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How to invest when everything is moving too fast | TechCrunch

TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Los Angeles late last week brought together two of the more straight-talking investors working...

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Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names | TechCrunch

Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another...

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Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out | TechCrunch

In late May, Neil Rimer said something during a sit-down I had with him in Athens that I...

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Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation | TechCrunch

Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to...

Founders Fund partner Ryan Beiermeister
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Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills) | TechCrunch

Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, she announced on Monday. Beiermeister is well-known in Silicon...

Greylock partner Saam Motamedi at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
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Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more | TechCrunch

While many top-tier venture firms keep raising massively larger funds, Greylock Partners, one of the oldest and most...

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Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation | TechCrunch

Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes agent, is finalizing a new round of funding led by...

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani speaks at the Semafor World Economic Summit on April 12, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund | TechCrunch

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Indian IT services giant Infosys, will no longer serve as a general partner at...

Bending Spoons signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Bending Spoons applies a private equity playbook to software, buying up mostly fledgling subscription-based apps, slashing headcount and handing operations to its roster of Italian engineers. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public | TechCrunch

Bending Spoons, the Milan-based tech conglomerate that made headlines for acquiring the likes of AOL and Vimeo, went...

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Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are | TechCrunch

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month. Using data from Crunchbase...