Periodic Labs came out of stealth on Tuesday with a war chest of $ 300 million as a seed round, backed by a tech industry’s who’s who: Andreessen Horowitz, DST, Nvidia, Accel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Eric Schmidt, and Jeff Bezos. Period Labs was founded by Ekin Dogus Cubuk and Liam Fedus. Cubuk led the […]
Paid, the AI agent ‘results-based billing’ startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed
Manny Medina, previously best-known as the founder of sales automation startup Outreach ($ 4.4 billion valuation), has wowed investors with his young startup, Paid. Paid just closed an oversubscribed $ 21.6 million seed round led by Lightspeed. With the €10 million pre-seed round it raised in March, London-based Paid has already raised $ 33.3 million […]
Google Ventures doubles down on dev tool startup Blacksmith just 4 months after its seed round
As speed becomes the defining currency in an AI-driven software world, Blacksmith has raised another round led by Google Ventures — just four months after its seed — to accelerate how code gets shipped. The $ 10 million Series A closed in just 14 days, with Google Ventures doubling down after first backing Blacksmith’s $ […]
Space DOTS raises $1.5M seed round to provide insights on orbital threats
The corporate space world tired Bianca Cefalo to the point that she found it easier to literally start her own space company and launch objects into orbit. Cefalo is the founder of Space DOTs, which launched in 2022 to detect space threats. She and her team have created a software platform called SKY-I for space […]
How to actually raise a seed round: Actionable advice from top investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 returns to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27-29, bringing together more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders for an inside look at where innovation is headed. Among the must-attend sessions is a candid panel on the Builders Stage about one of the most high-stakes moments in any founder’s journey: raising […]