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Travis Kalanick
Venture

Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’ | TechCrunch

Travis Kalanick certainly has had a love-hate relationship with VCs over his career. As the founder of Uber...

Nicolas Kopp, founder and CEO of Rillet
In Brief

Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth | TechCrunch

AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation on Tuesday, led...

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz support Trump
Venture

DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs | TechCrunch

The Justice Department has launched a probe into Andreessen Horowitz regarding the firm’s partners serving on the boards...

Co-founders of Reach Capital From left: Wayee Chu, Jennifer Carolan, Esteban Sosnik.
Venture

Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’ | TechCrunch

Reach Capital announced Tuesday the close of a $265 million Fund V. The thesis of the 11-year-old San...

Thrive Holdings team
Fundraising

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise | TechCrunch

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank,...

Joshua Kushner, Founder and CEO, Thrive Capital
Venture

Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria | TechCrunch

In Thrive Capital’s first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture...

AI

Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular ‘AI factories’ | TechCrunch

Data center developer Crusoe said Thursday it raised $3.9 billion in a Series F round that pushes its...

money emerging from a firehose
Venture

How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund | TechCrunch

Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), the venture division of private equity firm Bain Capital, has raised a new $1.6...

Antonio Gracias, founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Valor Equity Partners
In Brief

Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors | TechCrunch

VC firm Valor Equity Partners, founded by Antonio Gracias, a long-time Elon Musk backer and current SpaceX board...

Venture

Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road | TechCrunch

Keith Rabois has spent most of his 13-year career in venture capital associated with Khosla Ventures’ longtime home...