Today's Venture Capital Pulse
Nvidia joins $1B Series F, pushing Vast Data valuation to $30B
Vast Data secured a $1 billion Series F round, lifting its valuation to $30 billion. The round was led by Drive Capital and Access Industries and included investors such as Nvidia, Fidelity and NEA. The startup reported over $4 billion in cumulative bookings and more than $500 million in annual recurring revenue.
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By the numbers: Japanet Holdings quadruples VC fund to $200M
Why Is Steph Curry Investing in Israeli Security Tech?
Steph Curry, through his advisory role at Penny Jar Capital, has joined major venture rounds for Israeli cybersecurity firms Upwind Security and Zafran, contributing over $300 million and $30 million respectively. Both startups are led by veterans of Israel’s elite Unit 8200 intelligence unit and provide cloud‑monitoring and vulnerability‑assessment tools. Curry’s connection was facilitated by former NBA player Omri Casspi, who runs the Israel‑focused VC firm Sheva and positions the investments as soft‑power outreach. The article argues that Curry’s involvement lends celebrity legitimacy to a sector linked to Israel’s security apparatus and the Gaza conflict.
VC Automates $10M AI Startup Investments via OpenClaw
My buddy just switched over his entire VC firm ($3B AUM) to run on OpenClaw Anytime someone submits a deck on their website, it checks their LinkedIn. If their employer is OpenAI or Anthropic, it automatically asks to invest $10m on...
Nominal Cofounders Secure $80M at $1B Valuation
A big week for @CameronLMcCord + @brycestrauss cofounders of @Nominal_io with $80M raise at $1B led by our super smart partners at @foundersfund
Saudi AI Startup Infobrim Secures Angel Funding at $3.5m Valuation
Infobrim, a Riyadh‑based artificial intelligence startup, has closed its first strategic angel investment at a $3.5 million valuation. While the round size and investor identities remain undisclosed, the capital will accelerate development of its AI‑native business intelligence lakehouse. The platform aims...
This Role Paves Way to $1B+ Fund
The person who lands this role will start their own $1B+ fund in 2-3 years.
Choose Investors Wisely: Bad Checks Cost Control
Taking the wrong check is worse than taking no check. A bad investor will cost you board seats, control, and sleep. The cap table you build on the way up follows you the whole way.
Wiz Investor Unpacks Google’s $32B Acquisition
Google closed a $32 billion purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz, marking the largest deal in its history and the biggest ever for a venture‑backed startup. The acquisition positions Google at the nexus of artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and rising security spend....
When Conviction Collapses Inside the VC Partnership
The piece dissects how conviction behind a Series A thesis can erode during internal investment‑committee debates, even when the memo is initially enthusiastic. It shows that individual partner belief must survive institutional dissent, and that reserve intensity, conditional language, and repeatability...
Series A Funds Performance, Not Just Promise
Series A is not seed. Seed investors fund promise. Series A investors fund performance. Running out of cash is not a plan. If growth stalls and costs rise, they walk away. Show numbers or change course.
A New Mathematical Renaissance Fuels Scientific Breakthroughs
"We are on the threshold of a mathematical renaissance and massive scientific discoveries" - @CarinaLHong, CEO of @axiommathai, which just announced their $200M Series A Full episode 👇 https://t.co/26VUb0Cuqx
Exclusive: Workspace Interiors Startup OfficeBanao Raises ₹34.8 Cr
Workspace interiors startup OfficeBanao secured ₹34.8 Cr (≈$3.76 M) in a funding round led by Lightspeed, with Mangum II and Medra Family participating. The round valued the company at a pre‑money ₹522.7 Cr (≈$56.5 M) and was split into two tranches, allocating ₹10.62 Cr to Lightspeed,...
Emerging VC Funds Offer Real Responsibility and Faster Learning
Everyone wants the Sequoia or a16z name on their resume. But IMO emerging funds are where you actually learn the most. Small team with real responsibility. Decisions that matter from day one.
AI VC Bets Risk Opposing Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini Visions
VC investments typically take 5-8 years to exit. That means almost every AI VC investment right now is essentially a bet against the vision Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini have laid out.
Zeno Raises $25m to Scale up Motorbike Production
Zeno, an electric‑motorbike startup operating in Kenya and Uganda, secured $25 million in Series A financing—$20.5 million in equity led by Congruent Ventures and $4.5 million in debt from Camber Road and Trifecta Capital. The capital will expand its weekly output of 70‑80 Emara...
AI Funding Surges While Governance Lags Behind
$68.9 billion in AI infrastructure funding across 620 rounds in early 2026. Meanwhile, the biggest GDPR fine ever ($854M) just got thrown out of court. The money is flooding in faster than the rules can keep up. That is not a technology problem....
OpenAI Preferred Shares Pitch Sparks Quiet Market Buzz
OpenAI preferreds were pitched on Value Investors Club a few days ago. But yeah, nothing to see here. Totally normal market😅 https://t.co/N0ptnqecdA
Beyond Fundraising: Credit Capacity Meets Legal Insight, February 2026 - Sponsor-Backed Exits Add to Gains
Exit activity accelerated in January, with 148 sponsor‑backed transactions—the highest monthly count since 2023. The total deal value reached $51.6 billion, surpassing the trailing‑12‑month average by 26 %. This heightened exit velocity indicates stronger portfolio distributions for private‑equity and venture‑capital firms. Analysts...
Rox Secures $1.2 Billion Valuation as AI Sales Agents Scale
Rox, an AI‑driven sales‑automation startup, closed a funding round that lifted its valuation to $1.2 billion. The company projects $8 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2025. Launched in November 2024 with $50 million in seed and Series A capital from...
Partial Recap During Growth Boosts Valuation and Upside
Because founders are famously optimistic about the future of their business, selling their company during a growth phase may feel like giving away too much upside. A couple things to think about in this case: 1. A liquidity event is...
Nyne, Founded by a Father-Son Duo, Gives AI Agents the Human Context They’re Missing
Nyke, a startup founded by Michael and Emad Fanous, raised $5.3 million in seed funding to build an intelligence layer that gives AI agents full‑context understanding of individuals across their digital footprints. The company deploys millions of agents to aggregate public...
The OpenAI Valuation Trap: Someone’s Math Is Wrong
OpenAI’s current valuation of roughly $300 billion hinges on a projected $30‑50 billion in annual revenue by 2030, despite today’s $14 billion ARR and heavy compute burn. The post argues that rapid cost declines—about 80 % per year in model inference—are turning frontier AI...
Megafunds Surge: Billions Raised Across Top VC Firms
It’s getting a little cliche over here to say but… Megafunds are riding high. If any week was proof of that, it was this one. First, TechCrunch reported Monday on Founders Fund’s rumored $6 billion growth fund that’s in the works. The same day,...
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Everyone talks about 2 and 20 in VC. But what does it actually mean? 2 hours of podcasts per day 20 social media posts per day Find investors that enjoy the process.
Young Founders Share 12 Pitch Decks that Raised Millions in the AI Boom
Business Insider interviewed 12 founders aged 25 or younger who have raised multi‑million‑dollar rounds in the AI boom. The founders, ranging from high‑school dropouts to college students, secured seed to Series A funding from $1.6 million to $22 million using concise pitch decks....
Debt Extensions and Aggressive Cuts Signal Upcoming Layoffs
VCs are telling their port cos with debt to start the extension process early And PE folks are planning aggressive cuts to boost EBITDA in preparation We will see lots of layoffs here… https://t.co/t5Rfcdpvvm
Master Your Metrics: Investor Trust Starts With Data Confidence
Founders, know your numbers inside and out. Be ready to answer detailed questions about your financials. Confidence in your data builds investor trust and shows you have a firm grasp on your business’s metrics.
UK Tech Funding Roundup: This Week’s Deals From Nscale to Combat Medical
UK tech funding hit a record £1.64 bn between 9‑13 March, driven largely by AI hyperscaler Nscale’s massive £1.5 bn Series C round. The week also saw significant raises for ag‑tech gene‑editing firm Tropic (£79.2 m) and aerospace component maker Isembard (£37 m), among others. Investors...
Selina Hotels: When the Digital Nomad Dream Met Financial Reality
Selina Hotels rode a wave of digital‑nomad hype, launching via a $1.2 billion SPAC merger in 2022 and expanding to 163 destinations. The rapid rollout delivered only a 47% occupancy rate, while an asset‑light, lease‑heavy model inflated operating costs and debt....
Confirmed, Vast Data Raised $1 Billion at $30 Billion Valuation
Vast Data announced a $1 billion financing round, pushing its valuation to roughly $30 billion. The round was split evenly, with $500 million of new capital and $500 million of secondary‑market liquidity for early investors. The funding underscores the market’s confidence in Vast Data’s...
EDF Pulse Ventures Partners with Mara and NJJ to Support a New Phase of Exaion’s Development
EDF Pulse Ventures completed a transaction giving it a 64% stake in French HPC provider Exaion after regulatory clearance, while NJJ Capital acquired a 10% interest in Mara France, the partner that facilitated the deal. The agreement expands the Exaion...
VeryAI Secures $10M to Launch Biometric Palm Identity System
VeryAI raised $10 million in seed funding, led by Polychain Capital and backed by Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko, to launch a smartphone‑based biometric palm verification system. The solution creates a blockchain‑anchored digital identity using mathematical representations of palm prints, leveraging zero‑knowledge...
RyderVentures Bets on ‘Physical AI’ to Break Warehouse Automation’s Biggest Barriers
RyderVentures is championing "physical AI," a blend of artificial‑intelligence models with warehouse hardware that lets equipment perform multiple tasks instead of a single, fixed function. The approach tackles the biggest hurdle to warehouse automation—high upfront capital outlays and the risk...
MetaComp Raises $13M to Expand Web2.5 Payment and Wealth Platform
MetaComp Pte. Ltd., a pioneer of unified Web2.5 payments and wealth management, closed a $13 million Pre‑A+ round, bringing its three‑month funding total to $35 million. The capital will fuel expansion of its StableX Network and accelerate AI development for hybrid fiat‑stablecoin...
Autonomous Home Robot Startup Secures $165M Series B
They might be able to help with Thanksgiving dinner :) -> Sunday, which is building autonomous home robots, raised a $165M Series B led by Coatue at a valuation of $1.15B, and aims to begin testing in homes ...
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Blood-Drawing Robots, Inboxes For AI Agents, Franchised Defense Manufacturing, And More
February set a venture‑funding record, yet a slice of capital flowed to lesser‑known startups. Dutch Vitestro secured $70 million Series B to commercialize autonomous phlebotomy robots, aiming for U.S. regulatory clearance and hospital rollout. London‑based Isembard raised $50 million Series A to launch a...
Enterprise AI Security Firm Bold Raises $40m
Enterprise AI security startup Bold emerged from stealth after closing a $40 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Picture Capital and Red Dot Capital Partners. The company’s edge‑AI platform runs lightweight models on each endpoint to monitor user behavior,...
CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: Croatian Drone Tech Startup Orqa Raises €12.7M Series A
Croatian drone startup Orqa closed a €12.7 million Series A round, led by Expeditions with participation from AYMO Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Taiwania Capital, and Radius Capital. The funding will accelerate development of its first‑person view (FPV) unmanned aerial systems and support...
Vilnius-Based WhiteBridge AI Raises €2.6 Million for Its AI-Powered People Research Engine
Vilnius‑based startup WhiteBridge AI announced a €2.6 million seed financing round. The round was led by FIRSTPICK VC with participation from several other VCs and angels. WhiteBridge offers an AI‑powered people research platform that aggregates, verifies and analyses publicly available personal...
Tower Secures €5.5M to Support Data Engineers in the AI Era
Berlin‑based Tower announced a €5.5 million raise across pre‑seed and seed rounds, led by DIG Ventures and Speedinvest. The startup offers a unified storage‑compute platform that lets data engineering teams retain full data ownership while accelerating AI‑driven pipeline development. Leveraging Apache...
Exclusive: PhysicsWallah Co-Founder Prateek Boob Set to Invest in Newton School
Newton School, the Gurugram‑based certification platform, is raising roughly Rs 25 crore through an extension of its Series B round, issuing 72,738 preference shares at Rs 3,437 each. The fresh capital comes from Prateek Boob, co‑founder of PhysicsWallah, giving him about a 2.37% stake...
Meet the Female Operators Helping Africa’s Startup Ecosystem Scale
The article spotlights a cohort of female operators who form the operational core of Africa’s venture‑capital ecosystem. These women lead accelerators, government‑backed programs, angel networks and venture studios, linking founders to capital, policy and talent. Profiles include Ireayomide Oladunjoye at...
PixVerse Hits Unicorn Valuation with New Series C Funding
AI startup AIsphere's PixVerse achieved unicorn status after closing a Series C round led by CDH Investments. Although the amount raised and valuation were undisclosed, the company already reports over 100 million users in 175 countries and subscription revenue covering...
Software to Digital Workers: Sandhya Venkatachalam on the AI Economy
In this episode, Sandhya Venkatachalam, co‑founder and general partner of Axiom Partners, explains how AI is shifting from a tool to a digital worker that can perform entire jobs, and how her venture firm is built around that insight. She...
The Anatomy of Venture Capital
The piece reframes venture capital as a body composed of distinct investor archetypes—Brains, Hands, Amygdala, Assholes, and Hearts—each fulfilling a specific function. It argues that these roles, from data‑driven analysts to intuition‑driven believers, are all necessary for the ecosystem to...
Pickup Coffee Seeks Funding with up to $8 Million Convertible Notes
Pickup Coffee, a fast‑growing Philippine budget coffee chain, is issuing up to $8 million in convertible notes to Venturi Partners and Antler. The notes complement an equity raise that could total $20‑40 million, already closed months earlier. Founded in 2022, the brand...
Verifiable AI Startup Axiom Raises $200M to Prove AI-Generated Code Is Safe to Use
Axiom Quant Inc., a verifiable AI startup, announced a $200 million Series A round that lifts its valuation to $1.6 billion. The funding, led by Menlo Ventures, will accelerate its “verified AI” platform that generates code in the Lean proof language, guaranteeing mathematical...
Heliup Secures €16M to Boost Lightweight Solar Panels
Heliup raises €16 million to scale lightweight solar panel production #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/27lwjReKMC
Climate Tech Startup MGA Thermal Raises $17 Million
Australian climate‑tech startup MGA Thermal announced a $17 million financing round, bringing its total capital raised to $50 million. The round was led by IP Group Australia, with board seat for Shane Meaney, and included a mix of venture firms and government...
Qualified Health Secures $100M Series A Funding
Scoop: Qualified Health, a health care AI evaluation and implementation startup, is raising around $100M in Series A funds from investors including NEA and SignalFire, sources tell me. https://t.co/F3fDXuYWTo
From $1.6B Peak to $26.5M Market Cap
Peak valuation was $1.6 B in 2016, went public via SPAC in 2021 at $1.5 B, currently trading at $26.5 Million market cap. https://t.co/e77Em1jwbX