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Former SpaceX Executive Tom Ochinero Establishes New VC Firm, Filings Show
Former senior SpaceX executive Tom Ochinero is teaming up with SpaceX alum-turned-VC Achal Upadhyaya and one of Sequoia’s top finance leaders, Spencer
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Peak XV's Piyush Gupta to Depart Firm and Launch Secondary-Focused VC Fund
Piyush Gupta, one of the operating leaders at Peak XV Partners, is leaving the firm at the end of this month to start his own fund, four people famili
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AI Drug Discovery Startup Xaira Launches with $1B Funding, Poised to Develop Drugs
Advances in generative AI have taken the tech world by storm. Biotech investors are making a big bet that similar computational methods could revoluti
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Reflex Robotics’ Wheeled Humanoid: A Handy Snack Grabber
Agility’s Digit wasn’t the only humanoid holding court at Modex in Atlanta this week. On the opposite end of the Georgia World Congress Center, Reflex
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Trellis Climate Aims to Bridge the 'Commercial Valley of Death' for Climate Tech
Imagine you have founded a company based on a groundbreaking technology that can produce hydrogen faster and cheaper than anyone else. After successfu
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Europe's Tech Investment Landscape: A New Report
Europe is currently experiencing a slowdown in tech investment following the boom of 2020-2021. Despite this, VC investment in European startups has s
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ADIA of Abu Dhabi Explores Investment Opportunities in Pocket FM of India, Sources Indicate
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADIA is in talks to back Pocket FM in a large new round of funding, according to sources familiar with the matter. P
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Techstars' Financial Challenges and Strategic Adjustments in 2023
Cuts to Techstars’ staff and its decision to shutter certain accelerators came after it missed its 2023 revenue goals, according to documents outlinin
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Maven Ventures Secures $60M for Fund IV, Affirming Strong Interest in Consumer Tech Investing
When prolific venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Hippeau announced in early 2024 they were pivoting away from consumer tech, it spark
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Bay Bridge Ventures Raises $200M for a New Climate Fund, Documents Show
Bay Bridge Ventures, a climate-focused investor, is in the process of raising a new $200 million fund, as exclusively reported by TechCrunch.
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