Fundraising
Aug 18, 2026
Astute Raises $1.2M to Automate B2B Creator Partnerships
Astute, a platform that automates creator partnerships for B2B companies, has closed an oversubscribed $1.2M pre-seed round backed by Flyer One Ventures, Silicon Gardens, Marathon Fund, and ERA. The company uses two AI agents to match businesses with newsletter, podcast, and social media creators — and monitors over one million creator posts per minute to surface partnership opportunities.
B2B
AI Agents
Marketing
Aug 10, 2026
AI IPOs Will Reshape VC Power — Just Not How You Think
Everyone is watching AI IPO opening prices. Andrew Gershfeld of Flint Capital argues the real story plays out afterward — when LP distributions trigger a new fundraising cycle that could hand an unprecedented share of venture capital to the industry's largest firms, leaving founders outside the top tier to compete in an increasingly constrained market.
AI
Venture Capital
IPO
Aug 1, 2026
Index Ventures Raises $2B Across Three New Funds
Fresh off a massive return from the Google-Wiz deal, Index Ventures has closed $2 billion across three new funds. The raise brings the firm's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion, signaling continued conviction in early-stage and growth-stage tech bets.
Venture Capital
Fundraising
Enterprise AI
Jul 31, 2026
Neoteq's Simon Schneider on Closing Fund II
Cologne-based early-stage investor neoteq has completed the first closing of its second fund. General Partner Simon Schneider talks VC market recovery, rising expectations for founding teams, and the firm's DeepTech investment thesis.
Venture Capital
DeepTech
Startups
Jul 24, 2026
World, Altman's Eyeball-Scanning Startup, Raises $52.5M
Sam Altman's biometric identity project World has raised $52.5 million through a cryptocurrency token sale, continuing its push to build a global network of iris-scanned digital IDs. The fundraise underscores growing investor appetite for AI-proof identity infrastructure as synthetic media makes online verification increasingly difficult.
AI
Crypto
Biometrics
Jul 23, 2026
Travis Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B in a16z Round
Atoms, the robotics and industrial AI company founded by Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, has closed a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Uber is also participating as an investor, adding a notable strategic dimension to the raise. The company has positioned itself around using AI to modernize industrial operations, though specific details about its technology remain scarce.
AI
Robotics
Venture Capital
Jul 16, 2026
Ex-DeepMind Researcher Secures $300M Pre-Seed Valuation
Andrew Dai, whose research helped shape the foundations of ChatGPT, has raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation for a visual AI venture — without launching a product. The raise signals just how much weight pedigree and thesis carry in today's AI funding climate.
AI
Venture Capital
Startups
Jul 16, 2026
EQT's €5bn Fund in Talks to Lead Mistral's Series D
Swedish investment giant EQT is in advanced discussions to lead or co-lead a new funding round for French AI startup Mistral through its Scaleup Europe Fund. The deal would value Mistral at roughly €10bn, continuing its rapid ascent as Europe's most prominent large language model company.
AI
Venture Capital
Enterprise AI
Jul 11, 2026
Fizz Expands Lawsuit, Accuses Maveron VC of a Leak
College social app Fizz has broadened its legal battle against competitor Sidechat, alleging that a Maveron venture capitalist shared confidential business information — obtained during a private fundraising meeting — directly with the rival startup. The case raises serious questions about investor confidentiality obligations in competitive markets.
college tech
Fundraising
legal
Jul 7, 2026
Chemistry Ventures Targets $500M for Fund II
Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm founded by alumni of Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz, is raising $500 million for its second fund. The raise signals growing confidence in the firm's thesis as it looks to double down on its portfolio strategy.
Andreessen Horowitz
Bessemer
Chemistry Ventures
Jul 3, 2026
Thiel Capital's Jack Selby Builds a $300M Arizona Fund
Jack Selby, a managing director at Thiel Capital, is quietly assembling stakes in high-profile AI startups like Etched through his Arizona-based venture firm Copper Sky Capital. The firm is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a new regulatory filing. Here's what we know about Selby's emerging investment thesis.
Venture Capital
AI
Startups