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## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **A Year Of Misplaced Fear (And Why It’s Time For Investors To Leave The Crowd)** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/megafund-vs-emerging-managers-zulkosky-recast/) - **Sector Snapshot: Cleantech Startup Funding Stabilizes As Energy Demand Grows** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/startup-funding-clean-energy-exits-ipo-q2-2026/) - **VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/vc-firm-2150-raises-e210m-fund-to-solve-cities-climate-challenges/) - **Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-programmable-optics-startup-lumotive/) - **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) - **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/) - **Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/doorstep-raises-8m-seed-to-help-find-missing-food-deliveries/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Crunchbase Data: Global Startup Investment Hit Record $510B In H1 2026 As AI Boom Accelerates Funding And Exits** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-startup-exits-ipo-ma-soar-ai-q2-h1-2026/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **London-Based Tapestry VC Closes On $80M Third Fund To Invest In Repeat European Founders** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/80m-repeat-founders-fund-europe-na-tapestry/) - **Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/omnea-funding-employees-future-founders-freeman/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/data-funding-solutions-ai-landgren-gilion/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/data-billion-dollar-startup-exits-ma-ipo-spcx-q2-2026/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-marketing-robotics-baseten/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **6 Startup Investors On What It Will Take To Fund More Black Founders** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/investors-funding-black-founder-recommendations/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Exclusive: XCures Lands $46M Series B To Clean Up Messy Medical Records With AI** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/xcures-lands-seriesb-medical-records-ai/) - **Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ma/2026-mergers-acquisitions-record-cursor-spcx/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/hard-tech-infrastructure-moat-schroepfer-gigascale/) - **Anthropic Backer Menlo Ventures Raises $3B In New Funds To Back AI Startups Across Stages** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/menlo-ventures-raise-ai-startup-funding-across-stages-anthropic/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AppsFlyer Reportedly Lands $1B At $2.7B Valuation To Help Companies Track Digital Ads** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/marketing-digital-ad-tracker-appsflyer-lands-1b/) - **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/three-things-veteran-planetary-health-investors-look-for-in-a-startup/) - **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **European Investor Seedcamp Closes On $320M Across Two Funds To Back Seed Startups And Reaches $1B AUM** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/europe-seed-investor-seedcamp-closes-two-funds/) - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/) - **Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/video/supabase-hit-5b-by-turning-down-million-dollar-contracts-heres-why/) - **Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-venture-funding-surges-2026-data/) - **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/vc-firm-2150-raises-e210m-fund-to-solve-cities-climate-challenges/) - **Silicon Is Back: Playground Global’s Decade-Long Bet On Hardware, Energy And Deep Tech Looks Prescient** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ai-saas-hardware-energy-deep-tech-qa-barrett-playground-global/) - **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/) - **Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-programmable-optics-startup-lumotive/) - **Applied Intuition raises $600M as it pushes further into defense** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/applied-intuition-raises-600-million-as-it-pushes-further-into-defense/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/) - **AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-voice-company-hyper-raises-6-3m-to-help-automate-911-calls/) - **‘This System Wasn’t Built For Me’: Black Founders Became Investors To Change Venture Capital** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/black-founders-turned-investors-bethea-woodruff/) - **A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/a-new-search-engine-raises-1-1m-to-let-obsessive-fans-dive-down-internet-rabbit-holes/) - **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/doorstep-raises-8m-seed-to-help-find-missing-food-deliveries/) - **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/) - **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/) - **I Sold My AI Startup Before Revenue: Here’s What Investors Missed — And Founders Shouldn’t** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/foundational-ai-startup-investment-kardos-nyheim-thomson/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-cybersecurity-defense-startup-ai-odyssey-leads/) - **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/) - **AT&T Ventures’ Head Vikram Taneja On The New Rules of Seed-Stage Defensibility** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/seed/new-defensibility-rules-qa-taneja-att-ventures/) - **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/) - **Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/catalio-capital-closes-over-400m-fund-iv/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The AI Startup Funding Boom Is Not A Global Phenomenon** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/us-ai-startup-funding-boom-data/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: NinjaOne Leads With $400M As Large Deals Also Go To Blockchain, Cloud Infrastructure, Biotech And Robotics** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-biotech-healthcare-ninjaone-leads/) - **SpaceX Shares Close Up 19% After Largest IPO Of All Time** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/spacex-record-breaking-ipo-spcx/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Before You Cheer The IPO Window, Watch Where The Money Goes** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/ipo-window-liquid-money-ma-schroder-mgv/) - **Base10 Partners Closes 2 Funds Totaling $850M To Invest In Real Economy Automation** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/base10-partners-invests-real-economy-automation-ajao/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The $100M+ Round Is Now Just Your Typical Late-Stage Financing** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/median-late-stage-startup-funding-round-size-2026-data/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Sector Snapshot: Semiconductor Startup Funding Still Running Hot** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/semiconductors-and-5g/chip-startup-funding-2026-cerebras-matx-ayar-labs-ipos-nvda/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **How Bigger ACVs Are Bringing Direct Sales Back To Vertical AI** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/bigger-acvs-bring-direct-sales-vertical-ai-agarwal-defy/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/) - **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/three-things-veteran-planetary-health-investors-look-for-in-a-startup/) - **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/) - **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-programmable-optics-startup-lumotive/) - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Megarounds Proliferate, Led By Enterprise Software, AI, And Space Tech** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-june-5-2026/) - **Applied Intuition raises $600M as it pushes further into defense** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/applied-intuition-raises-600-million-as-it-pushes-further-into-defense/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/) - **Exclusive: Scotch Raises $20M Series A To Disrupt Legacy Liquor Retail Tech With AI** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/scotch-raises-ai-funding-liquor-retail-tech/) - **Investors Have Poured Billions Into Plaintiff-Side Legal AI, But Defense Could Be The Next Big Opportunity** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/defense-legal-tech-venture-funding-ip-theo/) - **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/) - **5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: On-Demand Custom Manufacturing, Underwater Geothermal Energy, And Adventure Group Travel** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/interesting-startup-deals-custom-metal-group-travel-geothermal-energy/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-voice-company-hyper-raises-6-3m-to-help-automate-911-calls/) - **Active Startup Investors Didn’t Hold Back In May** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/active-startup-investors-may-2026-a16z-y-combinator-general-catalyst/) - **A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/a-new-search-engine-raises-1-1m-to-let-obsessive-fans-dive-down-internet-rabbit-holes/) - **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/) - **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Anthropic Funding Pushed Startup Investment To Near-Record Levels In May As Exit Market Reopened** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/monthly-vc-funding-recap-ai-may-2026/) - **Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/video/supabase-hit-5b-by-turning-down-million-dollar-contracts-heres-why/) - **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/) - **Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/doorstep-raises-8m-seed-to-help-find-missing-food-deliveries/) - **Sector Snapshot: Defense Startup Funding Hits An All-Time Record As VCs Begin To Eye Exits** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/defense-tech/startup-venture-funding-all-time-record-ai-anduril/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/vc-firm-2150-raises-e210m-fund-to-solve-cities-climate-challenges/) - **Boston Startup Fundraising Looks Strong Only By Pre-AI Parameters** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/boston-startup-funding-gains-ai-biotech-healthcare-whoop/) - **How I Raised $14M For My Startup When I Stopped Pitching And Started Speaking** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/startup-founder-building-personal-connections-fundraise-vandervorm-clyx/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Navigating The DPI Crunch And Startup Funding ** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/dpi-crunch-startup-funding-schroder-mgv/) - **Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/catalio-capital-closes-over-400m-fund-iv/) - **They Saw Women Shut Out Of VC, So A PayPal Veteran And Former Navy Officer Built An Alternative** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/diversity/venture-women-owned-startup-funding-aequitas-invest/) - **Anthropic Nears $1T Valuation And Leapfrogs OpenAI On Unicorn Board With $65B Funding Round** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/anthropic-nears-1t-valuation-65b-seriesh/) - **Crunchbase Data: Venture Dollars For Black Startup Founders Stay Scarce Despite AI Funding Boom** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/diversity/black-startup-founder-venture-funding-data-q1-2026/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Bridging Africa’s Innovation Gap: From Potential To Power** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/regional/africa-ecosystem-innovation-gap-onetti-mind-the-bridge/) - **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/) - **The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In ‘Uninvestable’ Sectors** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/logic-behind-vc-bets-uninvestable-sectors-cuvelier-rtp-global/) - **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/) - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anthropic Dominates In An Otherwise Slower Week For Megarounds** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-anthropic-65b-dominates/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/) - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  ** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-medical-devices-futuristic-ai-gadgets-frontier-labs-mirus/) - **The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/spacex-ipo-filing-different-nvda-goog-appl-msft-amzn/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) - **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/) - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  ** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-medical-devices-futuristic-ai-gadgets-frontier-labs-mirus/) - **The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/spacex-ipo-filing-different-nvda-goog-appl-msft-amzn/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) - **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/) - **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) - **The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/spacex-ipo-filing-different-nvda-goog-appl-msft-amzn/) - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/) - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/) - **Embodied AI Fuels Record Robotics Funding In China As IPO Momentum Builds** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/embodied-ai-fuels-record-funding-china-ipo-momentum-builds/) - **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/three-things-veteran-planetary-health-investors-look-for-in-a-startup/) - **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/) - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/) - **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/) - **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/) - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Where Funded Founders Went To School: 2026 Edition** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-universities-funded-founders-2026-stanford/) - **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/) - **Applied Intuition raises $600M as it pushes further into defense** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/applied-intuition-raises-600-million-as-it-pushes-further-into-defense/) - **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/) - **Digital Banking Startup Mercury Lands $200M At $5.2B Valuation Amid Fintech Funding Uptick** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/fintech-funding-digital-banking-startup-mercury-lands-200m/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-voice-company-hyper-raises-6-3m-to-help-automate-911-calls/) - **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/) - **After A 6-Figure Fertility Journey, This Founder Built An IVF Startup With ‘Outcome Protection’** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/health-wellness-biotech/ivf-startup-ai-fertility-probability-gaia/) - **Venture Capital Is Concentrating Faster Than Ever. What Happens To Everyone Else?** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/data-capital-concentrating-faster-startups-100m-ai/) - **A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/a-new-search-engine-raises-1-1m-to-let-obsessive-fans-dive-down-internet-rabbit-holes/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/doorstep-raises-8m-seed-to-help-find-missing-food-deliveries/) - **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/) - **Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-programmable-optics-startup-lumotive/) - **Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/video/supabase-hit-5b-by-turning-down-million-dollar-contracts-heres-why/) - **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Sector Snapshot: Quantum Computing Startup Investment Slows In 2026 While Public Markets Hold Strong** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/quantum-computing-startup-investment-data-quantinuum-ipo/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **April’s Most Active US Investors Included Some Usual Suspects, And Some Unusual Ones** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/most-active-us-investors-april-2026-a16z-khosla-y-combinator-google-amazon/) - **Sector Snapshot: Agtech Startups Face A Drier Funding Climate** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/agtech-foodtech/startup-vc-funding-ai-automation-data/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/) - **VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/vc-firm-2150-raises-e210m-fund-to-solve-cities-climate-challenges/) - **Exclusive: Fazeshift Scores $17M As Investors Bet On AI-Powered Finance Ops, Starting With Accounts Receivable** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech/fazeshift-accounts-receivable-ai-finance-ops-startup-funding/) - **Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/catalio-capital-closes-over-400m-fund-iv/) - **Sector Snapshot: Sales And Marketing Gets An AI Makeover** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/sales-marketing/gtm-ai-startup-funding-netomi-hightouch/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **From Credit Cards To An AI Concierge: How Amex Ventures Backs Startups Building Autonomous Commerce** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech/amex-ventures-portfolio-strategy-agentic-ai-startups-kevin-tsang/) - **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/) - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/) - **Blitzy Raises $200M At $1.4B Valuation For Autonomous Software Development** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/blitzy-funding-valuation-autonomous-software-development-vibe-coding-startups/) - **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/) - **AI Is Rewriting What Investors Should Look For In Early Startup Teams** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/ai-is-rewriting-what-investors-should-look-for-in-early-startup-teams/) - **Applied Intuition raises $600M as it pushes further into defense** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/applied-intuition-raises-600-million-as-it-pushes-further-into-defense/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/) - **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/) - **Billion-Dollar AI Rounds Push April To Third-Highest Startup Funding Month In A Year** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-startup-funding-april-2026-anthropic-jeff-bezos-project-prometheus-biggest-deals/) - **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/three-things-veteran-planetary-health-investors-look-for-in-a-startup/) - **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/video/supabase-hit-5b-by-turning-down-million-dollar-contracts-heres-why/) - **A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/a-new-search-engine-raises-1-1m-to-let-obsessive-fans-dive-down-internet-rabbit-holes/) - **AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-voice-company-hyper-raises-6-3m-to-help-automate-911-calls/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/doorstep-raises-8m-seed-to-help-find-missing-food-deliveries/) - **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/) - **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/) - **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/) - **Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-programmable-optics-startup-lumotive/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With Multiple Large Deals, Topped By $600M For Space Security Startup True Anomaly** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-defense-aerospace-ai-fintech/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Lands Another $50M In Nvidia-Led Series D Extension** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ai-powered-legal-tech-startup-legora-seriesd-extension-nvidia/) - **Data: The Seed Funding Boom Is Concentrating Capital In The San Francisco Bay Area** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/seed/us-startup-venture-funding-boom-concentration-bay-area/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ultrafast-unicorns-early-seed-fundraising-startups-ai/) - **Exclusive: Supabase Execs Were So Impressed With Dreambase, They Became Investors In Its $3.7M Round** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/supabase-startup-investment-dreambase-ai-felicis/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Seed Funding Is Bigger Than Ever — And Harder To Get** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/average-seed-funding-amounts-deals-grew-2025/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*