Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch
According to Crunchbase's latest data around black founders, $643 million has poured into US…
Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II
Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised $46.6 million for its second fund from LPs,…
Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers
"At Cadre, I saw the next major constraint," Williams said. "Even as the front…
Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup
The truth is, should OpenAI want to do that, it can, even when startups…
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
But SPVs don't have the same kind of street cred as traditional VC funds.…
Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups
Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in early-stage startups. As the…
How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM
Earlier this year, Lightspeed made headlines when it announced that Claire Zau, an investor…
ClickHouse triples annualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO
Last fall, the startup hired Jimmy Sexton, who previously ran investor relations at Snowflake,…
After betting the firm on Anthropic, Menlo Ventures raises victorious $3B fund
Menlo Ventures announced $3 billion in funds on Tuesday, the largest raise in its…
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that…
For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage
Andreessen Horowitz has made headlines for its American dynamism thesis, but a U.S. passport…
Brad Galli brings his sports news to your phone in new venture
After recently leaving his storied tenure at WXYZ-TV, sportscaster Brad Galli has launched an…
Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
Selby credits Copper Sky's investment in Etched — an otherwise hard-to-access startup — to…
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can…
Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering
Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led…
Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026
TechCrunch is partnering with VivaTech 2026 to highlight the technologies, founders, and ideas driving…
