Whatnot raises $545M at $20 billion valuation in Series G
Whatnot’s Series G, led by ICONIQ, Lightspeed and Avra, lifts its valuation from $11.5 billion as it funds expansion and seller to...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 week agoSection
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Startup valuation is a negotiated price with operating consequences
How founders and investors set a startup valuation, calculate dilution and choose methods that fit the available evidence.
By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 weeks ago
Active startup investors in July: Khosla led rounds while YC led by count
Crunchbase’s July rankings put Khosla Ventures atop qualifying lead deals and Y Combinator atop total participation, with major ca...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 weeks ago
YC repeat founders reach 454, but the return rate is unclear
A YC-shared dataset counts 454 founders who returned with new companies, though expanding cohorts prevent a conclusion on particip...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 weeks ago
Wordsmith AI adds $14M to Series B extension
Wordsmith AI has extended its June Series B by $14 million, taking the round to $84 million as it targets in-house legal workflows...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 weeks ago
MagicSchool AI funding reaches $62.4 million across three disclosed rounds
Former principal Adeel Khan built MagicSchool AI after ChatGPT’s release, then raised $62.4 million by pointing investors to early...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 weeks ago
Volta $300m funding values AI cloud startup at $2.4bn
Volta raised $300 million with Nvidia and Michael Dell participating, alongside separate financing and a $10 billion cloud contrac...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 weeks ago
Polymarket discusses $1B raise at valuation above $20B
Bloomberg reports Polymarket is in early talks for roughly $1 billion at more than $20 billion, after a reported $15 billion valua...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 weeks ago
Robinhood YC startup fund targets $200 million in proposed NYSE offering
Robinhood’s proposed RVII fund would back YC-linked startups through a public vehicle, with 4.18% expected annual expenses and a g...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 weeks ago
EU AI Act global tech rules put product classification ahead of rollout
The EU AI Act sorts systems by risk, with bans already active and high-risk controls due in 2027 for companies serving EU use case...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 weeks ago
July 2026 venture funding reaches $65 billion as 14 startups raise $1 billion or more
Crunchbase counted a record 14 billion-dollar rounds in July, while AI companies took $35 billion of the $65 billion global total.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 weeks agoPrivate equity vs. venture capital: four questions that separate them
Both invest for ownership and an eventual exit, but they commonly differ in company stage, control, deal financing and value-creat...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 weeks ago