Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
Parallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital. The round values th…
Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government
Pursuit closed a $22 million Series A led by Mike Rosengarten, co-founder of OpenGov, with Bill Gurley and Jack Altman among participating investors. …
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field
Firestorm Labs closed an $82 million funding round to deploy containerized drone manufacturing units to conflict zones and remote locations. The start…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With Multiple Large Deals, Topped By $600M For Space Security Startup True Anomaly
True Anomaly closed a $600 million funding round this week, making it the largest deal in a defense tech surge that dominated U.S. venture capital act…
Data: The Seed Funding Boom Is Concentrating Capital In The San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area tightened its stranglehold on U.S. seed funding in 2025, capturing an expanding share of both deals and capital despite mos…
Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Lands Another $50M In Nvidia-Led Series D Extension
Legora, a Swedish AI platform for lawyers, closed a $50 million Series D extension led by Nvidia's venture arm, NVentures. The extension brings the co…
Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns
AI startups dominate unicorn creation in 2024. Of the roughly 414 companies that reached $1 billion valuations this year, 207 focused on artificial in…
Exclusive: Supabase Execs Were So Impressed With Dreambase, They Became Investors In Its $3.7M Round
Dreambase closed a $3.7 million seed round with backing from Supabase executives, who were impressed enough to invest personally alongside other backe…
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
Legora, a legal AI platform, reached a $5.6 billion valuation, intensifying its rivalry with Harvey, another legal tech startup backed by massive capi…
Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity
Musely closed a $360M non-dilutive financing round from General Catalyst without surrendering equity. The direct-to-consumer brand sells personalized …
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With Multiple Large Deals, Topped By $600M For Space Security Startup True Anomaly
True Anomaly closed a $600 million funding round this week, topping a slate of major defense tech deals. The space security startup addresses a growin…
Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Lands Another $50M In Nvidia-Led Series D Extension
Legora, a Swedish AI platform for legal work, raised $50 million from Nvidia's venture arm NVentures in a Series D extension. The funding brings the c…
Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns
AI startups dominate the unicorn stampede. Since 2024, 207 AI-focused companies reached $1 billion valuations, representing roughly half of all new un…
Exclusive: Supabase Execs Were So Impressed With Dreambase, They Became Investors In Its $3.7M Round
Dreambase closed a $3.7 million seed round with backing from Supabase executives, who became investors after evaluating the platform themselves. The …
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
Legora, a legal AI platform, reached a $5.6B valuation, escalating its intense rivalry with Harvey, another legal tech heavyweight backed by similar v…
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
Anthropic, the AI safety startup behind Claude, fielded multiple pre-emptive investment offers at valuations between $850 billion and $900 billion. Th…
Seed Funding Is Bigger Than Ever — And Harder To Get
Seed funding concentrated in mega-rounds last year. Over 50% of seed dollars flowed into deals worth $10 million or more, according to Crunchbase data…
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs Leads $60M Series C For Personal Loan Fintech Kashable
Goldman Sachs Alternatives' Sustainable Investing arm led a $60 million Series C for Kashable, a fintech that sells employee financial wellness and pe…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks
Amazon deployed $5 billion into Anthropic this week, anchoring the top funding rounds. The investment pairs capital with a partnership deal, marking o…