Many investors stand to win big when Anthropic goes public. Stakes held by firms including Menlo Ventures, Sequoia, Sound Ventures, and Spark Capital are expected…
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VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit |
Product-market fit — when a startup’s product sells well — has become even harder to find in this AI era. Despite startups achieving record-fast growth,…
Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2026 |
Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting…
The next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 |
For founders, Startup Battlefield 200 is one of the biggest moments of their careers. For everyone else in the TechCrunch Disrupt2026 audience, it’s one of…
Here are the VCs judging in Startup Battlefield 200 Disrupt 2026 |
A great pitch doesn’t win Startup Battlefield 200. A great company does. That’s why the VCs sitting in the judges’ seats matter so much.They aren’t…
The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs |
Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders,…
Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play |
Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and which made early bets on Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen,…
Will the DOJ's investigation into a16z spook other VCs? |
Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies, VCs told…
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.…
Thrive's Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria |
In Thrive Capital’s first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture capital rivals on the West Coast. “It…