Tokyo-based Sakana AI raised a ~$135M Series B from MUFG, Khosla, Macquarie, NEA, Lux, and others at a ~$2.6B valuation, becoming Japan's most valuable unicorn
At present, we are seeing a record amount of capital pouring … eWeek : Sakana AI Becomes Japan's Most Valuable Unicorn Maija Palmer / Global Corporate Venturing : ‘Big in Japan’ is not enough — where ...
Socket, which sells a scanning tool for detecting vulnerabilities in open-source code, raised a $20M Series A led by a16z, taking its total funding to $24.6M
Open source is the bedrock upon which all modern applications are built. FinSMEs : Socket Raises $20M in Series A Funding Twitter: Wei Lien Dang / @weiliendang : Congrats @feross on @SocketSecurity's ...
24 Exchange, which wants to let users trade stocks 24/7 like crypto, raises $14.25M led by Point72 Ventures; SEC approval or rejection is expected in 2022
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @dannycrichton Tweets: Danny Crichton / @dannycrichton : Interesting that LTSE wants to make trading more thoughtful, and 24 Exchange wants it to b...
Flex Logix, which designs AI chips for edge enterprise applications, including medical imaging equipment, raises $55M Series D led by Mithril Capital
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Trust & Will, a digitally native will and estate planning startup, raises $15M Series B, led by Jackson Square Ventures
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SEC filing: Postmates posted a loss of $32.2M in Q2, compared to a loss of $73M in Q1; Postmates lost $105.2M in H1 2020 vs. $239M in the same period of 2019
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AngelList data shows that having a top-10 VC investor in the seed round had a negative effect on a startup's chances to raise a follow-on round in 2017 and 2018
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch : Tweets: @rodolfor , @gjain , and @paul_arnold Tweets: @rodolfor : This. A million times this. And the same goes for your Series A as well if we are talking about top VC ...
Public benefit corporation Summer, a platform to streamline student loan payments and debt forgiveness, raises $10M Series A led by QED Investors
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Teampay, which helps companies manage employee expenses, raises $12M Series A led by Tribe Capital, bringing its total raised to $16M
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WeWork files to raise $1B in an IPO, reports a $904M net loss on around $1.5B in revenue for first half of 2019
WeWork parent The We Company is about to achieve … Stephen Gandel / CBS News : WeWork IPO filing shows it's losing nearly $5,200 per customer Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat : WeWork IPO filing hypes tran...