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What Makes a Successful Founder?

Beyond B2C: The Rise of Infrastructure-First Consumer Companies

Tariff, Chaos, and the Opportunity for Startups

Seen Health raises $22M Series A for culturally-focused PACE

November 18, 2024

Nvidia Invests in Japanese AI Company’s $100 Million Funding Round

September 4, 2024

Under 30 Startup Slope Scores A $65 Million Investment From One Of The World’s Biggest Banks

Didero is using AI to solve supply chain management at mid-market companies

Beeble AI raises $4.75M to launch a virtual production platform for indie filmmakers

Norm Ai Raises $27 Million for AI-Powered Regulatory Compliance Platform

Exclusive: Embedded accounting startup Teal raises $8M

Developers can automate code compliance while programming, thanks to Drata and oak9

Autonomous agtech robotics startup nabs funding as it gears up for expansion

FarmWise was named to Forbes’ annual AI 50 list. Future Farming also covered the launch of the company’s next-generation product

nSave announced its $4M Seed round with TechCrunch

Talofa announced its $6.3M Seed round with VentureBeat and Apple continues to feature the company

Abacus, DataGrail, Drata, Ergeon, Snappr, TuringAI and Verge Genomics were named as “America’s Best Startup Employers,” by Forbes

Rasa announced its $30M Series C in TechCrunch

February 14, 2024

Can Large Language Models (LLMs) predict founder success?

February 1, 2024

Quince was also called out by Business Insider for having one of the fastest growth rates of any brand, period

January 25, 2024

Norm AI Raised $11.1 Million With Aim to Aid Compliance Chiefs

January 23, 2024

Recraft announced its $12M Series A in TechCrunch

January 17, 2024

Sakana announced its $30M Seed round in Bloomberg

January 16, 2024

Verge Genomics earned coverage for the launch of its Phase 1 ALS trial

January 8, 2024

Slope announced $30M in additional funding from Union Square and Sam Altman (among others) in Forbes

September 27, 2023

Series officially came out of stealth and announced $25M in funding in TechCrunch

September 26, 2023

Elicit officially launched and announced $9M in funding in TechCrunch

September 25, 2023

Allocate raises $10 million to open top VC doors to wealth advisers

September 21, 2023

Rengage came out of stealth and was covered by Geekwire

September 12, 2023

Imbue raised $200M at a billion dollar valuation and was covered by Bloomberg

September 7, 2023

Drata was named one of the most promising cybersecurity startups of 2023 by Business Insider

August 24, 2023

Quince was named a “Next Billion Dollar Startup” by Forbes

August 22, 2023

Verge announced its $882 million deal ($42M upfront) with AstraZeneca’s rare disease division Alexion. The company’s founder Alice Zhang was also profiled by Insider

August 17, 2023

Drata was featured in an OpEd for The Register written by the fmr CEO of Lockheed Martin

Entendre’s $4M seed round was covered by Fintech Global

Series was featured multiple times by TechCrunch in both articles

FarmWise earned profiles for its recent product and engineering achievements from MIT

Trendsi was profiled by Forbes for its amazing work transforming supply chains

January 25, 2023

Security Compliance and Automation Platform Drata nabs $200M at $2B valuation

December 7, 2022

DataGrail Announces Automated Risk Assessment Tool and $45M Investment

October 12, 2022

Trendsi Secures $25M to help Sellers and Manufacturers Predict Demand

October 10, 2022

Workstream, Which Makes Texting-Based Hiring Tools, Raises An Additional $60 Million

September 29, 2022

Spice AI Raises $13.5 Million Seed Funding to Enable Web3 Developers to Build Data and AI-driven Applications

September 7, 2022

What Growth Benchmarks Are Most Important For My Company?

The Enterprise Sales Wish List

Terraform Labs Launches Global Founder Fellowship with Participating Partners

Rutter Raises $27M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz

Dear Operators: Let’s invest and support founders from Day 1 to IPO

February 8, 2022

Biotech Startup Verge Genomics Collects $98 Million

December 16, 2021

How to Hire Your First VP Engineering

December 14, 2021

Give-tech Startup Dataro Raises $2.5m of its Own to Bolster Charity Innovation

December 13, 2021

Direct-from-manufacturer retailer Quince Raises $50 Million for Hiring and Category Growth

November 30, 2021

Drata Reaches Unicorn Status with $100M in Series B Funding

November 8, 2021

Visual Workspace Whimsical Closes First Funding as it enters Next Phase of Growth

November 2, 2021

Octane banks $2M for flexible billing software

August 31, 2021

Workstream Raises $48M Series B to Empower Local Businesses to Hire Hourly Workers Faster

August 27, 2021

Snappr acquires Pretty Instant

Path Robotics raises another $100M, led by Tiger Global and featuring participation from Silicon Valley Bank

AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies

Path Robotics raises $56M Series B for automated welding

Basis Set Ventures Gives Up the Office as It Raises $165 Million Fund

Dear Founders

At Basis Set Ventures, merging venture capital and software development yields a $165 million new fund

The Persistence Brings Executive Programs, Community and an API to Impactful Women Leaders in Tech

February 23, 2021

All That Glitters (Like Stars) Is Not Gold: Metrics that matter when commercializing open source

December 11, 2020

‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal

September 29, 2020

Rasa raises $26M led by A16Z for its open source conversational AI platform

The Idea: Build It, and They Can Find Coronavirus Tests

Five robots that hope to save the US food supply chain

In the Pandemic Era, the New Hiring Manager Is Now a Chatbot

How will technology reshape the trucking industry after COVID-19?

Nestlé Halts All Business Travel Abroad as Other Firms Curb Asia, Italy Trips

February 26, 2020

How Technology Will Help Businesses Mitigate Climate Risk

February 25, 2020

Will Your Tech Scale at Launch? Learnings from launching products at Niantic and Google

November 15, 2019

Real Estate’s Slow Change Leaves Opportunity for Startup Innovation

October 26, 2019

Addressing the Labor Shortage: From Farm to Factory

October 23, 2019

Reducing Risk for Main Street

August 15, 2019

Fostering Community Outside the Office

Managing Remote Teams and Overcoming Hiring Challenges

Supercharging Trade Finance with Data, AI, and Software

Problems and Potential in Row Crop Farming

How Data Made Capturing the Black Hole Image Possible

The most overlooked path to commercialize AI is for companies to do it themselves

5 exciting and investable AI themes

A closer look at automation in manufacturing

New Jobs That Didn't Exist Before and Pay 50 Percent More

January 10, 2019

7 Ai-enabled Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List

December 17, 2018

Silicon Valley Goes To China

November 5, 2018

Can Social Help Drive Progress in Future Work?

September 20, 2018

6 Things to Consider Before Making Your First Sales Hire

September 13, 2018

For Startup Founders Who Are Also Moms, It’s a Balancing Act

Basis Set Ventures Turns One

Trucking Operations: Exploring opportunities to improve trucking operations with machine intelligence.

Global Customs: Exploring opportunities to improve global customs with machine intelligence.

January 10, 2022

Maritime Transport: Exploring opportunities to improve maritime transport with machine intelligence.

December 1, 2021

Real Estate: Exploring opportunities to improve real estate with machine intelligence.

November 1, 2021

Agriculture: Exploring opportunities to improve agriculture with machine intelligence

October 1, 2019

Open Source: Exploring opportunities to commercialize open source by leveraging data.

September 29, 2019

Trade Finance: Exploring opportunities to improve trade finance with machine intelligence

Vertical APIs: Exploring opportunities to enable vertical APIs with machine intelligence

Outsourced Services: Exploring opportunities to improve outsourced services with machine intelligence

Oil & Gas: Exploring opportunities to improve oil and gas with machine intelligence

Legal Services: Exploring opportunities to improve legal services with machine intelligence

B2B Marketplaces: Exploring opportunities to improve B2B marketplaces with machine intelligence

February 10, 2018

How I Learned to Sell a Dozen Large Deals as a Technical Outsider

Inference Is The Future of AI

January 27, 2025

Win on Value, or Don't Win at All

The Fix That Let Us Run the Biggest Open Models Overnight

Trucking Operations: Exploring opportunities to improve trucking operations with machine intelligence.

Global Customs: Exploring opportunities to improve global customs with machine intelligence.

January 10, 2022

Maritime Transport: Exploring opportunities to improve maritime transport with machine intelligence.

December 1, 2021

Real Estate: Exploring opportunities to improve real estate with machine intelligence.

November 1, 2021

Agriculture: Exploring opportunities to improve agriculture with machine intelligence

October 1, 2019

Open Source: Exploring opportunities to commercialize open source by leveraging data.

September 29, 2019

Trade Finance: Exploring opportunities to improve trade finance with machine intelligence

Vertical APIs: Exploring opportunities to enable vertical APIs with machine intelligence

Outsourced Services: Exploring opportunities to improve outsourced services with machine intelligence

Oil & Gas: Exploring opportunities to improve oil and gas with machine intelligence

Legal Services: Exploring opportunities to improve legal services with machine intelligence

B2B Marketplaces: Exploring opportunities to improve B2B marketplaces with machine intelligence

February 10, 2018

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Seen Health raises $22M Series A for culturally-focused PACE

November 18, 2024

Nvidia Invests in Japanese AI Company’s $100 Million Funding Round

September 4, 2024

Under 30 Startup Slope Scores A $65 Million Investment From One Of The World’s Biggest Banks

Didero is using AI to solve supply chain management at mid-market companies

Beeble AI raises $4.75M to launch a virtual production platform for indie filmmakers

Norm Ai Raises $27 Million for AI-Powered Regulatory Compliance Platform

Autonomous agtech robotics startup nabs funding as it gears up for expansion

FarmWise was named to Forbes’ annual AI 50 list. Future Farming also covered the launch of the company’s next-generation product

nSave announced its $4M Seed round with TechCrunch

Talofa announced its $6.3M Seed round with VentureBeat and Apple continues to feature the company

Abacus, DataGrail, Drata, Ergeon, Snappr, TuringAI and Verge Genomics were named as “America’s Best Startup Employers,” by Forbes

Rasa announced its $30M Series C in TechCrunch

February 14, 2024

Norm AI Raised $11.1 Million With Aim to Aid Compliance Chiefs

January 23, 2024

Recraft announced its $12M Series A in TechCrunch

January 17, 2024

Sakana announced its $30M Seed round in Bloomberg

January 16, 2024

Verge Genomics earned coverage for the launch of its Phase 1 ALS trial

January 8, 2024

Slope announced $30M in additional funding from Union Square and Sam Altman (among others) in Forbes

September 27, 2023

Elicit officially launched and announced $9M in funding in TechCrunch

September 25, 2023

Allocate raises $10 million to open top VC doors to wealth advisers

September 21, 2023

Imbue raised $200M at a billion dollar valuation and was covered by Bloomberg

September 7, 2023

Drata was named one of the most promising cybersecurity startups of 2023 by Business Insider

August 24, 2023

Quince was named a “Next Billion Dollar Startup” by Forbes

August 22, 2023

Verge announced its $882 million deal ($42M upfront) with AstraZeneca’s rare disease division Alexion. The company’s founder Alice Zhang was also profiled by Insider

August 17, 2023

Entendre’s $4M seed round was covered by Fintech Global

Series was featured multiple times by TechCrunch in both articles

FarmWise earned profiles for its recent product and engineering achievements from MIT

Trendsi was profiled by Forbes for its amazing work transforming supply chains

January 25, 2023

Security Compliance and Automation Platform Drata nabs $200M at $2B valuation

December 7, 2022

DataGrail Announces Automated Risk Assessment Tool and $45M Investment

October 12, 2022

Trendsi Secures $25M to help Sellers and Manufacturers Predict Demand

October 10, 2022

Workstream, Which Makes Texting-Based Hiring Tools, Raises An Additional $60 Million

September 29, 2022

Spice AI Raises $13.5 Million Seed Funding to Enable Web3 Developers to Build Data and AI-driven Applications

September 7, 2022

Terraform Labs Launches Global Founder Fellowship with Participating Partners

Rutter Raises $27M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz

Biotech Startup Verge Genomics Collects $98 Million

December 16, 2021

Give-tech Startup Dataro Raises $2.5m of its Own to Bolster Charity Innovation

December 13, 2021

Direct-from-manufacturer retailer Quince Raises $50 Million for Hiring and Category Growth

November 30, 2021

Drata Reaches Unicorn Status with $100M in Series B Funding

November 8, 2021

Visual Workspace Whimsical Closes First Funding as it enters Next Phase of Growth

November 2, 2021

Octane banks $2M for flexible billing software

August 31, 2021

Workstream Raises $48M Series B to Empower Local Businesses to Hire Hourly Workers Faster

August 27, 2021

Snappr acquires Pretty Instant

Path Robotics raises another $100M, led by Tiger Global and featuring participation from Silicon Valley Bank

AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies

Path Robotics raises $56M Series B for automated welding

Basis Set Ventures Gives Up the Office as It Raises $165 Million Fund

At Basis Set Ventures, merging venture capital and software development yields a $165 million new fund

All That Glitters (Like Stars) Is Not Gold: Metrics that matter when commercializing open source

December 11, 2020

‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal

September 29, 2020

Rasa raises $26M led by A16Z for its open source conversational AI platform

The Idea: Build It, and They Can Find Coronavirus Tests

Five robots that hope to save the US food supply chain

In the Pandemic Era, the New Hiring Manager Is Now a Chatbot

How will technology reshape the trucking industry after COVID-19?

Nestlé Halts All Business Travel Abroad as Other Firms Curb Asia, Italy Trips

February 26, 2020

How Technology Will Help Businesses Mitigate Climate Risk

February 25, 2020

Addressing the Labor Shortage: From Farm to Factory

October 23, 2019

Fostering Community Outside the Office

How Data Made Capturing the Black Hole Image Possible

The most overlooked path to commercialize AI is for companies to do it themselves

5 exciting and investable AI themes

A closer look at automation in manufacturing

New Jobs That Didn't Exist Before and Pay 50 Percent More

January 10, 2019

7 Ai-enabled Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List

December 17, 2018

Silicon Valley Goes To China

November 5, 2018

Can Social Help Drive Progress in Future Work?

September 20, 2018

6 Things to Consider Before Making Your First Sales Hire

September 13, 2018

For Startup Founders Who Are Also Moms, It’s a Balancing Act

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Tariff, Chaos, and the Opportunity for Startups

Can Large Language Models (LLMs) predict founder success?

February 1, 2024

What Growth Benchmarks Are Most Important For My Company?

The Enterprise Sales Wish List

Dear Operators: Let’s invest and support founders from Day 1 to IPO

February 8, 2022

How to Hire Your First VP Engineering

December 14, 2021

Dear Founders

The Persistence Brings Executive Programs, Community and an API to Impactful Women Leaders in Tech

February 23, 2021

Will Your Tech Scale at Launch? Learnings from launching products at Niantic and Google

November 15, 2019

Real Estate’s Slow Change Leaves Opportunity for Startup Innovation

October 26, 2019

Reducing Risk for Main Street

August 15, 2019

Managing Remote Teams and Overcoming Hiring Challenges

Supercharging Trade Finance with Data, AI, and Software

Problems and Potential in Row Crop Farming

Basis Set Ventures Turns One

How I Learned to Sell a Dozen Large Deals as a Technical Outsider

Inference Is The Future of AI

January 27, 2025

Win on Value, or Don't Win at All

The Fix That Let Us Run the Biggest Open Models Overnight