| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.10.2024 | The Microbiome Revolution: Holobiome's $9 Million Leap Forward | In the world of health and wellness, the gut is the new frontier. Holobiome, a microbiome platform company, has just secured $9 million in a Seed funding round. This investment is not just a financial boost; it’s a signal that the microbiom... |
| 15.10.2024 | Holobiome: Microbiome Platform Company Raises $9 Million (Seed) | Holobiome announced it closed an oversubscribed Seed round of $9M. The funding round was led by iSelect Fund, with major participation from Corundum Systems Biology, Satori Neuro, SkyRiver Ventures, Pace Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and... |
| 13.09.2024 | The Dance of Innovation: Tesla and xAI's New Partnership | In the fast-paced world of technology, partnerships can be the lifeblood of innovation. Recently, Tesla and xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk, announced a collaboration that could reshape the future of electric v... |
| 13.09.2024 | Strider Technologies: A New Era in Strategic Intelligence | In a world where information is power, Strider Technologies is stepping into the spotlight. The Salt Lake City-based company recently secured $55 million in Series C funding, a significant boost that signals its ambition to reshape the land... |
| 12.09.2024 | Strider Technologies Raises $55M in Series C Funding | Strider Technologies, a Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of strategic intelligence, raised $55M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners. Other investors included participation from AXA Venture Partners (AVP), and ... |
| 12.09.2024 | Strider Technologies: Strategic Intelligence Provider Secures $55 Million (Series C) | Strider Technologies, a leading provider of strategic intelligence, announced that it has closed $55 million in Series C funding. Pelion Venture Partners led the round, which also includes participation from AXA Venture Partners (AVP) and e... |
| 08.09.2024 | ИИ-стартап xAI Илона Маска оснастит Tesla своими разработками в обмен на часть дохода | Со ссылкой на источник издание сообщает, что финансовые условия соглашения о разделе доходов между xAI и Tesla будут зависеть от объема использования технологий xAI в развитии программного обеспечения для помощи водителю — Full Self-Driving... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Dance of Innovation: Chang’an and Huawei’s Strategic Partnership | In the fast-paced world of automotive technology, alliances can be as crucial as the vehicles themselves. Chang’an Automobile’s recent investment in Huawei’s subsidiary, Yinwang, exemplifies this dynamic. The deal, valued at RMB 11.5 billio... |
| 26.08.2024 | Deals in brief: Earth VC invests in Aalo Atomics, Sarana AI secures pre-seed funding, five China deals, and more | Earth Venture Capital invests in Aalo Atomics’ USD 27 million Series A round
Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a climate tech venture capital firm based in Vietnam, has invested in the USD 27 million Series A funding round of Aalo Atomics. ... |
| 11.07.2024 | K Health: AI Primary Care Platform Company Raises $50 Million | K Health, a leading AI Primary Care platform, announced that it had raised $50 million in funding led by Claure Group, with participation from investors including Pablo Legorreta (founder and CEO of Royalty Pharma), and existing investors M... |
| 01.07.2024 | K Health Secures $50M for AI Primary Care Platform | What You Should Know:
– K Health, a leader in AI-driven primary care raises $50M in funding led by Claure Group with participation from investors including Pablo Legorreta (founder and CEO of Royalty Pharma), and existing investors Mangrove... |
| 07.06.2024 | Most-Active US Investors In May: Andreessen Horowitz And General Catalyst Lead Month With A Lot Of Big Rounds | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is a monthly feature that runs down some of the most-active investors in U.S.-based companies, looks at some of their most interesting investments, and includes some odds and ends of who spent w... |
| 04.06.2024 | HackerOne launches partner program to leverage global ethical hacker community
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| 04.06.2024 | Salesforce, Nvidia, Cisco Invest In AI Startup Cohere At $5B Valuation — Report | 11 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Toronto-based Cohere locked up a $450 million investment from big-named corporate investors at a $5 billion valuation, per a Reuters report.
Investors in the round included chip giant Nvidia, Salesf... |
| 30.05.2024 | Eye On AI: xAI’s Backers Have A Lot Of Other Bets Besides Musk’s LLM | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here.
Looks like we are back to weekly billion-dollar raises at multibillion-dollar valuations, at least when it comes to ... |
| 27.05.2024 | Empresa de IA de Elon Musk arrecada US$ 6 bilhões de investidores | Elon Musk também revelou que valor de mercado da xAI subiu para US$ 18 bilhões (Imagem: Vitor Pádua/Tecnoblog)
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A xAI, empresa de IA generativa de Elon Musk, anunciou que rece... |
| 22.05.2024 | BitGo Collaborates with CoinDesk Indices to Offer Custody Solutions for CoinDesk 20 Index | The CoinDesk 20 Index has generated institutional demand with approximately $5 billion in perpetual futures volume since January 2024
NEW YORK, May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CoinDesk Indices, the leading provider of digital asset indices sin... |
| 17.05.2024 | Weka's $140M Series E Funding: A Game-Changer in AI Data Platforms | Weka, a Campbell, CA-based AI-native data platform company, has secured $140M in Series E funding, propelling its valuation to $1.6B. Led by Valor Equity Partners, this round marks a significant milestone for Weka as it aims to meet the sur... |
| 16.05.2024 | WEKA Nets $140M in Series E Funding at $1.6B Valuation | Company Achieves Unicorn Status in Oversubscribed Round Led By Valor Equity Partners with Participation From NVIDIA, Generation Investment Management, Atreides Management and Others to Spur Continued Hypergrowth
CAMPBELL, Calif., May 16, 20... |
| 15.05.2024 | Data platform firm WekaIO notches $1.6 billion valuation after latest funding round | Data platform company WekaIO notched a valuation of $1.6 billion in a round led by Valor Equity Partners as a funding winter, especially for tech startups focused on artificial intelligence, is easing.
The company said on Wednesday that it ... |
| 15.05.2024 | Weka Becomes A Unicorn With Big $140M Series E | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Weka locked up a $140 million Series E — raised in both a primary and secondary transaction — that values the data platform at $1.6 billion.
The valuation is more than double what the company was las... |
| 28.04.2024 | Elon Musk's xAI on the Rise | Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is on the brink of securing a massive $6 billion in funding, with investors eager to get in on the action. The deal, which values xAI at $18 billion, is set to close soon, potentially reshapin... |
| 25.04.2024 | xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders | xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source close to the deal. The deal – which would give investors one quarter of the com... |
| 12.12.2023 | Cultivated meat: UMAMI Bioworks, Cell AgriTech announce plant in Malaysia; SCiFi Foods opens pilot plant; Vow gets initial nod from regulators | It’s been a busy week in cultivated meat, with Singapore-based UMAMI Bioworks and Malaysia-based Cell AgriTech announcing a large-scale facility in Malaysia; SCiFi Foods opening a pilot plant in San Leandro, California; and Vow receiving a ... |
| 09.10.2023 | CrossFund Raises Additional $1.5M in Funding at a $47M Valuation, Establishes Itself as Leading Investment Gateway to the Emerging World | SINGAPORE, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fintech startup, CrossFund, has raised its fourth funding round in two years from family offices in MENA and Asia, BlockBase Ventures, UI Investments, Australian Gulf Capital, BXB Capital, and strateg... |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru... |
| 11.07.2023 | Brief: Pano AI raises $17m growth round to expand its wildfire detection technology | US-based Pano AI has raised a $17 million growth capital round for its technology that can detect wildfires and issue warnings to local firefighters.
Valor Equity Partners led the round with participation from new investors Salesforce Ventu... |
| 01.06.2023 | 🎥SCiFi Foods on cultivated meat unit economics: ‘We can make a blended product commercially viable without needing crazy-scale bioreactors’ | Some commentators argue that cultivated meat faces intractable challenges at food scale, and that growing meat in bioreactors at scale is a food tech fantasy. So are they right? It all depends on your approach, says Joshua March, cofounder ... |
| 19.12.2022 | CPG Food & Beverage Industry Veteran Mike Murray Joins Good Karma Foods as Chief Executive Officer | Good Karma Foods announces new CEO and a fresh infusion of capital to accelerate the brand's leadership position in 2023
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Good Karma Foods, a leading producer of nourishing plant-based milk and dairy ... |
| 15.11.2022 | “I think he’s battling with his own self”: Inside Elon Musk’s brain | It was easy to predict that Elon Musk’s first few weeks as Twitter’s owner would be a mess. But even if you thought the world’s richest man and Twitter’s most high-profile user would stumble once he owned his favorite messaging service, the... |
| 28.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: FreshRealm, Kitchen United score mega-deals in a downturn, Arable raises $40m | Despite the current downturn in tech, FreshRealm landed a mega-deal recently, as did ghost kitchen network Kitchen United. In agtech, Normative bagged funds for its carbon reporting platform and old favorites like donuts and avocados are go... |
| 02.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Synthesis Capital closes $300m foodtech fund, e-grocer Astro bags $60m | Though many “instant” grocery delivery startups are in the midst of layoffs, one company in Indonesia bagged a healthy Series B round this week.
Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its lat... |
| 31.05.2022 | Indian data analytics startup raises $20m in series B round | Data scienceFintechNewsStartups
Jenina Ibañez · 3h ago · 1 min readIndian data analytics startup raises $20m in series B round
Synaptic, an India-based data analytics startup, has raised US$20 million in a series B funding round led by Valo... |
| 25.05.2022 | Sifter raises $5M in Series Seed Round | We’re excited to share that Sifter, the industry-leading Nutrition as a Service™ platform, today announced raising $5M in funding. HPA participated in the Series Seed round, which was led by Valor Siren Ventures with additional participatio... |
| 12.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Absolute Foods scores $100m, Mashgin bags $63m | Among this week’s largest funding rounds in agrifoodtech was the $100 million raised by India’s Absolute Foods, which is seeking to vertically integrate the ag value chain. Mashgin, a US maker of contactless self-checkout machines, also sco... |
| 06.05.2022 | BREAKING: Tomorrow Farms lands $8.5m to develop next-gen pantry staples | Right on the cusp of announcing its first product, New York-based food tech company Tomorrow Farms has announced an $8.5 million seed round to recreate refrigerator and pantry staples with healthier ingredients.
The round was led by Lowerca... |
| 25.01.2022 | Bokksu bags $22M Series A at a $100M valuation to deliver traditional Asian groceries to your home | Bokksu CEO Danny Taing has always been passionate about Japanese food and culture, so he moved to Tokyo after college and lived there for four years. When Taing moved back to NYC, he brought a suitcase full of his favorite Japanese snacks a... |
| 06.01.2022 | Momenta Invests in Xage | Momenta expands investment in Xage, Zero Trust security for critical infrastructure |
| 19.08.2021 | DigiSure, the mobility insurance platform with high-tech screening, comes out of stealth with $13.1M raise | DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 million pre-Series A funding round. The startup will use the funds to ... |
| 15.07.2021 | Eight Sleep, Inc. announced that it has received $87.579483 million in funding from Valor Management Corp., SoftBank Group Corp., Khosla Ventures, LLC, Founders Fund, Inc., General Catalyst Group Mana... | On July 15, 2021, Eight Sleep, Inc. closed the transaction. The company received $87,579,483 led by Valor Management Corp. The transaction included participation from 61 investors including SoftBank Group Corp, General Catalyst Group Manage... |
| 18.06.2021 | US-based defense tech company Anduril raises US $450M as valuation soars to US $4.6B | Anduril Industries, an AI-powered defense technology company, secured US $450 million in a Series D funding round, sending its valuation to a whopping US $4.6 billion. Announced on June 17, 2021, the round was led by serial entrepreneur and... |
| 22.04.2021 | Atmosphere Closes $25 Million Series B Investment from Valor Equity Partners | |
| 23.03.2021 | Counterpart Rakes In $10M To Help Small Businesses With Liability Insurance | Counterpart Inc., a Walnut, Calif.-based insurtech using technology and data to transform the management liability insurance market, has raised $10 million in funding led by Valor Equity Partners.
The insurtech field is wide open for startu... |
| 17.02.2021 | It’s not just Elon Musk — a Tesla board member may have also helped with the automaker’s massive bitcoin purchase | A Tesla board member with an appetite for cryptocurrency may be behind the company’s bitcoin investment.
Antonio Gracias is the director of two cryptocurrency companies through his investment firm.
Tesla’s $US1.5 billion bitcoin purchase he... |
| 16.02.2021 | It's not just Elon Musk - a Tesla board member may have also helped with the automaker's massive bitcoin purchase | A Tesla board member with an appetite for cryptocurrency may be behind the company's bitcoin investment.
Antonio Gracias is the director of two cryptocurrency companies through his investment firm.
Tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase help... |
| 16.02.2021 | It’s not just Elon Musk – a Tesla board member may have also helped with the automaker’s massive bitcoin purchase | A Tesla board member with an appetite for cryptocurrency may be behind the company’s bitcoin investment.
Antonio Gracias is the director of two cryptocurrency companies through his investment firm.
Tesla’s $US1.5 ($2) billion bitcoin purcha... |
| 04.01.2021 | AMP Robotics Raises $55 Million from XN, Valor Equity Partners, GV, and Existing Investors | New investment will help AMP accelerate innovation and scale commercialization to meet the rapidly increasing demand for its AI and robotics applications for the waste industry
AMP Robotics Corp. (AMP), a pioneer in artificial intelligence ... |
| 04.01.2021 | AMP Robotics Raises $55 Million from XN, Valor Equity Partners, GV, and Existing Investors | AMP Robotics Corp. (“AMP”), a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for the waste industry, has raised $55 million in corporate equity in a Series B financing, led by XN with participation from new investors Valor Equity Part... |
| 18.11.2020 | K Health Collabs with Mayo Clinic, Raises $42M from JayZ + SpaceX/Tesla, Valor Equity Partners | What You Should Know:
– Today, K Health, the data-driven digital primary care system with 4 million users (+ Anthem partner), announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Mayo Clinic’s Clinic Data Analytics Platform.
– In addition, K He... |
| 17.11.2020 | MycoWorks banks $45m Series B funding; DCVC, AgFunder & celebs invest | MycoWorks, which produces an animal-free leather alternative, has raised $45 million in a Series B round co-led by Taiwan’s WTT Investment and California’s DCVC Bio.
New investors included Valor Equity Partners, Humboldt Fund, and Gruss &am... |
| 01.09.2020 | Removing Animals From The Food System: Climax Foods Raises $7.5M Seed For Innovation | 17 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Climax Foods, a year-old startup, is using data science to innovate the future of food and make it at a price point accessible to everyone.
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| 11.08.2020 | Mode Analytics raises USD 33M in series D funding | San Francisco, CA-based, leader in advanced analytics, Mode Analytics announced on 7th August, 2020, that it has raised USD 33M round in series D funding round from H.I.G. Growth Partners. Other investors in the round include REV Ventures P... |
| 05.06.2020 | Atom Power raises $17.8 million for next-gen digital circuit breakers | Atom Power, creator of one of the first solid-state digital circuit breakers for commercial and industrial applications, has raised $17.8 million in a series B round of funding. Circuit breakers have been a core safety component since the e... |
| 05.06.2020 | Atom Power receives $18M in new capital raise | Charlotte-based energy startup Atom Power closed on a $17.75 million raise this week.
Atom Power was founded in 2014 by CEO Ryan Kennedy and CTO Denis Kouroussis. Their product suite includes a digital circuit breaker called Atom Switch, a ... |
| 05.06.2020 | Atom Power raises $17.8 million for next-gen digital circuit breakers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Atom Power, creator of one of the first solid-sta... |
| 20.05.2020 | Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises $90M Series C | This morning, Coalition announced that it has closed a $90 million Series C. The funding comes around a year after the cybersecurity insurance startup raised a $40 million Series B that TechCrunch covered at time.
The startup’s new, larger ... |
| 20.05.2020 | Cyber Insurance & Security Company Coalition Secures $90 Million Through Series C Funding Round Led by Valor Equity Partners | Coalition, the leading cyber insurance and security company, announced on Wednesday it has raised $90 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Valor Equity Partners with participation from Felicis Ventures, Greyhound Cap... |
| 29.04.2020 | Starbucks enters China’s agrifood investment scene with Sequoia Capital partnership | Starbucks is set to become an investor in China’s tech startup scene after announcing a partnership with VC firm Sequoia Capital in the country.
Following last week’s launch of meat-free alternative proteins in Starbucks’ Chinese stores, th... |
| 01.08.2019 | Eatsa is dead; long live Brightloom! (And its leading robotic retail & software as a service) | The legendary American novelist Samuel Clemens — far better known by his nom de plume Mark Twain — was once famously called upon to debunk a morbid outbreak of fake news suggesting that he had died on a trip to London, riddled with debts an... |
| 21.04.2019 | How Chicago Fuels Food-Focused Innovation | Today, Chicago’s newest food business accelerator, The Hatchery, will celebrate its grand opening. A non-profit incubator supported by companies like Conagra and Kellogg’s, The Hatchery will support entrepreneurs in growing successful food-... |
| 21.03.2019 | Term Sheet — Thursday, March 21 | COFFEE + CASH
Starbucks will serve you a triple venti half-sweet non-fat caramel macchiato with a side of fresh funding. The Seattle-based coffee giant is investing $100 million in a new venture fund that will be managed by Valor Equity Par... |
| 21.03.2019 | Starbucks Corporation Commits $100M to Valor Siren Ventures I | Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) made a $100m cornerstone commitment to the new Valor Siren Ventures I L.P.
Managed by Valor Equity Partners, the new fund will identify and invest in companies that are developing technologies, products,... |
| 20.03.2019 | Starbucks will anchor the new $400 million food-focused Valor Siren Ventures fund | Starbucks is serving up a steaming hot $100 million cash commitment to anchor a new food-focused fund in partnership with the consumer and tech-focused focused private equity firm Valor Equity Partners.
The behemoth of burnt-coffee said tha... |
| 17.03.2019 | 12 Chicago VCs You Should Know About | Chicago is quietly becoming a hotbed of venture capital that fuels technology startups — not just in Chicago but across the country and in a wide range of industries. For example, did you know that Calm, SpaceX, and Coinbase all received fu... |
| 30.07.2018 | Why Midwest Capital is Fueling Rockets, Electric Cars, and the Heartland | I’ve talked about how Midwest startups with coastal connections attract capital and why investors outside the Midwest want in. In fact, a recent analysis of PitchBook data shows that Chicago startups alone received $1.7 billion in venture c... |
| 20.07.2018 | Chicago-Based Valor Equity Partners Raises $1.05B For Its Fourth Fund | Chicago-based Valor Equity Partners, which has invested in tech companies ranging from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Chicago A.I. startup Catalytic, announced that it has raised $1.05 billion for its Fund IV.
The fund will target investments rangin... |
| 20.07.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, July 20 | UBER → DOORDASH
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| 19.07.2018 | Private Equity Firm Valor Equity Partners Closes Fourth Fund, at $1.05 Bln | Valor Equity Partners, a growth-focused private equity investment firm with offices in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco, closed its fourth fund, at $1.05 billion.
Valor Equity Partners IV will continue the firm’s strategy of invest... |
| 04.05.2017 | SpaceX Backer Valor Equity Partners Looks to Raise $750M For Its Fourth Fund | Chicago-based Valor Equity Partners has set a target of three quarters of a billion dollars for its latest fund, according to an SEC filing.
The Form D filing, which went live Thursday, shows Valor Equity is looking to raise $750 million fo... |
| 02.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 2, 2015 | Renovate America collected $90M; Dome9 Security raised $8.3M; Zeemee landed $5.8M
Propeller Aerobotics, a start-up that uses drones to make 3D maps for mining and construction companies has raised $1 million from investors including fund Bl... |
| 24.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 24, 2015 | Premise bagged $50M; Replimune closed $30M Series A financing; DriverUp raised $20M
Crowdway, a Milan, Italy-based smart platform that generates news and analysis about financial markets, raised €150,000 ($167,400) in seed funding. Backers ... |
| 03.06.2015 | Valor Equity Partners Closes Third Fund at $490M | Chicago, IL-based private equty firm Valor Equity Partners closed its third fund at $490m.
Fund III, which exceeded its initial $350m target, received support from existing institutional pension and large family office clients.
Led by Anton... |
| 02.06.2015 | The Chicago Firm Behind SpaceX & Fooda Just Closed a $490M Fund | Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago-based firm that has backed tech companies like SpaceX, Porch, and Fooda, announced Tuesday that it has closed a $490 million Fund III.
Exceeding its targeted amount of $350 million, Fund III will be used to ... |
| 20.01.2015 | Porch.com Raises $65M Series B Round As It Prepares To Take Its Service Nationwide | Porch.com, the Seattle-based startup that uses a data-driven approach to help homeowners find local professionals for all of their home improvement and repair needs, today announced that it has raised a $65 million Series B round. The round... |
| 19.02.2008 | Roundup: Farber takes over at CNET, Mozilla’s new email subsidiary, Scribd iPaper, and more | Here’s the latest action:
1) Dan Farber takes the helm at CNET
2) Mozilla launches email-focused subsidiary
3) Scribd creates iPaper, an Acrobat competitor
4) Hewlett-Packard has great first quarter
5) Tesla Motors pulls in another $40M
6) ... |
| - | London’s Seedrs snapped up by Republic in £75 million deal | Longtime crowdfunding champion Seedrs has announced today that it has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by U.S. based private investment firm Republic for approximately $100 million (£75 million). Through the acquisition, the tw... |
| - | Muito além de um café: Starbucks investirá US$ 100 milhões em startups | *Por Exame.com
A americana Starbucks sabe que, para ser a maior rede de cafeterias do mundo, não basta oferecer café. É preciso ser o mais conveniente, seja abrindo uma unidade a cada esquina ou oferecendo as melhores formas de entrega e pa... |
