In Brief Posted: 2:38 PM PST · March 3, 2026 AI continues to dominate the venture world, per a new Crunchbase report. A record $189…
Author: Dominic-Madori Davis
Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding |
Cami Tellez is back. Tellez is the founder of the viral undergarments brand Parade, which at one point was seen as the Gen Z rival…
Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies |
Investors have been pouring billions into AI companies over the past few years, as the technology continues to hold sway in the Valley and thus…
Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M |
Dakotah Rice is stepping back into the founder’s seat.On Wednesday, he announced that his new company, the AI-native insurance brokerage Harper, has raised $46.8M million…
Reload wants to give your AI agents a shared memory |
There came a point when Newton Asare realized AI agents weren’t just tools anymore. “They were operating more like teammates,” he told TechCrunch. The realization…
Jack Altman joins Benchmark as GP |
In Brief Posted: 3:54 PM PST · February 17, 2026 Jack Altman and Benchmark announced today that he would be joining the firm as a…
Thrive raises $10B for new fund, its largest yet |
In Brief Posted: 12:13 PM PST · February 17, 2026 Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for a new fund — the largest fund it…
SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending |
Last year, Chris Heckler was coming to the end of a five-year non-compete after selling his last company, a healthcare startup. “I was sitting on…
African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two Gen Zers, raises additional $22M in a month |
Just one month after raising $11.75 million in a round led by Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, African defensetech Terra Industries announced that it’s raised an additional…