Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is a hot property at the moment. TechCrunch has learned that the company is currently raising at least $250 million more at […]
Fintech Fundid was shut down over interest rates and a strained cap table
Winding down a startup can be bittersweet for founders. In the case of Fundid, rising interest rates killed the business finance startup. But VCs and partners hurt it, […]
Notable Capital’s Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds
To some investors, “down round” is a dirty phrase, but not to Notable Capital’s Hans Tung. Hans is a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, a […]
Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show
Climate investor Bay Bridge Ventures is raising a new $200 million fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Bay Bridge filed paperwork Monday for the new climate fund with the […]
Investors are growing increasingly wary of AI
After years of easy money, the AI industry is facing a reckoning. A new report from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), which studies AI trends, found […]
Hinge Health, a virtual physical therapist, lays off 10% of its workforce
Hinge Health, a 9-year-old company that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, has cut approximately 10% of its workforce on Thursday, TechCrunch has exclusively […]
Multiverse, the apprenticeship unicorn, acquires Searchlight to put a focus on AI
Multiverse, the U.K. unicorn that builds apprenticeship programs for people to learn technology skills while on the job, has made an acquisition as it aims to skill up […]
When it comes to building startups in Boston, success begets success
When Hubspot founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah conceived of their inbound marketing startup in 2004, they were still graduate students at MIT, and inbound marketing was not […]
Against games industry doldrums, Bitkraft Ventures raises $275M to back studios and platforms
Bitkraft Ventures — a games investor based out of Denver, Colorado, but with European founders — has raised its third fund, coming in at $275 million. The fund […]
DCVC wanted to raise $500M for its first climate fund, but the market had other plans
DCVC’s target for its first climate-focused fund, DCVC Climate Select, has been all over the place and highlights the roller coaster venture fundraising conditions of the last few […]