In Brief Posted: 9:08 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile…
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DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO |
DeepSeek, the Chinese large language model developer, is preparing for a 2027 IPO debut, but it could come as early as the end of this…
Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 11:42 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20…
AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation |
In Brief Posted: 7:35 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 AI law startup Norm on Tuesday said it has raised $120 million in a Series…
Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are |
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month. Using data from Crunchbase andPitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups…
Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII, per Bloomberg |
In Brief Posted: 6:58 AM PDT · June 24, 2026 New details have emerged about Valor Equity Partners’ Fund VII, which last year filed paperwork…
HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment |
Box. Boho. Knotless. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: braided hairstyles. The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and…
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round |
In Brief Posted: 2:20 PM PDT · June 18, 2026 AI inference company Baseten is close to finalizing a stunning $1.5 billion funding round at…
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple |
In Brief Posted: 8:35 AM PDT · June 16, 2026 African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the company…