Bluesky raises $100 million in Series B funding
Bluesky raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Crypto, as the company scales its decentralized social network and transitions its leadership.
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670 storiesTechCrunch opens nominations for Startup Battlefield 200
TechCrunch has opened nominations for the Startup Battlefield 200, offering selected startups global exposure and $100,000 in equity-free funding until May 27.
Anori spins out of Alphabet’s X with $26M to fix building approvals
Alphabet’s X has spun out Anori, a platform aiming to streamline building approval processes, with $26 million in funding led by Prologis and Builders VC.
Cloaked raises $375M to bring consumer privacy tools to enterprise
Cloaked raised $375 million in Series B and growth financing to expand its consumer-focused privacy and security bundle into the enterprise market.
Arc Boat Company raises $50 million for commercial and defense
Arc Boat Company raised $50 million in Series C funding to expand its electric propulsion technology into commercial and defense markets while maintaining its consumer boat business.
Nth Cycle secures $1.1B deal to expand critical mineral refining
Nth Cycle has secured a $1.1 billion agreement with Trafigura to expand its modular electrochemical refining capacity in the U.S. and Europe.
Edra raises $30 million to automate operational data workflows
New York-based startup Edra has raised a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia to automate workflows by converting operational data into a living knowledge base.
Trevor Milton seeks $1B for new autonomous aviation venture
Trevor Milton is reportedly trying to raise $1B for a new autonomous aviation venture, SyberJet Aircraft, following his presidential pardon.
Eragon raises $12 million to build an agentic AI operating system
Eragon raised $12 million at a $100 million valuation to build an agentic AI operating system that aims to replace traditional enterprise software interfaces with natural language prompts.
Sequen secures $16M Series A to replace cookie-based tracking
Sequen raised $16 million in Series A funding to provide real-time personalization infrastructure, aiming to help consumer companies improve revenue without relying on privacy-invasive tracking cookies.
Microsoft acquires team behind AI startup Cove
Microsoft has hired the team behind AI collaboration startup Cove, which will shut down its service on April 1 following a $6 million seed round.
Rubi raises $7.5 million to turn CO2 into textile-grade cellulose
Rubi raised $7.5 million to scale its enzyme-based technology that converts captured carbon dioxide into cellulose for the fashion industry, backed by partners like H&M.
GridBeyond raises €12M to scale virtual power plant software
GridBeyond raised a €12 million equity round led by Samsung Ventures to expand its virtual power plant software, which helps manage energy loads for data centers.
Apple acquires video editing firm MotionVFX
Apple has acquired Warsaw-based MotionVFX, a move likely intended to integrate new video editing tools into its Creator Studio bundle and compete more effectively with Adobe.
Fuse targets US credit unions with $25M round for AI loan origination
Fuse raised $25 million in Series A funding to help US credit unions replace slow, legacy loan origination systems with its AI-native platform.
Google and Accel pick five India startups, rejecting AI wrappers
Google and Accel selected five India-based startups for their Atoms program, rejecting superficial "wrapper" ideas from a pool of more than 4,000 applicants.
Unacademy to be acquired by rival upGrad in all-stock deal
Unacademy is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock, share-swap deal, marking a major consolidation in India’s struggling edtech sector.
Google closes $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz
Google has closed its $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz, marking the largest acquisition in Google’s history and the largest-ever purchase of a venture-backed startup.
Nyne raises $5.3M to give AI agents human context
Nyne raised $5.3 million in seed funding to build an intelligence layer that helps AI agents understand human context across their digital footprints.
Peter Sarlin launches Qutwo to bridge AI and quantum computing
Former Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin has launched Qutwo, an AI lab building an orchestration layer to help enterprises transition from classical to quantum computing.