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| 03.04.2026 | Depthfirst Secures $80 Million for AI Cybersecurity Dominance | Depthfirst, an AI lab securing software systems, just raised $80 million in Series B funding. This brings its total capital to $120 million. The company is advancing its AI-native cybersecurity platform. It develops specialized models for c... |
| 31.03.2026 | depthfirst Raises $80M in Series B Funding | depthfirst, a San Francisco, CA-based applied AI lab developing new security solutions, raised $80M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Meritech Capital, with participation from Forerunner Ventures and The House Fund, and existing inv... |
| 13.01.2026 | Sovereign AI unicorn webAI’s value soars to $2.5B after ‘double-digit’ funding round
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Cookies | Privacy-focused artificial intelligence startup webAI Inc. has reportedly closed on an early-stage “high double-digit” round of funding that sends its value soaring to $2.5 billion, according to a report in Axios.
Participants in the Series... |
| 24.11.2025 | Agentio Secures $40M to Fuel AI-Powered Creator Ad Platform | Agentio, an AI platform for creator-led advertising, just raised $40M. The Series B round, led by Forerunner, aims to scale its AI infrastructure and expand its reach across platforms. Agentio connects brands and creators, streamlining ad c... |
| 18.11.2025 | Agentio Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Agentio, a NYC-based provider of an AI-native platform for creator-led advertising, raised $40M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Forerunner with participation from Benchmark, Craft Ventures, AlleyCorp, Antler, and Starting Line.
Th... |
| 16.11.2025 | Real Estate's New Frontier: Arrived Unveils Stock Market for Property Shares | Arrived transforms real estate investing. It launched a secondary market platform. Investors now buy and sell fractional shares of rental homes. This creates unprecedented liquidity. The company secured $27 million in new funding. Major inv... |
| 13.11.2025 | Arrived Raises $27 Million And Launches Real Estate Stock Market Platform | Arrived, a leader in fractional real estate investing, announced the launch of its new Arrived Secondary Market. This first-of-its-kind marketplace enables investors to buy and sell shares of individual rental homes across the United States... |
| 13.11.2025 | Joy Secures $14M to Redefine the Parenting Experience | What You Should Know:
– Joy, a platform revolutionizing the parenting experience secures $14M in Series A funding co-led by Forerunner and Raga Partners, with participation from Magnify Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Shazi Visram, Rogue Ve... |
| 13.11.2025 | This startup backed by Bezos and Benioff launched a trading platform for shares of rental homes | Arrived is creating a so-called stock market for real estate, where investors can buy and sell shares of rental homes.
Investors can buy in for as little as $100 and build their own portfolio of properties.
Arrived is announcing a new $27 m... |
| 12.11.2025 | Joy Raises $14M in Series A Funding | Joy, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform improving the parenting experience, raised $14M in Series A funding.
The round was co-led by Forerunner and Raga Partners, with participation from Magnify Ventures, Ingeborg Investments,... |
| 24.10.2025 | Natural Raises $9.8M in Seed Funding | From left to right: Eric Wang (Natural Co-Founder), Kahlil Lalji (Natural Co-Founder and CEO), and Walt Leung (Natural Co-Founder)
Natural, a San Francisco, CA-based fintech company building the infrastructure powering agentic payments, rai... |
| 26.09.2025 | AmplifyMD Secures $20M to Scale AI-Driven Virtual Specialty Care | What You Should Know:
– AmplifyMD, an integrated virtual care solution provider secures $20M in Series B funding led by Forerunner Ventures with participation from F-Prime, Greylock, Tau Ventures, and strategic partner Memorial Hermann Heal... |
| 24.09.2025 | AmplifyMD Raises $20M in Series B Funding | AmplifyMD, a Los Gatos, CA-based provider of a integrated virtual care solution, raised $20M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Forerunner Ventures with participation from F-Prime, Greylock, Tau Ventures, and strategic partner Memori... |
| 10.09.2025 | Koah Launches “AdSense for GenAI” — Monetization Standard for AI Chat Apps | Koah, the monetization platform for Gen AI chat apps, today announced its public launch after operating in stealth since January 2025, along with $5+ million in seed funding. Koah offers GenAI businesses a powerful way to earn revenue: embe... |
| 19.08.2025 | Basic Capital: $25 Million Series A Raised For Helping Workers Achieve Retirement Goals | Basic Capital, a 401(k) platform that helps workers achieve retirement goals, has closed a $25 million Series A funding round led by Forerunner and Lux Capital. Existing investors SV Angel, Box Group, and financial leader Henry Kravis parti... |
| 15.08.2025 | AI Powers Home Service Revolution: Topline Pro Secures $27M Funding | Topline Pro secured $27 million in Series B funding, led by Northzone. This AI-driven platform revolutionizes local home service businesses, automating critical marketing, sales, and operational functions. It empowers contractors, landscape... |
| 15.08.2025 | Topline Pro: $27 Million Raised To Transform Local Home Services Into AI-Based Businesses | Topline Pro, an AI-based platform for home service businesses, has announced a $27 million Series B funding round led by Northzone, with new participation from Tactile Ventures, and Industry Ventures, alongside continued support from existi... |
| 14.08.2025 | Topline Pro Raises $27M in Series B Funding | Co-Founders Nick Ornitz and Shannon Kay.
Topline Pro, a NYC-based AI-powered engine improving how home service businesses grow and run online, raised $27M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Northzone (Molly Alter), with new participa... |
| 11.08.2025 | Novig: $18 Million Series A Raised For Scaling P2P Sports Prediction Market | Novig, the leading U.S. peer-to-peer sports (P2P) prediction market, has closed an $18 million Series A funding round led by Forerunner, with backing from Y Combinator, NFX, Perceptive Ventures, and Gaingels. Founded by Jacob Fortinsky and ... |
| 11.08.2025 | Novig Raises $18M in Series A Funding | Novig, a NYC-based peer-to-peer sports prediction market, raised $18M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Forerunner, with participation from existing investors Y Combinator, NFX, Perceptive Ventures, and Gaingels.
The company intends... |
| 25.07.2025 | Slingshot Reveals $93 Million In Funding And Launches Ash | Slingshot AI has launched Ash, the first AI specifically designed for therapy, following an extension of its Series A funding co-led by Radical Ventures and Forerunner Ventures. With a total of $93 million raised from investors like a16z, F... |
| 24.06.2025 | Decagon's $131 Million Surge: A New Era for AI Customer Service | In the bustling tech landscape of San Francisco, a storm is brewing. Decagon, a rising star in the realm of conversational AI, has just secured a whopping $131 million in Series C funding. This infusion of capital elevates the company’s val... |
| 24.06.2025 | Decagon Raises $131M in Series C Funding; at $1.5B Valuation | Decagon, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in conversational AI agents for customer experience, raised $131M in Series C funding, at $1.5 Billion valuation.
The round was led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz (Growth Fund),... |
| 23.06.2025 | Chatbot startup Decagon gets $131M to build personalized AI agents for every consumer
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| 23.06.2025 | Decagon: $131 Million Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For Conversational AI Agents | Decagon, a leader in conversational AI agents for customer experience, announced $131 million in series C funding, pushing its total funding to $231 million just one year after emerging from stealth. The funding round valued the company at ... |
| 27.05.2025 | Monarch raises $75 million | Personal finance app Monarch Money Monarch Money
Founded: 2018
Headquarters: Covina, California, United States
Total Funding: $94.8M
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| 23.05.2025 | Personal finance app Monarch raises $75 million despite ‘nuclear winter’ for fintech startups | The personal finance startup Monarch has raised $75 million to accelerate subscriber growth that took off last year when budgeting tool Mint was shut down, CNBC has learned.
The fundraising is among the largest for an American consumer fint... |
| 11.05.2025 | Wonder Raises $600 Million To Expand The Mission Of Super Mealtime App | Wonder founder and CEO Marc Lore announced that the company has raised $600 million in additional funding to expand and further its goal of creating the super app for mealtime. This funding included participation from major existing shareho... |
| 07.05.2025 | Американский стартап Wonder по созданию фуд-корта привлек $600 млн при оценке в $7 млрд | По словам генерального директора Марка Лоре, Wonder, компания, владеющая ресторанами Grubhub и Blue Apron, эта сделка приближает компанию к созданию того, что Лоре называет «суперприложением для приема пищи».
Новое финансирование доводит оц... |
| 28.04.2025 | Fora Raises $40M in Series C Funding | Fora, a New York based travel tech startup, raised $40m in Series C funding.
The round was round co-led by Thrive and Insight Partners, with participation from Forerunner and Heartcore Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to expand... |
| 28.03.2025 | Arcade: $25 Million Raised For AI Physical Product Marketplace | Arcade, a generative AI (GenAI) marketplace where what can be dreamed can be made, announced a $25 million Series A fundraising, bringing the total fundraise to $42 million. The Series A was raised from Laura Chau of Canaan Partners and Kir... |
| 14.02.2025 | Prenuvo's $120 Million Bet on Preventative Health: A New Era of Whole-Body Scanning | Prenuvo is on a mission. With a fresh $120 million in funding, the Redwood City-based company is redefining preventative healthcare. The goal? To empower individuals with knowledge about their health before symptoms arise. This isn’t just a... |
| 14.02.2025 | Prenuvo: $120 Million Raised For MRI Screening Platform | Prenuvo, a leader in proactive whole-body MRI screening, disclosed that it quietly raised $120 million as part of Series B fundraising this year, demonstrating its category leadership in preventative health. The company has identified over ... |
| 13.02.2025 | Fay Secures $50M to Expand Access to Digital Nutritional Therapy | What You Should Know:
– Fay, a provider of digital nutritional therapy announced a $50M Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs, valuing the company at $500 million.
– Existing investors General Catalyst and Forerunner also participated... |
| 13.02.2025 | Prenuvo Raises $120M to Expand Whole-Body MRI Screening | What You Should Know:
– Prenuvo, a provider of proactive whole-body MRI screening raises $120M in Series B funding round co-led by Forerunner Ventures, Left Lane Capital, and existing investor Felicis.
– The company has already achieved imp... |
| 24.01.2025 | Navigating the AI Landscape: From Startups to Health Solutions | In the bustling world of technology, AI is the new gold rush. Startups are sprouting like wildflowers, each one vying for attention and investment. Among them, Team-GPT and Roon Menopause stand out, each carving a unique niche in the vast l... |
| 23.01.2025 | Roon Menopause Now Available to Provide Essential Answers from Experts in its AI-Powered App | Roon Menopause
Today, Roon the trusted guide to health conditions built by medical experts launches Roon Menopause. Through Roon Menopause, women can access bite-sized video answers from trusted experts, empowering them to navigate this tra... |
| 17.01.2025 | Breaking Barriers: Innovations in Fertility and Women’s Health | In the realm of health, two recent initiatives shine a light on the pressing need for accessible care. The BIVF Foundation and Teal Health are tackling significant challenges in fertility and cervical cancer screening. Both organizations ar... |
| 16.01.2025 | Teal Health Raises $10M, Launches the First At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening | What You Should Know:
– Teal Health, a women’s health company dedicated to eliminating cervical cancer, announced today it has raised an additional $10M in seed funding led by Emerson Collective and Forerunner, with continued support from e... |
| 12.11.2024 | Forerunner Ventures: $500 Million Early-Stage Fund Announced, Brings AUM To Nearly $3 Billion | Forerunner Ventures has announced a new $500 million early-stage investment fund. This fund would focus on maximizing opportunities and their value for consumers. This fund brings Forerunner’s assets under management to nearly $3 billion si... |
| 04.11.2024 | Table22: $11 Million (Series A) Raised To Expand E-Commerce Tools For Merchants | Table22, a provider of revenue-expanding e-commerce tools for merchants in America’s $1+ trillion food and beverage industry, announced an $11 million Series A funding round to expand its platform and customer network. This funding round wa... |
| 31.10.2024 | The Surge of Revenue Automation: Tabs and Table22 Lead the Charge | In the bustling streets of New York City, two companies are making waves in the world of revenue automation. Tabs and Table22 have recently secured significant funding, each with a unique approach to streamlining business operations. These ... |
| 29.10.2024 | Table22 Closes $11M Series A Funding | Table22, a NYC-based provider of revenue-expanding e-commerce tools for merchants, raised $11M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from institutional investors Footwork, Forerunner Ventu... |
| 23.10.2024 | Shop Till Your AI Bot Drops | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Most of us spend quite a bit of time shopping. Depending on the circumstances, it can be either a chore, a pastime, or some combination of the two.
Online retailers get this, which is why they offer ... |
| 28.09.2024 | Pie: Social App Company Raises $11.5 Million (Series A) | Pie is a social app that makes it easy for friends to connect in real life. The company recently announced it raised $11.5 million in Series A funding, led by Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, with participation from Origin Ventures, Re... |
| 12.09.2024 | Haymaker Group Expands Into San Francisco and Silicon Valley Markets, Building on A Decade of Impact Connecting Press with Tech Innovators and Investors | Firm taps innovation communications leader Emilie Cole as Vice President to lead SF office
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Haymaker Group, an award-winning public relations firm that has worked with some of the country's best-known... |
| 28.08.2024 | Navigating the Future: Leadership Changes in Tech and Healthcare | In the fast-paced world of technology and healthcare, leadership changes can signal a shift in strategy and ambition. Recently, two companies, Zensai and Headway, made headlines by appointing seasoned executives to key positions. These move... |
| 27.08.2024 | Headway Welcomes Susan Chiang as Chief Information Security Officer | An accomplished technology executive, Chiang brings extensive security and strategy experience from Cloudflare, Uber and Salesforce, and healthcare experience from Deloitte
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Headway, the company buildi... |
| 26.07.2024 | Headway's Leap: Transforming Mental Healthcare with $100 Million Boost | In a world where mental health often takes a backseat, Headway is steering the wheel. The New York-based mental health platform recently secured $100 million in Series D funding, catapulting its valuation to a staggering $2.3 billion. This ... |
| 25.07.2024 | Headway: $100 Million In Series D Closed At $2.3 Billion Valuation To Build New Mental Healthcare System | Headway, a company building a new mental healthcare system, announced a $100 million Series D funding round and its planned expansion to Medicare Advantage and Medicaid. These developments will enable clinicians on the platform to scale the... |
| 23.07.2024 | Headway scores $100M, more than doubling its valuation to $2.3B | Photo: Anchiy/Getty Images
New York-based mental health platform Headway announced it secured $100 million in Series D funding, more than doubling its valuation to $2.3 billion.
Spark Capital led the round, joined by existing investors a16z... |
| 03.06.2024 | Outdoor Voices bought by Consortium Brand Partners | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Outdoor Voices, the distressed athleisure brand, will be acquired by private equity firm Consortium Brand Partners, staving off bankruptcy.
Why it matters: Activewear has become a crowded space, chall... |
| 17.05.2024 | Fay's $25M Funding Propels Nutrition Therapy Revolution | Fay, a groundbreaking startup based in San Francisco, has emerged from stealth mode with a massive $25 million in funding to revolutionize the way Americans approach nutrition therapy. Founded by the dynamic duo of Sammy Faycurry as CEO and... |
| 17.05.2024 | Fay emerges from stealth, raises $20M to connect people to registered dietitians | The company has partnered with insurers to make its services free to most patients
Over half of U.S. adults struggle with diet-related chronic conditions, with many more in need of preventative care. Yet, when it comes to accessing nutritio... |
| 15.05.2024 | Medical Nutrition Therapy Startup Fay Emerges from Stealth with $25M | Fay Co-Founders Sammy Faycurry (CEO) and Mark Stefanski (CTO)
What You Should Know:
– Fay, a San Francisco, CA-based company that focuses on increasing access to medical nutrition therapy emerges from stealth with $25M in funding to tackle ... |
| 18.07.2023 | Forerunner Ventures sees a future full of “digitally native franchises” | Forerunner Ventures made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far easier to build a digitally native brand than today. But as commerce has evolved, so has the firm.
As ... |
| 12.04.2022 | DUOS Secures $15M for Senior Assistance Platform for Older Adults | What You Should Know:
– DUOS, a digital health company on a mission to increase the longevity and independence of older adults, announced today a $15 million Series A funding led by Imaginary Ventures, along with participation from existing... |
| 14.03.2022 | Kirsten Green on selling to consumers in the metaverse: brands should “get in there” | When Forerunner Ventures was founded in 2012, traditional brands still reigned supreme, and most of us shopped in physical spaces. Firm founder Kirsten Green, who was earlier an equity research analyst at Banc of America Securities, was may... |
| 03.03.2022 | Forerunner Ventures Closes Fund VI, at $1 Billion | Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm, recently closed Fund VI, at $1 billion.
The fund enables the firm to invest at the earliest stages, and in later-stage leaders and companies who they recognize changing th... |
| 22.02.2022 | DTC Briefing: Despite a pandemic boom, consumer VCs are looking beyond DTC brands | Now, in 2022, she writes that “the next revolution in commerce starts with the seller — digital tools are enabling a generation of new entrepreneurs to attract & transact at scale.”
As Forerunner general partner Eurie Kim put it in a ph... |
| 22.02.2022 | DTC Briefing: Despite a pandemic boom, consumer VCs are looking beyond DTC brands | This is the latest installment of the DTC Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the biggest challenges and trends facing the volatile direct-to-consumer startup world. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
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| 06.05.2021 | Metafy adds $5.5M to its seed round as the market for games coaching grows | This morning Metafy, a distributed startup building a marketplace to match gamers with instructors, announced that it has closed an additional $5.5 million to its $3.15 million seed round. Call it a seed-2, seed-extension or merely a baby S... |
| 07.04.2021 | ShipSwyft Inc. announced that it has received CAD 22 million in funding from Inovia Capital, Inc., Forerunner Ventures, Shopify Inc., Golden Venture Partners, Inc., Trucks Venture Management, Inc. | ShipSwyft Inc. announced that it has received CAD 22,000,000 in an equity round of funding co-led by new investors Inovia Capital, Inc. and Forerunner Ventures on April 7, 2021. The transaction included participation from new investor Shopi... |
| 06.02.2021 | 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more | Everyone knows YouTubers and other creators are popular with internet users of all ages. But today, these influencers also have real businesses powered by a range of software tools and service providers who help weave videos, pictures, clip... |
| 23.11.2020 | Eclipse Foods Closes $12M Series A Funding Round | US plant-based ice cream company Eclipse Foods has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The round was led by early-stage venture capital firm Forerunner Ventures. Many of Eclipse’s early-stage investors, including Beyond Meat’s Seth G... |
| 23.11.2020 | Eclipse Foods Closes $12M Series A Funding Round | © Eclipse
US plant-based ice cream company Eclipse Foods has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The round was led by early-stage venture capital firm Forerunner Ventures. Many of Eclipse’s early-stage investors, including Beyond Mea... |
| 25.08.2020 | A therapy startup set to launch in person in March pivoted online in one week and went on to land $6 million in funding, and now it's looking to reinvent mental-health care as people grapple with the ... | Ariela Safira. Ariela Safira This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 30.06.2020 | Dumpling raises $6.5m Series A for personalized eGrocery to give comfort to gig workers, wary online shoppers | Although much remains to be seen about how the pandemic will impact our economy, its effect on grocery delivery is clear. Shoppers have flocked to the service in an attempt to curtail their trips from the home and about 28% more shoppers ar... |
| 05.05.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Join Kirsten Green for a Q&A next Tuesday at 11 a.m PST/2 p.m. EST/6 p.m. GMT | Last month, the Extra Crunch Live team hosted conversations with folks from all over the venture community that ranged from the pre-seed world with Charles Hudson to shark territory with Mark Cuban. We’re starting off May with a packed agen... |
| 17.03.2020 | Smart ring startup Oura raises $28 million from Google’s Gradient Ventures, Square, and Forerunner Ventures | Oura, a Finnish startup that creates a smart activity- and sleep-tracking ring, has raised $28 million in a series B round of funding from Google’s Gradient Ventures, Jack Dorsey’s Square, and Forerunner Ventures.
Founded out of Oulu, Finla... |
| 17.03.2020 | Smart ring startup Oura raises $28 million from Google’s Gradient Ventures, Square, and Forerunner Ventures | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Oura, a Finnish startup that creates a smart activity- and sleep-tracking ring, has raised $28 million in a series B round of funding f... |
| 30.07.2019 | Calgary-based Attabotics raises $25 Million Series B for robotic supply chain system | Attabotics, an industrial automation startup that has created a robotic warehousing and fulfillment system, has raised a $25 million Series B round to help towards its goal of changing the supply chain industry.
“We applied the three-dimens... |
| 13.05.2019 | HENRY the Dentist is bringing quality dentistry to the workplace | New Providence, New Jersey-based HENRY the Dentist was designed to overcome the general hesitance of going to the dentist by providing services using its fleet of RV-sized mobile practices to allow employees to get dental care at their work... |
| 26.11.2018 | Prose Raises $18M Series B | Prose, a technology-powered beauty company, today announced the closing of an $18 million Series B financing round led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investors, Forerunner Ventures, ISAI, Lerer Hippeau Ventures... |
| 09.10.2018 | Forerunner Ventures Closes Commerce Focused Venture Capital Fund, at $360M | Kirsten Green – Forerunner VCForerunner Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on commerce, closed its latest fund, at $360M.
Forerunner Fund IV will be dedicated to partnering with ambitious entreprene... |
| 08.10.2018 | Forerunner Ventures just closed a $360 million fund, tripling the size of its last effort | Last year, retail e-commerce sales worldwide reached $2.3 trillion, a 24.8 percent increase over the previous year, according to eMarketer. A growing percentage of that spend was being captured by startups with strong online identities that... |
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| 14.02.2018 | This Venture Capitalist Thinks E-Commerce Startups Shouldn’t Fear Amazon | This article originally ran in Term Sheet, Fortune’s newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here.
Kirsten Green formed Forerunner Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on commerce, in 2010 when she noticed a shift in... |
| 24.01.2018 | Attention LA: Don’t miss this pitch day for female founders, happening in March | On Tuesday, March 13, some of the most well-regarded venture capitalists on the West Coast will converge in LA to hear pitches from women-led startups. The day is part of a growing series of events that was originally spearheaded by investo... |
| 26.09.2017 | The Inside, a maker of so-called fast furniture, lands $1.5 million from Forerunner | Seventeen years ago, Christiane Lemieux created DwellStudio, a popular catalog and e-retailer that built one brick-and-mortar store in SoHo before being acquired for undisclosed terms in 2013 by the online store Wayfair.
Now, she’s back wit... |
| 20.09.2017 | VC Kirsten Green talks shop — including responding to criticisms of Bodega | Earlier today at Disrupt, Kirsten Green, founder of the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm Forerunner Ventures, sat down for a quick conversation about her work. Green has become one of the most sought-after e-commerce investors ... |
| 21.06.2017 | Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman, Kirsten Green and Sebastian Thrun to talk shop at Disrupt SF | What do Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman, Kirsten Green and Sebastian Thrun all have in common?
Well, they’ll be at Disrupt SF (September 18-20) to tell their stories onstage, and we’re absolutely thrilled to have them join us for the biggest tec... |
| 15.05.2017 | Outdoor Voices and Glossier are cleaning up by making fashion inclusive | The founders of Glossier and Outdoor Voices, Emily Weiss and Tyler Haney, respectively, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York today about how they’re taking a bite out of the massive beauty and apparel industries. Key to both startups’ su... |
| 05.04.2017 | Cendana Capital — which funds 15 top seed-stage groups — just raised a ton of capital | Michael Kim is pretty much killing it.
Seven years ago, when he first approached investors with the idea of creating a fund-of-funds that would invest in seed-stage, or so-called micro VC, funds, they were cool to the idea. In fact, it took... |
| 13.03.2017 | The Fem-preneurs Of Crowdfunding: Did the JOBS Act Change the Venture Landscape for Female Entrepreneurs Forever? Let’s Hope So! | “Them that’s got shall get / Them that’s not shall lose / So the Bible said”… and is it still news?
Raising significant amounts of capital has never been easy for anyone. For some, it has been a higher hurdle than for others. The American f... |
| 12.01.2017 | Stadium Goods raises $4.6 million to sell sought-after sneakers and streetwear | When Stadium Goods opened shop in New York’s Soho district in 2015, it looked like an Apple-inspired spin on the consignment shop, appealing to men in search of authentic, collectible sneakers and streetwear.
In the short time since it star... |
| 23.12.2016 | MySpace’s Former CEO Says Millennials Are ‘Unprecedented’ | This article is part of Tools of the Trade, a weekly series in which a variety of experts share actionable tips for achieving fast and effective results on everything from forming good habits to raising money.
This week Mike Jones, co-found... |
| 26.10.2016 | Safeguard Scientifics Leads $5M Series A for Brickwork | Brickwork (www.brickworksoftware.com), the first software platform to bridge the experience gap between e-commerce and brick and mortar retail, today announced a $5 million Series A financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE), w... |
| 26.10.2016 | Advancit Joins $5M Series A for Brickwork | Brickwork (www.brickworksoftware.com), the first software platform to bridge the experience gap between e-commerce and brick and mortar retail, today announced a $5 million Series A financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE), w... |
| 26.10.2016 | Brickwork Raises $5M Series A | Brickwork (www.brickworksoftware.com), the first software platform to bridge the experience gap between e-commerce and brick and mortar retail, today announced a $5 million Series A financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE), w... |
| 02.09.2016 | Digital health companies raised almost $224 million in August | Digital health funding in August
So far this year, MobiHealthNews has tracked digital funding that has reached nearly $1.35 billion. August was a healthy month for funding, bringing in $223.86 million across 19 deals, putting it slightly ab... |
| 25.08.2016 | Teledermatology company Curology raises $15M to scale direct-to-consumer subscription skincare | San Diego, California-based Curology, which offers prescription skincare products based on smartphone photos and an online questionnaire, patient-provided information, raised $15 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Advance Vix... |
| 07.07.2016 | Early stage firm Forerunner Ventures raises $122M fund | The all-female led firm has invested in Birchbox, Warby Parker and Dollar Shave Club
It's a good time to be a venture capitalist. Even with the market squeeze, they are having no trouble raising new funds, often over $1 billion. The cash is... |
| 07.07.2016 | Forerunner Ventures Closes Latest Venture Capital Fund, at $122M | Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm, closed its latest fund, at $122m.
According to a regulatory form filed with the SEC, a total of 30 investors have invested in Forerunner Partners III, L.P.
Led by Kirsten ... |
| 06.07.2016 | Forerunner Ventures ups the ante with a new, third fund | Forerunner Ventures, an early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm that focuses almost exclusively on e-commerce businesses, has raised a $122 million fund, shows an SEC filing that was filed earlier this morning.
The firm was founded by... |
| 14.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 14, 2016 | Anaplan secured $90M; PolicyGenius landed $15M; Everlaw raised $8.1M funding
Online insurance broker PolicyGenius, which guides users through a five-minute Q&A to develop a personalized, in-depth review of all their insurance needs base... |
| 13.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 13, 2015 | White Star Capital closed $70M funding; GetYourGuide bagged $50M; Zola raised $10M
WriteLab, a browser-based tool that provides feedback on writing, has raised $2 million in a series A round led by Reach Capital with participation from Kapo... |
| 05.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 5, 2015 | Coveo raised $35M; Macat secured $30M; Semantics3 launched $1.55M funding
doDOC, a Boston, MA- and Coimbra, Portugal-based web-based platform that allows pharmaceutical companies to accelerate regulatory and compliance processes, recently r... |
