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17:33 25.10.2024

Waymo raises $5.6B from Alphabet, a16z, Silver Lake, and more

Waymo has closed a $5.6 billion Series C funding round led by parent company Alphabet and joined by a who’s who of Silicon Valley venture firms. Alphabet had previously announced in July that it was pledging another $5 billion to Waymo, but was mum on the specifics, saying only that it was a “multi-year” commitment. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:54 25.10.2024

Joby launches $200M public offering ahead of 2025 commercial eVTOL release

Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle startup Joby Aviation has launched a public offering to sell up to $200 million of its shares of common stock, per a regulatory filing. Joby said it will use the proceeds from the raise — together with its existing cash — to fund its certification and manufacturing efforts, prepare […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:48 24.10.2024

Electric aircraft startup Lilium has run out of money

Electric aircraft startup Lilium is shutting down after failing to raise emergency money from the German government, according to a regulatory filing. The filing comes after a series of setbacks from the German company that was once a darling in the nascent industry of electric aircraft. Lilium, which was developing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:59 24.10.2024

Bluesky raises $15M Series A, plans to launch subscriptions

Decentralized social app Bluesky announced on Thursday that it has raised a $15 million Series A round, following its $8 million seed raise last year. This funding comes as Bluesky sees increased growth, in part from X users who are troubled by recent changes to the block feature, as well as the move to allow […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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18:30 24.10.2024

Cafeteria raises $3M to connect brands with their most opinionated customers: teens

Brands often rely on scraping the web and monitoring social media to understand what customers are saying about them and get insights for product development. Cafeteria connects teens with brands they are interested in so they can provide feedback about strategy and product development. The startup is launching an iOS app Thursday. Before Thursday’s launch, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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18:30 24.10.2024

Cafeteria raises $3M so teens can tell Nike to get Adam Sandler as a brand ambassador

Brands often rely on scraping the web and monitoring social media to understand what customers are saying about them and get insights for product development. Cafeteria is a startup that wants to connect brands to their most opinionated customers: teens. The startup is launching an iOS app today to onboard teens and connect them with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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16:00 24.10.2024

Finix raises $75 million to take on Stripe as a payment processor

Finix has been slowly chipping away at Stripe – which handles payments with millions of businesses – for years now. But after previously helping companies set up internal payment systems of their own, the startup officially became a payment processor in 2023, just like Stripe. Now, Finix is geaingr up for its biggest push against […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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16:00 24.10.2024

AI networking startup Boardy raises $3M pre-seed

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15:44 24.10.2024

General Catalyst raises $8B in fresh funds to back startups globally

U.S. venture capital giant General Catalyst has announced a fresh $8 billion in funds as it looks to ramp up its investments in multi-sector early-stage startups globally, with a specific focus on the U.S., Europe, and India. The capital constitutes around $4.5 billion for its “core VC funds” which spans seed and growth equity funding, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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17:00 23.10.2024

VCs love using the AI meeting notepad Granola, so they gave it $20M

Granola’s notepad app has become a popular tool among venture capitalists who use it to record meetings and augment notes using AI technology. That made it easier for the startup to raise funds from a crowd of investors for its $20 million Series A — something the team managed to do in about a week. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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18:00 22.10.2024

Footwork, Construct Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners discuss how to raise capital in 2025 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The fundraising landscape is shifting fast, and in 2025, the old rules no longer apply. Startups navigating flat, down, or extension rounds must be more strategic than ever in securing their next round of capital. Traditional metrics like $100 million in revenue for an IPO or $1 million ARR for a Series A are becoming […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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17:00 22.10.2024

Interface.ai raises $30M to help banks field customer requests

Interface.ai, a customer automation platform for banks and other financial institutions, today announced that it closed a $30 million funding round led by Avataar Venture Partners. $20 million of the round was equity, while the remaining $10 million was in the form of debt. It’s Interface’s first outside capital; the startup had been completely bootstrapped. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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16:00 22.10.2024

As Ozlo’s Sleepbuds go on sale, company raises funds for tinnitus treatment

Bose gave up on Sleepbuds after two generations. It was a sad, premature end for a promising product. The headphone maker came closer to creating a truly great pair of sleep headphones than anyone else. Ultimately, however, it seems the company was no longer interested in pursuing the product, which proved a major setback for […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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13:08 22.10.2024

India’s Zomato to raise $1B ahead of rival Swiggy IPO

Zomato said on Tuesday its board had approved the company’s proposal to raise $1 billion through a so-called qualified institutions placement, its first major fundraise since its IPO in 2021. The deliberations for the funding comes weeks before Swiggy, Zomato’s chief rival, makes its public debut. The Bengaluru-headquartered Swiggy, backed by Prosus Ventures, SoftBank and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:18 21.10.2024

Perplexity is reportedly looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation

AI search engine Perplexity is in fundraising talks and hopes to raise around $500 million at an $8 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. If a deal happens with those terms, it would more than double Perplexity’s valuation from its $3 billion valuation when it raised from SoftBank over the summer. The WSJ […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:36 20.10.2024

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is reportedly fundraising for a new AI startup

Mira Murati, the OpenAI CTO who announced her departure last month, is raising VC funding for a new AI startup, according to Reuters. This startup will reportedly focus on building AI products based on proprietary models and could raise more than $100 million in this round. At the time of her departure, Murati wrote on […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:56 18.10.2024

Acrew Capital hits five years, raises $700m

Acrew Capital has raised $700 million in fresh funds. The San Francisco-based venture capital firm announced in a blog post on Thursday that it raised $700 million to invest in companies building in data and security, healthcare, or fintech. This fundraise brings the firm’s assets under management to $1.7 billion. It’s unclear how much of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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17:00 17.10.2024

Hyperspectral imagery startup Wyvern looks to raise US presence with $6M raise

Canadian remote sensing startup Wyvern is expanding south of the border. The Alberta-based company, which collects what it says is the highest-resolution hyperspectral imagery on the market, has raised $6 million to, among other things, expand into U.S. commercial and defense markets. The new funding was led by Squadra Ventures, a firm squarely focused on […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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10:00 17.10.2024

Zepto eyes $100M from Indian offices in third funding in 6 months

Zepto is in advanced stages of talks to raise $100 million in new investment, its third in the last six months, as the leading Indian quick commerce startup looks to rope in more domestic investors, sources familiar with the talks told TechCrunch. The Mumbai-headquartered startup, which allows customers in multiple Indian cities order grocery, office […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:14 17.10.2024

Y Combinator-backed fintech CapWay has shut down

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