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Europe’s Earlybird VC closes €360M eighth fund

Earlybird Venture Capital closed its largest-ever €360 million early-stage fund (Fund VIII), which is oversubscribed and brings the firm's total…

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Synaps raises $3.6M for AI-powered design canvas

Synaps, an Austrian-Albanian AI design platform, has raised a $3.6 million pre-seed funding round led by Plug and Play, reaching…

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Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M, raised just $8M

Skio, a Y Combinator graduate founded by Kennan Frost, was acquired by competitor Recharge for $105 million in cash, delivering…

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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation, intensifying rivalry with Harvey

Nvidia's venture capital arm, NVentures, has invested in Swedish legal tech startup Legora, marking its first foray into legal AI…

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Rivian scales back EV factory plans after Trump DOE cuts loan deal

Rivian has scaled back its Georgia factory production target from 400,000 to 300,000 vehicles annually, following a restructured DOE loan…

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Faraday Future paid $7.5M to firm linked to founder Jia Yueting

Faraday Future paid approximately $7.5 million to an entity linked to founder Jia Yueting in 2025, a year in which…

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BioticsAI Founder on FDA Approval, Fundraising, and Healthcare Realities

BioticsAI built a functional AI copilot for ultrasound under $100,000, won the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in 2023, and secured FDA…

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SpaceX backer 137 Ventures secures $700M for two growth funds

137 Ventures has raised over $700 million across two new growth-stage funds to invest in startups with significant market impact.…

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Why Startups Need Fractional CFOs for AI Financial Decisions

AI tools add complexity to financial decisions for startup founders, making experienced guidance essential to align initiatives with defined business…

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Reddit Marketing for SaaS: Lessons from 117 Brands

Reddit's authentic, unfiltered user discussions are increasingly shaping brand reputation, often conflicting with a company's polished marketing image; a study…

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Fusion Startup Zap Energy Adds Nuclear Fission to Its Strategy

Zap Energy, a well-funded fusion startup, is partially pivoting to build a fission power plant first, aiming to get a…

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Nvidia, Atlassian Back Legora’s $600M Series D

Legora extended its Series D by $50 million to $600 million at a $5.6 billion valuation, with new investors including…

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Earth AI Integrates Mining Search for Critical Minerals

Earth AI CEO Roman Teslyuk identified laboratory supply chain delays as the main bottleneck in mineral exploration, with commercial lab…

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Munich’s mbiomics raises €30M for live bacterial therapy

mbiomics GmbH secured €30 million in Series A funding to advance MBX-116, a live bacterial therapy for second-line advanced melanoma,…

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Dex secures $5.3M to build an AI talent agent for engineers

Dex, an AI-powered talent agent for technical hiring, raised $5.3 million in seed funding to expand into the U.S. market,…

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All3 raises $25M for legged construction robots and AI design

London-based startup All3 has raised $25 million in seed funding to disrupt the construction industry by replacing the entire building…

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Replit CEO: Don’t Study CS Just for a Google Payday

Replit CEO Amjad Masad advises students to pursue computer science only if they have genuine passion, not just for the…

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Investing in a Fragmented World: One Firm’s Strategy

Kompas VC has raised a new €160 million fund to back startups addressing industrial competitiveness, focusing on decarbonization, productivity, and…

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Drone maker Firestorm Labs lands $82M for mobile factories

Firestorm Labs raised $82 million in Series B funding (totaling $153 million) to scale its xCell containerized manufacturing platform, which…

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Benchmark VCs Back Pursuit to Help Companies Sell to Government

Mike Vichich founded Pursuit in 2023 to help companies identify and win government contracts, motivated by the difficulty of selling…

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