Waymo raised $16B led by Sequoia, DST, and Dragoneer at a $126B valuation, plans an expansion across the US and into the UK in 2026, and makes 400K+ rides/week
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s autonomous driving unit, raised $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation, a funding round that reflects its rapid ascent as a robotaxi pioneer.
Doppel, which provides an AI-powered social engineering detection service for enterprises, raised a $35M Series B led by Bessemer at a $205M valuation
Cybersecurity startup Doppel Inc. today disclosed that it has closed a $35 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E led by Lightspeed at a $61.5B valuation; a source says its annual revenue run rate is up 30% in 2025, from ~$1B in late 2024
The company is said to have increased its run-rate revenue by 30% so far this year. — OpenAI rival Anthropic has officially closed …
ServiceTitan's shares closed up 42.25% at $101 in its Nasdaq debut, giving the cloud software provider an ~$8.9B market cap after it raised ~$625M in its IPO
All topics — Top of the Morning — David Bonderman … Financial Times : Live news: ServiceTitan shares pop 42% in debut Bluesky: Chirag Mehta / @chirag : A good signal that the m...
Render, which offers developers cloud services for building, deploying, and running apps and websites, raised a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Neesha A. Tambe / TechCrunch :
Bessemer Venture Partners launches BessemerDAO to discuss crypto trends and share resources, and earmarks $250M of its new $2.5B fund for crypto deals
Crypto's Last Couple Weeks Ryan Lawler / Axios : The DAO of Bessemer Venture Partners Alec / The Daily DAO : Welcome Bessemer Ventures to Web3 Brandy Betz / CoinDesk : Bessemer Com...
Quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing to go public via SPAC, in a deal expected to raise $458M at a $1.5B valuation
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
ServiceTitan, a SoCal-based firm which offers a SaaS product for tradespeople, raises $500M Series F led by Tiger Global and Sequoia at a $8.3B valuation
Alex Konrad / Forbes :
Swedish startup GetAccept, whose B2B sales software helps companies close deals remotely, has raised $20M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners
founded in 2015 by Swedish entrepreneurs Samir Smajic, Mathias Thulin, Jonas Blanck, and Carl Carell—is on a mission to radically change the way the SMB runs sales. https://www.for...