Venture Capital: Latest News and Analysis

VentureBeat
A new benchmark for AI investment: Swift Ventures unveils system to separate talk from action
Swift Ventures launches an index of public companies truly investing in AI, showing 37% annual growth and outperforming the Nasdaq and S&P.
Bloomberg
AI Voice Startup From Ex-OpenAI Researcher Valued at $200 Million
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world ...
Bloomberg
Fertility Startup Kindbody Considers Sale While Seeking Funding
Fertility startup Kindbody is considering selling itself after a funding round fell through earlier this year, and it’s seeking to raise $10 million to sustain operations in the interim, according to ...
SiliconANGLE
Education software startup Element451 raises $175M in funding
Element451 Inc., a startup that develops software for higher education institutions, today disclosed that it has raised $175 million in funding. The capital was provided by growth equity firm PSG.
Inc
This Startup Has an AI-Powered Solution to Fight Wildfires
FireDome emerged from stealth Tuesday to combat wildfires with technology that is designed after a missile defense system.
Wall Street Journal
Where a Top Venture Capitalist Turns for Help and Inspiration
Alfred Lin, the co-head of Sequoia’s venture business, leans on colleagues and the founders he’s backed to continue growing and learning.
TechCrunch
GV CEO David Krane on what it takes to manage 800 investments in five years at StrictlyVC SF
GV, Google’s venture capital spinoff that started in 2008, has invested billions of dollars in companies from Uber and Nothing to scent digitizing startup Osmo. Their CEO David Krane joined our ...
Bloomberg
Musk’s xAI Wraps Up $6 Billion in Funding in Latest Round
Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $6 billion in new capital, according to a regulatory filing, wrapping up a funding round that has been in the works for months and was said to value the artificial ...
Reuters
Musk's xAI raises around $6 bln in equity financing
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it has raised around $6 billion in equity financing as it races to compete with other AI firms.
Inc
RFK Jr.’s Nomination Has Health Experts Concerned—But Some Startups See Opportunity
RFK Jr., Dr. Oz, and Trump's other Health Department picks would make decisions about billions of dollars of funding for biotech and healthcare companies.
SiliconANGLE
Threat detection startup Tuskira launches with $28.5M from investors including Intel
Threat detection startup Tuskira today launched with an announcement that it has raised $28.5 million in funding to accelerate product innovation, expand integrations and refine its artificial ...
Reuters
Software startup ServiceTitan seeks up to $5.2 billion valuation in US IPO
Software startup ServiceTitan is seeking a valuation of up to $5.16 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, it said on Tuesday, in what could be one of the final few flotations of the year that ...
SiliconANGLE
Cloud security firm Upwind nabs $100M funding at $900M valuation
Confirming earlier reports, cloud security startup Upwind Security Inc. today said it has raised $100 million in a Series A funding at a $900 million valuation, or roughly triple that of a him $50 ...
Reuters
In blow to crypto collectives, judge rules venture backers must face claims
It’s hardly a secret that the crypto industry is counting on the incoming Trump administration to end the Biden administration’s campaign of regulatory enforcement actions. And who knows? Perhaps a ...
Bloomberg
Software Startup ServiceTitan Seeks to Raise $502 Million in IPO
Home service software business ServiceTitan Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $501.6 million in an initial public offering, in what could be the last major US listing of 2024.
Reuters
ServiceTitan seeks up to $5.16 billion valuation in US IPO
The Glendale, California-based company said it plans to raise up to $502 million by offering 8.8 million shares priced between $52 and $57 each. ServiceTitan will join a handful of venture ...
Wall Street Journal
Women Bosses Made Gains This Year—Just Not in the Blue-Chip C-Suite
On the surface, this year has lacked headline-grabbing milestones for women in leadership. The share of women in Congress and running Fortune 500 companies mostly stalled after years of steady gains.
TechCrunch
Akhetonics gets fresh funding for a contrarian bet on all-optical chips
Photonics -- a field that underpins light-based systems for manipulating data -- has a bright future, as the rise of AI demands better computing ...
TechCrunch
Indoor climbing tracking startup, Lizcore, sharpens its focus on safety as it pulls in pre-seed
Indoor climbing is a tricky sport to track. That’s why Spanish startup Lizcore caught TechCrunch’s eye at MWC earlier this year. The team of two co-founders — led by CEO Edgar Casanovas Lorente, a ...
Inc
A Strong Domain Name Boosts Startup Funding Opportunities
A domain name says a lot about a brand when you're starting out—here's how to choose a name that will appeal to VCs.
Financial Times
Sequoia Capital’s former China unit steps up push for global deals
Neil Shen’s HongShan has struggled to invest its $9bn cash pile in a weak domestic market and tough US controls ...
TechCrunch
India, already an IPO bright spot, prepares for bigger surge in 2025
India has bucked the global trend in initial public offerings this year, establishing itself as a rare bright spot for tech listings while other major More than 20 Indian startups, including Urban ...
CNBC
Databricks closes in on multibillion funding round at $55 billion valuation to help employees cash out
Databricks is raising at least $5 billion in cash — though it could raise as much as $8 billion — pegging its new valuation at $55 billion, sources say.
SiliconANGLE
New startup named /dev/agents led by Ex-Google, Meta tech leaders raises $56M for AI agents
A new artificial intelligence startup co-founded by former Google LLC, Stripe Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. executives named /dev/agents today announced it has raised $56 million in seed funding to ...
Reuters
Rio Tinto-backed lithium tech startup set to raise second round of funds
A lithium technology startup backed by Rio Tinto expects to finalise a funding round in the next week to raise A$29 million ($19 million), even as the global lithium market struggles, its ...
Fortune
Exclusive: Veterans of secretive investment firm Two Sigma raising $25 million crypto venture fund
A new crypto firm is joining the venture race as the blockchain industry roars back. On Thursday, a firm called Metalayer filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that describes ...
Fortune
How New York transformed from tech backwater into global venture capital
When Kevin Ryan went out to raise money for DoubleClick in 1996, every California venture capital firm he spoke with told him they would love to invest—if he moved to San Francisco. He couldn’t bring ...
Bloomberg
Anti-Ransomware Startup Halcyon Valued at $1 Billion in Funding Round
Cybersecurity startup Halcyon Tech Inc. is the industry’s latest unicorn, reaching $1 billion valuation in a deal to raise $100 million as it aims to combat the rise of ransomware attacks. The ...
SiliconANGLE
Developer tooling startup Tempest launches with $3.2M in funding
Tempest Inc., a startup that helps developers manage technical resources such as databases, launched today with $3.2 million in seed funding. Abstract Ventures led the round. It was joined by Box ...
TechCrunch
Latin America fintech will be a market to watch in 2025
Funding volume in 2024 is up compared to 2023 and investors are excited about the quality of companies looking to raise in LatAm.
SiliconANGLE
AI voice startup PlayAI raises $21M to power a new generation of more humanlike AI agents
Voice artificial intelligence startup PlayHT Inc., which likes to be known simply as PlayAI, said today it has raised $21 million in a seed round of funding.
Wall Street Journal
This Battery Startup Raised $15 Billion. Then It Went Bust.
Sweden’s Northvolt was once a darling of the battery industry and Europe’s best hope for competing with China’s dominant battery makers.
TechCrunch
Gilroy, former Coatue fintech head, and angel investor Rajaram launch VC firm
Michael Gilroy, a former head of fintech investments at Coatue, and Gokul Rajaram, a longtime tech executive and prolific angel investor, are forming a yet-to-be-named venture firm and plan to begin ...
SiliconANGLE
AI chip startup MatX reportedly raises $80M funding round
MatX Inc., a chip startup led by former Google LLC engineers, has reportedly raised $80 million in fresh funding.
CRN
Wiz To Acquire Cloud Remediation Startup Dazz For $450 Million
Wiz said it plans to extend its cloud and AI security platform with the acquisition of cloud remediation startup Dazz.
TechCrunch
Led by Anduril, defense tech funding sets a new record this year
Defense tech startups have raised almost $3 billion so far in 2024, surpassing the previous record from 2022 of $2.6 billion.
Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk’s Startup xAI Valued at $50 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial intelligence startup has told investors it raised $5 billion in latest funding round.