Obvious Ventures lands fund five with a 360-degree view of planetary, human, economic health

The 12-year-old firm raised $360,360,360 for its fifth fund. And there’s a reason for that number.

VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges

Europe-based venture fund 2150 raised the money to invest in climate tech startups that help solve cities’ carbon footprint.

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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.

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Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you

Blockit, an AI agent that communicates directly with other calendars, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Sequoia.

Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation

The five year-old-startup raised a $100 million round led by Index Ventures.

Former CEO of celeb fav gym Dogpound launches $5M fund to back wellness companies

Jenny Liu, is a solo first time GP looking to back underrepresented wellness founders.

Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes

SGLang, which originated as an open source research project at Ion Stoica’s UC Berkeley lab, has raised capital from Accel.