After meeting with leaders from the U.S., Europe, and Japan at a global consumer company, one lesson stood out: scale only works when doing more becomes...
New Data Center Will Be Partially Powered by Human Brain Cells for the First Time
Australian startup Cortical Labs has opened its first "biological data center" in Melbourne, deploying CL1 systems that integrate lab‑grown human neurons with conventional silicon chips. Each hybrid module houses roughly 200,000 stem‑cell‑derived neurons on a microelectrode array, creating a low‑power...
Build What People Want: YC’s Core Advice
@50cent at Y Combinator we tell people "Make something people want" and this is exactly what you're saying too
Loving Personalized Reflections From SF Shared with Builders
i loooooooove getting messages like this todays email included my reflections from sf for the builders: https://t.co/GqgDLIGybU https://t.co/XfB6RM6kqZ
Goldman Sachs Backs Mission-Driven Startup Kashable Fighting America’s Affordability Crisis With $60M
Goldman Sachs Alternatives led a $60 million Series C round in Kashable, contributing $25 million now and pledging another $25 million later. The fintech platform, founded in 2013, offers low‑cost personal loans, credit monitoring and financial coaching, with repayments automatically deducted from employees' salaries....
Former Bucks President Feigin Joins Michael Redd’s Mobile App Venture
Former @Bucks President Peter Feigin joins the ownership group of the Michael Redd-founded We Build Mobile Apps, parent of https://t.co/kQpg7eYgbD
NAB Show 2026: Shade Raises $14M to Build The Intelligent File System for Creative Teams
Shade announced a $14 million funding round led by Khosla Ventures, bringing its total capital to $20 million. The startup aims to replace fragmented media storage with an "intelligent file system" that unifies ingestion, review, AI tagging, streaming, and archiving for creative...
It’s Still a Very People Centric Business Bharat Sharma, Founder and CEO of Apex
Bharat Sharma, founder and CEO of Apex, launched a purpose‑built B2B eCommerce platform after a decade of building complex commerce solutions at Monsoon Consulting. He observed that 65% of B2B executives consider online commerce broken due to fragmented processes, poor...
31 Minutes of Advice for the 20-30 Year Old Who “Needs” A Win
In this 31‑minute episode of the Gary Vee Audio Experience, host Robert Hilmer chats with Gary Vaynerchuk about the power of a "first win" and how early entrepreneurial successes shape mindset. Gary recounts his teenage breakthrough selling baseball cards, emphasizing...
How to Tell Your Story With Authenticity and Watch Investors, Customers and Talent Come Pouring In
The article argues that founders who share authentic, vulnerable narratives can attract investors, customers, and talent more effectively than polished, one‑dimensional marketing. It highlights research showing Gen Z’s distrust of overt persuasion and a growing preference for unvarnished stories. While transparency...
The Worst Job Ad I Ever Wrote
Twenty years ago the founder posted a vague, commission‑only job ad to fill an urgent need, inadvertently hiring someone who stayed for over a decade. He now reflects on how that scramble taught him that hiring is a strategic, long‑term...
How a Spanish Startup Pivoted to Video AI and Built a $230 Million ARR Business with No VC Funding
Spanish startup Freepik, founded by ex‑Google entrepreneur Joaquín Cuenca, pivoted from stock images to AI‑driven video generation and rebranded as Magnific. The company now reports $230 million in annual recurring revenue, with video services accounting for roughly half. Magnific remains fully...
Pandai’s Low-Cost Growth Playbook Puts the Edutech Startup on LSE’s 100x Impact Radar
Malaysian edutech startup Pandai, founded in 2020, has scaled to over one million users by emphasizing personalized, curriculum‑aligned AI learning tools rather than paid advertising. Its low‑cost acquisition strategy and freemium model have driven monthly retention up to 94 % while...