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Back in the Unicorn Club with Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee

Back in the Unicorn Club with Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where ...
AI versus SaaS, EV charging, and a new $250M fund

AI versus SaaS, EV charging, and a new $250M fund

This week, we’re digging into fundraises from Vertice, Electra, and Build a Rocket Boy, and what Thomvest plans to do ...
Build a Rocket Boy, a game studio from former Grand Theft Auto developer, raises $110M

Build a Rocket Boy, a game studio from former Grand Theft Auto developer, raises $110M

Build a Rocket Boy, a Scotland-headquartered game development company founded by one of the former lead developers behind the Grand ...
Spot Technologies, now with $2M, will see AI security tech go into Mexico Walmarts

Spot Technologies, now with $2M, will see AI security tech go into Mexico Walmarts

Spot’s flagship product, VisionX, taps into deep learning and computer vision technologies to analyze consumer and theft behaviors. © 2023 ...
How to build a solid — and profitable! — AI startup

How to build a solid — and profitable! — AI startup

After a year of people throwing money at AI companies, investors are now looking for startups that are more solid ...
Investors are optimistic about 2024

Investors are optimistic about 2024

After a mediocre 2023, investors are optimistic about exit and M&A activity picking back up in 2024. Some think we ...
VCs are optimistic that AI investing will move beyond the hype in 2024

VCs are optimistic that AI investing will move beyond the hype in 2024

Investors are hoping for more enterprise adoption and vertical AI solutions this year as the AI startup market starts to ...
Exponent Founders Capital, led by Plaid and Robinhood alums, raises $75M to invest in early-stage startups

Exponent Founders Capital, led by Plaid and Robinhood alums, raises $75M to invest in early-stage startups

Exponent Founders Capital, an early-stage venture firm founded by alumni of startups such as Plaid, Robinhood and Ramp, has closed ...
More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024

More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024

From when the exit market reopens to what happens with AI investing, more than 40 VCs share their predictions and ...
A strong foundation can help raise early-stage capital

A strong foundation can help raise early-stage capital

Investors aren’t scouring pitch decks as earnestly as they were in the past. There’s still a market for early-stage deals, ...
Ask Sophie: Is it easier yet for AI founders to get green cards?

Ask Sophie: Is it easier yet for AI founders to get green cards?

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on X Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 ...
Meltwater, the media monitoring startup, gets a $65M investment from Verdane

Meltwater, the media monitoring startup, gets a $65M investment from Verdane

Meltwater, which first made its name around media monitoring and then got active in business intelligence using AI and big ...
Stensul draws on new capital to boost marketing creation features

Stensul draws on new capital to boost marketing creation features

Stensul added dozens of new features and functionalities. Most notable is Landing Page, which gives customers a no-code, drag-and-drop way ...
Maybe compliance tech really is a good startup bet

Maybe compliance tech really is a good startup bet

Thoma Bravo is paying a fat premium to take EQS private ahead of what it anticipates to be a lucrative ...
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