Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app, raised a $17M Series A led by Benchmark, taking its total funding to $19M, and reports $20M to $40M in daily trading volume
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London-based Paid, which helps AI agent providers monetize and track costs, raised a $21.6M seed led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $100M+ valuation
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Robinhood files an application with the US SEC to launch Robinhood Ventures Fund I, a publicly traded fund for retail investors that holds shares of startups
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Motion, which sells an integrated suite of AI agents for SMB, raised a $38M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $75M
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Firecrawl, which offers an open-source web crawler for developers and AI agents, raised a $14.5M Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners
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Replit announces a partnership with Microsoft to make its platform available in the Azure Marketplace and integrate its tech with some Microsoft cloud services
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Kalshi raised $185M led by Paradigm at a $2B valuation; sources: Polymarket is completing a $200M+ investment led by Founders Fund at a ~$1B pre-money valuation
Prediction-Market Unicorn Hits $2 Billion Valuation Bogdan Patru / Bitcoin Insider : Prediction Market Kalshi Achieves Unicorn Status with $185 Raised at its $2B Evaluation, as BTC Bull Token Predicts...
Artisan, which is building AI sales development representatives, raised a $25M Series A led by Glade Brook Capital, after raising $12M in September 2024
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Sources: CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization platform that raised $530M+, is almost broke and is accusing its founder and ex-CEO of financial misconduct
Back when everyone wanted to be a tech company, Caastle pitched itself … Julie Bort / TechCrunch : Fashion startup CaaStle appears to be in trouble Bluesky: Dan Primack / @danprimack : SCOOP: A fashio...
CoreWeave's S-1 reveals its three co-founders own less than 3% of Class A shares after cashing out ~$488M, but still control ~80% of votes via Class B shares
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