#lightspeedventurepartners — Public Fediverse posts

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A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion - The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/technology/anthropic-ai-fund-raising-61-billion.html #lightspeedventurepartners #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #venturecapital #anthropicaillc #amodeidaniela #amodeidario #openailabs #start-ups #x.aiinc

Mistral, French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $2 Billion in Funding Round - The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own cha... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/technology/mistral-ai-funding.html #lightspeedventurepartners #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #open-sourcesoftware #andreessenhorowitz #metaplatformsinc #venturecapital #mistralaisas #start-ups #france

Lightspeed Faction launches $285M startup fund for crypto projects - The crypto-oriented venture capital firm announced a fund that wi... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/lightspeed-faction-launches-285-million-startup-fund-crypto-projects #lightspeedventurepartners #lightspeedfaction #venturecapital #startups #faction #raise

Sino Global, Coinbase and Libra Alums Start $60 Million Web3 Fund - Oak Grove Ventures will focus on early-stage investments in Web3, artificial intelligence... - https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/09/19/sino-global-coinbase-and-libra-alums-start-60-million-web3-fund/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #lightspeedventurepartners #sinoglobalcapital #venturecapital #alchemypay #markets #libra #news #vc

Investors Who Put $2 Billion Into FTX Face Scrutiny, Too - Venture capital firms and investment funds showered the failed crypto exchange and its fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/technology/ftx-investors-venture-capital.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #hkftxtradingltd(futuresexchange) #lightspeedventurepartners #computersandtheinternet #softbankcorporation #entrepreneurship #bankman-friedsam #virtualcurrency #venturecapital #sequoiacapital #ribbitcapital #thirdpointllc

1047 Games raises $100M on the runaway success of its debut title, Splitgate - When you’re hot, you’re hot. And 1047 Games is making the most of the heat generat... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/TsvqDJOZ4GA/ #lightspeedventurepartners #insightpartners #fundings&exits #recentfunding #anthoscapital #freetoplay #startups #funding #gaming #games #f2p #tc

Virtual events startups have high hopes for after the pandemic - Few people thought of virtual events before the pandemic struck, but this format h... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/iDF13jHucmg/ #lightspeedventurepartners #ecenterpriseapplications #ecinvestorsurvey #hemantmohapatra #onlineevents #paulmurphy #startups #tc

Offchain Labs raises $120 million to hide Ethereum’s shortcomings with its Arbitrum product - As the broader crypto world enjoys a late summer surge in enthusiasm, more and mor... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rV-kAuCIEOk/ #lightspeedventurepartners #chieftechnologyofficer #cryptocurrencies #decentralization #polychaincapital #redpointventures #cryptocurrency #panteracapital #ribbitcapital #offchainlabs #unitedstates #blockchains #josephlubin #blockchain #technology #cto

Mexican neobroker Flink raises $57M from Lightspeed, The Chainsmokers to boost financial inclusion in LatAm - Flink, a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round o... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-lH4tR333Yg/ #lightspeedventurepartners #sergiojiménezamozurrutia #thechainsmokers #fundings&exits #venturecapital #recentfunding #latinamerica #mercedesbent #mexicocity #neobroker #startups #finance #fintech #startup #mexico #flink #apps

Former Snap employees raise $9M for Trust, emerging from beta to level marketing playing field - Trust wants to give smaller businesses the same advantages that large enterprises ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/1i6cRsQ6Vuw/ #lightspeedventurepartners #digitaladvertising #onlineadvertising #digitalmarketing #advertisingtech #upfrontventures #recentfunding #andreahippeau #brandnetworks #smallbusiness #lererhippeau #enterprise #jamesborow #marketing #startups #business #tc

Buildots raises $30M to put eyes on construction sites - One year after raising $16 million, construction technology company Buildots is ba... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/sH-_oKPpRFQ/ #lightspeedventurepartners #artificialintelligence #futureenergyventures #constructionsite #talmorgenstern #recentfunding #construction #tlvpartners #enterprise #realestate #startups #buildots #roydanon #funding #tc

Last day to snag early bird passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 - Don’t miss your chance to experience TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 — the startup world’s... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZDzAYjA_M1E/ #lightspeedventurepartners #techcrunchdisrupt2021 #brianarmstrong #startupcompany #petebuttigieg #unitedstates #verizonmedia #brynnputnam #jillwetzler #luisvonahn #techcrunch #hashicorp #techstars #articles #coinbase #duolingo #finance #mining #pearvc #money #ceo

Blameless raises $30M to guide companies through their software lifecycle - Site reliability engineering platform Blameless announced Tuesday it raised $30 mi... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EcprV_VLKAE/ #sitereliabilityengineering #lightspeedventurepartners #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #thirdpointventures #venturecapital #recentfunding #danmoskowitz #kurtanderson #vasnatarajan #enterprise #ravimhatre #developer #blameless #startups #lyonwong #sanmateo

Nas Academy raises $11 million to help creators build their own MasterClass-like courses - Investors are buying into a creator-led future, and Nas Academy wants to turn that... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/aXGm8c2relc/ #lightspeedventurepartners #balajisrinivasan #startupcompany #onlinecourses #socialmedia #emiliechoi #techcrunch #singapore #articles #economy #finance #patreon #tc

Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise - Netskope, focused on Secure Access Service Edge architecture, announced Friday a $... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/IcrRMhh3k0M/ #lightspeedventurepartners #venturecapital #recentfunding #cloudsecurity #enterprise #security #startups #netskope #funding #cloud #saas #tc

Kikoff raises $30M for its hybrid consumer-credit and financial-literacy service - Kikoff, a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, annou... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Zi9CLalMeho/ #lightspeedventurepartners #personalfinanceeducation #coreinnovationcapital #personalfinance #fundings&exits #venturecapital #recentfunding #credithistory #sanfrancisco #unitedstates #stephcurry #startups #finance #funding #economy #fintech #startup #credit #money

Tonkean raises $50M Series B to accelerate is no-code business automation service - Business operation automation startup Tonkean announced this morning that it close... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-UktswCTkwM/ #businessprocessautomation #lightspeedventurepartners #startupcompany #venturecapital #business #seriesa #tonkean #accel #tc

AI startup Eightfold valued at $2.1B in SoftBank-led $220M funding - Eightfold AI, a startup which uses deep learning and artificial intelligence to he... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/KRziqEvL0Ko/ #lightspeedventurepartners #softbankvisionfund2 #capitaloneventures #foundationcapital #generalcatalyst #softbank #funding #saas #ivp

Cybersecurity unicorn Exabeam raises $200M to fuel SecOps growth - Exabeam, a late-stage startup that helps organizations detect advanced cybersecuri... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/7wnD40IyRdg/ #lightspeedventurepartners #norwestventurepartners #cloudapplications #acrewcapital #crowdstrike #lightspeed #companies #executive #forescout #president #security #chairman #software #funding #exabeam #leader #mcafee #cloud #intel #okta #ceo

Forget the piggy bank, Till Financial’s kids’ spend management app gets Gates’ backing - Today’s children and teens want more power and control over their spending.
And wh... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/eScZH51VS8A/ #lightspeedventurepartners #financialservices #pivotalventures #fundings&exits #venturecapital #mobilepayments #onlinepayments #recentfunding #mobilebanking #tillfinancial #aforecapital #melindagates #stadiumgoods #unitedstates #lugecapital #debitcard

Laiye, China’s answer to UiPath, closes $50 million Series C+ - Robotic process automation has become buzzy in the last few months. New York-based... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/b9m28Zp04ig/ #lightspeedventurepartners #roboticprocessautomation #artificialintelligence #businesssoftware #sequoiachina #enterprise #automation #lightspeed #beijing #chatbot #uipath #china #asia #saas

Level raises $27M from Khosla, Lightspeed ‘to rebuild insurance from the ground up’ - Level, a startup that aims to give companies a more flexible way to offer benefits... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/aGCOsWdL7DI/ #lightspeedventurepartners #firstroundcapital #employeebenefits #khoslaventures #recentfunding #insurance #startups #fintech #newyork #startup #thistle #level #tc

Snorkel AI scores $35M Series B to automate data labeling in machine learning - One of the more tedious aspects of machine learning is providing a set of labels t... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5gjZqqyEZ3g/ #lightspeedventurepartners #artificialintelligence #datalabelingtools #machinelearning #recentfunding #snorkelai #startups #funding #tc

India’s HealthPlix raises $13.5 million to help doctors treat patients more efficiently - There are fewer than 300,000 doctors in India actively practicing medicine. They serve hundreds of m... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/e8oRSiU3iV8/ #lightspeedventurepartners #funding #health #india #asia

Big banks rush to back Greenwood, Killer Mike’s Atlanta-based digital bank for underrepresented customers - Before even taking its first deposit, Greenwood, the digital banking service targeting Black and Lat... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/o20pGoyB1AU/ #lightspeedventurepartners #nationalfootballleague #venturecapitalfirms #financialservices #challengerbank #bankofamerica #berniesanders #jpmorganchase #softbankgroup #unitedstates #andrewyoung #mastercard #companies

Aqua Security raises $135M at a $1B valuation for its cloud native security service - Aqua Security, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based security startup that focuses squarely on securing cloud... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/_RJZZYZKV3g/ #lightspeedventurepartners #greenspringassociates #ioncrossoverpartners #cloudinfrastructure #serverlesscomputing #insightpartners #cloudcomputing #recentfunding #acrewcapital #aquasecurity #cloudstorage #tlvpartners #enterprise #checkpoint

Stori raises $32.5M in a Lightspeed-led Series B to build Mexico’s credit card for the masses - While credit cards are commonplace in the United States, they are far less ubiquitous in many other ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/fUBGZ2dQUK0/ #lightspeedventurepartners #venturecapital #recentfunding #latinamerica #mercedesbent #creditcards #mexicocity #payments #startups #finance #funding #mexico #stori

Fintech startup Finix closes on $3M in Black and Latinx investor-led SPV - Many founders talk about their desire for a more diverse investor base. Richie Serna took that desir... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/vjitbZAfs9Q/ #lightspeedventurepartners #americanexpressventures #baincapitalventures #precursorventures #techcrunchinclude #activantcapital #insightpartners #recentfunding #sanfrancisco #richieserna #diversity #payments #startups #homebrew #finance #funding #finix

Calm raises $75M more at $2B valuation - Calm, a well-known meditation app, has raised new capital at a valuation of $2 billion. The round wa... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Dk1TbfGAhKg/ #lightspeedventurepartners #insightventurepartners #recentfunding #headspace #startups #apps #calm #tpg #tc