Simular, which is building AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Felicis; Simular has released its 1.0 version for macOS
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has raised a $21.5 million Series A led by Felicis, with existing seed investors NVentures …
London-based Maze, which uses AI agents to stop cloud security breaches, launches with $31M in total funding, including a $25M Series A led by Theory Ventures
We're launching Maze and announcing our $25M Series A led by Theory Ventures, with participation from Cherry Ventures and Tapestry VC. … Santiago Castiñeira : Today, we're launching Maze and announcin...
a16z, which has a ~20% stake in Deel worth $2.5B+, is advising Deel in fighting Rippling, whose CEO, Parker Conrad, said a16z pushed him out of Zenefits in 2016
Notably, A16Z also (reportedly) pushed some seed investors to sell their Deel stakes in prior rounds to buy as much as they could get, which some were unhappy about. … X: @cailen : Who needs reality t...
HR software company Rippling raised a $200M Series F led by Coatue at a $13.5B valuation, up from $11.25B in March 2023, and a separate $590M tender offer
what a powerful recruiting tool, I have to imagine it also continues to foster trust internally among employees at scale too @parkerconrad https://www.rippling.com/... Varun Mayya / @waitin4agi_ : See...
Analysis: a record 19 fintech startups in Europe have become unicorns in 2021 so far, bringing the total number of fintech unicorns on the continent to 39
At the start of 2021, Europe had just one decacorn—a startup valued at $10 billion or more—in the fintech sector to speak of … Tweets: @nicholaskatz and @chris_skinner Tweets: Nick Katz / @nicholaskat...
A look at the changing landscape of seed funding as more big VCs compete there, and pros and cons of raising a seed round led by a big VC vs a seed-focused fund
When every fund is a seed fund — When Mike Fitzsimmons went out to raise his seed round, he negotiated with all the usual suspects. Tweets: @dscheinm , @sarthakgh , @dunkhippo33 , @semil , and @kate...
A look at the changing landscape of seed funding as more big VCs compete there, and pros and cons of raising a seed round led by a big VC vs a seed-focused fund
When every fund is a seed fund — When Mike Fitzsimmons went out to raise his seed round, he negotiated with all the usual suspects. Tweets: @dunkhippo33 , @sarthakgh , @dscheinm , @kateclarktweets ,...
Investors and employees of Toptal, a freelancing platform with ~$200M revenue and originally funded by $1.5M in convertible notes, have ended up with no equity
but it never does (aka, gotta read the fine print.) https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown : After its seed investment 7 years ago, Toptal promised equity for investors and emp...
Taso Du Val, the CEO of Toptal, a freelancing platform with ~$200M in revenues, has retained all of Toptal's stock, as it hasn't raised since a 2012 seed round
Toptal, a service that connects companies with freelance software engineers, is a Silicon Valley success story. Tweets: @amir , @amir , @amir , @amir , @amir , @amir , @amir , and @amir Tweets: Amir E...