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After causing outrage on the first day of Y Combinator, AI code editor PearAI lands $1M seed

On the first day of Y Combinator the founders of PearAI got “cancelled." They used the hate to launch a new product, raise $1 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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VCs pledge not to take money from Russia or China, and Databricks raises a humongous round

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week was full of news, likely because it is also the last “real” week of 2024. Which is another way for us to say goodbye for […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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Swizzle Ventures raises $5M for inaugural fund addressing women’s health and wealth

There is a new venture fund in town. Swizzle Ventures, founded by Jessica Kamada, former COO of the marketing agency Bamboo, has raised just over $5 million for its Fund I, according to an SEC filing. There was no target raise amount. The firm, which quietly opened in 2023, is an early-stage firm looking to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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Swizzle Fund raises $5M for inaugural fund addressing women’s health and wealth

There is a new venture fund in town. Swizzle Fund, founded by Jessica Kamada, former COO of the marketing agency Bamboo, has raised just a little more than $5 million for its Fund I, according to an SEC filing. There was no target raise amount. The firm, which quietly opened in 2023, is an early-stage […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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Lerer Hippeau files to a raise Fund IX

Lerer Hippeau, one of New York's most prolific and A-list VC firms, has filed to raise its ninth fund, according to an SEC filing made Wednesday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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01:00 20.12.2024

Boon raises $20.5M to build agentic AI tools for fleets

Logistics is the name of the game during the holiday season: Companies that can seal the deal and get people and things to the places they need to be, on time, rake it in this time of year. But behind that demand lies a huge amount of inefficiency and fragmentation. Are logistics businesses ready for […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:06 19.12.2024

Backed by a16z and NEA, Backflip raises $30M Series A to turn text into AI-generated designs

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17:50 19.12.2024

Hotel booking platform Safara raises $14M, acquires rival Skipper

Doug Schuessler has always been a founder. This passion, which has been with him since childhood, saw him launch two startups, move to San Francisco, and take a job at Square to see what a “real rocket shop looked like.” He later became chief revenue officer at restaurant booking platform Resy, before becoming a founder once […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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11:01 19.12.2024

BlueQubit raises $10M to take Quantum software into real-world applications

Integrating quantum computing into real-world computer applications is an ongoing problem, as the platforms are architected fundamentally differently. BlueQubit, a San Francisco-based quantum software startup founded by Stanford alumni, thinks it might have the answer. Its Quantum Software as a Service (QSaaS) platform attempts to tackle the above problem by providing end-users with access to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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04:00 19.12.2024

‘We want to pay it forward’: Funding Societies raises $25M to boost capital for SMEs in Southeast Asia

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for nearly 50% of Southeast Asia’s GDP, contributing to job creation, innovation, and overall economic expansion. Nevertheless, as in other parts of the world, SMEs in Southeast Asia face challenges when it comes to sufficient working capital. In a nutshell, SMEs are typically deemed too risky for traditional banks […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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01:54 19.12.2024

Canoo furloughs workers and idles factory as it scrapes for cash

Struggling EV startup Canoo says it has furloughed 82 employees and is idling its factory in Oklahoma while it grasps for the capital needed to survive. The company claims it is in “advanced discussions with various capital sources” to raise emergency funding. The announcement comes just a few days after board member James Chen resigned, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:20 17.12.2024

AI boom masks fundraising struggles for non-AI startups

Earlier this year, IVP general partner Tom Loverro, proclaimed that the post-pandemic downturn is over, and companies that made it this far should prioritize growth over cost-cutting. Yet, the companies still struggling to raise their next round of financing at a higher valuation or survive altogether could still be in the thousands, according to Brian […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:08 17.12.2024

Stephen Curry’s Penny Jar Capital files to raise a Fund II

Penny Jar Capital is the early-stage firm founded by Bryant Barr and Richard Scudellari and where basketball star Stephen Curry serves as a special advisor. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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17:41 17.12.2024

Databricks raises $10B as it barrels toward an IPO

Databricks, the data analytics platform, has raised $10 billion in a funding round that values the company at $62 billion (up from $43 billion). Backers include Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, and Iconiq Growth. The round is one of the largest venture rounds in history, and will drive future future mergers and acquisitions, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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14:18 17.12.2024

While some account-to-account payments players falter, Volume raises fresh cash

Online merchants can usually pay up to 8% of every sale on an item to companies like PayPal, Apple Pay, and Stripe — and those costs are usually passed to consumers. So-called ‘account-to-account’ or ‘A2A’ payments can cut transaction fees to below 1%, saving merchants and consumers quite a bit of cash. The difficulty has been […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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14:16 17.12.2024

Travel is back: Hostaway raises $365M at a $925M valuation

The tourism and travel industries — after several tough years that included not just a global health pandemic but economic and geopolitical upheaval — are finally back on track, expected to make a “full recovery” to pre-pandemic levels of activity, the UN said earlier this month. As an indicator of that, Hostaway, one of the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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11:07 17.12.2024

Alphabet-backed Indian lender files for IPO

Alphabet’s CapitalG-backed Aye Finance, a lender focused on India’s micro, small, and medium enterprises, is seeking to raise $171 million from its initial public offering, it disclosed in a filing Tuesday. The offering comprises a $104 million fresh share issue and a $67 million secondary sale by existing investors, with proceeds aimed at expanding the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:59 17.12.2024

iRobot co-founder’s new home robot startup hopes to raise $30M

Colin Angle, one of the co-founders of Roomba maker iRobot, is raising cash for a home robotics venture. A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that Angle’s new company, Familiar Machines & Magic, is trying to raise $30 million. So far, it has raised $15 million from a group of eight investors. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:39 14.12.2024

G2 Ventures Partners is raising $750 million for a third fund

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23:59 13.12.2024

Databricks is on track to raise a record $9.5+ billion round at $60B valuation

Databricks is close to finalizing a $9.5 billion round at a $60 billion valuation, including a secondary sale for employees that could climb even higher before it closes, Reuters reports. Just 17 days ago, Reuters reported that the deal was at $8 billion and a $55 billion valuation. Thrive Capital is leading the deal with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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