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Climate

Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M | TechCrunch

Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade...

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Startups

Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation. | TechCrunch

There’s a funny kind of game that the latest of late-stage startups must play when raising money. They...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Day 2 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, Oct 28, 2025.
Startups

No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling  | TechCrunch

It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the...

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In Brief

AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M | TechCrunch

Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the...

Disrupt 2024 Main Stage
Fundraising

Benchmark’s full partnership joins the main stage at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

What does one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture firms think founders are getting wrong? At TechCrunch Disrupt...

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Startups

This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’ | TechCrunch

Josh Mackanic left a 10-year engineering career at Pacific Gas and Electric because he kept thinking about what...

Greylock partner Saam Motamedi at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
Venture

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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Transportation

Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal | TechCrunch

Gatik, the autonomous vehicle startup known for its self-driving box trucks, has raised $200 million just two months...

Mercor CEO Brendan Foody at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
In Brief

Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation | TechCrunch

AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20 billion valuation, sources...

Startups

A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI | TechCrunch

Four years ago, a startup lab launched that wasn’t quite an incubator, accelerator program, or venture firm. UP.Labs,...