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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours |
Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicolas Kopp seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at…
Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B |
From the collection Build Mode 4:32 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 43 min Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business.…
Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks |
Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last raise and would double its…
Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything |
Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufacturers have shown growing interest in startups that…
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory |
Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, your request triggers a data relay race. Information leaves memory, passes through a CPU for preprocessing, travels to…
How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI
Slapping “AI” on yourstartup’spitch deck isbasically tablestakes right now. When a founderraised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Investfor an eSportsgamificationloyalty startup without those two…
This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships |
Oceans — to state the obvious — are big. That makes it hard for governments, shipping companies, and insurance providers to know exactly what’s happening…
From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing |
Shay Shwartz knows a lot about email phishing attacks. As a teenager, he made money as a hacker, but after getting caught at age 16,…
Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says |
Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that was founded by self-described college dropout Kennan Frost, has been acquired by competitor Recharge, the companies announced on…