Nearly every founder has the same concern: how can they ensure their startup has enough cash to deliver on its promise. For most, that means wooing venture capitalists early and often, trading equity in the company and board seats for cash to keep the lights on. For Teague Egan, it also means courting retail investors. […]
EliseAI lands $75M for chatbots that help property managers deal with renters
EliseAI, a company developing a suite of AI-powered property management tools for landlords, has raised $ 75 million in a Series D round that values the startup at $ 1 billion. EliseAI is the brainchild of co-founder and CEO Minna Song, who met the company’s second co-founder, Tony Stoyanov, while the two were undergraduate students […]
UK’s Riverlane scores $75M to correct quantum errors
Quantum computing may still largely be in the theoretical domain, but the money that it’s attracting is very real. Riverlane, a specialist in quantum error correction technology, has raised $ 75 million to continue expanding its R&D and operations to build out its operations amid a surge of interest from quantum computing customers — technologists […]
Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M
Location data, for better or worse, continues to be a part of the bedrock of how apps are built. Now a startup developing AI market research based on that location data, Placer.ai, has quietly raised $ 75 million at an expanded valuation of nearly $ 1.5 billion, TechCrunch has learned. The startup provides a wide […]
Paris-based VC Breega hits first close of $75M Africa fund to back pre-seed and seed startups
Paris-based VC firm Breega has observed Africa’s tech ecosystem mature over the years. From receiving less than a billion dollars in venture capital per year to a record-high $ 6 billion, there’s also been an increase in high-growth companies, from one unicorn to seven within the span of three years. Now the VC wants to […]