Variant Raises $222 Million to Back Autonomy Crypto and AI
Variant has closed a $222 million fund aimed at early-stage crypto and AI ventures that expand user autonomy in finan...
Venture Capital
This Venture Capital tag gathers 9 articles on startup funding, crypto bets, and exits. It helps you spot what VC moves mean for risk and opportunities in your portfolio.
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Town’s Assistants Learn Your Life, Backed by $55 Million
A new wave of personal AI assistants promises to act before you ask, with Town leading a $55 million round to connect...
Variant Raises $222 Million for AI, Crypto Autonomy Fund
Variant has closed a $222 million fund to back early-stage startups at the intersection of AI, crypto, and autonomy. ...
Mark Cuban $500K Into Space Startup Now Worth Billions
A cold email from a Dallas founder led Mark Cuban to back a nascent space company with $500,000. Today, Relativity Sp...
Crypto Funding Falls After Q4 2025 Surge, Q1 2026 Slows
New Galaxy Digital figures show crypto funding falls after the Q4 2025 spike, as Q1 2026 totals pull back though rema...
Exclusive: Orbital Industries Secures $50M Series B
Orbital Industries closes a $50 million Series B to accelerate AI-powered materials discovery and move toward selling...
Exclusive: Perceptic Aims to Automate Drug Discovery
Perceptic, a London-founded startup formed by former Palantir Life Sciences executives, launches from stealth with a ...
A16Z-Backed Syndicate Labs Blames Shrinking Rollups
Syndicate Labs, a16z-backed, is closing its development arm after five years of building on-chain tooling, blaming a ...
Andrej Karpathy Leaves OpenAI Founding to Join Anthropic
Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI, has moved to Anthropic, marking a pivotal leadership shift in the AI ra...
Exclusive: Viktor Raises $75M to Embed AI Coworker in Slack
Viktor has raised $75 million in a Series A to deploy an AI coworker inside Slack and Teams, aiming to automate repet...
Boom Pulling Europe’s Hottest Startups to the U.S.
Europe’s top AI startups are accelerating moves to the U.S. amid a flood of AI-focused funding. The trend is reshapin...
Howard Lindzon Seed Investing: Why Most Bets Fail Today
Howard Lindzon explains that seed investing hinges on a power-law mindset: most bets fail, but one or two extraordina...