How Lightspeed found their newest hire… via Instagram DM: Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their growing social media presence and their podcast, Lightwork. Read More
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Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups: Robinhood's latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups. Read More
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Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia: The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions! Read More
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Eligible startups get free access to industry-leading CAD and product development software from PTC. Design, validate, and bring products to market faster with tools trusted by leading manufacturers worldwide.
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Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation: Hadrian is building automated factories to mass-produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a long list of well-known investors. Read More
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Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B: At its peak in 2021, Airtable was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4 billion. Read More
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Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform: The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million. Read More
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Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders: The serial entrepreneur joins the e-commerce company as CPO to lead its AI agents. Read More
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Sequoia's Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics: Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June. Read More
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Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company: Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business. Read More
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