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Wildfire detection startup Pano AI extends its $20M Series A with another $17M
Not all use cases for AI make sense, but Pano AI makes a life-saving contribution in the “yes” column. Just last week, the company was able to send early warnings…
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Filings reveal PE and VC returns amid escalating write-downs
Some high-profile venture capital and private equity firms are slashing the valuation of their holdings, causing billions in apparent profits to evaporate as the economic downturn undermines the sustained growth of the last 13 years. The California Pension System, the largest pension system in the U.S. whose investments are sprinkled across the globe, injected $368.8…
Zamp provides a solution for e-commerce businesses to monitor their sales tax life cycle, including nexus monitoring, product categorization, rooftop-level tax calculation, registration and filing.
Drone imagery firm DroneBase rebrands to Zeitview, lands $55M investment
Zeitview, the company formerly known as DroneBase, today announced that it raised $55 million to further develop its air and ground data capture tech. Led by Valor Equity Partners with…
Cyber insurance startup Coalition plots global expansion as valuation hits $5B
Coalition, a San Francisco-based startup that combines cyber insurance and proactive cybersecurity tools, is preparing to expand outside of the U.S. for the first time following a mega $250 million…
Data centers with servers attached to solid-state drives (SSDs) can suffer from an imbalance of storage and compute. Either there’s not enough processing power to go around, or physical storage…
Zap Energy nets $160M Series C to advance its lightning-in-a-bottle fusion tech
Zap Energy has reached two milestones that could nudge it ahead in the race to offer low-cost, carbon-free energy — a $160 million Series C round, and a successful test…
Indigov lands more funding to connect besieged lawmakers and their oft-frustrated constituents
Republican lawmakers are facing growing anger over the deadliest mass shooting at an American school in nearly a decade yesterday, with many of their constituents expressing frustration over their repeated…
Anduril is raising up to $1.2B, sources say at a $7B pre-money valuation, for its defense tech
Technology built to improve state resilience — be it in the form of cybersecurity, energy independence, national defense or something else entirely — has come into stronger focus in the…
Republic’s venture arm reportedly raising $700 million for crypto-focused funds
Private investment platform Republic’s ~$1 billion venture arm is reportedly in talks to raise $700 million for two new crypto-focused funds, according to Axios. The funds include a $200 million…
Back pain? This app uses your webcam to detect bad posture and says it doesn’t spy…
Are you slouching at your desk again? There’s an app for that… Zen uses posture mirroring software to help information workers stop hunching over their desks — sending alerts when…
Lightning Labs raises funding to enable stablecoin transfers through Bitcoin network
Lightning Labs is building infrastructure that would enable users to send money across the world almost instantaneously and at a low cost through the Bitcoin network. The company just raised…
Bug bounty giant HackerOne lands $49M, thanks to cloud adoption boon
Bug bounty and penetration testing startup HackerOne has raised a $49 million Series E following a year of massive cloud adoption fueled by work-from-home orders. The company — which mediates…
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AgentSync raises $75M for its insurance-focused API business
AgentSync this morning announced that it has closed a $75 million Series B, pushing its valuation to $1.2 billion. The new unicorn has been on a rapid-fire fundraising clip since TechCrunch first spoke to the company just over a year ago, when it raised a $4.4 million seed round in August 2020. The company stayed…
Republic acquires the UK’s Seedrs in $100M deal to push into Europe
UK equity crowdfunding business Seedrs – who’s merger with rival Crowdcube was earlier blocked by competition regulators – has been acquired by start-up investing platform Republic in a $100m deal.The…
Cover, a modular home builder that’s modeled in ways after Tesla, has raised a $60 million Series B
There are lots of startups now working on modular home design. Among the most interesting is Cover, a seven-year-old, LA-based company that says it manufactures fully complete wall, floor and…
Republic may build a secondary exchange for digital securities, fueled by $150 million in new funding
There’s plenty of frustration in the world of startups over when a digital asset does and does not constitute a security in the eyes of the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Astera Labs, a fabless chip startup, nabs $50M at a $950M valuation to remove bottlenecks in high-bandwidth cloud applications
As more enterprises migrate to cloud-based architectures, they are also taking on more applications (because they can) and, as a result of that, more complex workloads and storage needs. Machine…
Little Spoon scoops up $44M to grow its children’s nutrition delivery service
The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today’s parents seek out nutritional food for their children.
Anduril raises $450M as the defense tech company’s valuation soars to $4.6B
The AI-powered defense company founded by tech iconoclast Palmer Luckey has landed a $450 million round of investment that values the startup at $4.6 billion just four years in. In…
Crusoe Energy is tackling energy use for cryptocurrencies and data centers and greenhouse gas emissions
The two founders of Crusoe Energy think they may have a solution to two of the largest problems facing the planet today — the increasing energy footprint of the tech…
Insuretech startup Counterpart raises $10M in funding round led by Valor Equity Partners
Insuretech startup Counterpart, has raised $10 million in funding led by Valor Equity Partners. Also participating was Susa Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Counterpart works in the “management liability” insurance market.…
Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December
The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding. Announced…
K Health expands into virtual childcare and raises $132 million at a $1.5 billion valuation
K Health, the virtual healthcare provider that uses machine learning to lower the cost of care by providing the bulk of the company’s health assessments, is launching new tools for…
John Legend and Natalie Portman want you to try wearing fungus instead of leather
Natalie Portman and John Legend are joining a group of venture capitalists and unnamed fashion brands backing MycoWorks, a company that just raised $45 million to commercialize its technology that…
Mode raises $33M to supercharge its analytics platform for data scientists
Data science is the name of the game these days for companies that want to improve their decision making by tapping the information they are already amassing in their apps…
DroneBase nabs $7.5 million in a slight down round to double down on its work in renewable energy
DroneBase, a Los Angeles-based provider of drone pilots for industrial services companies, has raised $7.5 million during the pandemic to double down on its work with renewable energy companies. While…
PathSpot sells a scanner that fact checks your handwashing efficacy
The novel coronavirus disease has reminded millions that handwashing is a great way to avoid preventable diseases. Christine Schindler, the CEO and co-founder of PathSpot, has been preparing for the…
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Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises $90M Series C
This morning, Coalition announced that it has closed a $90 million Series C. The funding comes around a year after the cybersecurity insurance startup raised a $40 million Series B that TechCrunch covered at time. The startup’s new, larger funding round was led by Valor Equity Partners and included participation from Greyhound Capital and Felicis, along…
Starbucks will anchor the new $400 million food-focused Valor Siren Ventures fund
Starbucks is serving up a steaming hot $100 million cash commitment to anchor a new food-focused fund in partnership with the consumer and tech-focused focused private equity firm Valor Equity…
