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Zuma takes in fresh capital to convert your next apartment tenant lead into a contract
Given its product market fit in real estate, Zuma now aims to implement its business model into other industries with sales teams, like healthcare, automotive, insurance, education and fashion.
In-game creation platform Overwolf raises $75M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz
Overwolf, a platform that enables creators to build, share and monetize items inside games, has raised a $75 million Series D funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Previous investors,…
Balderton closes $600M fund, its biggest yet earmarked for early-stage investments
Funding for European startups is at a record-high so far for this year, with €73.7 billion raised in the first three quarters, and the full year on track for more…
Sequoia backs blockchain scaling startup StarkWare at $2 billion valuation
As the crypto world continues to heat up, developers are clinging to the Ethereum network despite its general struggle to meet the stresses of a global network’s transaction load. To…
Medium announced today its third and final acquisition of the year: Knowable, an audio-based learning platform featuring podcast-like courses from experts like Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly…
As the crypto market continues to push toward new heights, investors are finding heightened LP appetite for exposure to the space, leading to new venture funds that are huge —…
Studio behind ‘early access’ crypto game Blankos Block Party banks monster $1.25B valuation from a16z
A16z Crypto has been minting plenty of NFT unicorns this year. In July, they backed NFT marketplace OpenSea at a $1.5 billion valuation. They participated in a September raise for…
Will Smith, Kevin Durant and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs invest in electric boat startup Arc
Arc, a startup that launched 10 months ago with ambitions to electrify everything on the water, starting with a limited-edition $300,000 boat, has captured the attention and capital of some…
Atlys raises $4.25M to make visa applications faster and easier
International travel is slowly opening up again, but that also means business and leisure travelers alike will once again have to think about visa restrictions as they take to the…
‘AWS for blockchain’ Alchemy boosts valuation to $3.5B with $250M raise
Exactly six months after raising $80 million at a $505 million valuation, blockchain and Web3 development SaaS startup Alchemy has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round that…
InCloudCounsel raises $200M, rebrands as Ontra to expand its automation tools for contract management
A typical enterprise grapples with hundreds or thousands of agreements, contracts and other legal documents every year, and it usually engages costly legal counsel either inside or outside the company…
ClickUp raises $400M at a $4B valuation to expand its all-in-one workplace productivity platform to Europe
Companies like Slack and Asana stormed into the world of tech to steal a march on incumbents like Microsoft in providing a new wave of point solutions to make it…
Sequoia dramatically revamps its fund structure as it looks to rethink venture capital model
Sequoia Capital is debuting a big shift in strategy as they look to boost their returns amid increased competition in the market for startup financing. The storied venture capital firm…
Crossbeam lands $76M Series C as network effect fuels partner cloud growth
Crossbeam founder and CEO Bob Moore founded his startup to help companies building sales partnerships understand their overlapping accounts, using a process called account mapping. He knew that eventually the…
a16z, Base Partners cook up $15M in funding for Colombia cloud kitchen concept Foodology
Foodology collects data on user preferences and cross-references that with nearby food options in a geographical area to manage the end-to-end creation of original dishes with delivery.
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto
As investors race to capitalize on surging interest in cryptocurrencies, startups are getting creative in how they onboard a generation of crypto users to their first wallets. Worldcoin is perhaps one of the most audacious efforts to bribe the world to embrace their currency. The startup, founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alex Blania,…
The NFT craze of the past year has triggered an avalanche of crypto capital flowing into art, trading card games, luxury avatars and digital objects, but so far, institutional investment…
Patron, a new fund from former Riot Games colleagues, locks down $90 million
If you follow tech press, you’ve probably noticed more outlets covering the blockchain-based, play-to-earn trend, wherein individuals playing crypto-powered games can ostensibly earn a living by earning assets or tokens…
Variant debuts a new $110M fund for crypto startups, announces Li Jin has joined as a general partner
While investors continue to question whether crypto will swallow up more traditional VC opportunities down the road, it certainly appears that today the blockchain space is eating up the attention…
Matik raises $20M to automate the process of creating personalized customer presentations
Matik, which has created automated data-driven software for customizing Google Slides or PowerPoint presentations, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Menlo…
Intro’s app attracts Andreessen, Seven Seven Six, Kevin Durant to connect celebrity e-design experts with those seeking advice
Intro provides access to in-demand experts through personalized one-on-one video calls.
HubSpot Ventures’ new $100M fund fulfilling ‘mission to help millions of organizations grow better’
HubSpot made a total of 25 investments through its prior fund and expects to continue at the same pace with the new fund.
From $0 in revenue to a $7.25B valuation: Why TripActions’ $275M raise has fintech to thank
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, TripActions was primarily known for merging many aspects of corporate trip booking — flights, hotels and rental cars — with expense tracking. But Palo Alto-based TripActions…
Renowned investor Kevin Ryan thinks the big money is in healthcare
Kevin Ryan has become very wealthy by being at the right place at the right time — including at online ad network DoubleClick, which he joined as its twelfth employee…
Reid Hoffman on the evolution of ‘blitzscaling’ amid the pandemic
“Blitzscaling itself isn’t the goal,” said Hoffman. “Blitzscaling is being inefficient; it’s spending capital inefficiently and hiring inefficiently; it’s being uncertain about your business model; and those are not good…
All Day Kitchens wants to expand every independent restaurant’s delivery network
The company is partnering with restaurants to share their food across a city via a network of satellite kitchens without having to put up any upfront costs.
Angle Labs raises $5 million to build stablecoins based on derivatives
Angle Labs, the company behind the Angle Protocol, has raised a $5 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The small team has been working on a euro stablecoin on…
Fivetran hauls in $565M on $5.6B valuation, acquires competitor HVR for $700M
Fivetran, the data connectivity startup, had a big day today. For starters it announced a $565 million investment on a $5.6 billion valuation, but it didn’t stop there. It also…
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto boss Katie Haun is coming to Disrupt
The crypto space has matured so much in so little time, but even amid a blockbuster year, it’s still facing down the existential risk of aggressive regulation from U.S. agencies.…
Elodie Games obtains $32.5M round to make social co-op gaming better
During the darkest hours of the pandemic, millions upon millions of people turned to online gaming as a way to pass time in lockdown and connect with friends they couldn’t…
