Rebecca Lynn spins out of Canvas Ventures to found Canvas Prime as solo GP
Rebecca Lynn doesn’t believe in first-mover advantage. “Never be a first mover,” says Lynn. First movers bear the…
Exclusive: Squint raises $40 million at $265 million valuation to modernize manufacturing for companies like Pepsi and Michelin
Manufacturing dates back about 2.5 million years, when early hominins fashioned stone tools. Since then, it’s been an…
Graas.ai, Neuralzome, Eyestem bag funding
Credit: 123RF.com Automation startup for e-commerce Graas.ai and robotic services company Neuralzome have raised early-stage funding in separate…
AI search startup Profound raises $35M as Sequoia backs its bid to be the Salesforce of marketing’s next rra
As AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity reshape how people search—siphoning queries away from Google—startups are racing to…
Australia’s tech goldrush – Asian Tech Roundup
Plus: jail time looms for secret stealers Image: Investors are rushing to put their money in Aussie startups…
Exclusive: Decart raises $100 million at a $3.1 billion valuation, chasing the future of real-time creative AI
Dean Leitersdorf and I are on Zoom, watching a Sabrina Carpenter music video. In “Taste,” Carpenter and Jenna…
Media and Entertainment Ventures Raise $500 Million in July
This report is a partnership between WrapPRO and PitchBook, the go-to financial data and software platform that provides…
This conversation is being recorded — and so is everything else you do in San Francisco
Warning, San Francisco: That cute necklace your coworker is wearing might be recording you. A crop of startups…
After Figma’s red hot IPO, investors say these companies may be next to IPO
Figma’s sensational IPO last week resurrected longstanding debates about IPO pricing and first day pops—an unsurprising reaction to…
Palmer Luckey’s Anduril leads second-quarter venture capital investments for greater L.A.
Venture capital investments in the greater Los Angeles region more than doubled to $5.8 billion in the second…
Southeast Asia’s venture investors are excited about AI—but less excited about the region
Asia editor Nick Gordon here, filling in for Allie Garfinkle. The future of AI is in Asia. At least,…
China VC Funds Tap Global Investors for $2 Billion in Comeback
China’s largest venture capital houses are tapping the market for at least $2 billion in new funds, re-engaging…