Browsing: venture capital
The AI startup market spans from companies looking to develop new chips, to those using AI to build robots, to others looking to use AI to…
Failed fintech startup Bench racked up more than $65 million in debt, documents reveal
Bench, the accounting startup that collapsed over the holidays, filed for bankruptcy in Canada on Jan. 7, revealing huge debts, according to documents seen by TechCrunch.…
For years, Vyas Sekar would call Muckai Girish, an old friend from undergrad, to talk about potential startup ideas and get Girish’s opinion. The two usually…
For years, twin sisters Nilo Rahmani and Jen Rahmani have traded stories — and commiserated — about the pain points they faced in their respective engineering…
Silicon Valley so dominant again, its startups gobble up more than half of US VC funding in 2024
For all the chatter about San Francisco’s decline, data repeatedly shows that the Bay Area, including the city itself, is still the best place for venture-backed…
AI companies worldwide raised more than $100 billion in venture capital dollars by 2024, according to Crunchbase dataan increase of more than 80% compared to 2023.…
Sidney Scott has decided to take himself out of the venture capital rat race and is now jokingly auctioning off his vests – starting at $500,000.…
Husband and wife former Olympians target $50M for new fund to invest in influencer-led consumer brands
Samyr Laine and his wife, Ayanna Alexander-Laine, started Freedom Trail Capital in 2023 and are working toward a $50 million fund. Both are former Olympians who…
Ashley Beckwith has spent years of her academic and professional career focused on the intersection of biology, materials and manufacturing to create medical solutions more efficiently.…
When Til Klein and Jochen Beutgen met Gaingels, the US-based angel investor syndicate that supports LGBTQ+ founders, they wondered why there wasn’t a company that wanted…