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…
How USD 689 K Rebrand Debacle Sank 54 Collective, Africa’s Fallen Venture King
In 2018, Founders Factory Africa (FFA) launched with ambitious goals: to build early-stage startups across Africa and connect…
Mid-stage startup funding jumps in Q2 but late-stage dealmaking cools
Credit: 123RF.com The number of Indian startups that received mid-stage funding cheques from venture capital investors jumped in…
AIUC, a startup creating insurance for AI agents, emerges from stealth with $15 million seed
Today, the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) is emerging from stealth with a $15 million seed round led…
Google’s Jeff Dean is quietly powering the AI startup ecosystem
Good morning, AI reporter Sharon Goldman in for Allie Garfinkle, who is taking a well-deserved vacation! One familiar…
Term Sheet Next: Lerer Hippeau makes its first senior venture hire with Ron Zori
Ron Zori’s first brush with venture capital came during his freshman year at Columbia University, when he went…