Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5M pre-seed led by a16z |

For much of his career, Mohamed Mohamed worked at institutions — BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey — all of whom, he said, “treated real estate…

Primary Ventures raises healthy $625M Fund V to focus on seed investing |

6:00 AM PST · February 10, 2026 Primary Ventures has closed a $625 million Fund V focused on seed investing nationwide, which is a sizable…

Vega raises $120M Series B to rethink how enterprises detect cyber threats |

Modern enterprises generate enormous amounts of security data, but legacy tools like Splunk still require companies to store all of it in one place before…

Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras |

9:23 PM PST · February 6, 2026 This week, AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems announced that it raised $1 billion in fresh capital at a valuation…

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis |

7:00 AM PST · February 5, 2026 An AI lab called Fundamental emerged from stealth on Thursday, offering a new foundation model to solve an…

Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid |

9:56 AM PST · February 4, 2026 Forget EVs —stationary batteries are getting all the buzz, and investment, in the U.S. these days. Startup Lunar…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia's AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…

SNAK Venture Partners raises $50M fund to back vertical marketplaces |

SNAK Venture Partners announced Wednesday the close of its oversubscribed $50 million debut fund, anchored by the investment firm Pritzker Group (founded by Illinois governor…

ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequoia at an $11 billion valuation |

7:33 AM PST · February 4, 2026 Voice AI company ElevenLabs said today it raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia…