Founders Future is a pretty recent entrant in the French VC scene, but it has already built an interesting portfolio of tech startups over the past few years. The firm […]
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Back to news homeCrypto funding in August wasn’t as good as the numbers may lead you to believe
Crypto and blockchain startups haven’t been having a good time raising funds for quite a while now, given the overall slowdown in funding, a stronger focus on due diligence, and […]
Sapphire Ventures plans to invest over $1B in enterprise AI startups
VC firm Sapphire Ventures says that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in AI-related enterprise startups, demonstrating the strong appetite among investors for cutting-edge AI tech. Reuters reports […]
Creative platform EVEN raises $2.3M seed round to help artists sell directly to fans
Creative platform EVEN, which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 million seed round led by CSA partners. The platform positions itself as […]
VCs are declaring their allegiances in the wake of SVB’s collapse
The dust has yet to settle in the largest bank run in U.S. history, a collapse that in just 48 hours dismantled the tech startup-focused Silicon Valley Bank. But already […]
The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening
There was a brief, beautiful moment for a few months in 2021 when it felt like robotic investments might be immune from broader market forces. We all fundamentally and implicitly […]
DeFi startups need to experiment with new use cases and build solutions, investors say
Although the crypto ecosystem has faced its fair share of bumps, venture capitalists are still bullish about the space and continue to look at decentralized finance (DeFi) as a promising […]
a16z says ‘WeBack’ to WeWork’s Neumann with its biggest check ever
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) seems determined to keep the capital flowing to controversial WeWork founder Adam Neumann. The storied venture firm wrote its largest individual check ever, at $350 million, to […]
Why not all VCs are ready to embrace AI-powered investment tools
AI’s strength lies in its predictive prowess. Fed enough data, the conventional thinking goes, a machine learning algorithm can predict just about anything — for example, which word will appear […]
Is it the bootstrapper’s time to jump on the venture treadmill?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche […]