Sales knowledge automation platform 1up gets a third of its customer leads from memes

When George Avetisov was the founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup HYPR, he spent a lot…

Here are the types of AI companies enterprise VCs want to back in 2025

The AI startup market is sprawling, from companies looking to develop new chips, to those using…

Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over $65 million in debt, documents reveal

Bench, the accounting startup that imploded over the holidays, filed for bankruptcy in Canada on January…

Rockfish is helping enterprises leverage synthetic data

For years, Vyas Sekar would call up Muckai Girish, an old friend from undergrad, to talk…

Thoras helps companies reach reliability without overspending on cloud costs

For years, twin sisters Nilo Rahmani and Jen Rahmani swapped stories — and commiserated — over…

VCs say AI companies need proprietary data to stand out from the pack

AI companies across the globe raised more than $100 billion in venture capital dollars in 2024,…

January almost had its first pentacorn, and other startup news

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Silicon Valley is so dominant again, its startups devoured over half of all global VC funding in 2024

For all the chatter about the decline of San Francisco, data repeatedly shows that the Bay…

Chinese VCs are hounding failed founders to claw back their investments

In the US, it’s accepted that most startups fail – and when that happens, VCs (generally)…

The US just added Tencent to its list of ‘Chinese military’ companies

While the Chinese internet giant Tencent is best-known for its super-app WeChat, it’s also a major…

Bench saved by the bell, and other last-minute deals that closed 2024

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Peter Thiel-backed venture debt firm Tacora raises $268.7M for new fund

Tacora Capital, a Texas firm that specializes in venture debt, has raised $268.7 million for its…

A look back on my favorite episodes of TechCrunch’s Found podcast

TechCrunch’s Found podcast, which has brought listeners the stories behind the startups since April 2022, released…

From AI agents to enterprise budgets, 20 VCs share their predictions on enterprise tech in 2025

While AI is lauded by some as the biggest technological breakthrough since the industrial revolution, enterprises…

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

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Here’s the full list of 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024

For some, AI fatigue is real. But clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category.…

Sequoia’s Matt Miller is exiting the firm after making headlines earlier this year

The writing was on the wall, seemingly.  Sequoia Capital partner Matt Miller announced on Wednesday that…

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…

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

G2 Venture Partners, the high-profile firm that spun out of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is…

Casey Caruso raises $75 million for Topology Ventures

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Casey Caruso raised $75 million for Topology Ventures

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