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| 17.02.2026 | Somethings Secures $19.2M: Revolutionizing Youth Mental Health with Digital Peer Support | Somethings, a digital mental health platform, announced a $19.2 million Series A funding round. This significant capital injection positions the company for substantial growth. It focuses on youth mental health challenges. The NYC-based fir... |
| 11.02.2026 | Somethings Raises $19.2M in Series A Funding | Somethings, a NYC-based provider of a digital mental health platform, raised $19.2M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Catalio Capital, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and Tusk Ventures.
The company intend... |
| 18.06.2025 | Payabli and Lumion: Two Innovators Reshaping Payments and Education | In the bustling world of technology, two companies are making waves: Payabli and Lumion. Each is carving out a niche in their respective fields—payments and education. Both are driven by the need for innovation and efficiency. They are not ... |
| 16.06.2025 | Lumion: $10.7 Million Raised For Building An OS For Career And Trade Schools | Lumion, a company building the most comprehensive operating system for career and trade schools, announced it has raised a total of $10.7 million in seed funding led by TTV capital with recent participation from Tusk Venture Partners. The f... |
| 06.06.2025 | Tesla’s stock has room to fall, says Tusk Ventures’ Bradley Tusk | - |
| 23.05.2025 | Venture Capitalist Bradley Tusk talks what is coming down the IPO pipeline | - |
| 06.10.2022 | Platforms beware: Politics won’t save you from antitrust legislation | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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Where does Facebook go from here?
A California judge just struck down Prop 22: Now what?
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| 12.10.2021 | BRINC : Raises $25 Million Series A Funding Led by Index Ventures With Participation From Sam Altman, Tusk Venture Partners, Jeff Weiner's Next Play Ventures, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Patrick Spence, Al... | The real-word danger faced by first responders has been highly visible in 2021, from tragic scenes of search and rescue, to a national surge of active, mass shooter situations. BRINC, an American technology company building a new class of d... |
| 07.10.2021 | Where does Facebook go from here? | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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A California judge just struck down Prop 22: Now what?
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| 24.08.2021 | A California judge just struck down Prop 22: Now what? | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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In London, Uber has won the battle but risks losing the war
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| 19.05.2021 | Wheel Health, Inc. announced that it has received $50 million in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Inc., Silverton Partners, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Future Shape LLC,... | Wheel, Inc. announced that it has received $50 million in its equity round of funding led by new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners on May 19, 2021. The transaction included participation from existing investors Charles River Ventures, In... |
| 29.04.2020 | When regulation presents a (rare) opportunity | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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| 17.04.2020 | Bradley Tusk on starting a company and seed investing in the coronavirus era | Bradley Tusk has carved a unique path in the VC investment landscape: A longtime political and communications operative, he has built a track record for Tusk Ventures by going after highly regulated industries, rather than shying away from ... |
| 14.04.2020 | Join a Live Q&A with Bradley Tusk Today at 1pm ET/10am PT | Bradley Tusk is relatively unique among investors. Where other VCs shy away from heavily regulated industries and businesses, Tusk leans in.
The Tusk Ventures founder and CEO has investments that include Uber, Bird, Coinbase, Lemonade, FanD... |
| 28.01.2020 | As Telemedicine Market Matures, Wheel Gets $13.9M From CRV, Tusk Ventures | 29 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
As the number of venture-backed telemedicine startups continues to increase, there’s a certain amount of trust that needs to be established before choosing one over another. Convenience is only part... |
| 05.01.2020 | Tusk Ventures Closes Second Fund, at $70M | Tusk Ventures, a NYC- and Chicago, IL-based venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at $70m.
Founded by Bradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures focuses on investing solely in high growth startups facing political and regulatory challenges. It is ... |
| 18.12.2019 | Political ‘fixer’ Bradley Tusk closes second fund on $70M | Tusk Venture Partners, the venture capital firm led by Bradley Tusk and managing partner Jordan Nof, has secured $70 million for its second flagship fund, the firm has confirmed to TechCrunch following a report by Fortune this morning.
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| 23.10.2019 | Venture funds have poured close to $2 billion into cannabis startups this year. But top investors are starting to get wary as headwinds mount. | REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
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Venture capital funds have poured close to $2 billion into cannabis startups this year, and mainstream funds are slowly g... |
| 02.05.2019 | Early Uber advisor Bradley Tusk looks back — and forward — as its IPO fast approaches | Bradley Tusk’s story is well-known by now. A political operative who managed Michael Bloomberg’s successful third mayoral campaign, Tusk soon turned a bonus from his powerful boss into an opportunity that most people can only dream about. H... |
| 07.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Monday, January 7 | HOPING FOR A MARKET DIP
Happy New Year, Term Sheet readers.
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In December, Term Sheet published readers’ business-related predictions for 2019. Many of you predicted a recession... |
| 19.09.2018 | Early Uber Investor Explains When It’s OK for Founders to Break the Rules and Play Dirty | This article originally ran in Term Sheet, Fortune’s newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here.
Bradley Tusk is the founder of Tusk Ventures, a political consultancy and venture firm that works with startups facing regulatory hurd... |
| 28.06.2018 | In London, Uber has won the battle but risks losing the war | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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| 04.12.2017 | Early Uber advisor Bradley Tusk on selling his shares, and the fights he’ll wage in 2018 | Bradley Tusk has long been known in political circles, including for managing the third campaign of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. He went on to make his mark in Silicon Valley by answering a call six years ago from former Ub... |
| 04.12.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday December 4 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
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| 07.11.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, November 7 | THE LITTLE PINK PILL
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| 03.11.2017 | Tusk Ventures has closed its debut fund with $36 million | Bradley Tusk, a former political operative who helps companies launch political-style campaigns, runs several businesses. One of them, Tusk Ventures, has been working with startups for a couple of years and until recently, accepted its paym... |
| 10.09.2017 | Shockingly, Congress acted responsibly in regulating autonomous cars… So what’s next? | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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| 13.06.2017 | Congress’ instinct for self-preservation could save late-stage startups | Silicon Valley often has a hard time reading political tea leaves. The logic that drives tech and venture capital tends to be the diametric opposite of what drives decisions in Washington, and neither side seems capable of understanding how... |
| 13.06.2017 | Congress’ instinct for self-preservation could save late-stage startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Silicon Valley often has a hard time reading poli... |
| 31.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 31 | CRYPTO BUBBLE, DIVERSITY, JOBS, BURNOUT
Good morning. Many, many private equity deals this morning, including two notable acquisitions for Vista Equity Partners and a $13.5 billion Blackstone exit that isn’t an IPO. Plus a new health-tech u... |
| 30.05.2017 | Uber’s New York manager, Josh Mohrer, joins Tusk Ventures as managing director | Tusk Ventures has hailed the former general manager of Uber’s New York operations, Josh Mohrer, as its new managing director.
Mohrer’s departure comes at a tough time for Uber . The company is still recovering from a series of very public m... |
| 05.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, April 5 | GO FOR IT
Good morning! Quick one today:
The company is pitching its team, apps, and technology around surfacing “good” content and handling engagement of communities at scale. One problem with that pitch is that Yik Yak doesn’t have a lot ... |
| 04.04.2017 | Tusk Ventures quietly held a first close on $25 million for its debut fund | Bradley Tusk is a former political operative who currently runs a consultancy that helps Fortune 500 companies launch political-style campaigns, as well as a separate outfit, Tusk Ventures, that that focuses on helping startups do the same.... |
| 04.03.2017 | VCs, startups: Stop networking so much | My firm fell into venture somewhat recently. Even though we started working with, and taking equity in, Uber during its Series A, we also started working with, and taking equity in, several dozen startups over the last 18 months and have on... |
| 04.03.2017 | VCs, startups: Stop networking so much | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
My firm fell into venture somewhat recently. Even... |
| 17.02.2017 | Hear Bradley Tusk speak on startups and politics at our DC meetup | We’re excited to announce that Bradley Tusk, head of Tusk Ventures and former Deputy Governor of the state of Illinois, will be joining us at our Meetup and pitch competition in DC next week.
Tusk has advised several of tech’s most successf... |
| 12.02.2017 | Political strategist Bradley Tusk on his fast rise in Silicon Valley | Bradley Tusk has long been known in political circles. He was once deputy governor of Illinois, working for the now-incarcerated former governor Rod Blagojevich. He also worked for Michael Bloomberg during one of his tenures as mayor of New... |
| 08.02.2017 | Uber investor Tusk Ventures cites Germany’s ‘Weimar Republic’ in Trump memo to portfolio companies | How should entrepreneurs react to President Trump’s controversial policies?
“The right response is neither ‘keep your head down’ nor ‘fight the power,'” according to a memo from investor Bradley Tusk. “This is a choice between what may be r... |
| 08.02.2017 | Uber investor Tusk Ventures cites Germany’s ‘Weimar Republic’ in Trump memo to portfolio companies | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
How should entrepreneurs react to President Trump... |
| 29.01.2017 | When don’t f*** with people’s cars became don’t f*** with people’s phones | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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| 03.12.2016 | Why Reed Hastings is the nation’s best chance for curbing the influence of money in politics | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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| 10.11.2016 | Bradley Tusk points out the bright side of Trump presidency in memo to portfolio companies | Tusk Holdings, the parent company for Tusk Ventures and Tusk Strategies, is an investor in many of the most notable startups in the land, including Uber, FanDuel, and Handy.
With a diverse and rich portfolio, the venture firm sent out a mem... |
| 08.11.2016 | Why is Eaze the Best Funded Cannabis Tech Startup? | In the first half of 2016, cannabis startups raised $31 million across 14 deals, according to AgFunder data. That was a small slice of the total $1.8 billion agtech funding pie and less than half what the sector raised during the whole of 2... |
| 27.10.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Habit Raises $32m from Campbells Soup for DNA Testing Nutrition Kit, Eaze Raises $13m Series B, more | Habit, a personalized nutrition startup set to launch in 2017, received a $32 million investment from Campbell’s Soup Company, making the food giant the company’s sole investor. Based in San Francisco, Habit will use data from an at-home te... |
| 26.08.2016 | How Eaze brings the on-demand model to cannabis | Eaze is a technology company that helps patients get medical cannabis deliveries on demand
Note: The CannaVator accelerator, which includes a 10-week online and in-person program, is accepting applications for its Fall 2016 cohort. More det... |
| 21.07.2016 | Meet Tech Startups’ Political Mastermind | Startups like Uber, Airbnb and FanDuel are increasingly engaged in high-profile battles with regulators and lawmakers, fighting over everything from worker classification rules to gambling laws. Among those helping young companies navigate ... |
| 01.07.2016 | Silicon Valley’s favorite fixer: Bradley Tusk | If the producers of the next “World’s Most Interesting Man in the World” commercial were looking for a Silicon Valley type, a prime candidate might be Bradley Tusk, a 42-year-old New Yorker who advises companies such as FanDuel and Tesla th... |
| 04.04.2016 | The speech the technology industry won’t hear from any candidate… but should | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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The issues that impact t... |
| 20.03.2016 | Founders: 4 ways to stay ahead of changing regulations | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
“Look, I love technology. Nobody loves it more th... |
| 20.03.2016 | Founders: 4 ways to stay ahead of changing regulations | “Look, I love technology. Nobody loves it more than me. But the law’s the law and my job is to enforce the law. There’s nothing I can do.”
Anyone who runs a startup in a regulated industry has heard some version of this excuse from governme... |
| 26.02.2016 | What Does A Downturn Mean For Tech Regulation? | Bradley Tusk Contributor
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| 03.08.2015 | Tusk Ventures Launches Political Strategy Firm Focused on Startups | Tusk Ventures, a NYC-based political strategy firm focused on enabling startups navigate the political, regulatory and media obstacles connected with entering entrenched industries, has launched operations.
Through a team of political and r... |
