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This week brought messages to us. A fresh IPO documents, but a visible outlook for a generally performance. New financing tours, but the founders were annoyed by the lack of capital. In the middle of all this, some VCS still finds the way to build liquidity and more for more throats.
The most exciting start stories from the week
In the week of the contradictions, the beginnings demonstrated both confidence and insecurity, and even the second time the founders were not made of struggles.
Fearless or not: Design software company Figma Provided confidential documentation for an IPOBoth Clarna and StubHub have triggered these month’s plans of this month by ignoring the fears that stop those bears.
Figma but not worried: sent A ceasefire letter “Vibe coding” competitor “Vibe coding” over the term “Dev mode” opponent.
Nervous: UK founders said they were frustrated Gap Expansion Among the financing raised by English beginnings and their silicone valley peers. According to the deal, this is raised to “about $ 21.5 billion – about $ 21.2 billion in $ 73.8 billion ($ 21.5 billion) in the United States) in the United States.” About $ 21.5 billion dollars “
Cask: Smashing, AI-Powered Reading Curation app, founder OTIS chandler founded by the founder of the last June, close due to disappointing growth.
Suspended: Blusmart, an Indian Uber opponent using EVS, Probably a suspended service India’s securities and exchange teams launched an investigation into Gensol engineering, which shared his co-founders.
Back: Bolt’s CEO is a month after re-evaluating the role as Ryan Breslow presented a new “Super Application” This reflects vision for Fintech, which was established in 2014.
Investigation: Deel CEO Aleh Aleh Bouaziz to serve Bouaziz significantly prevented Since he and his lawyer are now in the UAE, TechCrunch was learned. But the company does not give up and To disclose Deel’s alleged spy to push for the revolution.
Tailwinds: Openai makes It was reported that they want to get windsurf for $ 3 billion. The startup was previously known as a codium that competes as a popular AI coding assistant cursor.
The most interesting VC and financing news this week
This week, the US financing news that points to better days, increased estimates and larger funds that can no longer be able to exception with larger funds.
Grow up: Marsmallow, English Insurance Startup, 90 million dollars in capital and debt Over $ 2 billion in an assessment. Customers remained by traditional insurers focus on, a million drivers have a $ 500 million in insured and profitable annual income.
Hammered Win: Hammerspace, a company that helps customers like meta, uses unstructured data, $ 100 million financed to expand his work. According to sources, the assessment is more than $ 500 million.
New Chapter: Chapter, Formed by the former US Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Medicare consultant starting, A $ 75 million financing raised round Worth $ 1.5 billion.
Of the phantom limbs: Austin, Texas-based Phantom Neuro Raised $ 19 million To finance the next stage of product development, to finance a package wristband, which allows you to manage prosthetic limbs.
Firm: Shatter, electricity engine engines do not require rare land elements, $ 20 million seeds rounded of deep technological investors.
Sunny days: Arnergy, a clean tech startup supported by Bill Gates’s SCREQUAR Energy Enterprise $ 15 million b extension Expand sunrise in Nigeria.
Whisker: Peter Thiel’s founders finally completed the increase in the third growth fund. Closing from $ 4.6 billion, it Great step from the $ 3.4 billion growth fund – There may be another sign that the market goes back to the Budub.
Last but at least
The VCS needs liquidity and they often know how to find it even if there is no iPo in his eyes. In the latest episode, SEO Hans Swildens’s CEO, industrial enterprises began The road in navigation of this issue.
